Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-06
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

and the wall between the house and /
stables on the western side was soon RI
mass of creeping roses, scarlet honeygs
suckle and Virginia ! creeper Thin !
became 'the Study Garden up and
down which my father paced barre
headed, composing sermon or novel,
lecture or poem. for he never in
dulged in trough copy" every SEN f,
tence being thought out first, and then
written or dictated off with hardly q
correction. E
Dillon Wallace's latest story Of adj
venture in the far North. "Ungava
Bob" will be published shortly by
Fleming H. Revell Company. MI.
Wallace is now started on a journey 10
the Rocky Mountains, where he ex-
rects to obtain material for an ac-&
count of hunting and exploring ex-
petition. fS y Il
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, in spite of his
seventy-seven years, is still writing
and working in his chosen professiol.A
The new book on which he is work. &
is called 1.-The Red City" a title which
piques curiosity. since DR.. Mitchell is
a resident of Philadelphia.
A clever Irish barrister appeared att
Hartford assizes for the defendant&
who was poor letter carrier guilty of
some irregularity. Among the wit
nesses was Anthony Trollopc- .s]
What are your asked the 1rish
barrister in severe and. commandin6&
tone, sonorous with a rich brogue -
AN official in the post Office" AM
SEVERED Trollope, somewhat astonishe6Y
by the Irish barrister's brusqueness-
Anything else?" demanded the
counsel. with a, snap. -a'
Yes; an author" This a little
proudly.
What is the name of your last
book?"
'Barchester Towers"
Nov, tell me, is there a word OF
truth in that book?'
Well it is what IS generally called a
work of fiction"
Fiction" with a scornful curl OF
the lip. Fiction. That is to say. there
isn't a word of truth in it from begin
ming to end?"
II am afraid, if you put 1t that
way, there isn't" stammered Trollope
in an embarrassed way.
With triumphant chuckle. the
counsel turned to the jury and ex-
claimed: Gentlemen. how can you
possibly convict a man on the evidence
of a witness like this. who here In TINS
court of justice unblushingly confesses
that he has written a book in which
there is not a word of truth.'-Dick
Donovan's Pages from an Adventur-
Gus Life"
Francis Miles Finch who has just
died at Ithaca, n. Y, at the age OF ~
years was born in Ithaca, N. T.. on
June 9, 1927. He was a son OF Miles
and Tryphena N'arling) Finch. OF that
place. but of New England extraction.
He prepared for college at the Ithaca
Academy, and was an honor graduate
of Yale in the class of 40. While In
college he was one Of the editors OF
The Yale Literary Magazine ana
was the author of several still popular
college songs. among them, Gather.
Ye Smiles" "Linonia" and The Last
Cigar" He was the class day poet .,
his year and delivered an Grafton al
commencement.
Returning to Ithaca, he studied law
and was admitted to the bar In 1897.
Three years later, at the centennia.
celebration Of the Linonian Society OIL
Yale College. at New Haven he READ
poem in which several lyrics were III.
troduced, one of them being his wen
known tribute to Nathan Hale. Inc
lines by which he will be best ana
longest remembered, however, are
those entitled THE Blue and the
Gray" published in THE Atlam'c
Monthly" in 1867. He won his mrs.
reputation as lawyer about ffty-s
years ago by procuring the acquittai
Edward III. Ruloff, who was chargeu
with the murder of his wife. Alte.
this the young lawyers practice gre.
| rapidly. and he gained a high rank any
| great popularity among his pro1es
sional brethren as well. wnea
General Grant was elected Presineh.
in 1868. year after the publication 2,
THE Blue and the Gray" he appoihteu
Mr.. Finch collector Of internal revenue
| for the 26th District of New York. WIN
| headquarters at Ithaca. This post ~
held for four. years, reslgnlng at u
close of President Grants hrst az
| ministration. He had charge OF tn0
| Cornell estate for a long time. ana "aS
the principal counsel Tor Corn .,s
| University for many years after
| foundation, and was member OF w
institutions first board of trustees y
| May, 1880, he was appointed TO ."o
Court Of Appeals bench to fill u.
| vacancy caused by the elevation 7,
Judge Folger to the chief 1udsesmp.
| and was reappointed In 1881. ina.
| fall he was elected for the full term -
| fourteen years. At its expiration; -
| 1895, he was within year and hai.
| of the age of retirement, and 50 II
fused to allow himself to be renoini-
mated by the. Republican state 1o".
vention. He had been dean q tne
! Cornell Law School since 1891. and' -