Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13

In its improved form the old New York
Ledger must greatly please its large circle
of readers. Among the articles in the issue
for Jan. ! !, are chapters of Into Mis-.
chief and Out" college story by Mrs.
Phelps Ward; Great Senators Of the Last
Generation" by James Parton a story by
Marion Harland; number nine Of Rev. Mr..
foung's story of missionary Life in the
Wild North Land; Murat Halstead's
"Recollections of q Journalist" chapter
second; continuation of Anna katherine
Green's The Forssken Inn; q short
story by Julian Ha~ thorne, and an illus
trated four page souvenir supplement con-
tanning Whittier's poem. 1.-The Captains
Well" New York; Robert Bonner's
Sons
Messrs. Arkell & Harrison, who. are now
the publishers of Frank Leslie's illustrated
Newspaper and of that great satirical illus
trated weekly, Judge, have issued a re-
production of Jean Mllet's "Le Angelus,"
the great painting for which slI0, 900
WAS paid last summer by a wealthy Ameri-
can-which is said to be of the exact size
and coloring Of the original. This picture
will be given free to every yearly subscrib-
er of Frank Leslie's illustrated Paper, who
sends the price of either paper, $500, to
the publishers. New York; the Judge
Building, 9Th Avenue and 10th Street.
The New York Book BUYER SAYS that one
of the most melancholy effects of the big
fire in Bo.ton WAS the entire destruction Of
a manuscript which had just been completed
by Nathan Haskell Dole. 1t was q book
upon the composer Palestrina, upon which
he had been engaged for more than year.
1t was in his desk at the office of r. Y.
Crowell & Co., and the most unfortunate
circumstance about it all 10 that in the same
desk were all his notes, laboriously COM
piled from great variety of sources and
| largely from foreign and not easily accessi-
| BILE authorities. number of autograph
copies of American and Spanish writers
| were also in the same place, and the fire of
course made clean sweep.
| Ina closely printed volume of 400 pages,
entitled Evolution" is published the
essays and lectures given before the
Brooklyn, n. Y, Ethical Association,
with brief abstracts of-the discussion or
remarks following each lecture. The sub
jects are Sketches of the Lives Of Her
bert Spencer and Charles Darwin; ;""Solar
and Planetary Evolution, by Garrett =. Ser
rlss; Evolution of the Earth, by DIR. Lewis
q. Jones: Evolution of Vegetable Life, by
VIM. Potts; Evolution of Animal Life, by
Rossiter W. Raymond; The Descent Of
Man, by Prof. Il. ID, Cope The Evolution
of Mind. by Dr.. X. g. Eccles; Evolution
of Society, by james A. Skilton; The Evo-
lution of Theology, by 4. Sidney Sampson !;
The Evolution of Morals, by DR.. Lewis G.
James; Proofs of Evolution, by Nelson G..
Porshsll; Evolution A. related to Kelig-
ious Thought; The Philosophy Of Evolu-
ton, by Starr II. Nichols and the Effects
of Evolution on the Coming Civilization,
bp Rev. Minot J. Savage. Although there
are some good essays in this volume. no,a-
bly, the biographical sketches Of Darwin
and Spencer. it is ~ q whole too heavy to
be readable, and too one sided to be fair.
Boston James II. West, 1872 Summer 81. =;
price $500.
Such letter as poets sometimes write il
published in the January number Of the
Book Buyer. 1t 10 from r. B. Aldrich, ed
itor Of the Atlantic Monthly to his friend
Prof. Edward s. Morse Of Salem. Here i,
is
| MY DEAR Ma. MORSE: II vas very
| pleasant to me to get letter from you the
other day. Perhaps | should have found i,
pleasanter il had been able to decipher it,
| don't think that mastered anything be-
yond the date (Which knew and the Gig.
nature (Which I guessed at. There's 4
singular and perpetual charm in a let
ter Of yours it never grows old, il
never loses its novelty. One can saJ
to ones self every morning. There,
tina, letter Of Morse's. haven't read il
yet. think III take another shy At il to.
day, and maybe shall be able in the course
Of a few years to make out what he mean,
BY those Is that look like vs. and those IL
that haven't any eyebrow. Other letter,
are read and thrown away, and forgotten
but yours are kept forever er-unreai. One
Of them will last a reasonable man . life
, time. Admiringly yours, T. B. ALDRIcH.
One Of the most intere sting articles IL
the Andover Review for January il the &C
coun, Of flying spiders, from observation
by Jonathan Edwards when a boy. Th
10 given from his own MS, Of which
q photo reproduction serves a. . frontis
piece. which has been edited by Prof Es
bert C. Smysh. There are also articles oil
the FuIfllment Of Prophecy; EndovnentI
for Newspapers, Opposing the argumen
of Prof. Livermore in behalf Of this schem
in the Review for November; Life in
Massachusetts Reforma.ory; r. vision oi
the Westminster Confession; and . vid
and able variety Of briefer articles 10 th,
editorial and miscellaneous departments
II 10 q valuable number Of an able, schol
arly and catholic publication. Boston
Hough,on, MIfflin & Co, - 90 per year.