Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-17
JULES VERNE AT HON,
THE BEGINNING or HIS c.e..
A WRITER OF Apvrsr r"ssa y

c"opsr-How He Write. @ds
Terror to the Proof ~ s'ofy~A
Novel. hh NJ,
- I ,a n,' Verne wa was born at Nant., !. !,
20 be precise, Feb. 3. He wears ~, n lsa
o. years OF life. His hair and usl'ly Ii
white, but his face is young ~ ,', beard N
anu there IS an expression Of fraa,. foTel
anu IN us clear, calm blue ewes ,,'shk
won heart. Being a Breton 'aat alsaa
with profound admiration 4. :, !. was bHa
IL he had read Robinson Crusr. ,as sa At
begun to think OF writing stor,s. and hai
wrccks. ''es Of sim
lie studied law, was gradu,,.,
school, went into tho stock ayohs u ~ hehs
one OF tho venerable institution cs ss, 10y
an ordinance Of Philippe ls Bel h.. siey
the scenes, In it hnt not of IT. Il -, IL yatd
stream in the ocean. A' she gt
1t had flashed through bis NIL,
might go to California and seek - 'un
mlne and find it, and then devote H.. ea
literature; but as he was writing co,.s a %
the Gymnase playhouse found so,,asa a.'a'ly
accept in his mass of manuscripts I I.
comedy III verse, In one ncf a. na
Rompues," and it had been v,;,,. ialla
Alexandra Dumas fills as a co-lobora. III, Wia Z
is his friend. Mark this. for Dumas T. D y.
prodigal of his friendship, and i a,n.s
mlser at praising the work Of Others lf,lei
heard him say of Jules Verne that Il 4. ua's
foreigner there would BIO NOTHING ta ~ "ss
for him in France. Jules Verne saw. ,,s gu
has been fortunate in the friend,,';Sh
Dumas and OF an editor, Hetzel, who coas.' y
him, kept him in line, prevented Nm n. ,a'
making excursions in the domain of p.,''
ever since The day of his first novs, sp.'
Weeks III a Balloon" made him abla ~. Nv
by his pen. That was in 1862 si,os Nv ~'
he has written fifty volumes, two every vs .,4
SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
Had he caught his inspiration from pa...
Poe, Whose influence, in the vivid trapsl..;sa'
Of Bandelaire. las been great OIL Franc, n,sa
of letterst Were the impressions II 4.
brothers de Poncourt in 1856 similar IL a:
owni NJ. Verne sail yes, that he owed ,nn va
to Edgar Poe and much to Fenimore (,oora.
Of whom Le is an ardent adrnirer
His object was to write books tha. II.
young could read with profit. He had M
pretensions to being savant, ma, !,
science. He read necessarily. Whenever i.
was in doubt no went to town to ons vho
knew. Joseph Bertrand, OF the institute had
been his adviser on many occasions n,
would make errors, perhaps, but not yerv
grave ones. l asked him IL his stories worn
not worked backward. like Gobelin tapest,v
| He sail that lie never commenced to wrts,
story without Lpovtrv hnur IL
end He writes the plot, then studies the d.
tails. The results Of his studies are in pos
of one word in columns, on sheets Of PAGER
| letter size. These words refer to books in bn
| library or to other notes Of ideas or facts
| When he has become familiar with his notes
| he writes the story. Ills manuscript Is re-
| markabiy neat, on the left Of letter page,
leaving wide margin at the right for the
dates, "Ahl the dates! they give me mora
trouble than you car imagine And The
names, His proof reading costs good deal
OF money TO the editor. he says He sends tho
original manuscript to the printer without an
erasure. and there are eight successive proofs
to be corrected by him. He is fastiliousi
the extreme with regard to style; that has to
be absolutely faultless.
HIS NEW NOVEL
He goes to bed at s o'clock, gets up early
and is at work until midday in bis coy
workshop OIL the second floor, from which
we SAW parade and review by the division
general of the whole garrison. The men
march with swing OF the arm that gives
them dash and light airiness, something that
makes you feel that their heart is in it or that
they would throw it over an obstacle as
rider does to make the hnrse leap.
"What made you write North and SouthF'
l asked.
"Fifry lines out of few pages Of the
Corilte de Paris history of the civil war in
America. The Comte de Paris and havea-
WAYS entertained pleasant, friendly relations
and l was in sympathy with the north at Tue
time of the war.
"What material did / usel Everything
and anything that could find regret my
ignorance of the English language. nave
to use translations and transletors Tue s'oFy
is interesting because it rests upon eiiDs ana
the KEY is at the end OF the story. | nave
another work under way. have tnousu
that there was room for another Robinson
There is Robinson Ciusoe,' Swiss FANNY
Robinson the Mysterious Island The MS
Robinson is alone, the second has a FANNY
the third is a company of engineers men !,
learning. am writing the story OF b0alu
ing school for boys. There are c'Gn,ech
them; fifteen of them are English, two ffene
and one American shall place them upo
well fitted yacht that shall be slpw'eche
upon an island that is not well KNOWN ~ y.
exists The eldest boy IA years oil ase' VI
Youngest 8. They shall have all the he'eS'ai
tools to take care of themselves,
II trust you will make the American "!
fine fellow" ,o
al always give the Americans my W ~
parts. l have profound veneratlon loi i !.
American people l wanted to see IL anu,
as it deserves to be. The American Is W
the practical, progressive boy OF lne pm'
In the hal that leads from the slaif"",
the work room is n large chart OF tne SoS
planisphere upon which NJ, Verne nls ' 10 !
I, lines of different colors the voyaSesol Il
heroes.
His entire work, when completed, Is "
the amusing description of the ear.ns ssv
raphy.-Paris Cor. New YORK M''i "'
Express.
An Energetic Pasha'
| 4t,o ,,,OSt prerTel