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That a man should assume that his life is worth the venture of a record in the form of an autobiography suggests a degree of self-conceit of which I am not guilty. From my own initiative this would never have been written, and the first suggestion that I should write it, coming from a man of such experience in books and judgment of men as the late Mr. Houghton, then head of the firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., was as much a surprise to me as the publication will be to any one. The impression it made on me was so vivid that. | The Autobiography of a Journalist Volume I 1 The Autobiography of a Journalist Volume I The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Autobiography of a Journalist Volume I by William James Stillman This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Autobiography of a Journalist Volume I Author William James Stillman Release Date March 11 2004 EBook 11546 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JOURNALIST Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Illustration . Stillman THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JOURNALIST WILLIAM JAMES STILLMAN IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I 1901 PREFACE That a man should assume that his life is worth the venture of a record in the form of an autobiography suggests a degree of self-conceit of which I am not guilty. From my own initiative this would never have been written and the first suggestion that I should write it coming from a man of such experience in books and judgment of men as the late Mr. Houghton then head of the firm of Houghton Mifflin Co. was as much a surprise to me as the publication will be to any one. The impression it made on me was so vivid that I have never forgotten the details of the occasion which called it out. I had gone with Mr. Houghton and his daughters to the ruins of the Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli and wandering idly amongst them on a beautiful autumn morning not in the spirit of crude sightseeing I was led to talk of my experiences more than is my wont to do. You should write your life he said to me with a manner of authority which at once convinced me and I decided that if there should come in my life a pause in which the past could be considered rather than the needs of the present and the cares of the future I would set about it. Had I at some .