Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-14
On Portrait OF Miss Alcott.

On Portrait Of Miss Acott.
l pictured Ael princess. stately made.
Fal'-f.atureu, rich. new Sc!leherdb-
zade.
On whom a kindly fate forever sailed
The blithesome stnrT-teller that h@Cuiled
The soul Of childhood-could her beauty
fade.
de, genius war, her ready pen be
stayed
Ty grief ur age" T were hereby most
To link these things. Now Where IL
Her portrait hangs This unassuming
shows. not princess. naughty toen-
n2nd.
But one most humble. human, soroH
WHO seems T. live ana reacn ne forth
a woman. simple, with tired eyess
-Marearet Ashmun. IN New England
Magazine FOR SEPTEMBER.
Robert Kennedy Duncan. author Of
The Chemistry If Commerce" recent
y published hy The Harrers. : profess
sor 81 Industrial chemistry in the Uni
versitN Of Kansas. IL * brother Of
Norman Duncan. IN novelist. author
II TIL Cruise Of the Shining Light"
Professor Duncan was born " Brant-
ford, Canada. in 1865. He graduated
with frst-clasS horors il chemistry and
physics from the University OF Toronto.
and was afterwards Fellow in Chemis-
Try IF Clark University and the Uni
versity o1 Chicago He was for some
years professor Of chemistry a. Wash
ingtCn and jefferson College. hut relin-
quished that position 10 ACCEPT a fat
tering invitation from the University Of
Kansas. He possesses in notable de-
gree the art of impartlng knowledge
ard information and this gift Of huciG
and interesting explanation makes him
not 0nlE popular az Z teacher. but even
more popular as q vTler. on scientific
subjects. He is not crvh theoretical.
but a highly practical. chemist, and has
invented several valuable processes in
The handling II PHOSPHORUS, glass. ana
other things The present volume COR
GEMS practical chemistry and its APP
rlic1tion % Industrial and commercial
needs.
President Eliot has probably had I
small library OF books dedicated 10 him.
| The latest ~ lc added 10 the number.
however. has i unique element Of ap-
Trol riateness. for il links the greatest
president Of Harvard University with
| the only yolc'le published on The prin-
Cipal founder of the university. Tho
tool, il question is Henry c. Shelleys
| John Harvard and His Times" pub
| lishcd hy Little. Brown & Co, early in
| October which is inscribed TO Charles
William Eliot. " hose presidency Of
| Harvard University adds an illustrious
chapter to its annals In this new
book Mr.. shelley has given 4 picture
If John Iiarvard's environment. re-
tvealed many interesting details OF his.
rarentare, described his schooldays.
| land traced his career al the English
Cambridge.
| The career ri Row Horniman, the an
thor of Lord Cammarleigh's Secret"
has been anything but uneventful. The
sar Of an English naval officer. his
| tmldh0nd was spent in various parts
Of the world. according 10 The exigen-
dies III naval ltfe Al the ace of thir-
teen l7a Is said To have written a novel
Identified -Co~;nre." hut its erroticisrn
$50 harrifeG his mother. that he was
persuaded tc Give il into her keeping.
ana has never been able 70 trace il
since He completed his education in
|
tim n be nm actor. was persuaded to
enter an rtttcc NJ an experiment. The
Experiment was a Ehastly failure.
Later. a. an actor, he attained consider
liable success in the companies Of Forbes
Robertson and Mrs. Patrick canpbcl!
of his previous novels. the most sue
tc"ssful is "Eellamy the Magnificent"
his Grammatical version q which Sir
'Charles Wyndharn has ARRANGED to pro-
Guye Mr. Horniman il vegetarian
lard practically 4 teetotaller. In Lord
Camm2rleich's Secret" he has told an
| !7!,mense II entertaining story Of an
jimpccUnioue yoi1nr man who body as
sur1es the position Of secretary for
lord Carn1narleigh in order to learn his
great secret.
| Althnuch Miss Florence ConverSe's
Long VIII was published hy I1ougb-
ton & Niffiin as a novel and read
inurel1 as q piece Of fictional writing. it
icnnld well I've nSed in classes for the
valuable light il sheds on English at
Tie tire Of Chauc2T The University
Fyrention classes in economics in the
University If Chicago have adopted it
,becaus4 Of its description of the peasant
trevolt.
Thomas Hardy-whose most popular
tbooks. such as Tess Of the D'Crber-
.villes" Far From the Madding
Crowd" and others. are in perennial
Demands a native Of Dorsetshire. the
ipart Of England il which. under the
name of "Wesse@. he places his
stories. He lives III his native shire.
IL house Of red brick of medium size,
lalniost hidden among trees He buil,