Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-20

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| in book form until the autumn of NEXT
year.
In the lists of books for the coming
year. fiction occupies prominent
place. Among the many titles Offered,
the following include the most de-
serving of mention: The Lane That
Had No Turning" by Mr.. Gilbert Par
| ker: The Palace Of the King" hy MI
F. Marion Crawford: Richard Yea
and Nay" by Mr.. Maurice Hewlett
The Hosts Of the Lord" BY Mrs. f. a.
Steele; Tommy and Grizel," by Nj.
James NJ. Barrie: Some Women I
! Have Known" by "Maarten Maar-
tens" DR.. North and his Friends. :"
by DR.. S Weir MITCHELL: The Las,
Refuge" by Mr.. Henry e. Fuller;
"Quisante." BY Mr.. Anthony Hope:
Robert Orange" by John Oliver
Hobbies" The Fourth Generation, "
by Sir Walter Besant; The Isle Of
Unrest" by Henry Seton Merriman.
Nude Souls" by benjamin Swift"
The Mantle of Elijah by Mr.. Israel
Zangwill; and Eleanor by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward
Ernest Thompson literary
talent is by no means limited TO des
cription of wild animal life. He has
the knack of saying clever things in
verse about things in general. one of
the cleverest Of which appears in a
late letter from Paris. Speaking Of
a growing superstition III the French
capital against the wearing Of al
grettes, with characteristic original
ity. he voices in rhyme, as follows:
The Danes of France no longer wear
The plumeS they used to prize:
They lind that Aigrettes in tho hair
Bring crows feet in the eyes.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's The Tory
Lover" the opening chapters OF which
appear in the Atlantic Monthly Tor No
vember, takes for its theme the fortunes
of the eXiled Loyalists at the beginning
Of the American Revolution. That por-
ton Of the present state Of Maine which
has become Miss JeWettS country as
completely as Mr.. Hardy has made Wes
sex his own domain, is rich in provincial
history. The fortunes Of the cXlled 10y
alists carry the scene Of Miss Jcwetts
stirring romance 10 England and France
but her portraits OF Bon amin Franklin
and John Paul Jones and other Revolu-
tionary heroes, and her narration Of
American bravery on the high seas, viii
delight the lover of his country, as well
as the thousands Of admirers Of Miss
Jewett.
Edward ". Townsend author Of
"Chimmie Fadden. is dramatizing Mt
/ Dooley." The result should be anything
but commonplace
Hall Gaines new novel The Eternal
! City" has been III process q c0nstruc-
the story is described as startling and the
| hero is largely drawn from real life. The
| love story Of the book is the chief thing
in il.
kipling IL To receive $500 Tor the scrt-
al rights Of his new novel, kim II the
Rishti.. He will receive about %N,og9
from The receipts Of the sales II book
| form. These are NOT record breaking tiG-
ures. but they indicate the financial value
| it is to Il man to be Il leading author oil
! fiction.
The LAY Nc wrath" new novel IN
! Maurus Jokai. Viii b. issued from the
press of Mcclure Phillips " Co, i'll Dc
| toher The Bookman says that the HE
| Of Hungary as presented BY Dr. Jokai
| cannot fail to interest even the most pro
| safe Refor.. many Of the present day
authors were born, Jol<ai WAS writing for
4 large public in his native land, and now,
| though he has passed the allotted three
score and ten he has lost none Of his Wig
or. Dr. Jokai has the elements OF ro-
nance in his nature. as may be Judged ny
his marriage q year Or 50 ago - young
actress. but he diSdppoints the prophets
| Of misery by living a happy life with MS
! Young wife. He continues To add books
worth reading to his already long and
notable list.
| Maine has given birth Ia many clever
| writer's. and is rife with more or less
authentic anecdotes of the early days or
these authors. OF Harriet Prescott Mrs
| Spofford) whose atlantic" stories had a
notable vogue, it is remembered that on
| one occasion Hope was given her class
as a subject on which to write poem
! What vas the surprise of teacher anu
classmates alike when she appeared with
| a large roll OF manuscript and proceeded
! to read a lengthy metrical narrative, in
which personited Hope" was carried
| through all the stages from infancy TO
old age. each period being described IN
separate cantO,
| Winston Churchill author Of Richard
| Carvel. - is at work on 4 new novel tnat
| will deal with the Civil War. 1t Will not
| he published serially. which is a satistac-
| tory announcement to many VINO IKE 70
| read a book without Interruption and yet
| object to the delay the serial period in
wolves.
Those who assert that IN amazon Is the
only TYNE Of woman VINO would call forth
Rudyard kipling's best efforts err IN the
same direction as do the critics who find
itraits of Muvaney in all his men, says
writer in Modern Culture Magazine. True,
! he has often sighted the eternal woman
! IL by writing wonderful stories that treat
/ only of men, of the forces OF nature. and
| OF dumb creation: but his conception Of
| wonan'S character proves, IKE every
thing else that he has written that he
looks into the vast mirror ~ the world
and sees humanity with sympathetic eyes.
Ana THAI he njctureS all he sees fearltsSly,