The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-23

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,rhiah Lad a,,rac,ad como a,tention owing
~ whioh no uos engngod 70 write The.
| boot no,icoa which annoared twice a
wook I'm Tho Foaro. Ioln had already
| doveloned tho germs Of his enthnsiasm for tho
| noturoliatic scbool and NOW bocnme Tho chnm. ,
MON of its doctrines in the columns Of this news
| MINER His nssaults ON tho idoelists bocame az
ruds md morciloss that his criticisma had 10 no
stonned Morcovor Zoln had mndo such n mui.
| ,ituda ~ enemiea nv bia nggrcssiva courso
| that no could HARDLY oxnoct for Tho nnomant
nj nil events. TO earn n living bv iour.
nalism Uonnilv hc Ind alroadv concoivcd nm
idea whose avstcmotic evolution might nrovide,
| n regulnr ,ncono for n cer,oin nunhcr of voora
Ho went 10 n publishor and lnid before him Tho
Man Of n ,vork cn,braciny t,vontv vo,nmos zach
TO form n disconnected story but all bearing
suoh n relation to ono nnotbor ma 10 instifv n
coloetlvo ti,Ie. Taken tooether tho whole
series would expound the social and natural
history of n family whose numerous am,
| diverse brauchos might Nlustraie every
| phnse OF French civilization undor tho
| second emnire Zola Ind nlreadv aained ~
much reputation for ability IL not for genoros-
| ity and good tastc Tint the publisher entered
| into nm nprcemcnt bv which the vounp writer
undertook 10 furnish two volumes vear in re.
| turn for n monthly stipend Of 400 tho hooks IN
be the property of the publisher during ten
wears. Zola at once set To work I'm n littlo sinh.
Urban houso whorc he beaan n secluded tran.
ouu REGULAR existence which. notwithstandinp
tho failure OF His frst nnblisher and the neees.
sity Of efrectlne new arrangements has nover
been interrun,nJ Tho rovepu, from his novels
was NV and bv sunnlomontcd nv tho theatrical
cri,icisp, ,rbicb be UNA astcd 10 ,vri,o Tor .bo
Bien p,,bIio,ie and nv the Pnris eorrcsnondonce
Of n Russian monthly tho Fiv.opsan uesseu,er
which Tourguenef nrocurcd for him Alto.
gethor Zolo who ia NOT vet forty venrs Of moo
has contrived bv meons Of his non IN Mace him
self in comfortable circumstances. His rcn,in
ton ia made his future ia seoure and no ia
milo IN r,nllzn yvbcncvor be choosos tho dreotn
Of his Ufe namely IN 1.-Two in n country housc
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animals far from tho scramble and unroar M
tho conitnl
II is curioua 10 motto tho mechanical regularity
| Of Zola,s u,.ror, bob,ts uis friord Ainborsn
| Dsudet lila pol7,c ,vorks hv Ate md starts
sometimes lots n month 90 bv without writing n
limo tbep on n suddc, ats dow, NJ his dask and
Ionors .igbteo, hours n 1nv z,ln,s insnirotion
ON tho other hand scen,s 10 mo nerfcc,Iv under
cop,rol tbougb no vould laugh Mt tho word
| ond irsis, lint ooch 81 bis focnltios ovye1 hin,
so NAM honrs ~ ser,co in The ,,v,,n,y',onr
According To ono Of his acouaintances no di-
vid.s thn Inv int two narts ,iviny tho foro.
noon IN the novolist and the afternoon To the
iournalist when tho hour strikos tho
yvs,ver of novels goea 10 bis tahlc with tho repu
lnritv Of n nostman md seldom loaves
| il without eomnletinp Axod number
Of naces. Thon eomos breakfast and n
pnr af,or which tho newsnancr contributed
goes at his dramatic criticisms mr. tho lons, rn-
Wow ~ nsvv hoots which hn sends orco n month
N Russin Al evenin, ,vhon no ia in paris ha
likes tn have his friends about him but he do
,.sts ,oin,, into socis,v No,y anl thor ba will
dino ON, INT soir6o with tho co,nnromises and
cancesstons which conyentionolitv ,rescrihcs
in hearing and Conversation he fInds intoIor.
milo II IL suggestod that his vanity mnv ac-
count for bis rloisterad exis,ance Tor no con
not boast OF good looks. nor is there any grace
in his manners or turn OF speech. Such a
mans real character is known only to a few in
Inmates but these concur In praising the quail
ties Of his heart and temper. They maintain
that his critical severity has not a tinge Of
malice in IT, and they find nothing but intel,cc-
tual convictions pronounced with honest vigor
even in the article on contemporary French
noveists which was lately translated from tho
Russian. and which produced so much commo-
ton in Paris.
Zola's methodical way OF working seems to
be MS conspicuous in the collection and arrange
ment OF his ideas us in their evolution upon
paper. When he has settled upon hero and
distinctly outlined his physical and intellectual
proclivitles he casts about for an environment
suited to their development and selects given
plane OF Partisan or provincial life, whose ma
turc. influence aud atmosphere he endcav ors
to reproduce by observation. study. and that
gift OF diyination which the expert acquires in
all fields OF research. There are many
phases of existence infinitely portrayed in his
volumes about which he can know nothing from
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