The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-09

the American edition earpq1sea NJ boz
the popularity Of the book In EnelanA
fairly astoundsd me-"
"How do ron f3nd time fef A1sraxy work
what are your nsthods-hov much Do
Mr.. Harris smiled ~ 10 pointed to his
editorial desk.
s.My days are spent here," he answered.
writing whatsoever the routine needs Of .
daily newspaper require When 60 home
at night I write psrhaps 800 words or %.
out 500 words . night It amounts 70 . good
deal in . year. As TO- methodist have
none. I like to write where can see or
at least hear my wife and the children:
have quite family. you know. four boys
and two girls. Well, like to look up
from from my work and join Join IN the talk and
with q pencils pen hampers me"
"Do you read muchf"
az read q few books and read them
often. If had to make out list of my
favorite books It would embrace the Bible,
Shakespeare, The Vicar of Wakefield.
series, Monte Cristo, Charles Lamb, Stew
enson's stories Of adventure. The Portrait
Of Lady, and some others too light and
frivolous to mention"
My readers have doubtless heard that
Mr.. Harris il . modest man. This only
BE
est. retiring. shy to the last extreme. 1t is
constitutional with him. and nothing will
ever change il. Distinguished men and
women from all over the world call on
him when they are passing through At
lanta, but ne is determined not to be lion.
lied at home or abroad. When he has
been in New York and Boston literary and
press clubs have made an effort to capture
him at receptions and dinners, but the re-
suit has been his pfecipitate flight south.
ward, and when hard pressed he has
crossed over into Canada. But for this ex-
cessive modesty he might readily make .
fortune by giving readings. Mark Twain
tried to form combination with him. and
managers have offered him long engage
mentY ut $500 . night, but they might
safely offer 5000; il would be refused lust
as the other offers have been refused.
He can afford TO follow his bent in this
regard. Fortune has been kind to him.
His eight books command steady sale in
this country and in England. He il the
Constitutions leading editorial writer 1t a
fine salary. His handsome Queen Anne
residence in the beautiful suburb Of West
End is worth q competency in itself. The
wonder is that man SO happily situated
q vacation. and when he leaves his Office it
is TO go home by the shortest route. The
spacious grounds surrounding his house
enable him to indulge his fancy for Jersey
cows and intensive farming. These are
subjects that bring his conversational gifts
into play. He is not going to talk about
his books if he can help IL. And yet he
was never buster in q literary way than q
the present time. He is writing Q series
Of short.stories. aplay and novel entitled
Aaron
The author Of "Uncle Remus" has been
often described. His portraits do not do
him justic. OF medium height, Father ro-
tund, with q genial, ruddy face, chestnut
hair and mustache and twinkling blue
eyes, he strikes the casual observer a. the
most sociabie OF men. And 80 he is
among his friends. With strangers his
kindly instincts are:just a. active, but an
impediment in his speech manifests itself.
and he is with difficulty drawn into con-
versatlOu.