Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-18
ences in Western America and in Nor
way are described by Mrs. Seton.

tennial by J. L. Harbour in the Febru-
airy American Boy will be read with
interest by Maine people. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Harbour lectured
in Maine few years ago, therefore
articles from his pen find many en-
thusiastic readers in this State. The
subject for this months "Chat With
Big Americans is Jacob Riis. Mr..
Riis is well remembered in Maine, hav-
ing lectured in Augusta, Lewiston and
other cities throughout the State q
short time ago, and this informal talk
with him which brings out many CHAR
acteristics of the man will be found in
structive reading.
The experience of Robert Hichens,
author of Call of the Blood" shows
that a man Of brilliant Imagination
may also be a patient and methodicai
worker. Whenever he is ready 10
write a book he deliberately goes away
to some quiet place, and gives up al
social engagements, SO that he may
think and plan and write in peace. he
Is an early riser, and, as rule, begins
70 work at Z in the morning. ne
works until luncheon time, and begins
again al 800. From that time ne
works until evening, but never takes up
his work after dinner time. rms
rontine is continued day after day.
sometimes for many weeks at a time.
"a Ninnehaha of real life"-such we
are told is the Indian wife OF the
author of a forthcoming book on NE
in the Northwest. The narrative
describes a white mans experience as
\ member by choice Of the Black1eet
tribe This New Englanier, SchuitZ
Nv name. even went on the warpath
AGAINST the enemies of his aborlglnal
friends. He calls his book-Whlch IL
now on the press of Doubleday, rage
e. Co.-"My Life as an Indian.
Tho story of Commander Peary's
Arctic expedition which made new
worlds record will be published by
Doubleday, Page & Co. in March, uhder
the title of Nearest the Pole In us
pages the explorer will tell how he
built the Roosevelt on an entirely dlf-
ferent plan from any other Arctic SNIP
and not only adapted Eskimo clothing
and made camps like Eskimos In ice
and snow, but took EskimoS along as
guides. 1t is the seventh time that
Peary has been north, oftener than any
other explorer; and the Hubbard gold
medal presented by Mr.. Roosevelt on
behalf of the National Geographical
Society is the fifth he has received for
his distinguished achievements in ex-
ploration. The volume will contain an
introduction by President Roosevelt.
and it will be adequately illustrated
from the collection of one thousand
two hundred photographs taken by
Commander Peary.
A curious minded contributor to
Harper's Weekly has unearthed IN
Shakespeare's Loves Labor Lost" an
amusing anticipation of a favOrite
slang phrase of our own times-which
proves again the intense mOdernity of
the bard. The passage is as follows,
and may be found in Act V. Scene III,
of the play:
Armado-The armipotent Mars. of
lances the almighty. gave Hector a
gift
Dumain-A gilt nutmeg.
BirOn-A lemon.
Like Thackeray. Mrs. Margaret De-
land began her career as an artist, in
stead of as an author. After receiv-
ing her education at one of the best of
girls schools. She-then Margaret
Campbell-went to New York City and
studied drawing and designing at the
Cooper institute. She graduated ut
the head of her class, and her ability
was 50 marked that she was promptly
asked to take the place Of instructor Of
design at the Girls Normal college in
the same city. She accepted the offer,
and it was while holding this position
that she met her future husband, Lorin
F. Deand. They were married in 1880
and since then their home has been in
Boston. Her real name is Margaretta
Wade Deland. but she prefers to sign
her work simply Margaret Deland.
Will Lilibridge. author Of "Ben
Blair" has written new western
story entitled Where the Trail
Divides" which Dodd. Mead & Com
rany will publish this spring.
The Court Jester" by Cornelia
Baker. is published by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company of indianapolis, Ind
This story goes back into early Eng
iish and French history. when testers
We're common in the castle courts that
were common among the nobility Of
those days. They had some fun in
those days, with a spice of danger
sprlnkled all through lfe's experiences.
Red Cap Tales" by S. r. Crockett.
is published by the Macmillan Com
pany. These tales are the outcome of
the efforts of a guardian to interest
several children in the works of Sir
Walter Scott. The different stories are
condensed and put in modern readable
form, with the old Scotch words trans
lated or left out so that the thrilling
characters and situations depicted by
Scott are made interesting to children.
Harris Dickson. the author of ga
brielle. Transgressor," is a Southern
lawyer, who was recently made Judge
of the municipal court Of his home