New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-24
ETGENE SUE AND ms HORN.
from The ron van G.-e,le

h' veteran CTltlC and drtmati St, NJ. Ernest
l;'g"uN', has recently published IN thc temps some
Chapters OF a forthcoming work, TO be entitled
ftud3F ct souvenirs de Theatre" Some of these
chapters have been devoted to Mailman. Others TO
i'"r.i"< IN the last he tells curious amec-
"oi's 81 Eugene sue. He and sue had the same
SISTER bht We're no relations. Tn little genea0gi-
GA puzzle Is thus explained I hc original NJ. and
Mdin' sue had one daugntrr-FlO ra sue. They
b"came divorced. and both married again, NJ Sue's
Spu by ms second marriage WAS Eugene Suc.
M!nr. sues son by her second marriage was Ernest
IcgouNc. rhus Iora SUE was SI.ter /, TWO men
wa" wee no relation whatever to each other.
Neither NJ Sue nor NdIne l.cgouvc cultivated each
others acquaintance; b IT this girl. b., autifu and
charming 'rc"iur. VINO died Young. was equally de-
voted 1" both cr biothcrs and supplied he bond Of
un."n which brought them together. NJ. Legouve
hood. ant MAS prunahy the most intimate friend
thrt STRANGE being ever had. The enthusiastic sym
lnthy aud admiration tor Sue sometimes TOOK
rooms ai:cr walk he knocked against some swing
lnE object IN the dark, winch moved a. lac touched
II. sue lights candle. and what doc he see line
two legs OF man Who had got into Bis rooms no
T' 'fr' hn'W low, Tor ne purpose of hanging
hl''H'It th'ic. h' man " ho was quite dead. haI
bat oi paper q nchrd in hl> hand. ON which Was
written. kll myself m despair of the future.
II >'rlned that death would be less hard If il
HhH'r 20" f"ot of tie man who loves and defends
H." 4 sre4t compliment truly. but one winch sue
c"lll ;t"'h"N nave done without.
IA lN4l am ,nt'rPusing laI sian publisher sought
oui sur +" show lam ad English illustrated WORK
"n tli. mysteries 81 London which had recently ap-
pcarcd. tie suggested that % work of the same sort
"n in- womb have every chance of success, and
asked SUI II he wouid write 10 ioT him. sue WAS
MOI much tempted 10y the idea Of providing The text
for an illustrated scIisl-whch Was what the olfrr
amounted to-but Hnalv decided to sci TO work
shorty aitc!warl NJ. LcgouYe received n Letter
ir'm sac. along with ilitle Blown notebook con-
script WAS the first part ol The Mysteries OF
rams, and the letter was To a L"EoHVc's opinion
ON ,hc story. II has amused n" greatly 10 wlrte
1t; huf VIII ~ amu,c other people t. read II That
) the question Ic-oUVc ica. il accorlneiy
a" INST chapter was sort al prologue. VI ch IN
i'rr>ir d m hut ht+e. Hut Whcn the real story
hcgun, When read the first the second. the tiiri
Ne t"Htih chapter; iGli a. II an electric shorS.
read he pages, dryourcd them. There were Flour
Hr Marie, h" ChQurincur, the SchooImastcr-it MAS
i:ii III" hiN' volume "t The Mysteries Oi Paris
~ answer may ne guessed: Enormous success.
tn" greatest Nou have ever had. SCnd inc the con
ungati"n. ~" wrote back: am truly delighted
WHh f"nr answer; hut a, 20 the continuation. |
should tndlt bard 70 fcnd You that. as | dou know
what II Is going To he mynelf. / wrote what sent
N"" ~ instinct without knowing where | WAS
H".n% Now must set 10 work 10 final my way
An article IN a newspaper pat him on the right
tA't. " hen IN" hrsi instalWcni appeared in lie
D'bHfa ". tonsl'crant, editor of the DcnOc5 ate
E"ctnq"~ He'd the new story aS n Ncrshc lite.
rarN event. see hat are the author Intentions
.ald J." the knew more about them Than the au nor
nin>cIi. lie Is citing foot on road that has
the -inrrma, and the needs of the aboring classes
day his tltlr is Novcliei of thr Pcnnic" / sem
the article az once L. she. 'lhaMkS.' he wrote
hach, have had a talk with The author. and now
4 novelist of IN" people must hc acquainted with
the people, and Tins acquaintance sue now HIM
sci! 10 obtain lie loushi bon>c. a cap and par
men quarters the cheap restaurants of the barrier
ana ia" drinking shops At might. In THIS way " The
MYSTERIES al IalS came 10 nc written. once he
had tai,en mp this idea of heinz the novelist OF the
people, II Interested him and lac adhered 10 II: hut
II came 40 HIM IN the inst place from without as a
sort of accident |; IN this fashion that all has
novels were written. His chief rulnancrs were
Wlttrn by instruments. " The Mysteries of Paris
for instance. Hppealcd rs the daily lrnil"tou of the
N5dlS. ana II ritrn happened that he would put his
PriN"nageS lnto an extraordinary and impossible
situatlJn IN the ienillcton that was to appear on
the ncAt morning without having ANY idea
oi NOW he WAS 10 get them Oat in the
lcullleion hat was 70 appear on the next
morning but onc Ca the" occi~ious LcgouNe
W"nhi receive note hogsiNg him to read a
prnof OF the fcnilirton in, los..a and to hit upon
some way of continuing the story. ~un would be
with HIM at i, and they could talk over The matter
iegouyc would read the fcuiilcton and when sue
arrived would commonly hc obliged 10 tell him that
n hal landed ms story IN perfect c"i dc sf, and
mat there was no way out OF H. Bah ', sue would
say, let MS talk il little. Suppose my char
acterS 10 be real people and that they really were
III TING position. They would get of II some
how woall they not We'll. we must find out how
they would do it," Then would follow an animated
discussion OF about two hours duration, each sng-
costing, arguing and making objections to the
others suggestions. Finally, after all tins travail
sue would see his way clear and go oil in high
spirits 10 supply his next inStalmcnt OF copy for
the inevitable printers devil.