Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25
ABOUT FAVORlTE AUTHORS.


New York. Dec. gO-"Nlrs nurnett's new
| story, which BEGINS with the January SCrlh-
| ner'H, TO run scrinlly for SIX months, r. a
| peculiar production quite unique ~ illeIh-
| tuYr. and has an Interesting origin some
! time ago Mrs, Burnett Wlute a number OF
stories about various children she had met
Ia the COURSE Of her life These as All her
readers know. have been published Ia o
volume entitled "Gloyunul, aud The Other.
There was one child whom she had re
served for The last, The chld whom sue
knew hest OF nll'-herself, and ON the
portrayal II this child she wished 10 bcstow
special pains Other clildren, sle enull
study only from without Their innermost
thoughts and feelings escaped her- Sihefe
must be SO many thoughts, she says, 'ior
which child courage and ehild language
have not the exact words. So remempernF
that there was one child Of whom ! could
write from the inside point OF view, and
with certain knowledge, began 70 mike
n lttlo sketch OF the one knew best OF
Mrs. Burnett originally intended 70 pro-
duce only n short story FOR chiuruh- but III
of OF gg gorS interest ~ revealed themselves. she
ali cred her plan therefore. aud Determined
to leugthCn Il, TO address u 70 M olnti
audience aud 10 make IL study OF lhe
growth Of a child's mind. In u frankly au'
tubiurraphiral form, she records the cApt'
ripnces of her eirihood with To- s"usniious
and emotions as each new phase anl pihu.
are those chapters In which she presents
her Impressions when brought for the uitt
Of life; birth. marriage and death. Tue uu, W.,
satisfied curiosity. The awe reverence all
dread " the lthe 'wonderer are i"iiu'
Itr childish attempts Ht story writing
Will interest and ainuse her many admirers
Mrs Burnett frankly admits that hr on
feet IN literature, from tue hirii was re-
Enumeration. aud tie letter which accom-
nauicd Ter FIRST muuufrflpt iclt 10 fGril
Tor doubt Ia the editors mind On ms polu'
Her family was "a very iiuitel cireuin'
sfanrcs. she tfns compelled TO pick black
berrit, Ia order 10 obtain the necessary
money 10 defray postage On neg hrei w
eragy si t,i, u T., arsr.. to earn money,
md her satisfaction, therefore, when her |
dict check arrived n payment ior tiils si. !
~ ~ afst mauuscript her autobiography |
eaagas hrr purpose IN the work being SIM |
nv a presont 4 TINE picture OF childhood.
cRAwFoRD's LITERARY METHODS |
Mr. Marion Crawford has recently Gun:
a~hich vii arneir in ON early number Of 4
The FoFnn. lois q Only the hrHf y Q num- /
Ter OF IKE predictions which NJ tfaWtgf4 !
finalir h d BOOK wAleh VIII Constitute MI /
Crivford's nrs' volume " eafays. This de-
nurture in literature u moi tie only one
ihai may b. etpteiea irge ine pt9a 5, eS
stlo has rad his stories VIII recall The
ohqrralng bits Of verse that crop ~ here
md there 1lI1se " be- know Mr.. Crawford
i,est say he h a genuine poet, aud hint
maj he has written more poetry than the
nsbic iinaplnCs. Il VIII lir ne matter 81
iiitrpfiso, therefcre II d vniUuc Of verse
silniid come from hifu sometime IN me
~. verg distant hlfnre. Mr. Crawford
~ b,.eu known new To- a little over ten
refrs Duflng that time WuflI have
'svci from lie pen with q rapidly that
seems Amazing When We consider ne hisn
.,nnlarI On uirfif sustained. and yot tiis
4 rngllY understood By those Who know
NOW fluent end EASY q writer Dir. Crawford
n lie never reyifes hla manuscript AMI
5iars.s yerr few changes 10 uroid- This u
s1urse pifises lis publishers Immensely,
AL author who ca-s turn Out n rapid sue
Il 30 least rnsiitic expense v the pub
tshar's IDEAL That Mr, Clavford z cor
-asr.,ndinkiy well treated ! know for ~
'ae tzranees4apt HAT exists hetpzeaa him.