Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-19
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Rider Hasxards lcelanaic runanoA Ere
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rhs fund for tho family Of ths hats Philip
a weich h.s rsschsd nearly ea0.0O
Ernest CoIsrsdss be- nsasly compasssd -
biography Of hi grandfsfh~. ths pnsG
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ton to iscturs In ths Uaitsd esaso and ca
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The Oriental Seminary Of Bsriin viii sh0rt
" hsus grammar of IL baiuha language
BY Dr. Buttner
Chariss A wingert0n, Of wheeiing, W
Va. n q clever writer Of ysrss for southeru
publications
George r sina. shs English playwrighs
and poet, they say. pays income tax On xzo.
90 per annuin
rhsodors riltoa, nov vhiss haired old
man, y to b sun every night II famous
chess cafe In Paris
George Augustus Sala, the Journalist, br~
ported to have declined IN offer Of knight
hood from Queen Victoria
Mr.. Hunt, the heed Of the Sydney branch
Of the royal mint. b . grandeur Of thas II
mDn literary character. LdGA HmsA
Professr etnars Bisekis ayy ehas . cen
fury ego WAS . sams of miserable humbug
and be b thankful that b lives In better
daya
Felix Dc Fontains hss completed Q book
upon Southern Women In the Late War"
q valuable contribution to the literature Of
the rebellion
George Meredith Is nov a Year, old and
lives amid the restful quiet Of the Surrey
Hills. but works - hard - ever, spending
seven or eight hours daily at his desk
DR. J. A. Il Murray. The famed English
photographer, Is very tall and thin, has a
large head and sndy beard; . genial smile
for every one. and . somewhat affected clio
cutioA
Alfred r Conkiing, Il New York. the
nephew Of Roscoe Conkling. generally known
- Alderman Conkling. has about completed
the work Of collecting material for his life OF
bis unclA
William D. Howeils, tbs novelist, has again
become resident Of Belmont, Mass, where
be lived sonle years ago, bis present home Is
q dns old mansion, surrounded by beautiful
groundA
II used to be said that the girls were afraid
to meet Robert Grant, author Of 1.-THE Comics
sions Of Frivolous Girl. " because his stories
showed such a painfully accurate knowledge
Of their sex
Senior Eca de Queiroe, Portuguese, Is
thought to Be really great novelist His
best work. 70 Primo Basilio," has made con
siderable sensation In England under trans
lation entitled dragons Teeth.
Tennysou has horror Of the biographer,
be keeps no diary and hss destroyed all his
correspondence and all records Of It He re-
Gently said 70 a friend; when ! arm dead
VIII take good care they shal not rip me up
like pig
William Hosea Ballou, the author OF "A
Ride on Cyclone. the novel that has caused
% much talk In and out OF the newspaper, Is
Just now IN New Yort- He svidsuty holds
with Henry Wattersou thAs New York u the
greatest summer resort In America H. Clay
Coultans, the artist who illustrated It - clev
erly, l. also in New York for the summer.
1t was At the shop Of Herr spithoever, the
erudite bibliophile, in the Eternal City. The
pretty American traveller wanted a copy Of
Max ORells book on the United States, and
said so The Herr Bibiiophile glowered
through his spectacies a moment and replied
with noble scorn: "Gots In himinel, mees
Marcus Aurelius vos neifer In der Uniled
Shtatesi"