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Cody, Sherwin HOW TO WRITE FICTION, ESPECIALLY THE ART OF SHORT STORY WRITING A Practical Study of Technique
London Bellairs and Co. 1895 Blue Cloth Very Good Signed by Author
Autograph; 8vo ; 190 pages; Clean and tight in publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front board. Gilt lettering a bit faded at spine. This appears to be the dedication copy of what some critics refer to as the first "how-to" book advising the would-be writer on how to write fiction. Preceding half-title, on a blank leaf, is a remarkable inscription SIGNED BY the author to Prof. John F. Genung "who at the expense of much pain and trouble laid the foundation of my knowledge of rhetoric, this textbook on a new branch of rhetoric is dedicated by the author, Sherwin Cody London, Mar 12, 1895" Alpheus Sherwin Cody (1868-1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a home-study course in speaking and writing and a memorable signature series of advertisements asking “Do You Make These Mistakes in English?” A critic of traditional English education, Cody advocated colloquial style and grammar. This was one of his earliest works. First British edition - in effect, this is the dedication copy. The recipient of the author's gracious hand-written dedication was a well-known professor at Amherst College (where Sherwin Cody studied) - John Franklin Genung, born in Willseyville, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1850; was graduated at Union College in 1870 and at the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1875; became Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College. His publications include "Tennyson's 'In Memoriam,' Its Purposes and Its Structure"; "Practical Elements of Rhetoric"; "Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis"; "Outlines of Rhetoric"; "Study of Rhetoric in the College Course"; "Words of Koheleth" (1904) "The Idylls and the Ages" (1907) ; "Guide Book to Biblical Literature" (1916). He died in 1919. As to Sherwin Cody, we must reluctantly point out that his own attempt to practice what he preached was less than ideally successful. In 1896, his novel 'In the Heart of the Hills' - (London: J. M. Dent) - was not a sales success. Cody then moved to Chicago where he worked for the Chicago Tribune. In that city, correspondence education was being pioneered at the University of Chicago, and Sherwin Cody was assigned to writing a home study course English for the Tribune. In 1903 Cody produced a version of his course in pocket-sized book form as 'The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language' which he advertised in the business magazine The System (and elsewhere). A half-century long career was then launched. [See the 2008 book: Edwin Battistella, "Do You Make These Mistakes in English? The Story of Sherwin Cody’s Famous School," Oxford University Press]. This handsome British edition of Cody's ground breaking "How to Write Fiction" was apparently preceded by a shorter version of the text, reproduced from the author's typescript - ["How to write fiction : especially the art of short story writing : a practical course of instruction after the French method of Maupassant." New York : The Riverside Literary Bureau, Charles T. Dillingham & Co., ©1894]. The OCLC entry for this rather different New York publication states that it was published in an edition of one hundred numbered copies in facsimile from original manuscript, (i.e. "typescript" as the entry later makes clear). One source suggests that Cody and Charles Dillingham offered this typescript facsimile edition at a staggering price of $10. Not surprisingly, it is now rare. [The author's own copy is preserved in Amherst College Archives and Special Collections . Their copy is no. 100, in original half red leather post binder (front cover detached); with author’s ms. exlibris]. The British (expanded) edition of 1895 is a proper clothbound book, handsome in the manner of many 1890's books. Just the sort of thing a budding author might be proud to present to a favorite professor and mentor. ; Signed by Author
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