Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-19

h.en elected Chaplain of the United
states Senate, is perhaps best known
nc the author of THE Man Without
,,orntry" On the occasion OF LII.
Haln's s9th birthday anniversary IN
Nav 1902. President Roosevelt said:
To have written The Man without &
Tnuntrv,' by itself would De enough
"a make all the nation his DEBTOR.
i,r Hale's latest book, is New Eng
Iana History III Ballads which con-
Inc IN. Intermittent work OF DR..
uaIe and his children during the past
~ y,,,rs. with few additions by
1.,blrc This unique collection or
i.,Ii,de which is illustrated by the
,.,nocer generation Of Hales, is made
!, j handsome manner. According 10
n,. critic. This stirring composite
production is Il powerful pfeseitaeioli
II ,.erse OF the notable events in our
history. worthy Of it's gifted authors.
c,,o NJ tho fret books to be issued by
IImehton. Miifln & co. this spring Is
IN. baroness Won Hutten's ne"
romance .Violctt. In February MISS
@I.oee f. Young. whose first novel
..saIIy ri Missouri appeared last
autumn. viii have ready for puDllcd-
zion by the same house 4 novel ehtltie"
HENDERSON" dealing with events IL
the life OF strenuous So"t7
westerner.
Mrs Robert T. Whitehouse OF fort-
land. author of The God of ThhSs'
has sent her second mover !" inc
publishers. Like her first DOCK lhe
scene is laid in Egypt.
A Quarter Of n century ago, Wheil liIe
output of novels was reasoiidpie
enough in quantity for the pupllc 10
read and discuss nearly ALL a BOSTON
firm of publishers began NO Name
Series nv new and old authors, who
remained anonymous, that set people
ruessing as to who the writer could De.
Among the most successful was 'Ihe
colonel's Opear Cloak, which IS now
published in a new illustrated edltlOn.
Tho authors name was revealed some
time ago as Christine c. Brush. The
comparison between the fiction of then
and now is interesting. The older
story stands out cOnspicuously among
his seasons products" is the COM
roent Of one New York literary critic.
Nv Bryce is revising the book which
h. first published half century ago,
The Holy Roman Empire ana will
bring ont a new edition of it before
vnIv lorg. lie is also collecting for
book the sketches Of travel which ne
has written in the course of his career.
4 ncw edition Of Mr.. kiplng's first
book of verse, Departmental Ditties,"
is under way. Whether o. not it will
show any changes remains 70 he seen.
The book contains some Of the best
things ho ever wrote. and calls less for
revision than do the volumes of poetry
which he has since published. q
". Clarke Russell has written . new
novel which Will very soon appear. 1t
is entitled Abandoned" and is. Of
course. & sea story.
Twelve thousand dollars has been
subscribed to be used in the establish
mcnt of n memorial AT oxford to the
late Max Muller 1t is to be applied TO
III" promotion Of learning ana research
in all matters relating to the history
'tiN' ultlitblpSE, tHt lttiSudS', lll'l-
aturr ana religions Of ancient India.
\ milo tempest is raging in England
over the announcement that on Janu-
ary - the original manuscript of the
first book Of paradise Lost" is to be
Tut up at auction. IL is not in Mlton's
autograph. but it is the manuscript in
tt' hand of Milton's scrivener which
WIS licensed for the press by Thomas
Tomkyns. chaplain To the Archbishop
Of Canterbury. and it IS undoubtedly
what it IS being called in LONGnn to-
day. Z priceless treasure. Dr.. Furni-
vail. il is true. takes Il different view
of IT." matter, and has written to The
Times to protest against the fuss that
l.; being made over the document. He
declares that it is not worth an enor-
nous sum. But already there is talk
Of the probability of its being sold for
at least $250.000. and. of course it is
assumed that an American collector
VIII come forward to secure the manu-
script at some such price. Mr.. Sidney
Lee and others are in n panic over the
likelihood of the manuscripts coming
I" this country. and have written al
most hysterical letters appealing to
t'ritons to ward off this calamity.
These cries of terror, that are so often
raised amongst our English cousins
Wfen literary or artistic treasures are
sent to the auction room. ought, 10
doubt, to excite our compa ssion, but
Is Il matter of fact we are tired of
them. Ii the English suffer so when
We buy their historic relics. why, in
IN" lame of all that is reasona BILE do
they not protect themselves? Why do
lhry not prove the faith that is in
them ny outbidding US? There are rich
'ren Saiore in the British Islands,
New York Tribune.
We cannot judge persons or authors
whom we love: and from childhood, for
better or for worse | nave been in
love. so to speak. with the author of
anitr Fair" and The Rose and the
ling Don't | remember The first APP
rtaranoe of Gigiio and Rulbo on any
stage, and the small boy who hurried
through their history in an evening?
n"bbin and Cuff, and the Osborne
boys. and jolly little Pawdon. and
Becky, hurting the Dixonary out of the
carriage window. and Jos. Sedley. and