Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-07
Books and Authors.

facts of human life and showing the
innate beauty and goodness of forgiv-
ing womanhood. Harrington realizes
the truth about his own conduct in the
past. He is able to prove his innocence
of the charges contained in the
ANONYMOUS letters which emanate from
corrupt politician and a malicious
woman. But past remains for which
he cannot ask pardon. Love leaps the
barrier, however and, condoning the
past, Patty accepts the man for what
he has been to her on his better side.
The opening chapter. describing the
ingenious ruse by which Kate Chall-
amer makes Warrington's acquaint-
ance, is piquant. Mr.. McGrath pro-
yides a good deal of entertainment for
his readers; but the book is not a good
example of construction and lacks
unity in the progress of it's incidents.
Twenty-three times Rudyard kipl-
|ing's jungle Book" has been printed,
and in editions of from $500 to 10000
copies. The sale passed the hundred
thousand mark several years ago.
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
has been printed thirty-nine times. and
it's publishers the Century Company.
announce that its sale i'm 1906, the
sixth year of it's issue, will exceed ten
thousand copies.
Following closely upon the publica-
ton of her novel of Japanese life. "The
Dragon Painter" Mrs. Fenollosa is
now making preparations for the writ
ing Of story that will offer wide con-
trast thereto. 1t will be more in the
style of her first story. Truth Dexter"
and will deal with the life and the
people of present-day New York.
Little, Brown & Co. will be it's pub
fishers.
Mrs. Wharton's serial. 1.-The Fruit of
the Tree" beginning in the January
Scribner, is to be long novel and will
run through the year. Its subject is
contemporary American life and the
scene shifts from manufacturing city
in New England to country place on
Long Island. The characters cover a
wide social range including the train
ed nurse, a mill superintendent, a very
modern physician, some of the hunting
set and group of the provincial and
bigoted rich.
Perhaps more than any writer of to-
day-certainly for more than most
Robert Kitchens makes a point of
studying closely and for long time
the scenes where he is to locate his
stories. London for his earlier work.
the Sahara for his Garden of Allah"
and afterwards Sicily in preparation
h1 60 h., Ii.
success. 1.-The Call of the Blood" were
in turn lengthily studied in their every
respect. All of which made it very
amusing to him to meet. in an Italian
railway car recently, a man who hav-
ing no suspicion of Kitchens identity.
began speaking with admiration of his
Sicilian novel. but then said: But,
you Know. this Kitchens never sees
these places he writes about. He Just
stays at home and imagines it ALL"
Miss Mary Bateson. who died
recently at Cambridge. belonged to
that scholarly band of writer's who
have gained distinction in historical
research and study. She was the first
and as yet the only woman contributor
to the Cambridge Modern History"
and quite recently the Cambridge Uni
versity Press invited her to become
one of the three editors of the pro-
jected Cambridge Mediacval History"
Last year she received the honor.
unique for woman. of invitation to
deliver the Warburton Lectures before
the University of Manchester. and
>ohose for her course the difficult sub
NNct OF the "SurvivalS of Archaic Gus
esm in Medieval Borough Law" Misc
cs.esoh heid fellowship at Newman
College, and was not only q learned
ecn"ar. but an eager worker in socia!
aid political reform