Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-12

A privately printed book on RAJ
| and Victor Hugo is said to show II. Z
| the poet quoted books that he had not
| read, and talked abou. things Of which
he had only a second hand knowledge
that he was practically unac-
| auainted with the works of his great
predecessor, that he owed such
familiarity as he did display with the
story of Pantagruel to a few CONVERSE
| lions with Charles Nodier as far back
as 1922, and that lie went entirely
| astray as to the characters and history
| of the personages in that immortal
tale"
Kate Douglas Wiggin returns this
week from England to her summer
home in Maine. Her new story, Rose
O. the River" will be published by
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., early in Sep
TENDER. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm" has just gone into its 10th
thousand.
Mrs. Humphrey Wards new novel
the first chapters Of which are to APP
pear in the September "Century"-is
said to be based on 4 story Of real life.
The chief feature Of the current
Harper's Weekly dated June 10) Is Il
four-page illustrated supplement de-
scribing the great Japanese naval VIC
tory in Tsushima Strais. Another fea-
ture of timeliness and Importance is an
article summarizing the results of the
recent railroad-rate hearing before the
witt
Apropos of the coming toat-races at
Henley, w. d. Howells tells Of his ex-
periences in "a Day at Henley" Ken
yon Cox, vice-president Of the Society
Of American Artists, tells how the pro-
posed art union of the Society Of
American Artists and the Academy o.
Design can best be brought about.
Joseph Conrad, the wcll-EnOwn author
Of Nostromo, contributes paper on
an exciting phase of sea life: 'The
Gambler" the new novel by Katherine
Cecil Thurston, author of The Mas
uuerader, is continued; in addition to
the regular editorial comment, several
pages are devoted to pictures of i'm
portant current events.
The Harpers published William Dean
Howells new novel on June 8. 1t 1s
the story of a summer among the New
England hills, and bears the title of
Miss Bellard's Inspiration" Lilliias
Bellard is attractive and advanced
young woman, a lecturer in Western
college, whose attitude toward her low
err, an Englishman, is very Characters
tic and thoroughly and typically mod
ern. She comes to spend the summer
with her uncle and aunt because she
thinks the daily contemplation of their
Darby and -Joan-like happiness will
change her attitude of seeing into one
Of certainty. But other people, with
other and complicated matrimonial
tangles, interfere with Miss Bellard's
would-be calm dispassionate view,
and create a subtly but distinctly
humorous situation. Mr. Howells takes
full advantage of the opportunity
offered to delicately satirize some mod
ern methods of courtship.
James Anthony F'roude is at last to
be the subject on an authoritative biOs-
raphy. Mr.. Herbert Paul is its author,
and the book will probably appear in
the autumn. Much fresh information
concerning FTOuueS yOutH dHu etily
manhood will be included in it.
The profits of authorship in Poland
are not very great. 1t is said that no
author except Sicnkiewicz would refuse
81, 500 for a novel. and two novels by
Mr. Barrie brought to him more than
all SienkiewicZ's books put together
yielded to the Pole. The translator of
foreign novel gets for his work only
from S25 to SEQ.
Miss Marie COrelli pays her peculia:
compliments to the American woman In
her new volume. This is the fashion
in which she does it:
She Is "all there" She can take the
measure of a mar. in about ten minutes
and classify him as though he were
botanical specimen. She realizes all
his limitations, his notions" and his
special and particular fads,-and she