Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-20

...;cal novel is ucau """ ""' :"
fe'N over the spring announcements
sa ,cading American puoaaners,
Of .'s will be convinced that blood
az. s.,,le jousts. tournaments arc
anu courts and camps and all thu
aus,s. .,s raraphcrnalia of the historical
.are,ist are still occupying 'he large
~ ~. Of the attention of novelists and
''a. rcaders. IN short, it is safe to
no''' ~, cne-half of The fiction pub
50, or IA be published within the
.s". s;x months belongs to the sword
n's' re school. or. in other words.
si ~ that which concerns itself WITH
W, s romantic rehabilitation OF the
past. ,. n,o,, ,f tho vear
;s romantic novel. TIE Life
I" ~" nso,h of Richard Yea-andNay."
ana !; has not cqualed in popular
sene of the phenomenal sellers
~ ,sqe 1899 and 1900. it has received Il
% Nv. n,ors cordial and widespread ac-
:, ,,,n, rom authoritative critics.
u o.o Of the principal coming events
V ~, season in this line of fiction
~ now book by the author of
sp;asard Carved" which Macmillan
i. ,;see before June /. This is en-
i..,as .rhe Crisis" We are told that
weston Churchill wrote Richard
,',r,o,., as the first Of series OF
.,,s which. while unrelated in
,..r,atis personae and in no sense
.,,,oIs rs 10 plot or story, have dis
.rrt historical sequence of subject.
'.ror,er' treated of the origin and
,s..c,ar Of the cavalier. and having
Invested in this book the society o:
, ,.ador and az the colonies. the author
i|,.os IN in The Crisis" the cavaliers
sis.orr nearly q hundred years later.
anr;ns the stirring scenes that pre-
ia and accompanied the civil war.
rsa heroine Of the book is Virginia
r,rvel a great-granddauShter of
Richard.
,rhlishnr with connections in Eng
land rs well as in this country. VII"
eorssnuently has much t" do with
English imported books. remarked re-
aartlv IN the uncontested superiority
If fbe ENGLISH in the preparation OF
,so,oqray wires 1t seems Impossible
- sscura satisfactory results with
;, ,m in this country. in the opinion OF
t,is exrert. on the other hand, the
Americans are ahead in half-tones,
wbsn II comes to printing them on
other than the finest paper. certain
English half-tones. such as those con-
tanned in the journal called Country
life are unsurpassed; but they are
nriuted on the finest heavy coated
manor. for less expensive work th@
American printer is ahead. and it is
his printing that puts him there.
The Hsrpers announce one more
navel in their American series. which
viii appear in July. 1t is The Manager
the 3. and A. by Vaughan kes-
sr. He is a brother of Paul kester.
/ the PLAYWRIGHT. who wrote the play
abou, Nell Gwynn in whichs Miss Ada
Rehan and Julia Marlowe nave APP
pearea. 1t is a railroadis story. the
scene Of which is laid in Ohio.
The expectation that there would be
many new novels this spring is being
more than fulfilled. In fact, 1t looks az
if the quantity would soon surpass an
records. 4 recent lecturer has catieu a.
tention TO the fact that while IN NV oh!s
TWENTY-FIVE new novels were lzSuen ~,
England the yearlsan brought forward - '
such publications The output of cngiisn
and American presses combined is not
unlikely to carry tho figures near Inc
3sa mark this year What is at the Dot-
tom Of il all? Mr. Hnbson. the lecturer
aforesaid noticing that woman Ereal SSi
literary achievements nave been IN tius
field concludes that the populariZatio lf.pf
the novel is as much her work as mugs
She has more leisure. Bit in America. 3e
all events the production of noNclS JUS
now seems TO he no more the concern %
one sex than of the other. 1t seems. ratn-
er. to he occupying the faculties of every
one, man or woman. vino can hold a pen
and devise something in the nature or Il
| story. y kind of fever has taken posses
sion of the country. Novels crop OUT IN
the most unexpected places. and even the
failure to ind a publisher leaves no one
uaiaunted Published by the author is
ahgcnd that is becoming extraordinarily
COMMON on title pages. Il is to be hoDeo
/ mat the Juror will presently subside Inc
average novel is better written and more
worth reading today that it ever was pc
lore. but the mass of quite, unreadable
Sll mas likewise enormously increased.
., Ihe interest in Mrs. Humphrey Ward $
feanor the Harpers say, has been
sseady from the time of its publication.
| ell recently this interest has been slim
5d'en and become more widespread. The
uenldhd Tor the novel has occasioncd sew
eidi reofders of large amounts.
AcCllire. Phillips & Co. announce that
ueS nave secured all the English rights
y. captain DreyfuS own account of his
I TIal. condemnation. suffering on Devils
VI, nist o. MAY under the title Five
MATT ala,s OF My Life" It will contain. in
noi n.l'h 10 the recital of the salient
XXI 1 q me writer's life during the pc
WI, us Lewis Island diary and letters
nrd em ny Nine. Drcvfus 70 her huS-
a b H., WIN several letters of the captain
bn M VIC. hitherto unpublished Cap
4 rn'teNius has himself made the il
"a''ohs Tor his forthcoming book
4 pfw nd report that til" manuscript of a
L np'@i Of Miss Ellen Glascows was
4 A1,ol y, IN IN me burning Of the jefferson
/ is eyano iSchmHEd. Va. a few weeks ago,
| sho vii ',,ated. Doubleday. Page & Co.
| Is co WI he the publishers of il when it
fro cemplc;cd ana namcd say that only
rero b .nrG" chapters of the new book
viii cao'I ". and that Miss Glasgow
Ne afe to replace them.
| transla,a, BcaGcairc" 4, now being
appear ~ INTO nv" French. and the book will
son ~ m rance during the coming sea
cousin '1c Iaci that Boaucaire was "A
| doubtIo,y, .' ore 81 l.iSs French kings will
tale for E sdd.tn tsst:s,tt slctivencss of ...e
| lips & "a it .hh readers. Mcclure. Phil
have also ~ tn1 publishers. say that they
." translation of-thc story -
C'ssful nn v,9iac the fashion 10 adapt sue
process '''t ,bn. for The stage. yrhe rcycrse
qram4s jr ,"'' OF turning successful
|" HI9s int" vogue Tbc fasbi nDw w 70 s nf