Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-22
The Book-Worms.

Ho, thou through the dim folio fondl,
mining,
We near the end.
A moment in thy sleeping and thy din
Arrest thee, friend.
Only a little way art thou behind me
The world has grown So thin that now
l find me
Close upon space.
Is it some larger leaf than we have bur.
In tinct and pale
And hlazon of the title-page we fur
rOWed
With SinuouS trail?
Is it the answer to some wild of dream
Before me there?
Some airy liftsome hint of boundless
cleaning,
Which way I fare?
Life And, beyond, outlook of glorious
weather.
Wide wanderirgs!
Ho. friend, bestir thee in thy fragrant
leather!
I feel my wings,
Harriet Prescott, in the Atlantic.
Henry c. McCook, d. D., d. Sc,
IL. D.-and he could write even more
cared to-author of that thoroughly
delightful book Natures Craftsmen
was invited. not long ago, to address
the students of Wellesley on a Sunday
evening and deliver a nature lecture
on the evening of the following day.
The subject of the lecture was an
nounced as 1.-THE Honey Ants of the
Garden of the Gods" and residents of
the vicinity were privileged to attend,
as well as the college girls. One of
these residents, a prominent physician,
meeting friend ,/said:
Are you going to the lecture at the
college tOnight?"
certainly. But I haven't heard. yet,
just what it is going to be. Can you
tell me:'
"Why, of course-but let me think"
was the hesitating reply."Some gentle
man from Philadelphia is to lecture
ard-it's an awful queer subject
about bees! All. 1 have it.
eagerly Its-honey bees in the
Kingdom of Heaven
DR.. McCork greatly enjoyed the in
cident when told him. and remarked:
50 very absurd to me. Who knows
but that there may be birds, and flow
ers, and bees, and other insects fitted
for the sphere of our immortal exist
ence? They would well harmonic with
those sweet fields arrayed in living
green OF which we love to sing"
The Duke of Orleans is collecting and
will publish the principal political
and speeches made by the
Count de Chamhord, the Count of
Paris and himself. The preface which
he will contribute to the volume will
review the present political situation
in France.
r.. Phillips Oppenheim's new novel,
"A Lost Leader" to be published by
Little, Brown & Co., August oath, has
for its hero striking character who
has elected 20 stand aloOf from the
conflict of the Political world. Mr..
OpDenheim has written a realistic ro-
nance of modern life besides creating
distinct personality. A large first
edition of "A Lost Leader" is in press.
A book which has sprung into imme-
liate popularity is 1.-The Sowing of
Anderson Cree" by Margaret Prescott
Montague. Two editions have been
printed within two months and the
book has been simultaneously publish
"a In Canada and Australia. A meas
IRE of this popularity is perhaps due
20 the TACT that the scene of the story
= iald among the mountains of West
|lrgInla, n section which offers rich
possibilities FOR romance, but which
1as hitherto been little invaded by tho
writer's of fiction.
At South Farm, Arbury, near N,nea-
on me birthplace of George Eliot,
mere mas been erected a simple mOn1-
heht IN her honor. 1t is in the form of
piliar nlnc or ten feet in hight. the
r"ht bearing the words: "Georpc
'lot' lSl9-lSSO.' and the reverse the
luotatlon. Lest We Forget" The otber
',u,s Dear the following inscriptions:
M"ry Ann Evans, born South Farm.
ArnurF' I'd November, 1919" and
D'ed' the wife Of John Walter Cross
u Incyne- Walk. Chelsea, 22d Deem
,er, 1880"
has 1t ever been noticed what q
'.e"' proportion of present day novel; |
SIS are Canadian by birth? Most
lotabie' of course, is Sir Gilbert
arker, whose novel, 1.-The Weavers +"
now appearing serially. and who won
uci tame with "The Right of way"
no other books. Then there is Rasil
>ins, who initiated Gilbert Parker NOT
My by being born in Canada, but nv
marrying an American wife. He is
bout to publish new novel entitled
The Giants Strength" E,1inor
.lyn' TO. whose most recent novel is
Beyond the Rocks" and who is also
.eil known for her "Vicissitudes or
and reflections of Am
roslne'-is canadian by birth. her !