Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-24

subject pasSicnately, for passion is life
ana nothing is further from true art
than cynicism and Sophisticatinn.'
Good rules, but how many great books
have been written that way?
The recent publication Of "Alice-for-
Short and the continued interest in
Joseph NaEce" has naturally aroused
no little curiosity aboat their author ana
it is to satisfy this demand that his
Atnclio an publishers are sending out the
following Information. William Friend
DeMnr:;dn is the son OF Augustus De-
NJ Jr%ai!, the mathematician, and grand
son Great-srandson ana great great
grandson respectively of three officers III
the Oh East India Company's SCI vice. He
WAS eduCateC at University College,
Cover street, London, and began to study
as III: artist il ISIS, became student in the
Royal Academy in 1859, prao tiseu the arts
and crafts I'LL early in the present cen
tl.y. when lie wrote tile EcsiInIng Of
Joseph Vance, to see ii he lI.id Il Ilru
Tor fiction. He decided i'll the negative,
but his wiie found the manuscript ANA in
duccd l'ln 10 lnlSl 1t. The POTTERY ami
Tile works known Is DeMurg.in ware
were begun about 49,, ana twenty years
later Mr.. neMorsaG, published all the
particulars of the luStrc process, one OF
ITS most int rcsting features Tie idea
That Joseph Vance is autubioSraphlcal
~ any of IT'S details appears To zee wholly
false, ANA Tie characters in "Alice-tor-
Snort" are equally Imaginary
a CORE spondent Of tile Iondor Time,
has discovered 4 genealogical link be
tween Sir Walter Scott :tnd Robert Louis
Stevenson that is certainly OF decided
literary interest. ''TC is too remote Il con-
nectiun to have had any real influence or
effect la l:,D -
even had he known of its existence; hut,
Tor What il is worth, il is beyond qucs-
ton, and, believe. has never vet been
noticed. No one who knew Stevenson
could for q moment doubt the enthu-
sasm with which he would have nailed it,
The connection is this 'Auli Watt Scott
Of Harden u11O-lG 29?) married Mary Scott
the Flower Of GarroW,' From their son,
Sir William Scott We're descended in sue
cession Walter Scott of Raebuln. Walter
scott. known rs 'Bcardie,, Robert Scott.
the father Of Sir Walter. Aud Watt
Scott ana Mary Scott had, on the other
hand, daughter Margaret. who married
Gilbert Elliot. of StohS. known IS 'Ciiggie
wi the SoWGen @arterS.' ana became
grandmother of the first Sir Gilbert Elliot
0G51-l7.0. His granddaughter in turn was
Cecilia ElpliinStonc, the 2rhndmother of
Rev. Lewis Ellfour, d D., of Colinton. the
grandfather of Louis Stevenson. Cecilia
Elphn%tone'S son. John Ralfour, and Sir
Walter Scott We're thus fifth cousins
When Stevenson wrote in Memories and
Portraits i have shaken spear in TIE
Dehateabl" Land and shouted the slogan
of the FlliotS' he was within n little Of
making this discovery. It is hard to say
whether he would have heen moro de-
lichtcd at finding he was 'sih to Sir Wal
ter or an inheritor Of the traditions OF
the great Border family"
LEROY Scott. whose forthcoming novel.
"To Him That HATH" will he Published
by Doubleday, Page & Company in Au-
gust is ut present ir New York preparing
material for Russian publisher. Mr..
Scott has recently returned fror: Russia
whore he his been studying social AMI
economic conditions.
The fact that this year is the centenary
Of Garihaldi'e birth lends interest to
George M1caulay Trevelyln's Giihaldi's
Defence Of the Roman Rcpuhlic'' The
book is based upon study Of the manu-
srrirts and printed authorities mad"
available by italian professors and libra
rans md upon visits paid to th" scenes
of the events described. The poetical ana
romantic aspects Of G9rih1ldi'S life. the
origin Of the red shirt tradition. the death
Of Garihaidi'S wife the Amazon Anita.
hunted with Ter husband by the Austri-
ans in the marshes near the RaVrnna
pine forests. end tn" escape Of the hero
in dis%uis" are al narrated at length in
this history of file political and military
events which caused the break Eetw"en
the PapaG and the italian kingdom and
made Garihaldi the hero Of his country.
News comes from Egypt Of lie death
Of Miss Mary d. MnrG.n, whose fairy
stories. ''On 4 Pincushion' Tn" Neck
la,c ~ Princess Flurimondc." and Tile
Wind-fairi"s." are extensively read ty
English children. Shr was the daughter
OF Augustus de Morgan, Inc famous
natl ematicIan. and TIE sister of William
Nane." AMI "Ahcc-forShort." Like her
brother, she was Il close friend of Will
liam Morris. Burne-Jones, and THEN CIR
Gle, as wrll rs Of many poor. persons
whose lives were frightened 10y iIer lively
humur and warmth of heart.
'I an native Of New England. and
glad of it, as all New Enganders should
be-" says William Sage, the author Of
"'fy Right Divine just published by
Little, Brown & Go. Although he now
resides in New York city. Mr.. Sage
spends his summers among the Iresiden-
tial range % mountains in New Hamp
SHIRE MS native State. after eight wears
of the financial storm ana stress Of Wall
trirt attorney" DISPLAYS his thorough
knowledE" Of financial ana political con
ditions. Mr. SaGe's first novel. ''Itohcrt
T"ulnay.' story Of the ,ooo Fr 1.,. Rev"l4-
lowed by THE Clavhornes.' and
"Frerchy. the Story of a Gentleman"
T.. 7. Duttor & CO are publishing a
Heritage the Sea-: "Thc Old Country"
romance bv Henry Newbolt; The
Neamc; Russia and Reform by Ber-
nnrd rnrcs. Nj A.. and new edition of
Municipal Trade" by Major Leonard
Darwin. They also announce in their
Miniature Reference Library 4 DictiOn
airy of tn" Bible" bv a. M. Hyamson.
Illustrated. ara NV Jest Rook'' ny Mark
Lemon. IN their New UNIVERSAL Libra
~. Nacaulav's 'Iav' Of Ancient Rome.
and his unconstitutional ana Other F,e-
Saye": CaI1yle'S "PLSt and Present.:
Tfel;'S Friends in Council" ana Com
pa mons Of NV Solitude: and " Hugo's
THE Last DAYS of a Condemned"
A now home missionary society has l.een
organized bv tn" young people of the
WeSthrook Methodist church to hc called
tie Queen Esther circle. The officers of
the society are: President, Miss Gl,dra
Wver' vice m esi1ent Miss Lillian West
secretary, Miss Jennie McAoney treas
urer, Miss Josephine Rideout