Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-11

q have been traced with a cambria needle,
and Thackcray's writing, while marvel
! on&ly neat and precise, was 50 small
| mat the best of eyes were needed to
read 1t. Likewise the writing of Capt.
| Marryat was so microscopic that when
ne was interrupted in his labOrs he was
obliged 10 mark the place where he left
OF by sticking Il pin in the paper.
Ndpolcon's was worse than illegible,
and II is said that his letters from Ger
many to the Empress Josephine We're at
first thought to be rough maps of the
seat of war
| carlyle wrote q patient, era bbed and
oddly emphasized hand. The pcnman-
snip OF bryant was aggressive, well
formed and decidedly pleasing to the
eve; while tho chirography of Scott,
HUNT, Moore and Gray was sinooth and
easy Il read. but did not express dis
tinct Individuality.
ByrGns handwriting was nothing
moro than scrawl. His additions to
his proofs frequently exceeded in vol
ume the original copy, and in one of his
poems. which contained in the original
only 400 lines. 1000 were added in the
proofs.
The writing Of Dickens was minute.
and he had a habit Of writing with blue
ink on blue paper. Frequent erasures
and intcrlincations made his copy a
burden to his publishers.
The Frederick A. Stokes company Will
add To their christmas Stocking
Series this fall the two following
stories by ]. II. Jewett: "Gyp." mon
key urchin who takes to the sea and
has strange adventures. and THE Lit
tie Governor in Fableland." the story
Of the splendid things two children did
for the poor clam diggers of Fableland.
Robert and Elizabeth Shackleton,
who have secured almost the whole Of
the United States for old furniture.
brass and China. and who have mad,
uellghtful homes in most unpromising
places, have written OF their eXpcri-
onces and their findings: and The Cen
| tury company will publish the work in
the early fall under the title THE
Quest of the Colonial"
Gilbert Parker's The Woavere. :"
which has been running in Harper
| magazine, Will be issued in book form
IN late September. On account of the
| booksellers advance sale. THE Weave
crs' is quoted as having gone INTO the
largest first edition ever published by
Harper Brothers
Among the curiosity-compelling
books Of the coming season will be
1.-The Letters of Queen Victoria" on
which Mr.. A. c. Benson and Lord
Esher have been at work so long
| Never before has the correspondence
Of a British sovereign been published
officially. The book will probably APP
pear in October in three volumes. the
period covered by the selected letters
being that from 1897 to 1861 The first
! volume contains the correspondence of
the Queen till the age of nearly
| twenty-five. There the reader has an
opportunity Of seeing her as a princess,
as young Queen called to select a
| husband of her own choice. and. later.
| in the difficulties of the misunder-
standing with and temporary antipa-
| thy 10 Sir Robert Peel. while the coun-
try was suffering from that agrarian
known To the present generation from
| DSracli'S novels
Arthur IIornhlow, author Of "The
Lion and the Mouse" and 1.-THE End Of
the Game" has returned to New York
after pleasure trip of several weeks
through Europe. 'The Lion and the
Mouse is now close upon it's Tooth
thousand and 'Thc End of the Came"
which is about to appear sorially in
the Pittsburg Press. is not far behind
Mr.. H"rnbow is now Mt work on a
third novel which the G. w. Dilling-
ham company will publish early next
spring. The new book, like his two
previous works. will deal with Ameri-
can life of today.
a. $. Barnes & Co. published last
| week story for boys. "A Voyage
with Capt. Dynimate.'' who has writ
ten an exciting tale of Cuban filibus-
tiers and accidentally involved boys.
n book that should be of rather eXcep-
tional interest is Fiji and its Posi-
bilities," by Beatrice Grimshaw, which
| Doubleday, Page & Co. add to their
Geographical Library" 1t is based
on Miss Grimshaw's own explorations
and adventures. This will appear Sep
TENDER II, and also 1.-THE Uprising of
the Many" by Charles f. Russell. a
study of socialism and kindred move
mcntS in England, Australia and New
Zealand.
"The Bond is the title of the new
novel by Meth Royce" whose pre-
vious work. like "The Forerunner'
and "The Eternal Spring" has been
of much promise. 1t will be published
in the fall by Dufield & Co. of New
!! York
\ a new novel by Charles Stokes
Wayne. "The Marriage Of Mrs. Mer-
lin" is to re published this month
by the G. w Dillingham; company