THE true writer will stop everywhere and anywhere to put down his notes,
as the true painter will stop everywhere and anywhere to sketch.
I do not see why an author should not have a sale of literary sketches,
each one short, slight and capable of being framed and glazed in small
compass. They would make excellent library decorations and ought to
fetch as much as an artist’s sketches. They might be cut up in suitable
lots, if the fashion were once set, and many a man might be making
provision for his family at odd times with his notes as an artist does
with his sketches.