Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-20
nAlNE AUTHORS
IN 1900.

OF only one volume Of poetry pub
liShed in this country in the year 1900
We're the sales sufficient to make its
publication profitable That one was
Maine book, written by Il Maine man,
for and about Maine people. This sue
CeSSful book Of verse, is Mr.. Holman +.
Day Is Up in Maine" from whose pen
another book is promised for 1901.
stories in Song and Other Poems.
is an illustrated volume Of religious
patriotic, temperance and other verse
by Mr.. William Grant Brooks Of Saco.
y Waterville man. Mr.. Ezra II. Smiley.
has published a book OF hymns and
metrical renderings Of tile Psalms
This seems 10 complete the list of
works under this head.
Turning from poetry to prose. works
Of fiction may first b. mentioned. one
that is attracting considerable attcn-
ton at present and is likely to have a
large sale is The World a Department
store" The author is Mr.. bradford
Peck. who is himself at the head of Il
big department store in Lewiston. His
book IS the result Of reading Brllamy's
Looking Backward" 1t is a vision
OF life in this state under a cooper
alive system in which the advantages
Of life under such a system are set
forth in the form Of Il story to draw
the attention Of those Who would not
be attracted BY an argument. Andy
Dodge" written 10y the late NJ. =. Pen
dIeton of Belfast. but not published
until nearly two years after his death
was a lively story Of boys expert
enrcs mt school and later III a news
paper office ANA in the legislature.
or other stories there may be men
TONED Mrs. Martha Baker Dunns Mem
Org Street" In which her accustomed
bright and graceful @tyl" is set oil by
a familiar background, HalIoUcll. the
home of her youth. 1t has passed into
q second edition. Then there is The
Path Beyond the Lcyrr." by the late
capt. T.. A. Cummings OF Bangor,
which was first published as a serial in
the New York sun. And there are the
two volumes of Mrs. Kate Douglass
Virgins "Penelope's Experiences"
and Miss Emma +. IA. Raymond's
romance Of New Meadows" founded
On a legend of capt. kidd'S gold. There
is Miss Sarah orne .Iewett'S tale Of
Revolutionary times, with The scene
laid on the Piscatauul river. though
this Is not Yet published in book form.
And there Is For Tommy and Other
Stories" by Mrs. Laura T.. Richards
of Gardiner. who has also published
two Juveniles. one SNOW White. or the
House in the Wood" and the other
entitled Rita" These. like all her
sturies, contain healthy sentiment ana
IN Too Fhat
among the best books for young
! people.
There are Juveniles by other Maine
writer's. Mr.. J. o. Nalcr of South
Portland has added three 10 his long
list, The Lobster Catchers." story OF
our coast, and With Preble at Trip
oil" which tells the history OF our way
with the pirates of the Barbary coast.
with accuracy of detail as well as pic
ture&aueness of effect. Kalers third
book Is "f5oster Boys Of 11i5. telling
a story of two ardent young parrots.
! Mr.. f. II. Costello of Bangor contrib
utes "A Tar of the Old School" and a
historical romance for boys entitled.
ION Trader Cruiser and PriVateer."
the sre,i. ~ which is laid in the war
of 1872. Mrs. f~iera +. TurkHett. who
is the daughter of REV. Er. ]. =. q.
sawyer. formerly Of this state. has
also published a story for children.
Esther ia Maine" the events depicted
being supposed 10 occur at Camden
! rad thareabout. Mr.. Willis BOYD Allen,
Maine iern, has given the boys "a aoad
detective s,arv iii The Head Of
Pasht." Also Of Maine oris,h Ii SIR. &.
W. Willis. the Boston newspaper man,
who is the author of IA Yankee
Crusoe.'
COLBY Stories" the pleasing collec-
t.o.i of "reminiscences by students and
Eraduats@ If Colby College has had
good sale. sDil;ns along somewhat
similar lines, though iarsh. ana more
prrtentioUs, viii be ''Taies FROM boN
do,n." nos. being complied by J. Clair
/ MinCt of AuSusta. IL &c issued in Ihe
spring. 1t will cont2in over a .,,.ora Of
stories Of UNDERGRADUATE life at Bow
doin, all new and all written by Bowdoin
ANIMAL Among the contributors aIs