The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-11
HOW | BEGAN
Author ~ "The Making Of an Eng
I-bman." - He'd Of Roses"
oman and Tomorrow" &c.
~ W. L.. GEORGE,

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was dismissed because asked the eu''or
for payment, which nobody else had ever
dreamed Of dong. For rev years fick-
cred on British politics In the Grahdo
kttuc, anu 'ncn was wi !, "s""' ~ 49,
Ipuhlished letter w 'ne SP,otu'o' us
modest Initials III WAS re.e'a''V''' i"u
year later re\oIutloh TOT pupi's',u
letter IN London opinion ana receive" W."
shillnes. my first money Money. MOTE
potent than glory. II made me burst INTO
song. verse. stories, articles III oareN
grsmnat al Englsh hesan 10 assam
|, the editors. They stood II well, sp'end'dIE
! they declined me with thanks some 'oo
times ! have wonderful tile OF De
cl.nrds.' which show catholic ambition
for some came from the Quarterly Rertew,
Others from Ti;-BiiS. But dogged does IL
have printed work which had been re-
,ected seventeen times, in one case twenty
three and gained a post after twenty-one
.spulicatlons. | had no talent. but lust
obstinacy.
journalism ia however. not my
.s,,s, AMI wound not mention Il II
|, .haA got Ji,o,.,v dnveionel into author
= H., IL .,,n,r,, of iau5 | COM
sa'y.l tho bright Idle, OF writing on
,,,d,, cities nrst i'm French then in
rngIisb Tbe article began. grew and
gu dcsn.ir,d Of stopping IL, and
tightly. for garden cities thrust me into
tho land ouestion-the article grew into
,,mn,r,,nc. alestlon-the article became
sat.lant: into housing--the article grew
uort.ntous. into emigration-the article
i,cam, unmanareable. The article finally
hruka ali bounds. attained 500 PAGES.
ih.r realized that IL was too long for
the average magazine and a book WAS
bonn That was the beginning OF the
end f'r reviews came the first from the
Tribune tmay its soul rest In peace y,
and the authors halo.
Tim I vrota other serIous books. for.
,,,,., trust and fourd ONT that l
rs a ,,y.lst | suddenly saw that
i.body t.h.s a thing seriously II you
aytiu A serious book. | saw that had
visited wears an housing and municipal
milk. | hurled my tlue books down the
basement stairs. and in delicious fury
IA wfo,. "a Bed of Roses" To write
/ novel is aboninab!e drudgery, but there
Lre hours. moments, when YOU really
know what It must feel like to be a hen.
wrote IL sincerely. much more sincerely
| than 1 would to-day, for there has been
time when ] was so innocent that I
did not know one made "A contract with
h publisher. The novel came out, after
many reflections and in the midst OF