Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1896 — Bad for the Novel. [ARTICLE]

Bad for the Novel.

Here Is a bit of a story, borrowed from the American, which may prove a comfort to writers whose books are badly treated by the press. Bad colds are more or less common. Mrs. Carlyle had abundant reason to know that bodily condition had much to do wlH> the work of a literary person. Once, when Miss Jewsbury, writer, was staying with the Carlyles at Chelsea, a caller Inquired for her. “Yes," was Mrs. Carlyle’s answer, "Geraldine Jewsbury Is here, but she Is In her room with a bad cold, and is reviewing a novel.” She paused and then added grimly, as If thinking to herself: “I am sorry for the novel that Is reviewed by Geraldine when she has a bad cold."