Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-22
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| friend relative to THE Star-Dreamcr'
| saying: AS you know, the book was
begun i'll 1901 during our stay in our
| summer residence ut Hindhead Gn
Surrey. There is wild garden apart
| from the pleasure grounds, ana much
of the Garden of Simples'-for that
| was-then as you remember. the title |
| had choseu--WaS written in that fra
| grant atmosphere. Over the highest
wing of the house | had established
| my observatory have always been
| a star-gazcr myself, partly as d lover
| Of the nights splendors and the music
| of the vast. partly as the man whose
| earlier studies ut Cambridge were all
of natural philosophy. The silence Of
| The Star-Dreamcr,' the character of
| Sir David Cheveral, the wounded
dreamer, with his folly of remuneration,
and of Ellinor Marvel, impersonation
| of beautiful vigorous, healthy life and
| love, who is to redeem him from
| cloudy phantaSmS' to the real 10y of
| the world; even the scenery OF Bindon-
| CheVeral, with It's legend concerning
the Herb Garden--all these things had
| been familiar to us for Il long time be-
fore we began the book in earnest. 1t
was only i'll the green and blue sur
roundnss of our Hindhead house that
they began to pulse into life and
[ nearly the whole of the first draft was
! written there in the summer of 1901"
| Following THE Leopard's Spots" and
| Handicapped Among the Free" here
| is a third book, which attempts to treat
in the form of fiction the race problem
of the South. The Walker Ellerson
| Publishing Company will issue by the
| middle of this month, "The Curse of
| Caste" written by n Virginian whose
| family is we'll known in the South. In
it an attempt is made to explain the
effect of President Rooscvelts attitude
| toward the negro race. Coming from
II Southerner, of a different type than
| Thomas Dixon, Jr., it remains to be
| seen whether there is not II class of
| people III the former slave states that
| cntertains Il different view of negro
| character from that portrayed by the
| author of The Leopards Spots"
The Imperial Press of Cleveland an
|
tn" production of fine books, and that il
purposes to publish limited editions mad
| in strict accord with the most advanced
| Knowledge ot printing and bntnIg In
| furtherance of these plans there has been
secured the services OF Mr.. George French
| for general supervision. Mr. Andrew An
drcws for superintendent. and Mr. Louis
| II. Kinder for artist binder. The first
volume to he published will hc a small
treatise on printing in Relation to
Ora phic Art by Mr., French. The edi-
| tion will he limited, each copy Will be
| numbered and signed. and will contain
printed specifications detailing thr pro
| ccsseS employ ed and the material used.
The, first series of New Confessions
of Il Young Man" by George Moore Will
he published shortly in lippinc6tts Maga-
zine. Mr.. Moore is still at worN upon
| other papers in this series. His b3pk oi
stories OF Irish life, The Untitled t,Gld.,,
which the Iirpincotts recently published,
is the reflection of Mr.. Mooln's thoughts
lon ireland and i'll his opinion contains
some cG his best work.
Simeon Ford the famous aftor-dinncr
! humorist. who joined the ranks Of au-
thorship with "A Few Remarks. this
summer, has lust returned from his an.
| nual golliu1 tour TO Scotland. H1iH nr says
he is tired Of fame and is going 70 retire
| to private life. Mr. Ford played on the
! St, Andrews coursh at Troom, at PrcSt-
wick, Sandwich. and many othtr places.
He was asked by the intcrv"Wcrs about
his literary plans and if he intended to
accept any Of the $llH0-a-wcrk offers of
| the theatrical managers. tie replied that
II" expects to write Il SOltiug romance,
Tut he refused to tell the reporters about
it.
The outlook Company has issued 4 pre-
liminary announcement of their fan
books. There will he =. ToStoi book by
Prot, Ssor Edward a. Steiner of Grinnclt
College: Il Fairy Book by Laura Winnings