coöperating with Professor Dana. Dr. Ernest Howe, Yale, '98, of New Haven and Litchfield, has been appointed editor of the journal by the university, and after he has had an opportunity to become acquainted with the editorial details will assume the active editorship. Professor Dana will continue his previous connection with the journal and Professor Bateman will act as advisory editor. Federal Judge Howe, in New York, has dismissed an indictment which charged Albion S. Kellar and George Graff, Jr., operating the Broadway Studios, Inc., the New York Melody Corporation, and the World Music Publishing Corporation, with using the mails to defraud. Judge Howe decided that there is no law to prevent any one from making a bad bargain, and that there was no evidence to prove that the defendants had made any mis-statements. Julian Street and Wilbur Daniel Steele have tied for first honors in the O. Henry Memorial prize contest, conducted by the Society of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Street gets five hundred dollars for his story, "Mr. Bisbee's Princess." Mr. Steele gets no money award, because he has won the prize in two previous years. Second prize of two hundred and fifty dollars is awarded to Wythe Williams for his story, "Splendid with Sword," and third prize of one hundred dollars to Mary Austin for her story, "Papago Wedding." The professor of English literature in Edinburgh Univeristy has awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes for 1924 to Rev. W. Wilson, author of "The House of Airlie," and to E. M. Forster, for his novel "A Passage to India." Henry Holt bequeathed to the Authors' Club, New York, his psychical research library, with a fund of $1,000, the interest from which is to be used in keeping the library up to date. The value of Mr. Holt's estate is given as "more than $10,000," but his widow is to have $12,000 a year for life and his six children are to receive annuities of $7,500 a year for those unmarried, and $10,000 a year, with $2,000 additional for the oldest child and $1,000 for each other child, for those who are married. Persons having letters written by the late Geo. W. Cable are asked to lend them to his daughter, Mrs. Henry Wolf Bikle, 324 South Twenty-first street, Philadelphia, Penn., who is preparing a collection for publication. Any letters so lent will be promptly returned. Paxton Hibben, 422 West Twenty-second street, New York, would be glad to learn the names and addresses of persons possessing letters or other documents belonging to Theodore Tilton, who was at one time editor of the Independent and the Golden Age, and who wrote several books. The offices of Henry Holt & Co. are now on the seventh floor of the One Park Avenue Building, New York. The new publishing house, William Morrow & Co., Inc., has offices at 303 Fifth avenue, New York. The publishing firm of Albert and Charles Boni has removed to 66 Fifth avenue, New York. Applications for examination of candidates for the Government position of editor of scientfic publications will be received by the Civil Service Commission, at Washington, until April 20. The entrance salary is $3,000 a year, which may be raised in regular course to a maximum of $3,600 a year. Promotions to higher grades may be made as vacancies occur. The duties are to analyze the content of scientific and technical manuscripts; to determine the accuracy of the data given and the conclusions drawn; to suggest ways and means of improving the presentation from a literary standpoint and of strengthening the publication from a scientific standpoint; and to scrutinize the typographical details of printing form and style. Competitors will be rated on practical tests in editing, and education and experience. George V. Hobart died at Cumberland, Maryland, January 31, aged fifty-nine. Helen Archibald Clarke died in Boston February 8. Henry Holt died in New York February 13, aged eighty-six. Walter Herries Pollock died at his Hampshire residence, in England, February 21, aged seventy-six. Miss Marietta Holley ("Josiah Allen's Wife") died at her farm home near Pierrepont Manor, N. Y., March 1, aged eighty years. Sir Sidney Lee died in London March 3, aged sixty-six. THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS (Continued) NEW MAGAZINE (M), 80 Nelson st., Toronto, Canada. Murray Simonski, president. Mail returned by the Canadian postoffice, marked "Suspected to be fraudulent." NEW REPUBLIC (W), 421 West 21st st., New York. $5.00; 15c. Herbert Croly, editor; Bruce Bliven, managing editor. Uses articles and essays on politics, economics, æsthetic criticism, and public matters in general, setting length limit at 1,500 words, and some poetry. Does not buy photographs, prints no fiction, and pays on publication. NEWS LETTER (W) 259 Minna st., San Francisco, Material supplied by staff. Not in the market for manuscripts, and does not pay for material, except in special editions, such as the Christmas number. NEW STUDENT (weekly news section and monthly magazine during the college year; 33 issues, eight with magazine section) 2929 Broadway, New York. $1.50; 5c. and 10c. Douglas P. Haskell, editor. Uses general articles in any way connected NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES MAGAZINE (M), 466 Devoted to the interest of the railroad workers, their families, and home communities, and to securing the best service for the public. Uses general articles, short stories, poetry, humorous verse, and jokes. Sets length limit at 3,500 words, preferring fiction treating of love and adventure, with a railroad twist; buys photographs; and pays within a month after publication. ADDITIONS AND CHANGES BOULEVARDIER (M-8 nos.), 721 American State Vol. I., No. 1-October, 1925. Devoted to sports, music, the theatre, fashions, travel, motor cars, gardens, home decoration, etc. Uses an occasional general article, short stories, poetry, plays, and some juvenile matter. Sets length limit at 1,000 words, buys photographs, and pays after publication. CHILDHOOD LORE (M), 243 Wilcox Building, Los Angeles, Calif. $1.50; 15c. Warren F. Robison, editor. Vol. I., No. 1- February, 1925. Uses short stories, novelettes, serials, humorous verse, nature stories, and good educational features. Sets length limit for short stories at 2,000 words; for novelettes, at from 10,000 to 12,000 words. Does not buy photographs, and pays on publication. CHRISTIAN EDUCATOR (M), Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia. Practically a house organ. Not in the market for manuscripts. DANGER TRAIL (M), Room 610, 799 Broadway, New Uses short stories, novelettes, serials, general articles, and poetry, but no humorous verse, jokes, or juvenile matter. Fiction should treat of adventures on the frontiers of the world. Sets length limit for short stories at 7,000 words; novelettes, at 25,000 words. Does not buy photographs. NATIONAL SPECTATOR (W), 815 Fifteenth st., N. W., Uses articles on subjects pertaining to government and governmental activities, politics, and science. Sets length limit at from 1,000 to 3,000 words. Pays on acceptance, at rates varying according to subject matter, method of treatment, and author. WOMAN ATHLETIC (M), 830 Rush st., Chicago, Ill. $2.50; 35c. Bernice Challenger Bost, editor. Uses short stories, general articles, and humorous verse, and buys photographs of athletic events of national interest. Fiction should be light and humorous. The third printing of this Directory was begun in THE WRITER for March, 1917. Back numbers can be supplied. A set of the numbers from January, 1920, to March, 1926, giving the Directory complete, with additions and changes bringing everything up to date, and much other valuable matter, will be sent for five dollars; with a year's subscription added for eight dollars. THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS THE fourth printing of this Directory-which is constantly being revised and enlarged- began in THE WRITER for July, 1922. The information for it, showing the manuscript market and the manuscript requirements of the various publications listed, is gathered directly from the editors of the periodicals. Great pains are taken to make the information accurate and the Directory complete. Before submitting manuscripts to any publication, it is advisable to secure a sample copy. (Continued from April WRITER) NEW YORKER (W), 25 West 45th st., New York. $5.00; 15c. Harold W. Ross, editor. Uses short satirical or semi-humorous bits of prose, setting length limit at 300 words; short light verse; clever couplets and quatrains on current affairs; pictures and picture ideas, with captions and dialogues; and plots and scenarios for series drawings. Pays on acceptance. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS (m-10 nos.), Dansville, N. Y. $2.00; 25c. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bemis, editor. Uses articles of 2,000 words suited to the elementary grades of the public school, with especial emphasis on the first four grades, and stories, of from 500 to 1,500 words, written by public school teachers, or by those who are in close touch with schools. Prefers true stories of teachers' experiences in teaching, told so as to be of interest in a general magazine, and children's fairy stories with an ethical meaning. Buys photographs, and pays the twentieth day of the month of publication. NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW (Q), 9 East 37th st., Uses articles, poetry, humorous verse, jokes, and an occasional short story, all having a milling or baking flavor. Sets length limit at from 2,000 to 4,000 words; buys photographs of veteran millers of the old school, old flour mills, or successful figures in modern milling. Pays, at a minimum rate of one cent a word, on acceptance. NORTH-WEST STORIES (S-M), 461 Eighth ave., New Uses short stories, novelettes, and serials, dealing with Western and Northern adventure, and "trail tales." Sets length limit for short stories at from 4,000 to 6,000 words; for novelettes, at from 15,000 to 20,000 words; and for serials, at from 45,000 to 55,000 words. Pays on acceptance. NOTION AND NOVELTY REVIEW (M), 1170 Broadway, Buys anything of interest about staple notions, art, needlework, or novelties, relating to their manufacture, sales, display, demonstration, etc., from the retail and wholesale point of view; news of wholesale and retail notion departments; business careers of notion buyers in dry goods establishments; and especially news of new merchandise being introduced in notion departments in department stores. Sets on length limit. Buys photographs. Pays $10 per thousand words on publication. NUGENTS (The Garment Weekly) (M), 1225 Broadway, New York. $5.00; 50c. Clinton G. Harris, editor. A trade paper, having its own sources for material. Not in the market for manuscripts. OCCULT DIGEST (M), 1904 North Clark st., Chicago, Ill. $3.00; 25c. Effa Danelson, editor; Rose K. New, managing editor. Uses short stories, novelettes, serials, feature articles, jokes, and sometimes plays and juvenile matter. Everything must treat of the occult, not plain mystery. Sets length limit at from 2,500 to 5,000 words; buys photographs if occult, psychical, etc.; and pays according to arrangement with author. OHIO FARMER (W), 1013 Oregon ave., Cleveland, Material mostly supplied by staff; does not want unsolicited manuscripts. OKLAHOMA FARMER-STOCKMAN (S-M), Oklahoma Uses novelettes, serials, juvenile matter, a few short stories, and a few jokes, but no general articles, no poetry, and no humorous verse. Buys photographs, prefers fiction of an agricultural nature, and pays the first of the month after publication. ON THE AIR (M), 1322 Kimball Hall, Chicago, Ill. $2.00; 15c. Felix Anderson, editor. Uses technical, semi-technical and feature discussion on radio development, written in language for the layman; sketches of radio artists and stations; radio short stories, and jokes; but no serials and no poetry. Sets length limit at from 1,500 to 2,000 words; buys photographs; and pays on publication. ONWARD (W), Box 1176, Richmond, Virginia. Uses short stories and serials, of from three to five chapters, and a few general articles, all suitable for young people of from fourteen to twenty, preferring those which teach a lesson developing some noble trait, without a moral tagged to the end. Fiction should treat of boy or girl life, not too young, having an uplifting tendency, showing how characters came through CONTINUED ON INSIDE BACK COVER |