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Show ISret Harte'B Literary Seelunhiu. j Unlike many authors, Bret flarte never does an ambitious piece of literary work amid the din of the city. When-; When-; ever the plot of a story gets thoroughly j crystallized in his mind he repairs to a quiet suburban retreat just outside of j London, and thers he works. And in I this little nx)k the author is at present hard at work upon a new story of considerable con-siderable length. Only a few of his closest friends know the whereabouts of his cave of seclusion, and even those he has never asked to join him there. The novelist works steadily when he is in seclusion, se-clusion, aud stops only for an hour's walk every day. . When at work his diet is a very fmgal one; ho retires early and is up just after dawn, working often several sev-eral hours before he has his morning coffee, eggs and rolls. For two months he will keep himself thus secluded, then, J returning to London, he places his manu- j script in the hands Of his pnblishersmd j considers his work done, for Bret Harte : hates proofreading. Edward W. Bok'f j tottfts. 1 |