MONEY IN MEMOIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 4 (Supplement)

MONEY IN MEMOIRS.

I LARGE SUMS FOR AUTHORS. | It is estimated that when the world i book and serial rights of Mr. Lloyd; George's forthcoming ,:oir 3 have been sold t'-o ex-Prime Mir icier will - •••vvoi ar-.y. ...-aalely £90,000. As tho book! wiU om ..in 150,000 words, ho will thus! got 123 a word, a rate of remuneration 1 for literary work that has seldom, if ever.! been equalled. Mrs. Asquith's diary, I which created such world-wide interest j has brought in about £15.000: tho ex-' Kaiser has secured £40,000 for his life! story; while Admiral Jellicoe obtained: only a few thousand pounds. Mr. ' Churchill's memoirs will, it is believed ; bring in about £50,000. Mr, A H M.' I Hutchinson has »so far received £70,000' for "If Winter Comes," which, by th«' way, marked a. record in literrrv re-1 numeration, beating the £60,000 which! Mr. Harold Bell Wright, (he American author, received for "The Winning ofi Barbara Worth." While presentdav ! authors are supposed to reap better! harvests than their predecessors manvi popular bonks of th.? past brought their' writers quite large sums. Mrsßarclav I the author of »Th Rosarr," earned 1 £40.000, T,,rd Beaconsfleld '»«, ™1d £10,000 for "Endvmion;" George Eliot sold the ferial rights of "Bomola" "for £7000: and Charles Dickens the copvrighl ' Barn A by ,? udß r" for six month, for! £3000. On the other hand, the authors ! of many works of renins received v«>rv '■ little indeed. "The Tiw-r 'of V«i-e ■ field" was sold by Goldsmith for pro.: Miss Helen Maters was paid on '.,'" £3 o 'or "Coming Through the R-.-e." a . lf cm ' 3,. .7'""' rpf!i ""' J - 0 , of " Tri'.fr.im ■