Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-12

up to the time ] came to Washington
t. live, my chief income was from the
law"
How did you like your work as one
OF the editors of Harpers Mogazine?"
II WAS never one of the editors" re-
Piled Mr. Page. II had an engage
mcnt with the Harpers TO write story
every month for year for the Ed
tors Drawer but ] could not stand be-
ing obliged to furnish so much manu-
script at n certain time. 1t worried
me. ] kept up the work however. for
two years and then stopped"
no you write rapidly"
Eyes and no." was the reply. Some
times | can make my first draft very
quickly. I write the first draft ns
rapidly rs ] can and then go over it
very carefully in the revision. try
10 simplify my writing as much as pos
slblc Tho more simple # Is / think
the better 1t is. find. however, that
the revision often takes away the
spirit from the first draft. I lay away
the manuscript, and upon looking Mt
IT several weeks later ] can see that
the first draft is truer to nature than
the more stilted revision. think
do more careful work now than I have
done in the past. My ideal il far above
anything / have ever done, and
sometimes despair of approaching II.
There is one thing do, howe yer, which
That is I always give the best I have
i'm me Ia tho story which ! am writing.
I do not save anything which think
might perhaps be of use 10 me In the
future. The cream, If sou could use
tbGt expression, always goes to the
present"
LITERARY NEWS NOTES.
Speaking of Mr.. Page calls attention
to the enormous amount of literary
4 4. 4
great hooks are turned out ut the ma
tional capital as at Boston or New
York. John Russell Young. the IL
brarinn. has 4 new life Of Grant well
under way He is being assisted in
his work upon II by Fred Grant. and
Colonel Fred told me not long ago that
all the Grant papers had been put at
Mr.. Younr's disposal Mrs. General
Grant has not yet decided as to the
publication Of her memoirs. She has
them in manuscript and has put con-
siderable work upon them during the
past few years. She Is not able to do
much writing herself. but she can tell
n story very well, and she has dictated
her recollections to one of the best
stenographers in the United States.
Her book Will be full OF Interesting de-
tails. and will give great deal of un-
published history. I met Miss Eliza
II, Skidmore here this week. She is one
u
travel writer's of the times. She has
spent the greater part Of the past ten
years in the far east, and has Just pub
lished a book on Java, which is selling
very well. Miss Skidmore is the author
of "Janriksha Days in Japan" and also
of "Jinurlllsha Days in Japan" and also
travels.
WHAT GENERAL MILES is DOING.
General Nelson A. Miles has just
completed series of articles on his re-
cent trip to Europe for McClure's Mag
azine. These articles will describe the
different armies In Europe and will be
of great value from n military stand
point. They will be Illustrated by
photographs, some OF which were TAX
on by himself. and one of which
shows him on the line Of battle be-
tween the Turkish and Greek armies.
General Mles's memoirs is still SELL
ing, and he has in prospect, / am told.
n book for boys describing some of his
more exciting Indian experiences.
Secretary Sherman made In the
neighborhood of 100000 out of his
book. although I understand that II
has not paid the publishers as well as
they expected. The two volumes were
sold for 81 in cloth. and the secretary
received 81 on each set sold. In addi-
ton to this, there was an edition de
luxe which sold for s25 per copy. each
one of which was signed with the
secretary's autograph.
BIG MONEY FOR BRYAN.
learn that Bryan's book has made