Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-13

There we're fo0 O0osoDo 80 I0NF
teen di2srsss bsoks IubIishsd n IL
Cnised 6tsses during rhs year
1859, si7 less than in 1883. OF this nua-
ber, fiction led with 81, iav coming nexs
With 40, and jsvehiis books shird viii ~
With the number for January. 1880. |
shakespesYians Leonard Seon Publiessios
Company, Hev York } becomes sssia %
octave like the dfss volume; heneeforth it
will be an illustrated quarterly. The prss-
ens number has . portrait Of The lais J. o.
Hallivsli- Philiips. ~
Thst invaluabls statistical and historical
year book the New York Tribune Almanac
for 1880. has just been Published Its
pecked chuck full Of the most Important
facts Of the year, and should dnd place
In every library snd business once In The
country. The Tribune Association New
York. Price 70 cts.
At the sale Of the library Of the late 8
L. N. Barlow in New York last week, the
manuscript diary Of Gen. Bssedics Arnold
kept While on his expedition 70 Quebec in
l775-so which ve referred IN recent arsi-
Gle in the Josrnal-vas purchased oy Mr.
Joseph Ssbin, book dealer Of New York
The price paid vas $4,000.
John @. Whittier, when he sent his poem,
The Captains WE'LL" To the Ledger, left
the amount Of the remunefasion 70 the
publishers. They sent him 81 900. In
scknowI led ing recsips Of the check, the
poet said IL enabled him TO give more than
he expected to certain charitable enter
prises that were near his heart.
"a Popular Treatise ON the extent and
character Of Food Adultsrations. BY Prof.
Alex J. Wedderburn, has been published
| by the Department Of Agriculture, Wash
| ington. d. C. An appendix gives several
statutes against adulteration Of food. passed
by different states. among them the Maine
law Of last year against the sdulterasion Of
lard.
| The most interesting article in the Febru-
AIRY number Of the Asdover Review 10 .
Discussion Of Individualism, touching in
| fiuence and dependence Of the peFton.
Some criticisms on the Andovsr movement.
and The Education Of Roman Youth, are
interesting and timely contributions. Bos-
ton: Houghton, Miflin 4 Co. e4.00 per
year.
The late Gen. Gordous Chinese journals
have been edited by one Of Gordon's sew
erAl biographeFs, Esmont Hske, and will
be published soon in London, In two VOL
umes. A portrait, etched from Val Prir-
sep's painting. which shows Gordon in .
yellow Chinese jacket, will be issued -
the frontispiece. Letters 70 be given are
new.
The story Of SANKEY'S life and adventures.
his finding Of Livingstone, founding Of the
Congo Free State. and full account Of his
latest and grandest achievement, the ind
| "a lnA hu
Reddall, has been published in large vol
ume by Robert Boomers Sons, New York.
Sent by mail in stif paper covers for so
cents.
The latest issue Of Riverside Paper Series
10 Harriet Beecher Stoves agnes Of Sor-
rento." It is . valuable study Of Italian
thought and feeling, and one Of her most
popular novels. This 10 the SD edition.
The series regularly contains representative
works Of the leading American authors,
and o6ers for the widest circulation the
most cultivating collection. Boston :
Houghton, Miflin 1 Co. Price so cents. ]
Miss Eliza H. Morton Of Portland writes
us to correct the notice which rec ntly ap-
peared in our columns concerning her
geography. The volume soon
to be published Is Al Ad-
vanced Geography. the Elementary series
having been in use for over year In many
public and private schools throughout the
country. The attention Of educators in
this state 10 called to this ne . work in view Of
the fact that changes are soon 70 be made
in our text books.
Rev. c. X. Moor Of North Cambridge,
Mass. formerly pastor Of the Universalist
Church in this city, writes TO the Boston
Transcript to correct the statement that
only three women have ever received the
degree of LIZ D., viz Miss Maria Mitchell,
Mrs. Caroline II Dale and Miss Amelia B.
Edwards. He adds the name Of Mrs.
Christine LAdd Franklin Of Baltimore, Q
distinguished Mathematician who re-
ceived the degree Of LID. from
VassAr College several years ago. Mr..
Moor thinks other women have also been
honored with this distinction.
Mr.. Edward W. Box, in the Boston
Journal writes Of the i've great books Of
the year which may be expected to produce
the liveliest interest on publication. They
are Stanley's new Congo book; DR..
Talmage's life Of Christ; the autobiog-
raphy Of Dom Pedro; Joseph Jefferson'a
memoirs. and the new archaeological work
Nv LIT. SCnlleu8uH. We vcuturc W buu
one to Mr.. Boks list, the publication Of
which it is understood will take place with.
in the year, and which will cause more in
terest in purely literary circles than either
book named. This 10 the diary Of Sir Wal
ter Scott. and we predict that its success
when published will be pheuominal.
George Weymouth visited the coast Of
Maine in 1906. James Roster. one Of those
who accompanied Weymouth TO these
shores, wrote an account Of the discoveries
here made, and after the return Of the
vessel to England published his Relation
in pamphlet Of about fifty pages. The
Gorges Society Of Portland republished the
Relation" . few years ago edited With
notes and introductory matter, BY Rev. DR..
Henry 8 Burrage Of Portland. The copy
Of Rosters Relation" which vas used in
preparing this work for the Society Was
obtained from an original copy in the John
Carter Brown Library in Providence, X. I.
An original copy Of the Relation" vas
sold in New York at the Barlow sale last
Friday. Ii was started at $3.50 and soon
the bidding rose to d 600. The Lenox
Library in New York finally secured the
Relation" for 81 ,s25. This 10 . pretty
good price to pay for An old book and 10 .
fair index Of its extreme rarity.
FARM MOTHS.