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Show Novelist's Early Earnings. A pocket sorles of Mr. Thomas Hardy's stories is to ho publlshod soon, and latoly a completo edition ol his books In 20 beautiful volumes wai Issued In America with success. When Mr. Hardy took Uio mnnuscrlpt ol "Under tho Greenwood Trco" to the lato Mr. TInsloy that enterprising pub- Usher offored tho novelist tho sum ol 125 down for tho book. Mr. Hardy accepted tho sum, although ho ownod that ho was "a bit disappointed," add tng that nevertheless ho "meant to keep on." Next catno his book "A Pair of Ditto Kyos," for which Mr. Tinsley ;avo tho novelist 500, saying: "Thero Is no money In tho book, but I can oe that Hardy Is going to get a crip omo day." |