Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-01
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

A new novelist Mr. Edward C. Booth.
is to oe introduced to the devourers of
fiction this summer by the Century
Company. His romance, which has a
musician for hero, is to be called THE
Post-Girl."
'The Fair Moon of Bath" is the title
of a novel by Elizabeth Ellis, author of
Barbara Winslow," just published by
Dodd, Mead & Co. The title seems to
indicate the 18th century and coaching
days.
A copy of the first issue of Swim
burne's first published work, THE
Queen Mother, Rosamond," is held by
a Scotch bookseller at 500. 1t is one
of the less than twenty copies brought
from the press by Basil Montagu
Pickering before the book was with
drawn, to be reissued with new title
page bearing Moxon's name.
According to the Bookman's list of
best sellers for the last month The
Black Bag" is the favorite, with THE
Ancient Law holding second place,
THE Shuttle" third in the race, fol-
lowed by The Weavers," "The Lady of
the Decoration,'' still holding her own
in a most remarkable way, and Mr.. DE
Morgan's Somehow Good bringing
up the rear.
paths to the Heights" is a new, new
thought book 1t is by Sheldon Leavitt
and is published by Thomas Y. Crowell
& Co For many years DIR. LeaVltt
was a practising physician or the
regular schools, but finally abandoned
this practice to go into the more allur-
ing field of mental healing, or psycho-
therapy,'' as he prefers to call it. rms
volume is tabulation Of ms expert
ences and also a bold exposition OF ms
beliefs.
Thackeray's only surviving daughter
now bears Il title, as her husband was
recently knighted by l<ink Edward AS
Miss Glider says in putnam SIR
Richmond Ritchie "has earned hlS l>
c. B. by long and devoted pubic ser
vice: but that his wife is Lady ititchle
does not add to her attractions, Tor the
simple reason that it would be gliding
refined gold When ] say that she is
every inch her fathers daughter, l pay
her the highest compliment in my pow
err
"rThe Heart of the Red FRS by
Ada Woodruff Anderson, was pup
lishcd by Little, Brown & Co. the MD
die of April, and it has already gon"
into a second edition Canadian
edition is to be brought out at once by
the Mason Book Company of Toronto
Mre Anderson has also received a re-
quest to allow the book to be trans
la1cd into German AS one of its
chief features is the dialect used by
various characters, it Will be interest,"
ing to see how the translator VIII
handle these unique forms OF speech.
William 7. Locke author of the new
serial novel simple Septimus.' which
is now running in the American Maga-
zine, is forty-five years old He was
born in the Barbados, and is gradu-
ate of St Johns college, Cambridge.
Aubrey Smith, who was in college win
him. SAYS that Locke, as a boy, spent
plenty of time over books, but not over
books that the rest of his class were
studying. Today he is picturesque
figure in London Society. His plays
and novels have brought him notoriety,
and now will bring him wealth as Well
1t has been q long hard struggle. Dut
fortune has smiled upon him at last.
"'rhe Boys of Pigeon Camp, by
Martha James. tells how three boys
spent summer in accomplishing
everything that the average boy longs
TO do. They lived in tent on tile
shore of a lake and did their own COOK
ing, which was of quailtE TO Sd.ialS
their own hunger and that OF VlSltihS
tramps. One of the boys was q pofh
mechanic and he built housepoa''
which was not only absorbing work III
the making but proved to be sallSlac-
tory structure when completed. inns
story will be read appreciatively by
bows of 10 or u. Gothrop, Lee
Shepard Co. Boston. SLED
Hon. John Bigelow is the oldest Oh
living authors who remain actlVe' lr.
w j. Rolfe, tha ShakeSpearetn cflti''
is engaged on new book at NJ. MI.
Bigelow is in his ninetieth year, ana
has j,,s. published '"rhe Panama Canal
and the Daughter of Danaus. ne Is
president of the Board of trustees Oh
the New York Library, and chairman
Of the Astor- LrnoX-Tilden Foundati"h'
His most enduring work is pfopapiN
his wonderful mosaic biography oi
benjamin Franklin. His "Mystery Oh
sleep" is a sineularly interesting urea
tise which was recently issued Ill new
edition
Elliott Blaine Henderson, young
negro poet. has produced q book "i
verse that is high above the average.
Among the poems is one emitted IN
Memoriam.' tribute to Paul Il. Dun
bar. to whom Mr.. Henderson is III
some respects a successor. The au-
thor is happicst in his expression and
sentiment when he employs dialect.
Especially notable for its excellence is
the poem entitled "Reminiscences.
Other verses well worth remarking are
DE l;anjo an de Fiddle and
"Yearning." The collection as a
whole is indicative of most promis-
ing future. The author should be en-