Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

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work which have characterized his life
and made 1t such a success!"
Yes. He is an early riser and a hard
worker. He is usually up between 6 and
7, breakfasts lightly at $3.50. and then goes
to work. He works steadily until the
afternoon, and then, without lunch, goes
out for a long walk. He used to ride a
good deal, you know, but he lost a couple
OF valuable horses recently, and as his
friends have rather urged him at his age
to give up the horseback exercise, he has
not purchased another saddle horse. He
may do so in the spring again. He takes
most of his exercise in long walks now.
however. He dimes at 6, and then is ready
for the evening, which he spends in a social
way. He has a great many friends o fcOurse
who call upon him, and he goes out a
good deal. l say a good deal; by that l
mean a good deal for. a man of his great
age. He has of course ten times as many
invitations as he can accept, but he Sc
lects from the many a few, and greatly
ENJOYS them"
"When will he finish his work of revi-
sion?"
'In the spring or early summer. Then
he expects to go as usual to the seaside,
in his native New England, and rest.
This. his great work, will end his literary
labOrs. To use his WI words, he expects
to play the rest of his life"
Mr.. Bancroft has made Washington his
home for some 80 years, coming here after
his service abroadas Minister to England,
and then to Germany, because of the eX-
cellent facilities that Washington offered
for the historian, or, indeed, for the lite
rary man of any sort. He has accumu-
lated a handsome fortune from the profits
of his literary works, the copyrights of
which he has wisely retained.
Another Of WashingtOn's "book-mak-
ers" is just now engaged in revising his
literary productions and reducing them
to one-half their original number. MIR.
Charles Lanman, whose works OF travel
in this country and elsewhere made him
famous years ago, and who now lives, as
he has for a quarter Of a century, in aris-
tocratlc old Georgetown, is just now en-
gagged in cutting down his 80 odd volumes
to about 16.
81 have been advised by my friends" he
said to your correspondent as he sat in
his tastefully furnished parlOrs at his
quiet Georgetown home. ~ have been
advised by my friends and my publishers
to have my works reproduced, and IN pre-
pairing to do so / have thoughtit advisable
to prune them down, eliminating much
that is of less value or that is covered in
more than one Of thep~ publications which
ran through more than a quarter of a
century. had intended to give up literary
work altogether, and to devote the re-
mainder of my life to the use of the
pencil and brush, reproducing from the
sketches made in my explorations as
much of the striking scenery as l could
find time which has already been de-
scribed in my works. My idea was to
cultivate i'll the minds of the American
people, as far Is possible. a love for the
wonderful scenery of their country, and
for art itself, putting my works at a
figure which would place them within
reach of the masses. Indeed, this is still
my principal thought, and l am hoping to
get this work of revision and reduction
of my hands soon, and give all my time
to the work with the brush. / find it very
interesting, M in the double work which
l am now dOing-fOr l keep up nv art
work meantime in a limited way-I find
myself living over again the experiences OF
years ago. To-day, for instance, l am
painting a scene on the Saguenay river.
Canada, from a sketch which | made
man to view its wonderful cenery, now
visited by so many, and the first to enjoy
its wonderful salmon fishing now enjoyed
by so many summer tourists. The cliff
which l then sketched and to-day am
painting, stands towering 1900 feet high,
its perpendicular front ~overhanging a pool
in the river 900 feet deep. l have sketched
and written in every State east of the
Mississippi, and in many of those west of
that stream, and between the work of re-
vising my writing upon these subjects ard
the work on the scenery, l find a revival
of many memories extremely interest
ing"
"You are working pretty hard, then.
Mr.. Lanman, in both these duties.D
eyes. l get TO work by 8 o'clock or so
in the morning and keep it up until about
A - fha nf&Owannn -A4.
walk, and so end the days labor.'
"DO you do your own writing in the
literary work!n
las l always have done, yes. MY thirty
odd books have been written with my own
hand, as are the reproduction of the scenes
now being done with the brush.v
! @g. LaGma1 does not shsW in his face