Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-24

ROYAL Foes" tNIcClure). is one of the few
kentuckians who make their Lone in
Europe. Miss Madden has been lvins
abroad for the past six years-hrst IN
England. then in Germany. and for Two
years in Italy. Accompanied by an Eng
| fish friend she is now settled In FLOR
eTce. where she is busy with the trans
lation of a modern italian novel-' ,rhta
| Seed on Stony Grounu'-Which has been
very successful in its own country.
Francis Thompson. who died recently.
wrote many Of his poems under the spell,
| of the charming Neynell family, as {,
| writer in the current Harper,s Weekly
| Interestingly recalls. Wilfred Meynell ii
was who saved Thompson from despair,
and possibly from death, at a time when
| he had sunk To 50 low an ebb as 10 be
glad to earn few pence holding horses
in the street or running erranis The
written about Mr.. Meynells two little
daughters Monica ana Madeleine. The
Making Of Viola was written to MIR.
MEnes 'hrd ttle da| o M T9 as
son. Francis Meredith Wilfred Meynell,
who is new. il is said preparing Dios-
| rapliy of the poet.
does; what a remarkable influence Rob-
ert Louis stevenson eNerted on the ca
reers Of all those intimately associated
! with him in his Samoan home. They
were Mrs. Robert Louis; ker son, Lloyd
| Osbomnc; her daughter, Mrs Belle
Silcne. and her grandson. Austin Strong.
l ! Was reminded of it again ny seeing
ein'crG." Strong can not be more than
twenty-five years old. but this is not his
hrs' dramatic work to be produced. His
mother, VINO was StevensonS amanuen-
sis. was also an illustrator. but is now n
writer of stories. Lloyd .Csbourue writes
hali dozen short stories and 3 novel
editing ard writing the new matter for
the biographical edition of stevenson.
also writes 1cr the English magazines
Every living member of that South sea
home OF SteVensons is a writer
| 4 pathetic glimpse of the last phase of
the life of Enalands widely unapprecidt-
ell poet Francis Thompson. IS given bv c.
Lewis Hind. former editor Of the London
Academy. tn watch journal THOMPSON
After Mr.. Hind. in 1904, resigned the edi-
| torship of the Academy. lie no longer
| met his etranc contributor regularly: but
| he saw him ut iEfrequent intervals at the
| house OF Mrs. Neyrall. He would come
| to .linner at any hour that sIited his
mood. take his bite and sip, and pace
| the room with a book in his hand. strik-
| ing innunerable matches never keeping
| his pipe aliSht, rarely taking part in the
| general conversation. but ever courteous
| and ever ready 10 laugh at the slightest
pleasantly. We did not encourage him
| to talk. Never an exhils:ratins talller-
| except on the few occasions when this
! mood. the friend. and the place We're
propitious-latterly his talk became al
| OF point until our heads swan. pause
| politely when the general. conversation
opportunity. break in to tell us Cor the
tenth time something that was not worth
| telling orce. But that was the Thomp-
| son of the latter ycars-rDor tempest
| tossed derclict. waiting foi- dissolution -
Miss Dorothea Conyers the author OF
| sporting rove. nearly ready for pubi:ca-
| tor Mrs Couyers is an Irish lady. a
| true lover of sport herself. and size lives
| ana writes in ireland.
| AIRS. Wilson Woodrow the weil-known
a,lti,or of The New Missioner" which
was recently published by The Mcclure
| Company, is the descendant, Of two Of
! the famous old families of CfAilicothe the
first capital Of Ohio-the McC,cys and the
Waddells There is now quite literary
which has profted considerably because
| of the Eastward trend of the Chillicoth-
cans Charles Waddell. a brother of Mrs
Woodrow who was MAYOR of his home
| city when he was twenty-one years OF
age. is member of the staff OF Mum
! seys Magazine. and two sisters of the
| above, Miss Elanor Waddell. AR expert
| fashion editor. and Mrs. Jane Guthrie, Il
general writer. are well known in the
literary circles of New York.
| Constance Smedley. the originator of
the girls club movemcI.t in England and
Germany. whose novel, Conflict" ap-
| peared in this country last spring. will
visit America at the close of the winter
| new novel by Frances Powell the
author of THE House on the Erudson.
and THE Prisoner of Ornith Farm" viii
be brought out early this spring. The
Money: Romance of Long Island" and
the scene is laid at Elmhampton in the
eastern Part of that island. 1t is a love
story and n story of adventure.
Discussing f. Phillips Oppenheim and
his position as z writer Of sensational
novels. Dr., Richard Burton remarks in
me- ,, current its issue of the Book News
IS mindful of the fundamental facts of
human nature; mis- tales have a genuine
ps sy; ne interest. Then too; they are
easy acquaintance with the great world.
whether that of national or intrnational
relations. or of fashionable society. The
ing king or criminal. And. again.
there is now and then a serious note of
socll sympathy in his work a humani-
lar clements more obviously there: excit-
ing fable dramatic situations. mystery,
SUSPENSE 1t is the union of these quail
.inS when nc, nits Oppenhem's narratives
aooSe the taWdry shilling shockeT. while.
az me same time. they retain its virtues.
poe all else. his fiction stands for story
lot story sake-a good thing in these
token to heart Anthony Trollope's re-
mark That in his first book he had a
strN 10 tell; whereas thereafter, becom-
ing a professional novel-maker, Ne had to
tell a story. Oppenheim always has a
s.oiF 70 tell. and tells il with the cum
nm" OF true craftsman. Buving one
or his stories you NAV he cock sure of
one thing: 1t will claim your attention
= typical tale of his will not turn out q
lesson IN Disguise. leaving the novel;
The last work of the late Edmund
clarence Stedman. which has appeared in
book form. Is his Mater Coronata," a
y University. - A'''