The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-24
Literature and Literary Men.

An sx-editor is contributing series Of in
teresting papers to "JerrOld's (London) News,
which he calls Experiences Of Literature an,
Literary men. We make an extract:
Telesforo Trueba. already mentioned
was a merry Spanish exile, somewha
ef1eminate in manner, endowed with a good
stock Of acquired information, fond o.
pleasure, but capable Of close application
when il was required. He wrote English
like native; his style was pure and free
Of foreign idiom. Novel writing being
profitable, he tried his hand at that depart.
ment Of literature, but, unfortunately. q
publisher to whom he entrusted his first
manuscript deprived him OF the profits
He had small income of his own, sufi.
Gent to support him by good economy
The Spaniard is generally presumed to be Of
q saturnine temperament if so, Trueba was
an exception Dancing, music-any kind
Of amusement-saw him ready partaker
in its pleasures.
How do you find time to write novels,
M. Trueba; you are positive rakei'
No. no. was his reply; come and see
me at Richmond, and you will find out the
secret
We wanted an article from him relative
to Spain, and were punctually at his lodg-
ings, near Richmond-geen, on the appoint.
ed day. We found him in a retired room,
looking into garden. A table stood near
the open window, covered with papers,
books, and halffnished manuscripts, while
the nch odor Of the flowers without was
waited into the apartment.
Il slip away here, said her when write,
lead the soberest life in the world.
labor for couple Of months, rarely going
up to London, and when my manuscript is
completed, ] relax for a season; all work,
or all play, is my plan
But you want exercise
d get that on the hill, or in the park
every day about three o'clock. There
have fallen in love with two pretty faces,
and don't know which 70 prefer. | get a
little conversation, too, with strangers
walking there, and thus freshen up my
ideas. I put such portraits into my books
sometimes. | do not desire acquaintance
here. should play the idle man too often,
If that were the case. There are three
hundred pounds in manuscript, said he,
pointing to pile upon bis table. Il shall
soon be loose in London again
HIS plan. for man Of such temperament,
was a judicious one. A little Of beau,
and DESTROYS Of being esteemed lady's
man, he was represented in Frazer's Maya
zine as dancing solus, and looking down at
the rings upon his fingers at the same time,
through the spectacles which he always
wore. to obviate an affection of the sight.
How do you manage your plotsp we one
day inquired. Have you no difficulty in
inyenting themT Hereplied that he began
with one character at hazard, and worked
his plot out from it. We observed that
I'VE" FIRST sketched the outline, and only
deyiated to improve. Your critics care
little about perception OF plot. Your
readers love the assumption OF an air of
rank. This does more Tor work of fiction
than much care about plot. know how
your critics manage. They cut out the
leaves OF volume and half OF a novel
glance over half dozen pages. select an
extract or two, and the criticism is done
How should they know or care about the
plot! lalways begin in striking way the
Inst and the second volumes. One indi.
s'dnal, who concocts these things, tells me
that peep into the first volume, and an |
extract from the beginning of the second-l