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8EaH H8&@ Novel HzU tS 10 Fabttsm-RzkH
Methods es Working.
Apaton Advsrfiser.
when / began 10 write the Study |
was little out Of practice in that kind of
writing When hrst took hold Of the
Atiaatsc Monthly / wrote all the book
notices.. Then when left that magazine
ceased writing any, aud did not do any
sort Of critical work for four or five years
II Is pleasant, OF course, TO got back into
the current Of literature, 70 see all the
new books, kc.n
',Are you engaged in any other literary
work at present Z"
II am writing story for Ha,per's."
'sWill II be ont soon ~
,'It goes into the magazine first; the
opening chapters will probably appear
early in the year; don't know just when."
"What IL to be the nature Of il 7"
~ cannot say much about that on &C.
count of my contract with the Harpers.
Then, again, change the plan of my
stories somewhat a. I write them out. /
am not really in position to speak about
h.n
ut will be novel ?"
uOh, yea II will be novel, The
story now running in the Century, The
Minister'S Charge, will end in November
or December, and hereafter my stories
will go TO the Harpers."
"Will this be your first story published
in Harpe'sr
"An Indian Summer was Published in
Harper's."
'.fiow long will your new story be?"
''About as long az The Lady of the
Aroostook.'n
...sI1 l. IA. k;4fa
~ have not yet decided"
"Where will the scene be laid ~
at will be connected with American
life and society, as most of my other
works have been. / do not believe in
doing anything else. There have been
only two Of my bookB-'A Foregone Con.
cluaion' and AN Indian Summer-whose
scenes are laid abroad. One was laid in
Venice, the other ia Florence. A part of
the scene of The Lady of the Aroostook
was laid In Venice, but that of all the resi-
Of my works is in and about Boston.
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 soor
as,possible. Boston Ia the most interest
ing town in the world TO me-"
nWhat do you think of Prof. Davidson
on Zola?"
ST only saw that little bit of o scraI
about it in the Transcript, so / oould no
form any opinion about il. To my think
ing, ON the moralistic side, lola does no
need any defence !; but 10 group him witt
Christ and Plato was where Mr.. Davidson
made his great mistake. OF course if
man treats vice frankly, he makes Their
ugly because they are ugly and that,
suppose, ia Zola's chief merit as a moral
list. II seems 10 me that Zola is yer
earnest man. And while l would no
touch his material with pair Of tongs,
10-foot pole or anything of that kind
still he has right to do what he is doing
and he is not doing it in any vicious wa
at all, TO my thinking. OF course it ia yer
hard to take any position in regard to tn
utility Of portraying vice, or trying t
overcome the evil in the world by printin
everything intimately connected with il
Whether or not much is TO be gained i
that way don't know. But il lola is n
honest man, as believe he is,and choost
to do it, say he is welcome to do So"
"What do you think Of Zola's ability
81 think he is the greatest Frencl
man living. do not think he eompar
with the Russians at all he cannot q
proach such men>as Tolstoi and Dostoi
Vesky."
''What is your method of writing
you write your stories and articles yoI
self or dictate them TO stenographer
~ do not dictate, but use the little III
type writer. use it entirely if l havt
clear block Of stff before me; if ha
to come down 10 close quarters and Fl
little anxious about my work / take !
pen, if it is only TO bring out sol
thought that have in mind or to stat
case use the typewriter. do not co
my work very great deal, but make
first draft on the typewriter. There v
one of my books that copied almost {
tirely, and should always do it if b
the time, but don't have the time Il
in eject copied, because work it over
in manuscript and in print"
what are your working nours?n
81 work from in the morning urti
OF q IN tne afternoon after That,
work does not seem to De in me; ! CO.
force it, | suppose. used to work
night, as nearly every one does at fl
but that was because was newspa
man, and had the old superstition
you must work at night. When got
Venice and could absolutely comml
my own time, i began TO make discover
and found that the best time to work
in the morning"
"What constitutes q days work
your"
about column of the Adoerti
loaded, should say,is good days W
for me-"
"What do you do for recreation ?"
81 read nearly all the afternoon.
read then TRANSACTIONS Of Russian DO
in the French. have lot of Span
books that am reading and italian
always working at more or less. The
suppose read every notable Amori
work that comes ont don't always g
chance to speak Of them, tatt they all
to the making of my study work. II
work in my flower garden Yes,