Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-21
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

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/ till 1'H4, more than fifty years after
Dcf"cS death Nevertheless the oes-
! truction of this building is to be re-
GREETED as is also the demolition Of the
little old sn"l II the south side Of Lin
coins Inn Fields, which is decorated
with an Inscription Informing the
rasscrby rnat it il the Old Curiosity
SHOE. ,mnortallzed by Charles Dick
ems" Ii is OF course nothing of the
Kind. hut The faiSity of the description
Ni1 no excuse for the destruction of an
, CID ana historic building
Similarity in titles is becoming more
team "V'r a frequent occurrence owing
to the great number Of novels and the
! fs.'t t1tt. contrary to ordinary belief
tho,e IS no copyright in a title, and
r"t'ilnS but the gentle fOrbearaiIce OF
publishers prevents unlilnnc.i confusion
"ri>in". Sometimes single letter
s. rH!Tttcs iiiC work of different au-
, tio,s; 'The Fugitives,'' by Sr.ars.
punished by Scribners. and "Tlse F'ugi-
tive" by I!rudno, published by Double
lay, Page &, Co, is &n example of this.
, Tho Catalogue registers no less than
three novels bearing tho tt:ter title
/ Owen Wister Is announced as the au-
th0r Of a book TO be entitled Mother"
- lie published this fall. Does Mr.
Wister forget the fact that one Maxim
C"rky ms written Il striking novel with
this simple but distinguished title? 1t
: E'lfc u say that Ihe publishers of the
lntt'r bo1!: VIII remind Mr.. Wister's
-. 'iiShH!e If tile presence of their book
in tn" fIli. When The publishers of
! 'f)mbia ard I received IT, orler the
other day fnr 'Dimbio and Son they
We're constrained 10 feel that another
ard more famous boot, WAS desired.
THE sowing of Anderson Cree" that
successful Southern story, Ly Margaret
Prescott Montague is not :tn easy book
To confuse with any other. and Yer con-
fusion may arise from the fact that the
neN' -TcCUtchrol novel is announced as
"TA2 Daughter of Anderson Crow" a
TIT" quite anli'a and yet curicusly re-
Snn!}lilg That belonging to Miss
ti0ltacuc'.s book.
Frances Ii"dGson Burnett has as
>dmcd tie editnrship Of .'The Chill
ornn'S Nh @azine'' ana has written a
letter 10 tho .caders Of the magazine in
hi'i, 81" says that 2 little fairy at her
christening bestowed upon her a Curl
nGS gift. The gift is that one part
OF hcr shall never grow up and that
however many years she may live that
H&Tt of her viii know what will inter-
st children what will make them
lianl.y, Nhat will make them sad. She
t:inll:, that the most important thing in
tHr world Is 10 be happy.
Miss H"lrn Melien. librarian of Tufts
Cole &c since 1852 has been retired I'M
der III Crrcgc foundation. When
Miss McllvH was appointed to the office
under Tres. d"nt Miner the library was
l'"atri in a small room in Ballou hall
ana contained = sCant 10000 volumes.
t2dar nyr administrator is grew to
,f..'!i bonds that i'll 1856 it numbered
some -'.IhD volumes. New quarters
we're thcn provided in Middle hall. 10
Gar, 1':ys Nrllrn has accumulated some
G1."o1 volumes. exclusive Of the special
l;.r"icS i'll Br"nuin museum and in
Miner l'ali. AMI has seen her dream of
9doquate library facilities realized in
it' splendid A.W Eaton Memorial Ii
I'ra1T, the recent 2ift Of Andrew Carne-
sic. Is
Mrs. Susan \. Wallace. widow of
General Low Wallace. who recently
died in WlorGsvillr, Ind. had great
literary Hhiiit, and assisted her bus
Ean1 in his Writings. She waS born at
craWi"r,sviil". Dee =. 1890. Her fa-
thcr. who Was one of thu carliest ct
tiers in Indiana. WIS = merchant, and
~ .,1 "a l. 10
:. Elst"n was educated in the schools
Of her native town. and later at a
Friends Academy at Pouchlleepsie. In
1872 she was married TO Lew Wallace.
then a lawyer at Covington, Ind In
1873 after the birth of their only son.
Mrs. Wallace wrote her well-known
poem. "The Patter OF Little Feet"
From that time she produced occa-
Sional poems and short sketches. and
in 1889 issued her first book entitled
The Stored Sea- Later there APP
peared 1.-The Repose IN Egypt and
THE Land of the Puebos" She leaves
on" son who is engaged in business in
Indianapolis.
J. G. Leycrdecker. " no is still Chi
cagoan in spite Of MS residence East
has dcaicIieL the cover for Charles r.
HndSonS stately romance of the over
throw OF the Incas. 'The Crimson Con-
quest" just published ~ A. G. Nc
Clurg Co. Of Chicago. This cover has
been reproduced in five colcrs, and the
result is 4 brilliant, though perfectly
harmonious effect. Mr.. LeyenGccker
is daring in his use of vivid colornc
but succeeds in tbs respect where
many others Noull fail; his frontis-
piece 10 "'rre Crimson Conquest being
2 striking example Of his work in this
line. He has seized upon one Of the