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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
331
A
more
recent
affair
I
had
with
the
American
Forum,
which
delighted
me
by
publishing
my
article,
but
did
not
pay--tho'
the
Editor
went
out
of
his
way
to
write
that
"payment
was
on
publication."
I
did
not
venture
to
remonstrate
as
I
had
another
article
on
the
stocks
which
they
also
printed
without
paying
me.
In
spite
of
uniform
failure,
my
literary
ambition
has
never
flagged.[2]
I
have
for
years
past
received
my
rejected
MSS.
back
from
every
conceivable
kind
of
periodical,
from
Punch
to
the
Hibbert
Journal.
At
one
time
I
used
to
file
their
rejection
forms
and
meditated
writing
a
facetious
essay
on
them.
But
I
decided
they
were
too
monotonously
similar.
My
custom
was
when
the
ordinary
avenues
to
literary
fame
had
failed
me--the
half-crown
Reviews
and
the
sixpenny
Weeklies--to
seek
out
at
a
library
some
obscure
publication--a
Parish
Magazine
or
the
local
paper--anything
was
grabbed
as
a
last
chance.
On
one
of
these
occasions
I
discovered
the
Westminster
Review
and
immediately
plied
them
with
a
manuscript
and
the
usual
polite
note.
After
six
weeks,
having
no
reply,
I
wrote
again
and
waited
for
another
six
weeks.
My
second
remonstrance
met
with
a
similar
fate,
so
I
went
into
the
city
to
interview
the
publishers,
and
to
demand
my
manuscript
back.
The
manager
was
out,
and
I
was
asked
to
call
again.
After
waiting
about
for
some
time,
I
left
my
card,
took
my
departure
and
decided
I
would
write.
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