"I believe you can," said Phaeton. "Wait a minute."
He went to the library, and came back with three volumes of a cyclopædia, out of which, after looking through several articles, he got, at intervals, these bits of information:
"Moore received three thousand guineas for 'Lalla Rookh.'"
"How much is that?" said Ned.
"Over fifteen thousand dollars," said Phaeton.
"Whew!" said Ned.
"Scott made a profit of ten thousand dollars on 'The Lady of the Lake.'"
"Good gracious!" said Ned.
"Byron received more than seventy-five thousand dollars for his poems."
"Great Cæsar!" said Ned.