, 1877-05-19

tons we're made n different state q mind
nttersnce; and / was delighted ,wl,so,
sSs ys e kss M ss %s' yss St .n cGsa e IT.;
you. -. have always made sure of vhst,
I meant to say. and then written II down With
70 ses sny wosds weis o'aittel s Or fepcats,
and not altering a single plrnsc In i whole |
work. mention tll1s bteause think per-
sate far carciesancss in thu first. think /
perceive TINT confusion u thought, and clouli-
ness Ut aNccta..o', 81 style, are prn,uce,, Of
e: %stsSa q 'y s za isf e. 'sss s.
The nero saving ot time and labor
y NJ inconsiierabic addition to nv term Of
must Of course ',c. IN accordance WITH the
strength or weakness Of the natural faculty OF
expsesston by LANGUAGE; sus speak as strong
ly IA hayo Just done, because hare M tcason
tiraisrly strong IN myself. bsiisYs thst such
facility 10 have enjoyed has kccn mainly oHF
lug 10 my unconscfous preparatory discipline;
sna especially r. tho practice Of ssaps!as'on !sa;n
After seeing the manuscripts Of proot.shects ot
mnny Ut tllc chief auihors Of my own time, !
am qualified to say that the mort marked man
nertat* et their day arc precisely those whose
manuscripts bhnw most cfasuses, aud thea1
prouf.shcets must alterations"
4 frequent toptc Of conversation. Miss Mar
tneau tefla us, between hcsself and l!er friends,
With almost all Of then, She differed about tue
tne Of beginning IN tho nts,ErinE. Hcr i,abst
wa8 10 sit down ~ carly as5 Or hals-paot, and
write without interruption until IN tho alter
alone and u'listusleu ty intrusfons Of any
sort. She usually completed ten or twelve
pages OF manuscript ut each sitting, bht, whe;,
;! wftinx ths "Hi.try 81 ils +, p:ase wo.k
compllahcd only seven pages.
:. Quito contrary to hef practice was that Of
southeY and Mits Eigwotti', who dia their
1nS r. a m' Fl ts Istier fe sss hn1
| work 10 3Abo.ious revision, sometimes serainE
copy " the printur which, t,al been 70 altered
thnt nothing OF the original remained. Mrs.
op!e wrote slowly" says Miss Mas:sneau, land
tics. Sic liked trJing the effect Of her tales up
on hearers before tEry went to press. ! TT
member my mother md sister coming home
Ing an evening With 3Ers. Ople to hear TEMPER,
| which She read In d most 0yerp0wcripE way.
When they eax it In print, thoy t1'uld hardly
beiieye It was tho same story. Her Aanawr!tr
ing was c1eera1lc, for smallness and Irregular
Miss Drontc's frat manuscript was written In
= small book, OF OFT folded paper which was
held very near hef eyes. as she was extremely
! Ahurt-sRhte1. \ eccprh CUpy wns hlWlyb 1nadc
! with extreme care. Mrs. a0merville was also
| rear-stghted, and wTota with her paper
laid on = picce Of eard.boarl hefa close to
the eyes. nee abstraction during tho process
talking i'll her presence failed to imprcss her
mind 0r interrupt, the train .ot thought. Miss
Akin expended much pains Ia revising and
Hr. Rogers mctiol Of writing was e.
eecdIugly laborlous, provoking from B1dncy
Smith ihs statement that, @Whcn Koecrs pro.
.luccs couplet, 10 goea to bed; and the saudc
Is laid down; and, when Ills friends send to In
pccttd.'" iii: hallam wrote only ior pleasure,
aud took hia time about It.. OF nis lIandwrit.
finest ever saw; and there vas remarkable
elegance about thu whole aspect OF his author:
ship. Mr. Rogers. hand waa old-fashloned md
formal, but 20 elesr that you might teach
Carlyle tolls on his manuscript painfully.
Working It over aud orcr again. long alter It tlaa
gone Into the printers hands. His Handwriting
i small and upright, aud 30 close that q great
Lyell sat dowu to Lis writing very late, aud waa
content 10 finish small amount tlhily; but BIZ
competition was Of tho sort involving &grcdl
Jnrinr bis solitary walks Is well known. r..
| versus which lo lad constructed In this WA,
would ho retained in his memory until his wtf,
or daughter commltted theul to paper On BIZ
. . | return.
III. Proctor tclln us that Campbell wrots
| slowly and With much revision. Tho proofs O
. | his larger poems were 80 nltGrcd aud llottcl
, "a TO distract the printcr.n It Is reIated o
Mr, Proctor himself that "IllsRavorito method
was to compose when ho was alone In crowd
and hedcclarcd that he dltlats best when walking
| ! London streets" Tho satnc author has said Q
Ha.litt that "After q iato breakfast, he tool
Lii guire Ut foo1seap-p paper and commence,
writing In largo hand, almost as large a
text) Ills days work. never saw my roug
draft or copy. Iie wrote readIly-not yer
swiftly, perhaps, but cast1y, as 1t te hnd mad
up his mtnd-iho manuscript TINT I belieyc wen
To thu priutef."