Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-05

Give place to those OF Il minor strain.
But old and new are a sorry twain
Wncn friendly greeting goes ont o1 style
Wen met uet the cynics ioretei the
Lame
From Bookman's Lane ere they move
away ~
There's many a one of this migrant
train
Shares some specific that doth allay
a weight of shadow or sting Of pain.
So when the prophets Of loss anu gam
Are 10th their OmenS to reconcile,
1 hush their Wrangle, and entertain
The hooks that please for u little while
I'ENvOI
% gcrlle reader. the gentlest deign
10 greet these fair with a word and
Who hurry bv with 4 brief refrain
The books that please for a little while.
Prank Walcott HUT III the Boston
Transcript.
Under the pertinent title of Cousin
Puttcrt,y' series of personal
"reminiscences of Whistler is con-
tributcd by Amulet Andrews to the
March number Of Lippincott's
Magazine. Miss Andrews. who is the
wife of Mr.. Josiah Kingsley Oil.
wcll-known newspaper man, had the
painter several years ago. and it is the
experience OF this friendship which she
has embodied in the present essay. 1t
was her privilege to see the bright and
genial side of the great artist. and her
recollcctiOns reveal a man not Il little
different from the ordinary conception
of Whistler Perhaps" she con-
cluGes some day. when our world has
time to look Understandings upon the
v:orl. you have left behind. to see the
full meaning of the true artist, to COM
prchend his patient sincerity, his I'M
failing fight for truth in art-then. per-
chance, you, Cousin Butterfly, may be
r.vcrenced as one of the few worthy
and reasonable artists in an inartistic
anG unDeautiful age"
The Pail Mall Gazette has been hold
| ing popular vote as to the ten best
| novels OF the year 1903, and here is the
| result. Henry Seton Merrlman's
| .Eurlasch of the Guards" a percentage
OF 81; Mrs Humphrey Wards Lady
Roses Daughter" a percentage of Go;
+. Marion Crawford's THE Heart ot
| Rome. a: Whiteing's The yellow
yany's66a Stanley Weymaa's The
l lsO1lSf TT, ''''t''y -
| Pigs IN, Clover" A: Ellen Fowler's
"Hetty ssNesley.' 81; Beatrice
IiarradeFs "Katherine Frenscham.
49,, z. y. .Eenson's The Relentless
City" s5.@s
Mr.. Bran+ Stol<er, author of THE
Jewel of rSeveH Stars" OHarper &
Bros), is q native Of Ireland, and was
educated ;t =. Trinity College, Dublin.
After his college days he entered the
Irish Civil Service. and at the same
time worked as a literary. art and
dramatic critic for newspapers. He
also edited an evening paper. Since
1875. when Sir Henry Irving assumed
the management of the Lyceum
Theatre I'm London, Mr.. Stoker has been
associated with the famOus>actor.
I'll All authors. and, for that matter, all
Ia ylnen, will symrathze with Mr.
4 Ealph Thomas, the author of n book OH
the Literature of Swimming. He
Il went forth the other day with the
L proofs of the work in n parcel under
vIhiS arm, left his treasure in an
omnibus. and though his address was
III attached to it, with the addresses OF
III the publishers and the printers, he has
Y had 10 send an urgent appeal to the
PAPERS TO give publicity to his loss and
| to aid him in recovering his proofs.
Mrs. Esther Nash, an old lady who
died not long ago, was SAID to have
been the original of Esther Summer
son. The heroir...of Dickens's BLEAK
House." She was in her youth Esther
Elton. the daughter Of one of tbs
noveIsi's most intimate friends
Dickens Is said to have called her tbs
most aifeCrionate and self-sacrificina
girl he had ever known.
The lady who writes excellent books
under the name of IS. G.. Tallentyre" is
ln reality Miss T.. II. Hail. the sister-in-
law of the late Henry Seton Merriman
The novelist wiiled Miss Iall l5,0Gt
IN recognition OF her valuable services
in the matter of literary advice and
| criticism. She wrote one book in col
Elaboration with him.
; Mrs Humphrey Ward has daughtes
| who is making n venture upon L
: literary pathway. Miss Janet Penrose
Ward has prepared n translation OF
Professor Julicher's Introduction I'll
the New Testament" and Mrs.
. Humphrey Ward has written prefad
: for the volume. sn1
"T' is the title of an anonymfe iE
novel to be issued next month byfeO
2 | Appleton & Co. 1t will have fofp q
r | subtitle the words: ''Whereif" q
Woman Tells the Truth About Fer
; self" The publishers state that the
/; book is by lone of the best knot IN o.
! | writer's of novels" and that the sthol
2 explains its anonymity in the ssffsingl,
: sentence: ANY woman who reads tn,
r novel will understand why / do no
!, attach my name I'd it,
II Mr.. Mourice HewlettS paper OF