Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-25

kllllns OF man by man as means VI
settling International disputes IS the
foulest blot upon human society ana
the greatest curse of human life.-An-
drew Carnegie in the June Century.
Germanys hope that it has found
the key to air navigation in the as
covefy that migrating birds never
cross the seas and oceans except on
storm currents, and sometimes on the
storms themselves, is the starting
point of an article to appear IN the
June Century on Bird Flight and
Air Navigation" by T. r. MacMechen
and Carl Dienstbach.' who contrib-
uted to the May Century an article
on over Sea by Aairship." The artl-
Gle will show how the birds art In
mastering the air has become import
ant in the study OF that new element
in international politics-air power.
A new book by Henryk SienkieWlcZ,
the Polish author who wrote QUO
Vadis," with Fire and Sword" etc,
is always an event in the literary
world and his host or admirers in
this country will welcome the new
volume entitled "Whirlpools'' which
his American publishers, Little, Brown
IL Co. Boston, announce for publica-
ton early in June. AS in "Children of
the Soil" the great novelist in his
new book, 'Whirlpools, deals with
the conditions of modern life. and as
in without Dogma" he has placed
he soul of his hero under the micro
scope; but unlike that work, he has
made him the central figure of a group
of lifelike characters and an unusual
love story. Marynia. the youthful vio-
linist, is said to be one of the au-
thors most beautiful and lovable girl
creations. "Whirlpools" has been
translated from the Polish by Max
A. DreZmal.
Mr. Frank Savile, whose story THE
Pursuit" will be brought out early in
June by Little, Brown 81 Co., is an
Engishman whose main pursuit" is
the management of large estates in
the Eastern Midlands of England. He
finds time, however, to do good bit
of travelling" as often as possible out
of the beaten track, when he picks up
a large amount of the material later
converted lIltO DOth IOIIll. Mt iitis
generally had the experience of the
details he recounts and in 1.-The Pur-
suit" at least, he followed his nero
and heroine over practically every inch
of the way. which led through Spain
and Tangier and ended in MeSsina at
the time of the earthquake. Local
color is so blended into the background
of this story that the reader is quick
ly conscious of an atmosphere of per-
feet reality. which considerably
heightens the romantic nature Of the
incident.
In her new book, 1.-The Girl from the
Marsh Croft" the first to be published
since she achieved the distinction of
winning the Nobel literary prize of
$4,000, Selma Lagerlof. the now world
famous Swedish author. tells how she
wrote her masterpiece. THE Story of
Costa Berling." AS a girl of nine
living on farm she aspired to be an
author, and for many years she filled
every scrap OF paper she could lay her
hands on with verse and prose, with
plays and rOmanceS. When she wasn't
writing she sat and waited for success.
When the girl had passed her tWen-
tieth year she had begun to grow i'm
patient When she was two and twen-
tv she Travelled up TO Stockholm to
prepare to become a teacher and wrote
no more Later on the story COM
menced to take shape. part by part.
and the name of the hero, Costa Ber-
ling, came to her. When it mad
reached the novelette, stage the story
lint oil Si
wa rejected Then long after she had
been a teacher at Landskrona. the
story had grown to novel size; ana
when, in 1890, the dunn offered prize
for short novelette,. she decided to
submit five of her chapters. These she
reworte and sent to that periodical
at the eleventh hour. 1t won the prize
and the publishers encouraged her to
complete the work in it's extended
form. A leave of absence secured
through the aid of loyal friend, Bar
oness Adlersparre. secured for her the
necessary time and THE story of
Costa Berling" was completed and
published in 1891. Selma Lagerlof was
then 80 years old. Her subsequent
hooks have been invisible Links.
1.-THE Miracles of Anti-Christ,' "Jeru-
SALEM" Christ Legends THE Won
derful Adventures of Nils and final
w 1.-THE Girl from the Marsh Croft.
The long promised work on Lower
California by Arthur w. North who
has made himself an authority on the
field is published on May 81, by the
Baker d TAYLOR Co. Its value TO the
student will be increased by two maps.
one of which gives the whole country
in fair detail. and by many photo
graphs taken by the author.
In his new book, THE Humming
Bird" (The Baker & Taylor Coz, Mr..
owen johnson brings up an old prob
lem in a new form. How far may lib
critics be taken with the Kings Eng
lish? Where does the line between le-
Ultimate vernacular and indisputable
slang begin? Mr.. JohnsOn's chief char
acter Dennis De Brian De Boru Fin