The Washington herald., 1908-06-21

The coast Of Maine appears to have a
peculiar attractiveness for authors Will
tam Dean Howells. Cor example, has long
had his summer house at Kittery Point
His house is surrounded by fine old
garden. in which the veteran author may
often be seen at work. His library is
located in an old barn set In the midst Of
an apple orchard. George S. Wasson also
has a beautiful and permanent home at
Kittery Point. A little further up the
coast. at York Harbor. is the summer
home Of Thomas Nelson Page. II Is To-
Gated on q high point near the sea Here.
too, comes John Fox every summer. to
be the guest Of Mr.. Page Still farther
on. at Kennebunkport is the home Of
Mrs. Margaret Deland. who lives in a
charming old-fashioned house. surround
ed by a raj New England garden. Mrs.
Deland has been particularly successful
in raising jonquils In fact, she had
such a crop last summer that she held
a public sale OF them and gave the pro-
ceeds TO charity. Meredith Nicholson,
the Indiana novelist. also has a home at
KennebunSport Various authors live on
the many islands that dot the beautiful
harbOr Of Portland. The best known IS
Mrs. Clara Louise Burnham whose home
IS on Baileys Island. on another island
not far away, lives Commander Peary
An interesting copy OF the first edition
OF John Keats "Endymion' was sold re-
Gently. 1t was the copy owned by Aubrey
de We're the poet with his autograph on
the title page. and on the iyleaf the
following sonnet 10 John Keats in
Aubrey de Vere's autograph:
Peace pepcoi o. mourn the living. Ye but hold
A shadow 10 your bosom; he hath Quafed
Glory and Death in one immortal draught.
Surely. among the undying men Of Old
Numbered art thou great Heart: in heaven enrolled
Among the eternal gl0Ties that rain forth
Love. light. and calm upon this lonely earth.
o latest spcndcr OF the starry fold
Below. thou Nvcst a consecrated Namel
Above. with naked feet unscS STched. and hair
Unsingcd. thou walkest Through that hepSe white
hrc
That nantles like a robe Of blazing arr
Homer and Shakespeare and the burning choir.
Rejoicing IN the fulinesS Of thy fame.
The cataloguer is Of the opinion that
the sonnet has not before been published.
Meredith Nicholson's novel, The House
OF a Thousand Candles" is 10 run as a
4
lation has been made by Marguerite
Belln THE House Of a Thousand Can
dies has now been translated into al
most every European language.
The president Of the British Academy.
in response to an invitation addressed to
The Academy by the lord mayor Of Lon
DON the Universities Of oxford and Cam
bridge and other influential persons and
Institutions announces that it has been
decided TO organize a commemoration in
London of the 300th anniversary Of the
birth OF John Milton The author Of
Paradise Lost" was born December 9,
1905, in Broad street. Cheapside. London.
He was educated az St Pauls School and
at Christ's College Cambridge Cam
bridge will have-indeed has already be
CUNTS celebration. which consists chief
ly in an exhibition OF MntOniana-busts.
paintings. prints. and miniatures of the
poet. with early editions of his works
The daughter Of the once celebrated Dr.
Edward Vaughan Kenealy. Of Tichborne
fame. has endeavored TO rehabilitate her
'athers name by the publication Of a
-olume Of his memoirs These are. at all
Celebrated people Of an earlier genera
Ion. Here is an entertaining anecdote
IL Disraeli.
January 5. ls73-Brady. ". ?. for somewhere.
red Fright % Introduce him % DsTlCl Bright
I'd 50. Brady said Mr.. Dsracl 7 feel very
rppy % make your Acquaintance. I hear you have
rrittcn some clever novels never read any Of
rem myself but my daughter has. and she thinks
ZEN so huc,' Disrach drew himself up and IN
Uf
ID left Brady very spcmnly. Bright ran chuckliug
ont telling every one. Brady returned 10 his
nee happy and satisfied that be had done the
ght thiug. So an were content.
And here a description Of Bulwer Lyt-
n which agrees with nothing in the lit
f-ature Of reminiscence and is probably
30 be set down 10 the ill-humor Of its
;uthor:
Dined tonight With the lord chief Justice Lord
ughton. Bglwcr Lytt0n and other Senators and
dies. Buluer Lytt0n is a clown. lie was shah
i'y dressed and Sdled into the room with siOuch-
air and gait He held his hat IN his hand as
I0-igh about % drop It. and looked though he
"a not know what 20 do with his lcCs. he nped.
81 ere was lack-lustred. and he said nothing II
almost impossible 20 believe he wrote the works
,ich pass under his name Ohi5 wife SAYS he did
ct write theml He bad a great nose ike Fitz-
al or Bardo!ph. but not 50 rcd the latter's
''c has cut of his beard and the h8irs are scanty
ID sc7lbby down his lank Don Quixote jaws. I ex-
-c-ted fine gentlcman-perhaps a fop like his own
HcvereuK. OF like Bolingbruke and ! saw a cTapu-
Is fossil
A writer In Depeche dOrient recalls
ne story of one Of the most entertaining.
nd for a while successful literary fakes
.ver undertaken. Prosper Merimee had
yhen a student often dreamed OF a jour
rcy along the east coast OF the Adriatic
.aa: he had read much of the habits and
traditions Of the DalmatIans Unfortu-
-ately. money was lacking with which to
realize the dream. The daring spirit
which never deserted him. in this dilem-
ma suggested n solution which he pro-
posed 10 a young man-Ampere. who was
30 be his travelling companion-that they
hould write an account Of their travels
Erst, and then go upon them on the
proceeds. Ampere lacked the heart for
such an enterprise. so Merimee himself
composed a volume OF Illyrian poetry,
which he affirmed he had collected in
Dalmatia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Herze-
govina-in none Of which countries had
ne ever set foot. He called the volume
La Guzla," after the One-strnged violin
Il the Balkan lands, and adorned IL with
portrait Of himself rigBed up in Dali
matian costume with a false mustacne.
t-AAN oAANAAlh NAOo1-ANbEfu Win Ailt luSlIu-
ment on his knee This was supposed TO
be a picture Of the famous ballad singer
Maglanovitch. So good was the local color
that the book was translated into Polish,
and was praised by the Russian poet.
Pushkin, for its fidelity to the Slav spirit.
The sale. however was so small that
Merimee was not able 20 visit the country
his travels through which he had so
well described until much later in life.
A book which created a sensation in
Russia a few months ago, The Truth
About Port Arthur has been translated