The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11
TIE MAKING OF A NOVEL
LITIRIRl SECRETS TOLD NJ
JIrHIN TRFNTH EHITMIN.
me ~, choloElrAl Part, the Mapping Oui
ard the Mechanical Process NaNs
Of Irenrh and Russian Writers act.
ing the Material for the uOah

thor dav stephen French Whitman.
o. t- t,eu credited Wiih shc,ng the
.... y many houses m this city when
.. .. ." prcdesun"d was intercepted
.a ets downtown hguring on ocean
.. n..n view to an early passage
direction Of tho Italian lakes
DO .H- rrmndsd that he had not sub
... .n au ,nieryieW s,nco he started
.. hor
ave not yr' explained. Mr. Whit.
-. n"gan his interCrp'or whether
... tuu n,lieye ma, a man has q pass
rn eNnrrencr before he can
,a-.
ST. Whitman permitted his face to
..tr. with rcrvasiyc smile pushed
.....lN nat well hack ON his forehead
sra ..... after this fashion:
T..ro was once = man named Flauhert
49,. r..rr a novel called Mime Rovary
-a. ...ry was the study Il the character
-r Hrwers daughter unhappily mar
-.sd ,. q COUNTRY physician Flauherts
vo-. c1mposing the intimate character
r'Mra Rovary could hardly he surpassed
Ard var Is Il quite fair 10 assume that
Falre-r vas ever an unhappily married
farmer daughter
r reEan ~ he evident Al the very start
'Na VI Whitman pusseases none NJ the
,rld7Vs that surround the central char
sr'er n his hook.
i mentioned this no continued.
80 Illustrate nv opinion that hs easier
- - -.
rsrscr approaching a mental breakdown,
i-r Instance. by reading in a medical
rrrary and by spending a nigh, in a hoo
rial ward a. a spectator than Il u by
re'rnE the ailment IN person
And how Tar 10 you carry this spec
'a'-- viewpoints- he was asked
al the way through in one way. was
no srswer ard vet well the whole
r0n' II but. say. and he dropped his
vo 90 cautious whisper Remember
I'm nor setting up any heacOns Of light
Having been presented with any rumheT
o. -sassurancss. Mr. Whitman went on.
What mean Is that 70 write about
or man and what he thinks and feels
you have 10 get into the viewpoint ~
.rst man You have ~ $50 everything
- hA sees u and only the things that
b $50
.GIstaya flaubert. is true ditn'
sep - the one character viewpoint IN
Nine Bovary But that was his first
r1,sI and in L'EducaIIon Sentimental
10 sIsei everything to happen a. II
Frs-Ari, Moreau hal seen H. heard II
mr. heard of u think thai this method
o. .4,h a case usually gives much more
n a. impression " M ity ard reality
But n YOU haver Z Nce1 that sort n
ran ton't YOU drd n Pretty hard to act
trs rrav poi-t'-
after Won have hee1 vuti"C for
''.s Shile IT, surriisirg bow easily Won
.7.' into the haru of looking A. things
20 vAv he does while you're writing
rravra kcA7 about EALING % rho
.ygholosy thing thase 'av- ara Ur.
.se that's ana' % {. ANYWAY rs o.
.,slv aif"re frou tie ma7rer Or which
rhAcks~sv for cyamr IL. stool of aid
lross a. his peorlc A. ~ outsi'cr Who
-as prl,ilegei 10 be on the insi'e tTark
2 Their mirts
Bur vhel YOU are DOING h. ~ : 'riei
f. 90 IT, q case ~ a ore ma story lu tho
nslI rhA Ti1nt rans D, the 70 'lIs'r
SrcIs stvl he srte With d smile
n Whitman WAs very AYERS. ~ iig-Igs
s - nv their mole erIdl'e Titles
How about utilizing the eNfeuerJes
81 YOU happen 10 have had
a. artainly. that's tho idea he answered.
~ -0 far 40 you share the experiences
90 rat character.
Vow I waniei 10 start out my Young
Tsr Efth an education about like Ihar any
's'-v q art 10 get vent 10 Princeton
Al arev about things down there bet
90 man about other places
Perhaps YOU couldn't recognize the
rs'-a.f but that was the place ! o.
.sltsi m describe because 7 believe ~
.rarty poor policy 10 try 10 descnhe
.--gt Won don't know about
49, Whitman got just about hat sort
.' creation While he was a. Princeton
.s vas 100 the class II taOi he didn't
.r'.a. a I'm about the academic sido NJ
30 rt.rE. and no upholds all he regular
.-,7..ur- uy reRretting % nov short
..7- .r. was takeN here tO 20 hack 10
'-r-s delegate days
y Whitman hal the time NJ his life
~ -eI'or year when he edited The
TO. mo humorous publication a. Prince
n
20 phase ~ no uo.ed 10 that the same DID
.-.'r come hack into the fold With great
regularity Nr Whitman explains ~
o. r.r resuf NJ he same incidents rr-
'.r7rE each wear and having the same
r'ar Iuup m nda II tho same sort
ore vas the one about wAarrg
rams m 'fc campus ! remember SAID
-a N0g know that ono which comes
-.'0 ,prng and the Keen Oh the Grass
-grs and derives IT, mlrth from the idea
' A 0a'r A. 0ostume'
some time hack In tho early youth ~
- Frl. existence a student thought
' mar fns and every year the little
.''ar ger Wss welcomed home again.
.'''' - course lu-t 10 keep up the good
..Enw And ! suppose they are ~
r--.v again This sprnE
We. 7 Won weren = = heavy student
p 80 FssrOom ~ was auRReetad.
'-s-. apo Won did = R0Dd deal ~ reading
- DO nj" curriculum
V T 1tnt he replied cheeTfully.
- s1' vhAn ! had ~ do % ~ work m 4
'"r'.r What u a pensum' Well that's ,
"s 81, inflicted when voU don 60 10 ,
10 .'''r enough Nv task was extra /
.a'I-g E~nnch
A. non Won must have been great
''.s r.. rHs French faculty. 4
4. r+-r uarhaps because ! read
Harar' from Tho one that they .
POD .gg'r'~i Whatever have read \
'-. .-...rI - 'hs French authors has :
-....- together In college a
.narrut that ~ Whitman lin I
f'- 900 fms topic and he was en-.
..s-.. .. '-ll % hat be thought 81 thesa A
''s Hs mention n Flaubsr' was =
sason for The suspicion that he '
'.s Franrhman n
-. 01w haven . one deTOga :
sfvahOut the American read =
bout tho American writing a