Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-21
OLIVE LOGAN
Devoies Her Attention TO Literature
Adam Badeau's Aristocracy
In England.
Pen sketches Of some Of Engiand's Le'a
ing Literary spirits-Niss Braddon'
Payn and Others.

ished reading Adam Badeau's 'arisoe
racy ia England" volume Of collected
papers originally published In the sur
and various other journals in the country
simultaneously. The book Is one OF
most peculiar interest, charmingly writ
ten, and full Of special knowledge
Probably no American VINO ever hilea tne
post Of
coNsUI-GENERAL or THE UNITED STATES
AZ London had the social success when
was enjoyed by Gen. Badeau Several
circumstances Joined their force 10 bring
about this result, but the most potent
one among them was the fact OF Gen.
Badeau being a thorough gentleman
the kind Of man whom one
likes TO have In one's house, either as
visitor for days or Us guest at dinner a
soldier, litterateur, polished gentle.
man. Gen. Badeau was from nrst 70 last
OF the period Of his consul-generAlsnip IN
London an honored guest at the most ex-
elusive homes OF t5at aristocracy OF
which he writes with so complete an &C
oualntance with It's graces and disgraces.
On the termination Of his several terms
Of office In London Gen. BAdeau served
the country in high consular
CAPACITY To Cubs. Since MS re-
turn to the United States Gen.
Badeau has devoted himself exclusively TO
literature, with the most satisfactory re-
sults In every sense. As a litterateur he
certainly has grand future before him.
lie Is only lust at middle age, healthy,
strong, and OF excellent habits fond Of
work, aud yet approaching the impor-
lance OF healthiul recreation. He writes
all the morning OF each day, walks or
rides 10 the afternoon, and goes into
s)ciety in the evening lie lives In a
charming fat In a cross street of Broad
way, and, lucky litterateur that he is, Is
able 20 employ q secretary, whether an
amanuensis or not I can not say.
How different are
THE HABITs or AUTHORS
Ia respect 10 this matter Of dictAtion
Milton dictated to his daughter, but not
until after blindness made II imperative.
Thornton Hunt, son Of the poet, Leigh
HINT, well-kuown London journalist
now deceased, told NE that he also die.
tated to bis daughter, and that when be
tried 20 make idea run OF pen tip he
failed ANONYMOUSLY. Recently we have
beard that Frank Stockton, the author of
that tsntallz.ng little gJm Of q story,
tThe Lady or the Tiger" and other
good things, dlciat 20 mis- wife all those Z
delightful humorusiues which tickle the 7.
rIsl9les of his many readers. /
Your wonderfully prolific correspond !
cnt. Gath, dictates his correspond |
euce 20 a shorthand reporter Ia the morn 1
ing after breakfast, while pacing the fiOor I
the pencil Of the scribe hurrying down Its 4
hleroglyphlcs as the clever literary man /
pours forth his thought 10 speech. After 1
The days correspondence Is completed 10 1
certain point the shorthand reporter
goes home to write out his notes, Gath
proceeds to encounter the busy whirl Of
humanity In ITS haunts Of trade or pleas
ure, and In the evening the correspond
ent and the transcriber come together
again, when the latest Items OF news and
comment thereon are added for the night,
and the document Is dispatched, either by
mail or telegraph, 20 It's destination. The
manual fatigue of manipulating q pen,
though Insignificant, becomes by dint OF
frequency q sensible effort
MISS BRADDoN,
the novelis., has told me that after she
took up writing, TO work at 1t steadily as
profession, she deliberately changed her
chirography, because she found that
large handwriting was much more fatigu-
ing than a small one. The hand which
imprints small letters with pen and ink
upon a page can get down 3 great many
characters with much less physical eXer-
ton than that put forth by the hand
which sweeps across the page for every
six OF seven words. fancy that Meis-
sonier may not have half the arm-ache
that attended the labors OF Gustave Dore
Miss Braddon has desks and chairs OF diff
ierent sizes In her literary work room, and
when she gets tired of the sitting
posture she takes her manuscript and
walks over 10 a standing-deSk, where she
writes until faugued Of the erect posture.
Her writing habits are most methodical.
She breakfasts at . and Is at her desk by
no q. m. She works on without Inter
mission for regular meal until y. m,
when she dresses for dinner II she feels
hungry during the day, she rings for a
cup OF tea and bit OF bread, which are
brought on tray to her desk, But, as
heavy work like this would soon use up
person good deal younger than is
Miss Braddon, she only INDUCES In three
work days week. The other days she
Is on horseback, always hunting in the
season. Sundays she remembers TO keep
holy, 10 this respect differing from
JAMES PAYS,
author loi "Lost Sir Massingbud, I" "The
Hell Of the Ages" and many other ex-
citing novels, who, In his personal
Recollections.n tells us that for the last
twenty years he has never known what II
was 70 DC anywhere else than plodding
over literary work at his desk, high days
and holidays, week days and SUNDAYS,
day ia and day out, Charles Reade,
rather steady worker himself, Il one may
Judge by the volume Of literary work he
accomplished, which included novels,
essays, dramas, etc, looked upon
James Payn as wonder Of lite
Isry activity. Meeting Payn one day
when the latter was YEARLY wa ling
through volume after volume OF forgotten
detail in order TO write his novel on the
tIeland.Shakesperc forgeries, Charles
Resde exclaimed In admitting astonlsh.
ment Heavens, Payn, how you do
work" James Payn is u wonderfully
successful literary tradesman. His essays
and magazine papers are delightful; III
reading for the most intellectual persons
la any country lIis novels are Inten-