Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-16

10 The late Sir James Knowles, the edi-
d of THE Nineteenth Century," used
t describe with enjoyment the fashion
inwhich he was knighted. H. was al
Saidrnaham one sunday evening and
the King said TO him, knowles. |
wan, you to be q knight. Will that
pleas, your Wife" Il am sure she
will h. charmed by your thought of
her, sill" Well then. send word to
her in town. Sir James was discov-
cred little later by his majesty writ
ing a Letter ''No, no." said the King.
I've given it IL The court neWsman,
and she wig very likely sec it in tho pa
pers before she gets the letter Write
out Telegram and 1 will see that she
has it tonight And she had at
was not the honor" sddcd Sir James
in telling the story, 'tsat I valued 50
much as the way in Which it WAS con-
ferred." ~.
The real hero of DR.. Cirrus Townsend
Bra1y's latest book The Northwestern
Fights and Fighters" til last volume
Of MS American Fights ND Fighter;
series which WAS recently nblished by
the Mcclure Company, is Aief Joseph
of the Ncz Icrccs. He wast truly re-
markable Indian, he rarely poke, but
when he did his lips droppea wisdom
Here are a Few of the sayings sttribut-
ed to him: sNsIH
Look twice ut two faced nisa.'
Cursed be tie hand that scabs the
reputation Of the dead"
'The eye tells what the tongue Would
hide !,
Fire water courage ends in tranb-
ling fear
Big name often stands on SHALL
legs" ,
Finest fur may cover Toughest
meat"
when you get the last word with an
echo, you may do 50 with a sQuaw.l
Justin IIuntly McCarthy's novel, So
| raphica," has only just been issued ~
| the Harpcrs, and there is immediate
talk of its being produced as Il play flr
| Miss Julia Narluwc. Mr. Mccarthy
most memorable success, Ii ] wei
| King" is i'll this seasons repertoire .
Mr. Sotl.crn and The Proud Prince"
recalled as another success both as
book and as Il play. The novel 80
rarhica" reads almost as ii il wer
written for the stage, and affords goo
opportunity for aspiring playwright
10 study the novelistic.
Roy Norton. author of ''The Vanish
ing Fleets has recently joined til
colony Of American authors in Europ,
where he will spend q vacation Of tx
or three months before starting fC
| Peru to gather materials FOR his neA
long story tn be published by u. Apple
ton 4 Company.
Among the timely and ntercStin
stories in the current number of TIL
| American Boy is The Great Col
Cup a story of basketball.
| a portrait of George Meredith is
be added to the royal collection ;
Windsor. the King having lately con
missioncd Mr.. William Strang to pail
it. Mr.. Strang will also paint. by Il
Kings order, a portrait of Lor
Cromer.
Gertrude Atherton, who is at presel
living in London. is soon to Wis
Munich, where she is accustomed
spend her winters. though she has al
nounced her intention Of varying tn
custom next year by remaining in IL
United States. For the German Gil
Mrs. Anterior seems to have conceive
one of those passions which guam
places often inspire in literary mint
and which resemble love at first sigh
The following appreciativc bit
description which she has put into Il
, mouth of the California girl who is Il
. heroine of her latest novel. Ancestor
certainly has the flavor Of person
affection: II was infatuated wi
I Munich. and its cXteriors satisfied m
1t has large, courteous. grand
: hospitable air. as if it We're the priva
, property of king. to which, howeve
y | all strangers are royalty welcome.
+ is the ideal kings city; life. but !
, hustle: neither business. as we unde
, stand the word. nor poverty: city
, infinite leisure and infinite interes
a superb living picture book, where o
is ever amused, interested, DO
stimulated and sOothed. When / HI
Il been in it three months 1 had almo
| made UP my mind to live there al
dream away the best of my life"
The C. NJ Clark publishing compal
n of Boston will issue this spring tN
II novels by young Boston write
q climbing up to Return which
II said to be in the style of Mrs. Wigg
!. is by a newspaper writer, Mi
~ Florence j. Lewis. THE Sunset Trai
q tale of the West. is by Harriet
s Morse. a graduate of Radcliffe cole,
* and an amateur musician. "A RandC
At Shaft" is romance of the Philippin
~ by Jud Macmillan.
IS J. l.. Garvin, until recently editor
n, the Outlook Hondon). has becol
$, editor and part owner of the Observ
w I'm Pursuit of Priscilla" b. Edv