Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-17

SCRIPTS really read = is eNerythinP
| sacrificed to famous names?' Dc
clidues exist in magazine offices?" te
explain how young writer's are nurse(
! and developed and to state what price.
are paid to authors. why magazines
| do not print better material. and SO on.
Mr.. l.ok will deliver his lecture for the
| first time at Nassar College.
At the moment when the illustrated
edition of David Harum" is pub.
! lished by ID. Appleton x Co, the orig
inal drawings which Mr.. b. West
| Clinedinst prepared for reproduction
in the book are put on exhibition BY
Frederick keppel. There are eight
| full-page illustrations. and large
number of smaller text drawings:
there is also Il full-page portrait OF
| MI. Wescott. Forbes Ieermans. who
| wrote the introduction to the first
edition. two years ago contributes
| another. concerned largely with the
| facts of Mr. Westcott's life and the
circumstances under which he wrote
| the book. Concerning Il matter that
has been considerably discussed he
writes thus:
NhiHH people. nltnt'TIt UNKNOWN,
have unblushingly set forth their
claims to be the originals of one or
! another character of the book: and
While these foolish attempts to ac-
luire Il little unearned Importance
are more absurd than serious. yet 1t
may not be out of place here to state
that all such claims are absolutely
without foundation. The characters
are all drawn from life it is true. in
the sense that they are lifelike. but
not from individuals. Each one is
entirely the creation of the authors
ina Gination, and this fact he asserted
with much earnestness over and over
again. II should not dare put real
people. just as ] see them. into my
book, he once characteristically said:
they'd spoil it
Eden Phillpots has temporarily de-
serted fiction, his forthcoming book
consisting of fifty-two descriptive arti-
cles emblematic of the seasons.
Here is a story of George Eliot told
in Notes and Queries" "A lady asked
the novelist what her duty was in GER
tain difficult circumstances, and re-
ceived a clear reply. But" she OBJ
jected. If l did that ] should diet
Surely that has nothing to do with
your doing your duty" answered
George Eliot.
Miss Adeline Nj. Jenney of South
Dakota. has won the prize for the best
short story offered by The Century TO
American college graduates OF 1899
An Old World Wooing' is the title Of
the story.
Truly a classic is Charles Reades
remarkable novel. The Cloister and
the Hearth''-a book. by the way.
which Sir Walter Besant is never
tired of praising. TWO hundred thou
sand copies of siXpenny edition were
recently sold in England. and neat
and pretty little pocket edition is
soon appear there.
J. NJ. Barrie. the novelist. did not
rank high as a student in the Uni
Xersity of Edinburgh, but he was
strong in metaphysics. He once con-
WINGED medical student that. he tthe
medical student. had no actual eX-
istence. He got quite frightened"
said Mr. Barrie in relating the Incl
dent. land l can still see his white
face as he sat staring at me IN the
cleaning. This shows what meta
physics can do"
This is the Book Lovers creed, adopted
by the Craftsman's Guild: Il believe IN
the divinity of great thoughts ana III tnc
sacredness of all books where they abide
I h,iipSa in heaJltV expressed Ill Int
printed page and in hand-tOoled leather
| believe in the individuality of a book
in the abiding presence of the artist wn"
| fashions the body of the worthy volume
I believe in the touch of human handS
| as more divine and more beautiful man
| the stamp of the most dexterous ma
chinery | believe in everything that
makes n book the measure OF a man anu
imparts to 1t the dignity and grace when
come only from long fellowship with IN
hand of n loving artist. ! believe IN
| limited editions. i'll the wealth of hand
mad. paper, in the aristocracy of vellum,
bin the glory of illumination. and in the
supreme beauty of the book nrouSnt
forth without the aid of types. All this
and more.
| One of the most notable changes in re-
cent wears in the great book shops OF
| New York is to be found in the number
of fine and artistic special bindings that
are sold and that are to be found III
stock in large QUANTITIES: zen n OF nr,r'
ciDal dealers lately, lit would have been
IimDossible to find such books in stock
| Now several of the leading firms make II
a point to carry not only line nDrarS
bindings in calf and morocco of all ne
| standard books. but finer bindings OF
commercial manufacture, ard also tilt
| work of the noted American and Eng
lish binders that costs from $50 to SlV q
volume The fine bindings that we make
Yourselves now on a commercial scale w
should never have thought it possible tC
turn out in this country score OF years
iapo: even now most of our wOrkmen are
Foreigners, and We are Obliged to 1mpor'
the fine French calf and levant ourselves
Not only are they not made here. but ne
ldealers carry the best of them in stock
1.-THE demand for fine bindings has enor
lmousIy increased of late years, and the!
Iare now widely organized as one OF INT
jmost charming and legitimate subjects
for artistic design and craftsmanship.
| Robert Barr repied characteristicall!
| to an editor who asked him for his Ia
vorite quotation. fie sent verse .
Browning and this note: The above l.
Inv favorite quotation. Whenever yol
want something helpful, you know, 1901
IN the writings. of the talented X. Is. s.
| Robert Burns Robert Browning, Rober
buchanan, Robert Bruce or
ROBERT BARR.
| Alfred Austin Laureate, is quoted a
| writing to an American correspondent!
II read as little as possible of what 1
written. either depreCiatory or the re
verse concerning myself; wishing TO d
t,.,.it