The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-07
He. Proposes to Win Dol
lars by Lectures.
HIS EARLIEST VOLUME.
Tom Mason's Short History of The
United States Navy.
A NEW WRITER OF TEXT BOOKS.

| NEW YORK. Sept. 7.--[Special. l-TsraeI
xangwill the English Jew novelist, now
In Now York getting ready to win few
good American dollars by delivering lec-
lures here and there, declares that be has
mover written line not sold in advance
since 1.-The Bachelors Club" the first
book to which his name was appended.
was published.
But "The Bachelors Club was by no
means Mr.. Zangwilrs first written pro-
duction. 1twas school romance, penned
In two. exercise books when he was a
schoolboy. Then, as now, Zangwill was
proud of his style, and he sometimes tells
MS friends OF misadventure which befell
that first book" Being desirous of as
many readers as possible he lent the only
manuscript copy OF it to member of his
Class. do lent 1t TO another, and it then
made the rounds. When IL was finally re-
turned TO the author, 1t was not merely
the worse for wear as q whole, but the
original hrst page, bristling with such
AangwilIisms as the embryo critic and
novelist was then capable of originating,
was gone. 1t had been lost by the last
boy who had read the story.
But, said the lad on putting the
manuscript into Zangwill's hands. II
nave furnished n new FIRST page which
contains all the facts and Is much better
writton than the old ono was.
Dangwill is less than 33, native of
LONDON and the son Of poverty stricken
hebrew shopkeeycr He is self educated
In q sensc--thnt Is, no worked his way
whiio.studying for degree from the Lon
uon university by teaching In tho Jews |
FREQ school, whcro he had received his |
own elementary training. When he was |
10, ne wrote "a three act farcical comedy |
ana started 10 hunt up J. l.. Toolc, the
famous comedian, as soon as it was finish
ed' hoping TO do him a good turn. 1t
would bc worth while IL only Zangwill
,ould bc got TO tcll In detail of the meeting
between himself ind Toolc.
First Pen Earnings.
Iangwill* frst money return from his
zen was prize of s5 awarded for tho best
humorous story presented in certain
ompetition. lilo preserved that 50 reli.
'iously for two years or thercabout, when
70 used ~ to help pay the expenses of pub
lshing story OF life among the Hebrews,
'hlch sold SO well that Zangwill himself
ow owns no printed copy thereof. Its
rankncss caused some ncryousncss on the
art OF certain sensitive London Jews. and
may bc that iswhy no copies can now
o had.
Whilc be was writing 1.-The Children of
no Ghetto Xapgwill ran across "a mnnu-
'rint copy Of tlhc earlier story and incor-
Drntcd tho description of the market
nv In Jewry into tho later named sto-
:. His nrst long step along the road TO
10 temple OF fame came with Tho Chill
rcn OF the Ghetto, and he now enjoys n
gree OF celebrity oxcclicd by only few
nong modern writer's. Yet ho either
Kos TO sny sntiricni thIngs for the fun OF
or else he takes q decidedly pcssinstio
CIV OF nll things In life. for In speaking
his present fame nc aid not so worry
ng ago thar " was infinitely less wide
read thnn prizcnphtcr's" and that sits
conipnnying pccunlary position might /,
IN far lcfs trouble have been born to-" !,
langwiil las some personally disagrcca- :
; traits, and, like Lc callicnne, the Eng :
h nuthor Of ono translation of the lines
Omar kbayyam. wears his hair long. =
u laDgwill Is much more sincere than ] !.