New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-05
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Nilkie Collins arrived from England or
thursday III The steamer Algeria. and took
up lis quarters a: the Westminster Hotel
Last evening he was installed in room No
-. the apsrrmen: which. not many Years
ago. was assigned 20 Charles Dickens.
One vino had never seen the great novels.
! woU!d he AT no losS TO identify him with
| tne portrait stamped upon all the recent
editions OF his works. though he looks, if
! anything, rather younger than he ia there
| represented. He Is .: medium height.
very stout. and wears a heavy beard. whi,-
keT> ana moustacne. He was dressed in a
| 1auitlessiv fitting sui: O: gray cIothe. and
| looked n all respects tie beau ideal @: a
| fashionable Londoner. in curious con-
| tras; 70 che author .: the woman IN
! Waite was The vale: who stood in the
room. He was nor. than SIX Tee. in heig
dressed II the severest manner in niuls.
| te!.ai SUIT O! black. and was so thin as 10
| sugges: the probability o. bis having been
| seaslck all the way FROM Liyerpooi,
Mr.. W!lkie Collins i. very courteous. He
spohe ~ the enjoyment tho passage
across the Atlantic had afforded him. TIE
Algeria is a slow old ship" he said. ..bu.
very steady: rot tina: i: wou!t: have mat
tered much for ain never seasick. have
often wished 70 see New York, iu. .onle.
thing invariably occurred TO hinder NE
from doing 80. ! have not seen much of
me very iavorably. l had heard :, great
dea! OF X. but it surpasses my utmos, ex-
Iecta'I"ns. 1 drove down Broad way To-
day. and was amazed az its grea. length
and The Immense number of ma On: tcent
buildings on i. The Central Park. too, is a
superb piece OF ground. OF which any corn.
trC might wei be proud. An EnglIshman
visiting New York must DE struck bv TIE
dlss!m!larlty between the general appear
ance CT TINS cry and ina: o: those in his
own country. especially London. Isa,peals
to ,Ie that you have much OF :le French,
manner here. and bat little OF The steady,
plodding spirit OF tie English. You are all
SO lively"
Having been asked aio,,: his readings.
Mr. Collins sad: Il desire simply 10 tel
the people q story. # can prevail upon
them 20 listen 20 ne. With this view I
have selected some anecdotes out OF a col
lection not very well known here. think
l mean The Queen OF Hearts, purpose TO
revise some Of 'hese so as to max. them OF
a length suitable 70 an evenings reading.
1t IS many years since I wrote these tales.
and think understand my art better now
than ! did then. They will lose nothing, |
believe. by the alteration. The story in
tend 20 begin with - the Dream Woman
In ats proper form II would occupy proba.
bly, about half an hou: to read, but as il
now stands 1t Will consume an hour and a
half Ii it succeeds shall; proceed 20 make
similar alterations in some Of the others.
believe there is good kernel in these
$ tories. and they will bear mrcn longer
rendering than I supposed when l :i,s.
wrote them ! shall begin my reading. on a.!
the seventh OF October. ! do not propose |
to take the field in New York a. first. |
shall give ten preliminary readings before !
come here. Inc first experiment: vii! he |
in Albany. after which l shall goto Roches.
te. and other towns. Ny plan will be pretty !
well tested before return 70 New York i: |
l succeed shall travel good deal IN This !
am going 10 Scranton. where l
have been told there are extensive coal.
fields. II is probable shall 90 as ia. West
as St. Louis. Altogether. hope to remain
n America for four or five months. perhaps
longer. One thing YOU may depend upon.
shall stay IN America as long as can ge.
4 hal TO read III. and an aUdlcnc. 10 come
and hear my stories. Wee, Tor: .SI., Ir.,;-
n scfnn.