Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-06-16

Dlne0 10 keep MI. Brady from Il lit
erary career until a later period than
the majority of successful writer's, he
is but returning to an early ambition.
since he had completed several manu-
scripts on which publishers refused to
smile when he had reached his seven
teenth year.
Mary Mannering has signed a con-
tract to star under the management of
Frank Mckee for five years and will
play Janice in Janice Meredith"
dramatized by Edward L. Rose and
Mr.. Ford. 1t is also announced that
she will have two other plays-"A
Wayward Lady" by Victor Mapes and
Mrs. Arthur Allen, and dramatization
Of Anthony Hopes The Heart of the
Princess Osra," by Mr.. Rose.
In regard to the title of Robert
Grants new novel "Unleavened
Bread" Henry A. Clapp. an apprecia-
tive reviewer, says that Mr.. Grant had
in mind a passage from one of st.
Paul's most famous letters, wherein
the apostle bids his correspondents to
keep certain great feast, not with the
old leaven, neither with the leaven Of
malice and wickedness, but with the
unleavencd bread Of sincerity and
truth. Translated out Of the Hebrew
metaphor. then, the title of the novel
would be Sincerity and Truth The
reader will soon discover that the name
is ironical.''
Some one asked quite seriously, the
other day, if l thought that the an
nounced engagement Of Mr.. Paul
Leicester Ford would interfere with
the sale of his novels. l smiled the
smile of incredulity.
You need not smile" said the lady.
Il know that Richard Harding Davis
marriage has greatly intcrfered with
the sale of his novels. His readers,
who are. largely young girls. like to
think Of him as an unmarried man
They find his books more interesting
when they so regard him"
What about KipIng?' ! gasped.
Has his stock deprecated because Of
the wife and babies?''
"Oh no." was the reply. 1T is
different with kipling. H writes moro
for men. and then his stories are not
love stories. ."-Jeannetto Glider, in
Harpers Bazaar.
HouEhton, MifIin &, Go. have in press
four farces by Mr.. Howells which have
never been reprinted from the maga-
zines in which they appeared. They
are entitled Bride Roses Indian
Giver." The Smoking Car and
Room Al" That they are bright. de-
liciously humorous exquisitely refined,
IF
course since Mr.. lIowclls wrote them.
They will be brought out in little vol
umes Of attractive topography. simply
and artistically bound.
Miss Johnston typcwritcs her own
stories, writes Ami. kendrlck
Walker in the New York Times Sltur-
day Review after an interview with
Miss Mary Johnston. tn" author Of To
Have ana To Hold" which is now past
its 200th thousand. she spent last
summer at a fashionable resort in the
Allcghanios. and the click of her type
writer was frequently h, ard far into
the summers night as she was AZ
work on the concluding chapters of TO
Have and To Hold then running
scrially in the Atlantic Monthly
The Bennett Twins was published
June lst, by The Macmillan Company
The author, Grace Marguerite Hurd.
has for some time been on the staff Of
the Boston Transcript, Of which paper
her father is the literary editor. The
Bennett Twins" is a story of student
life in New York and many of the
characters are likely To be recognized
by artists who have worked in the
studios Of the more famous masters oil
New York. though the author dtsclaimS
actual autobiography or portraiture.
Here are some stray leaves from
Thomas Bailey Aldrich's note book,
which appear in the May Century.
We do not. and cannot. read the
novels which most delighted our an
cestors. Some of our own popular
fiction is doubtless as poor, but poor in
different fashion. There is always a
heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. LIZ
every generation the least cultivated
taste has the largest appetite.
The art of the realistic novelist
sometimes seems akin to that Of the
chinese tailor who perpetuated the ole
patch on the new trousers. True arr
Selects and paraphrases. but seldom
gives verbatim translation.
have observed-and l trust | shal
long continue in the quality of Oh
server-that whenever Boston write
dies New York Immediately becomes
great literary centre.
Here are some facts in regard t
modern book making as eXemplified a
me oxford University press. They are
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