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Show is obliged b) tho condition under which ho works tc misrepresent, r rather to I fall into in.veuraeieM, verbal or otherwise, other-wise, with regard to what has been said to him. Consequently, whenever a representative rep-resentative of the press comes to interview inter-view me, and I have been interviewed many times, I always insist upon writing writ-ing out the interview in my own hand, and 1 am thus mho of being retried correctly." Mr, Kedpafh's career! an illustration of the fine training which journalism gives to ono who alter practising it enters en-ters upon purely literary work. Much of his success as a magazine editor was doubtless duo to his experience as a newsp.-iper writer. Mr. Redpath was Allen Thorndyke Rice's riirht hand man during the period when Rich was lifting up 'Hie North American Review from tlieVomparative obscurity into whiili it had fallen to ren-wed success, and to his ability much of the present popularity popular-ity of the review is due. It. is known that Mr. Redpath wrote most, if not all, of the, articles which appeared over Rico's name, for though lie may have, furnished the ideas ha was not a literary man. New York Telegram. The Original Interviewer. , Py the death of .James Redpath modern mod-ern journalism has lost or.o of its pio- tieera. Mr. Redpath used to claim that he was the fust interviewer. " I started the practice of interviewing many years Jiigo," he remarked to me a few weeks ggo, "in the columns of The Boston Advertiser. Ad-vertiser. My first interview was widely dificusised, and my plan was immediately immediate-ly imitated by Editor Dana, of Tho Sun, .who the day after my interview appeared ap-peared Bent out a corps of writers to interview in-terview tha loading men of the day on various topics. In my career since that time I have written hundreds of interviews, inter-views, and I have learned from them a few lessons which have been of use to . me, , i l "In tho first place, my experience has ; tanght me that it is impossible for an , interviewer to report the exact words of j tlie JEpreoa whpm he is utervievriuii. He |