Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-25
BOOKS AND
AUTHORS

omenbercd concerning the late
verne that his early productions
/ Jufs .,mcst unuoticed and that he
Pasnarentv abandoned literature
bad ~ hroking. But one day he en-
i@ the Bourse, and said; MY
ieleu -a,hcr fancy | am going to
fs no YOU. have had an idea which
EN- ing TO make my fortune-an
Gov = novel %: Il new kind. If it
l''H 1s rs am sure it will, there is
sUi mine to he worked. l shall go
sri,inr novels. while you will go on
on w., in stocks ard shares. and it is
@',' sb,tl grow rich the fastest" The
W." laughed skeptically, but Five
in = Balloon" cured their skcp-
Won Won The anecdotc suggests a COM
..,;,l ambition. ard no one can deny
.. ,uIcs Verne was, among other
-, 4 good business man. He knew
, % make the best Of his wares.
wv s,or, has lately been recalled of
-. ;rsistence upon having dEnn"ry
n ~1 ,o other playwright dramaiiZc
en,r,d the World in Eighty Days.
u Tho success of the venture proved
a 'na. he was right that he had flair
49, ,ao profitable way of doing things.
w., Il is interesting to reflect that at
~ worry moment when he WAS talking
:, hi. fellow brokers, like the shrewd-
y, If company PROMOTERS. he WAS us
-, bis pcn with the absolute good
eth Of a born literary artist. No
.f,nS
r,,,e literary art. Nobody reads jules
I.,rro for style. But the reason why
- has bceu read aui will continue to
N road by thousands, young and old,
l. that he wrote with an almost naive
trceritv; spun his yarns not simply
IA make a fortune, but for the sake Of
spianinS thctn.
= Temple Thurston and his wife,
vatheriue Cecil ThurStor. vino have
heeu in italy for some time, have re-
| ,urped to London to attend rclcarsalS
a, their play, John ChilcGtc, NJ. p" a
dramatization By Mr.. Thurston of his
uife's novel, THE MaSqucradcr,
which was published in England under
the same title as the play. Mr.. Thurs
|
difficulty Of finding two men of similar
appearance by never permitting tn"
| two characters, thilcute and I.odcr, to
appear on the stage at the same time.
but MIR. George tirXanl"r. who will
pay the part of john Lodcr at the st.
Jamcss Tl'eHtrc. decided that the
strength of tn. drama would be les
senrd by this method. Therefore, the
scrre in which the exchange of person.
ai!tics is effected will take place in
view of the audience. Mr.. W. J. Thor
old, the Lo,rlOa editor AMI manager of
the Smart Set, having been selected to
play the part because of his r"Seu-
blance to Mr. Alexander. The play
will be produced i'm Il few weeks.
Jack London. writer Of fiction, offers
IN London Opinion" to budding au-
thnrs this a'vicr, out of stores of wis
dom painfully acquired:
Don't quit your job in order to write
unless there is none dcnendcut upon
you Fiction pays best of all, and
when it is of Il fair quality is more
easily sold. A good joke will sell
quicker than a good poem. and. meas
urcd in sweat and blood, will bring
better remuneration. Avoid the I'M
happy ending. the harsh. the brutal
the tragic. the horriblc--if you care To
seq in print the things you write
lIumor is tn" hardest To write easiest
10 sell and best rewarded. There are
only few who are ab" to do it. If
You are able, do it by al means. You
will find il klondike and a Rand
| rolled into one. Look at Mark Twain.
Study the trick, of the writer's who
have arrived. They have mastered
! the tools with which you are cutting
. your fingers. They are doing things
and their work bears the internal evil
dence of how il is done. Don't wait
Tor some Good Samaritan to tell You
but dig ii out for yourself. See that
Your pores are open and your higcS-
ton is good. That is, am confident
IN" NEST important rule Of al. Keep Il
Notebook. Travel with it, cat with if
sleep with it. slap into il every stray
thought that ilutt"rs up into youl
brain. Cheap Paper is less rerishablt
man gray matter. and lead pencil
markings endure longer than memory
And work.
lreland has shown practical APP
pr'rhtlon Of tn" poems of the late
rlhila tarbcry tMrS. ScumaS Mac
Mahusl by sending the volume into =
thirteenth edition. Mr. MacManuS il
'p"ut To bring out II book of his verse
Nhlch he calls ballads of Il Country
Boy"
TWO noveliStS. Mr.. Thomas HARDY
"''' Mr. Maartrn Martens. are to re
''e honorary degrees this year from
we hlversity of Aberdeen. Mr. G
a. shorter says in The sphere tina
N an extraordinary thing-and :
'ed'table one-that The degrees a
vac" dlspoSal. which have been give,
"diiy literary mon with scarcely any
S'natlvc gifts, and which have becr
eh also To many dull and drcary
"'c'ah, should have been withheld
:; uSford and Cambridge from Mr.
"'' one of the very great writer:
Why OF our time but one of th'
.n writers OF English literature q