Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-23

FRANK r, STOCKTON.
goes frequently to the theatre or the
opera; he mingles freely with the world,
and indeed his own life seems as strange
as some OF the pensive creations OF poetic
fancy. In conversation he Is ready and
entertaining, with certain commercial
directness of speech at times, that family
resembles bluntness, joined with a gent
ality and a polish that mark him as
natural gentleman. His fOrtitude in the
midst Of reverses, his warm sympathies
and kindly interest in others render it
easy to hold him in high esteem.
He was one OF the founders of the
Authors Club and the Fencers' Club,a and
Is one OF the trustees OF the Century.
Frank r. Stockton stops at the Albert,
where William Dean HOwells was also
located until recently. MIR. Stockton Is
81 years of age and a Philadelphia by
birth. Years ago he wrote fairy tales for
the Riverside Magazine OF Boston aud
contributed to Vanity Fair and Punchi-
nello. He went back to Philadelphia and
became one Of the editors of y newspaper
there, and still later became connected
with the Hearth and Home, then joined
the editorial staff of Scribners, reliuqu-
ishing this post to become assistant editor
OF the st. Nicholas. In the intervals of
his editorial labors be wrote short stories
and some serial tales, the latter designed
for juvenile readers. Then he wrote the
"Rudder Grange" In 1879 the Scrbners
issued volume of his various prOduc-
tons. In 1881 he Telinquished all edI-
tOrial work and devoted himself to lItera-
ture In the strictest sense. Since then he
has written "The Lady of the TIger?' GA
Tale of Negative Gravity" "The Re
markable Wreck or the Thomas Hyke,"
"a Story of Assisted Fate" ''rhe Dis
courager Of Hesitancy," and "The Late
Mrs. Null" In recent years he has spent
considerable time in Virginia, Florida
and Europe, but for the most part he has
resided in or near New York. He is now
devoting himself entirely to the writing
of novels. His stories are generally
written in vein Of fine humor and have
a polish of style and brilliancy of diction
that make him one of the best of living
American writers OF fiction. The visitor
to his study on the sixth floor of one of the
lofty New York hotels sees a gentleman
OF very quiet, almost laBguid, manners,
under the medium height and slightly
built, with dark brown eyes and black
moustache slightly touched with frosty
indications OF middle life. He does most
OF his writing in the forenoon; he takes
his recreation, as rule, in the afternoon
or the evening. His manners are polished
and courteous, but there is little at first
to indicate the brilliant author Of 1.-THE
Lady or the Tiger" 1t is at first difficult
to realize that this quiet gentleman, who
rises from his work at a plain, CONNER
cial-l0Oking desk, is the fine humOrlst that
his productions show him to be, and not
a business man who has been interrupted
in the midst of some intricate calcula-
lions. The handsomely furnished room
in which he works is as orderly as the
Iaost fastidiOus could desire. There is
none of the literary confusion that one is
wont to associate with literary men. And
here, far above the tinkling bells of the
horse cars on University place and the
hum of multitudinous life around him,
our author sets and weaves those
delicate fancies that have charmed so
many.
Richard Watson Glider, the editor of
the Century Magazine and the author OF
several successful volumes of poetry, ia
slightly built, dark-eyed gentleman of AZ,
though he seems much younger. He looks
like college student, perhaps, Just enter
ing on his Senior course, rather than the
editor of one Of the leading magazines
published in the English language. His
office is far up in the Century building,
fronting on Union square, and there,
quiet, cool, courteous AND some what
distracted, he tulhlls his editorial func-
hood. Born at Bordeutown, n. j., Feb. s,
1914, when only II years old he published
a boys paper, the 81. Thomas Register,
at Flushing, Long Island. He edited it,
set up all the type, rolled the ink, and, in
fact, did nearly all the work Of whatso-
ever kind connected with il. In 1860, or
when be was still only Is years old, he
was the chiefeditor ola campaign journal
which advocated the cause OF Bell and
Everett in the great Presidential struggle.
In 1868, though under the legal age, he
enlisted in the First Philadelphia Artil-
lery and served through the emergency"
campaign OF 1863, to check tine advance OF
Lee into Pennsylvania, taking part in the
defense of Carlisle and other points,
Charles g. Leland (Hans Breltman), by
the way, was also private IN the same
company. Young Glider studied Jaw for
a time, but in 1864. on the death of his
father, a Methodist clergyman, from
small.po which he had contracted as the
Chaplain Of a New York regiment while
nursing some soldiers afflicted with that
disease; the future poet and editor felt
Obliged TO engage at once in the task OF
earning living, his father having died
in very moderate circumstances.