Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-30
A Literary Prescription.

A Literary Prescription.
Have Il Bible, keep it rear YOU.
'Tis the first great book - read
T:!<. it daily. take iE plenty.
''rAill tie hest parts always feed.
Have u Shakespeare, like YOUR Bible
Cherish it so cirSe to thee.
That day passed by without it,
Will Il day full wasted he.
Have. some poems; lave a many,
Good ones they must ever he.
| And regularly taken, viii they
| You troic ills OF all kinds free.
Have som" essays: but be 1larv
Ever in %our choice of these,
OF impostGrs be most wary,
See hey proh. they please.
| Have some rov,I.: doi.'t have nlary
Choose them as your friends .ou'd
choose.
From. the influx. vast and mighty,
See that yUu no trca. tie ltSc
With these books. your mind; digestion
Suffering need nc'sr endure,
And the taste OF cultivation
Onto you will then Ne sure.
Book News
The new novel by \. +. W. Mason,
the author of -Four Feathers" is IT, be
| called The Broken Road" The scene
is laid in England at first ana then III
India, and the influence Of tie road on
tie lives OF tho two mon who are the
central figures of the story lends sin2u-
lar and dramatic interest to the book.
G.. F. Putnam's Sons are publishing a
volume by Mrs. Jenrotte Lee, professor
ri English literature at Smith College.
entitled "'rhe Ibsen Secret 1t is
compos ID of papers " HIGH in part at
least have already appeared in Put
MANS monthly magazine.
The substitle of Laura Richards
"Grandmother" is THE Story OF Lille
That Never Was Lived" The tale con-
Germs Il girl of IS who narrieS Il man
of 10 because she needs protection and
believes her young lover dead. He re-
turns only to marry the daughter of
the old man. who soon after dies. Poor
''Grandmother' finds her only happi-
ness in loving and caring for the child
of her early lover which is neglected
Shamcfullv by its mother. The trag-
edy that takes from her even the joy
of this service only decpans her char
acter ard her love for all others in
trouble. Dana Estes & Co. are The
publishers.
Some Years ago the London publisher
Fisher Irwin offered a prize of $500 for
the hest novel by Il new writer This
year he offers another of s525 for Il
novel of 1000 words talso by q new
writ") to be sent in not later than
April. 1905. The induCement in itself
is hardly enough to pay for writing a
novel. which for most people is a year S
work at least. but perhaps the author
is to have his royalties. too, which pos
sibly the notoricty Of winning prize
might make worth while Most novel
lists would hate to dispose of a manu-
script fer $500 down. even though that
is much more than novel is likely to
bring to its author. 1t is the chance
of a lucky hit than keeps hope alive
except among the few who write books
because it is their nature to. Once in
while there is Il sensational success
like that of 'The Lady Of the Dccora =
ton" which cannot be said to be
strictly Il matter of merit.
The Grafton press is publishing Rec
objections of My Life" by the late Prof
Herman krusi. edited by Eliza L
Sheldon Alling. Prof krusi was the
son of Hermann Krusi. the associate
of PeStaloZzi. The son was born in
Switzerland in 1871 and came to
America in 1853. He is best known to
the 20 neral public as the author of
''Krusi's Drawing Books" and as a
members Of the faculty of the Oswego
On. W state normal and training
| school The larger part OF the book is
| made up of Prof. kruSis own journal
but the editor has contributed data as
well as selections from his unpublished
| essays. The illustrations are numer-
Gus.
In his cart and Artists" published
by George w. Jacobs & Co. of Phila :
delphia, DR.. Max Nordau explains the
obvious but not generally Known origin
of WhiSters butterfly signature The
butterfly is nothing but the first letter
of "histler's nan1c-a big 'W." An
| ornamental Gothic w with the two
side lines bellied out and bar in the
nliu11e rpr1inSc ono cfrilyip r1x Of n