Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-05
William u. HOVELIS,
A New American Novel Promised His
Habits of Work

New American Novel Promised His
Habits OF Work.
From an Interview in tine Boston Advertiser.
" When l began to write the Study
was little out of practice in that kind of
writing. When | first took hold of the
atlantic Monthly | wrote all the book
notices. Then when / left that magazine
l ceased writing any, and did not do any
sort of critical work for four or five years.
1t is pleasant OF course, to get back into
the current of literature, to see all the new
books, Sc.n
Are you engaged in any other literary
work at present p
I" am writing story for Harper's"
" Will II be out soon ~
" Ii goes into the magazine first the OPEN
ing chapters will probably appear early in
the year don't know just when"
/" What is to be the nature of it ?'
" ! cannot say much about that on account
OF my contract with the Harpers. Then,
again, change the plan of my stories some.
what as write them out / am not really in
position to speak about it."
i" 1t will be novel ?"
son, yes it will he a novel. The story
now running in the Century, THE Minister'S
Charge will end in NOvemb Der or Decem Der,
and hereafter my stories will all go to the
Harpers"
=" viii this be your first story published in
"'An Indian Summer was published in
Hdrper's."
" How long will your new story be ~
" bout as long as The Lady Of the Aroos-
took"
" What will be its title ?"
" / have not yet decided"
" Where will the scene be laid ?''
" II Will be connected with American life
and society, as most OF my other works have
peen' l do not believe in doing anything
else. There have been only two OF my books
"A Foregone Conclusion and An Indian
summer whose scenes are laid abroad,
One was laid In Venice, the other In Flor
ence. A part OF the scene OF The Lady OF
the Aroostook' was laid in Venice, but that
OF all the rest Of my works is in and about
Boston. i don't seem to get away from
there. ! noticed one thing in an Arkansas
paper that amused me very much. 1t said
had let one man go away from Boston, but
brought him back on the steamer as soon as
possible. Boston Is the most interesting
town in the world to me-"
lola ?''
- only saw that little bit Of a scrap about
IL IN the Transcript so | could not form any
opinion about IT. To my thinking, on the
moralistic side, lola does not need any de-
tense; but to group him with Christ and
Plato was where Mr.. Davidson made his
| great mistake OF course, il a man treats
| vices frankly, he makes them ugly because
| they are ugly and that / suppose, is Zola's
| chief merit as a mOralist. 1t seems 10 me that
Eph - very honest man. And while /
would not touch his material with a pair of
tongs, lO-foot pole, or anything of that kind
| stiil he has right 10 do what he is doing
| and he Is not doing II In any vicious way al
| all, TO my thinking. OF course il is yery
| hard to take any position in regard to the
utility OF portraying vice, or trying to over
| come the evil in the world by printing every
| thing Intimately connected with 1t. Whether
| or not much is to be gained in that way |
| don't know. But II Zola is an honest man,
as believe he il, and chooses to do il, say
| hs Is welcome TO do So"
! What 90 you think OF Zola's ability ?'
81 think he is the greatest Frenchman
living. ] do not think lie compares with the
| Russians ~ all he cannot approach such
| mer as Tolstoi aud DostOievesky."
" What is your method of writing do you
| write your stories and articles yourself or
dictate them TO a stenographer ?"
- do not dictate but use the little Hall
| typewriter l use it entirely II 1 have q
clear block OF stuff before me; If have 70
come down to close quarters and feel little