Martin Eden Ch 43 p421

Paul Stought

Aug 31

bourgeois morality and prejudice; but when Paris went mad over the immediate translation that was made, the American and English reading public followed suit and bought so many copies that Martin compelled the conservative house of Singletree, Darnley & Co. to pay a flat royalty of twenty-five per cent for a third book, and thirty per cent flat for a fourth. These two volumes comprised all the short stories he had written and which had received, or were receiving, serial publication. "The Ring of Bells" and his horror stories constituted one collection; the other collection was composed of "Adventure," "The Pot," "The Wine of Life," "The Whirlpool," "The Jostling Street," and four other stories. The Lowell-Meredith Company captured the collection of all his essays, and the Maxmillian Company got his "Sea Lyrics" and the "Love-cycle," the latter receiving serial publication in the Ladies' Home Companion after the payment of an extortionate price.	bwrzhwozy mauraluty and prejudus; but when Parus went mad oevur dhy imydyut tranzlaeshun dhat wuz maed, dhy Umerikun and Ingglish ryding publik foloed soot and baut soe meny kopyz dhat Mortun kumpeld dhu kunsurvutiv hous uv Singgultry, Dornly & Ku. too pae u flat roilty uv twenty-fiev pur sent faur u thurd bwk, and thurty pur sent flat faur u faurth. Dhyz too volyumz kumpriezd aul dhu shaurt stauryz hy had ritun and which had risyvd, aur wur risyving, siryul publikaeshun. "Dhu Ring uv Belz" and hiz haurur stauryz konstutootud wun kulekshun; dhy udhur kulekshun wuz kumpoezd uv "Udvenchur," "Dhu Pot," "Dhu Wien uv Lief," "Dhu Whurulpool," "Dhu Josuling Stryt," and faur udhur stauryz. Dhu Loel-Meruduth Kumppuny kapchurd dhu kulekshun uv aul hiz esaez, and dhu Maksmilyun Kumpuny got hiz "Sy Liriks" and dhu "Luv-siekul," dhu latur risyving siryul publikaeshun in dhu Laedyz' Hoem Kumpanyun aftur dhu paemunt uv an ikstaurshunut pries.
Martin heaved a sigh of relief when he had disposed of the last manuscript. The grass-walled castle and the white, coppered schooner were very near to him. Well, at any rate he had discovered Brissenden's contention that nothing of merit found its way into the magazines. His own success demonstrated that Brissenden had been wrong.	Mortun hyvd u sie uv rilyf when hy had dispoezd uv dhu last manyuskript. Dhu gras-wauld kasul and dhu whiet, kopurd skoonur wur very nir too him. Wel, at eny raet hy had diskuvurd Brisundun'z kuntenchun dhat nuthing uv merut found its wae intoo dhu maguzynz. Hiz oen sukses demunstraetud dhat Brisundun had bin rong.
And yet, somehow, he had a feeling that Brissenden had been right, after all. "The Shame of the Sun" had been the cause of his success more than the stuff he had written. That stuff had been merely incidental. It had been rejected right and left by the magazines. The publication of "The Shame of the Sun" had started a controversy and precipitated the landslide in his favor. Had there been no "Shame of the Sun" there would have been no landslide, and had there been no miracle in the go of "The Shame of the Sun" there would have been no landslide. Singletree, Darnley & Co. attested that miracle. They had brought out a first edition of fifteen hundred copies and been dubious of selling it. They were	And yet, sumhou, hy had u fyling dhat Brisundun had bin riet, aftur aul. "Dhu Shaem uv dhu Sun" had bin dhu kauz uv hiz sukses maur dhan dhu stuf hy had ritun. Dhat stuf had bin mirly insudentul. It had bin rijiktud riet and left bie dhu maguzynz. Dhu publikaeshun uv "Dhu Shaem uv dhu Sun" had stortud u kontruvursy and prisiputaetud dhu landslied in hiz faevur. Had dher bin noe "Shaem uv dhu Sun" dher wwd hav bin noe landslied, and had dher bin noe mirikul in dhu goe uv "Dhu Shaem uv dhu Sun" dher wwd hav bin noe landslied. Singgultry, Dornly & Ku. utestud dhat mirikul. Dhae had braut out u furst idishun uv fiftyn hundrud kopyz and bin doobyus uv seling it. Dhae wur
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