New-York tribune., 1896-10-25
UT UiTRIER At HOWE.
HOW HE WROTE "TRILBr"

HOW HE WROTE "TElLBf"
From Leslie's Weekly.
ON entering | was greeted by a slight faif com, com
plexioncd man. with face ana maihc' ol E''"
pIeasauf voice whom I recognized AZ once as Du
Maurcr himself Near him stood large handsome
me AS exactly the type Of English mother thai had
so often seen in the artists drawings W he nv
received greetings glanced toward the corner 81
The room where at the teA-tAble. sat an exact re-.
production or the lady beside me- a. she 'n"'
have born twenty wears before.
This Is my daughter" said Mrs Du Mauritf
with = smile. and could not hclp .aiLiinE .aaiLiinE 'h"' !
There ar, Two more OF u~. Nj pu Maufior o, FS, &
planned. "pu. the aron here on" & q, IN i,S s, see
INV night al The theatre. II" j. ihc actor o' '''
family: the mummor We call HIM; .,,,..or.,t,o,.
tbat followed More than all. wish that li, goni1
reproduce the charm Of Mr. pu Mnu'i.r c,.
,nv,rr rho Nrst success Of 'rrilhy. and u was sun
TOO fresh TOO unexpected. 30 bore nm 80, 49, - r.cSp
20 have enr. done IIc spoke o' the si''' l' ~ -
lion Of the book IT, America ANA oi me @
ne had ,,cc'v.d 10 come here 10 CIV h.- h
said. not sirong enough ,3 rlca mr. Friends
Journey" Then Do" sokr oI 'h' h"rd ,mong
ms '.rt"-thc-wa,." hc said whom had told him Of
tho immediate popularity OF "IrilbN - " -. @ -"
inrc h"fore # had appeared ns book wa,
greatly amused by som"ihng i.iA' 21,u,a," 211,u,a yvb.r
,h, g.,yc il 10 their reader for 81 judgment ne S,'
on what pity ln Mnrier MAJ Eim.'h ,. .', n h.
Door ~ ~ ,fi"dod win tho success of peter
Iihct.on'' and stopped writing th"n' hg ",.h -, ,'
had read The stort DO" changed Ms hl"". NJ ''
V.urt.r concluded. with SnN" ,,
our t.lk then turned 90 hypnou-n "nh -nr
maj as Nr pu Mauricr had used ihl- As ul'u'
in both stories supposed y" " 80. r',Iit - IN
nat: but vas gratinod - hear tho oth'r nhl. l'
tdded that some great medical "ri riho,tlht,- "l.
! indorsed IN" hypnotic experiences OF i'''f d"
! uuit- possible in real mo -, -. ,,-t-
Tn our ak turned 20 Paris. and NJ ia Manil'
,oid mo how ne loved if. 'Bu the farl- lpN', ~
expllned "lsn'f the Paris of TODAY, hu' ~" fhLL
C fs'.rtV ve,r- ago T. has greatly changed since ny
,imo II po~ltiye.y saddens m" 20 20 tn"r" np" W "a
n pitv b. vas that ihe trees in ihr 'hihp, ~ S|r
should nave been CA; down MA ~. l'' ln' - - " j.
Quarter" inc added. VIII . tHu' oi W''N h.Ii|
.'h.t h,4 become another place x 1Pu i"'i"ciahf
! really believe lts the mot i"sp''itp' quartz '
Paris At tho present time nc H. w., W. ,i ~ 80,
ep.u- I'm Paris. 30 Nou remember thii "pi+pi' N
.fcter Ibbctson.'" hc asked, when Peer P.ssts'
ideally happ. DAY the happc OF ms l,irt . @p
! iha; was ia" day have always k'P EI''N u" ~
memory OF ny own childhood. II All cam" b"'N y
me a few years ago in a ve'v curious +" l"f@'s *
mo llgh 0l l't' W'coloarlOw in thc garden "i ON
Lodgings IN Bays" Ai"r "h''" We were p'''''@ ''
on tax wen. back TO the subject of writing II
! general. ard expressed -uIifl ~ OIL o., -
! Maurior should have h.sun new profession af,,
his great success with anol n"' iint W u iI,lli
beginning = ucv prof, seon'' b" said Il r'hl} iiln
thaf Nlf Ausfc. the novelist who b. assOriit"h WIZ
! mo or punch was right when hc said 10 NJ" "i
| Punch dinner the Other day. Ny dear u,
| Maurier you've been preparing 10 write h0VS' ~
| write unde, your illustrations every ""'h nH
| novels In .mbryoy Ru; YOU should have seen M
write 'Trilby.'" Mr. Du Maurier Laughed
| worked on IL fhre. days out Of each week, ana
| finished II In three months. So practically wrot
! 4, in six weeks Oh how | did Keep az IL II
write even while was eating, and II any ON
lh'n,rup1ri h'I,r,u,per"oto Thai 81 corfe. was al n run
! but that's the WAY Trilby got hs"lf written