Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-20

John Clayton Calthrop, the ACTOR ~.
uhor, most Of A. w. Pinero's early
niays were written. ~ His mother was
the daughter of Dion Boucicault. My
family is one Of the Oldest in England,
he writes, Having been in Norfoih
since 500. They bore coat aTnor III
the early fourteenth century. was
educated at St Paul's School, and went
from there 10 study art in Paris. The
present Lord Chief Justice OF England
U.ord AlveJstone) is my cousin. An"
il Won like You may add (Which is also
true) that ! have walked across Tic
Prrcnees and about 2uoV niles IN tne
south Of France, and am very frienoy
with a brown bear and am Norkhs
lite fades" Mr.. Calthrop has ex-
t;bi.od two pictures OF the line ht tiio
Royal Academy, he has written ms
tory Of costume, written anu i'u'
trated other books. designed the dress
Is for the oxford pageant ana 10 ABOUT
II design the costumes for ny. Beer
bohIa Trees Faust"
The new edition of Lorna Doone
will haze Illustrations of all the places
identified with the story OF the DooHe
country The church at care, tne
real "Ployer's Barrows," the long gun
at Yenworthy the Spit and Gridiroh
where Jan Ridd bought his powder ana
lead. the church where Lorna's mothef
was buried and the Warren FarIn'
where so many Doones were slain. all
appear in the illustrations. Inc real
people Of the Doone story nave Deeh
identified almost as successfully as tno
places No real Lorna has been founu-
but Jan Rid appears in an OLD leeeno
associated with the family or john
Ridd, who was church warden 10 the
novelist's uncle and who was stated pF
Blackmore to be the original or Girt
ian. The problem Of how far the
Doones really existed and how rar tney
were legendary is not solved entirely.
but the evidence Of MICS Browne Au-
drie Doone) is set forth and repro
duction of an old painting, inscribed
Sir Ensor Doone. 1872" is given.
Mrs Philip de Crespigny. the author
Of THE Spanish Prisoner" is planning
new book the scene of which Is laio
in Italy at the time of the Borgias.
Mrs de Crespigny divides her time be-
tween writing and painting and has ex-
hibited water colors in many OF the
London galleries.
Miss Anne Seward, the Swan ot
Litchfield." the subject of new volume
by =. V. Lucas. lived at the eni OF the
eighteenth century. Miss Seward, who
put Psalms into verse before she vas
nine and found il an easy and very am
using occupation to throw off HOratiah
odes while my hair is dressing beGaA
to save copies Of all her letters in the
year 1854 with a view to publication
Sir Walter Scott. to whom the task OF
editing those letters was entrusted,
confessed that during her lifetime her
letters gave him "a most unsentlinentat
horror for sentimental letters Though
prejudiced against her by these letters.
Scott liked the Swan when he met her
and was too chivalrous gentleman 10
complain much of the waste of time i'll
which her literary remains involved
hip,. Mr.. Lucas does not deny that in
spite Of her pedantry and vanity Anne
Seward was likeable woman. Juds-
ing from The portraits produced she
was very handsome one.
A new volume of BrosS Lectures for
1907, delivered by ]. Arthur Thompson.
NJ. A.. professor of natural history in
the University Of Aberdeen. Will be
published soon. The book will be called
The tble of Nature and its purpose
is to try Ito state some of the lessons
which nali-Ininister and interpreter
may learn from nature. The book will
contain five lectures. The Wonder of
the World" 1.-The History Of Things.
"Organis!ns and Their Origin THE
Evolution OF Organism and Mans
Place i'll Nature Two other volumes
have been published in the series uf
Bross Lectures, one by DR.. James Orr
on THE Problem OF the Old Testament
and one BY DR.. Marcus Dods called
The Eiblc: Its Origin and Nature
A writer in Putnam'rs magazine says
there is no mere beautiful building in
New York than j. p. Morgans private
library In East Thirty sixth street. 1t
was designed by Charles Mckin,. in the
style OF the. italian Renaissance. The
material is Tennessee marble. whose
wilderness is relieved by q suggestion OF
pink. The blocks are set without
cement and 90 close that the facade
appears to be one solid sheet Of stone
more 81 than the photograph indicates.
notwithstanding its great soidity. the
building is a model Of lishtness and
grace. 1t makes all lovers of literary
and artistic treasures breath more free
~ " hllOW th2t MI MOrSanS pTlCeicS
collection of manuscripts and rare edi-
tons Is now housed in a flreproof build
ing. Not only that. but that they are
arranged as to be seen to the best ad-
vantage. Before the library was built
the basement Of his dwelling house
next door was used by Mr.. Morgan a.
storage place. The new building is
apparently destined to become famous
not only as a library but to have its
place in the financial history OF the
country: for it was within it's marble
wells that MIR. Morgan held those all
day and all-night business conferences.
in October, which resulted in ayertins
a panic. and in saving the credit of the
city at a time Of almost unprecedented
STORM and stress.
Editors have their troubles. lust like