Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-11
ROCKS AND AUTHORS

wears Mr.. stanton has been a contrihli-
loi of tie Atlanta Constitution. ana it
wa: the excellent work that he did on the
sheet that helped very materially to eStab-
lish the cnviablc reputation which it
bears Today. and his contributions 10 IL
are .emcn. bered to the present Time with
qualification by the lovers of this poet.
lie il the author of the verse Of that
gem of Diccaniny songs, Mighty Lax q
Rose. which he wrote in collaboration
with the late Ethebert Nevin. His lat
est song is proclaimed by all WHO haVe
heard il to be a worthy successor To
"MiShty LAX Eose.' ana is entitled
ILL Feller Come an Play" ana there is
little doubt that in very short time it
viii be every bit as popular as its preds-
cessor The music of the latter is by
Robert +. Kellogg.
THE Letters Of robert Schumann,' Sc
lccted and edited by Dr. Karl StGreck and
translated by Hannah Bryant, VIII inter-
| est musical students. for the letters of
great composers often reveal their real
characters better than the hiographi
concerning them. The present selection
of Schumanr's letters has been arranged
To form something of a biography" II
| begins in 1928. when he is Is wears old.
and writes to a school friend that with
oui guide. teacher or father" he is flung
| Eelplesslv into the darkness Of life's
unknown" and it ends With a letter To
! Johannes Brahms on November -. 1854
| when mental malady had put an end tn
| his artistic career.
Mary f. Wiikin- Freeman's and Max
PEN hcrtcn's latest novels. Which hav-
been running serially. are row 10 be pub
lished simultaneously il book form: The
= NJ EnaanG stmd> of ehnrae,er n
he present dav. With a mystery riot. Mr.
Pemberton's story. Sir Richard Es-
do." r. cso,ge 'W Min aaII.., cheva1.
i"r as harn md y nIot ,,,nra conrernal
with action than reflection.
GOV ,it,le glory without nre+snsa ar
anv,hinc bur amusamcnt' is ..,rhe Real
PUNISHED hv 4. G. Mcclure &. Co, 1t
taIIs nC tho ,e,,ar,,ahla advoninros s1f two
E,n~lisb men,1emen. 1erhnne ;s an elder.
l., cluhm:n. avowedlv a bachelor and
cvnic. Vincent is a Younger. son Of =
noble family poor and romantic. They
INA themselves suddenly in the midst nr
a most ruzZline si.;Iatinn. surrounded h.,
seven beau1iful girls and expected to fan
i'm love with one of then. If they succeed
in falling in love with The real Agatha
they receive her fortune of twenty mil
starts into the game as an avov'ed for
tune hunter: Vincent refuses the fortune
unless genuine love goes with it, Th,.
story. of course follows their niyentrrns
with the seven mysterious ladies. and
tells how Nincent's tisinterest edness
was rewarded
The Tohhs- Merrill comranv is looking
for as great a measure of popularity for
Elizabeth Miller's new historica, novel
THE City of Delight" as was won hy- her
T!arriett c. Morse whose .Cowhov
Cavalier is published hv tho c. NJ. clark
company of Poston. spent mart of her
early life il Texas. and mon returning
| breezy atmosphere of the West insnira-
ana incidents are said to be taken from
| real life. which is the easiest wIv for a
beginner To write a novel next to draw
ing upon memories of old favorites
4 moro maddrning travelling companion
| than Uncle John one can hardly imagine;
q funner tourist to read about has never
| been nut into a hook Uncle John in
| France vas generous. Irritable. lou,la-
cious and richly funny. Uncle John in
England is still generous still irritable.
ever thought of being in France-onN he
| never guesses he is funny: that's mart of >
the fun Pretty Yvonnc and Lee are mar
| Of steamer. that he is sailing. please meet
| him in Liverpool. So Nvonne and es
| ,raEei noSthaste to Liverpool To 'nu
| Uncle John and Oily. staid old college
| professor. the unhappy victim % Cnce
| I"hnS hospitality, madlv off to Carislr
| ! hcie John stays scarcely any time AZ "a, ah
IN niace.th"ueh he does give t.dih
hilrsh half dav-he loses his trunk and
| nlIiys too: and his comments on Enslisl!
| sights and English travel aud DIZZY grow
fnnnicr with every hour, Meanwhile
| fvonne and Lee get real pleasure out Of
their sudden trip. set down in clever let
| terS home: and at last the wild chase
ends merlily in Oxford. and Uncle John
| starts home. innocently but dcliciously
funny to the last.
|
| Ty curious coincidence. there is t. b"
2 production in London soon Of Mark
Iwa'r's Pndd' nhcad Wilson, tru'y
| Man, which the English have decided ~
ais" truly American. and which 'hry
| forced INTO new book edition ina! lne
| London mouse of Harpers called "A WIile
] Man. More than this the same star