Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-04

Egyptians. AS has been said. this TYNE Of
book was employed in Egypt from tho
earliest day Of the historical period AS
is well known. papyruS is a Species az
pI imitive paner-the word paper heinz
indeed. a derivative of '.papyrus'-whinR
was made Of strips of the papyrus Mn
the tbres of one crossing those Of the oth,
or, and the whole made into a thin firm
sheet with the aid of glue and mecbanirni
pressure Inc STRIPS Of paryrus were
width, ana from a few feet to several
yards in length. This scroll was NOT usad
as might perhaps have been expected, for
column of writing. A moments cnnsid'
GRAFTON will make it clear that sunh n
method would have created difficulties
hoth f ior me me scribe and for the reader:
cd was adopted of writing lines a few
inches in length. SO placed as to form
tranf b i r co,iinns, which followed one
anotner In regular sequence from the h.,
ginning 10 the end of the SCROLL
:, In the course of its investigation into the
The Saturday Review" had occasion 70
allude with approval to Mr. Meredith's
.mpioy tIlte OF "a you-and,me" for "a
the phase. finds in ''Beaushamp's Career'
this sentence. The most delicious yo,-
and-l on salt water that "A sailor could
on THIS sentence
The Saturday Review saws: MIR
Meredith meant the phrase n you and I >
when ne uses also in The Tragic Come
dams, to he working alternative for
iete-a-tcte and was properly proud of it
soon alter 'BeauSchamp'S Career was
published. he, eagerly asked Il friend who
the phrase, and was thoroughly disap-
pointed when he confessed ignorance
The production of "Parsifal' in New
York last winter has awakened 4 renewed
interest in Edwin a. Abbey's frieze de
Gnratlon OF the Holy Grail in the Boston
iubhc Library. Of which Curtis < Cam
croh. the art publishers. are quick to avail
themselves by bringing out a little vol
sylvester Baxter.
Mr.. Abbey. Mr.. Baxter tells us. has
made his Interpretation of the Grail legend
tclectlc, and-"haS taken moments, Situa-
IONS ana characters from this version and
from that and has blended, fused or differ
Gntlated them according to the demands of
his art just as the poets each and all took
similar privileges in their dealings with
the material at command. The artist Ia 9
therefore made his frieZe Il work of high
er significance by adopting this procedure.
tanty. Indeed, in this, the first
decorative presentation of the theme, We
have work that gives expression to the
the various interpretations, from the first
to the last of the numerous versions
VI ttie ptiiiS tiie aItiSt LOOK 10 insure
correctness in every detail of costume or
nament and architecture, MIR. Baxter re-
lates:
In his studies for the panel. The Siege
l'erilous, when he came to paint the tiled
floor of the great hall where the knights
of the Round Table assembled. Mr. Abbey
had great difficulty in finding any work
upon the art of the period which he aimed
to repre- sent in his picture. At last he
heard that there Were some ancient Celtic
tiles IN the great Germanic Museum of
Nuremberg. So he undertook a Journey to
that city expressly to see them He found
exactly what he wanted. and quickly
made the sketches for that portion of his
work: Possibly no one would have known
the difference had he drawn upon his
imagination for his design. But he has
enjoyed the higher qualification OF salts
lying his own sense of artistic consis-
tency.'