Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-30

always frightened for fear / am going
to make heroes or heroines out. OF
them. The funny part Is that real
characters never know how funny they
are" ,.
The delightful "TtoIlo" books Of Jacob
Abbott are 10 be included by Mr.. Dent
in the Library" in which 20 many
good old things have been erishrined-
Those readers for whom these stories
are associated with pleasant memories
of their childhood will be glad to ind
them in this captivating form.
Seraphica the heroine of justin Me-
Carthy's new novel by that title. and
Duchess of Bnpaume in the story. -
taken from Watteaus duchess OF
l3apaune," a portrait OF her Drldai
gown which is hanging in the Louvre.
The painter himself Is represented. In
the romance as drawn to his 'viracious
Young subject by an ideal attachment
Harry Leon Wilson, author OF
"Ewing's Lady" has taken up house,
keeping with his old friend, Booth
Harrington, in Capri, where they are
renting the lovely villa long Famous
10 American travellers as the residence
of the artist, Elihu Vedder.
Edwin a. Anderson, director of the
New York state library at Albany, has
resigned to become assistant librarian
of the New York public library IN New
York City. The latter institution, IT
will he remembered, shares with Bry-
ant mark the block on Forty-second
street between Fifth and Sixth ave-
nues. and will be ready for occupancy
the coming summer Mr.. Anderson
has received $4,000 as director OF the
state library, and is to get larger
salary in New York City.
KENYON COX writes in the March At
lantic of the late Augustus SAINT
Gaudens: Where, among great minds,
he will take his rank, we need not ash
1t is enough that he is among them.
Such an artist is assuredly benefactor
of his country, and 1t is emlnently NJ
ting that his gift to us should be ac-
knowledged by such tribute as we can
pay him. BY his works in other lands
and by his worldwide fame he sheds
a glory upon the name Of America.
helping to convince the world that here
also are other capabilities than those OF
with the things of the spirit. that mere
also are other capabilities than those or
industrial energy and material success.
In his many minor works he has en-
bowed us with an ineXhaustihle herl-
tage of beauty--beauty which is about
the best thing God invents." He is the
educator ~ our taste, and of more
than our taste--of our sentiment and
our emotions. In his great monuments
he has not only given US fitting pre-
sentiments OF our national heroes; he
has expressed, and is expressing ele-
waited, our lofticst ideals; he has eX-
pressed, and in expressing deepened.
our profoundeSt feelings. He has be-
come the voice of all that is best in
the American people, and his works
are incentives to patriotism and lessons
in devotion to duty.
Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler is
writing a new novel which is to bear
The title of Miss Fallowfields For
tune" Miss CorelIi is also engaged
upon a new book.
Anne Warner (F'rench). whose story
of Seeing England With Uncle John"
comes out this month, writes: 1T will
probably interest readers of the new
Uncle John to know that the dates and
route in the book are my own dates
and rout and that the sunshine and
rain are true to natures record upon
those days That the King was at Alb
ingdon and that he is called Edward
in the text because he is Edward /.
in Scotland and the Scotch people are
very tenacious of the facts being we'll
understood" When Mrs. French ar
rived in Durham there was no one to
join her in seeing the cathedral Fear
ing that the verger would not pay
much attention to a solitary visitor She
confided to him that she was writing q
book. Failing to make an impression
with the fact she repeated it. thinking
he had not heard her. Really" he
answered, with twinkle in his eye.
She was so sure that he didn't believe
her that she wrote him asking him to
explain the twinkle and he answered
that in all his life he had never been
asked to show the cathedral to one per-
son alone without being assured that
he or she was writing a book"