Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-07
LITERARY NOTES.
MAP OF THE STORY OF QUINCY
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ADAMS SAWYER
AS far back as last summer when
Charles FELTON, Pidgin, the author of
| that widely read novel. "Quincy Adams
Sawyer" was talking with his publish
ers. the c. n. Clark company of Boston,
in reference to publication, it was de-
cided to introduce as a unique feature
of book publishing a comprehensive
may which would enable the reader to
more clearly follow the scenes of the
principal incidents at Mason's Corner.
1t was an odd idea and required many
interviews between author, publishers
| and artist before a final satisfactory
plate was found acceptable for use in
| the book. By this time the book had
| gone through the first edition, but the
map" went into the second edition.
/ which was issued December 15, and Is
now appearing in all subsequent edi-
tions.
OF course, the map is purely imag@
mary, as far as an actual town or vile
lage in Massachusetts is concerned, but
| it represents real place to the reader
/ who will find a new pleasure in book
reading by involuntarily turning to the
map, when the author speaks of Mrs
1 Hawkins boarding house, etc. and
| tracing down the main street OF tha
village until that spot is located. 1t Il
a very interesting map, showing where
the principal personages lived, where
| the town hall, hotel, hotel, railroad sta
ton, and the school house were, whers
| Uncle Ike's chicken coop was; and In
| fact a study of country life in itself.
| Both the towns Of Fernborough ans
| Eastborough are shown, the farm lands
| that look so rich, and peaceful, the va
rious streets and roads that Quincy So
| frequently Travelled, and there is even
the detail of the railroad running to
Boston.
\ This unique idea suggests a good
thought for all country stories, espe-
cially where the events are confined Sc
| closely to rural village life.
Houghton, Miffin & Co. will publish
on the 9th inst. romance entitled The
Turn of the Road" by Miss Eugenia
| Brooks rockingham, niece of the latS
Rev. o. B. rockingham, one of the
most accomplished BOstonians of the
/ last half century. Miss Brooks has writ
/ ten a story of the development Of
| skiIlful singer into woman nobly
planned" The scene of the story 10
| mostly in Paris. There the heroine is
| story is sufficiently American, and iS
reported to be so well told as to Justify
very pleasant anticipations.
Outstanding the Union Army" is the
title of an article by Ida NJ. Tarbell.
which will appear in the March number
of McClures Magazine. This will fully
|
plished by the federal government at
| the close of the civil war, when, with
out any disaster, a million soldiers were
| returned to quiet pursuits The article
is deliberately illustrated
Gelett Burgess has chosen a unique
plot for his new story. "a Mans Part
| to appear in the Ladies' Home Journal
It has the merit of absolute originality.
and is so absorbing as to demand g.
close reading. It has to do with a.
sweetheart, a confiagration, telephone
| and sulky, repentant sutton.
Through Old Rose Glasses" is coli
lection of eight short stories of South
ern life by Mary Tracy Earle, reprinted
by permission from the leading monthly
| magazines and weeklies for which they
were originally written. The preVai1ine
tone of the sketches is rather sad than
| otherwise, but the minor key is light
ened by a touch of Southern sentiment
and romance. Published by Houghton,
Mifdin & Co., Boston; price $3.50.
| Although not a pleasant one to read,
Hervey Whites "Qufcksand' is a story
Of unquestioned power. 1t presents a
merciless study of the life history of q
New England farmers family. In order
to hide the result of her erring ana
| ignorant young daughters act, and
battle her neighbors a domineering
| mother sacrifices the rest of her family
and brushes their natural affection; and
while forcing upon them her own con-
captions of religion, lives a lie which
| mains them all and enos in ruin. Pub
lished by Small. Maynard & Co., Bos-
ton; price $1.50.
1.-The House That Grew" is the title
of an entertaining little story by Mrs.
| Wordsworth, which tells of an English
family who, on account of losses Of
property, rent their house and move
into modest hut on the grounds The
little daughter, whose playhouse the hut
had formerly been, narrates how it is
gradually added to, and hoy comfort
ably and happily they live there. Pub
iished by the Macmillan Company, New
York; price $50.
| Lillian Writings 1.-The Spiritual Sig
nificance'' is characterized by the same
| essential style and qualities that have
insured for THE World Beautiful" vol
umes an almost worldwide popularity
The aim of this new volume is to reveal
the curiously close correspondence be-
tween the developments of modern sci
ence and spiritual laws; to note that
new forces, as discovered and applied
in wireless biography, are simly the
laws Of an unseen realm into which hui
mainly is rapidly advancing and thus
gaining a new environment.
A GULLIBLE GIRL.
One of Ourselves is an amusing nov
Fl Of English country life by Mrs. L. B.
Walford. A soapmaker's daughter mar
ried to one of firm of bankers is en-
deavoring to find d suitable mitch for
her brother-in-1aw. Billy Farrell. She
selects a young woman of good family
whom she considers worthy OF being re-
ceived inte=the elite family circle of the