River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-11-18
FRO BE CoNTINUED.)


New York World: Mr.W. ID. HowellS
works from 9 a. m. to one y. m, dining
at two p. m. aud is a man of leisure
for the rest of the day. He writes
about a half-column of the World per
! diem. With this stint he can turn out
two novels and great deal Of miscel-
laneoGs matter in the cou -se Of the
year. tie is not satisfied without
4 great deal of revising. aud sometimes
rewrites whole chapter. The manu-
script of ~ Foregone Conclusion. "
one OF his earlier books, was entirely
rewritten.
Mr.. Horny James, Immediately after
a breakfast of coffee and rolls in his
own room. sits down to his literary
work. generally writing by the light Of
two candles. the London mornings
/ being so dark. He coIIposes slowly
and painfully. rewriting and retouch-
/ ing his work continually, his artistic
style being attained only at the expense
of real toll. He works until noon, and
then goes to his club for lunch. BY
regular application he man ages to pro-
duce good deal Of manuscript.
lir. Samuel L. Clemens MARK
Twain) does not write in his library.
His humorous fancies are VOWED with
more ease in the seclusion of his pri-
vate biiliard-room. Hemakes it an in
variable rule to do a certain amount of
literary work each day. and his work
ing hours are made continuous by omit
ting the Formally of lunch. He is mer-
CHESS towards hi, own productions and
often destroys u whole days writing
without conjunction. In this way he
sometimes does a piece of work over
and over again. but ut other times the
first draft Is satisfactory. He is very
industrious, but the mountain some.
times labors 10 brings forth = mouse.
MIR. Edgar Fawcett, who writes for
fame ard not for bread, has been wont
to do his literary work in the fourth
story OF n cheap tenement-house some
distance FROM his Residence in the IA h
iOnable section of the city. He eyI-
. 'AtlAtAf BtAttNtS Ia lilt IlldEliCdl uiil4liCt-
ton of Aldrich's verses about the good
ness of the garnet. He is more pains
taking about style than about subject
matter.
Mr.. George w. Gable is very slow
wrl er He averages perhaps 1000
words per day, about half column Of
the World, and some days he does
nothing but revise and perfect his
work. He goes TO his desk at a. m.
and writes until I p. m, with only a
/ slight break for a light lunch.
The poet Whittier confesses to never
/ having had any literary methods. He
\ writes when he feels like ii, and has
I neither the health nor the patience to
! work lis copy over afterwards, usually
sending it TO the publisher as originally
completed.
Miss Louisa May Alcott never had
study; any coy corner answers to
write in. She Is not particular as to
/ pens and paper. and an Old atlas on
! her knee is all the desk she cares for.
\ She has the power to carry dozen
4 plots in her head at time. celebrating
1 them whenever she is in the mood.
Sometimes she Keeps plot by her in
/ this way for years before il is put on
paper. At times she lies awake at
/ night and plans whole chapters. WORD
for word, aud when daylight comes she
/ nos only TO write them OF as if she
/ were copying. In her hardest working
iayS she useI to write fourteen hours
in the twenty-four, sitting steadily at
Der work and scarcely tasting food I'M
iii the task was done. Very few Of her
stories have been written in Concord.
She goes TO Boston. hires quiet room,
/ shuts herself up aud waits for Ian east
wind of inspiration. which never fails =
In q month or 30 the book is done.
She never copies and seldom eorrects.
Mrs. Frances II. Burnett writes in a
'.den' At her Washington house
Early in the morning She seats herself
,.t the table and writes until noon. The
morning stint Of pen labor is rigorous
iv insisted on. mood and OF en- not
even ill-health being consulted. Ii she
Is IA "a happy mental frame the hours
are not needed and the sentences flow
freely from her pen, dusk sometimes
coming before her manuscript is laid
aside. If. however. the sp rit does not
exert itself i'm a particularly prolific
fashion. she devotes the afternoon TO
recreation. drives, walks, and social
engagements. That Lass O Louvre :.
Pretty Polly Pemberton." The Fire
at Graniley Mills" and 1.-The For
tunes Of Philppa Fairfax were all
written N about fifteen months.