Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-04
Books and Authors.

TIE anonymous Don whose papers
From a College Window" have re-
Gently been running through Corn
HILL" is led this month, by cOntempla-
ton of his ancient library, to discourse
on the pleasures of reading. He tells
US the three reasons given by an old
dean of Christ Church for the study OF
Greek-"the first was that il enabled
you to read the words Of the Savior
in the original tongue; the second, ttlat
II gave you q proper contempt Tor thost
who We're ignorant Of If, and the thlfu
vas that il led 10 situations OF efnoi"
inent''--- but he cannot himself look ~
the Jet III the same way. oii 'iio
| contrary, reading, whether IN br'eh
| literature or in any other, IS lor nm
q gentle human affair the chiei ~
| pose of which is to make US better iieii
land women. Tt IS through wisdom ana
| force and mobility" ne say M
| hooI,r retain their mold upon the hearts
Of men. and not by briskness and col
ar and euigram. A mind thus stored
nav have little grasp OF lacts, niue
oarnituro of paradox and jest; but il
! will be fun Of compassion and nope OF
| gentleneas ana joy Nlth these ana
other wise words our fgSdyl5t advo-
Gates disintereSted, simple way of
| rrJGiny i,ut We are especially struck
bv these sentences: personally, direct
| boolish talk iG my aboIninatiOn. 4
| knowledge of BOOKS ought to give a
! man a delicate alluSiVcness, an apti
tu,ic for pointed quotation. 4 book
ought to be only Incidentally, not anat-
omically. discussed" The point is
golden How we wish it might COM
mend itself not only 10 those who talk
about books. but to those who write
about them,
William LIE Queux has written anOth-
o. sensational novel. 1t is called The
Care Spy" and it j. To Be Issued by
the Smart Set Publishing Company.
Its title indicates the nature of its plot
sufficiently to make further expiana-
tion unnecessary.
The scene OF Miss Agnes ReprlicrS
"In Our Convent Days" is the pictur-
esquc Eden Hall at Torresdale, near
Philadelphia. Miss RcpplI&r was the
first woman president of the Contem-
pOrary Club Of Philadelphia and last
winter it was she who persuaded Hen
~ James h deliver before this club
the first public speech lie ever made.
Although u Pi.ilaGClphian born and
bred, Miss Repplier has passed much
Of her life abroad. Two years ago
she spent the winter III Italy and
southern France and she is now plan
ning Il trip to the Mediterranean and
Egypt.
IL IS @a'u tidl MI 'f"l 4t -iei 'l'i
once aShe't 4 ITr'Ilu ana HelSnpoi NJ"
u" HAd tI!Jt+ 81 tI'e 't,iH'HF Vi ii'H iloE !.
i.S''E>'L''''''3 cci' anu 80 - vi
confessed To 2 "en&e of serious d!Sap-
I"intinent. My? his adlnirer, Ike
many others. hAd lailed 10 notlce ms
translation ~ tete-a-tets' ana MI
MereIlth YES prouder OF hla phrase
you-ahd-ine' tlah OF the Achievements
OF the noFti.
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laid III 9lcly Nitte MI iiitciIiil' HIS
llNeh ultrlhg the laSl St'r ana Niiri
r'iflill''f hi''.ei III VI d fresh an" p''
l"ita'i"' P""i''E ''''''''@'
| known as Mrs. st. Ie@er HARRISON ana
| who is the daughter Of Charles Kings