Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-19

VI Titles grows Dtduil lto'.
Miss Van Vorsts new novel. Philip
Longstreth," was first called The Sac
rlilce OF Fools, but it was found upon IN
vestigation that some other writer had
pre-empted the title.
Mark Twain once said to a friend that,
as TO wit, he had met his Waterloo; that
there was one woman whom he could
never get ahead OF in repartee--his moth
er. She was very clever Voman-anoth
er of the long list of able. mothers Of
great sons. 1t was from her, also. that
Mark Twain inherited the 'inimitable
uraWl winch mas always characterized his
speech, and is not an affectation, many
people have supposed. This drawl so en-
/ hances the humor of Twain's remarks
that it cannot but be regarded as 4
once described in an interview as "a
symphony IN sray'-gray hair gray eyes.
| and suit of gray clothes This term
/ can no longer be applied as Mr.. Cleme ms
! hair is now great leonine name of
] white.
| Richard Harding Davis, like most sue
cessful authors. had his days Of grind
and uphill effort before he finally found
1 himself in Van Bibber.' "Thp Princess
Aline," and all the rest. lie had the
usual trials of man who starts out to
| do newspaper work, and yet who has dis
tinct literary aspirations. The editor who
that the hardes. work he had was to re-
move the literary touch from DAVIS
, reports. and he finally said For heav-
ems sake, Dick, remember that you are
writing for 4 newspaper, and not for
Harper's Magazine"
Not long afterwards Mr.. Davis was
writing considerably for the IIarpers.
and their editors then had to grapple with
the problem of how to get the Journal
istic idiom out of Mr.. Davis cXtraordi-
narily clever literary work. All of which
was rather wearing on the aspiring young
author.
Maxim Gorl1y has been elected n mem
Der of the Russian Imperial Academy Of
Science of st. Petersburg. He is the
youngest man upon whom that honor has
ever been conferred.
Literary shrines are usually associated
with imaginative writer's. Poets. novel
| lists ana romancerS have made the fort
nn's of many towns in England. Thomrs
| Hardy has practically recreated the an
Gent kingdom of Wcssex and repeoplci
ii in his novels with the result that thou
sands Of visitors 90 through "Thom;is
llardys country" every year. Strattord-
on-Avon owes much of it's prosperity TO
the influx of admirers Of Shakespeare
! hey rumber over 1000 yearly. 70 be
| forward and resented the idea that
Shakespeare is the main asset of STRAIT
! ford by showing that the paid admissions
! to the Shakespeare cottage and museum
lllt memorial, anu .A1lnt IlitHdNdN = tOt-
tage aggregate hardly $4,000 year. They
overlook the amount of money spent by
| >. Oo1 visitors at hotels and the enormous
| trade that is done in relics and guide
| books. 1t is estimated that the profits
derived by Stratford from Shakespeare
| name amount to fully $4,000 Il year,
which is money brought from outside and
put in general circulation i'll the town.
1t is possible to understand the wonder
p,r ali lad hn los T. nod
that Scotland was not named after Sir
Walter. 1t is believed that G0,0oo people
are attracted to the scenes of his novels
and poems every year. OF these 100
stop at keniiwortn. where they support
several fine hotels and spend 5000 an
nually IN the single item of cab and car
riage service. Nearly 10000 people visit
Burns cottage at Aloway in twelve
month and the amount spent by them in
the town and the other towns made IA
nous by the national poet of Scotland
Ayr. Mauchiine and Tarbolton-is esti-
mated at close on $2p,o00 exclusive of eX-
penses of transportation. BY writing
Lorna Doone, the late Richard D.
Blackmore has made the town of Lynton
prosperous. and Lynmouth and the viii
lage of Grendon near the disappointing
Doone Valley have shared in the benefits.
As the visitors are mainly Americans
they spend their money freely. Devon
owes a good deal also to Charles Kings
ley. Westward Ho,' was mainly writ
ten in a fine oak room of the royal ho-
tel Biddeford and the result is that D,-
600 people visit Westward Ho. and Bidde-
ford every year. You may remember
that Kiping lays the scene of 'Stalky
and CO. in the United Service College
standing on nigh ground overlooking the
town OF Westward Ho!
The fame of the Bronte Sisters has
| raised the village of Haworth from OBJ
security Annually 5000 visitors pay for
admission to the Bronte Museum and
spend a good deal of money in the town.
Dove Cottage, the home of Wordsworth
at Grasmere, has 5000 visitors yearly. The
late district, APPLY termed The English
Switzerland, has been popularized by
Gray De Quincy, Harriet Martineau and
Ruskin. Byron's fame draws great
stream of people to Newstead Abbey
Lately the people of NARROW. Buckins-
hamshre. have been endeavoring to have
the name extended to Marlow-on-Thames
in order to distinguish the town from
two others of the same name in England,
the desire for such distinction being due
to the fact that their Marrow contains
Sheley's cottage. So you will see that
there is something to be gained more
than the mere qualification of local pride
by. having an eminent author born In a
particular neighborhood or otherwise
identified with it. You will have noted al
so that the novelists have been able to do
, a great deal for certain localities.
, 1t is reported that Maurice Hewlett's
new romance will be founded upon the
life of Mary Queen of Scots.
When Kate Douglas Wiggin is not in
England or New York City she may be
, found at "Quillcote-on-Saco,' her home
in Hollis Maine. Here, when the wealth
err is fine she writes all day in nook in
the orchard, which she calls her apple
tree study" With n pad and pencil and
an easy chair, under the blue sky and the
spell of a drowsy summer day. much of
her latest work, The Diary of Il Coos
Girl" was written. Three proofs of every
, line in print is what Mrs. Wiggin requires
from her publishers before she is satisfied
to give the book to the world. 1t is said
that she has begun a Naturalization OF
'.The Birds Christmas Carol.
Edith Wharton will follow THE Valley
| of Decision with another novel, which is
, to be called "Disintegration.
Max Pemberton. whose romantic novels
{ have gained considerable reputc during
the past few years, is said to have a dis
tinct literary habit of his own. After writ
ing out his story by hand, using many alb
breviations and contractions he reads
his manuscript to n Typewriter operator.
; who transcribes it with a liberal amount
of space between the lines and generous
| He then thrnyItrh thp work