Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-09
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faithfully. 1t has high value as being
made from a near view Of it's subject.
In referring to English books of inn
eet tn mention It p
ces," by a writer whose anonymity was
soon penetrated and found to mask Mr..
Thomas Henry Russell, NJ. p. They were
the richest, rollicking lot Of stories. that
have been printed since Sydney Smith
and Dean Ramsay told their delightful
jests in type. the stories are so new and
are so personal and so little malignant,
although not hiding the foibles and weak
nesses which they illustrate. thai the
took 1sn on run of aye soa
tle." the best story Of dog SINCE Doc.
tor Browns "Rab and His Friends" OF
the genre class is also Jacobs story of
There are other books from the Eng
fish press which have had their passing
claim of favor, but it is scarcely worth
writer of fiction. Mr.. Black, has passed
away within few weeks. His fecundity
of stories was very remarkable, especial
~ as he continually rehearsed the same
1.-The Princess of Thule The Daughter
of Heth, and :. ;ania in the Strange Ad-
ventures of p. acton are women who
will long be loved for the possession Of a
sweet femininity which better novelists
didn't give their heroines Blackmore.
100. is dying. It is reported. There re-
ffldlHS except bdTTle, he VI LIE l/lulic
Minister" Moore. Crockett. Kipling and
Ian Maclaren. only one or two hopeful
novelists in England. AS matter of
fact t. eSeep MGoTe these authors Ise
disappointing to those who saw for him
the way clear to Thackeray's place. The
seductive profits of play making seem to
have led him from the more permanent
honors of good book making. And what
| has become of Thomas Hardy?
Zola's book of Paris" seems to have
So .1y, a,it 1,.a hos ian h ms 70
mixed up in the petty but serious diff
Guilty of the Dreyfus problem. Although
Edmund Rostand has written "Cyrano de
Bergerac' more than a year ago it has
only compare lively recently dawned up
on the literary world like a splendid star.
Besides being great drama and grand
poetry it has additional qualities which
make ii great literature Probably no
book within the period of whose produc-
ton We seek to give some suggestion Is
of equal importance 1t has strength:
beauty, firmness of hand and wealth of
poetic expression which make this cold
age aglow with the glories that are more
commonly credited to a literary age long
since passed.
OF American writer's. F. Marion Craw
ford has probably given the valuable
book in AVE Roma Immortalis.' 1t Is
the history of Rome-the city, not the
empire-written with elearness. of pur-
pose and an earnes tness of feeling. which
coupled with Mr., Crawford's literary
vigor and intimate acquaintance with his
subject. have secured for 1t the highest
and deserved admiration of critics and
readers. William Dean Howells has fin
ished his story of The Ragged Lady"
without securing any considerable add;
ton to his fame and begins now to tell
how Basil and Isabel March went on
their silver wedding journey We shall
first journey of this delightful couple.
personally conducted by Mr.. Howells.
had such a charm of simplicity and was
made in such, good faith that our inter,
In, tay,, n1c
friends. You remember when they We're
wandering one evening in Rochester they
paused to look into an open window
played Chopin with her hands and gazed
love up into the young fellows eyes.
Don't you envy, them?'. said Basil.
Don't you think they would envy us
if they knew We were on our wedding
Journey" replied Isabel. 1t isn't much.
but who can fail to see and grasp the
and B Eny a nsy se on Sa his %a s0s
his insurance office. meets in the. street
car a fellow for whom .--.herto he has
had an antipathy and greeted him with
surprise. ''Have you been out of town.?
he asks with stolidity. "0ut of town."
says Basil to himself. Why. the man
d dss 1oa N naye the se COUPE ~s
start again. Twenty-Five years later.
Some books of travel have been rather
striking sven Hedin Z has sao crossed sr me me
undergone awful experiences in Thibet,
which he relates with singular dramatic
spirit in two volumes. A German novel
ist, Rudolf Coins. had added to his rep,
utation by writing the old Adam and
the New Eve" study of Die Neue Frau
in the har@ limitations Of the social con-
ditions - germany.
We have not been able in these hasty
notes to give anv more than suggestion
of the year. There have been books
which have found favor which limits OF
space do not permit US to mention. we
have only sought to show something OF
dency of the year.-Philadelphia Times.