Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-30
How Anthony TrollOpe Worked.
From the London Standard.

HOW AntAOuy 1xOllOpe " OfAeOs
From the London Standard.
But Mr.. Trollopes industry was not limited
by the work which he did as a novelist 1t is now
just two decades since he left the post Office in
which he had served for more than quarter of
century. He was painstaking official, and
was employed on some Important missions for
surveying land and establishing postal conven-
tOns with other countries. At this time he fire.
quenty worked as much as fourteen hours i'm q
day, and he practiced the same habits Of close
and protracted attention till quite recently
He had the faculty of mapping out for himself a
task, and Of letting nothing interpose to pre-
vent or delay its completion. Every day brought
Its appointed labor, and every day it was per-
formed Anthony Trollope worked by rule as he
evenslept and ate by rule. He was always an early
riser. and when he lived In Essex would fire.
Quently be i'm his study at o'clock in the morn
ing, write until 10, and then go out hunting
His usual habit when in London was to wake
at o'clock, to read for an hour or little more
in bed. and then set to work. Four hours
writing brought him to breakfast-time. When
that meal was over he would correct his proofs
or read, till his horse came to the door. He so
regulated his ride that he seldom failed to enter
an appearance at the Athen9um between 5 and
3. Fond Of society, and exceeding hosptable
he had still not little Of the student about him.
He read much Latin. and wrote a little manual
O.
"Ancient Classics for English Readers" The
work of which he was most proud and which
he thought at one time would be his last, '.The
Life of Cicero" appeared some threeyear since,
and was meant. to certain extent, to answer
Mr. Froude's structures upon the orator in his
biography OF the great Roman general.
More lately he had visited South Africa
During the past summer he has been in Ire
land and was busy on book recording his i'm
pressiOns of country which he knew and liked
well at the time Of his death. 1t would have
been impossible for him to go anywhere or to
see anything without committing his views to
paper. His usual plan was to begin to write
about the country which he visited Immediately
on his arrival; at the time he sighted the cliffs
of England on his return journey the manus-
crlpt OF the new volumes was well-niGh finished
Mr.. TrollOpe was nearly as much master Of the
art OF writing anywhere. and under crcum-
stances of whatever personal inconvenience. as
the special correspondent. In addition to
novels and books Of travel, he wrote short
stories, essays and articles of all kinds He
was constant contributor to the now defunct
ST. Paul's Magazine of which he was the origi-
nal editor. and in which he published the first
attempt at authorship of Mr.. Archibald Forbes
''Chrstmas in Cavalry Regiment" He wrote
sketches Of clergymen and hunting men in the
Pail Mall Gazette. and in the monthly miscellany
just named series of excellent papers of En-
gish sports and pastimes. No man of our time
has at once worked so conscientiously and SO
hard, and has derived more satisfaction from ex-
istence. His tastes were simple. but he insisted
that the simpler things which he liked should
be the best Of their kind. He was a staunch
friend and generous foe-often wrong-headed
and obstinate. but always animated by chval-
rOus and manly influences. He did countless
acts Of kindness. of which from his own lips the
world knew nothing; and he will be mourned
by wide circle Of genuine friends.