The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04

yower II ias2sr1ng EoEre ex1rser-
cf1ar5Yy close attachments. Hssa S;s5nsn
Crane made his first visit 70 L0rs91n.
year Or two aga great srlsaFssszip spEzsag
". aims. In a a5saf. 1stEesn nlEn ana
Frederic; ard t1eSeefosTazG oEse sSs nsv-
er-fAslfrg IN EtteE3Eg sne praises Of the
ether. Their srcor IN muszal admiration
Was at times a Ittle amusing and Il might
AZ times essu have proved offensive but FOR
ire unquess sonaale sincerity Of 4.
TIE eminent quality ia Fre9erac'E CON-
yosttion seems 20 hare been his inGcEsiiz-
bierezs. Re vas 3 man VITO never gave
Up; ard sh- good rank hs attained IS a
Journalist, BJsd later as a novelist. he al
TAXED largely ~ force Of xsli- TAss Is
SHOWN ia TIE way in which be wr3te bis
FIRST noTel-tl-at Is. fas arxt undertaken,
hat. as Il afterwards proved. not the first
finished. he told the story CT this efztsr-
prise once 70 his friend. Il. II. Sbsrare, and
1t has 1 believe, Eeyes beel pao.issed-ceg-
tasaly not In this country All the time
that I was editing this paper. sak1 he,
the paper referred to being tse Albany
Journal. Il Was wanting to write my novei,
In she valley nay historical n0ssa. my
Lorna Do9ne. than s2lca shall proasa osy
It four or five times whist In Albany, but
always tore W ali that / bad written
because { wax not safiSaed Eith i.
once wrote ar mach as txeu:T THOUSAND
words, and altogether mist have writtea
fuzzy afsy thousand s9rds Of this novel,
ali 81 which ~ent into the aEe.
Here the work stopped until after Fred
eric sen; 70 London 10 represent the New
-tTyss
SAID he. Il r,egan once more upon In TIE
valley ard during issi wrote sbou: se.en-
teen thousand words. which / also threw
away. / then realized that did not know
how 10 make book. how 10 cover a can
vas. / had notions about aow certain parts
OF tie canvas had TO - covered bat d49
not know how 70 complete the Work as a
whole SO. as an experiment. a literary
preliminary ean'sr. I wrote 'Seth's BROTH
er's Wife. wrote ofT-hana and purely
an an experiment 10 sse what II was Ike
70 write book. When IL gas written /
sent it 20 scribneTs. never believing that
they weaId accept H. To my enormous
sury-ixs they wrote TO tell me that they
were starting new magazine aud that
they would ike to use my story "a the first
serial in tnat magazine Ii Was thus that
'seths Brothers Wife appeared in Serb
ners Magazine. whore Il maze Its point.
Encouraged by this success felt az liberty
10 set about rny IN the Valley the :Biag
nearest 10 my heart. and IN eight months.
IN the year ISsi. wrote thai book 4 was
written as ! say In eisA. months. but IL
represented eleven years o. work and prey
a-atioE.'
As = novelist Frederic regarded himself
as the direct son OF the famous French
coI.s5crators. Erekmsnu saa Caatrian Il
hold myself mere Indebted 10 these TWO
men thar 70 al other writer's in any lam
gnase. all pat togniher,' was hts positive
way OF putting f. Except The Damna-
ton OF Theron Ware none OF his novels
can be said 20 have had great success.
They have all had high commenda;ion:
bat. for the most part. moderate safes
he haf fEsFhei new novel only month
or two before Re died. which will be pub
lssaec segiAlIy In this country by the sat
urday Evening Post OF Philadelphia
have had the privilege OF reading Il In
manuscript and | can say that for i'm
mediate and sustained interest IL IL ths
equal Of anything be ever wrote II Is
the story 90 ar immense Spectator. who,
after many disappoutraen,s makes a
mammoth fortune a; a slugle stroke. and
then. having no further mead OF money.
tries 10 adopt the lie OF gentleman OF
leisure The discora between such LIE
ard his active. commanding temperament
supplies the j1cidtnts Ct the latter halt OF
the story, while The narrative Of ais one
great speculation occupies the frs, half
a Gunner Aboard tire Yankee From the
Diary OF Number Five 81 the After Port
Cur" with an Introduction by Rear-Ai~
miral sampson. L 5. y. published ~
Doubleday & Mcclure Co The introaac-
'son alone would SCI the book. hut apart
from that. the story is a thrilling a.
count = New yorker % the aaV4n-
lures q the %aya' Reserves in the Yam
kee' during tAe wa- with Spain. Admiral
Sampson Introduction - neat and - The
roiat. ans tae hook bears out at tire praises
that The admiral gives - the men. who
saEea oGi OF New Yosk harhoT Is ia ov
de for The Stars aud Stripes M.chae,
pooleY's funeral s vary funny TIE flsas-
tratlons sre nne ard a Gamer Aboard
The Yauaee' IS 5ust the Christmas ZIG.
Ter oar eoys sho WI STEADY wigwagrjng
Ia chapter seven ara be delighted NltA
;hls system - flag Signalling
bird Geas," ~ Casrles le Kay. w.,h
ar accompaniment cs 3ee -atsans BY
George Wharton CdNa-ls published },y \
= Isar"vs- "l''r3 CoAs" as TIE name as
sunies. IS aying hestacp mythology.
beautifully written I; - fsu - De-
ngaIgl peeps tnio tslfysard N.ta verses
here ana there, and felix lore stories taat
ses ere crsamlnr Of the gorgeous mast
TO read the hook IS ike iss:eu!ux TO
WagneFisn music which takes ere out q
the prosaio present. ard wars tAat ne,-
ter part ot Us. "a above thc things ,Ast
fret o. hurt. into the pure ara saa-k essei
ar. where daves ard eagles ~.
ThTes notable serials hegga II TIE pe-
cemher number - McCTorc-s n,axAElae-
''Istsiky," t.s FIRST - Ru3ysof kgpltns'@
settrs e stores of Eas,tsA setooi-suv i!f-
IL a hearty ara sae3eso rae .4se ~
FIRST Ct MS Terbe''s ~ :c}c~ - ,ne
later LATE of LIuco.a.' IS ar even lnore