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Excerpt from Jackanapes
The secret of the popularity of Mrs. Ewing's stories probably lies in her constructive ability. She always had a. Clear idea of what she was to write. With regard to the introduction of passion into stories, she held that It was most necessary, but that human feelings are elastic and soon over strained and that this kind of ammunition should be sparingly fired, with intervals of refreshment. One of the most important doctrines she held, and in an extraordinary manner carried out, was, that if a writer could express himself in one word he was not to use two.
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