I OBI 10 IlGEB SOCIITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
A magazln~ d~voted to th~ study or Horatio Alaer, Jr., h,s hr~, works, and innuenc~ on th~ culture or AmericlI. 1832 - \899
VOLUME XXXII NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1994 NUMBER 6
_~. ~tor4 1t1ortp J!{rtluing. Horatio Alger loV, ;itell jnr the Amcrican Union and the OLD "llnl0N, THE ~Il ER. American Union A STORY OF THE NEW YEAR. lJ yeA n r. C A K TAD • -- See Page 5 UIlAP'1'j~Lt r.
... followed by Old Sinton, the Miser -- See Page 9
Suspiciously like Stratemeyer Syndicate series -- See Page 17
NIU's Alger repository library plans
-- See Page 3 Page 2 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY
To fllrther the plrilosophy ofHoratio Alger, Jr. and to encollrage tire spirit ofStrive and Slicceed that for Iralfa centltTy guided Alger' President's coCumn IIndalinted heroes - lads wlro'e tnt les epitomized tire great American dream and flamed hero Ideal in cOlllllle mil/ion of yOllng Americans. OFFICERS ~Y DIT H PRESIDE T JOH CADICK VlCE-PRE IDE T MURRAY D. LEVI TREASURER ROBERT E. KA PER EXE UTIVE SECRETARY ROBERT COLLMER (1 95) DIRECTOR BOB HUBER (1995) DIRECTOR JES IA CADI K (l 5) DIRECTOR CHRISTI E DE HAAN (1996) DIRECTOR BART J. NYBERG (1 6) IRECTOR JOSEPH T. SLAVI III (19 6) DIRECTOR MILTO r. EHLERT (I9 7) DIRECTOR ElL J. M CORMICK (1997) DIRECTOR JOH R. JUVI ALL (l 7) DIRECTOR LEO "BOB" BE ETT EMERITUS RALPH D. GARD ER EMERIT S
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BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY H.A.S.
-HoratiOAIg r. Jr.. A Comprelwn i I Blbliography. byBob Bcnn II (PF-265). -HoratiOAlg r or. TIleAmerican Hero Era, by Ralph D. Gardner (PF-053). -TIl Fictional R pubHc: HoratiO Alger and Am rican PoIWeal Discour e. by arol ackenolT(PF-92 I). -Publleation Formats ojthe 59 Stories by Horatio Alg r. Jr. as R printed by th John . WinstOil " b Bob wyer(PF-455) and Jim Thorp (PF-574). -HoratiO Alg r Books Published by A.L. Burt. by Bradford S. eha e(PF-412). -Horatio Alger Books Published by M.A. Donohue & Co., b Bradford S. ha e (PF-4l2). -Th La t Uj4 ofHoratio Alg r, Jr.. by ary hamhorst with Ja k Bal (PF-258). ntion, ae pt my wi h for ewsboy ad rate rull pa~ . ,32.00; one-half page. 17.00; one CJuarter pag. 00. per olumn Inch (I In h d ep b approx.3 1/2 In he ea on! wtde), 200 nd ad . wtth he k payabl to lloratio Alg r SocIety. to Robert E. Ka per. 585 E. l. Andr ~ Dr.. Medl,. PA 13Th above mtes apply to all want ad . alon wtth ads olTertng non AI 'r book for Y ur partie'Jar fri nd, aJ . Ilowev r. Itls the policy of th Iloratio Alg r lely to promote th Mar Ann Diteh (PF- 1) exch, ng of Alger book and related Alg r mat mls b provtdlng pace free of charge 10 ollr member for the ule only of such mat rtal. Send 4 57 Ma on t. 811 h ad or -Letter to the Editor- tll Newsboy ('dltor William R Gowen maha, 6 106 (Pr 706) at 923 South L;: k t.. Apt 6. Mundc!t'ln. II. 00 0 November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 3 NIU has big plans for Alger repository
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Northern Illinois University Director of Libraries Arthur P. Young, right, and Samuel T. Huang, Rare Books and Special Collections Curator, welcome researchers and visitors to the Alger repository. will be cared for and appr iated for g n ra- m . The colle tion i a plac wh r i t m mb r and other may ontribut individual it 01 ntir colle tion in order to pr rv Alg r' om indi idual hay already b gun to donat tion . Anoth r mutual goal is th cr ation of an 01 nt for th Horatio Ig r 011 ction. Thi agr ment ha far-r aching implication Univ r ity and the cholarly community. Th has agr d t donate and p rmanently tran fro i ty corr pondenc, r port, books, journal and oth r r 1- vant mat rial to orth rn lllinoi Univ r ity Librar- 1 . Th H rati Alg r i ty ha an int mati n 1m 01- b r hip t 260. er th ear, i ty memb rand rth rn lIlin i Uni r ity th r ha compl t d r arch uncov ring n w Ig r har th ame coli c wnting and fact about hi lif, d um nt d fir t i to in lude in thi ditionandr printpubl" hingpattems,de I p dan, I e relatin hi writing to the" 01 rican Dr am," work d ucc fully to ha a omm morativ tamp (Contil1ued 011 Page 4) Page 4 NEWSBOY November-December 1994 Alger repository ... 'Eaitor's note6oo{ (Con til/lied from Page 3) i ued honoring Alg r in 1982 and publi h d n w book about Alger and rei sued m of hi rarer title. This agre m nt will not only nrich th p ciaIcoli c Thi i th fir t i ue of ewsboy using our new tion of the Univ r ity Librari , but also will help make mput riz d databa e and mailing label. While p r the preemin nt institution for the tudy of Horatio f ti n i ur g at w r alize that there may b om Alg rand imilar author, attracting cholar and other litch in th Y tern at fir t. E ecutive cretary Rob di tingui hed i itor to th ampu. Th Univer ity Ka p r ha requ t d that ifther ' a problem with your Librari will b come known a a c nter d dicat d to the addr ntact him at 5 5 a t St. Andr w Ori , pr rvation of ampl of all Alger' writing and dia, P 19063; Phone: (610) 566-5917. committed to making the important works acce ibl If th pr blem cau you not to get thi i ue (obvi- to collector and r ar hr. u 1, u'll then breading thi after the fact), w will J. arroll Mo dy, Vic Pr id nt and Provo t, com orr t th addr and r -mail it imm diat Iy. feel ment d that "th I ction of th orthern lllinoi Uni th n w tern will b beneficial in th long run to you versity Librari a the repo itory for th Horatio Alger a w 11 a th i ty. i ty i very gratifying and r pr nt a major oppor Al ,R b r mind all memb r that h ha veral tunity for the d v lopment of our pecial c II ction ." I r-r lat d it m for al : red- namel H.A.S. wreath Arthur P. Young, Oir tor f ibrari ,ob r d that and-p n I g lap 1 pin for $5 ach; and the official "th Horatio Alg r iety ha honor d orth rn Illi H. .. til, -inch quar, along with a lO-inch- quare n i Univ r itybythedeci iont I ctourlibrarya th w d n frame (total, 14). p rman nt r po it ry for it corr pondence, r port Bo k till availabl ar Ralph ardn r' Alg r bib and b oks. Our on iderable tr ngth in th ar a of 19th Ii graph ,Road to lIcces (pap rback, $5); Horatio Al er, c ntury American rie fiction and h r ic literatur Jr. A" Annotated Biblio raphy o/Comme"t and Critici m by will b ignificantly enhan ed by thi magnifi ent ift. ar harnhor t with Jack Bal (hardcov r, 10); and ur int ntion i t attract mor tud nt and holar to Mabd Parker; or, The Hidden Trea lire by Alg r with a thi nati nall important coli cti n." pr f b hamhor t (hardcover, 16.50). Al 0, ew Tho e int r t d in u ing it m in th curr nt coll boy ba k i u are $3 each, ubj t to a ailability. tion of wor band ab ut Horatio Alg r, Jr. ar wel- Finall , if Y u find a remind r lip enclo ed in thi orne to i it the Rar B ks and pial II ction i . u , pI a pay y ur due. In th tran ition of the o partment at ounder M morial Library. Th yare m mb r hipli tto urn wdataba wef lIb hindo er availabl and a c ibl for amination and r earch th summ r in including th r mind r ; hop fully, purpo e y ar-r undo Th library' rvi hour for \'\' 'r ba k n ch dul . thi p cial ar a ar Monday-Friday from a.m. to noon In thi i ue: P t r Walther off r another di covery and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sp cial arrangem nt may b r from hi tir I r arch : th Alg r (ad antab) que t d by ch lar and r arch rs b yond th hour. . hort t r ," Id imon, the Mi r," which it ubtitle, Write to: University Librarie ,Rare Book and pe- 't r f th w Year," make it appropriat far for cial Collection Department, orthem Illinoi ni- thL h lida a n. Thi i not a newly di COy red tory, versity, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2868. i t r B rch, -ddi LeBlanc and ther re arch r known fit i t nce. How v r, finding a copy of the merican Union riginal wa lu iv until now. MEMBERSHIP Jam O. K lin (PF- 98) off r hi continuing r Change ofaddress: ar h nth trat m yer yndicate, unv iling clu t . ri that may b (or ar lik Iy) yndicate, which were B b Sawy r (P -455) n t attribut d pre i u I. 5031 B ac n Hill Rd. oming in January-February: W '11 ha ur full olumbu ,OH 4322 1 5 con ntion pr iew packag , in luding agenda Daniel M. P t r en (PF-200) and r <, r ati n mat rials. AI 0, Brad ha (PF-412) ive an v rvi w f th M.A. 0 nohue Alg r format, 11130 Vanc Jack n Dr., pt. 1301 the ubj l f hi n w b ok. an Antoni I TX 78230 (210) 55 -7519 Ha 'a happ and af holida ea on! (More membership new on Page 6) November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 5 Horatio Alger and the American Union by Peter . Walther (PF-548) pecial in tallm nt or hort tory on Page I, mi ella h, th joy of r earch ... neous fiction on Page 2, ditorial, local n w , world . .. nd it fru tration . new, vital record, farm and tock price and maritime W b gin, inn ently enough, in whate er path of news on Page 3 and more fiction and a column of poetry truth we forge for ur Ive. In my ca ,ofcour e, it' an on Page 4. With seven column of typ prawled ut on ongoing, n v r-ending bibliography of the works of each page, small type I might add, it' all on can do William T. Adam ,b tter known to thi rowd a " liver today to read thi material without uff ring from y ptic." fatigue, headache and similar maladie . n r d w place pen in hand and b gin our Ther ar no known complete run of any of the e catal guing, wh n L ! we di cover an Alger item. After newspapers, but it is often pos ible to put tog th r a car ful nt-taking it' back onc again on track, wh n compo ite picture of when certain items wer print d or 1 ! w di coy r a ylvanu obb it m ... and 0 on and el e touted for future i ues ba ed on urviving copi . o f rth. It can be a v ry fru trating and di couraging pa tim , B f r w hay fairly b gun in arne t we have working with the knowledge that much of th e pap r accumulated mis Ilan ou data and not on, for ex were not pre erved. It require a tamina and e p rti e ample, Horati Alg r, J.T. Trowbridge, T.S. Arthur, all its own, and a Pachon ob erved, it' an ntir Iy William H ory Thomas, Pr f. Ingraham, Ju tin Jones, differ nt focus from book re earch. The reward may b d Buntlin, ylvanu obb, r ference to Bo ton fewer and farth r between but th y ar noneth 1 w klie.,lif inth Bo tonofth 1850 ,goldenage opera exhilarating and intoxicating wh n they occur. Victor ing r ,Fr ma oory, Back Bay, phonograph records Berch, Eddie LeBlanc and Randy Cox can h lp me vouch and early r cording, movie, E.S. Elli , Edward for that! trat m yer ... until d m ntia t in and w hole up in In tracking down ptic torie I di cov red a numb r our a y chair with th vapor. of Carl Cantab tale ; they are herewith li ted and ann W II, of cour ,my intention are mo t laudable, but tated. Ad for the torie are included a oft n a po wh r do all thi mi manag ment get me? ible to give the nce of each in lieu of the t xl. Much hat it g t me i thi Alg r article, and my Optic f thi information has app ared befor (non of it w rk till pr ceding n it habitual luggish cour e. hasn't) and I am indebted to two valuable ourc for h, th fru tration f r earch... a i tance and bibliographical data: The hort tories, ... and it joy. Articles and Poems of Horatio Alger, Jr., compiled by In a particularly illuminating I tter by the lat Stanley Victor A. B rch and Edward T. LeBlanc (1990, Fall Ri er, Pachon (PF-O 7), he ad i e yet encourage me:"... and Ma .) and ary Scharnhorst' article in ew boy: I mu t c mplim nt you highly for the car ful, d dicated "Alg r ontribution to the Bo ton American Union" and often tim con uming and fru trating re earch into (March-April 1983). the old tory pap r . That i why mo t bibliograph rs Only the years 1852 to 1855 inclu iv were inv sti- id t P thi area 1Il ompiling th ir work, which i a gated for this tudy. We have highlighted all th arl gr at wrong to th author lIlve tigat d. I know it i much antab mat rial that we have unearth d, y t oth r Alg r ea i r to check v r b ok , but in my pinion uch i not pen names may eventually be uncovered. We do not tru bibli graphy." (Pachon to Walther, Jun 20, 198 ). off r proof that all of Horatio Alger's contribution t For tho e f u who lik to pend our vacation doing the American Union ar cit db low; we can only vouch ju t this, ther is no f ling of uphoria like it, v n if it for the p udonym (in thi cas " arl antab") known m an unco ring nly n bit of fiction. The American to u . There might still b further gem awaiting an iou Antiquarian i ty in W rc ter, Ma . i on of th di covery. b t hay n I know of f r uch heavenly pur uit ,and I Alger's short stories in American Uni 10 k forward t many mor y ar in it hallow d hall . A working checkli t The fir t i u of th American Union (Bo ton) wa o. 1: "Aunt Dorothy' Vi it!" by Horatio Alger, Jr. dat d ov mb r 4, 1 48; thi larg folio- iz d w ekJy (Vol. X, 0.4: May 21, 1853; pp. 1-2). wa ju t n of many uch argantuan off ring of th o adverti ment for thi tale wa not d in th popular pr (Flag of our Union, Star pangled Ban previou i ue. I can't r call whether the u ual n tic ner, True Flag b ing ju t a few) to quench the reading "Written for th American Union" wa included h reo app tit of ant -b Ilum Am rica. Alg r' name do not app ar in the Ii t of c ntributor The w kli. w re generally four pag with a (Contillued 011 PafSe 7) Page 6 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
MEMBERSHIP Brice G. Di hI (PF-950) 135 1075W ew members: Angola, I 46703 (219) 665-3975 r1 n M. Y rty (PF- 17) Bric i a r tir d up rint nd nt of h I who oth r hobbie ar tain d gla and appl : he ha an P.. B 1 4 orchard of mor than 800 vari ti .HI amed about Indi , 92202 H.A.S. from a bo k dealer and Brad ha (PF-412). rI n i r in tatin h r m mb r hip following th d ath f h r hu band, Harold W. Y rty (PF-599) in July. Jeff Farm r (PF-951) 343 Hojem Lan Da id Kirk Vaughan (PF- 31) ray lake,IL 60030 (70 ) 223-1462 2 akm ntWay 1 ff i a r earch biologi t wh al 0 coll ct Tom Dayt n, H 45430-15 4 (513) 429-9150 Swift, Ken Holt, Rick Brant and oth r boy , and girl' Kirk, a go rnment work r wh ther b ok coI- b ok .H and his wif Patty' other hobby i antigu I ting int r t i a iation, i rein tating hi m mb r- adv rti ing featuring cat. He I am dab ut the ociety hip. H i a r gular contributi r t th Dim 0 el I fr m Bart yb rg and Bill w n. Pulp I ri bo ks pan I at th A AlP A conf r nce. rthur W. mitt r Jr. (PF-952) R b rt L. K r ch (PF-946) 2959 Coral Vall y Dr., .. 5 L id Dri rand Rapid, MI 49512 (616) 957-0949 Arthur i a fumitur manufacturer wh oth r hob- r at Ri r, Y 11739 (516) 277-02 3 bi are coin collecting, auto and automobilia. H B b i an du ati nal con ultant and r tir d a i tant I am d about the i ty fr m a new pap r articl up rint nd nt of ch ols who e oth r collecting int r publi hed during the 1994 rand Rapid convention. t in Iud antigu (Mo ie adverti ing it m ), old car H ha mor than 90 Alg r titl in hi c 11 cti n. and urri r & Ive print.H 1 am d about th iety fr m an up tat w Y rk u d-bo k dealer. K nt P. Ki ow (PF-953) R b rt . Finnan (PF-947) 75 Holiday Driv B loit, WI 53511 (60 ) 362-2213 66 aId n nu K nt, who i r tired, own 45 Alger title . Hi oth r L nbr k, Y 11563 (516) 593-9730 book collecting int r tithe Dave Daw on rie. He Mail: P. .B 4, Malv rn, Y 11565 I am d about H.A. . from a former memb r. B b i a coIl ctor of a wide variety of eri book with m r than 1,000 titl in hi coIl ction. A lif -long William M k r (PF-954) r id nt f the w York city ar a, hi inter t in Alger 327 . Jack on t. i ti dt th t ri' wYorkl al .H lamdabout th i ty from hri D Haan (PF-773). Joplin, M 64 01 (417) 624-1397 William i a retir d teach r who curr ntly i a b d- and-br akfa tho t who th r hobbie ar w dwork- harl R. riffith (PF-94) ing and painting. H' oth r lit ratur int r t includ 940 Littl Whal n ck Road Harold B 11 Wright, Bo th Tarkington, lam liv r a t M adow, Y 11554 (516) 4 9-4923 urwood and R x Beach. had Ii t fi hing a hi other hobby in addition to 011 tin and r ading Al r. A al man, h I am d Change ofaddres : about the i ty from the local librar . org W. Ow n (PF-5 6) Jam (PF-949) 23 Kiowa Lan Palmyra, VA 22963 ( 04) 5 9-3373
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tory. Horatio Alger and o. 6: "Old Simon, the Mi er. tory of the w Year" by ad Cantab (Vol. XI, . 10: 0 mb r I, the American Union 1 53; p. 4). Advertisement: "Old Simon, the Mi er! A tory of the (COllt ill lied from Page 5) ew Year" by Carl Cantab - a name well kllown to our for th n uing volum in th April 30, 1 53 i ue. I thi reader - will al 0 appear complete in the next number, tory a r print from anoth r ource? occupyillg some four or five column ofthe fourth page. It i 0.2:"A Boarding Hou Flirtation!" by ad antab. certainly one of tlli author's happie t effort; and, in ollr (Vol. X, o. 23: t b r 1, 1 53). humble opinion the be t production from thi writer' pen, Adverti ement: "A Boardillg HOLi e Flirtatioll!" by that ha yet appeared in this paper. (p. 3, col. 3: pr viou Carl Call tab, will be pllbli hed entire Oil the ecolld page of is ue). next week's //lImber. Readers will find it, literally, a choice The incorrect date of 0 cember 3, 1853 is giv n f r story for tlte ladie ! Written in the author's be t tyle. (p. 3, thi Ii ting ( 0.485) in th B rch-LeBlanc bibli graph . col. 3: pr iou i u). R ad r can make a pen corr etion to their opi . Th i u it If ha not b en locat d; the ad i 0 far Th fir t modem-day appearanc of till tor ap our only elu to it cont nt . Ba ed on our r construc p ar in thi i sue of ewsboy, tarting n Pag 9. tion, thi tory. m to b th initial antab material in 0.7: "The Blu Sa h!" by arl antab (Vol. XlI, o. thi P riodi al. 7: June 10, 1854; p. 4). W nt, though yet again, that neither Alg r nor Adverti ement: "The Blue Sa h, A Story for Gelltle antab appear in th edit rial "Th Fall Campaign," men" by Carl Cantab, will appear next week. (p. 3, col. 3: citing futur ntribut r in th numb r dat d ptem- pr iou i ue). b r 3,1 53. o. 8: "Love in Disgui ; or An Id Face in a w 0.3: " rnith' oir ; or K ping Up App ar Pha "by ad Cantab (Vol. XII, o. :June 17, 1 54; p. ance "b antab (V I. XI, o. 1: etober 29, 1853; 4). p.2). Adverti ement: "The Lover in Oi gui e; or, All ld face dverti ement: "Mr. Smith's Soiree!" a story for the ill a Ilew Pha e" by earl Calltab, will appear forthwith. (p. 3, ladie ,by arl Calltab, author ofthe Boardillg HOll e Sketch, col. 3: pr viou i su ). "The Mi e Scraggs, " pllbli hed in thi paper a week or two "Love" i the corr et citation for thi tit! ,th word ina, will be printed entire Oil tlte ecolld page of/text week' "Lov r" appearing erron ou ly in the ad. Illimber...The ketch allnounced above, thou h writtell in a 0.9: "Mr. Brown tout!" by ad Cantab (Vol. XII, 11lIII/oroLi vein, is ill tended to convey a eriou moral. (p. 3, o. 10: July I, 1854). col. 3: pr vi u i ue). Advertisement: "Mr. Browll StOllt! A Capital Sketch" I "Th Mi ragg" ited abov ,the arne a " by earl Cantab next week. (p. 3, col. 3: pr vious i ue). Boarding Hou lirtation!" rna qu rading under an Another rni sing is u from th coli tion I ha alt mat tit!? Po ibly; po ibly n t. Two con cutive examined. However, the tat Library in Harri burg, tob r 1 and ,1 53, and 0 far untraceable in Pa. i on r cord a having a copy; rath r p dily, I will any Am rican librari ,may hold th k Yto this "phan- make inquirie there. tom" Alg r try, "Th Mi ragg ." It em that the indefatigabl tan! y Pachon ha 0.4: "Who Rung the Bell?" by ad antab (Vol. Xl, already e amined it ( e Dime ovel Round-Up, F b- . 7: 0 mb rIO, 1 53). ruary 19 a well a ewsboy,O c mb r 1977). Adverti ement: "Who Rung the Bell? A Colle e Remi Tabulating the above data, we readily det rmine ni cellce" by Carl Can tab, will find a place in our next. (p. 3, nine torie publi hed in American Union, ight b col. 3: pr iou i u). antab and one under Alger' own name, th antab Un! rtunat Iy, thi i u i al lacking, 0 all w mat rial certainly w leom d by th ditor and not hav to go by i th publi h r' blurb: a pity, as this tal r printed from another ource. Ifyou wi h to inelud the may r all a oll g prank fr m Alg r' Harvard day . lu iv "Th Mi ragg /' th n up th ant b n. Incidentally, the B rch-LeBlanc bibliography (listing f ignificance here is the time frame in which th o. 67 ) incorr etly it thi titl a "Who Rang the w r print d; e eluding"Aunt Oor thy' Vi it!" w an B ll? A 011 g R membrane ." no~e that ctober-D cemb r 1853 and June-July 1 54 0.5:Th Humpba k d ntributor" by ad antab app ar to r f1 ct the p riod of Alg r' rna tone ntrat d (Vol. XI, o. : 0 ember 17, 1 5 ; pp. 1-2). writing activity for thi p ri dical. Thi affords int r t o ad thi tim (it' with ut d ubt in th mi ing ing P culati n for harp r mind than mine. i u cited ab ) but w do ha e tant copi s of th (Conti/wed 011 Page ) Page 8 NEWSBOY November-December 1994 Horatio Alger and ~. ~tor4 the American Union WortD JH.rfloing. ( ontinued from Page 7) H ,;/twfnr til. American Ullion Wh r ar the ori inal ? That gr at tor hou of lit rary r earch, the American Antiquarian ociety, ha OLD 1 to ,TH] II Ell, th i u ov ring tori . I, 3, 5, 7 and ;B ton Publi Library own o. 6 (the ource for the tory a A STORY OF THE NEW YEAR. app aring in thi i u of ew boy). tor o. i uppo edly, a mentioned abov , I at d at th tate Library at Harri burg, Pa. I hay not 11 yeA n r, <.: A K TAD • amin d it but hop to r ctify the ituation shortly and will r port back to our reader. UHAP'l'lm r. In ew boy, D cember 1977, p. 3, col. 1, th late Dick dd n wrot t dit r Jack Bal :"1 ha e in my po The original heading for the Alger short story "Old h rt tory which may hay be n written by Simon, the Miser" as it appeared in the Dec. 31, 1853 although I am at a I a ju t how to prove it. issue of the Boston meric n Union. ry app ar d in th American Union on July I, 1. 12, . 10) and' ntitled 'Mr. Brown Stout; The torie app artohav b ne ten i Iyr print d, ictimized Bachel r.' 'A tory for entlemen' at I a t according to th B rch-L Blanc bibli graphy. In foil w thi and it arri th b lin Carl antab." pa t y ar, ew boy ha given u " unt 0 roth ' It w uld m that Mr. ddon owned another copy Vi it," "The Humpback d ontributor," "The Blu a h" f th i u in qu ti n. If it' out ther om wher , and of cour e, "Mr . Brown tout." w uld u pi a contact m? A pi a for a futur Victor B rch (hI ing on hi ch , jowl and bald upd t , if Y u will ... pate!) unco red a r printing of "Lo e in Di gill "in a That I a umb r 2 and 4 till unaccount d for: Haverhill, Mas . n w pap r. Futur rummag will no "Wh Rung th B m" may b the mor difficult to trace, doubt locate oth r in du ty lit rary attic . but th r might b a tim Iy r cu for "The Boarding A word about the arl antab tory," Id imon the H u Flirtation!" and it i n e again th late tanley Mi r," which follow in thi issue of ew boy: Pa h n wh com to ur a i tance. Ir m mber,quit vividly reading" harli odman's In hi P nultimat I tter to m , dated July 5, 19 8, cui e" in my callow y ar but have not read "Man on Pa hon n I d a Ii ting f catt red Oliver Optic th Mi r," from which the f rmer wa d riv d. n t ri , ne f which," ret rvice," appearing in r ading" Id imon, th Mi r," your Alger-i com Am ri an Uni n, I had b n unable to locate. tanley put r bank may kick in a mine did. an th g n i of it it a ' dverti ed t App ar in thi i u," i.., the e plot ituation and characterization be trac d a t b r , 1 53. far back a 0 cemb r 31, 1853? L treaders mak th call ptic i , of cour e, tangential to thi urve, yet it for them elve . urr d to m rath r tartlingly that to mak that Ifthi littl ffort ofmin ha in pic d you to do m b ration, he would hay had to ha e had acce to digging for your el e , or to rai e a que tion or two, let th pr viou i u, i.., t b r 1. He ither di cov r d me in conclu ion bring a few it m to y ur att ntion, it at m p int in hi migratory r earche or el it wa orne peculati e pond ring for a rainy (or nowy) in his c II ti nat n tim , very po ibly when he di d. aft moon. If om n out th r acquired thi ctob r I, 1853 n Page 4 of th January 27, 1 55 i ue of American is u fr m hi tat, th n f cour , he or he i in th Union (and writt n for it) app ar d an an nymou luck pin f" Barding Hou e Flirtation!" k tch, "The Tew Sch olmi tee ." And the I ad tory I t's II k P our fin r *(t , tongu and eye)cr d. ior the January 21, 1854 numb r, pp. 1-2, wa "Mad line Ba d up n th tim frame p tulat d abo , th and Temptr .A Tale of Pa ion" by Ro liff rd. mi ing i u , c n uti Iy for ctober 1 and ,1 53; ow, 1 am not willing to f rmulat any concr t Jul 29 and Augu t 5, 1 54 along with orne cattered conclu i n ba d up n thi incomplete and non-c r oth r , may prov fruitful in tagging other arl antab r borative information; y t, on th oth r hand am I not st ri ,d pending of ur, upon th availability to entirely willing ithcr to gra p, a did Edward ch lars in the fi ld wh know what to I k for. tratemeyer, th long pe tilent arm of coin idence. November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 9 Old Simon, the Miser a fragm nt of a tallow andl. A Ji w oal ar A STORY OF THE NEW YEAR burning in th grat, mitting a Ji bl warmth; n old man i ated b for th fir, if it d erv th BY RL B nam ; hi hriv II d hand ar tr tch d ov r th CHAPTER I anty flame, triYing to atch what!ittl warmth it What· llr? may afford. The old man' form i b nt, partly with Gold! y llow. gliU ring. pr clOUS gold! ag , but more with car and wa ting anxi ty. Th Timon of Athens. pin h d Ji ature ,th r tIe y, th tr mulou hand . half-enclo ed, a ifon th point of lut hing IIoard d, bart. r d, bought and old. om obj ct- all th I arly indi at th hara- tolen. borrowed. squand r d. doled: t r ofSimon Mom. Fory ar - ~ would r m m pum d by th young. but hugg d by the old. b r how long - h had lIv d in that am h rl To ill ry v rg oj th churchyard mould: room, ubmitting to privation without numb r, ?ric oj many a crime untold: grud ing him If v n th n iti of li~ . Hi Gold! gold! gold! gold! bent form had b orne familiar to all who liv d Good. or bad a thousandjold! Hood. n arby. Th v ry hool-boy point d him out. a h pa d by. a MOld Simon, th Mi r." It wa. ~ old, hilly ni ht: th wind bl w fitfully But by dint of crapin and d lYing, Simon had throu h th almo t d rt d tr t. T n o'clo k u d d in hi purpo - h wa ri h. h own d had jU t tru k, and th ound. a it p al d from a numb r often m nt in variou part ofth ity, th tow r of th Old South hur h, quicken d th which h r nt d to poor famili at exorbitant t P of th ~ w wayfar r whom bu in or pi a- pri . But we mu t r tum to him, at d b for ur k pt out thu lat. th canty fire in hi room. For a long time h at T no' 10 k! Let u ount th trok a they ring motionI; but at I ngth, a if a udd n thought out upon th night. Two hour mor . and th w had truck him. he ri e , and lifting a plank from Y ar will h v omm n d. w Y ar' day! u h- th floor. rai a h avy iron box. With dim ulty h r d in by th ringing of bell , by m ny gr eting , pia it on the tabl , and th n. taking a k y from and th int r hang of gift , how joyfully it i hi po k t. pro d to op n it. B for liftin th w I om d by hildh od, mor ob rlyy t tillgladly lid, h gaz s anxiou Iy around th room. Gainin by tho to whom it ha om many tim s, and who ourag . h lifts the lid at I ngth, and di play it a may not liv t it a ain. th old man b nd in ta y ov r hi hoard, and In on ofth by- tr t f Bo ton th r tood, at ount and r -count it. for th thou andth tim. th dat ofmy tory, an old wood n building, who Mit i min. all min ," chu kl d old Simon, gl dark, w ath r- tain d app aran , and g n ral air fully; Mwho hall ay that th old man tarv and ofdilapida ion, did not promi mu h ofcomfort or pinch him elffor noughtl Thi - thi i a r ward onv ni n within. v rth I ,w mu t nt r. for all - for hung rand thir t. and old. Th y th t Let u mount th ri k ty tair - autiou I, for look on me comfully. littl know what I hay to th y r k b n ath th w i ht: anoth r flight i upport m again t th ir taunt in my tron bo . b fore u ; th ,too, w mu t a end, and our Aha. and they never hall knowl Let m - th journ y i ompi t d. h If- agl I put in y t rday mak Ju t four thou- Small, d rk. and h rl i th haunt - hom and ight hundr d and thirty dollar . all in old. w nn t 11 it - of imon Morri .A ri k ty b d, Tomorrow i quarter-day. and I hall t nou h with a oar pallet, tand in th com r; b id it mor to make ov r fiv thou and, There' th i a hair with brok n ba k. Th ntr ofth floor widow B n on -I wond r wh th r h '11 haY th cupi d by pin -tabl ,on whi h burn faintly r nt r ady: la t tim r had to wait two day ; but I won't wait now. Th y ay h ' got a i k hild. nd
Edito~ note: Tills lory IS rcpril/ted frolll lire Dec. 31, 1853 ha n't b n abl to work for om time; but what i edltiOIl of tire Bo tall American nioll. Grnleflll achlOwledgl1lelll that to m ? If he an't g t along. h an go to th IS Irereby accorded M". Meribetll Ollllhollse ofti,e Re earch Library poor-hou ,that' all. Th r' th b d tad, nd Oivisiol/ of tire Bostoll Pllblic LIbrary, wlro kil/dly provided tire ~ ath r b d. and th bureau -] an tak th m, if plrolocopies of tillS Alger si/orl story for reprilltil/g 11/ ewsboy. (Colltinued 011 Page 10) Page 10 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
plank, and you will, I warrant me, find that und r Old Simon, the Miser neath which would make a poor man rich, and (Colltil/lled from Pa e 9) who loss might make a rich man xc dingly h ha n't otth mon y. Sh '11 fmd ithard to cheat poor." imon out of hi jU t du ." Followingwith hi Y thedlr ctlon ofhis vi Itor's Th miser' r flection wer interrupted by a finger, Simon, who wa sized with fre h dismay, loud kno k at th door. With tr mbling hand h on fmding that h had, through Inadv rt nce, I ft troY to 10 the lid, but hi fear and agitation the nd of the plank proj ctlng, 0 a to xpos w r 0 gr at that h did not at on e ucce d. Th through th r vic th indi tin t outline ofan Iron kno k wa r p ated with gr ater violenc . The che t. kno k wa r p at d with gr ater violence. "0, no, you are wrong, quit wrong," aid Simon, A gha tly palen am ov r the mi r' coun- hUniedly, pIa tng ht chair on the plank: Nth r i tenan ,and th lock napped. Giving up all hop nothing th re, ave - av a hang of clothing, of bing abl to hut it. old Simon took the box in which i all I haY , and would not b taking, hi arm, ni d it to the plank, and, lifting it up, ind ed." dropp d the box into it old plac . "Ifit I no b tt rthan what you h von, Simon" M nwhil th un a onabl vi itor, tired, a it and th tranger glanced uriously at th ragg d m . of kno king, call d out- and thr adbare garm nts wht h the mi er wore," I "Op n th door, Simon Moni , or it will b the can a ily b It ve you; but tell me, i it the custom wor for you! Op nth door, I ay, or I will b at it h rc to 10 k up clothing in an iron box?" off th hin P rceiving th look of di may whtch ov r pread "Who ar you?" aid Simon, trembling, "that the mt r' countenan e, h continu d- break into my hou e at the dead ofnight? Leave me; "But I won't a k any more questions wht h you if you would t al. go omewher el ,for l. heav n m to find it troubl som to answ r. Only I h lp m , am but a poor man, and have hardly happ n to know that th r t omething more nou h to liv upon." valuabl in that box than old loth : nay, I might "That i fal e." aid the man outsid ; "but no v nture a pr tty shr wd gu a to th amount of m tt r, op n th door, I t 11 you again, or I will find mon y It contain .I couldn't h lp Ii tenlng whtl a way to op nit." you kept me waiting at the door. But don't b Finding r mon tr n unavailing, Simon dr w fright ned, for I don't int nd to lak any of it th bolt. nd admitted the intruder. he wa a stout without your permission." built m n, of middl ag, with an air of r solution "And that you hall n v r hay ," aid Simon, on hi ountenanc, but oftened by an expression hurriedly, "that is," he added, for h feared he had of good humor, whi h reU v d it v rity. betray d him If, "if th r w r any there, a you Th vi itor, who v r h was, trode ar I ly in, ay." and at d him clf in the broken chair by the "Enough, enough," aid the trang r, waving hi b d id . Ca ling a crutinizing glance round the hand, "we have already had too much unprofitable apartm nt, h at I ngth brok il n e. di cu ton, and now to bu in - for I haY "I can't ay mu h about your a commodation, busine s with you, Simon Morri , w ighty and Simon. It em to m that a man of your wealth important bu in ,a you may find b for we mi ht afford omething b tter." haY fini h d. But it will take long, and your candl "A man of my wealthT an w r d Simon, hur i almo t out: bring another, and w will b gin." ri dly: "trul , you ar mistaken, much mi taken, Perhaps the mi er's economical habit might o d ir. All that I gain with th ~ ble hands will havel dhimtodi putethisord r,butth trang r's hardly provid th n itle of life." ton wa imp ratlve, and b tde he did not ar to "Pooht" laugh d the tranger, Incredulou Iy, be left alone with him in the dark. Slowly, th r fore, " ay th t to oth r , my good fri nd: m you annot and reluctantly, h aro ,and going to a ort of d iv: but if ind d you are as poor a you ay, I cupboard, which ontatn d, among oth r things, a might tell you wh r th rc i a tr a ure con eal d." cra ked teacup, a au r, and a plat of ommon "Wh r , wh r T jaculat d th mi r, ag rly, d If. all of diffi rent patterns, and a ru ty knife, h th h bilu I xpr Ion of upidity driving away for elect d a candl , and bringing it to the tabl , moment th terror xcit d by th tranger' lighted it. The fragm nt which r mained of the ntr n . other he car fully xtingui h d and placed in th 1 v ry far off: all you ne d do is lift up that upboard, probably to rv for anoth r 0 a ion. November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 11
The pr paration ompl ted, and th mi r Samuel knowl dg would b walth, and walth having r urn d hi at. th trang r ommen d. wa v rytbing. "B for I t 11 you on what bu in I haY com . "At a book tall h purcha ed ~ w cond-hand it will b n ary for m to nt r into om book at a mall pri ,and h nc forth hi hour of particular w 11 known to your elf, but which you lei ure w r pent in ndeavoring to rna ter th ir probably d m for ott n by 11 I . W r you ver ontent . At fir t th work w nt on lowly; but in th W t Indi ,Simon?" Samu I had an obj t in view. At thi brupt qu tion, th tart d and "H p r v red, and p r v ran ,from wh t- tum d pal. vercau itpro eed ,i ureofm tingwith om Without waitin for an an w r, th vi itor r r comp n . Thu it wa . that at th nd of a y ar urn d- Samuel, aid d only by the book which h had "Many y ar 0, a boy, mi rably lad, appli d purcha d, acquir d a good knowl dg ofa ount, for mploym nt to th h ad of one of th principal and could write a good bu in hand. About thi firms in Ilavan . Hi ~ tur w r harp n d by time a va ancy 0 curr d among th I rk m privation nd uf~ ring, whi h, p rhap , contrib ployed by the firm, and they r c Iv d with no mall ut d to iv him and app aranc ofb ing old r than a toni hm nt an application for th va nt p t h rally wa . Hi g n ral app aran wa far from from Samu I. the rrand-boy. Th ir urpri wa pr po in , for, ind p nd ntly of th air of till great r to find him comp tent to fill th Itua g n ral n gl t which urround d him, it wa not tion. Struck by hi P r veran . and willin to dim ult to r d in hi fa an expr ion of un r ward it, th y grant d hi r quest. nin ,whi h in th young i p cially r pul ive. It "Behold him now a the ummit of hi hop ; han d that th m r hant wa then in want ofan and y t not 0, for h m an to climb till high r. It rrand-boy, and Samu I Morton, a the boy all d i unne ary for m to detail Morton' furtll r him If, wa n ag d in that apa ity." progr - to how by what m an h ontriv d to At th m ntion of hi nam, Simon tart d ingratiate him If into th favor of hi mploy r . vi ibly, bu t tifi d to no oth r ign of motion. Hi fid lity and d votion to bu in w r u h, Th tran r w non. that. b for many y ar . from th rrand-boy h "Y r pa d. Th rrand-boy wa till m- had b com th chi f lerk in th tabli hm nt. ploy d a at fir t. h wa found to b faithful and M anwhU hi habit r main d n arly a p nuri tru tworthy, hi alary wa om what in r a d, ou a v r, and hi clothing, con tantly habby, o a to afford him th m n of living in comfort, mad him th butt of hi fi llow- I rk . had h b n 0 in lin d; y this app arance wa "Mr. M llen had a daughter - an only hild ar Iy b II r than at fir t. Th rag which h had who b auty excit d univ r al admiration, and on wh n lak n into mploym nt had given pia e to who virtu secur d the e t em of all. Sh had a uit but littl b tt r. No on kn w wh re or how bar Iy r a h d the ag of v nt n, and alr ady h liv d. To judg by hi pinch d ~ atur and h r many r omm ndation had urround d h r all nuat d form, h wa not in th habit of faring with a rowd of uitor, om of whom doubt! v ry umptuou Iy. Air ady h had taken hi fir t wer influenced oily by lov ; but th majority by I on in av ri ,and th lov of gain wa fa t a varietyofmotiv ,ofwhi h h rfath r' uppo d a quiring nandan y ov revery oth r pa ion wealth wa not the I a t promin nt. Th influ n in th mind of th rrand-boy. of b auty ha alway b n pow rful from th tim "But, aft r all, notwithstanding th ver t of the Trojan Helen to the pre nt tim . It ertainly onomy nd th mo t pin hing privation , th was 0 in thi ca . hoard ofth young mi r in rea ed but lowly. Th "Samuel Morton - th ragg d errand bo nd ne ari ofli~, r du d th Yw r in hi th mi rly I rk - what h had in ommon with to th narrow t po ibl ompa ,'wallow d up Mary M II n. th young and beautiful, th ift d mor than h lf hi lary. What v r mi ht b hi and car d? And yet h dar d to lift hi Y nd oth r d fi i n i ,Samu I wa not wanting in az upon h r. h dar d to a k h r hand. Can it b ut n ; h kn w th t th youn t of th nu- that Lov , the bright and unny pirit of Lov . h d m r u I rk in hi m ter' mploy re iv d for;l. moment nt r d th ontra t d mind ofMorton. mor than doubl what h did. H d t rmin d to narrow d down to th ompa of dollar and b om a I rk him If; but to u d in hi nt , and d ply n ru t d with avari ? Oh nol purpo ,h. mu tim to writ nd a t up n v r for a mom nt had lov qUi k n d th pul a ount . 'Knowledg i pow r' aid an old maxim; to (Col1til1ued 011 Page 12) Page 12 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
ther to ati fy you that I am in eam t." Old Simon, the Miser "Stay, stay," said the miser, tremulously, "tell (Continued from Page 11) m what you would have. I am a poor man, butit tion ofhis h art. Avarice still reigned pre-emin nt. if five dollar could induce you to let me r main in nd Mary Mell n was rich. I n d not ay that his quiet, I will give th m to you." uit wa r je t d - r j ted p rhaps with a littl The trang r miled cornfully. "And do you pardonabl ont mpt. Cold and passive to all ap- think I have corne her tonight for the ak ofa Ii w pear n . Samu 11 ft th room wh re his h m paltry dollars? Think you to con al your rime of gain h d b n so disa trou ly frustrated, but for v r from th ye of men for this in ignifi ant hatr d and th d ir of r v ng from that moment urn? No, Simon Morri ,I hav not corne h r to found a pIa in hi h art. enrich my elf at your exp n e. Nay, look not 0 "A ~ w month pa d, and ther came a p riod joyful; you may y t find that your af< ty r quires f comm rcial d pr s ion. The maller finns uc the surrender of a portion ofyour gain. You don't umb d. but th hou ofMeU n & Co. wa of long rememb r m . Let m r fr h your recoIl tion. tanding, and it r dit wa high. This would have Do s the nam ofG org S ymour r call me to your nabl d it to wcath r the torm, had nothing un- mind? Like your elf. I wa a suitor of Mary M 11 n. u ual int rv n d. On day the finn had mad I was too late. Her heart wa already giv n to unu u I x rtion to m t a heavy payment whi h anoth r. Edward B n on, my uc ful rival, was f< 11 du th following morning. Th y were succ a young m rchant in good bu ine .H pos e ed ful, nd r lir d to b d with a on ciou nes of many e timable qualitie , and wa, v n I wa curity which wa mo t unhappily di sipated obliged to exhibit. worthy ofhi good fortune. A few with th oming day. It wa di ov r d that the y ar lipp d away, and B n on, in the hop of hi f I rk was mi ing, and with him the money advancing his fortune , removed to the Unit d whi h had b n laid by for meting the d mand. State , but to what part I am unable to ay. Soon Th int llig n fell like a thund rbolt upon Mr. after rumors reached u that he wa dead, and hi M 11 n, who la t hop of u taining the long- wife and children I ft d stitut .I wa in good tabli h d cr dit of th fmn wa thus remov d. circumstance, and th memory of my arly love Bankrupt y n ued, a had b n for s en by ha impell d m to come in ear h ofh rthat I may Morton, who had ontrived at on and the same reliev her ne siti s. On arriving in 80 ton I lim to gratify hi thirst for rev ng ,and add to his hard ofyou. Though you had hanged your name, hoard . No trac ould b di cover d of the fugi I did not find mu h dim ulty in d t cting your uv , though ev ry m an w r taken to ecure hi identity with the clerk Morton. You are anxiou to arr t." know with what vi ws I have sought you. I will tell Th tr ng r pau d for a mom nt. you. I might d noun you to th authoriti ,but Simon, who e face had been turned to the wall you are an old man, and I hav compa ton on you. during th narration, uddenly aroused himself. You are a hard man, Simon; for y ar you have been nd in a tr mbling voice inquired - "Whatha your nriching your elf at the xp n e of hon t pov tory to do with m ,that you hould break in upon erty. And all for what! That your gold may be m at thi hour of the night?" hoarded up, u I ss to all, ev n to your elf. That "Mu h, Simon Morri , or rather let m call you box of your might tell many a tal of mis ry by y ur r I nam ofSamuel Morton. Puni hm nt ndured, ofhard and pinching pav rty, mad harder i om tim low but it i alway ur. Through and more burdensom ,could it but p ak. It hall th hang which time and avarice have wrought b my ornc to rede m it from it usele ness - to upon you. I till know you - what is more to the make it mini ter to the wants of th ne dy and the purpo ,I an prov your identity with the ab- comfort of the distr d. Th n shall your money onding cl rk, and then ofwhatadvantage will the prove to you abIes ing and not a ur hoard of Simon the mi er b to Simon the con The mt r groan d. vi t d criminal and th tenant of a jail?" "I don't mean to impov rsh you. Th money in "You would ort mon y from me," said th old that box i but a mall part of your po ssion. it man, d p rat ly, "and 0 you have trumped up i not quite equal to the urn of which you de thi tory. But I will not yi Id. No, no, you ar frauded your mployer. Tomorrow t your quart r diving m ." day; it is al 0 N w Y ar's day, a fitting time to "A you pI a ," aid th vi itor."I will go, but it comm nc your charitJ . Tomorrow you mu t to th poli office. P rhap I may find m an r duce on half th exorbitant rent you hav b n November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 13 in th habit of d manding, and you shall pay the cheerful glow around the room, and upon th till first in tallm nt of your debt by di tributing two hand orne, though car worn ~ atur of Mr . hundred dollar among your t nant ." Benson. Upon the bed laya boy oftwelv year ,who "Sp r m. par m ," groan d the old man. wa i k of a ~ ver. "You would r du m to d titution. Tak fifty "Charle ," aid the moth r a h smooth d hi nay. an hundr d dollar - only I t m r main in pillow, "how do you ~ el now?" qui t." "B tter, moth r," aid th si k boy. "I think I "Old man, thi i vain trifling; you annot mov ould r Ii h a pi e of chi k n if I had it." me from my purp s . But I do not constrain you; "I wish I could afford it," aid Mr .B non, th hoi i op n - th gaol or omplian of my mournfully, "but today i quart r-day, and Mr. d mand . Th r i no oth r alternativ .D id, Mom will all for the r nt. Fifte n dollar , and I and at n ." haY but ten. Ifh could only wait a Iitt! whiJ . But "I will ob y you, though I am d poil d of all." he i a hard man, and I ~ ar th wor t." "You hay d id d w 11. Early tomorrow I will b Ju t th nap al of b 11 rang joyfully out upon with you to that you do not fail me. And now, th morning air. Th ick boy rais d him Ifin b d. good night and pi a ant dr am ." "Ili N wY ar' Day, i n'tit, mother? Orwhy do th Th tran r d part d. A h I ft th room, b 11 ring 0 gladly?" twelve 0' 10 krang 01 mnlyfromth hur htow r, "Ye , my dar, it is." pro laiming th advent of th N w Y ar. And th "I rememb r how glad I us d to b to haY it ound mingl d with th dr am ofhappy hildren, orne. That wa wh n we w re rich, moth r. Don't and a mil of w I om ov r pr ad th ir un on you rem mb r, fiv y ars ago, fath r brought m ciou fa hom a book filled with picture ,and told m it wa May it ind d prov to th m a Happy w Year! my N w Y ar's pr nt. I wond r wh th r I hall Th ound r a h d Simon' garret, butitarous d ver haY anoth r." him not from hi tupor. Hi h art wa fill d with Mr . B n on igh d mournfully, for h ron' bitt r orrow, not for hi rim, but for it r tribu word brought vividly to mind th 10 h had lion. uffered. CHAPTER II "No," aid he, "tho day w r too bri ht and "Or wad with on through now, happy to la t. They will nev r om again." Drifted in loose fantastic curves aside, As he pok, he r urn d the win which From humbl door wh re Lou and Faith abide, h r car for the ick boy had for a mom nt int r And no rough winter blows, rupt d. hilling th b auty ofaffi clions fair, "How I wish I wer a man," aid harl ,a h abined s cur ly th re.·' Alice Carey. wat h d hi mother plying h r ne dl bu ily. "I would not let you work 0 hard. Put down your Th morning un gild with it fir tray th work for a moment; you have b en working 0 tow rand t pi of Bo. ton. Again ha the hum t adily that you n d r t." ofbu in s awak n din th crowd d tr et . "I annot ind d, Chari . for Mr. Grip wa v ry Th hill nd fro ty air qui k n th now of th parti ular to hay hi work don today, and if ( blood and I nd a bri kn to th t p. M rrily th hould fail 1am afraid h won't giv many mor . I igh , fr ight d with miling fa and happy I wonder why Mr. Morris do not orne aft r hi h art ,da h through th str t. All m joy and r nt. H i usually very punctual. If h will not wait gladn s in thi birthday of the y ar. a ~ w day till I can mak up th whole of th r nt. Y t not all. Th r ar om to whom thi a on w mu t 11 om thing to uppIy th d fi i n y." om with no fri ndly gr ting. Ther ar tho e to Hi eye wandered adly ov r th ~ w arti I whom it bring no I ga y but old, and uf~ ring that y t r main d to r mind th m of b tter da in and privation, who find in it no r Ii f for th th pa t, but th y wer all qually d ar to h r, and pr nt, and no hop for th Futur. h ould not r ign h rs If to part with any. Let u look in upon on of th mi r' t nant . It At thi mom nt a loud knock wa hard at th wa a mall room - that of th widow B non. door. From th arti 1 of furniture c~tter d about th Mr . Ben on ros ha tily, and op ned it. xp t ap rtm nt, it was .vid nt that he had on e known ing to giv admittan to old Simon h r landlord. b It r day .A mall fir burnt in th grat, par G org S ymour tood before h r. ingly fed, for 0 I w r xp n'iv . y t h dding a (Continued 011 Page 14) Page 14 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
t nding to th wants of h ron, wh n anoth r Old Simon, the Miser knock wa h ard at the door, pr c d d by a con (Continued from Page 13) fu ed nois a of h vy art! I brought up tair . "I haY om," h aid, "by direction of your Mr . Ben on w nt to the door. A man tood landlord, who I unabl to app ar in p ron." b for h r in th dr of a labor r. "If you pI a e, "I am v ry orry, ir, butI have had ickne ,and ma'am, I haY b n dir t d to bring th article In pit of all my ffort, I hay b n unabI to lay to on Mr . B n on, and ifyou ar the p r on a i out um i nt urn to pay for my quarter' rent. m ant, I will bring them in." What I haY Iwill pay at onc ,and I hop Mr. Morri H pointed as h pok to a barr 1of flour which will b willing to walt a Littl whil for the remain tood in the pas ag , and a larg clo d hamper. dr." "I am th p r onyou k," aid th widow. "You "You ml tak my purpo , madam," replied may bring th m in, and put th min thi 10 t, If ymour. "I cam Inde d by your landlord' dlr you plea e." tl n, but It i on a plea ant r rrand. He ha Thi wa accordingly don . r olv d to pr nt a N w Y ar' gift to ach of hi "What hall I pay you for your troubl T t nant, nd d min that om thing ub tantial " othing, ma'am," aid th man, touchin hi and u ful would b mo t acceptabl , he ha hat."Th man a told m to bring th thing h r , dlr t d t b brought to you In ommon with th paid m ." r t of hi t nant a barr 1 of flour and a f, w G org Seymour had wat h d thi en with r ri ,whi h will b h r in a f, w mom nt .I an expr ion of int r t and b n vol n . Wh n iv you not! b forehand that you may be pr the man had d part d, he aid, p r d to r Iv th m, and not con id r it a ml "If you will p rmit m , madam, I will op n thi t k ." hamp r to make ur that It ontain all th ar Th min led urpri and gratltud with whi h ti 1 lord r d." Mr . B n on Ii t n d to thl addr may b imag The hamp r b ing op n d, dl play d parc 1 of In d. Su h an a t of g n ro ity wa 0 utt rly t a, ugar, butt rand oth r n dful gro ri , contr di tory of v ry id a h had formed of her b Id a pair of chi k n . landlord' h ra t r that h ould hardly b 11 v "Chari ," aid h . "Yourwi hha b ngrant d: In it r allty. om fairy mu t hay heard you wi hlng for a pi c "E u aid, at I ngth r ov ring of hi k n, and nt It to you throu hour b n vo h r If. "but my urpri e i 0 gr at that 1 may I nt landlord." app r low in xpr ing my gratitud . 1b g you G org S ymour mil d at th Id a ofold Simon' to Iv my warm t thank to Mr. Morri for hi b n vol n ,but did not fit to expre any lrul n'rou b haviour. 1 that 1 haY don doubt about thl point. By way of pa Ing th tim , him Inju tl . II r aft r 1 hall regard him a a h took up a book from th tabl; It wa a mall n rou b n ( tor." po k t dltlon of th Bibl , and h r ad on th fly mour bow d and ontinu d, I af, "Edward B n on to hi b lov d wif, ,Jan. I, "My rr nd I not y t fini h d. You n ed f, el 183-." und r no on m about your r nt, Mr. Morn ha He ros in gr at agitation. d t rmln d from h n forth to r duc hi r nt to "I thi your ,madam?" aid he. on h If th Ir pr nt amount. Tho air ady du "It i ; It wa a gift from my lat hu band." for th II qu rt r h will r mit wholly. "Do not d m m Influ nc d by an Idl curio Ity Mr . B n on r new d h r expre ion of gratl if 1a k you on qu tlon mor . W r you not born tud ,and mor Ii ht-hearted than h had b en for In Havana, and wa not your maid n nam Mary man month . 1 d the way into h r room, followed M 11 nT by th tr ng r whom h had invited to nt r. "You ar right," aid Mr . B n on, "but I did not mour nt r d partly out of curio ity, partly know th re wa anyon in thl Ity who had known b au Mr. B n on (with who name he wa not m by that name." I a qu Int d) h d awak n d in hi mind a trang "I kn w it," aid S ymour. "From th mom nt f, lin of Int r t for which h found him If un that my y r ted upon you, I reco niz d om abl to a ount. S at d him If and glan d thing familiar in your ount nan ,an Indf'finabl uriou I r und th rom, 0 p rf, tly n at amid expr Ion which r call d th past to my mind. I II th vid n of pov rty which It exhibited. have b n trying to r oil t wh r 1 had n you Mr . B n on had b gun to bu y her If in at- b for , but without u c November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 15
"I am not urpri d at it. ~ aid Mr . Ben on. hop and fru trat d purpos . Through the long "Tim and orrow hay hang d m much; butyou, vi ta of a lUi orroded by avari . mbitt r d by now that I examin you clo Iy, you ar , unl my privation. and lighted up by no smil of affi tion, y d iv m -" he look d ba k. Itwa a dr ary interval. Happin I "G org S ymour." He had n v r known what it was. Day by day hi Th widow' h k fiu h d faintly; h had not hoard had increa d. y t v ry day hi thir t for forgott n that G org S ymour once u d for her gain b cam mor and more r tle and un ati hand. fi d. And thi wa hi r ward. Of all his t nan . S ymour ha tily r lat d hi obj t in vi iting th poor and worn down with heavy ar a many of Unit d Stat s, by what m an h had di coy r d them w r . ther wa not on 0 mi rabl a th id ntity of old Simon th mi r with Samuel hims If. Hi had b n the mi tak ofa lifetim . and Morton. th b conding 1 rk, and th motiv now th paltry sati faction of ing and ounting which had 1 d him to u h an extraordinary act of his hoard daily wa to b snatched from him. Th lib rality. hadow of hi arly crlm 11k a grim phantom Mr . B n on in r turn r lat d h r own tory. tr tched out b for him in terrible reli f. and v ry "You r m mb r, h aid. "that a ~ w y ar after ffort to fr him If from It would b u el . Day- our mamag Mr. B n on r mov d to w York, by-day to e hi gains dimini hing - thi wa th thinking that ity pr nt d gr at r bu in fa- fate r rv d for him. To him It wa d ath - mor iliti than Havana. Di appointed th r h r than d ath. for itwa extinguI hing the hop whi h mov d to Bo ton. Fortun mil d on him for a hort had buoy d him up for y ar. u taining him tim . but at len th th tid turned. A ship in which through years of privation and corn. h had v ntur d n arlyall hi prop rty wa 10 tat Toward v rung h walkedout to drive away th a. Th ruin of hi hop brought on a ttl d fan i which were p rp tually goading him. As h min holy whi h t rminat d in hi d ath. For m walk d on lowly and without any d finit pur and my on harl ,th n a lad of lev n,!ittl or po . h wa met by on of th r ipi nt of hi nothing r main d. I w oblig d to dep nd on my bounty. Sh topp d him and pour d forth warm n dl for a liv lihood, and for th la t fiv y ar expr ion ofgratitude. H Ii t ned va antly until haY liv d a you e." at length h r meaning dawn d upon him. Without "But why did you not writ to Havana for a i a word he pu h don. r gardl of v rything but tan eT that. It wa v ning and th hadow gath r d "I did 0, bu rid no an w r. Shortly aft r I darkly around him. But what wer the to th h ard that my fath r wa d ad. and h n forth hadow that darken d hi mind? gay up all hop of any aid av that which my All at on e in th d pth of hi d pair h form d n dl afford d. ~ are olution. Giving no tim forr n tion. he turn d Aft r litt! mor onv ration. S ymour d down a by- treet and mad hi way to a wharf. For part d, promi ing to all again at an arly day. a mom nt he tood gazing at the luggi h urr nt It would b a pI a nt ta k to follow him on hi b n ath. and th n plung d r kl ly in. A pIa h rrand of m r y - to d crib how many hearts - ripple upon th tr am - and all wa over. w r gladd n d, and how th ir orrow wa turn d The mi r wa d adl into joy by involuntary bounty of old Simon. upon That ev ning G org S ymour vi it d th thi fir t day ofth y r. Who that ha on e known mi r' apartm nt, but h wa not within. Som th joy of giving would con nt to r linqui hit? what urprl d. he departed and call d again th Who that ha known th xqui it pI a ur of next morning. H arln no tiding of him c pt r li ving mi ry and light ning ar , of awakening that h wa en to go out th pr viou v ning. hop in th h art of th d pondin and mooth and had noty t r tum d. h b am appr h n iv ing th rugg d path ofpoverty. will not ub rib to for hi ~ ty. By hi dire tion a earch wa in ti that truly divin maxim - "that it i b tt r to giv tut d and th body di ov r d. than to r iv." Old Simon left no will. and there w re no h ir to Many w r th h art m d happy on that day. u d to hi on id rabl prop rty. S ymour Many w r th bl in invok d on th h ad of took th n ary mea ure to e tabli h hi id n- Simon Mom . But wh r . m anwhil ,wa th tity with Samu 1 Morton. Having don thi. h donor of all th gift ? Why did h not om forth communicat d th facts whi h haY b n d tail d to witn th ffi ct of hi lib rality? abov to th authorlti . who d id d that. in II had not th h art to do it. Shut up in hi default ofother h ir . the mi r' w alth hould b Ion ly ro m, h wa pond ring ov r di appoint d (Contillued 011 Page 16) Page 16 NEWSBOY November-December 1994 Old Simon, the Miser BOOK MART ( ol/til/llcd from Page 15) For Sale: tran ~ rr d to Mr . B non. d I r lat the qu I? How the di int re ted Street & Smith Alger Series paperbacks. ondu t of or S ymour won, fir t th t m. First lot: front and back covers fine with and n th loY of Mr . B n on. A year had not spine VG with slight chipping. $15 each: lap d b for a y bridal train wa e n i uln from on ofth prin Ipal chur h ofBo ton. Again #1 - Driven From Home a brld , Mr .S ymour, who had trodd n 0 #5 - Tony the Tramp un omplainingly th path of adv r ity with tood #10 - Only and Irish Boy no I u fully th p uIiar trial which al #12 - Chester Rand l nd pro p rity. With her hu band' con nt he #21 - The Store Boy ha laid id all th mi r' prop rty ex pt th #29 - Struggling Upward amount of whi h h d fraud d h r fath r, and th in om of thi urn h annually d vote to hari #49 - Facing the World t bl purpo #80 - The Young Musician Thu th gold whi h in the mi r' li~ tim lay #81 - The Telegraph Boy u I ,ha b om a fountain of good Influ n e. #85 - Herbert Carter's Legacy and a ry w Y ar' Day bring with it lh #86 - Strong and Steady anniv r ary of hi d ath, many are th harts #93 - Nelson the Newsboy whi h ar ladd n d - many th n c itie that ar r Ii v d from th long tr a ur d hoard of Old #97 - The Young Book Agent imon th Mi r. Second lot: front and back covers complete LETTERS TO THE EDITOR with spine more chipping but all titles still readable. $10 each: Mr. Rob rt . Ka p r, ecutiv cr tary Iloratio Ig r i ty #11 - Jed, the Poorhouse Boy ar Rob: #25 - The Young Adventurer I r iv d y ur apprai I of my Horatio Alg r boo\... #41 - Sam's Chance colle tion. J appr ciat 0 mu h the fine rvice you pro #47 - The Young Salesman id d. amu I I luang of orth rn Illinois Univer ity wa #50 - Luke Walton d light d to I arn ab ut the donation of 453 books. h gr up of ight fir t dition wil1 be mail d to you #53 - Erie Train Boy parat I. F r th r cord, th y ar : #57 -A Debt of Honor Ben Logan' Triumph #58 - The Young Explorer Frank Hunter' Peril #60 - The Errand Boy Making hi Mark #70 - Frank's Campaign Mark Ma on' ictory Out for Bu ine #71 - Bernard Brook's Adventures hifting for Him elf #78 - Tom Temple's Career Tom Turner' Legacy #83 - The Train Boy Young Captain Jack #84 - The Cash Boy , btl an d t rmine, I paid $125 for them. Ihop th y bring that much r mor at the H. .. auction. PI a e ign Postage is $2 for first 3 books and 25 cents for each and r turn a op f thi I tt r indicating r ceipt of the book. additional book. Personal checks OK. Call between m fth e ar ,I'dlik toatt ndam tingofH... 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. No answering service. and have a chan e to m t you. Than again and b t r g rd '. Hank Gravbelle inc r Iy, 501 Avenue G Raymond L. Murray (PF-546) Bo 55 6, tat Univ r ity tati n Redondo Beach CA 90277 Ral igh, 27650 (310) 316-4549 November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 17 Suspiciously like Stratemeyer Syndicate series
by Jame D. Keeline (PF-898) h trat m y r yndicate wa an important and Tinflu ntial forc in popular childr n' r ading. That i , th kind of b ks that children actually r ad. Hun dr d f ri books m rg d fr m thi group b hind enigmatic p udonym. The id ntiti of hired writer working b hind th P eudonym have b n e p cially difficult to d t rrnin . o idr J hn n' "Strat m yer P udonym and Se ri B oks" ( r nwood Pr s, 1982) i th very be t c ampl of ch lar- hip w have li ting whi h ri ar and ~~"'I which ar not b Ed I ...~~ ward trat m yer or trat mey r yndicat pr p rti .D pite thi compr h nsi e bo k, w do not even know with c rtainty all of th p ud nym u d and rie cr at d by the yndi cat. Th in itable cir um tanc ari wher n w inf r- mation m rge t upplem nt arli r information. In the 12 ar ince Johns n' bibli graphy, mor than 125 is ue of magazine lik Yellowback Library, Mystery and Adventure Review, Dime ovel Round-Up, and "Bob Spencer the Life Saver," published by Sully & ew boy hay b en publi hed. ral of th e i ue Kleinteich, fits the criteria of a Stratemeyer Syndi contain n w di ov ri and gue e about Stratemey r cate Series yndi at ri, p eudonym , and author hip. Thi artic! a crib new ri t th tratem y r wift, Hardy Boys, etc.) Syndicat ba ed upon circum tantial evidence of au Type 3 - The writing by author other than th r, illu trator, tyle and publi her. In on ca e, it will trat m yer ba d upon th it own outlin and oft n off r vid nce to ugg st that on ri wa incorrectly publi hed under an author's name ( .g. Larry Dexter, attribut d to th yndicat in John n' book. Dick Hamilton, Curlytops, tc.) When thi article wa b gun, the bulk of materials Type 4 - A Strat meyer-eontrolled tory that wa from th B in k Manu cript oll ti n had n t been purcha d by tratemeyer after orne initial publicati n available to upply confirmation of any of the edu- (e.g. "Two Boys and a Fortune" by Matthew Whit, Jr.) cat d gu w that th n t bo of Syndicat Lik the adage about art, after om p ri nce, n partn r ancy Axelrad ha eben examined, orne of can identify a Syndicat work when on e it. Also lik th ri m ntion d h r may b confirmed in th it art, ther are a number of factors which may h Ip to tatu a yndicate prop rtie or product. identify a eri book a a yndicate product. ertain Th r ar ntially f ur typ of wor which may patt m m rg in ri aft r ri which ar known to be c nsid r d part of th Stratemey r yndicat. Al be yndicat product. Some of th ear: though thi wa m nti n d in an arli r i u, for pur Author po fdi u i n, a m r formalli ting may b appro We hay learned that a Syndicat prop rty n ed not priate. b publish d under a p udonym, although c rtainly Type 1 - The per onal production of Edward the va t majority w r. ri like th Larry Dexter, trat m y r under his own nam or one of his pers nal Dick Hamilton, and Curlytops under Howard R. ari' p ud nym (.g. aptain Ralph Bon hill, Arthur M. nam and "Two Boy and a Fortune" und r Matth w Winfield) Whit, Jr' name give cl ar indication that a till under Type 2 - t ri writt n by "gho twriter " ba ed a real p r on' name may till b a yndicate pr duct or upon titl r utline fr m Stratem yer and u ually prop rty. rtainly, not all of th b ok und r ari' or publi h d und r p udonym ( .g. Motor Boy, Tom (COIltillued 01/ Page 1 ) Page 18 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
Suspiciously like ther illu trator em d t do mo t or nearly aU of their work with th Syndicat. There ar veral Stratemeyer Syndicate series ampl of this, including harl uttal, H. Richard B hm, R. Emmet w n, and, of cour e, Walt r . ( 011 tilllied from Page 17) Rog r. hit' name ar yndicat rie but e ampl by in the ca of Rog r, v r 300 rie books! w r rtain publi h r at certain time period are. li t d in a c mputer databa of childr n' b 0 with P eudonym over 700 illu tration . The urpri i that n arly all of i en th lack of bi graphical information for many the b oks listed ar Strat mey r yndicat product for uth rand illu trator , th m r ab ence of biographi nine or mor publi her. ome of the wer major a1 data for a given author' name is not uffici nt publisher and oth r were comparatively ob ure. id n t indicat that th nam i a p udonym. F w r than 10 of th b wer writt n by "auth r " H we r, in e th ample contract en mention th not affiliat d with th Syndicate. u f "trad mark p nnam [ ]," an xamination of The e "black h ep" includ tw v lum from the trad mar a igned to dward tratemeyer and his Tom Slade Series, on volum of the Our Little Cou in d ndant m y pr fruitful. Hopefully, di co rie erie publi hed by .. rag , and a v lum from th f thi kind an b pr ent d in future article to confirm t. }o's "eri " that wa al 0 publi h d by Pag . It or r fut th upp ition pr nt d in thi arti Ie. m ery lik ly that Rog r ' agr m nt wa n t with Publisher any gi en publi her a much a it wa with th trat m y r wa a very go d fri nd to a publi h r. trat m yer yndi at . Walt r S. R g r illu trat d H upplied a emingly ndl line of erie boo b oks between 1912 and 1931. whi h h d a ood tra k r ord for ale. U Strat m y r tyle b gan t ha e hi b published by a particular com- Thi i perhap th mo t difficult area to p ifically pan ,th a1 f th b 0 and other fr m that drib. brant r ad r fa ariety f arl yndi publi h r would incr a ub tantially. cate rie will r call that tratemeyer wa fond of a In an, trat mer' inv I ement would put that "D ar Boy " or "D ar R ad r " introduction at th publi h r " n th map" v n if hi nam wa nev r beginning of many of hi tori . Till alone d not m ntion d. imilarly, if trat m yer or the Syndicat id ntify a book a b in a Strat m y r or trat m y r thr ten d to m publi hing rights from on com- yndicate product, but it can combine with oth r fact r p n t an th r, it would b uffici nt motivation t for gr at r p r ua ion. initiat a law uit again t Strat meyer. Another con i t nt tyle fact r i the con i t nt gen Thi urr don tw ca 'ion : in 190 , trat m yer eral avoidance of th word" aid" to d crib dialog. m d th bulkof hi publi. hing right from Chatterton- haracter r tort, exclaim, murmur, cry, gr an, a k, r k t ro t & Dunlap and in 1979, the Syndicat an wer, reply andeja ulat but rar Iy do th yev r" ay" hang d from ro t & Dunlap to imon & Schu ter anything. At fir t I thought thi might be a characteri tic (Wand r r B k). B th in tance were marked by law of Howard ari' tyl ,but after watching for it, I ha uit fr m th f em r companie . not d it pr nc in writing identifi d a the work f imiJarly, kn wing wh n trat m yer u d a giv n St. eorge Rathbom and W. B rt Fo t r and oth r . publi her in it a clo r xamination of imilar b Appar ntly, ther wa a popular mov m nt to a oid publi h d at th am time by that publisher. Thi i rep titi e u of th word" aid" and it variant during pe iaB tru for particularly ob cur publi her who that time, particularly in th new pap r indu try. Thi publi h d few n w cr ation of their own in th erie vid nce i also circum tantial, but can add to oth r b k fi ld. factor to provide a convincing attribution. Finally, many yndicat ri u a standard for- in mula of 25 chapt r . Although thi vari d lightly for ri om titl ,eri with r lati ely uniform I ngth ar lik Iy to b yndicat .. Chatterton-Peck A m nti n dab ,wh n trat m y r mo d from Chatterton-Peck to ro t & Dunlapin190, hatterton initiat d a law uit. Th ttlem nt of the law uit wa adverti d in Publi her's Weekly wh r v ral ac- knowledg d yndicat ri w r Ii t d along with moth r eri and tit) &D' adv rti m nt of November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 19
Enterprise Books (reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap in 1908) Ittlf, I It, ".,bI,./'as' 1I'r.-H~· IN" I ti "lttlt" 7. fl/' ---_._- - --.--- 1. The Crimson Banner William D. Moffat (1866-19??) C-P 1907 Important Announcement to the Trade 2. Canoe Boys and Campfires
We lI,lV," '11\t t UIII,tlt lnl,U1.lff.lllgClllt lit .nh 1111 J,c1~.HII ''If.d11l1(,~t r, fllll111'r hI Ilu III lit " .Hld (111')',,):111\ a,,,1 the I'IIIIh,tll"l: I."u"", u( (. h;all( IIt.ll William Murray Graydon (1864-1946) C-P 1907 I'H1. <':It "IH.ult,. _(' 1'3\t' 1.,Leu O\CI the IlIIlIhc.uu,lll tit .. he 'bUt/_it'.: ",II·LI""'" "'uult 3. Andy, the Acrobat TlII'FI\MOUS ROVER BOYS SERIES By Allhur M. Willhdd Peter T. Harkness (pseud.) Cop 1907 '"It. nny..t n ''1. In "o'11hetli W .. htU Th. RoY~r O
2. Frank and Andy at Boarding School (orig. The Racer Suspiciously like Boys at Boarding School by "Clarence Young"). Cupples & Leon, 1912; Sully, 1921 Stratemeyer Syndicate serIes 3. Frank and Andy in a Winter Camp (orig. The Racer Boys to the Rescue by "Clarence Young"). Cupples & Leon, 1912; Sully, 1921 Beach, Charles Amory; pseudo (St. George Rathborne) Air Service Bo s Series 1. Air Service Boys Flying for France Sully, 1918 2 Air Service Boys Over the Enemy's Lines Sully, 1918 3. Air Service Boys Over the Rhine Sully, 1918 4. Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Sully, 1918 5. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory Sully, 1918 6. Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic Sully, 1918 Carr, Annie Roe' pseudo n h rw ri 1. an Sherwooa at Pine Camp Sully & Klelntelch, 1916 2. Nan Sherwooa at LakeView Hall Sully & Kleinteich, 1916 3. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Sully & Kleinteich, 1916 4. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch Sully, 1919 5. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Sully, 1921 Cooper, James A.; pseudo (W. Bert Foster) Ca od S r'es 1. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper; a Story of Cape Cod Sully & Kleinteich, 1917 2. Cap'n Jonah's Fortune; a Story of Cape Cod Sully, 1919 3. Tobias 0' the Light; a Story of Cape Cod Sully, 1920 4. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove; a Story of Cape Cod Sully, 1922 Davenport, Spencer; pseudo Th Rushton Bo s Series . The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall H.I.L.Co., 1916; Sully, 1918 2. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove H.I.L.Co., 1916; Sully, 1918 3. The Rushton Boys in the Saddle H.I.L.Co., 1916; Sully, 1918 • The first publication of thie Joe Strong Series was by Hearst's International Library Co. in 1916 with a frontispiece and three internal illustrations by Jerome L. Kroeger. Sully & Kleinteich changed its name to George Sully Co. at the end of 1917. SincE' the books are only listed in the Cumulative Book November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 21
Index (CBI) as being published by G. Sully, this indicates that 5. Janice Day, the Young Homemaker the series moved over when H.I.L.Co. was absorbed into G. Sully, 1919 Sully in 1918. For the Sully reprints, a frontispiece by Walter S. Long, Helen B.; pseudo (W. Bert Foster) Rogers is the only illustration. The Girl He Left Behind Sully, 1918 Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) Rockwood, Roy, pseudo Th Youn Re orter Series 1. The Young Reporter at the Big Flood (Vol. 1, Edward Stratemeyer; Vols. 2-3, Weldon J. Cobb) Sully, 1918; originally "From Office Boy to Reporter"; o e Fe rl ss Serie (see Note 2) The Newspaper Series, Chatterton-Peck, 1907 1. Dave Fearless After a Sunken Treasure 2. The Young Reporter and the Land Swindlers Sully, 1918; originally "Rival Ocean Divers"; Dee a Sully, 1918; originally "Larry Dexter, Reporter"; The ~, Stitt, 1905. N w r ri s, Chatterton-Peck, 1907 2. Dave Fearless on a Floating Island 3. The Young Reporter and the Missing Millionaire Sully, 1918; originally "Cruise of the Treasure Ship"; Sully, 1918; originally "Larry Dexter's Great Search"; Deep Sea Series, Mershon, 1906. The Newspaper Series, Grosset & Dunlap, 1909 3. Dave Fearless and the Cave of Mystery 4. The Young Reporter and the Bank Mystery Sully, 1918; originally "Adift on the Pacific"; D a Sully, 1918; originally "Larry Dexter and the Bank ~, Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. Mystery"; The Yo n R r ri ,G&D, 1912 Steele, Chester K.; pseud (W. Bert Foster) 5. The Young Reporter and the Stolen Boy "Somewhat Different Detective" Series Sully, 1918; originally "Larry Dexter and the Stolen 1. The Diamond Cross Mystery Boy"; The Young Reporter Series, G&D, 1912 Sully, 1918 6. The Young Reporter at the Battle Front The Golf Course Mystery Sully, 1918; originally "Larry Dexter in Belgium"; The Sully, 1918 Young Reporter Series, G&D, 1915 Stokes, Roy E.; pseudo Hamilton, Robert, pseudo (W. Bert Foster) Un'versi Series Belinda of the Red Cross 1. Andy at Yale Sully & Kleinteich, 1917 Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 2. Chet at Harvard Hawley, Mabel; pseudo Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Four i Ie ssoms Se( 1. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm Strayer, E. Ward; pseudo Sully, 1920 Making Good with Margaret Sully, 1918 2. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School Todd, Burbank L.; pseudo Sully, 1920 Back to the Soil .. iram" Seri 3. Four Little Blossoms and their Winter Fun 1. Hiram, the Young Farmer Sully, 1920 Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 4. Four Little Blossoms on Appletree Island 2. Hiram in the Middle West Sully, 1921 Sully & Kleinteich, 1915 5. Four Little Blossoms Through the Holidays Wheeler, Jane; pseudo Sully, 1922 Billie Bradle eries Holmes, Thomas K.; pseudo (W. Bert Foster) 1. Billie Bradley and her Inheritance The Man from Tall Timber Sully, 1920 Sully, 1919 2. Billie Bradley at Three-Towers Hall The Heart of Canyon Pass Sully, 1920 Sully, 1921 3. Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island Long, Helen B: pseudo (W. Bert Foster) Sully, 1920 4. Billie Bradley and Her Classmates Do So ethin IIJanice Da " Series 1. Janice Day at Poketown Sully, 1921 Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 5. Billie Bradley at Twin Lakes Sully, 1922 2. The Testing of Janice Day Sully & Kleinteich, 1915 UNLIKELY TO BE SYNDICATE SERIES 3. How Janice Day Won Roy, Lillian Elizabeth Sully & Kleinteich, 1916 Girl Scout .. ontain" eries 4. The Mission of Janice Day 1. Girl Scouts of Dandelion Camp Sully & Kleinteich, 1917 Sully, 1921 (Colltinued 011 Page 22) Page 22 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
Suspiciously like 4. Bert Wilson, Marathon Winner Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Stratemeyer Syndicate series 5. Bert Wilson at Panama ( ontinlled from Pa e 21) Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 6. Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer 2. Girl Scouts of the Adirondacks Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Sully, 1921 7. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron 3. Girl Scouts in the Rockies Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Sully, 1921 8. Bert Wilson in the Rockies 4. Girl Scouts in Arizona and New Mexico Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Sully, 1921 Randall, Homer; pseudo PROBABLE SYNDICATE SERIES Arm Bo s Series Allen, Jay Winthrop (pseud?) 1. Army Boys in France Trail Boys of the Plains Sully, 1918 Sully, 1921; (orig. Dodd, Mead in 1915) 2. Army Boys in the French Trenches Armitage, Capt. Taylor; pseudo Sully, 1918 (St. George Rathborne) 3. Army Boys on the Firing Line n Ie Sam's Service Series Sully, 1918 1. Bob Spencer the Life Saver 4. Army Boys in the Big Drive Sully & Kleinteich, 1914 Sully, 1918 2. Dave Spencer on the Secret Service 5. Army Boys Marching into Germany Sully, 1918 Sully, 1918 Davidson, Halsey; pseudo 6. Army Boys on German Soil Nav Bo s Series Sully, 1918 1. Navy Boys After thye Submarines The books by Jay Winthrop Allen and apt. Taylor Sully, 1918 Armitage wer illu trat d by Walter S. Rog r. t. 2. Navy Boys Chasing a Sea Raider orge Rathbome wrote the two- olume Uncle am' Sully, 1918 rice eri (Dime ovel Round-Up, 0.572), it i 3. Navy Boys Behinmd the Big Guns not impos ible that he wrote the books and r cei d Sully, 1918 payment from Strat m y r. ince Walter . Rog r illu 4. Navy Boys to the Rescue trated for the Stratem y r Syndicate almo t xclu ively, Sully, 1919 thi may add additional videnc to th yndicat tatu 5. Navy Boys at the Big Surrender of the three books. Sully, 1919 In th ca e f th "Trail Boy of the Plain "by 11 n, 6. Navy Boys on Special Service the original pubIi her wa Dodd, M ad in 1915 with the Sully, 1920 illu tration by Rog r . Although Dodd, Mead m Duffield, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Watson F. Ward, Jr.) like an unlikely Syndicate publisher, at lea t one con- Lucile Series firm d Syndicat ri wa publi hed by thi firm. Th 1. Lucile the Torch Bearer two-volume Carolyn of the Comers eries wa pub Sully & Kleinteich, 1915 li hed by Dodd, Mead in 1918 and 1919 ( ach volume 2. Lucile Triumphant wa reprinted by ro t & Dunlap). Sully & Kleinteich, 1916 Dodd, Mead and Company 3. Lucile Bringer of Joy PROBABLE STRATEMEYER SYNDICATE SERIES Sully & Kleinteich, 1917 4. Lucile on the Heights Allen, Jay Winthrop (pseud?) Sully, 1918 Trail Boys of the Plains Duffield, J.W. (possibly John W. Duffield) Ames, Franklin T. (St. George Rathborne?) Bert Wilson Series Euro an War "Between the Lines" Series 1. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 1. Between the Lines in Belgium Sully & Kleinteich, 1913 Dodd, Mead, 1915 2. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Bal 2. Between the Lines in France Sully & Kleinteich, 1913 Dodd, Mead, 1915 3. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 3. Between the Lines on the American Front Sully & Kleinteich, 1913 Dodd, Mead, 1919 November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 23
AlA. 0MC't _TN.BOVS AIR SERVICE BOYS -.,.w.n ARMY BOYS OVER THE ON THE ENEMY's LINES FIRI G LI E CHARLES AMORY B£ACK Homer Randall
If the Air Service Boys is a known Stratemeyer Syndicate Series, why not its sisters, the Army Boys and Navy Boys? They're even grouped together in the same Sully dust jacket ad as other Syndicate series. 4. Between the Lines in Austria ter i unlikely, although it would not b (Phantom title) a complete urpri e to di cover it a 0 Anoth r ri publi hed by D dd, Up-to-date ciation with the yndicate at orne fu ead (and reprint d by ro t & ture date. Dunlap) with illu trati n by Walt r . Juveniles The Air ervice Boy erie b Ro r wa the thr -v lum European 12mo. Cloth. IDustrated Colored Charle Amory Bach (p ud.) i Ii t d Jacket. ar ("Between the Line") erie by a a yndicat rie by John n ba_ d Franklin T. Am . Th fir t two v 1 By CRAS. A.. BEACH upon information from th tratem y r Air Sern.. Bo7O Fl}1.n1 For Fr...... um had illu trati n by Roger. Th Air Sem•• Boy. Onr lbe EDamy'. Lme. yndicate. Whil thi i not infallibl , a Air !em.. Boy. 0 ... lb. Rhin. third olume had illu tration b d Air Sem.. Bo7O In the ll~ B.ttle will b hown later, it i larg Iy a c pt ward a w 11, an illu trator appar- AIr Sem.. 1l07O Fl7InI for Victory able. Howe er, if the Air ervice Boy Air Sern.. 1l07O 0 ... til. At!&DtI. ntl c ntract d with Dodd, Mead. He Series i Syndicate, th n the two oth r al illu trat d the Carolyn erie. lly HOMER ll.ANDALL ri imultaneou ly publi h d: th Army 1l07O In Fran.. Th combination ofappropriate pub Army Bo7O In lbe FreDth Tn~th.. Army Boys Series by "Homer Randall" Ii h r and an illu trator tr nglya i- Army Bo7O OD the FirlDI Lme a well a th Navy Boys erie by Army Bo7O In the BII Dri.. ated with th tratemey r yndi ate Army Boy. Marthlnr Into O'rm....y "Hal ey David on" are likely yndicat impli that th b may b yndi- Army B070 OD Gum.... SoU candidat . cate pr p rti th m 1 e. th r By HALSEY DAVIDSON B cau e Sully' ad erti ment (at ri b dd, ead w r writt n by N• ., B070 Aller lb. SDblD2rln.. left) list the the e war ri n the •., Boys Chulnr a s.. RaIder r al p opl wh ar not con id r d to N• ., B070 B.hlnd the BII GDJ1lI arne du t jack t flap, it i viden that NI., Bo7O to the Be_. b affiliat d with th yndicate includ N• ., Boys .t the BII SDlToodu they ith r ar all Strat m y r ndi- ing: Ralph H nry Barbour, hri ty N•., Boy. OD Spetl&l !em.. cate erie or none of them ar . Th Math w on (a tually th bow r By R. ROCKWOOD former eem th mo t lik ly. written by anoth r author und r thi Da•• rearl... Alter a Sa.nkln Tru.l1ll'e In a parall 1 e ample, the two A.L. Da•• reart". OD a noaUna 1I1aud famou ba ball pia er' name), artha Dn. Furl... and the C... of My0ter7 Burt Boy Allie ri w r writt n b Finl , ilb rt Patt nand arolyn W 11 . Clair W. Haye and und r his p ud By VANCE llA.RNUlld n th other hand, th b 0 pub onym "En ign Rob rt L. Drake." H w- Joe SUODI. the Boy Wlaard Ii h d by ully that are in qu tion, have Joe StroDI on the Trapu. v r, the e ri are non-Syndicate. Joe StTODI. the Boy·FIah author' name without any bi graphi Joe StroDI OD the H1Jh Wir. I "John W. Duffield" the arne a Joe StIODJ and Hla Win,. of St..l al informati n a ailabl in n arty v- Joe StToDI and Hla Bo" of MyRary "J.W. Duffield"? ry a . Th tw t f ri b Joe Stroor, the Boy n....E.tu Two eri publi h d by ully r with r al author w r th Young Re main unaccount d for: the Lucile e porter erie by Howard R. ari and GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY rie by Elizab th Duffield and th Bert th Girl cout erie by Lillian Eliza PUBUSHERS Wilson Serie byJ.W. Duffield. R cently beth R y. Th f rm r i now known t 373 Fori A...... Ne. Yorll reveal d d um nt fr m th yndi at b a yndicat rie. How v r, the lat- (Continued 0/1 Page 24) Page 24 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
that the B rt Wil n books wer at I a t paid for by th Suspiciously like Syndicate. A s en with the Young Reporter Series by Stratemeyer Syndicate series Howard R. ari, a erie may be publish d under an author's real name and till be a Syndicate property. ( 011 til1 lied fr01l1 Page 23) ari was permitted to do thi becau h wa a clo file have id ntified a "John W. Duffield" a th author and loyal friend to dward Stratem yer. f th final olum ( 0.19) of th Ted cott eries, "The In 190, ari ign d a contract to continue working Pur uit Patr I" (1941). for Stratemeyer and not write books for publi her that n arti Ie by Da id K. Vaughan in Dime ovel would comp te with xi ting yndicate rie. The Round-Up o. 581 ( t. 19 6) evaluated the Ted Scott igned contract for Ted cott Series volume 19 indicates erie and conclud d that three author participated in that h wa paid on dollar for the right to the tory. th ri. Th fir t volume, "Over th Oc an to Pari" Thi implie that Duffield and Stratem y r had orne (1 27), wa written by a prototype author who da hed otherfinancial arrangement. If Duffi Id wa on contract, ut thi ingI like Garis and W. B rt Fo ter, then it may indicate a long v lum a f w t rm a ociation b twe n Duffield and Stratemeyer. w k aft r The Lucile Serie by Elizab th M. Duffield i inter har! e ting becau e the ancy Ax lrad rapbo ks r cently Lindb rgh's made available to re archer hav r v aled that liza fam u flight b th M. Duffield was lat r known a Elizab th D(uffi Id) in May 1927. Ward (Mr. Wat on F. Ward, Jr.) who wrot orne Aft r thi , two volum from th Outdoor Girls and th Bobb ey author plit Twins aft r Howard R. ari t pp d writing th latter the re t f the eries. Thi may mean that Elizab th M. Duffield wa a n . i t r or perhap a former wife f John W. Duffi Id, D ignat d author of at lea t on T d Scott volume. "A" nd "B", Howard R. Gari and Lilian C. Gari th b k A mentioned in a previous article, Howard ari how a di tinct had a contract with trat m yer wh r h pr rni d t t I with au not writ book which would comp te with yndicate thor"B" h w eri . It i P ibl that Lilian ari al 0 had an exclu ing a bit mor sivity c1au e in a contract with th Syndicat .A we ha comp t nc in The Bert Wilson Series by J.W. n, a tit! under Howard' own nam can till be a aviation de Duffield may have been written by property of the tratem yer yndicat if the right condi tail and n known Stratemeyer Syndicate writer tion of publi her and time period ar met. thu ia m to John W. Duffield. This could very If Lilian had a contract similar to Howard and W. ward th fu well be a Syndicate series. B rt Fo t r, ri and ri -like fiction writt n by tur of th fi Id Lilian and publi hed by &0 may be Syndicat . F r than author "A". In an appar nt "write-off" in th late exampl ,the fir t volum of th Melody Lane erie i 1 20 , auth r "B" merged a th be t and the 01 25 chapter. i en the Syndicate's propen ity for 25 auth r f olum written after 1930. n of the vol chapter rie book (e.g. Tom witt, Hardy Boy, um in the group attributed to author "B" wa the ancy Drew, tc.), thi may b an initial indication of it af r m nti ned olum 19. po ible tatu a a Syndicate prop rty. A igning "John W. Duffield" to all of th "B" book f course, the volume were not all xacLly 25 chap ira onable after a clo xaminati n of th con i tency t r I but n ither were the Syndicate eri . For exampl , f Vaughan' anal i. the fir t volum of th Hardy Boy Series has 24 chap- Intriguing i th cl imilarity betw n "John W. ter. n th oth r hand, the fact that th rie wa Duffi Id" and the author of the Bert Wi! on Serie publi h db tw n 1933 and 1940 would em to indi publi h d bully & KI int ich (and later reprint d by cate that the erie wa writ! n during a period when the ully), "J.W. Duffi Id." ari may not hav b n w rking with the Syndicat . Initial r earch ha not rev aled th full name of thi Another mildly possible, but rath r doubtful Syndi auth r. If th Y ar on and th ame and John W. cate eri i the Buddy Series writt n by Howard and Duffi Id a working for th yndicat in th 1920 and publi hed by upple & Leon b twe n 1929 and 1947. If ] 30 and the fa t that th y w r pubIi h d by ull ,it it i not a Syndicat ri, Howard mu t hav obtain d i not irnpo. ibl with our curr nt knowl dg to gue a ria to offer manu cript to uppl & L on, a November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 25 publi h r u d by th trat m y r yndicat. Syndicat However, ri Iil< th Happy Home eries pub de . Both rie Ii h d by ro t & Dunlap and writt n under Howard wer initially R. ari' nam m t follow pattern of publication publi hed by n with th ake Believe eries and th Kneetime upple & nimal torie. The latt r two are already known'to b Lon. Th Mus yndicat under tabli h d ndicat p eud- ket Boy w r onym. reprinted by " dventure of a Boy Reporter in the Philippine" old mith Thi b k match m yndicate pattern but not while the Ban th r . Fi f th i ht lum from the Enterpri e ner Boy Scout Book librar ( hatt rton-Peck, abo ) wer re- w re reprinted print d a part by World yn fa e en-vol dicat . The dvent er ume Outdoor Both w r of a Boq RcportC? erie by the publi h r of a. rld yndi trat mey r cate Publi hing yndica te re omp.my. An print . Th il th r of th lu tration for n olume the u ket "Andy at Boy wer by Yal ," the fir t harl uttal, volume of the a known Syndi ni r ity e cate illu trator. rie publi h d The illu tra bully & tion f r the KI inteich un Banner Boy der the ndi couts are un cat p eud ign d but I ok "The Adventures of a Boy Re on m of R lik oth r yn porter" by Harry Steele Morrison li t tok . dicate illu tra meets some Stratemeyer Syndi Th la l 01 tion. cate criteria but not others. um in thi Th Mu ket publi her li- Boy eries i Research bythe lateStanley Pachon all d th "Ad ntur of a B R porter" by irnilar in mo t ties St. George Rathborne to the t ele M rri n (a r al per on, born in 1 0). It r spect to the Banner B s ts and the Axelrad wa riginall publi h d by Dana E t in 1900 und r other hi torical notebooks listthe M k t Bo s as a th titl: "Ad nture fa B y Reporter in the Philip eri written Syndicate series. Other stylistic pin ." trat m er had m b ok publi h d by Dana by dward clues along with a common pseud t (1 -1914) and it pr d cor, E te & Lauriat tratemey r. onym pointto both series being Syn during th g n raJ tim p ri d in which thi b ok wa Th Banner dicate-controlled. publi hed. In 1 14, Dana t wa a quir d by the L. . Boy cout vol Pag mpany. trat m y r air ady had an a ciation urn contain a trat mey r-lik "0 ar Boy" intr du with L. . Pa with th publication of the Young Pio tion. Th adverti em nt in th back of th riginal neer (Pioneer Boy) erie b ginnin in 1912 and dition of book from both ri ar ntir I f r \ ritt n by t. rg Rathb rn und r h p eud n m trat meyer Syndicate product. A w I am mor f "Hard n Adam ." about th yndicate, w ar di c ring how important u ket Boy and Banner Boy cout the e ad rti ments can b . & Leon wa a ignificant publi her f All f thi would be pure p culation writ n t f r r ndi at ri b ginning with the' Motor tw th r important fa tor . Fir t, th article by tanl Boy and v ral th r. ri in 1 06. Th u ket Boy A. Pachon (Dime ovel Round-Up , 572) Ii t v- erie and th Banner Boy cout erie by eorg A. ral ri which t. org Rathborn had writt n. The Warr n m to hay th general characteri tic f (Continlled 011 Page 26) Page 26 NEWSBOY November-December 1994 Suspiciously like about the variou phase of thi industry would be a . good eller. Two eri with boy a main charact r , th Stratemeyer Syndicate serIes Moving Picture Boy and the Motion Picture Chums, were published under the "Victor Appl ton" p ud (Continued from Pa e 25) onym (made famou by th Tom wift Series). The fir t Banner Boy couts Series wa Ii t d a one of hi eri erie focused on the activitie of taking thrilling films liv n Rathborn ' cl c nnection with th Syndicate while the cond d cribed the bu ine v ntur of t the tim , it b com very tikely that thi erie wa thre boy who ran a moving picture th at r. The third ntr II d by the yndicat a well. erie, the Moving Picture Girls by Margar t P nro Th Musket Boy eries wa li t d in the not books (pseud.) featured two girl working initially a actre e fancy A lrad a a Syndicat prop rty written by in the indu try. W Id n J. bb, al 0 the author of the fir t fi e volume Tom Swift had participated in th moving picture f th Ralph of the Railroad rie, publi hed b tw en indu try in 1914 by inventing hi Wizard amera, which 1906 and was light 1911. At 0, THE w ightand opi of MOVING PICTURE BOYS had the the Mu abilitytob ket Boy t in auto w r do matic p nated to eration by the B in- it I ctric ckecollec motor. ti n b a ne of th memb r of prop ed th' 'lrat- Tom witt m y r title de- fa mil y. c rib d This n'w him u ing attribution C AFRI ~\ JU~CU:.s hi Wizard is notwilh amera in out can - When New York Book Co. issued the Motion Picture Comrades Series by "Elmer hi ubma qu nc Tracey Barnes," it used the cover at left. When Saalfield reprinted the series, the rin Boat howe\' r.1t cover, right, was changed to Movin Picture Comrades. Adding to the puzzle was and taking ha .. b en the Saalfield dust jacket, middle that used Movin Picture Bo s. This confusion und r wa impli d in may have contributed to Harriet Adams' likely mistaken claim to researcher Deidre ter m tion thepa. tthe Johnson that this is a Stratemeyer Syndicate series. pictur . tfatemey r While did n t work 11 an B y out tori , eith r per onally Tom did not do thi him elf, the "Moving Pictur Boy or thr ugh the ndi at. four , we know thi i not Und r the Sea" from 1916 de cribed the arne ba ic tru . in at I a t ne volume of the Webster eries, kind of acti itie . " he Boy ~ ut f L no "( upple & Lon, 1915), i a In 1917, an th r eri , The Motion Picture Com- ut try. rades Series, wa publi h d by th ew York Book Motion Picture Comrade ompany and writt n by "Elm r Tracey Barn ." The I. st w b a cu d of e ing a tratemeyer b hind fiv -volum ri was r print d by aalfi Id of Akron, e\ r spin a mentioned m the beginning of thi article, hio. let u amin a. rie urrently attributed to th yndi other trat m y r yndicate rie ha e u d 'ate and th r fore List d in John onwhich do not me t th two publi her in an authorized capacity. Th fir t th ,1C pt d patt rn . [n 1913 and 1914, th trat m yer t1)r e v tum of The Bobb ey Twin w r pirat d by yndicate laun h d thr e rie pecifically c nt red aalfield in the 1940 /1950 . Howev r, four pr - yndi around th m Ii n picture indu. try. During thi peri d, cat b ks by dward tratemey r w r publi hed by th indu. try wa largely I at d in w York ityand aalfield in 1901 and 1902, two each under the"Arthur stat and ew J r ey rath r than Hollywo d. M. Winfi Id" and " aptain Ralph B n hill" p ud trateme r mu t ha had ample opportunity toee onym. th s r'w. atworkandh r alizedthata ri fbook Whil Irat m yer wa c rtainIy n t ab v compet- November-December 1994 NEWSBOY Page 27
tratemeyer on th Outdoor Chum and the Bo of olumbia High and probably ral other yndi at rie . Th ries wa r n wed by Harri t Adam a daughter of th author, Edward Strat m y r. Why did th Syndicate claim "auth r hip" in th r newal pro e ? Und r th terms of th copyrighllaw, he who pay for a "work for hire" i th I gal own r f th cop ri ht and rna be con id r d the "author." ertainly, no manu cript went to th publi her with ut trat meyer' diting and h lik ly uppli d th utlin to mo t tori writt n. orne ha e qu tioned whether r not thi con titut "author hip." How r, to th Copyright ffic, Strat meyer (or hi daughter) ar on id r d to be th "author." Knowing thi , a ch ck of the renewal for th yndi cate and probable yndicate erie may yield a walth f information and an wer and new qu tion. Wh will rec iv th torch and run with thi inf rmation? OTES 1. t Ii t d in thi group of 300 wa a numb r f "cia ic" in a "Children' fa orite rie" publi h db ro t & Dunlap and illu trated by Walt r . R g r that wer not includ d in the D-R M databa , "Childr n' Ref r nc Plu 1993-1994" (B wk r,1993). However, ince the tratemeyer yndicate r print d orne la ic a Hardy B y or ancy Dr w"fa rit " in th 1970, it i not imp ible that thi reprint ri wa pon ored by th yndicat a well in the 1 20 and 1930 . 2. Th n of th more comple yndicate- on- trolled ri. Th fir t title, "Rival ean Di er ," initiall app ared in Golden Hour a a erial b tw n Jan. 5 and Feb. 23, 1901. It i attributed to Edward tratem y rbyJohnT.Diz r("Tom wift& mpany"; Jeffer on, ..: Mcfarland and 0., 1982. p. 155). Tw oth r Golden Hours rial, "L tin th Land f lee" and "Bra e Larry Barlow," al 0 under the "R y R ckw od" p udonym, are confirm d a by ri d," ictor ppl ton" trat m y r. They w re publi h d in book form, r p c ba i f "hi " b ing th ti ely, by" aptain Ralph B nehill" and" rthur M. Winfield," tratemeyer' main p ronal p udonym. The pr d ce or to the Dave Fearles erie, th Deep Sea Series, wa a catch-all publi h r' ri compri ing "Rival ean Div r ,"" rui f th Tr a- ure hip" and"Adrift on the Pacific," along with "}a k orth' Trea ure Hunt," th latt r title ntuall in- clud d in the Enterprise Book library. The Dave Fearles erie wa 0 nam d at th tim the fir t thr e title wer r print d by ully in 191 . Th e thr e title w r al 0 reprint d in pap rba k b ard n ity Publi hing o. in 1926, with 12 n w titl add d to th eri. v ral w r written by not d Hardy Boys author Le lie Mcfarlane. Page 28 NEWSBOY November-December 1994
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