Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-17
Books and Authors.

Little. Brown & Co. will publish In
october. q new love-story Of Japan,
..The Dragon Painter" by Mary Nc
Neil Fenollosa. The title-page an
pounces that Mrs. Fenollosa is also the
author Of the well-known novels.
..Truth Dexter" and 1.-THE Breath Of
the Gods" thus for the first time
identifying Sidney Mccall"
pseudonym which has caused much
conjecture.
Mrs. FenollOsa Is a native of
Alabama, but has spent much of her
mature life IN Japan. Though born
after the Civil War, her childhood was
passed among painful reminders OF
that tragedy, her parents families
having both seriously suffered in the
general loss of estates. The scenes OF
Mrs. Fenoliosa's novels have heretofore
been laid in the two regions she know s
so we'll, the South and the Far East.
1t is interesting to note that Truth
Dexter" the story Of typical
Southern girl, was written among the
classic beauties Of Japan. while THE
Breath Of the Gods" the tragedy Of an
up-to-date Japanese heroine. was COM
rosed four years after in Alabama.
Mrs. Fenollosa is also the author Of
volume Of poems. "Out of the Nest"
including many striking lyrical i'm
pressions of the East, which have been
literally quoted by Mr.. Stedman in his
american Anthology"
Katrina" Roy Rolfe Gilson's new
book which will be issued October first
by The Baker G. Taylor Co, makes use
OF the newspaper field, a new one in
Mr.. Gilson's writing. Larry McRae,
the humorous. kindly, bachelor news
paper man. who lives over again the
romance of his youth in the little
daughter Of the woman he lost, brings
to light the fact that for several years
Mr.. ellison was a newspaper man. His
father was a newspaper publisher in
Benton Harbor. Michigan, where Mr..
ellison has worked in every depart
ment of journalism. and later he
served on Grand Rapids, Detroit and
New York City papers. The results in
the present book are many delicate and
charming touches of the ideal news
paper life and one very humorous
chapter on THE Cub Reporters Tale"
which is the highly romantic story
every aspiring newspaper man writes
keenest depression Of spirits at the
editorial condensations which appear.
In his despair this cub reporter cries
out What chance have I? What
chance has literature?"
Edith Nicholl Ellison, a daughter of
the late DIR. Bradley. who succeeded
DIR. Stanley as dean of Westminster,
has written a.volume. to be published
in this country by Z. p. Dutton & Co,
entitled "a Child's Recollections of
TernysOn.' There was a very close
friendship between the families of the
dean and the poet, and the author had
many opportunities Of seeing Tennyson
at short range among his own boys and
with De- Bradiey's girls. Mrs. Ellison's
last sigh Of the late poet laureate was
atHag luncheon at the deanery on the
day that he was made a peer.
Edwin Markham in Success has sc.
lcctcd the following as the ten best
books:
@.)-Maurice Hewlitt's "Richard Yea
and Nay,"-the adventure anG
passion of the England of the
Crusades.
(b.)-Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim."-a
sense OF the power anu tSTTOT "
the sea.
(c.)-Robert Hitchenss "The Garder
of Allah,"--two souls projected
against the color and mystery o.
the desert
(d)-Mrap Edith Wharton's 1.-THE HOUSE
OF Mirth."-the tragedy and thu
comedy of our hollow fashionabl
!. society.
M,, ir'c tvChn nfvtna E%irp
the apOtheOsis of the poetic spirit
U)-lJpton Sinclairs 1.-THE Jungle
the awakener Of the conscience o
the nation.
g)-Jack London's 1.-THE Sea Wolf
adventure on the sea and conflic
VI the primitive passions.
h.)-Stewart Edward Whites eth
Blazed Trail,"-the flavor Of tn
woods and lumber camps in tn
great Northwest.
U)--Dexters 1.-THE Breath of tn
Gods,"-the conflict in Japan he
tween the old traditions and tn
new ideas. ''rAfN
U.)-Frank Norris's 1.-THE Octopus. ~
book somewhat older but foreve
new: the struggle of plundere
men with corporate oppression.
Mrs. Gilbert. the mother of the her
Of "The Balance Of Power" Arthu
Goudricf's new novel, published by tn
Outing Co. in her pride of Scotch fam
lily, furnishes n text for right Twin
which is worth remembering. She says
Its a Mackenzie trait to forget de
fcats and remember victories. It's
Mackenzie trait to think well of your
self and Of your neighbors. and not
waste your time and patience mourn
ing over all your failin9S and gloatin
over everybody's else. It's Mackenzi
trait to have work enough to do to kee
YOU company. It's Mackenzie tra
to have a good. strong lad who'll trim
Of you year before he'll think of hin,
, self. And it's Mackenzie trait to shti
all your burdens to the Almighty shoul
ders that are always waiting to be;'
them. There"-she stopped and SMILE
across at the girl-"you'n be thinkin