The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18
He Averaged More Than 1000
Words Day for Thirty
Four Years.
WAS ALSO A PLAYWRIGHT.
Several of His Works Were of
More Than Ordinary Merit
rs Literary Pro
ductions.

Chicago. sept I7.-when Co!osei Prem
tiss Ingraham OF this city. soldier Q: for
tune. writer and traveller. died recently at
Besuvoir. Miss. there Was lost L, the
World one Hho had contributed &c English
fiction is.vo,0o words. or a daily average
Of more than 800 during tbs thir1y-fo1r
years that he made a living y his pen.
One thousand novels or novelties is the
estimate made by the family and friends
OF Colonel IngrahaIn as his iife's work.
For years he wrote novel every TWO or
three weeks Not all were published IN
book form. though many were. They were
first given TO the public as serials IN mag
azines or weekly papers. Many were pub
lished under a pen name in the form Of
dime novels. or Libraries" Compare
lively few were copyrighted
Colonel lngraham's output Nas s1nle-
thing like this:
VOID.
-, novels. sv. 1906 words %
go noveett.s a.. 1868 words each. COS ~
Arnual output LIZ 20
Daily output. z.s9
cspscity Per minute. ever hour 0, the
day for twenty four yesrs------------- "a
This does not include verses. magazine
articles. newspaper sketches and miso=i-
i.neous matter thar might easily have
age TO 400 words
This prolific writer had an average in
come of $500 year from his writings. 50
his sfupendols laboT-the physical effort Of
which would caus. the average man 10
freak down-net,ed him S>ssoc, Most of
this was lost through unfortunate real es-
tate Investments.
Colonel Inzraharn studied phases Of Lon
don character Txenty-rour years ago.
While seated On one OF the park benches IN
Rotten Pow. he was impressed with the
EeFyile Ctzr,rrSri.ricS of Ia C.a=z.E
He wrote for the Pail Mall Gazette
sketch called ''Flunkeyi.m F1amboyant."
cal sketches OF English character. viewed
by American eyes. followed. A. the time
Colonel Ingraham was in need Of money
and he never left IT. He turned everything
he sag into copy and ultimately INTO
coin.
we're Of the potboilinz variety. however.
He found time and had the ability u S-ite
works OF literary merit Land OF Le-
Eendsry Lore is ore OF his latest works
Another that had good sale in Chicago.
hrst published . wear ago. is The Rough
Riders a story of trip taken through
the Grand Canon by party Of girls
re wrote several plays. one - which.
'Nontezuma," had a run for several years
and would have brought Colonel 1nxTa-
Lam many thousand. Of dollars had there
theatrical managers who bought the
rights. Life and DUTY" a military drama
written by the Colonel. was also success
soME OF THE BEST KNOWN BOOKS.
Some Of Colonel Insraham's best known
y N9rss are AGss and ls,Ss Ed1n
q soth sa is! 3 s Eoihe aPa a'a iss.
Without Heart" ISs, Merle The
Mutineer." a knight OF the Piains' 1852:
-'Zuleikah. Story Of Crete" 1857; -'Darkie
Dan" 1885: In Golden F-tters.'' ISIS:
Cadet Carey of West Point 1890; In
Sstan's Coil" 1880: The Vagaboud." The
Wandering Jew OF the Sea. 1871: Given
for Cold 1893: Trailing With Buffalo
Bill" 1899
Ny husband often wished 10 confne his
literary work to that for which he vas
best fitted said Sfrs. Insraham recently.
hut the other kind was more lucrative.
ne-er heard him complain OF the amount
Of work that he did. and ! think ~ en-
loved II. Ne was not working coIitinuous-
" We Travelled extensively. and his writ
ings were often based OF what he saw in
strange lands. During the last four or Eve
health. but he did a vast amount o. work
His work was mostly bv dictation. He
would have a stenosrap ner visit the nous.
and would talk TO her. He rarely found
revision necessary when his manuscript
was submitted to him next dav
Besides serving IN the Confederate Army
where he won rank Colonel Ingraiarn
raw military service I'm Mexico under JiI- !
arex. in Austria. Prussia. Crete and Africa.
He served in the Cuban ten wears war
for independence. His father was the |
Reverend joseph A InEraham. author Of |
A Prince OF the House 81 David