Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-18
Books and Authors.

Books and Authors.
The latest work by A. c.. Benson,
BESIDE Still Waters" is to be issued
in this country next month by G.. Z.
Putnam's Sons. 1t will form record
of the thoughts and feelings of a young
bachelor whom an unexpected legacy
has drawn away from the active life Of
the cities to the quiet of country life
and its aim is to win men back to the
joys of peaceful work and simplicity,
friendship and quiet helpfulnesS, and
also to protest against the rule or
tyranny of convention, the appetite for
luxury. power, excitement and strong
sensation.
Lloyd OsOourne is spending the VIM
ter on the Riviera, gathering materials
there in motor excursions for another
book
A son Of Mr.. Hall Caine has been
playing three parts in his fathers play
of THE Bondman"-a coastguardsman.
d farmland and a convict. Mr.. Hall
Caine, speaking of his sons career
said that he had long wished to be an
actor, an ambition which his mother
has not been willing to encourage.
'For my own part" the author writes,
81 have thought best to let him have
his way rather than leave on his mind
and heart the sore impression of a
baff'ed ambition. But I have taken
care that he should begin at the bottom
and learn all there is to know Of the
sour as well as the sweet of theatrical
life
"a Simple Spelling Bee" by Owen
Wister is a new story in humorous vein
to be published on February 20. The
title suggests the story, which is said
to be a worthy successor to "Philoso-
ply Four
Harry Alonzo Gushing, who has edi-
ted the edition of 1.-THE Writings of
Samuel Adams recently published by
G. =. Putnam's Sons in three volumes,
has been appointed professor in Co
lumbia University.
A new series of books containing
stories illustrating the various sports
and paStimes of the world, both past
and present. will be brought out this
spring by Mcclure, Phillips & Co. The
first volume of the series will be Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's 1.-The Crossley
Master" notable for it's picture of a
prize fighter in fiction.
On February 20 Jack London's BE
fore Adam" will be published. 1t is
tale of prehistoric times. in which
the author undertakes to reconstruct
the life of the earliest man in the light
of modern science. Somewhat later in
the spring Mr.. London will bring out a
book of eight short stories entitled
Love of Life"
Eleanor Gates, author of "The Plow
Woman" and her husband. Richard
Watson Tully, the playwright, are
spending the winter in Capri, where
Mrs. Tully is finishing her new novel,
Cupid the Cow Punch" The villa
where they are living belongs to Elihu
Veddcr, the artist
Mrs. Mabel Barnes-Grundy is a new
writer who has won praise for her OBJ
servations of life and her power to pro-
woke both smiles and tears. Her lat
est book, which was published in Eng
land as ''Marguerites Wonderful
Year." will be brought out in this
country with the more simple title of
"Dimby and t. In the dedication of
the story ito those that suffer" there is
some indication that the central fact of
the narrative is taken from life.
Aunt Jane of Kentucky" is the title
of new story of moral life and home
spun philosophy in which the author
Eli a Calvert Hall, is said to have done
for the blue grass country what Sarah
Orme Jewett and Mary E. Wilkins
have done for New England life.
The first volume in the Large Print
Edition" of standard works which the
Doubleday-Page firm will issue is tc
contain Emily Bronte's "Wuthering
Heights" The rest Of the Bronte
novels will follow, and we are also
called upon to welcome Charles Reade's
charming novel, Love Me Little, Love
Me Long" The edition is intended
for the comfort of readers whose sight
is defective. and the experiment ought
to be a successful one.
"Nimrods Wife" is the title of the
forthcoming book in which Mrs
Thompson Seton will describe various
out-of-door expeditions with her hus.
band. Like her first book. "A Wo.
man Tenderfoot,'' it offers valuable
practical suggestions to other womer
who propose 10 brave the dangers OF
wildwood and mountain. Expert