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

and frozen harness upon him In the
house fires had been kept on. yet our
house instrument registered 40 below
a feet from the stove. The wind
positively drove the frost through the
thick house logs. / went to bed in my
furs and was hardly warm by morn
ing"
The yeS~ just passed, according to
the Athcnaeun, has been remarkable
in Il literary sense for the unusual
number Of important and rare books
and manuscripts which have been sold
by auction in London. Literary varic-
ties Of the first rank nave during tbs
last twelve months been more IN evil
dcnce than usual, the prices realized
are Increasing in proportion to a de-
niand. which is now very great. and the
supply seems TO be increasing also
The original manuscript of Pope's "Es-
gay on Man" and some incidental
pieces was sold for eS95. two chapters
of Thackeray's Phillip" brought 240
and Lambs Dream Children COM
nanded clvS.
II is IN interesting fact that tho
Spanish men Of letters count en- the
sale Of their work great deal more
in South America than in Spain. Perez
saldos, the Spanish Dickens" and one
of the most popular Spanish writers.
sells in South America half a dozen
copies OF every book to every one he
sells in Spain.
There were 7,701 books published in
England during the year that has
closed. Among them Poetry and tha
Drama" number 335, against 395 in
1906. But according to an English au-
thnrity there was a slump in novels.
tales and juvenile works from 2,10S 30
1862. The fall in fiction seems remark
able. for Il larger number of new writ
ers has appeared than usual. Few
have taken the world by storm. and
good writer's cf the second rank do not
seem to have scored any remarkable
successes.
The biogra plies of fifty artists.
scuiptorS, prose writer's, composers.
poets and inventors are included by
Edward Everett Hale in new e1i-
ton of Lights of TWO Centuries" Just
issued by Little, Brown & Co.
Some Interesting facts are furnished
by her publishers about Miss Malvery.
the young girl who, clad i'll coster garb
lived for eight years in the East End nc
London, studying the homes of the
poor and collecting in a book entitled
THE Soul Market" 4 record of her
personal experiences. Miss Maivary. il
but she left home when a young girl
and, going TO London. studied music
and recitation. She appears 10 have
achieved a success. and very soon She
combined the two accomplishments as
a professional entertainer. but being
a Humanitarian as well rs an artist
she fell into the habit of visiting the
homes of tine poor, drifting along with
the waits of the street and seeing for
herself how the submerged InaSses
Jared. She finally obtained posi-
ton in i factory. seeking shelter at
night at cheap lodging house: she
earned pennies as 4 singer on the
street, tried her hand as i costermOo- r
ger, and served behind the counter in
a sweat shop. the result OF these re-
searches finally embodying themselves
into q volume that is both a SOcio-
logical study and a portrayal oc mod
err life rs vivid and as imaginative as
a novel.
Kenyon Cox. the painter, has inhciii@l
the art OF writing. which nc cTemplihe7
in his papers on art and artists. Ii" Is
the son of Gen. Jacob ID. Cox, Secretary
IF the Interior in President Grants first
Cabinet. who after his retirement from
hIs -
historical and military topics and vas
for more thar twenty years contributor
to the Nation. keryor Cox contributes
4 paper to the March Scribncr On Miflet.
with many reproductions of his pIintinSs.
Oui,la once said that She began to write
II the age of I. This is almost the ONLY
item If autobiography She ever granted
% curious world. OF i1rr parentagr 1T
lie is known. THAT is none of your hI.Si-
ness" was the reply she is reported to
70 ask her about h"r private life An I
have given. the public 10 read. sh.
said once. lis my books; my private nj
fans do not concern thelu.' She wrote
o an intimate friend regarding her atu-
Jude toward her fellows: II do not hats
humanity. I only hat" society" Sh"
was. however. the sensation of a Londo"
seacon twenty years ago. The poverty III
Which She liz I'd for many years WAS due.
It seems as much to her generosity and
her love for animals as to her pride and
In Mary Inlay Taylor'S new novel.
The Rcaping." an engroSsinG love story
is developed against "A background OF
Washington political and social life. Miss
Taylor gives MS vivid symrSeS 81 the in
nor Political circles Of tire wheels within
and the bitter personal rivalries
that frequently have an altogether dis
effect upon vital. political
issues. Her hero is caught In the di-
lcnna between doing his duty. which
will ruin his public life. and til" pursuit
of his love and of his political an,bitions;.
which will brand him as a man without
honor. The ReapinG'' has just peer
published ny Little. Brown j CO., b"S'""'
Mr.. Clayton Hamilton. who IS the
author of Materials and Methods IN
Fiction shortly to appear from InH
Baker & Taylor Co, Is wen known as
contributor to the leading inaGaaines ano
associate editor of the Forum ana a.
tutor in English at Columbia UnIfefaiI
1904. he established himself as recon-
nized authority on English, Mr. Hsmi!-
toms book is intended both Tor Studene~
and for the general readers: ara con-
tains an exceedingly interesting intro-
duction by Erander Matthews.
u-.u ~ II.rbo, the Georgia novelist