Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-13

they are the greatest hustlers no ,,,a,,
TIN OughOut Europe they now .aa ,'',,..,
4 a great force we are. and Whenever
they think of our commercial hus,,;r,
they can't help trembling. for thaw
know we are masters of the situation.
In other words. they are scared and
don't know what to do" The Amari
can eagle must be very proud NJ
Thomas Nelson Page. The news that
we Americans. either at home ~,
abroad. are the gentlest. kindest.
best-mannered folk in the world, is
news indeed.
! An EngiiShman who has read ..,rha
Aristocrats' thinks that the author IL
an American woman for the reason
that number OF decidedly un- English
words and phrases are used In the
book. one of these words is side
walk" which to the English mind de-
notes nothing, pavement" being their
word. ION time" is also used by the
author of The Aristocrats." but that
phrase happens to be getting into
English usage, and therefore proves
/ nothing.
! The English papers bring news that
the health of George Gissing is caus-
ing anxiety to his friends He has
made his home for some time past in
Paris. and the climate of that place
apcars to be having a serious effect
upon his lungs. Lately. however he
has been visiting II. G.. Wells at Sand
gate. and n slight improvement is re-
! ported as a result of the change.
| Not long ago Holman F. Day, author
! OF Up in Maine" received from
Massachusetts city rather singular
letter. The writer a well-known bust
ness man. stated. II desire to say that
| in the poem entitled Plug recog-
niZe my grandfather" At this point
the author nerved himself for a fiery
raignment He had believed that al!
the descendants of Plug had long
! passed out of reach of books The
verses. it should be understood, con-
tanned no more definite appellation
than the mere title of Plug The let
ter went on to say: II remember the
old man well. You have drawn his
picture to the life. but | must say that
You haven't made him out quite so
mean as he really was. l have heard
1t related of him that, though he had
the largest orchard in town and hardly
knew what to do with all the apples.
he would give visitors only the worm
| eaten fruit The incident that gave
him the name of Plug is accurately
related: and. as a slight testimonial
| to the authors clevernesS, | have pur-
chased several copies of the book and
have sent them to other relatives"
| Henry James is now working dill
gently on-a new novel. the Scribners
report. which they will publish in the
| fall. The title is not yet divulged nor
| is anything further known about the
plot than that it deals with the prob
! lem aSsto whether n gentleman may
| be a cad II is said 10 be one Of Mr..
James characteristic efforts, but to
contain more of the narrative element
than has Of late been usual in his
work. '@t
! Emile lola recently gave expression
to some opinions OF Rudyard Kipling
/ and his work. II know little more
! about Kipling'' he said than what l
have read in articles regarding him.
Very little of his work is known Ito
me- The trouble with Kipling. it APP
pears to me. is that despite his IN
/ doubted genius. his influence is re-
dictionary. | consider him an unfOrtu
nate element in literature" lola went
on to suggest that Kipling's warlike
muse was bad for Great Britain.
There is no good side to war" he said.
1t is all bad. A really great war
would put civilization in Europe back
fifty years. There is. however. but
little likelihood of such a thing occur
ing, for none of the nations, except
perhaps England, wants war. Eng
land. you see, has need of a big vic
tory to regain the prestige she has lost
in South Africa. There is also always
a party in France that wants To
plunge the country into war. but they
are not the true patriots The days
of French nSlitary glory have passed,
AM her mission now is to conquer the
world by the power of her thought.
not by the power of her arms. we are
moi in a position to stand a war, even
| if we wanted one. which we do not
Up. Mowbray. the author of that
charming philosophical outdoor book.
a Journey to Nature" has spent
much of his life in the wilds OF
Minnesota with the surveyors CHAIN.
where the loon and the gray wolf were
oftenest his intimates. He left the
Jungle for a course of study in Penh-
s>l vania University. and again retired
with his books and a small income "
a salubriOus farm in ROckland county.
NJ " ,yhare he now clIltiVateS the soil
land evinces no incOnsiderable disin-
clination to the exploitation of his per-
sonality. even since the very marked
and doubtless, lasting success OF "A
Journey to Nature
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