Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

JustuS Miles Fcrnian, author of "A
Stumbling Block" is still young. being
but little more than 80 years Of age.
He was born in the town Of lie Row. in
Gcnescc County, New York Mr.. Fer
nl:tn is Il graduate of Yale, and after
leaving college decided to become a
painter, and with that career in view
, studied for Il time in Paris, in the Ate
lirrs julien, under Bousuercau, Bosl-
| chct, and others. Painting. however,
die mol long remain the object of his
ambition. Iie felt impelled to write
stories, IND from the first ne was highly
successful in his new field From being
| n writer Of short stories, he naturally
| developed into writer Of novels, and
produced charming story of the east
| err shore Of the Adriatic He realized,
| however, that his greatest efficiency
| lay in writing Of the present day-in
| setting forth tie romance and the story
| inter Il that lie all about US, here and
| in this tW, ntieth century; and so he
| loves to writ. of American characters
! in American surroundings, although
| he spends fal' of each year in roam
way parts of the world. Last year ap-
pearcd his '5;ucrahan's Wife" Il l,uwcr-
full story Of the present day, and now
comes "A Stumbling Block" also of
| the present day, ana displaying an even
| his her power and a deeper insight.
An unusual book 10 be published soon
| is entitled The World at Eighteen
and the author, Miss Ray Costelloe. IS
herself Of that age. 1t is the story Of n
young English girl fresh from school
| VIII" finds herself at war with the
| world" of which she knows SO little.
The conflict takes place at Florentina
villa.
| A novei by Beatrice Mantle, wife of IL
Pacific coast engineer, will be published
| by the Century company this month
| 1t is entitled "Grct: the story OF a Pa
gan
| Emerson Hougl'H new novel. "Thc
Way of a Man" IS shortly to be pub
lished by the Outing publishing. COM
pany.
| The Tovel by Elizabeth Robins which
the F. A. Stokes company is IL publish
bears the title OF Under the Southern
Cross" From Stokes there viii also
come novels by Mrs. Burnett and Har
old Bindloss. and a special Illustrated
edition Of 'The Garden Of Allah" Mr..
| TIchens. by the way, is just-~rnonirg
a new serial called "A Spirit in Prison.
| The scene Of this story is laid in mo-
dern Italy.
| w. y. IIOwells ana Mark Twain, the
| two most prominent authors in .tmeli
| can literature. have both received tn"
| degree Of Lit. l.. from tho great Uni
VerSity Of oxford. Mr.. HoWcllS having
| been given his degree three years ago.
| RrSidcS his degree from oxford Mark
| Twain has degrees from Yale and from
| the University of Missouri: and Mr..
| lIowclls. III addition to his oxford de-
| gree. holds degrees from Harvard and
| Yale: all Of which. in addition to the
| learning. the scholarship, the high at
tainmcnts. and TIL" distinguished lit"r-
AIRY skill Of both thcs" men, as acknoWl-
edged ~ every part Of the world. makes
ii Of striking interest that neither Of
them had college cluC2tion.
| It is CuriclI~ that there should Soon
| to be fashions in hcroineS names and in
| The naming Of books. For example, this
year TIC name Of "kathcrinc" is par
Icular flVoritc as the name for the
principal character. OF course, il isn't
really 4 matter Of fashion or 81 imita-
tion. for tho different writers have no
knowledge of what names are 10 he used
by other writer's who are to have works
published ut the same period: but tn,
similarities ale oftcntim"s striking an1
curious. To mention only Il few of the
books that have appeared this year;
ICatharinc Murchisrn is the heroine of
"A Woman's War" Lady Katherine dc
lNauccll3s is the heroine Of Needles and
Pins" Katherine Crichton is tho heroine
Iof Katherine" the Princess Catharinc
is the heroine of Margaret Pottcrs "Thr
PrincesS,' and. it may be added. Kath-
crime Cecil ThWSto is the author Of
"Mystics." II is curious. too, that
this year should show both THE Prin-
cess" and Florence Morse Kingslcy's
"The Princess and the PlouGhman:"
that there should be "a Womans War
land ''rhe Talking Woman" that there
should be Needles and Pins" AMI
Through the Eye of the Needle"
Smiths "Montlivet" is issued by
lIoughtcn, Miflin x Co, with The addi-
ton Of frontispicce illustration in
color and Il now decorative cover. 1t is
4 romance set in the days of Indian
warfare and white mans bravery " hen
Il the French and the English each strove
To wrest an empire from the American
redmen.
Prof. Harlow Stafford Person Of the
Tuck school. Dartmouth college, pub
fishes through TIouehton his prize essay
on industrial education. He presents
a complete scheme Of economic, COM
mercial and technical education, which
while original ia its conception, is