The Republican journal., 1901-07-18
i. MAINE AUTHORS HOME.

bome life of Sarah Orne Jewett
: described by the st. Louis Globe
inter of the day leads a more
.rhly outdoor life, nor one which
.1Ily reflected in her books, than
0Tue Jewett. Yet hers is a life
srnse removed from people, pas
'.r winters at that center of lit.
md social life and interests
lanes T. Fields, Charles street,
where she meets and mingles
Nth Boston's most exclusive
But with the first STRINGS of
M the air she is off for South
rk Me-, where well into October
.y.l, to the fullest possible extent
, lelights of the out-of-dOors.
nmer residence is no mere lodg
Ife but a veritable home, teem-
I'M tender, loving memories and
mons, one of those stately, Col
mansions-with great spacious
vide halls, easy stairways and
.ilrd freplaces-that attracts and
attention for its sedate dignity.
.gols close to the street, opposite
The villagers call block" amid
berry and giant trees that shield
SEW environ it on all sides. A
generous hall, rich in beautiful
4ryed panels and cornices, with a
.r door at each end, extends
the centre of the house. Ly-
her side are two large square
81 lie at one side a quaint, high
-0od stairway with broad, low
tids by right angle turns to the
ap,r. where there is another hall
A more rooms, with an immense
merted by pretty dormers over
~ ~ room is set forth with the
mating, old-fashioned mahog-
mrltuWe high backed chairs,
+ Eyed escritoires, broad easy
,p- century bedsteads, with white
.-~ tabinets of rare china, gilded
and hosts of relies and curios,
WtN overs of the antique go into
a~ 4 they find but one specimen
" lose with which this great
use' is filled to overlooking.
uestead, with its wealth of
WHO'S. came to Miss Jewett at the
OFF her surgeon father. 1t was
mcclure = dating back some
1fo the early part of the last
ung before her grandfather,
uty years old, secured poses
# and it remains to-day essen
ranged, Miss Jewett watching
pYingly maintaining every
lis Us it was when this seafaring
u ItS alive, and it is her earnest
cave it intact when she pas
"r unknown.
ilese time honored walls Miss
us born, and at the age of IA
Garrou's Lovers the story
.l the author her first taste of
U rs career i'll the world; here
uost and best of her later crea-
uling "Deephaven, ""A Coun-
n.r." A March Island" and
Nutrv of the Pointed Firs :"
glt.
vat once the most interest
Us the least pretentious of
handsomely appointed apart
Huuse aifords-is in the upper
deep seated window looking
uU the tree-shaded street. 1t
nook, free from everything
of the workshop. No litter
no piles of manuscript, no
reference books, nothing, in
tcpresents the usual stock in
he modern writer being visi-
ry a chair. a table, a tidily kept
-lall bookcase and flowers and
U great profusion. Here among
and branches she writes, in
N the morning, though time of
Ihe exception of evening, is
irrial difference to her.
4Wett makes writing pleasure
U u business, never eXacting
self amy accounting of time,
feeling conscious-stricken, as
NY in these days of grinding,
End of each working day she
p.arkened a certain number of
only when she has something
ders we'll worth the saying is
Jud paper brought into play;
us weeks, even months: clap
nurt this feeling possesses her.
ives no more method in pre-
.m in performing her work
ting the matter absorbed re-
-r.l easily and naturally into
ri shape, when without note,
/ guiding synopsis, She, with
Isl ease and rapidity, brings it
ia OF words.
does she know what she wants
sod how she wants to say it that
writes as many as ten thou
Is at a sitting. This pace, how
rely sustained, usually when
'Uded story is under way, she
yWhere from two to four thou
.ods day, say possib y five days
aler hours of the day are sur
yariously to sitting quietly
u' house or grounds, to rowing,
gor driving about the country
Miss Jewett is an ardent lover
pru air and its eXhilaratiOnS.
FISH and capacity for pleasure and
tpll, as those who read her sto-
we'll know, being of that sort
with many is so deep aud abiding.
ne observer or well wisher is she,
uearty, enthusiastic participant
thing that is wholesome. Walk
0' iong. tiresome jaunts, but easy
strolls-have always been fav-
@,time, though driving possesses
-1ter fascination for her. She
iug delightful drives almost da-
"og the sweet smelling pine
grounding her home. She is
crllcnt oarswoman, handling a
villa perfect ease in either salt OF
Nter, and her oar knows every
No the Piscataqua River. Flow
mother source of great pleasure
'beir cultivation forming one OF
let enjoyable parts of her sum
ting.
nrel feeling is a burden you need