New-York tribune., 1883-03-12
MR. HAW7HORNE ANSWERS MIR. AACAIL-
LAN

Trace Fifth.ave till 1t ceases to be an avenue and
approacbes that Western road of tradition which
ended in squirrel track that up tree and the
reader may find himself led directly into
the cosey library of Julian Hawthorne,
at home in the old Zborowski honse
in Central Morrisania. There a reporter
of The TRIBUNE, In quest Of anything that the
novelist might have to say in respect to tho charges
which q London publishing firm has recently been
making against his good faith, found him last even
ing The gist of these charges was that Mt.
Hawthorne had contracted to furnish Haom't-
Ian's MaqaziRe with the manuscript OF DIS
story. Fortunes Fool" and had been paid In adj
vance for the whole of the same. but that he had
neglected to supply any concluding chapters ioi
the novel, the larger part of which was printed In
expectation Of his having the conclusion ready Dy
the time that it needed.
"Tbe history of the novel is this" said Mr.. Haw-
thorne to the reporter. 81 was in England when
Henry James had story running through Mac
miIlqns Magazine, in lsoli Macmiah-opfaI 81 fn, u.s.
II nv n story from me. | told him had leisure to
write one then, but that later would be busy abont
other matters: and that woul send him monthly
instalmcnts, for which nc must pay me as eacn was
received by him."
This, then, is the explanation OF what is called
pay in advance Is itP
as he got the nstaments, without waiting until
they were published"
lyon were writing these in EnglandP
"Yes and competed the whole manuscript tnere.
Some time after II done and had been handed
in having studied over ii, decided thai certa al
terations would be best. i wanted 10 cut out cer-
tain portions toward tine end. in order to get IN
others that deemed more important. 30 asked
hlm TO let me take back that part Of the manuscript
which was not TO he printed until year atterward,
and change the reading. just ~ that time we de-
clded 10 leave England and come over here, so i
brought the manuscript along with me. we were
moving about a good deal when we got here, and
somehow tins manuscript got mslaid ana nave
never been able 10 find ~ 80
Is there any chance that the Macmillans could
not have known that the completed story. IRON
first to last, had been once In tneir hands T. was
II don't see how there could be-" Mr.. Hawthorne
replied "If they had not received it they would
not have paid for it, The impression conveyed IN
the teleerams from London that any money wa,
wrong and am sure II Nr. Macmillan anu could
talk N over he would remember all the clrcumstan-
ces OF my taking 1t away with me. and Tor what
parP9S;e" ,,. .di,or ,oy,n TO nubli,b the story
however he GlCfnO haYo the eBd ia his hands
mo for as | said IL had been lost. Just then.
TOO the death OF my little daughter and other mat
ters totally untitled me for literary work, and II
was Impossible TO bring my mind TO the task of re-
writing the concluding chapters. Lately TOOK the
matter M afresh and sent half the lacking manu-
script 10 London some time ago. Ihe rest VIII 20
in ten days or two weeks"
"What will be- tho time between the publication
of your last instalment Of the story IN the maga-
zine and the next onc1
81 suppose three or four months" Mr.. fIaw-
thorne said. " think If the incident has been IN
jurous TO any one, II IL TO me rather than to the
publishers"