Fresh leaves and green pastures . n their turn in the World by EdmundYates. But the Tatler being dead, Vice-Versa retired into private life or at least only issuedtherefrom to make journeys to imbecile publishers,who one and all declined a book, that must havemade a fortune more than once. The day afterit was brought out, one of the newspapers hada leading article upon it, and its author woketo find himself famous in a manner that very fewpeople have ever been fortunate enough to do!I was lucky enough once to have a good idea for astory; but I did not feel I could deal with it asit ought to be
Fresh leaves and green pastures . n their turn in the World by EdmundYates. But the Tatler being dead, Vice-Versa retired into private life or at least only issuedtherefrom to make journeys to imbecile publishers,who one and all declined a book, that must havemade a fortune more than once. The day afterit was brought out, one of the newspapers hada leading article upon it, and its author woketo find himself famous in a manner that very fewpeople have ever been fortunate enough to do!I was lucky enough once to have a good idea for astory; but I did not feel I could deal with it asit ought to be dealt with, so I presented the ideato Mr. Guthrie; the result as far as the publicis concerned was The Fallen Idol, as far as Iam concerned was the sketch by Du Maurier,reproduced here, which illustrates a scene out ofthe book. Personally I do not admire the dog;it is too much like the Idol itself to suit me, dog-lover that I am; but the sketch is a delightfullink between me and the book, and therefore willalways be UPROOTING Other people we saw a good deal of were theScott-Gattys, a charming couple, she lovely tolook at, and with a voice, a singing voice, thatI cannot forget, it was so good. Neither shall Iforget the household, which was so charmingand clever; including as it did sometimes , a sad invalid almost chained to her sofa,where she wrote her sweet and delightful books;and her sister, who was devoted to microscopicwork and to Aunt Judys Magazine ; where I usedto write a great deal until it died, and I do notthink has ever been replaced. From Shortlands,too, I visited Jean Ingelow, a little shrinkingwoman, to whom strangers were a distress ; and,moreover, I more than once went to Mrs. PeterTaylors at homes, where the suffrage for womenwas demanded by sundry so-called shriekingsisters, I wonder what Mrs. Peter Taylor wouldsay if she could arise and hear the suffragettes !They were very mild indeed in her day, but eventhen were a good deal more th
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