its flurify and unswerwng rd»abil_y 5 rendering ft a ifineral favorite, ttiik tita tonic qualifies _itre it- hi&l* vaiue rormedicinal JH/rJ-oses-Edna Lyall has been giving a «utrlb**_ tor to the "Novel Review " some panic* lars of b'fe--J-nikas v novelist. Her tttsff pubHsbadSfctlf'• Wou by Waiting, wf» she left school, I wrofaf «",goodr deal of fiction H »o amaSaW way/ she said, "while •« school In Brighton, and when I was tm years old I had a vague intention of becoming a novelist. But ' Won by Wi* ing* was my flrst published work. The* came 'Donovan* and it's aeQ « t,l r J*f Two,* both of which I wrote white I **« living in Lincoln." The.aathortsa«J plained that her aim. in -'Donovan jn» r * to describe an almost Isolated man wsh though all worldly tbiags ap**"*! against him, should, by shier nobilW* character and steadiness /f J 3 W ! & struggle from the dwk*?eM-«f # 4ft e S,*? the Tight of Christianity.** -"Wo T»«. # bears a strong resemblance to "***£*& and was suggested to the •M ho * Jg' her reading tfiat Mr .whg Imprisoned in the _«k. ** w « p - B .£jJ. telegraphed to his daughter, J**"! Sn* the book. Edna WA with Mr Bradlaugb on the suWfJ.J''Donovan,"and uFtißMtely »£*.»•'£;. In London to discuss the ment. From that interview she «"gj much of the knowledge that.enabled bet to describe Luke Rwb^.^^flS* _nm leader, whose daughter, Eric* to led WJ the ranks of the -^e* u ™i?_ Christian camp. EdnaLyaU4»«»g£ her visitor her method in n , oV *'£"lJ_S "The conception of comes first* she says, "*»* the circumstances in which the cna*«*«*« is to be developed. Afterward* I the secondary characters, the -j*** gj surroundings, so a. -best to gg ?|» ■ sustain the central figuresu J£ L ? b £ w %a does not exhaust herself by long hours m work, "*a*_ ifcb -sf„ r -* s^S rt !f J j»b_t^ iba burning the midnight of! .huM^^ it oa bS^ k _rn^*i^*-*»*'« M . feels least Inclined for It. *
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8349, 7 December 1892, Page 2
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323Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8349, 7 December 1892, Page 2
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