Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-20

The Earoness Won Hutten. who's
! Violet bids fair to duplicate the pop
ularity of Our Lady of the Beeches,'
IS an American. in spite of her foreign
name. She is the neice of a former
president Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
and Was born in one of the minOr
Pennsylvania cities in the seventies.
After an American education. finished
ut well-knOWn school in New York
city. she Travelled extensively in Eu-
rope. At Florence. in 1881. she wa
married to the Baron Won Hutten Of
bavaria. a lincal descendant of U-lricl
von Hutten, famous in the Reforma-
ton. The Won Huttens spend Il larg.
portion of their time at SchlOss Stein
bach in tho Min Valley. Bavaria. This
iine old house. OF pink stone and mas
tir bcamtr!ll-- colorcd with time, was
built in 1136 by Prinz Bishop iIutten,
The province in which it is situated be
ing then an ecclesiastical principality.
The house has real rOcocO garden
with u maze. pleasance, etc. TIL
baroness was in America last winter.
visiting New York, Boston, Philadei-
phia and other cities.
According to the New York Tribune.
weekly booth review, Kate Douglas
Wiggin's "Rebecca of SunnybroO:.
/ FARM has stood at the head as tn
most popular book in the juvenile seq
tion of the New York public librar.-
eyer since it WAS published.
There are some charmingly feminin.
and gentle letters of Dorothy Words
worths quoted in recent number Of
/ hIn
! dressed to her friend Mrs Clarkson.
and contain many interesting refer
nncoe to the family life and friends Of
| the Wor'isworths. Here is an attrac-
/ tive picture of De Quincy: Mr.. de
| Quincy. whom you would love dearly.
/ as / am sure do is beside me- quietly
| turning over the leaves of Il Greek
/ Book. AMI. God be praised. we are
/ breathing a clear air, for the night is
! calm. and this room. the dining room.
only smokes very much in a high wind.
NJ. de Quincy will stay with us. We
! hore. at least till tn" spring. We feel
Of him Is il he We're one of the famly:
he is loving, gentle and happy, n very
good scholar. und an acute lOgician-
so much for MS mind and manners.
His ":+oH is unfortunately diminutive
especially about thu eycs. which soon
overCOl-te the udGnesS of your first
f-rlr" 1T The sight of so very little i
man. Iohn sleeps with him and is pas
-ionateiy' fond OF him. Oh, my dear
friend, Johnny is Il sweet creature: 50
noble. bold. gentle, and beautiful. Yes,
he is kittenish. very quick. very clever.
but not given to thought. Coleriea
often repeats to-her CATERING n line of
Williams poem of ItuthD, The Will
Cot of the Wilderness was not so FAR
as She To this she replies with Il
squall. invitingh i'm to some fresh
skirnsh.''
The. author Of Rock of Ages Angus
t'ls Montagu TopladX-died in August,
iTS hut not until a fortnight ago was Il
memorial placed in the parish church OF
Farchnm, where he was born.
A revival of interest in Shelley has been
noted in this country and in England.
To meet this revival there Is soon to he
brought out reprint of the account "f
Shelley'S experiences at Oxford. which
forms some chapters of Mr.. +. J. Ilogs'S
book about the poet
Nine. Grand the author of the once
popular but now nearly forgotten novel
The Heavenly Twins" is now engaged
n3on noaelstte , and play Lay t,, shr M
of smoking for Women her conclusion
being that an aoccasional cigarette is !,
good thing. but that a fixed habit
smoking IS a fsarsome evil.
Mr.. Hail Gaines new novel The Prodi-
gal Scn." seto be brought out in the au-
tumn. 1t is Il story of Iceland and Ea"-
land. A drama founded upon The book
will appear at tn" same time, both pre-
senting a fcrcoful example of the pur-
suit of authorship as Il business. The au-
IN, q
Switzerland in a highly exhausted state,
to rest
Miss Rose f. Young. whose new story
of Missouri life. entitled henderson,, Is
just published. has been connected with
some picturesque journalism in her time.
One little sheet which she edited had
rural correspondent who was a joy to her
soul. Once he sent Il batch of news
notes from which she culled the follow
ing: Mir Dave Ransom has just PAST
down the road with load of corn going
To NAPOLEON Mr. Ransom is on
his way home ] seen him coming back.
and the dots between the items stood for
no greater lapse of time than a few
hours, 50 fast did events follow one upon
another in Turkey Prairie
Miss Mary Johnston. author of "Au-
drey'' and TO Lave and To Hold" and
Sir Mortimer" plans to sail FOR the
Mediterranean this month and expects to
spend year or more in Sicily.
The manuscript of "rhe Last Days of
Pompeii" which has been acquired by
Mr.. J. p. Morgan. is now. complete;
,tnout four chapters are missing. and
some small portions of the manuscript
are rot in Bulwers handwriting. Mr.,
Morgan bought ut the same time what
purported to he the manuscript of By
ron's ''Corsair.' This is perfect in SO far. Tar
..rhe Athenaeum'' says. as it is the
copy set up by the printer. hut the
published version contains many addi-
lions and alterations which do not ap-
pear in this manuscript. but which We're
made in the proofs. Mr.. Morgan is re-
}. ported TO have paid $4,000 for the two
= manuscripts. The announcement of the
purchase Immediately called forth from
MIR John Murray the publisher, the pro-
test in The London Daily Express.
Will you allow me to state through
YOUR columns that the original manu-
: script of The Corsair.' entirely in Lord
Ryron's own handwriting and dated by
: him, together with his autograph dedica-
!. tory letter to Moore. is in my possession.
iap ho I "a intention Dartlrg