"Fyodor Dostoevsky," by J. Middleton Murry, is published by Dodd, Mead, & Co. "A. E.' (George W. Russell): A Study of a Man and a Nation," by Darrell Figgis, is published by Dodd, Mead, & Co.. "The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson," by Rev. C. C. Martindale, S. J., is published by Longmans, Green, & Co. "A New England Childhood," by Margaret Fuller (Little, Brown, & Co.), tells the story of the childhood, in Norwich, Conn., of Edmund Clarence Stedman, the banker-poet, who died in 1907. Miss Fuller was Mr. Stedman's secretary for many years. "Daniel Defoe How to Know Him," by William P. Trent, is published by the BobbsMerrill Company. "Great Spiritual Writers of America," by George Hamlin Fitch (San Francisco : Paul Elder & Co.), includes illustrated sketches of Emerson, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, and other authors. The Crowell Publishing Company has bought the Every Week Corporation. With the October number the Missionary Review of the World (New York) passed into the hands of the new Missionary Review Publishing Company, of which Robert E. Speer is president and Frank L. Brown vice-president, with the offices at 156 Fifth avenue. The editorial management of the magazine will continue in the hands of Delavan L. Pierson, who has been for twenty-five years connected with it, and has been the editor-in-chief since the death of his father, Dr. Arthur T. Pierson, in 1911. Extensive improvements are planned, but the general purpose of the magazine will remain unchanged. Its aim is to give, month by month, and to interpret the most important missionary news gathered from all parts of the world and from all denominations. It devotes large space to methods that have been found effective in Sunday schools, missionary societies, and other organizations. The American Proofreader (New York) has ceased publication. Reginald Wright Kauffman, believing that rapid writing is a vice, asserts that there is not a paragraph in his new novel which he has not rewritten at least five times. The story was first completed as a novelette, then rewritten. Next the situation developed into a full-length novel; then he cut out 20,000 words. Finally came a new "twist," which brought the novel up to standard length. Mack Stauffer of Fort Worth, Texas, has sued the publishers of Collier's Weekly for $30,000 damages for alleged infringement of copyright, claiming that a short story by George Allan England published in Collier's for April 22 is practically a condensation of his book, "Humanity and the Mysterious Knight," published in May, 1915, by the Roxburgh Publishing Co., of Boston. Ninety playwrights and authors meet with losses in the bankruptcy of the publishing house of G. W. Dillingham & Co., whose liabilities were $112,051, with assets of $18,676. The largest loser is Eugene Walter, to whom the publishing house owes $161 in royalties. Robert H. Davis, editor-in-chief of the Munsey periodicals, has a claim against the firm for $92. Others to whom royalties are due are Cyrus Townsend Brady, $20; Henry Arthur Jones, $14; David Belasco, $14; Olga Nethersole, $7; estate of Alfred Henry Lewis, $91; Homer Davenport's estate, $30; Roy L. McCardell, $76; Cleveland Moffett, $13; W. C. DeMille, $45; Cutcliffe Hyne, $19; Whitney Lyon, $8. The estate of Miss Sarah Broom McNaughton is valued at £12,112. Benjamin Kidd died at South Croydon, England, October 2, aged fifty-eight. George Henry Picard died in New York October 6, aged sixty-six. Norman Duncan died at Dunkirk, N. Y., October 18, aged forty-five. Eben E. Rexford died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 18, aged sixty-eight. William Tucker Washburn, the author of "Fair Harvard," died in New York October 22, aged seventy-five. Professor Cleveland Abbe died in Washington October 28, aged seventy-seven. Cannot now be raised as to which is the most efficient method of transcribing thoughtthe typewriting machine settled that. But WHICH TYPEWRITER confuses many. THE ANSWER Is embodied in the following letter from a well known writer: HAMMOND TYPEWRITER COMPANY: MULTIPLEX HAMMOND 109 W. 54th ST., NEW YORK "Like many other literary persons I never was an expert typist, and for years and years I thumped my stuff out of various machines, and my copy used to look like hard sledding. Then came the Hammond into my jaded literary life and corrected all that mechanically, and my copy now is without a blemish, there is never a battered letter, nor defective alignment. The shuttle method prevents those horrors, and when I tire of one type, in an instant I have what printers call a 'new dress'. Writers who can use only the same old type day after day do not realize what a relief a change is until they have tried it. A psychological effect is produced which is really a tonic in its action. At least it is in my case, and I am neither temperamental nor abnormal. Other writers would have it as I do if they would only wake up and get the Hammond habit. WILLIAM J. LAMPTON." Instantly interchangeable type in great variety and in all languages is a special feature. Then there is portability and beautiful work; simple construction and easy handling. The President of the United States uses a Hammond personally, and among its patrons are: Royalty, Official Dignitaries, Executives, Prelates, Notable Writers: Literary, Scientific and Dramatic. It is distinctively the machine for the professional person. The Hammond Typewriter Company 69th and 70th Streets at East River, A Catalogue will be gladly sent for the asking. New York City Special Terms to Authors Mention THE WRITER. The information for this Directory, showing the magazine market, has been gathered directly from the periodicals, and is strictly up to date. The Directory will be continued in THE WRITER, and changes and additions will be made monthly as required. Subscribers for the magazine will thus get this valuable information free of cost. The infor mation as to manuscript requirements is furnished directly by the editors of the different publications. Before submitting manuscripts to any publication it is advisable to secure a sample copy. (Continued from the November WRITER.) Semper Fidelis (M), Marine Barracks, Paris Island, S. C. Corporal C. Hundertmark, editor. A magazine published in the interest of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Paris Island. Uses short stories of not more than 3,000 words, and poems. All contributions should deal in some way with military life. Pays immediately after publication. ave., Seven Arts (M), 381 Fourth $2.50; 25c. James Oppenheim, editor. New York. A new magazine, the first number of which was published in November. Prints short stories, poems, one-act plays, essays and critical articles, and brief editorials. Buys no photographs, sets length limits at about 5,000 words, and pays on acceptance. Seven Seas Magazine (M), 405 Lexington ave., New York. $2.00; 200. Scott Dabo, editor. Dead. The Naval League now publishes Sea Power. Sewanee Review (Q), Sewanee, Tennessee. $2.00'; 50c. John M. McBryde, Jr., editor. Limits ar Prints essays and book reviews. ticles at from 3,000 to 4,000 words; does not buy photographs; prints no fiction; does not pay for contributions. Short Stories (M), Doubleday, Page, & Company, Harry E. Uses one complete hovel and from twelve to The comfifteen short stories in each issue. plete novel is used in accordance with a special plan announced in the magazine. Length limits for the complete novel, from 55,000 to 60,000 words; for short stories, from 4,000 to 7,000 Fiction words, running sometimes up to 10,000. must be brisk and clean, primarily of action and plot for American magazine readers seeking of adventure, humor, May treat the outdoors; avoid the mystery, ог weird, abnormal, psychological or sex-problem story. Does not buy photographs, and pays on acceptance. amusement. must Smart Set (M), 461 Eighth ave., New York. $3.00; 25c. George Jean Nathan and H. L. Mencken, edi $1.00; 10c. Henry Turner Bailey, editor, Ronald F. Davis, managing editor. Uses illustrated articles on how to make use ful objects with various kinds of materials and tools; children's stories; poems; and mechanical and electrical problems. Buys photographs, sets length limit at 2,500 words, and pays after publication. South Atlantic Quarterly (Q), Trinity College, Durham, N. C. $2.00; 50c. William H. Glasson and William P. Few, editors. A Southern organ of independent and progressive thought. Uses articles on literary criticism; economic and social problems; and historical and biographical essays. Sets length limit at from 100 to 5,000 words. Does not publish fiction nor buy photographs, and prefers articles the especially pertaining to Southern States. Does not pay for contributions. Southern California Magazine (M), John Arden Reaves, 252 North Orange Grove ave.. Pasadena, Calif. $1.50; 15c. C. Mial Dustin, editor. Established to typify the spirit of the West, that the romantic and dramatic in tradition and history the marvels of a natural wonderland may be presented in word and picture. IniUses articles descriptial number, September. tive of Southern California, buys photographs if extra scenic, does not use fiction as yet may later, and pays after publication. Southern Magazine (M), Tenn. $1.35; 15c. Anne Rankin, editor. Woman's Nashville, Uses short articles, stories, short serials, and poems. Limits manuscripts to from 500 to 2,000 words, preferring short ones. Buys photographs only with articles, and gives preference to love stories and stories of real human interest, accepting only clean fiction. Pays on publication. Spare Moments, Allentown, Penn. George W. Willis, editor. Sperry Magazine, 2 West st., New York. Discontinued publication with the June num ber. Spirit of Missions (M), 281 Fourth ave., New York. Uses anything about shooting, fishing, adventure, wild and frontier life, life in remote places, etc. Limits articles to from 1,000 to 5,000 words; sometimes buys photographs; and prefers fiction of a sportsmanlike character. Buying very few manuscripts since the rise in the price of paper. Strand (M), International News Company, 83-85 Duane st., New York. $1.50; 15c. Manuscripts should be addressed: Editor, Strand Magazine. 83 York. Duane st., New American edition pended until after the war. ADDITIONS AND CHANGES. IOC. sus High School Life (M-10 Nos.), 81 East Madison st., Chicago, Ill. 50c.; R. Bernstein, editor. Uses fiction college stories, stories that would appeal to high school and junior college students. Length limit for short stories, from 2.500 to 3,500 words; stories to be used in three installments, 10,000 words; serials, to be used in ten installments, from 30,000 to 35,000 words. Does not buy photographs. Pays for short stories on publication; serials when accepted. Impressions (A Magazine of Diverting Originality) $1.50; 15c. (M), 401 West 118th st., New York. Lewis F. Levenson, Roy L. Mangum, and Jess Hiller, editors. Does for contributions, but pay articles on pertinent questions; satire; verse; storiettes ; vignettes; epigrams; essays drama, art, and literature; short humor; short one-act plays; and unusual short stories, either stories that exceptionally bright or morbid Sets do not appeal to the ordinary editor. length limits at 3,000 words, and does not buy photographs. International Digest (Succeeding the National Defense Digest) (M), 304 Madison ave., New York. $1.00; 10C. William J. Hartford, editor. in was begun |