Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-21
Literary Notes.

| +. Marion Crawford will write the
leading serial story for the Atlantic next
year.
Harper for November will contain the
third and concluding installment OF the
letters of Dickens to Wilkie Collins.
A paper on the Home and Haunts of
Lowell" has been written by Frank B.
Sanborn for the New England Magazine
1t will appear in the November number.
Justin winsor's book on christopher
| Columbus, and How He Received and
impaired the Spirit Of Discovery" will
be issued this week by Houghton, Mif1lin
4 Co, Boston.
A memorial of Charles Kingsley in
the form of stained glass window will
be erected in the church at Holne. q viii
lage on the borders of Dartmore, in
which he was born.
The complete novel in Lppincott for
November will be THE Duke and the
Commoner," by Mrs Poultney Bigelow,
who has already published Beautiful
Mrs. Ihorndyke."
4 new holiday edition of Whi.tier's
snow Bound: A Winter 1dyl," to be
Issued in a few days by Houghton, Milf
fin q Co, will contain photogravure
illustrations by Edmund Fl. Garrett.
Sir Edwin Arnold has written a pre-
face for volume called 1.-The Imitation
of Buddha,' collection of maxims and
sentiments from Buddhist literature.
prefaced by Ernest NJ. Bowden.
An edition of SCOTS Waverly Novels,
with preface and notes bv Andrew Lang.
will he brought out in London by Mr..
, Nimmo. SCOTS great granddaughter.
the Hon. Mrs Maxwell Scott of Aboots
ford has given Mr. Lang access to all
the manuscripts and other material now
, at Abbotsford.
The Critic says that the late Edward
II. Leifingwell of New Haven, left an
autograph collection which contained
the signatures OF nearly 1000 noted
persons 1t was put down in the inven-
torv Of the estate as worth $4,000. and
/ the family would have accepted even less,
but it was recently sent to Boston to be
| sold. and brought s5l 200 OF.
Since the Maine authoress, Blanche
Willis Howard wrote ''0ne Summer
her books have beef looked for eagerly.
. Her new story, which Is now running
serislly In London periodical. will be
issued In thi. country in few months.
II is entitled "a Battle and = Boy" and
while it is Of a character to interest juve-
nile readers, it is equally fascinating for
children of a larger growth.
The passage Of the copyright law has
produced one result at least which will
please the reading public. English au
thors in anticipation OF the possible
: passage of the law have been holding
back their best MSS 10 order to publish
: under protection As consequence,
the last half Of 81 and the first half of
90 will be full Of these works which
have been held in reserve awaiting the
q action of Congress.
. James MCKEE of kilmaruock. the cele-
brsted Burns collector and publisher,
died few weeks ago In 1886 Mr.. Nc
! kie published fac simile Of the first
e edition of Burns 1910 copies. In 1869
he published an edition of the complete
poems, and subsequently brought out the
Kilmsrnock edition with notes by W. s.
: Douglass. Mr. Mckie's collection Of
editions Of Burns, numbering 100 vol
!, umes, was purchased for the kiimarnock
Burns Museum liz was mainly through
his efforts that the monument to Burns
A. Kilmarnock WAS erected.