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think. Men who live alone, who walk about 

 alone, who commune with Nature all day 

 long, do not laugh, and do not make others 

 laugh. 



For these reasons, then, among others, 

 Jefferies was never popular, despite the lauda- 

 tory reviews and the readiness with which 

 editors welcomed his work. 



As to the remuneration which he received. 

 With these considerations in our minds, let us 

 next remember that publishing is a business 

 undertaken, not for love of literature or of 

 authors, but for profit, for a livelihood, for 

 making money. It is, therefore, conducted 

 upon "business principles." Now, in business 

 of every kind, the first rule is that the business 

 man must " make a profit on every transac- 

 tion.'' You must pay your publisher, if you 

 engage one, just as you must pay your solici- 

 tor. This is fair, just, and honest. You 

 must pay him for his time and his trouble. 

 He must be paid either by the author, or out 

 of the books which he sells. The only ques- 

 tion, therefore, not including certain awkward 

 points into which we need not here enter I am 



