Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-20

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Sarah OYne Jsves., IS mo. pp. 2s7; Boston !:
Houshsoo, AiAnin Conpsny.l
This 10 one Of the most charming books Of
the season, and will be sure to be popular.
not only With girls. but With the great read
ing public. which has come % admire the
works Of this gifted Maine writer. The
binding Of this book 10 originally and ssrik-
ingly dainty and srtissbc. and ito print
neat and cisar. The Tideshead, where she
scene Of the story 10 laid, re@inds one Of
South Berwick. Maine, and IL 10 peshaps
mere IN N possible that the writer had this
beautiful old Maine town 10 mind when she
skstched the environments for her little hero
inc. The story 10 told Win the same vivacisy
and ciesrness. the ssme vividnsss Of
description which mark all Of Mise
Jeweu'. writings. IL 10 intensely 10
teresting without being over colosed. and IL
character sketches though not out Of the
ordinary lines. are nevertheless cleveYiy
done and wonderfully life like. We always
feel that Misc Jswets's characters sre res!
characters, and We should be sure 70 feeog-
uize the % 40 old friends and acquaintances
should We ever chance 70 meet them. This
latest effort Of the talented Maine writer will
rank among her best. Price Sl.zo. FOR
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"A Summer in Canon, California Story.
by Kate Douglss Wigsin. limo. PIP. III;
Boston Houghton. Mifiiin Co.
The pictures Of the grand and beautiful
scenery Of California which this volume pre-
sents us are admirable. II describes the
daily life Of one Of the most delightful Of
camping parties who passed . portion OF
4 summer IN tents in one of the many oesu-
tiful and picturesque canons OF California
We may be sure that they had . most de-
liahtful time, and 20 cleverly and interest
inaly has the author described their life there
that the reade, seems almost to form one OF
the merry party and to share in it, vivscious
pleasures The book 10 printed in large clear
type. 10 beautifully bound and will form .
moot welcome addition TO the good literature
of the year Price $3.50. For sale BY +.
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rStandish Of Staudish, A Story Of the
Pilgrims, BY Jane G. Austin: IL mo. PIP. 422.
Boston, Houghton. Mifiiin and Company
Literary critics have often expressed sur
prise that American writer's have not made bet
ter use Of the magnificent neld for quaint and
beautiful romance which 10 afforded by our
early Colonial life. Every element essential
to the highest achievement Of the n0velist's
art appears to be present here. The field 10
q comparatively UNEMPLOYED one, and presents
abundant opportunities for the building up
of . literature that shall be distinctively
American. The greatest Of American nov
els-Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, Was located
amid these environments. but its remarkable
success seemed TO deter others from follow
ing in the came line. Writers seemed 70 act
either ~ If they considered the field ex-
hausted or we're afraid Of the comparison
with Havthorns's masterpiece which any e.
fort therein would invoke. In this, her latest
work, however. Miss Austin-whose reputa-
ton as a novelist was long ago firmly estab
lished-enters this field and presents Us q
novel which we regard Is the best, and des-
tined to be the most enduring, that she hes
ever written. The hero Of the story, - the
warrior and Indian fighter Of the
early colonial days the SWord-oi
- the - white men whose courage
and rugged energy did 90 much to preserve
the Pilgrim Fathers from the attacks Of their
dusky neghbors. The quaint customs and
language of the times are brought out BY the
author with consummate skill while the
-omber background of primeval New Eng
land wilderness and Indian life, lend
an additional interest to the narrative.
The characters and names in this work are
all historical. There are the CafveFs, the
WinsIows, the BradfOrds, the Brewsters. the
Howlands, the Billingtons, and many others
whose life and lsbors are familiar 10 the early
DAYS Of the colonv. There too 10 the couftly
John Alden and Priscilla Molines. and the
story of their courtship. already made i'm
mortal BY Loogfellow's poem, 10 told
again in quaint and beautiful prose
and acquires . new and delightful
interest in the telling. The boob
is sure to be popular. It is Of more value
to the American reader than the ordinary
novel, for in addition to its charming and
entertaining narrative, it gives . description
of, and insig into. the daily life and domestic
relations of our pilgrim fathers which car
not be acquired from ordinary histories
Price 81 %. For sale by F. H. Beale Co