The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-08-31
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These revelations Of the editorial rooms
may interest some Of our readers of course,
the autograph. ga.berer 10 curious to note
the pot .hooks Of the insp'led Nubbs, whose
poems 10 has 70 long and ardently admired,
and he will he gratified to learn II 10 Nubbs's
custom 10 scratch At least three lines In cv.
cry five, and to erect . perpendicular SUBJ
s'ttutc, from time TO time, - = necessary
support for bic uncertain parallels.
The various literary characters that enter
u rs are no less interesting to the student
OF human nature. The anxious and timid
applicants usually offer the more scrvicesblc
wares while he who exscts his legitimate
space with the cir of one who will not be
imposed upon, generally seeks TO cover the
same with 90 inferior article that ultimately
lodges In the waste basket. Some arc han.
Cry for suggestions, and very ready At re.
modelling their sketches to suit them; others
resent any such proposals. - personal in.
suits, and pocket their manuscripts rather
than sacrifice their honor. A. for chirog.
raphy, It may be classed under three heads
to wit, the good, the bad, and the very
worst. II We may be permitted 70 give ex.
preston to our feelings upon this subject,
We will ssy that Joaquin M,llsr's manu-.
script comes honestly under the third head.
In feet, bic lines resemble dilspidated hedge
fencsa On one occasion. having become
hopelessly involved In the midst of his pc.
en-, We applied u him personally for relief.
He willingly proposed to Rad 10 the pus.
cling passages, but In = few moments he
also stumbled, and threw down the mystery,
exclaiming, ''D-it, can't read It my.
selfr' Peshsps scout. BULLETS and Indian
arrows are In some measure accountable for
the impediment 10 bis fingers.
Dickens affected blue ink; Bret Harte
prefers violet he writes . legible, uniform
hand, Il slow producer upon unruled note
paper, and seldom leaves . page without
some ensures upon It. His best sentences
srs laboriously chiseled, and there 10 much
waste Of stationery In the process. Prob.
ably the quickest and most satisfactory
work he did while editor OF The Overland,
was the poem entitled "Dickens In Camp"
II W remember, the news of Dickent's
death reached 10 on Saturday evening.
Bret Hare Wa then staying at San Rafael.
On 10 following Monday morsing, be sp.
peared, in unusually good spirits, and placed
In our hands those remarkable verses which
have been pronouncsd the best poetical con.
tsibution to the literature of the day on tho
death Of that distinguished author.
Mark Twain and J. Ross Browne prepare
good copy" Our own Charlie stoddard
must have been born when the particular
Dtars Of Josh Billings and A. Ward were In
He seems to spell according
70 bis mood. There Il sometimes IN aston.
sh,ng development of consonants again,
be divorces bic double letters and, - tor
he 70 apt to break the backs of
II the loops In The a!pbabet-but, - he
philosophicslly remaks, "You would never
Know the difference when Il II read 70 YOU"
Prentice Milford stands oil his letters In .
'ow - though each were on It's separate
block, and sprinkIss his words spariDgly
'vcr long, narrow slips of paper. Ina. D.
c'olbrith, whose delicious poems have been
me Ut the chief features Of The Overland |
'ince it, first issue, writes a swim, flowing
,snd, - plain - print, with little whip.
ash at the top Of each d, and . long thaead |
nrpsst u's ege Of svesy l. stephen Pow.
10 writes neat and delicate hand. that |
savels between the lines like narrow.
|sugs railway train. l
ClArence King-whom 70 may, In meas |
Ire, claim ~ . Western author-talks Just |
. his ''1ountesrisg 10 the Sies1s Nevada"
eada That Delightful volume, W arc in.
ososi, grow under tho hsad Of his susu.
susis 10 Kings leisure evening moments
airing period of -four months, while he
aoed ~ roan end Kvsd over again bis
'ondesful experiences On Shasta and Mount
'yndall Professor Whitney, our State
|snlqgbt, y sahss nervess writes, Who
'sa easccasa1c aud e1fslly pSgased
opy.