Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-29

"A quintet Of Harold McC;rath's clever.
Sparkiihg stories. gathered together m
uer the title of A Nights Enchant-
i,ieht' nave been added Dy Bobbs- Mer-
fii 10 their Pocket Book" series de-
s.she0 for summer entertainment. 4
oi"her party of young ladies'. each of
wnom Is to bring a Young man mn
known to herself and other guests ce.-
fanny gives ample Opportunity for =,
nights entertainment. romance ana al
venture. Mr.. McGrath makes tho ho.,
OF the opportunity. the resuIt heing ;,
Sr,ih MING tale. considerable out of the
ordinary. The remaining uuartetta of
SUITES are dlverting and pleasing.
III an attractive girl Gocs MT Lno,,,
that she is an heiress in her own ri,bt
anu mat her guardian IS bound nv nth
TO her dead father not to .eyeaI tho f.,.,
uhtli she has made Il lOve match u,;th ;,
su.apie man. she may very easily fail
10 be sought after by the ono vh,
could make her most happy. If. how
ever. a designing match .maker di.
covers her fortune, he can Law q vary
pretty plot with marriage nc III. not
Inns Is the motive of AN Embarras-
, ,ns Drphah by the veteran novelist.
"h "iii'am r.. Norris. which has lust
'"'h ISSUED by The John C. Winston
company. Philadelphia.
Hamln Garland's new heroine IN
me tyranny of the Dark" is q c,n,i-
waiting. healthy Western girl who goe.,
East tor peculiar nuroose-to have
her occult powers eXpoited against her
Of
Ter as perfectly normal Young woma ,
p'SstSsiis an abnormal psychic gift,
he author went direct to life II is :,
upon Which lie has spent much
study in a spirit of pure Investigation.
0oi,ie years ago after his connection
with the American Psychical society
i'a' INTERESTED nm in alleged spirit
pheioiiieha' Mr.. Garland went West on
iNcture tour that look him to many
S'iiai' towns. He found that these vii
iageS frequently boosted Of one or two
pSy'nlcs. who. hearing OF his inter-
eS. III the SUBJECT. came to see him and
relate their experiences. One of the
lirSt questions occurring to Mr.. Garland
III connection with his Investigations
had been Were these psychics' all
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT they not hysterical or
heufot1c - wasn't there somethjn :,
wrong?" He soon learned that these
people. despite their abnormal gifts. en-
lcEed normal health, both mental am,
physlcai. AMI from this knowledge
'"ted and the conception of his latest
hcrolhe. whose womanly character loses
'l"thihS In her struggle with some If
'he strangest conditions that ever i'm
peded the course of true love.
Leroy Scott has succeeded in ..-rbo
Nalk'ns Delegate in giving a graphic
picture. not only of the inside WORKINGS
vi 'r''oc anionism. but of the Industrial
SITUATION in New York. When it is
learned that Buck Foley. Mr.. SCOTS
walking delegate was drawn from life
from Sam Parks the dramatic possibili
ties OF Mr.. ScOtt's story can readily he
imagined Few men have PLAYED so
meteAric part in the industrial world
as the late Sam Parks. The unadorned
story OF mis- career would make dramatic
reading. and allowing the ordinary fc
tional liberty, the San Parks of real
life becomes the Buck Foley of one of
the most picturesque stories of present
day industrilism. Mr. Scott does not
nave l'uck Foley suffer the same tragic
end as Sum Parks. mcrcifully allowing.
ms walking delegate to escape arrest
Imprisonment and death. but with this
exception the elimination of Folcy's CT
reer Is everywhere reminiscent OF Parks
Many writer's have attempted to incor-
porate the workings OF trade union into
modern realism. but none have succeeded
so admirably as Mr.. Scott. THE Walk
J, 4 To 1Itv
labor unions from the inside To get his
ilrst-hand information Mr. Scott joined
tn" Central Federation union, the most
powerful labor body in New York City.
ANA met the union men on their own
ground. Mr.. Scott was born in Green
field. led. (Jtmes Whitcomb RiIey-s
home town.. He WAS Il newspaper man
in Chicago. and was associated on tho
Journal there with Mr.. Finley T. dunno
Mt. D"olry. Social settlement work
attracted him. and he became Il worker
at Ilull house, Chicago. the most famous
of all our settlements. Subsequently he
went to New York to the University
Settlement on the east side. Here he got
close To the people and WAS able to make
intimate social studies. His articles in
tho Worlds Work have attracted vile at
tentiGn. lie is now d.vOting all his time
to literary work. In creating Puck Foley.
the walking delegate Of his novel. Mr.
Scott has added distinct novel Mr..
Scott has added a distinct type t" Ameri-
can fiction. and his account OF the StruG-
gle between the iron workers and the EN-
ployers IS dramatic chapter of our in
dustrial history. The book is published
| by doubleday, Page & Co.
Lingering Coughs.