Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-20

proclai,ns that the play is truly Ameri
can" which is e understood by one o
the wild and wOOlly West" A iudiciou!
and rather uncommon arrangement ha:
given all the American parts to Ameli
can, and the English parts to English
meet the change of title. and Mrs Faver.
sham has completed her arrangements
with the Harpers for an edition under the
new name The English reason 70,
dropping the ''Squaw Man" lay in the
| fact that its purely colloquial meaning
was lost in London: while the reason for
choosing "A White Man is advanced by n
London critic. who says it is because the
hero is thoroughly good fellow. true in
tove straight in all his dealings. ard
cilivalrous to the backbone. Evidently
the meaning is not far removed from The
American slang phrase, Hes white"
If her publishers are not careful. Mrs.
Eurnett's shuttle" will be taken from,
some one else When this now we'll
known International novel was first pub
lished, THE Weavers." by Sir Gilbert
Parker. also made it's appearance. The
confusion of these books was. of course,
inevitable from the similarity Of their
titles: I:ut now through a review there
comes another unwilling claiment. Mrs.
fictitious prestige Of another's books. was
recently chronicled in the columns Of n
daily paper AS 'the author Of that Won
derf;il book. The Shuttle which is bound
to live" This confusion calls to mind
Bret Farte's remark to the gushing lady
who, his neighl,or one evening at dinner.
complimented him on the late. John
dan,.'' bowed the Westerner. you've put
Little Brooches on the wrong man.
Mrs. E'Tnett. Mrs. Wiggin and Sir Gill
bert Parker would naturally be far more
content with their own books than with
other authors if only people would rem
der unto them the things that are theirs.
Every one who remembers the book
An American Girl in London''-"nd :,
great many readers will remember it. for
it. Tor it vas one of the popular books of
ten wears ago will welcon, the an
nounncement that Mrs Everard Cotes has
writer another story on n theme not al
together different. "a Canadian Girl in
Lordon." The new book is said. how
ever: to differ not only as to plot. but in
of witty story. Mrs. Cotes' latest views
on the triangular relations of the English
the Canadians. and the Americans of
The States"
Miss Sara Dean. whose novel 'Trav-
elers,. published by Frederick A Stokes
60. is dramatic pres artat:on of the
San Francisco disaster i'm it's human as
poet: is irst such heroine herself as you
would expect to find in u Great Ameri-
car Play The daughter Of rancher.
one girl among family of boys. she
grew up. as she calls. a ''boy-girl" gave
herself n masculine nickname. and de-
clined to he left out of any fun or hard
ship on the score of sex. She has sailed
her Yacht in the most treacherous winds
of san Francisco bay
books in the House is the title of an
i nansive little English book written
= Wr. Alfred William Pollard of the
Ism Museum It deals with the Buy
> Of Books Inherited Books and their
e, the Keeping Of Books: -Four Cen
shelf. etc.-all matters Of interest-to book
lovers and write by an thor Of aus
thority. 1,s-- |
New editions of Lafcadio Hearns
'Some Chinese Ghosts. "a Japanese
MISCELLANY" In atr Gnoscy "p amnounced
by Little. Brown & Co. for early pupiica
ton indicate a continued interest IN !hat
authors strange personality and unique
work.
From the few Introductory lines tnat
open John Trevena's novel. "FufIe the
Cruel: lust issued in this country by
Moffat. Yard & Co.. it appears tnat !ne
author has under way triple description
III fiction of the picturesque atnospneTe
and aspects of Dartmoor. He says: Al
most everywhere on Dartmoor are furze.
heather and granite. The furze seems to
suggest cruelty. the heather endurance.
and the granite strength. The furze is
destroyed by fire but grows again: the
granite is worn away imperceHtlblN DE
the rain. This work is the first of n pro-
posed trlogv which the author hopes to
continue and complete with Heather and
is now announced for early publication
in London nv McssrS Aston Rivers.