62 THE EULOGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



acquiring a special knowledge of his own 

 district. The power and habit of doing this 

 may subsequently stand him in good stead as 

 a war-correspondent. Let him next study the 

 trade and industries peculiar to the place. If 

 he is able to write of these graphically, he will 

 acquire a certain connection and good-will 

 among the masters. He will strengthen him- 

 self if he contributes papers upon these sub- 

 jects to the daily papers or to the magazines ; 

 thus he will grow to be regarded as a repre- 

 sentative man. Next, he should study every- 

 where the topography, antiquities, traditions, 

 and general characteristics of the country 

 wherever he goes ; he should visit the 

 churches, and write about them. He may go 

 on to write a local history, or he may take a 

 local tradition and weave a story round about 

 it things which local papers readily publish. 

 Afterwards he may write more important 

 tales for country newspapers, and so by easy 

 stages rise to the grandeur of writing tales for 

 the monthly magazines." Observe that so far 

 the ambition of the writer is wholly in the 

 direction of novels. 



