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Martin
grinned
and
accepted
the
invitation
,
marvelling
the
while
at
his
complacence
.
And
at
the
dinner
,
where
,
with
their
womankind
,
were
half
a
dozen
of
those
that
sat
in
high
places
,
and
where
Martin
found
himself
quite
the
lion
,
Judge
Blount
,
warmly
seconded
by
Judge
Hanwell
,
urged
privately
that
Martin
should
permit
his
name
to
be
put
up
for
the
Styx
—
the
ultra
-
select
club
to
which
belonged
,
not
the
mere
men
of
wealth
,
but
the
men
of
attainment
.
And
Martin
declined
,
and
was
more
puzzled
than
ever
.
He
was
kept
busy
disposing
of
his
heap
of
manuscripts
.
He
was
overwhelmed
by
requests
from
editors
.
It
had
been
discovered
that
he
was
a
stylist
,
with
meat
under
his
style
.
The
Northern
Review
,
after
publishing
"
The
Cradle
of
Beauty
,
"
had
written
him
for
half
a
dozen
similar
essays
,
which
would
have
been
supplied
out
of
the
heap
,
had
not
Burton
’
s
Magazine
,
in
a
speculative
mood
,
offered
him
five
hundred
dollars
each
for
five
essays
.
He
wrote
back
that
he
would
supply
the
demand
,
but
at
a
thousand
dollars
an
essay
.
He
remembered
that
all
these
manuscripts
had
been
refused
by
the
very
magazines
that
were
now
clamoring
for
them
.
And
their
refusals
had
been
cold
-
blooded
,
automatic
,
stereotyped
.
They
had
made
him
sweat
,
and
now
he
intended
to
make
them
sweat
.
Burton
’
s
Magazine
paid
his
price
for
five
essays
,
and
the
remaining
four
,
at
the
same
rate
,
were
snapped
up
by
Mackintosh
’
s
Monthly
,
The
Northern
Review
being
too
poor
to
stand
the
pace
.
Thus
went
out
to
the
world
"
The
High
Priests
of
Mystery
,
"
"
The
Wonder
-
Dreamers
,
"
"
The
Yardstick
of
the
Ego
,
"
"
Philosophy
of
Illusion
,
"
"
God
and
Clod
,
"
"
Art
and
Biology
,
"
"
Critics
and
Test
-
tubes
,
"
"
Star
-
dust
,
"
and
"
The
Dignity
of
Usury
,
"
—
to
raise
storms
and
rumblings
and
mutterings
that
were
many
a
day
in
dying
down
.
Editors
wrote
to
him
telling
him
to
name
his
own
terms
,
which
he
did
,
but
it
was
always
for
work
performed
.
He
refused
resolutely
to
pledge
himself
to
any
new
thing
.
The
thought
of
again
setting
pen
to
paper
maddened
him
.
He
had
seen
Brissenden
torn
to
pieces
by
the
crowd
,
and
despite
the
fact
that
him
the
crowd
acclaimed
,
he
could
not
get
over
the
shock
nor
gather
any
respect
for
the
crowd
.
His
very
popularity
seemed
a
disgrace
and
a
treason
to
Brissenden
.
It
made
him
wince
,
but
he
made
up
his
mind
to
go
on
and
fill
the
money
-
bag
.
He
received
letters
from
editors
like
the
following
:
"
About
a
year
ago
we
were
unfortunate
enough
to
refuse
your
collection
of
love
-
poems
.
We
were
greatly
impressed
by
them
at
the
time
,
but
certain
arrangements
already
entered
into
prevented
our
taking
them
.
If
you
still
have
them
,
and
if
you
will
be
kind
enough
to
forward
them
,
we
shall
be
glad
to
publish
the
entire
collection
on
your
own
terms
.
We
are
also
prepared
to
make
a
most
advantageous
offer
for
bringing
them
out
in
book
-
form
.
"
Martin
recollected
his
blank
-
verse
tragedy
,
and
sent
it
instead
.
He
read
it
over
before
mailing
,
and
was
particularly
impressed
by
its
sophomoric
amateurishness
and
general
worthlessness
.
But
he
sent
it
;
and
it
was
published
,
to
the
everlasting
regret
of
the
editor
.
The
public
was
indignant
and
incredulous
.
It
was
too
far
a
cry
from
Martin
Eden
’
s
high
standard
to
that
serious
bosh
.
It
was
asserted
that
he
had
never
written
it
,
that
the
magazine
had
faked
it
very
clumsily
,
or
that
Martin
Eden
was
emulating
the
elder
Dumas
and
at
the
height
of
success
was
hiring
his
writing
done
for
him
.
But
when
he
explained
that
the
tragedy
was
an
early
effort
of
his
literary
childhood
,
and
that
the
magazine
had
refused
to
be
happy
unless
it
got
it
,
a
great
laugh
went
up
at
the
magazine
’
s
expense
and
a
change
in
the
editorship
followed
.
The
tragedy
was
never
brought
out
in
book
-
form
,
though
Martin
pocketed
the
advance
royalties
that
had
been
paid
.
Coleman
’
s
Weekly
sent
Martin
a
lengthy
telegram
,
costing
nearly
three
hundred
dollars
,
offering
him
a
thousand
dollars
an
article
for
twenty
articles
.
He
was
to
travel
over
the
United
States
,
with
all
expenses
paid
,
and
select
whatever
topics
interested
him
.
The
body
of
the
telegram
was
devoted
to
hypothetical
topics
in
order
to
show
him
the
freedom
of
range
that
was
to
be
his
.
The
only
restriction
placed
upon
him
was
that
he
must
confine
himself
to
the
United
States
.
Martin
sent
his
inability
to
accept
and
his
regrets
by
wire
"
collect
.
"
"
Wiki
-
Wiki
,
"
published
in
Warren
’
s
Monthly
,
was
an
instantaneous
success
.
It
was
brought
out
forward
in
a
wide
-
margined
,
beautifully
decorated
volume
that
struck
the
holiday
trade
and
sold
like
wildfire
.
The
critics
were
unanimous
in
the
belief
that
it
would
take
its
place
with
those
two
classics
by
two
great
writers
,
"
The
Bottle
Imp
"
and
"
The
Magic
Skin
.
"
The
public
,
however
,
received
the
"
Smoke
of
Joy
"
collection
rather
dubiously
and
coldly
.
The
audacity
and
unconventionality
of
the
storiettes
was
a
shock
to
bourgeois
morality
and
prejudice
;
but
when
Paris
went
mad
over
the
immediate
translation
that
was
made
,
the
American
and
English
reading
public
followed
suit
and
bought
so
many
copies
that
Martin
compelled
the
conservative
house
of
Singletree
,
Darnley
&
Co
.
to
pay
a
flat
royalty
of
twenty
-
five
per
cent
for
a
third
book
,
and
thirty
per
cent
flat
for
a
fourth
.
These
two
volumes
comprised
all
the
short
stories
he
had
written
and
which
had
received
,
or
were
receiving
,
serial
publication
.
"
The
Ring
of
Bells
"
and
his
horror
stories
constituted
one
collection
;
the
other
collection
was
composed
of
"
Adventure
,
"
"
The
Pot
,
"
"
The
Wine
of
Life
,
"
"
The
Whirlpool
,
"
"
The
Jostling
Street
,
"
and
four
other
stories
.
The
Lowell
-
Meredith
Company
captured
the
collection
of
all
his
essays
,
and
the
Maxmillian
Company
got
his
"
Sea
Lyrics
"
and
the
"
Love
-
cycle
,
"
the
latter
receiving
serial
publication
in
the
Ladies
’
Home
Companion
after
the
payment
of
an
extortionate
price
.
Martin
heaved
a
sigh
of
relief
when
he
had
disposed
of
the
last
manuscript
.
The
grass
-
walled
castle
and
the
white
,
coppered
schooner
were
very
near
to
him
.
Well
,
at
any
rate
he
had
discovered
Brissenden
’
s
contention
that
nothing
of
merit
found
its
way
into
the
magazines
.
His
own
success
demonstrated
that
Brissenden
had
been
wrong
.
