New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24
HOW 1yTH0YY TR0LL0PE WORKED.

From The LOnGDn SfGnddfd
But Mr. TrOllOpe'S industry not limited by
the work which lie did Us novelist. lt is now just
two dec AIDES since he LETT the Post Office III which
he had served for more than qnarter OF century.
lie was Il paInstaklng Official and was employed on
some important missions Tor surveying land ana
establishing postal conventions with other cOun-
tries At this time he frequently worked as mucn
as fourteen hours in a day, and he pracfised tho
same habits OF close and pr0tracted attention I'LL
quito recently lie had the faculty OF mapping out
Tor himself task, and of letting nothing lnterpose
to prevent OF delay It's completion. Every day
brought its appointed labor, and every day IL was
performed. Anthony Tr0llOpe worked by rule as no
even slept and ate by rule. lie was always au early
riser and hen he lived in Essex would frequently
be in his study mt o'clock III the morning, write
until ~, and then go out hunting. Ills usual habit
when IN London was to wake at O'Clock, to READ
for an hour little more IN bed, and then set o.
work. Four hours writing brought him to break
FAST time. When that meal was over he would cor
rect his proofs. read, till his horse came 70 the
door. He so regulated his ride that he seldom failed
to enter an appearance at the AtheDDum between
aud u. Fond OF sUcIety and exceedingly hospitaDe,
he had sui not little OF the student about HIM.
tie read much Latin, ana wrote little manual on
Julius Cesar in Messrs BlacllwOod's .T1es, "Au-
Gent Classics Tor English Readers" The work OF
which he was most proud, and which he thought aI
one time would be lis last, ." The l4iie cf Cicero,
appeared some three years since, ana was meant, I'd
certain extent, to answer Mr.. Ff0ude structures
upon the orator in his biography .. tho great
Roman General.
the past summer he had been IN Ireland, and was
busy on a book recording his impressions OF coun-
try whicn he knew and liked well at the time OF ms
death. IL would have been impossible tor HIM to 20
anywhere or 10 see anything without comm ttlng
his views to paper His usual plan was to begin to
write about the country which he visited lmIne-
diatcly on his arrivals at the time he sighted ths
cllns OF England ON his return journey the manu-
script Of the new volumes was well-nlsn finished.
Mr. Tr0llOpo was nearly much master OF the art
of WrItng anywhere, and under circumstances of
whatever personal inconvenience, az the special cor
respondent. In addition TO novels ana books OF
travel he wrote short sOrles essays, aud articles Oh
all kinds. He IA constant contributor to he now
deflnct 81. P0UPS Magazine, or which he was the
original Editor, and IN which he published tho inst
attempt at authorship OF Nr Archibald FORBES
christmas III II Cavalry Regiment" lie wrote
sketches OF clergymen and hunting men in The
PdU NAL Gazette, and in the monthly miscellany
just named of excellent papers OF English
sports and pasgimes. No man of our tlmo has at
once worked cOnscieniOusly and SO hard, and has
derived more satisfaction from existence Hs
tastes were simple; but he insisted that the simple
thugs which he liked should be the best OF tIeir
KIND. lie was a saunch friend ana generous f1e
often wrong -neaded and obstinate, BUS always
animated by chIvalrous and manly lniueLces. Ito
did countless acts OF kindness, OF which from ms
own lips the world knew no hing; ami he VIII 10
mourned by wide circle OF genuine friends.