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of Maine and its contributions to literature, and the second giving details of its social and industrial history. Thus, while the book is not intended to be a history, it gives much historical information, and in addition it presents a picture of the activities, public and private, of the Pine Tree State, with facts and figures interesting to the reader and of great value for reference. The chapters on literary subjects are entitled Maine and Poetry; The First Poet; The First Novelist ; Books, Newspapers, Printers, Editors; and Maine's Contribution to Literature the last a sixteen-page essay on Maine writers John Clair Minot. Forty or fifty illustrations add to the value of the book.

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[THE WRITER is pleased to receive for review any books about authors, authorship, language, or literary topics or any books that would be of real value in a writer's library, such as works of reference, history, biography, or travel. There is space in the magazine for the review of fiction, poetry, etc. All books received will be acknowledged under this heading. Selections will be made for review in the interest of THE WRITER'S readers.] THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN ITALY. By Charles M. Bakewell. Illustrated. 253 pp. Cloth. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1920.

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Sheldon, Eugene Walter, Percy Mackaye, and Augustus Thomas. Gertrude Whitney Vanderbilt. Arts & Decoration for November.

WILLIAM MARION REEDY. Silas Bent. Live Stories for November.

MRS. BROWNING'S CONTRIBUTIONS ΤΟ AMERICAN PERIODICALS. Hewette E. Joyce. Modern Language Notes for November.

WHAT MAKES A POEM? John Burroughs. Book man for October.

A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOOK PUBLISHERS. Frederic G. Melcher. Bookman for October.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE SAID FOR LITERARY TRADITION? Stuart P. Sherman. Bookman for October.

THE PLAY BOY OF THE WABASH (Meredith Nicholson). Russell E. Smith. Bookman for October. THE COLYUMISTS' CONFESSIONAL. X-"R. L. T.," by Himself. With portrait. Everybody's for October.

THE HIGH COST OF PERIODICAL PUBLISHING. VI Putting the Magazines Before the Public. American News Trade Journal for October.

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MAKING OF A JAPANESE NEWSPAPER. Illustrated. Dr. Thomas E. Green. National Geographic Magazine for October.

A JOURNALIST'S CARD SYSTEM. Herbert Mace. Author (London) for October.

THE " KING OF PRINTERS (Christophe Plantin ). With portrait. Literary Digest for October 9. BYGONE BEST SELLERS. Literary Digest for October 16.

NEGLECTED RICHES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE. Literary Digest for October 16.

AND WHY.

"AD " LETTERS THAT MISS FIRE Literary Digest for October 30. WHAT THE BOYS ARE READING. Literary Digest for October 30.

NEWSPAPER WORK IN JAPAN. Fourth Estate for October 16.

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Sophie Kerr has retired from the managing editorship of the Woman's Home Companion, to devote all her time to writing.

Camille Flammarion, who is seventy-eight years old, has just married Miss Gabrielle Renaudot, who collaborated with him in the writing of many of his works.

"Crowding Memories," by Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Houghton Mifflin Company), gives sketches and anecdotes, not only of her poet-husband, but of many American and English celebrities, such as Henry Adams, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, William Dean Howells, and Edwin Booth.

Frank Harris, editor of Pearson's Magazine, has just published a second series of Contemporary Portraits," containing sketches of George Bernard Shaw, Rudyard Kipling, Ernest Dowson, George Moore, Theodore Dreiser, and others.

Doubleday, Page, & Co. announce for early publication in book form the reminiscences of Melville E. Stone.

"Talks to Writers," by Lafcadio Hearn, the material for which was collated by Professor Erskine of Columbia University from Mr. Hearn's series of lectures on English literature delivered at the University of Tokio, is published by Dodd, Mead, & Co.

"H. L. Mencken," including "Fanfare," by Burton Roscoe, "The American Critic," by Vincent O'Sullivan, and a bibliography, by F. C. Henderson, is published by Alfred A. Knopf.

"Practical Hints on Playwriting," by Agnes Platt (Dodd, Mead, & Co.), is intended both for the beginner in the art of playwriting and to clear away any obstacles that may trouble the more advanced.

"How to Write Photo Plays," by John Emerson and Anita Loos, is published by the James A. McGann Company (New York).

"The Story of the Motion Picture," by Ben J. Lubschez, covering the period from 65 B. C. to 1920 A. D., is published by the Reeland Publishing Company (New York). introduc"The Writing of History," an tion to the historical method, by Fred Morrow Fling, is published by the Yale University Press.

Small, Maynard, & Co. announce the "Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920 and Year Book of American Poetry," by William Stanley Braithwaite. The same publishers also announce "The Best Plays for 19191920," edited by Burns Mantle, dramatic editor of the New York Evening Mail.

"The Art of Interesting," by Francis P. Donnelly, S. J., just published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons (New York), is a handbook intended to teach writers and speakers how to attract and hold attention.

H. L. Mencken is at work on a revision of his book, "The American Language,” which will appear in two volumes.

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The History of Journalism in the United States," recently published, has bought the Forum.

The Century Company will send a booklet biography of Harry A. Franck to any one upon request.

Small, Maynard, & Co. (Boston) have published a booklet life of Edgar Wallace, with a frontispiece portrait.

Charles Norris Williamson died at Bath,. England, October 5, aged sixty-one.

William Heinemann, the London publisher, died in London October 5, aged fifty-seven. Archdeacon Hudson Stuck died at Fort Yukon, Alaska, October 10, aged fifty-seven. John Reed died in Moscow, Russia, October 17, aged thirty-three.

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Mrs. B. M. Croker died in London October

Mrs. Ellen M. H. Gates died in New York October 24, aged eighty-three.

Guy Hamilton Scull died in New York October 29.

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The information for this Directory, showing the manuscript market and the manuscript requirements of many publications, has been gathered directly from the editors of the periodicals, and is strictly up to date.

The second printing of the Directory, which is constantly being revised and enlarged, began in THE WRITER for February, 1916, and a five-years' subscription beginning with October, 1916, will give the Directory complete, together with much other valuable matter. The third printing is now in progress.

Before submitting manuscripts to any publication, it is advisable to secure a sample copy.

(Continued from November WRITER.) Photoplaywright (M), Palmer Photoplay Corporation, 571-591 I. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, Calif. $2.50; 25c. J. Geo. Meehan, editor.

A national journal of information for photoplay writers. Uses articles on subjects of interest to photoplay authors, amateur and professional. Sets no length limit, but prefers short articles. Pays on publication. A sample copy will be sent on request.

Piano Journal (Now the Talking Machine Journal). Pictorial Review (M), Seventh ave. and 39th st., New York. $3.00; 25c. Arthur T. Vance, editor.

Uses special articles on vital topics of the day of interest to women, and high-class fiction short stories, novelettes, and serials - preferring emotional stories with a dramatic setting. Buys material for all departments, general articles, and poetry. Seldom prints humorous verse, and uses no jokes, plays, or juvenile matter. Very seldom buys photographs, prefers manuscripts shorter than 10,000 words, and pays on acceptance. Returns all unavailable manuscripts within forty-eight hours.

Picture Play Magazine (M), Street & Smith, 79 Seventh ave., New York. $1.80; 15c. Charles Gatchell, editor.

Offers practically no market except to writers who know motion pictures intimately, and who are located near one of the big production centres.

Picture World (M, in weekly parts), American Sunday-School Union, 1816 Chestnut st., Philadel phia. 30c. James McConaughy, editor.

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A Sunday-school paper for children twelve years old. Uses wholesome stories for boys and girls, of from 400 to 800 words, with accompanying photographs drawings. Payment at the rate of $3 or $4 a thousand words. Pit and Quarry (M), 875 Rand, McNally Building, Chicago. $2.00; 25c. E. S. Hanson, editor.

Uses articles of interest in its special field the production of sand and gravel, crushed stone, with perhaps two or three short stories a year. Buys photographs of new plants in its industry.

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Playboy (not published regularly), 27 West Eighth st., New York. Egmont H. Arens, editor.

A portfolio of Art and Satire. Does not read or use unsolicited manuscripts, and does not pay for material. Wants nothing submitted. Playground (M), Community Service, 1 Madison ave., New York. $2.00; 20c. H. S. Brancher, editor.

Does not buy manuscripts.

Pluck and Luck (W), Frank Tousey, 166 West 230 st., New York. Lu Senarens, editor.

All material supplied by the staff. Poet Lore (Q), 194 Boylston st., Boston. $6.00; $1.50. Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, editors. Ruth Hill, managing editor.

A magazine of letters, established in 1889, and printing original one-act plays, translations of contemporary foreign drama, essays on literary subjects, and verse of all length. Prints no fiction, and sets no length limits, excepting that plays must not be too long to be included in one issue. Pays on publication.

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Devoted wholly to poetry, offering yearly prizes for the best poem, or group of poems, published in the magazine during the previous year. Pays on publication.

Poetry Journal (M), Four Seas Company, 168 Dartmouth st., Boston. Edmund R. Brown, editor.

Resumed publication with the January number. Uses poetry of all kinds, poetic plays, and prose articles on poets or poetry, and pays on publication. Poetry Review, Cambridge, Mass. Publication suspended.

ADDITIONS AND CHANGES.

American Bee Journal (M), Hamilton, Illinois. $1.50; 15c. C. P. Dadant and Frank C. Pellett, editors.

The oldest bee journal in America, a technical publication for the producer of honey. Uses feature articles, with photographs, suitable for a beekeeper's trade journal, but is not interested in articles as a description of the visit of a novice to a beekeeper. Uses neither verse fiction, and pays on publication.

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Eighth Art (Q), The Poetry-Drama Company, Boston. $1.00; 25c. Robert DeCamp Leland.

A new magazine, established May, 1920, devoted to the art of the motion picture. At pres ent all material is supplied by the staff. Good Hardware (M), Butterick Building, York. $1.00; 10c. J. W. Greenberg, editor.

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A journal for hardware dealers, published until recently at Pittsburgh by W. Linford Smith. Uses short, pithy articles of about 500 words, Illustrated where possible, telling what progressive retail dealers are doing to stimulate business; human interest stories, of about 2,000 words, which may be fiction based on fact, of interest to business men, and concerning them; poetry suited to the magazine; and jokes. Buys photographs; and pays on acceptance.

Missouri Ruralist (S-M), 1318 Chemical Building, Saint Louis, Mo. $1.00; 5c. John F. Case, edi

tor.

Uses serials, but no short fiction, a few general articles, and a few jokes, and buys department matter relating to crops, livestock, and horticulture; sets length limit at 1,500 words; buys photographs; and pays on the first of the month. All juvenile matter used is supplied by editorial staff.

New York State Review (M), 810 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. $1.50; 15c. H. S. B. Crowe, editor.

A new magazine, using general articles, short stories, humorous verse, jokes, and juvenile matter. Sets length limit at 2,000 words, and does not buy photographs. At present the magazine is not sufficiently established to make a price on articles accepted.

Sunday Afternoons (W), The Haydock, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. 50c.; 5c. Miss Catherine P. Hargrave, editor.

A paper for children and for those who love children. Uses stories and verse for little children; also nature stories and puzzles. Sets length limit at 2,500 words. Pays only by sending author extra copies.

Sunday School Banner, Wesley Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A. C. Crews, editor.

A publication intended for Sunday School teachers. Not in the market for contributions from the United States.

Sunshine for Little People (W), Editorial Department, Nazarene Publishing House, 2109 Troost ave., Kansas City, Missouri. 40c. Miss Mabel Hanson, editor.

Uses short stories and verse pointing a moral for very little children. Sets length limit at 3,000 words; does not buy photographs; and pays on publication.

The third printing of this Directory-enlarged and revised-was begun in THE WRITER

for March, 1917. Back numbers can be supplied. A five-years' subscription beginning

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A MONTHLY MAGAZINE TO INTEREST AND HELP ALL LITERARY WORKERS.

VOL. XXXII.

BOSTON, DECEMBER, 1920.

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The tradepaper writer who makes his living at the work soon gets scores, or even hundreds, of manuscripts in the mails, or awaiting use in pay-on-publication offices. Keeping his copy in circulation is a primary and indispensable part of his business. That means keeping records of manuscripts sent out. It is unavoidable routine. The writer must know concerning any particular article at any time just where it is, how long it has been there, and what publication it has been offered to. It is easy enough to evolve an elaborate, complicated system for keeping track of manuscripts, but an elaborate system costs the writer too much time and effort.

I have a lazy man's system, devoid of frills. I began with records kept in a pocket memorandum book, but that system soon broke

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down, and when my daily output of copy became large I devised a day-slip pad. I made my pad by binding together at the top a bunch of slips with a card-board for the back, using for binding a clip which I first straightened out and then bent into a square "U." I use the day-slip pad to record the mailing of batches of copy, beginning with the bottom-most slip, and adding new ones at the top as needed. The tradepaper writer mails in batches because he has many short articles, which can be sent together at a saving of labor and postage. A mailing entry includes the name of the publication sent to, the date, the titles of the articles sent, and the number of words in each. With this record I am able at the end of a week or a month, if I wish, to find the total number of words written in that time. The day-slip pad also makes it easy to keep track of slow copy. As copy is returned, the items are crossed off on the entry. At any time slow copy can be spotted, preparatory to writing inquiries, by running through the pad.

To this day-slip pad, showing my work from the beginning to date, I have added a card-and-tray system. The tray is a cigar box, about 9x5x3 inches. The index cards just fit the box as to width, and protrude a half-inch above it. Across each at the top I have printed the name of some periodical. These names are arranged alphabetically within classifications Farm, Juvenile and Sunday School, Popular Science, Industrial and Business, Canadian, General, Unclassified. I have cards for all the publications I have sold to in a regular way. The Unclassified division is for publications being tried

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