Show what Is till an author at the larth of a new society it was decided to limit membership to authors thereupon somebody bani lody sliced what con art an author somebody else replied the writer ot of a book A third body took exception to this definition what tile decision was wan I 1 dont know knew I 1 left before the meeting adjourned adjourn oil NV to solve olve thlu abis problem if poa pas bible I 1 have consulted tile the only two iwo available dictionaries the popular and go BO an aa you please webster ond and the more conservative V worcester I 1 from what Is 13 author derived I 1 from tho latin la 1 ln word austor from au ail gore to increase to produce S so both webster and worcester llast doo deline an author auL hor as a creator creato or oc anything eternal Et Ornal kins king theo author ol of all be ing ins ings idill milton ton secondly webster says saya that specifically fi author moans means one who wiltes A book or composes a work as an distinguished from a translator or compiler id let A work Is 19 again specifically according to lo web webster SI er that which is produced liy by mens mental T labor FL a com compose porst tion it a book what blat Is 13 the meaning 9 of T the lie invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse anil and what are the synonyms eynon yma of idis discourse treatise hor homily rilly sermon A treatise may or may inay not be a book A kernion may or op may be in book torn form and tho the same may be said of a homily there was a book 0 of Ho 11 or milies rillies prepared by the english church at the time of the reformation which was waa used by such of the clergy as ft ere I 1 in A C amblo of at writing original sermons evidently ithe new society must pause paus e before what con constitutes s t an all author a U their tor for webster is eve even lesi lol arant than worcester wl wio to makes writer wr fler al n synonym for 1 au author that when I 1 put this qiu atlon to o stedman staman the poet and critic he at once turned to the constitution of new yorks authors club of which he Is one of seven and read as follows no person shall be eligible to lo membership in em iho la 19 not the author 0 of a P published proper to literature or who has not nol a recognized position in other kinds of a f distinctly literary work technical ir a I 1 booko and journalism a such sh shall al I 1 bot be accounted literature curious to see whether the aut authors ors club lived up to its constitution and jt if so be how it jived at all I 1 turned t to 7 its in list of f members and could not but smile at the revelation many have never published a book of any kind and a almost all depend upon journalism for existence yet journalism Is 18 not accounted altel iture hence the authors club Is largely made up of such as by bi its own ruling should not belong to it does not net this sla fact pro prove the injustice of the authors 0 club clu b 1 fl 1 I tion ilon it if journalists bel belittle t t tle their th el r 0 own n prore atlon ion should they resent the con dempt shown them by american society in prance france the eminent journalist Is id a man so distinguished as to be sought on all ocea occasions p public bile aej private yet french journell jour journalism nall tar far less influence than american the bt best literary ot of the new ner world are put into journalism farst because bookmaking does noi mot pay secondly because be caus americans americana demon demand their literature RL served not hot and fresh tor for bre break affa tait st daily it if the authors club has haa proper self respect its founders to will revise imperfect imperfect con constitution on and take a lesson front from worcester an author Is a aelter ar lter of anything original be it book poem essay esmy sketch story treatise sermon edito 1 1 I it il letter report or even advertisement to arx shut art out of any literary men and women nho he are shaping sh tile the destiny of this athla republic by devoting to journalism more brains than are put into to nine tenths of modern books Is to be oc guilty of an ail inexcusable blunder KATE FIELD |