Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-18
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recently published interview
" canon DOYLE, the author says IN
t ,n his literary work: My III
fssu ,enGencies slowly developed
irg the years of my studentsnlp
,i,e was so full for work that
sr,sh read a great deal, had i1ttle
IA cultivate writing. After start
III nractise. however, l had much
,,,,cb-tilne on my hands; and then
s,,san to write voluminously.
.s,ost of il was, ! think, pretty poor
~. hut it was apprentice work, ana
i slwavs hoped that with practise l
,,gbt learn to use my tools.
ssysry writer is initiative at frst'
MI that Is an absolute rule; though
roe,irnes he throws back on SONS
solsl which is not easily traced. MY
| rry work. as l look back on H. WdS
II sort Of debased composite photograph
"a, which five or six different styles
rsr, contending for the mastery. steV.
rson was a strong influence; so was
A., Harte: so was Dickens SO were
ayeral others.
hmself' or rather perhaps IL Is 'nal
q groues more deft in concealing the
,,astroes which blend with one anoth-
!, mil they form what means new
sHJ constant style,
Il suppose that during those early
fvars I wrote not less than 80 snort
sore, The first ppeared In 1878 while
vas sill student. II was in Cham
Mars Journal, and was called the
Mystery of the Sassassa Valley / hao
,brse euineas for II. After receiving
mi little check l was like a BEAST
that bas once tasted blood, for / knew
that whatever rebuffs | might receive
and God knows / had plenty-i mad
o,,e troyed / could earn gold, and the
adri, was in me TO do 1t again. 1t was
delightful opportunity for carrying
Into actualty the dreams of my youth.
had TO earn money by some form or
work. and that was the sort of WORK
longed 10 do.
For 10 years | wrote short stories;
roughly. from 1877 to 1887, During
lh9t time | do not think that l ever
earned 30 pounds in any year by my
zen. though worked necessarily Near
i all the magazines published the
SORES anOnymOusly--a most iniqultoua
fashion by which all chance OF promo
ton is barred to young writer's. The
test Of these stories have since been
Hblished IN the volume called 'rhe
Captain of the Pole STAR Sometimes !
saw my stories praised by critics, but
tie criticism never came TO my al
dress The Cornhill Magazine, Temple
~ and London Society were the CHIEF
ragdzines IN which my storie>appeaf-
u
Finally in 1887 wrote a Study IN
Sarlet. MY next book was Micah
Clarke. a historical novel This met
18th good reception from the critics
lld the public: and from that time on
Fsrd had no further difficulty i'm dis
pslng Of my manuscripts"
0f an my sisters" says Jack Lon
.ln In his new novel, THE Road" thai
have distributed among the cities ol
Ae United States that Salt Lake sister
my fayorite. She is quite real, too
When tell about her, l can see her
lHd her two little girls, and her plumb
husband. She is a large, motheriI
roman, Just vergmg on beneflcen'
hllness-the kind, you know, that al
ags cooks nice things and that neye'
sls angry She is a brunette. Hel
asband is a quiet. easy-going fellow
aMeIlmes ] almost know him quite
Afll And who knows but some day
hay meet him?
on the cher hand, | have feellnl
eeriitudo within me that / shal
Ever meet IN the flesh my many par
tls and grandparents--yo see, | In
hHably killed them off Heart diseas
@ my faVorite way of getting rid o
mother, though on occasion | die
way with her by means OF consump
I'm pneumonia, and typhoid fever. |
rue as "A Winnipeg policeman vii
s@,' mat ! have grandparents liv
s England; but that was a long tim
~ ana VI Is a fair assumption tina
Wy are dead now At any rate, the.
nave never written TO me-
lhe fates interfered IN an almos
nQta way with Mrs. 3urnetts wor
XIV her great novel. lust published b.
sFs and yet Mrs. Burnett confesse
~ 1ney We're working for the book
sNd Eight years ago II was started
, gsrl The title Of "The Destlnes Of Bet
wv and Illness family sorrow, an
,Sp@Aid events of all kinds put them
IN" IN lbs way, but" says Mrs. Bur
had ! finished the book when
h9ped To II would have been pure
hf loNp story OF a charming Amer
r sfl who eventually marries a
elhman The big idea of 'Til
,g auie that underlies II came onl
years of waiting, and ! belley
lhat idea that gives the boo
~ real Importance II may have
~ readers may be susceptible onl
Me strong emotional interest OF II
pys! ana others may nnd most 81
rs N iis Interpretation of the socii
oltls ot two great nations 10 eao
b.s.s but In reality the two element
10 R1,o make il a striking contribute
me-. aaa always been a passion wit
e,l aays Lady Dorothy Nevill. u
nm, oada ana ends OF every sort al
toeg Nm INTO scrap books and no
,ops NonseQuently now have mar
pb,N lllcd with old sauibs, cutting
s6 s,s scrapg of yerto, menus
wtbl and other tribes, togeth'
CAIN, nolfs scfihhled at the side. /,
daTs many pleasant and amusir
o., os "% long vanished into the past
y ms abundant material ~ mae