Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-01

an utterly UNACCEPTABLE masterpiece as
Tommy and GriZel," and to Mr.. Hope
who evidently writes as he lists, leaving
the question of dramatization unregard-
/ ed.
One of the most interesting glimpses of
authors to be found in the forthCOmin:,
biography of Coventry Patmorc is in his
description of Il visit as IL boy of eighteen
to Leigh Hunt Hc had already written
Two or three poems with which Hunt had
been pleased. Arriving at his house :,
very small one in Il small square some
where in the extreme West. | was in
/ formed that the poet was at home. and
asked to sit down till he came 10 me.
I This he did, after | had waited in the
! little parlor ut least two hours. when the
door was opened and most picturesque
gentleman. with hair flowing nearly or
quite to his shoulders. a beautiful velvet
coat and Nandyke collar of lace about
foot deep, appeared, rubbing his hands
and smiling ethereally. and saying
word of preface or notice of my having
waited SO long. This is Il beautiful
world. Mr.. Patmore. was so struck
with this remark that il has eclipsed all
memory of what occurred during the re-
mainder of my visit.
In an uptown library in one of the
best observation-disclosures of New York recently
il was remarked that ii was next to inn
possible to find the new books of fiction,
so quickly are they called for notwith-
remarked, being new does not mean
they are more interesting than many old
ones Except In. the childrens depart
ment, one finds Dickens standing from
day to day in almost regular order. Mac
donaid's works stand in unscrried files.
Blacks can be- had at any time. and Du-
mas, in spite of the rise OF the Interest
in romance. is neglected for Richard
Carvel, Prisoner of Zenda. Red Cock
AIDE, and the Reds of the Midi" Crock
EFT and the writer's of Scotch dialect
fl b1y al n
ion: dust is gathering on the tops of
their volumes. kiplinS's books are still
well fingered.
translator iii Norway who is more than
usual calm in impudencc. This per-
son entirely omitted the last last. CHAPTER
the Night and. when "erionstrated
with. coolly replied that in her Judgment
the story was greatly improved by the
omission of the last chapter
Bret Harte's new volume of short sto-
ries will appear during the winter;
correspondent wonders that Mr.. Hartc.
can still impart to his sketches the uu-
mistakable California atmosphere. 1t
is that however of the California of the
/, late sixties. and not of today.
| Mr. kiplings 'Just-so Stories will APP
pear in book form during the coming
year One of the yet unpublished stories.
we are told, has been specially written
| for a little boy in the West who mad been
reading the 'Just-So Stories printed
las. spring. and who wrote to tell the au-
w rn"F y .nt fond f.H and please would Mir
| I<ipling tell him something about pussy!
THAT rather tickled me. said Mr.. Nip
| IL visited him, land SO I'm going to tell
the little chap in one of the stories How
! Pussy Got Her Purr-
Nine. Sarah Grand says that in her
youth she wrote fiction, verse and essays
| THE essays" she declares. are very
| funny. chiefly marked by the common
! places of the theory of life which are nov
l associated with the old woman. ThcE
are almost as ridiculous as Schopen-
| hauer. r, -, ,>oo,,, o.,
think.
Thackeray?'' This question was recently
asked by THE Bookworm who writes
observe that Ito be sure, it does not mat
ter. but ones curiosity is mildly snmu-
lated One. young man has promptly rs
come to the front. Il take It, he says,
| that if a young man can so much as
read Thackeray with delight, he IS morc
| than half way on the road 10 all tnat y
Dse w mGd man. Vhat do We think Of
J'hacilerav? We think of him as the
writer of the finest historical mover III
| the language Henry Esmond; as the
inimitable Snowman of Vanity FAIR: as
| the artist who has the portrait or COioneI
| Newcome TO his credit. and. fnaliy. We
| revere him as introducing to US men ana
] women who we feel will prove our NE
long friends To be sure. as Ihe
| Ro0kWorm'' says, it does not matter
| from one point of view. But it is cheer
ing nevertheless. to read that young
/ mans letter: it is reasSur1ng TO know
| that Thackeray is still priced in circles
which are wofully apt to be distinguished
Inv nothing more edifying than cant apout
| arr and an unwholesome. mindless de-
| votion to the most specious things IN
| modern French fiction.-New York III
bune.
| While Mr. j. NJ. Barrie has all the re-
| sources of humor requisite for the pro-
duction of delightful comedies. the mar
| urstl bent of his mind is toward iraSc
| situations and the pathoS or human
I suffering says the New York Trbuhe-
When his friends have attempted TO COL
| graduate him upon the success OF ne
Little Minister he has smiled SrlWi!.
and remarked that the top drawer or ms
I desk was rlicd with tragedies Whch ne
could not induce mantSerS 10 accept ~
| THE Wedding Guest he IS terrlplE IN
earnest and follows the real trend OF ms
| nature toward tragedy vet there II no
death scene and the pathos OF a sad $40
ry is Illuminated almost to the end VIII
fitful flashes of the comic spirit. Inc