The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-26

and then, without lunch, goes for a long walk
He used to ride good deal, you know but he
lost 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 pur
chased another saddle horse. He NAV 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
has great many friends of course,
who call upon him, and he goes out a
good deal 1 say good deal; by that I mean
good deal for man of his great age. He has.
OF course, ten times as many invitations as he
can accept, but he selects from the many few
and greatly enjoys tqem."
When will he finish the work of revisionP
In the spring or early summer. Then he
expects to go as usual to the seaside, in his ma
tive New England. and rest. This his magnus
opus, will end his literary labors. To use his
own words he expects to play the rest of his
life"
MIR. Bancroft has made Washington his home
for some thirty years, coming here after his
service abroad as minister to England and then
to Germany, because of the excellent facilities
that Washington offered for the historian, or
indeed, tor the literary man of any sort. He
has accumulated handsome fortune from the
profits of his literary works. the copyrights of
which he has wisely retained
On high bluff overlooking the Potomac
stands the cottage home of another of Washing
toms book makers, one whose name is familiar in
worth And she is the most remarkable Of
them all in pointsof number of works produced.
While Mr. Blaine has written one volume and
is upon the second; while Mrs Dahlgren has
written two three; while Mcpherson has
written nearly a dozen; while Mr.. Ban
crofts works number almost a score
of volumes, and while Mr.. Lanman's works are
In the thirties as to number, she has written
nearly as many as all of them together. Her
works number sixty -four. And she is still at
work.
at is little singular" said a friend of this
talented and hard-working story-writer that
she has written just as many stories as she is
years old. She is now in her sixty fifth year,
and is writing her sixty fifth story"
And how long has she been writing?"
About forty years. She married in 1841,
unhappily as it afterward turned out, and only
two years thereafter a separation took place,
since which time she has supported herself by
her pen. She has always counted this ner home,
though she has spenta considerable portion of
her time with her two children in Yonkers, N.
Y, where they have homes and where they are,
of course. anxious to have her stay as much as
she will Then it is quite as convenient for her,
as she gets her copy quickly to the pub
fishers of the Ledger, for whom she works
exclusively, and gets her proofs back for revis-
ion in a short time. She usually writes until
about Thursday night, sends her copy to the
office spends Friday and Saturday in miscel-
ianeous work and play, resting, exercising and
attending TO business, revises her proof on Mon
She reads the newspapers carefully getting
many hints for her stories from the incidents
in real life told in them, and
writes necessarily, doing all her work
with her own hand, writing her
manuscript in a heavy hand with large gold
pen, revising her own proofs and depending on
no one but herself. She often works far into the
night, sometimes until morning. sleeping late,
and breakfastng at 10, or IL, or IL o'clock"
''Ahd does her health continue good under
this heavy strain"
1T seems to- have known her quarter of
century, and never saw her in apparently bet
ter health than now"
''All her work is for Mr. Bonner and the
Ledgerl"
Yes Her stories are published first there,
and then in book form. She writes for nobody
else, and has not furnished page of manuscript
to any other publisher for years. Yes, she has
accumulated some money meantime; nobody can
tell how much, for she manages her own affairs
and never talks about them. The supposition is
that she gets about $40 900 year from Bonner
though as she is very charitable. she does not
accumulate perhaps as much as she might other-
wise"