New York in fiction . f literary work,carried out by him with the self-abnega-tion and energy of a Balzac. It was hiscustom to go to bed immediately afterdinner, to rise at two oclock in themorning, and, fortified with strong coffee,with a wet towel bound around his head,to write undisturbed until it was time forbreakfast, after which he started down-town for his daily work in the Surro-gates Office. The first of his books thusproduced was As It Wus Written, thestory of a Jewish musician, splendidlytragic in its conception and scheme. Thefirst scene of As it Was Written is laid atthe Fifty-fir
New York in fiction . f literary work,carried out by him with the self-abnega-tion and energy of a Balzac. It was hiscustom to go to bed immediately afterdinner, to rise at two oclock in themorning, and, fortified with strong coffee,with a wet towel bound around his head,to write undisturbed until it was time forbreakfast, after which he started down-town for his daily work in the Surro-gates Office. The first of his books thusproduced was As It Wus Written, thestory of a Jewish musician, splendidlytragic in its conception and scheme. Thefirst scene of As it Was Written is laid atthe Fifty-first Street end of the was there that Ernest Neuman firstfound Veronika, one night when themoon had risen, a huge red disc out ofthe mist and smoke across the the Terrace at this point a longflight of white stone steps leads downalmost to the waters edge. In Mrs. 179 NEW YOBK IN FICTION Peixada Mr. Harland gave us a long andgraphic description of Beekman speaks of this unpretentious choco-. !S3«»^_ -•
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