Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-26
THE REALM OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Lieutenant Shackleton's promised
book on his Antarctic experiences will
be brought out in the autumn.
Another motOr-car romance is COM
ing from the pens of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
N. Williamson. 1t describes a journey
through England, and is called set in
Silver"
Miss Mary Johnston has quit Egypt
and is now in Italy Her latest work
Lewis Randi is still among the best
selling books.
Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel, an
nounced for publication in the autumn.
is supposed to be a sequel to the once
mucn read Robert Elsmere" 1t is
rumored that the title of Robert Els
mere Twenty Years After has been
chosen for the book
sThe Story of an American Farm"
was a book which in its day caused
Tnuch talk. Its author, Miss Olive
Schreiner, has produced nothing so ef-
fective since. She is now about to
bring out in Closer Union Tor Sout 4
Africa volume dealing with poities
1.-The Royal End" the novel which the
late Henry Harland left unfinished.
was completed by his wife. 1t comes
from the press OF Dodd, Mead & Co.
Mrs Gertrude Atherton's new novel
is to be published by the Macmillan
Company this spring. Her heroine i;
an opera singer and the scene moves
between America and Bavaria, Munich
being the foreign city in which part OF
the drama is played
A new novel by Nora Davis will be
among the spring publications Of the
Harpers. The author is a. Southern
woman, born in Alabama, and her sto-
ry will have q Southern setting. Among
novelists she is the younger set, being
still under thirty, with two other nov
els already to her credit-"The North
| erner" and 1.-The Worlds Warrent." =,
The Book Monthly calls Mrs. Kath-
crime Macqunid the veteran of our army
Of women nnvelists. She has just cele-
brated her eighty-fifth birthday and
she is still in good health and full of
energy She has just been finishing an
other novel, her fftieth since she be
gan to write. Her most popular story,
Patty" was written in 1871, nearly
forty years ago.
The latest novel by j. J. Bell following
hard upon "Whither Thou Goest,' is
called ooh. Christina!' Christina is
aged twelve, and the book is humorous,
a sufficient prophecy to those who
know the authors work. Messrs, Hold
der & Stoughton are the publishers in
London.
The poems of James Whitcomb Riley
are favorites with the composers of
songs, and hundreds of musical set
tings have been provided for them. The
ore which has been most frequently set
to music is probably "a Life Lesson"
DIETER known as There, Little Girl,
Don't Cry,").,, Among the composers
who have tried their skill upon it are
H. A. Norris, P. A. Schneider, I'll. b.
Vincent, G. Forsyth. G. Sobeski, Mary
K Wood and ]. Jordan.
| Mrs. F. G.. Stephenson, of Marion,
Ind, who was graduated from DePauw
University, with the class of "a, is
| the author of book entitled 1.-The Hand
| of God" The book, which is a novel
| treating the story of Samson and De
| liah, is in press and will be placed or
sale within the month. Mrs. Stephen
son, formerly Miss Cora Bennett, is q
| member Of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Jesse Lynch Williams has written fol
| Scribner'S magazine number of Sto-
| ries about Il young married couple
1.-THE CAROLS" Each story is an entire
| " independent adventure. The first OF
| Them IN the April Scribner, shows the
| trouble created by a very modern wo
man lecturer.
The current issue of the American
| Boy contains the opening chapter Of
| Norman Brainerd's fine serial win
ming His Shoulder Straps; or Bob An
derson at Chatham Military Academy
A unique book which will be publish
ed early in May is to be called BOX
Furniture" 1t is written by Louise
Brigham, who has herself made the
one hundred articles described and
pictured
William Allen White, best known as
tie editor Of the Emporia Gazette and
now one of the editors of the American
Magazine, has ventured into field
new to him. His first novel is to be
published this month by The Macmillan
Company under the title, "A Certain
Rich Man"
Two posthumous papers by Ouida
have been secured by ]. 3. Lippincott
Company for publication in Lippin-
colts Magazine, and the first will APP
pear in the May number. Their titles
are: "Shall Women Vote9";-a study of
feminine unrest--its causes and rene
dies; and Love VS.. Averice"-a frank
analysis of the causes which make for
social evil