Arizona republican., 1912-12-06
Pebbles of Literary Men


 Many qualities which would be regarded as censurable if possessed by ordinary women are often regarded with a respect that tinctured with admiration when they possessed of genius There is scarcely an author musician note who has not been distinguished by foibe that has excited the amusement Of his friends. In many instances these foibes afford index the char acter of their victim Some are natural while others would seem nexplicable affection. Viewed in any light, however, all interesting
 Keats liked pepper on his toast.
 Sardou imagnes he has d perpetual cold.
 Dickens fond wearing fashy ewcry
 Renan wore his finger nails abnormaIly
 Walter Savage Landor threw the dishes around relieve his mind
 Edgar Allen Poe slept with his was inordinateN proud of his feet
 Alphonse Daudet his eve glasses when asleep He did his best work when hungry.
 Thackeray used to lift his hat whenever he passed the house in which he wrote Vanity Fair" Thomas Wentworth Higginson possessed sin gular power over wild birds and could easily them.
 Alexandre Dumas the younger bought a new painting every time he had book published
 Robert Louis Stevensons favorte recreation playing the flute in order as he said to tune his ideas.
 Robert Browning could still. With the constant shuffling of his holes were worn in Longfellow enjoyed walking only at sunrise or sunset and he said his sublimest moods came upon him at these times
 Washington Irving never mentioned the of his fiancee after her death if anybody else did he immediately left the room
 Nathaniel Hawthorne always washed his hands before reading letter from his wife He delighted in boring over old advertisements in the newspaper files.
 Macaulay kept his closets crammed with elab- orately embroidered waistcoats the more gaudy they the better he liked them
 Disrae wore corsets, The older he grew, the greater became his desire young man. He had pen stuck behind each when writing
 F Marion Crawford carried his own stationery Ofbe H.. wrote every word every novel with the same penhoder.
 Bjornson kept pockets of the seeds of trees. scattering handfuls broadcast his daily walks. He even tried to persuade his associates to do the same
 Darwin had no respect for books as books and would cut big volume two convenience in handling or he would tear out the leaves he quired for reference
 he was idiot. While in this he wrote more than at other time. He would cept invitation dinner
 Oliver Wendell Holmes used to carry Il horse chestnut in pocket and a potato another to ward off rheumatism He a great for trees and always sat under when he could.
 Voltaire, a preliminary to his days work. would sharpen even dozen lead pencils. He would unite retie his stock whenever idea concerning his work particularly pleased him.
 Count Tolstoy used go barefoot and hatless the year round. He fond Of French perfumes and kept his linens scented with sachet powder. There always a flower his desk as he wrote Although rich he wore the cheapest clothes he could buy.
 Sir A Conan Doyle even in the coldest weather never wears an overcoat When he gives an after noon lecture he removes his vest and buttons his Prince Albert coat close 10 his body. He is golf enthusiast and spends all the time possible links
 Bret Harte when the inspiration was on him. would hire cab for the night drive without stopping through the darkness until the struggle for ideas over, and he grew calm enough write. Nothing pleased him more than to be taken Englishman