The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-20
JULES w RNE.
4 Chat About His Work and the Be-
ginning OF Els Literary Labors.
From the Net1 York Herald

snburbs of Amiens.
The little curly headed boy nodded. "Do
YOU want to see papa|
ayes, if he is at home"
ale is snoring"
"Then had better come another time. ~
go away; what do you knowp cried an
other little Verne, pushing his Younger
brother aside and then turning to me. "If
Won wait few moments believe you can
meet Monsieur Verne" Then they both
/ stroIled slowly through the garden TO
the veranda, where a heavily built man
soon appeared and greeted me cheerfully.
Thank you for the trouble of coming all
the way out here. 1t is seldom that
me in little town."
He led me into his study, crowded with
all sorts Of instruments, such as a quadrant.
an electral machine, thermopile. batter
les. ETC., globes of different sizes, maps. cal
eudars, charts and bookcases. Heaps of
books, magazines, pamphlets, etc., lay on
the floor and the writing desk. causing IL
almost 70 disappear from view. The room
was In great disorder; it seemed as If every
thing had been laid down where il was last
used. A skeleton stood in a corner among
stuffed animals and made the room look
like museumof natural history.
BE seated, II you can find chair and
be smiled. You also belong to our craft.
believer
nodded.
at is astonishing how many thousand
men and women can live by literary work
Of one sort or another In these days"
HIS MIND UPON WONDERS.
"Yes, we live in wonderful age.n he re-
sumed after a pause. "Only think; thew
lately observed q snowfall on the planet
Mars To write history of the nine
tenth century would be gigantic tale for
young literary man. With all its prog
ress from the tallow candle to the electric
light from the stage coach to the express
train, making sixty miles or so an honr. is
simply so marvellous that the majority fail
to understand 1t. But excuse me for a mo-
ment."
And be left the room.
/ looked at the nearest pile of reading
matter. There was book on the measure
ment of sound, "Travels In Alaska,n a
pamphlet on the possible use of melonite in
stead Of iron. mining reports. etc.
Re-entering, he continued: ~ was the
first to mention q submarine vessel. Now
no navy can do without torpedo boats. so
after all, poets are not necessarily dreamers.
but rather chroniclers of the past and
prophets Of the future. People always used
to say that politics and science do not be-
long to the realm Of art I. seems to me
that there is nothing more f1t for the imagi-
nation OF poet than science, and as for
politics, it surely could be DONE But, as /
have said before, | am an exception"
SERIOUS BARON Won MUNcHAUsEN.
How did the idea of writing In your ma
culiar style first suggest itself to you" in
quired.
20, as boy in reading the story of
Baron Won Munchausen' His fabulous
ridiculous adventures made me think
whether they could not be written in
serious manner, SO / set to work lie Tour
du Monde was my first great success, so l
pursued the chosen path"
Then his wife, in apron and cap, entered
and served some cider. with friendly smile.
But before she could speak a child was
heard crying and she had to excuse her.
self.
LAS you SEQ. we live quite like the bour-
geoisle-simple, but comfortable. l would
not live in Paris for anything in the
world 8s
Look. here is one of my latest books
illustrated. 1t is always a great pleasure
to me to see my ideas taking form and
shape
PLENTY OF MATERIAL.
GLOW do you make the enormous nate
rial that is necessary for your novelist" l
asked
Why l read all the scientific books that
are puolished-ln short, everything in the
book market of any interest to me. l am
also subscriber to all scientific journals.
as you see" making a sweeping gesture
with both arms and looking around the
overcrowded room with a humorous ex-
preston.
Besides, l have connections with many
OF the leading Conservatives, museums, etc.
Also that know German is a great help to
me. The Germans are remarkably Gle err,
but only theoretically, while the Americans
are undoubtedly the most practical, but
they sorely lack taste. Only look at their
pubic onildingsl Colossal, expensive, but
no architecture"
And the Frenchmeni" asked politely.
Nobody can deny them the supremacy
IN matters of art. But to return to the
SUBJECT from which l started, my actual ex-
perlence for the Clipper of the Clouds was
one balloon ascent. while / had to look over
ABOUT 500 books on aeronautio inventions"
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE UNNECESSARY.
Then you do not deem actual experience
Necessarily
think careful perusal of books from
Sne oest sources on any new subject is
Se.Ier, at least for the purpose OF writing
DOCKS A good book on the customs and
manners OF country can only be written
alter soJourn OF years, while l. at the very
pes0, can only devote hasty trip to it, and,
az that rate, would dwindle into very
limited number of volumes"
think 1t must be time for me to 60"
put he continued in his jovial way, as if he
had not heard me:
feople should always remember that
Jules Verne is neither mathematician nor
en astronomer, nor the author of scientific
iLandpooks, out novelist. who scatters his
knowledge here and there in the manner of
conversation alist."
ana so he kept on chatting about the
nioSt recent inventions and discoveries of
uniec1anlcal constructions of all centuries,
i Lne distances of heavenly bodies, effects of
nsnt and temperature zoology and botany
VI antedlluvian times, the structure of the
oSlt1 TO enormous depths, unanswerable
problems about Inhabitants of planets, until
my Drain began TO spin, and 1 most likely
k tb ioolsh answers, but as he did ruost of
we sIe talking 1t was. after all, not SO UNI
A.; So o before had taken dinner with him
. t.u ne allow me TO depart by the express
VAIN from Amiens to Paris