Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06

Spring is stirring 70 awake
Oh her violet pillow;
Softly purlirG down the rO1u
Comes the pussy willow.
The mystery of the cheap classics of
fiction, as TO who buys them. who reads
them. has been solved by writer in the
.ondoE Book Monthly, who findS that the
skilled mechanics and golfers III inc
Welsh hills are great buyers and readers
of the old masterpieces and that they
practice all kinds Of self-denlil TO OBTAIN
possession ot the oyartcd little volumes.
The list Of books most popular with
ley The Heart Of MldIotEian,'. Iris
tram Shauiy." Jane Eyre and The
Golden Butterfly. Tie workers VINO are
readers swear by Tom Jones'" but dis
play great hatred for the calculating lit
tie Virgin Pamela.
Egypt seems to be tire Mecca OF authors
this wear and mary of ;hcnl are staying
in Cairo. lord Miners visit was dictat-
ed ~ his responsibilities as director. MI.
Hall ('aine. Mr.. Sidney Low and Mrs:
Harvey. the Irene Os9ood' whose novel
TO IL Nun Confessed" has gone through
50 many editions, end Mr.. Robert III
ShrraiG ar still there. irene Osgood
is Engaged upon Il translation OF Anatolc
t,rnrclss E.yItian novel 'lll :,+ Mr,
famous TrerchDlen he has known: Mi.
Sidney Low is engaged in doing an csyp-
tan book Of a serious nature MI RoD-
ials he required for his Egyptian Look.
has gone back to Italy.
In Sir Henry Drummond's Rambling
Recolections' is quoted an entry from
his notehook-'Mr. and Mrs. Browning
We're also living in Florence and there.
believe, their son was born. TO Lady
\ oEmarhy was attributed the saying
Now there are not two incon2rehensi.-.
hes, but three incomprehensibes
The author also quotes Il letter
from Eulwer Lytton in which is written
three masterpieces in narrative can
never be too much Studied--the 'OTGdipus
Tyrannus.' The Bride of Lammermoor'
and Tom Jones
Mrs. Mary Holland Kinkaid, the author
Of The Man Of Yesterday" Is y news
paper writer and a novelist. She knows
from frequent ana prolonged visits the
Territory. which is the scene Of her new
novel. The story is a romance in which
no real characters have been introduced,
but many OF the incidents have been
when the history Of Indian Territory is
written. Within a few hours ride Of
Kansas City there existed for nearly half
century an unknown land in which
each of the Five Nations had Il small re-
public OF its own. While the lands were
held rs tribal possessions many of the
Indians accumulated wealth. When the
allotment Of land was made 70 the In
dams these wards Of the nation We're
compelled to divide their app"rtionment
with the freedman and tn" negroes of
the territory We're often more for; innate
then those Of the States.
The editors Of the Bohemian. which is
to change is E;line, make z preliminary
report on tie Names submitted in re-
Spouse to the offer of Il prize of $1,000 for
the best suGgeS,ion:-
lie most curious received was Ola
Fodlida. name that would make the
l..,t ,,,.t-, in,
museums. A nane.that had real ilnagin-
atiNc qualify to ii was Fuphrosynes Cas-
let, but the editors of the 3oh"nuan are
not yet done wondering whether lha
Satilist o: not TIE names run the
whole samut Of the ordinary and the eN-
traordinaly; There We're the LuNuSs;
Rlrnt F,nthroncd and tie --latest: +
Flnlibus I'nillm. the Heart Talk maya
zine, ana triumphant Effort. Earnest y.
fort came from &oi1e one VINO appreciated
that the editors were at least :iynG
hard. The Wireless. one name suggested.
might do very well for a magazine that
has TO visible telegraph service. The
Filter was nttrestns p sunrise Sc ana ana
MUSES., and the Nomad divided interest
in tie editorial sanctum with Delighted
ed and the Hughes magazine. Tn. Outer
Circle. Pot Luck and the Glad Line, the
Universe, the Hero and All Sorts. came
in one mail. The Eara Avis and the
Rarrpit came from Omaha. The Bon
homie was suggested by several. The
another editor The Tplifter md tie Up
lift came from tie same lady who suS-
gestrd the Guido. Other names We're
the Anim"tor. the Masterpiece the Mag
net, and Your magazine.
Gail Fwald the Danish author. has
died jus, as his publishers ar; hrinsin:g:
Mr.. Ewald's former books. 1.-TWO Legs"
and My Little Soy" have been trans
lated into Engli:h by a. Teixcirs. de Mat
ical allesrries Will. much subtle humor
and delicate fancy. The new story is
novel of life today and presents domes-
tic dram, in which Young and pleasure
loving wife and a husband of more quiet
taste work ont their destiny.
Constance smed'ey has new book
laughter This indef itiSable Enslisl,
writer and worker is a rr.npe and has
gone all i!er life on clutches; but nobody
stance sr1edley. She is known best on
the other side as founder % women's
clubs. She began it in London Then
she went to Scotland end ireland starting
GERMANY ard started :h" movement
there. She is coming to America where
she will find the clubs waiting to vel
come her But Just now she is busy
| with another novel and has gone to a
little village In Italy. where she will stay
quietly until her book is finished.
MI William De Morgan career should
he inspiration to all voun:, lads of so
to take Up the work Of writing novels.
After wears of devotion tn the making of
artistic titles, beginning at the age of 66
to publish novels, although he is not vet
10 he has given US three exceptionally
long and to the lover of good literature
very interesting books The shortest of
them. Somehow Good" contains 270G00
words. Lovers of Dickens mention his
name in connection with De Morgan's
books and admirers of Trollope find the
quiet meandering stories suggestive of
those which Trolope penneh.
STeaEinC OF novels George Dyre Ed
ridge. who has Il new novel of his own.
'In tho Potter's House" coming out this
week. says: Il find especial pleasure in