Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-08
Books and Authors.

After months of preparation, and
careful supervision since his return ny
Mr.. Roosevelt, his great book, "Alrlca
Game Trails" appears all over the
United States, in England, france,
Germany, and Sweden, on Wednesday.
August oath. This volume is a large
octave of more than five hundred pages
printed from beautiful type and elab-
orately illustrated. 1t contains more
than forty thousand words that did not
appear during the serial publlcauon
and in addition numerous pictures
made especially for the volume. The
subjects for the original drawings were
selected by Mr.. Roosevelt ana they
were made under mis- advice. 1t Is
doubtful whether any volume has at
tracted the Worldwide attention OF
this and mas so large an audience ready
and eager to secure the finished work
of the most distinguished American at
the present day and the one best known
to all civilized nations.
Prentiss Cummings. Boston lawyer
of ripe scholarship has devoted his
leisure of the past twenty years to
translating the Had of Homer. into
hexameter verse, the meter of the orig
inal, which Little, Brown, & Co., Bos-
ton, are publishing on September 10Th,
in two volumes. Mr. Cummings has
supplied in his introduction the histor-
ical and mythical setting of the Had
SO that the ordinary reader can read it
Understandings. Mr.. Cummings will
celebrate his 10th birthday on the day
his translation is published.
No new series of books for children
Published last year attracted more fa-
vorable comment from parents, libra
rians and teachers than THE Little
People Everywhere" series written by
Eta Blaistlell Mcdonald and Julia Dali
rvraple and illustrated from actual
photographs. Describing child life in
various countries of the world the four
looks lime San in Japan" Manuel
in Mexico" Rafael in Italy" and
kathleen in Ireland" created a de-
n:a..d for more books of the same kind
and these authors have written for
September publication, Fritz in Ger
many" "Gerda in Sweden" Boris in
Russia" and Betty in Canada" (Bos-
ton: Little. Brown & Co. so cents.)
On Thursday, September 1st, Lothrop
Lee &. Shepard Co. will publish the
following important novels by we'll
Known authors: 1--WE slower of Wanna
lah," a story of love and life in Old
Virginia, by George Cary Eggleston,
and THE Castle Builders" by Charles
Clark Mum, who first won distinction
ten years ago by his exceptionally pop
Ilar Uncle Terry"
Since the publication of her latest
book Just Between Themselves" Anne
Warner has returned to her German
home where she has resumed her short
story and novel writing. This favorite
American author has written a new Sc
ries of Susan Clegg stories which are
pp"aring In one Of the magazines, pre-
vious to book publication. In the
meantime her publishers will bring out
in September under the titla~of Susan
Ciesg. Her Friend and Her Neighbors,"
me Susan Clcgg stories which were
published in Anne Warmers two earlier
susan Clegg books, Susan Clegg and
Her Friend. Mrs. Lathrop," and "Su-
san Cleeg and Her Neighbors Affairs"
This prolific and versatile author has
already completed novel for 1911.
1t is curious coincidence that a DO
litical trick dramatically described in
The RamrOdders''-a story of love and
politics in Maine, by Major Holman
Day, published this spring-has come
up as an actual issue of the hour in
New Hampshire kilograms of the week
announce that Senator Robert p. Bass,
of the latter State, who is running for
Governor, accuses his opponents of
partially breaking up a meeting at La
COMA by starting "a curiously oppor-
tune alarm for dump fire within easy
distance of the hail." This is almost
precisely the trick resorted to by Thel-
ismer Thornton, the easy boss" OF
THE Ramrodders. Major Day is him
self in the thick Of the fight which Re-