Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-01

uuCtiOH. he STlSlS Will uOt Dc oCCh
in New York until next season, when
Mr.. Hackett expects to open with it.
Mr.. Haokett will have the assistance of
Louis Evan Shipman. author of
Darcy of the Guards" who is Mr..
Churchill's representative.
or the twenty-nine different books
which appeared in it's monthly lists of
best-selling books during 1901. The
Bookman says, "Ty>enty-one are the
work of men and six of women, while
the authors of An English Woman's
and of Truth Dexter
have never positively been identified.
Many think that Sidney Mccall is
woman"
Writing of Margaret Fuller recently.
Julia Ward Howe says: while Mar
garet, as we have said, appeared to
hold herself above the level of ordinary
humanity. it must be remembered that
her constant effort was to lift those
with whom she had to do to that high
err ground of thought and motive in
which she had made herself at home.
For her own sex she deprecated the
secondary position which they, in her
time. seemed content to occupy. Her
famous remark that she had encoun-
tered all the foremost men of her coun-
try and of her time without finding
among them her superior was not an
utterance of blind cOnceit. but an as
sortiOn Of the capacity of her sex to
meet the masters among men upon
their own level. AS a friend and as a
teacher, her companionship was high
and generous one. She once asked a
young pupil this question: Is life rich
to you?' 1T is since l have known YOU
was the ready response"
Rudyard Kipling's kim" is appear
ing serially in the Paris Matin. The
translator is Louis Fabulet. who has
done the same service for Mr.. Kipling
before, but he has a new collaboration
in Charles Fountaine Walker
The "Englishwoman's Year Book"
contains the names of over $50 new
novels and new edition published by
women writers during 1901. Of whom
some thirty writer's produced more than
a book apiece. 1t gazettes as the two
most notable woman novels of the
year, 1.-The Serious Wooing," by John
Oliver Hobbies, and 1.-The History of Sir
Richard Calmady," by Lucas Malet.
Among the most prolific writer's of the
year were Mrs. Amelia Barr, Mrs.
Katharine lyman Hinkson. Miss Flor
ence Warden and John Strange Winter.
Mrs. Craigie-"John Oliver Hobbies"
as she signs her b6oks-gave at the la
dies dinner of the Vagabonds' Club, in
London. the other day, an explanation
of the habit of using masculine PEN
names to which so many women writ
ers are addicted, that goes deeper as an
explanation than the proverbial mod
estv of her sex to which it has been re-
ferrcd. The public. she says, has an
absurd habit of Identifying the heroine
of the story with its author, and she
did not care to assume responsibility
for all the traits, not to speak of all the
escapades of her leading women char
acters. And, moreover, the characters
With which readers are most prone to
associate the writer's were those Of the
least pleasant personages in their sto-
RES.
The comment made on this statement
is that necessarily there is something
Of the successful writer in all the fig
ures that really stand out on his cam
vas, not to speak Of the disguisedly
photographed features In such
novels as David Copperfield,' "Pen-
Dennis and THE Mill on the Floss"
The manner in which some books get
themselves written has often seemed
vastly mysterious. Now we know how
the thing is done. An anonymous con-
tribntOr to 1.-THE Author relates his
experience in answering an advertise
ment in "a column devoted to literary
wants." In this case what was wanted
was series of special articles for one
week, the remuneration to amount to
thirty shillings. When the applicant
called he found two other authors out
of work on the premises, and while he
waited two more came in. When his
turn came to meet the advertiser, he
found himself in the presence Of "a
young man with a self-complacent
smile and self important manner"
Then ensued the brief colloquy of
which the applicant gives the following
report:
VIII you give me particulars of
your advertisement? 1 asked, in a re-
spectful and persuasive voice.
well. it's just this" he replied; t"I
am writing book of travel. have
nearly finished it. but want assist
ance.''
And the nature of the assistance?"
asked. deeply interested.
Reading up a bit and writing about
three thousand words a day. he in
formed me.
That would be just eighteen thou
sand words in the week, besides the
necessary research. and all for thirty
shillings! Hardly good enough for
me- 1 replied.
The following Wit and wisdom from the
new looks was compiled for the February
Era:
thousand times better are the men
who do. than the weaklings who only
know God Wills 1t.
Nature works, not for mans enjoyment
but for her own satisfaction and her own
siOry.-Our National Parks.
Time has kind.fer uses for his scythe
than cutting short human lives. His chief
use of it Is TO cut off the tops of human
memories.-The UsurIer
1t Is as bad to slave at work as to slave
at pleasure. But God may forgive what
people cannot help.-Lazarre.
Lovers of love are not lovers only.