Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-26
THE REALM OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Margaret Mayo has turned her sue
cessful play, Polly of the Circus" int j.,
an attractive novelette,, which is PUBLISH
ed in neat little volume by Dodd. Mea Il
& Co. (Eew York;. The author gives more
intimate details OF Polly's life as a circus
sirl than are found in the play. Henry
NJ. Bunker furnishes eight free band
drawings.
Irish Toasts," by Shane NaGael. and
Scottish Toasts,'' by Ivor Ben McIvor
are two ornamental little volumes with
decorated pages. They car be depended
upon 10 supply the patriotic Ilishman or
Scot hman with all the sentiments. pa
triotir or conyivial, that his heart could
wish.
Mr. Palmer CoXs Brownies long ago
caught the fancy of children who are
now bearded men and full bosonled wo-
men, and since that time no Christmas
could he complete for some famile
without a new book in the Brownie ser
| les. This years Brownie book is en-
titled Brownie Clown of Brownietown' =
| The titular hero is ever the chief figure
| in these new adventures, with lnanv OF
| the Old favorites helping on the fun.
This, by the way, is the first Brownie
| book printed in colors.
The autobiography Of jose phi F'lvnt VIII
| lard, the amateur tramp Neally Il tramp
| by nature), is issued by tho Outing pub
| fishing company. He is dead now,-that
"anomalous personaSe,' ard his charac-
| teriHaton hy his intimate friend. Arthun
Symons (Enslish critic ard cssaylsD, vii
| stand. 'l1e was born with the soul of 4
wage bond into a family of gentle, eyquis-
| itely refined people; ne was born of a
| strange existence. Flynt does not spare
| himself His analysis of his life n; i
| tramp and as a stoller on an ocean linel
| is as keen as that Of his college career
| He has laid bare his soul. given his in
wards" as he expressed it in a letter to a
| friend, and the result is q vitality inter
| esting human document Of course We
| have read not Il few chapters of JOSia
| Flynt's capricous life as vagahond, bu
the book viii be found one Of continuing
| interest.
Eden phillpott's latest volume about
| l)aT tlnOOF. a virgin Ill Judgment, VIII
be published this month by Moftat, Yaro
| & Co.
| THE Witching Hour" Augustus Thorn
| ass play that has had an eXtraodinar!
success in New York with John Mason a:
leading actor. is promised in book form
| this month by Harper & Bros
VEr Nnx Vnr1-
fish THE Guest of Quesnay." which some
reviewers declare to be far and away th'
best story Mr.. Rnoth Harrington ha:
| written. and this IS saying not a little
abont a book by the author of "Monslcu
| Beaucaire."
| In honor of the Lincoln centenary mex
| February Houehton-Miffiin company have
| Just issued a popular-priced anniversary
edition of 'Lincoln: Master of Men, by
| Alonzo othschi;(i. This is one Of the mos
| remarkable of the many book; about
Lincoln, ana five prntinss have been nee
essary to supply the demand during The
two years since it first appeared.
For publication ir the coming week the
| Macmillan company announces some I'M
portant books. including The Science oI
jurisprudence, by Dr. Hanns Taylor
abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the
Man" by James Morgon: Mater" b.
Percy MacKaYe: Economic Zoology by
| Prof Herbert Osborn; administration
of Education in the United States by
! Prof Samuel T. button and David S
| sne,lden: "Chaucer' A Bibilographica
| Manual" by Eleanor p, Hammond.