Telegram-herald., 1888-08-28
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EotbiBg IRE Public al have T. ~ay
Edward Eggieston. o. d. Exgiss-0n, IS
he has ngEs ~ oe cailed. being a fuh
aesigsd AID anolnss.i doctor II divinity, bad
a career before ths ~hoosler SchoclEazzteE'
~ss born Az Oaio river tosn Ia ONO vas
bis birthplace De-. - r the fashson no~a-
days tas date u hs beginning b aot givea
Ia any u Tie printed skercees q his he.
Bat B sss some tlae sso. because his bGsoy
aalr and teard are iroa gray bs hss a
kAaily of chiisfren, sfzms of whom ars grown;
be aaz been Ia active literary work for
quarter q q century. and he wzs preacher
before h@ became an editor and ronAncsr.
lt was IA his ministerial capacity that hs
gathered the material Es has since pat into
hls ronanees. Beginning ween only - 10
redo = Methodist clFcslt IN Ins free, Uncon-
ventional and ylri.s lie ol a new eofnmu-
nity % a delicate constitution. rs edu-
eaton Wa largely self administered, and 10
took his degree direct from the busy life Of
pioneer days his saddle bags were always
~eil nlisd with books and be frequently rode
miles wish an 0psn volume IN n hand
All ths time he dreamed dreams, and thoss
dreams we're II writing boOkz Not until
l>5, after several wears Of wilderness preach
ing, did DC 81 his foot ca the first round q
tho literary ladder RE became associate
editor q The Little Corporal az Chicago,
and did 80 well that be was soon advanced to
editorial charge Of The National Sunday
School Teacher. In 1870 he joined toe staff
of TIE New York Ird>u~ndeat. and year
later besame editor Of The Hearth and Home
a literary weekly long since gathered to its
fathers. While in this capacity no wrote
The H0oSier SchOolmaster. Up TO that
time be had never thought Of writing novels.
Perhaps thar Is the very reason Why be con
structed piece OF work so fresh IN matter
and treatmsnt. bis mind was entirely un-
colored by other rorarccr's style and method.
he had written few short. sketchy stories
for magazines. which did not sttract special
attention.. he wrote Tho Hoosier School
master, as short story for bis own paper.
Alter IT was put into the printers hands the
foreman of the composing room came 20 Mr..
EggieSton and suggested that il contained
too much good material for a novel TO be
crowded into a short story. Couldn't he
amplify il into serialf
Bat I can't write serial said the ss-
toriSred editor However, be took il home,
stabbed over IL. constructed and applied sonne
padding and evolved sonic new incidents 70
sprinkle through it. Still, when IL was tn
ishc5 ne could not stretch il beyond eight
numbers Of Hearth and Home, TO save his
HE The other members OF the editorial
SAT- thought that would do. At least it had
to do The story ran through the paper and
~as then made into book Two thousand
copies. then considered large edition OF any
yarn. vere soId. and since then 100, 900 have
bean disposed Of