Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-11

sketches all his stories in pictures be-
fore he sketches them in words, and
every storysafie has done lies hidden
away in picture form in his port
.folios.
But Mr.. Harrington is exceeding
modest about his drawings. and unwill-
ing to show them, even to Intimate
friends. His publishers have urged
him to allow them to use his own
drawings for Illustration of his books,
but he wouldn't hear of it, wouldn't
even let them see any Of the pictures.
At last he promised them one of the
fVanrevel sketches, but he was canny
enough not to send it until too late Tor
insertion in the book. About the sup
Elementary autograph edition he did
not know. The picture came in time
to be clapped into that, and there IL Is,
to the authors dismay.
Edward s. Martin, whose new Vol-
ume, Poems and Verses" was pub
lished last month by the Harpers, can
boast of a sale of over $4,000 copies OF
his former and first volume of poems,
well known to readers under the title,
"A Little Brother to the Rich. Ihe
verses i'm this latter volume were pub
lished no less than four times, first in
1882, under the rather misleading title
OF sly Ballades in Harvard China"
twice in New York, and in London in
1890 under the frankly truthful title of
"Pirated Poems" The pirated edi-
ton was the result of browsing at a
London bookstall, where one of the
publishing firm of Howe & Co. came
across Mr.. Martins anonymous vol
urne. The publishers printed opposite
the title-page of their pirated edition
the following fair-minded note: ITO
the Author: The publishers of this
book have produced this volume from
an old copy found on bOOkstall. They
have enIeavored to trace the author,
but have failed, and they undertake to
pay the author (whoever he may bel
his share of the profits-if any-arising
out of the sale of the same, from the
date of this publication and as long as
the book shall find favor with the pub
lie. The author must prove his iden-
tity to The satisfaction of the publish
ers. or to the satisfaction of such ar
bitratOrs as they may appoint Mr..
Martin learned of the edition through
"A paragraph in an American news
paper, and the next time he was in
London he had the pleasure of meet
ing his new publisher and finding him
a most agreeable pirate"
BY the way, the fall book announce
ment5 show a deluge of Juveniles"
Not only are all the old and trusted
purveyors to children represented, but
the cry is, Still they come
One statistician started to make a
list of the seasons books for children.
but gave it up after he had counted
go. Evidently. writing folk are grasp
ing THE fact That those who caf f9afIy
furnish good juvenile books CLEAN
much fine gold. and that even the
mediocre writers of children's books
prosper better than the average writer
who caters to grown-ups.
For boys there are many books that
are fairly satisfactory; but publishers,
one and all. bewail the scarcity of good
books for girls. A rich harvest lies
waiting for worthy successor TO
Louisa NJ. Alcott.
a new Dutch novelist is about to
make his bow to American readers un-
der the auspices of G.. p Putnans
Sons. The newcomer is Frederick
van Eden, and his novel, which deals
with universal problem of domestic
life. is called The Deeps of Deliver
ance." Margaret Robinson has made
the translation.
Discussing the worlds fiction for the
year Talcott Williams says. in The
American Monthly Review of Re
views: 1T is barely thirty years
since James Parton, in discussing lit
erary earnings, pointed out that
French men of letters alone gained a
comfortable competence. because they
alone wrote for all Europe. TINS has
rendered literary consumption re-
gional. A single Franch novel in a wear
may reach 100. 1000. as may this year Nj.
WHY'S 'Claudine en- Menage' but IN
the English speaking world. at least
four novels-Mr. Wister's 'Virginian.'
Miss Rives's Hearts Courageous Mr..
Houghs Mississippi Bubble. and Mr..
Majors Dorothy Vernon all Ameri-
can-exceed any French or German
novel of the year"
Despite the oft-repeated assertion
that a posthumous novel may be ex-
pected from George Douglas Brown.
thc Vi he House with the
Green Shutters, Mcclure. Phillips &
Co., his publishers. announce positive
ly that the author left 10 fiction in
Publishaoie shape. At the time of his
death he was hard at work on "A ro-
nance laid in Cromwells time the
principal character being one of Crom-
wells rugged warriors. but the work
was so far from complete that Mr..
i;roNn expected to spend at least a
!. ear upon it. He also had in mind a
shovel to be called by. the striking title
s''The IncompatibTes. a study of
married couple estranged by their OPP
pOsite attitudes toward life. This was
not even begun on paper. The one
work which MIR. Brown did leave in
such form that it will probably be
published. was critique on Hamlet.
Cf which he was an ardent admirer
and profound student.
New York Sun: The bookshop
pointers are piled high with mere
kwash and dribble. Books without
form and void abound, stories not only
without distinction, but without style
and giving only a very feeble imita-
tion of English. The readers are