Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-25

Rev. DR.. Cyrus Townsend Brady is
NEST widely known, of course, by ms
spirited romanceS of naval ana mill
tary life and by his popular histories
of famous wars, but this work has
been but the product of his leisure
hours. He is rector of Trinity
church. Toledo, O., and in 1.-THE Love
Test" published at Milwaukee by the
Young Churchman Company, lie
brings together volume of sermons
on many topics. While few authors
OF his years have produced 50 many
books, he also says: 81 suppose that
few men of my years in the ministry
have had opportunity to do so much
preaching During the greater part
of his ministry he has been an arch
deacon or travelling missionary, and IN
some years he has preached as many
as 400 times besides delivering many
addresses and lectures. Generally
his preaching has been eXtcmporane-
Gus, as is necessary on the frontier,
where missionaries are not tolerated.
From time to time, however, he has
written, or rather dictated, sermons
for great days and important services,
and these are included here, as well as
a number of "sermonets" written for
the religious and secular press.
Alice MACEDONIAN, who has written
much in collaboration with her sister,
Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke, will soon
publish a novel of her own exclusive
authorship, dealing with the Tennes-
see mountain life. She is perfectly
familiar with this ground and under
stands the mountaineers with their
strong elemental passions and their
pungent, racy wit and humor. This
novel will combine love interest with
excitment arising from a feud, illicit
dstiliing, fire eating and personal en-
counters. The title Of the book is
1.-THE Strength of the Hills" and it is
to appear serially in Putnam's.
The author of 1.-The Silver Blade"
Charles E. Walk, was formerly an
Indianapolis man. He calls his story
a true chronicle of a double mystery"
and in it's style and plot he shows HIM
self no amateur at writing. He is
clean and vigorous, and works out his
plots without fumbling. The silver
blade was paper knife in DR.. West
brooks office. 1t was the cause of the
death Of Spanish gentleman, Alberto
de Sanchez. Several ciewS We're
obvious, but John Converse, the detet
tive, did not follow them. He had his
own methods and was working on
them, when the murder of DR.. West
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Converse, working at these two
tragedies unraveled several tangled
threads and the mysteries were finally
cleared up. The story is good, and for
those who like detective stories will
furnish plenty of entertainment. 1t is,
however, too long, and the plots be-
come too involved to be absolutely
absorbing. The illustrations, by A. B.
WenZeIl, are absurd and utterly fail to
illustrate the situations described.
(Chicago: A. c. McClurg & Coz
1t has been remarked that the red
haired heroine rules in many novels of
the day. There was a time when such
one would have had a small chance
of winning favor. One explanation is
that she fits picturesquely into artistic
backgrounds; another is that the red
haired woman is nearly always
emotional. According to a scientific
authority red haired people are much
more successful in business, in art or
in love than either blondes or
brunettes. The secret seems to be
that persons of this coloring are
usually of the same temperament and
character They are pcrseverng,
quick witted, alert, and they love and
hate SO fiercely that they are likely to
have as much romance and tragedy in
their lives as is desirable.
1t is recalled that Andrew Lang, who
has lately observed his Gath birthday,
was censured, while an undergraduates,
by Professor Jowett for writing his
essays lin the style of the penny news
paper" The years have not added So
lcmnity to his style, but he evidently
still keeps DR.. Jowett in mind as a
critical standard. He expressed his
curiosity the other day, in discoursing
on the slanginess Of the present gener-
alton, to know what DR.. Jowett would
have said to an undergraduate begging
Oft from chapel on the score of being a
"gnoscr'-which is said to be under
graduate for agnostic
"Thc Shoulders of Atlas" Mrs. Mary
Wilkins Frccmans new novel. will be
PUBLISHED Immediately by the Harpers.
Tho firm Will also bring out about the
same time a volume of short stories by
Mrs. Dcland.
An Album of Fourteen Songs by
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is about to be
published by Schrmer of Boston. Some
of these songs are settings of favorite
poems. such as Mary Call the Cattle
Home" the "Night-plece to Julia
etc: in others both words and music
are Mrs. Howcs own, and in some
cases the words have never before APP
peraed in print. All through her life
Mrs. Howe has been in the habit of
composing melodies for her own words
or those of others, without thought of
publication; at the earnest request of
the children and friends she has con-
scented to have this selection from her
compositions published
Eleanor Crawford daughter of the
novelist F. Marion Crawford. and Cav
alier Pietro Rocca were married at