Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-19

these latter days Of wealth and established
reputation he retains many Of the characteris-
tics Of the newspaper worker. He writes rap
idly, using typewriter in his work. and max
written copy. A greater part Of his writing is
done during his sojourn At his summer home in
Elmira, where he secludes himself almos: en-
Grely from visitors.
The first Of Uncle Toms Cabin" which Har-
net beecher Stowe put on paper was the chap
ter which tells Of the death Of Uncle Tom
She had intended to publish it in a sketch. but
the story grew in her fancy a. she wrote until
1t reached its published dimensions The
story was written at all hours Of the day and
night and in all sorts Of places and amid the
frequent interruptions to which the household
OF the country minister (ths Stoves wers then
living at Brunswick, Me- 10 subjected. She
wrote SO rapidly that At times her pen could
not keep pace with her thoughts, and when the
latter were once written down they were rarely
changed The methods by which her master
piece was brought into being have been fol-
lowed In the main in the composition OF Mrs
Stoves later works This gifted woman has
never observed established literary laws, but
has always been a law unto herself
George Moore is one OF those writer's who 10
their own sorrow and the subsequent JOY of his
readers compose with the utmost difficulty. He
often spends hours on a single page writing
and rewriting, polishing and improving, until.
to use his own words, every chapter is forged
like a sword blade, every sentence like q knife. ="
B. L. Fsrjeon has often been engaged on three
novels at q time and seldom has less than two
under way. He writes all his novels with
typewriter and composes rapidly. Edgar
Fswcett makes 1t an invariable rule to locate the
scene of all his stories In New York and never
commences composition until be has the motive
and the leading character Of n novel clearly de-
fined in his mind. As writer be progresses
slowly and polishes with the utmost care
Archibald Clavering Gunter gives about three
months 70 each Of his novels During this
period he keeps himself in strict seclusion- He
does not begin until his plot Is carefully laid
out and to details he gives the closest attention
David Christie Murray is an old newspaper man
and in novel writing follows the methods Of the
reporter. His memory is marvelously reten-
tive. He thinks he could copy out any one Of
bis works almost exactly on fair no.
tice, and he frequently amuses himself on q
railway train reading over one of his own chap
ters from his memory, finding as he puts it
with humorous naivete that they amuse him
because he wrote them to suit himself George
Meredith smokes constantly while thinking out
his novels and allows one to iutrude upon
him while atwork. W. E. Norris is slow worker
and takes the greatest pains with all that he
does. He writes only at night as he finds that
only after dark is he able to get away from the
days disturbing influence. Rider Haggard
both CLEANS and invents the incidents of his
stirring stories and writes with fuency and
ease. When at work on . new novel he sets
for himself daily task and docs not cease