Lanterna Rally

Author: Christopher Morley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780428516406

Excerpt from Tales From a Rolltop Desk I take the liberty Of dedicating these little stories to you, With affection and respect. They have all grown, in one mood or another, out Of the various life Of Grub Street, suggested by adven tures With publishers, booksellers, magazine edi tors, newspaper men, theatrical producers, com-g muters, and poets major and minor. If they have any appeal at all, it must be as an honest (though perhaps sometimes too jocular) picture Of the excitements that gratify the career Of young men who embark upon the ocean of ink, and (let us not forget) those much-enduring Titanias 'who consent to share their vicissitudes. You have been the best Of friends and counsellors to many such young men, and I assure you that they look back upon the time spent under your shrewd and humorous magistracy with special loyalty and regard. You Will understand that in these irresponsible stories no personal identifications are to be presumed. I think you remember - J know you do, because you have Often charitably chuckled over the in cident - that rather too eager young man who came to call on you one day in September, 1913, saying that he simply must have a job And how you, in your inimitable way, said Well, what kind Of a job would you like best to have around this place? And he cried Yours! And you justly punctured the creature by saying All right, go to work and get it (there was more youthful palpitation than intended impertinence in the young man's outcry, so he has assured me.) And then, still tremulous with ambition, this mis guided freshman pulled out Of his pocket a bulky memorandum on which he had inscribed his pet scheme for the regeneration and stimulus Of the publishing business, and laid it before you. How hospitably you considered his programme, and how tenderly you must have smiled, inwardly, at his Odd mixture Of earnestness and excitement! At any rate, you set him to work that afternoon, with the assurance that he might have your job as soon as he could qualify. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.