Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-04

Elihu Eedder the artist, and was oc-
cupied last winter by the Booth
Tarkingtons.
One of the recent candidates for
position as librarian in the New York
public library wrote, on her examina-
ton paper, in answer to a question re-
garding the novels of Lew Wallace.
that his principal work was Her
Ben"
Meredith Nicholson, the author OF
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
was a candidate for state senator
recently in his home county in Indiana.
He lost the nomination for two rea-
sons: Some of the delegates to the
convention could not get it out of their
heads that this man was the author of
the Nicholson temperance law, and
even a vigorous denial on the part of
the chairman could not dissuade some
of the more skeptcal. But the tide
turned against the aspiring author in
Aead earnest when one Of the delegates
cried out: "Gentleman. this man
Nicholson is a plutocrat; he is rolling
in money. Why. gentlemen. he lives
That settled it, Mr.. Nicholson lost and
had to keep on writing books for liv-
ing. 1t looks as though his latest.
"The Port of Missing Men" would
make him more of a plutocrat thar
ever.
General Oliver Otis Howard has
written his autobiography, which The
Baker and Taylor Co. will publish this
fall. The Generals experiences while
in command of a brigade at Bull Run
and Gettysburg, his services as head OF
the F'reedmans Bureau during the
Reconstruction period and afterwards
as Peace Commissioner to the hostile
Indians. and his work and influence as
an educator, all combine to make this
book of the first importance.
G. Lewis Dickinson's new book. which
will he published early in March under
the title From King to King tells the
tragedy of the Puritan revolution in a
verse. 1t is the object of the author as
set forth i, the preface Ito delineaFe WV
idly the characters of leading actors in
the struggle. their ideals and the dis
tinction Of these as reflected in the cur
rent of events. The sequence of dialogue.
essays and comments in which the action
proceeds begins with Eliot and Hampden
in the Tower. presents Milton and his
former tutor Young. Land, the King and
Cromwell. ard concludes with Vane on
the scaffold and Mr.. Pepys from a BAL
cony) saying Lord, what crowd,
Come dinner, dinner, dinner"
Miss Carolyn Wells begins a series of
humorous sketches il the March Put
MANS entitled 1.-The Emily Emnins Pa
perS." The sketches describe the thrill
ing adventures of a suburban SpinSter
making her first visit to the Old World.
As Miss Wells is a suburban dwerer who
went to Europe for the first time last
year something of the charm of personal
experience may be expected to lend in
terest and Significance to her work.
Longfellows "Evangeline" appears to
be the most popular long poem in our
dre,i ar It is read every year by hun
madam school children. Grand Pre-. ION
the shore of the Basin of Minas." is Wis
tied every season by throngs of eager
Archibald MacMechat.'s article in the
the Real Acadians," the story of the Aca-
borne ont by the facts of history. Mill
tary necessity compelled their removal
for they were menace to England's
authority in Canada; and it was New
that was directly responsible for the act
and Boston ships conveyed the Acadians
away from their homes.
Mary Stuart Cuttings forthcoming book
THE Suburban Whirl.'' may be described
as long story of married life made up
same scene-the Jersey suburbs of New
fork-aS the little comedies of married
life and OF courtship by which the author
is already known. The story is concern
pie who have just moved into the su-
burbs and who have already felt tli.
pinch in money matters in their efforts
to mingle with their more prosperous
neiChborS in the social suburban set. The
book. like all Mrs. Cuttings work. is half
humorous. half pathetic ard evidently
founded on personal experience and OBJ
Early this month the Century Company
will publish in book form A. E. w. Ma
sons Running Water, which has been
| appearing serially in the Century since
August AT the same time the Century
Company will issue Frederic c. penfield' S
East of Suez" book of travel laying
special stress on the neglect by America
Miss Edith Rickert. the author of THE
Eaker 6 Taylor Co. is living very quiet
Four Films. Kent. working on the proof.
o OF hsb work b ,s ar which is being
m me and will complete the work for her
| IN. ID. degree at the University of Chi
| cago. Miss Rickert has written many
snort stories which have appeared in the
Atlantic Monthly. The Outlook. Every
| body's Magazine. Scribner's and other
maga1mes. Miss Rickert wrote 1.-The
Golden Hawk entirely in Provence.
where the scene of the story is laid.
MiSsraI accepted the dedication of the
| book which is high compliment paid to
IN American worker by the greatest OF
| all poets of the Provence.
| Wilbur Nesbit, author of 1.-THE Gentle
man Ragman, had an engagement, one
day recently. to meet some members of
! his family who were doing their shopping
| and take luncheon with them in the grill;
room OF one Of the big department stores
or Chicago. Mr.. Nesbit arrived half an
hour early. engaged table deposited his
nat hal ana coat on chair thereby. and
took up his station near the elevator in
| order to greet his party
| Pretty soon an elderly lady stepped I'M
| to him and asked
toys?' '''N ''''7
"on the next floor. madam" Nesbit
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