The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-10
.rnE CRASH" SOON TO COME,


a novel Depicting Assseense sao Aorrors
S.,sr,sis Were Collected Tor tho Work
frier Description OF Its Plot.
b,ou March 3O.-Tor the flrst time in many
80 In 70 sccn N. Emile zola In hurry.
SS.t vas last night when I called on him
-. N, purposes OF this conversation. To
~. ,nltiatcd there nre two hours in the day
man tho Groat novelist Of the Rue do
u,nxsl,es may DO seen at home-ono 10 at ! 80
S,ioct, directly after his dejeuner. and tho
s.hnr nj q. during tho hour before dinner.
" zoln IS a man Of such extremely methodi-
-, habits that except when no is away
A. his country scat ct Mcdar. one may ind him
IN at these hours oil the year round, In tho
morning. no writes spending about three
hours daily at his writing table In tho artistic
andy, half workshop. half studio. on the first
door Of his hotol. At o'clock he lunches. de-
so,es an hour nftor lunch to his friends. and
snenJs tho rest OF tho afternoon out Of doors.
Ma may usually be seen at somo time or an
n.hcr IN tho afternoon ut the Hotel Drouot, at
tending tho auction snles Of pictures and art
Nil. hrnr. He Is q great lover OF curios.
And bis NJ n In the Rue do Bruxelles. as we'll
a. his country scat ut Medan. uro filled with
sr,istic treasures. Ho possesses. among
othor things somo priceless pieces of
to,ostry OF n very carly period. His chief
nlensure In llfo Is bargaining at these art
sales. Formerly" no said onco to mo. Il
usoa 70 c,t shameiully robbed. and oil kinds
az worthless rubbish was palmed on on me-
nut have served my Apprenticeship as an art
collector now" Dack home Mt u. no has an
other hour for friends and callers. he dimes
Att, End gives w tho rest OF his evening to his
domestic life. - genera! rule. 80 ne told
mo himself. 10 prefors people to call in the
II, liar o, q
Is TER he has go. through with his task. he Is
usually in n rory nervous and irritable stato
Especially has this been the Case over since
he undertook tho writing VI his new novel.
9Th. Crash" LIN Debacle). which. as he has
frequently told mo. has given him more trouble
than any OF his previous works u don't
write easily. have always envied those nov
es:s who produce their stories while tickling
their boards and smoking their cigarettes.
croduco in pain and torment. and usually leave
my table ater tho completion OF my daily task
in state Of great INSTRUMENTATION against
my will. who. US think. havo not realized one
tenth Of what mad sat down to do. and Of irri-
Triton against my work. which has given me so
much trouble and laid such labor upon me.
feel rs Il InLorcr feels against a pack which
he has occn carrying on his back oil day. when
no throws down for short rest what has
muscles for so many hours"
So last night. it was q o'clock that called
at his hotel and then 1t was. as have said.
that for the nrst time in many years
Isaw NJ. lola III hurry. I had not been sit
ting long in the dining room. into which the
valet do chambre had shown me. when the
master cnmY running IN with his watch IN his
hand. 1t is for an interview. 10 It not2" he
cried. as he sat down in one OF the n mon u,
I'M nod n COnanItAd
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s6 sdS I nSsIy hs a rasstre Ef
NOR. Do SO away, and come Tomorrow"
this x I'm. as Il VA zcias study WAS recciyed
inthst bsa9t!,Hl room with its broad writing
piee Cee the Se rare od emSroideries on the wallis
d a,. .a Sa heads Of
sllt snd cole9Ted, blowing trumpets. it may be.
..syeS: usual Hs ST. ~ s!s;iy ; Shjs . T e
S Ssar lis maasss are in t ro ali Che whe
He has q special habit Of constantly moving
tosnd fro his siippeFssd foot which deH G
k Kim w as nov That Tie Crash: has assumed
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lns ae Saver sS wS TSe Crash no
hs9 with its have .; any feel
usual feeling toward . book that I have com:
r St Wanted tsei eGw
lhave lett unsaid,,, how far short have fallen
% @ sGw s oF hhys ast to Of me- ny S
sotOwatd al my books. It is only after some
ufe ans about it. what was my anil ition In. CON
ns.tion with 1t. when the once vivid ideal has
faded away out Of my mind. that enjoy In the
ssat" VIII IKE Ssft %sfSq be
VIII, all my previous works. hate It now. I
fs4 s"mn 3" Es Ss s as
nSH WITH I'D I'll Se others TO
gaa TIins'it lad Ne conception, Of the, I'm.
ss "a" sF OF reang an al RPHs has
.sen writer, N MY subject n general and on
s s IT s md4l Ga.te@aa has Sesh
tint hay" h.' to read has been all the more
iasorI'a T ." no subject has more r., diver,
s " n sSsa sao pr yer e hand
er'mm"d Nh with books and brochures:
you see iha. Doule comm9de e,:,., Witl. lit its
seIs IN INV ting table,? All that Is mate:
NIL winch have had +, digest. I have read
SeLsn u. well A. about the unhappy sdven.
!urc- % Ia n,'kinss Seventh Corps d'Armee,
In wii,A is Il arrl tho fictitious regiment
Wn"n tie .rldinG role In my novel. And
h"'li-,-,' III ms not been M ensy task. Each
t"'n''"i. lrr instance. llas Il different version
'n"iEN"%i ~" Why and, tho wherefore Of the
M;r,nh Each .lnms to have had o plan which.
~ had been followed. would have averted dis
Hst"H' Another difficulty has been that
,t tn,I: n part in that c9mgaign. not
may e, me3 soldier. and that for
rnencr Of tnose VINO went through tho
Semp.lgh IN general. and the battle OF Sedan
1Rar'rLli.. havo had to depend on outside
vnSastimony, often ~ u conflicting nature. /
nay say. however. that in this matter have
oesn greatly hvircd by tho Kindness Of per-
b., sons who are good enough to be interested in
thhy WORK. and as soon MS 1t became known
Mat was writing n book about tho war and
MONT Sedan. received from all parts III
ai!ahfe manuscript relations written by people
~ .. Az classes, who had been present at the
TTsttie, and who sent mo their recolections
iuInat was most excellent material-indeed
aa pcst, hccause not to DO found anywhere
ssisr Soc here. 'Anecdotnl account OF the
s',ie ot Sedan sent by ~ gentleman who
now professor at one of the UNIVERSE
YES IN the SOUTH And here this long