Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-22
10 10. Books and Authors.

and he reports the Esquimaux as say
ing that white men are as bad to trav-
ell with as babies. Indeed. they go
farther and say that white men are
worse than babies, because though ba-
bies cry they don't argue, and white
men are always giving directions
about things they don't understand"
Charles de Kay contributes an inter-
esting criticism of the work of the late
Frederic Remington to the issue of
Harper's Weekly for January Sth.
There is a metallic hardness to be OBJ
served in some of Remington's paint
ings," he writes, "a clean-cut definite
ness due in part to the atmospheric
qualities of the West, which is ant to
lack chose infinitely tender TRANSPARENT
wells of moisture found in Europe and
some parts of the American seaboard
In part however, it is due to his strong
bent toward form, which also led him
into sculpture. In both mediums he
had the advantage of a long and init
mate acquaintance with frontier life.
The robustness of his health and the
fine vigor of his manhood made the
death Of Remington peculiarly unex-
pected to his friends and acquaintance
for he seemed destined to a long life
full of greater honors than any he had
so far attained" The article is finely
illustrated with many examples of
RemingtOn's works.
Mr.. Alden. in the Editors Study of
Harper's Magazine for February.
writes one of the most distinguished
and eloquent ESSAYS that have ever
been printed on the subject of woman
and her capacity for achievement. He
uses as his text De Quincey's classic
challenge" in his essay on Joan of
Arc. which begins: woman, sister
there are some things which you do
not execute as well as your brother,
man; no. nor ever WILL Though even
De Quincy admitted that she can die
grandly. and as goddesses would die,
We're gOddesses mortal" Mr. Alden
explains why woman has not done the
things De Quincy said she could not
do-and why she has done other things
which he had no notion about her ever
doing at ALL
How curious it is to get a real Whit
VI Spi iAiS, VII q "lIluy beCeIHUCT udE.
Sweet lavender, sold in Twenty third
street, scents the air for blocks, one
might almost say. l think that in the
old days. when the lavender was sold
on the stalk it used to smell sweeter
than 1t does now, but possibly that is
mere imagination. Lavender is a de-
lightful thing to have, to put in your
linen. There is no reason on earth
that its use should be confined to the
fair sex. 1t is scarcely a perfume, yet
sprlHkled generously among your I'M
dcrwear and handkerchiefs, it helps
TO take away that disagreeable odor
that linen, fresh from the press of the
hot iron, is so apt to possess. | have
SO often heard men say that they hate |
the smell OF clothes newly arrived |
from the laundry. A few cents worth |
of lavender from the vendors basket |
and it will be entirely done away with |
The Gentlemans Journal.
In good season for Lincolnt birth |
day, "A. c. McClurg & Co. will publish
a small volume from the pen of Hon.
isaac N. Phillips. reporter for the SUI
preme Court of Illinois, which embod- l.
les an analysis of Lincolns character
in distinctly original manner. The
book will be issued in uniform style
with Col Cars Lincoln at Gettys-
burg"
Edgar Beecher Bronson, the author of
In Closed Territory" which A. c. Nc
Clurg 4 Co. will publish this spring
was for seven months last year the
guest of w. N. Macmillan at Juja, the
same base from which Colonel Roose-
welt later hunted the same territory
that Mr. Bronson covered. Mr.. Bron-
sons adventures in big game hunting
IN this land, access to which is as a
rule forbidden to all white men, were
d an unusually exciting nature, and
n this book they are told with marked
narrative ability and the story will be
The first detailed account of hunting in
his territory.