The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-24
New Books.

PART OF THE PROPERTY, by Beatrice
Whitby. Published by d. Appleton Co.,
New York. Price, in paper, fifty cents.
Miss Whitby was the author of " The
Awakening of Mary Fenwick." "The
author has the power to become a great
novelist" was the verdict of the London
4then@unl upon that popular novel, and its
popularity in this country shows that
large circle of readers will be Interested in
the appearance of the authors second novel.
THE STORY OF A HEATHEN, by II. L.
Reade Published by the Congregational
Sunday-school and Publishing Society,
Boston. Price sixty cents. In a compare
lively few words, and with a simple and di-
rect style, the writer has told of the growth,
conversion and wide influence of a Japan
ese boy who is now living and occupying
high official position in Japan. The story
is intended to be an inspiration to every
boy who is striving for the highest and best
things.
BY STRANGE PATH, by Margaret H.
Eckerson. Published by the Congrega-
tional Sunday-school and Publishing So
ciety, Boston. Price 81. This is a story
of life in German village, written by one
who thoroughly understands the materials
she is dealing with, and who in her writ
ing has an easy but artistic and even dra-
matte power. Though written in English
the story has a noticeable German charac-
ter, and will be all the more welcome on
account of being out of the common run
Two boys figure as the chief actors in the
story, and their experiences are quite worth
the telling.
HEALTH FOR LITTLE Folks, published by
the American Book Company, New York.
This is one of the " Authorized Physiology
Series" published under the direction
of the department of scientific instruction of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
1t is designed for the primary grades,
4 10 e. Int
children can readily understand, with
numerous illustrations. The book is in
tended to give children an idea of the laws
of health, that they may regulate to some
extent their habits of life, with view to
securing the best health. The effects of
alcohol on the system are discussed at some
length.
LITTLE Miss Boston, by Mrs. Harriet A,
Cheever. Published by the Congregational
Sunday-school and Publishing Society,
Boston. Price $1.25. This is "a Christmas
story for the little girls, and with its orna-
mental binding large type, handsome full
page illustrations, and neat head and tail
| pieces, it makes an exceedingly attractive
book. 1t tells of a little girl who lived in a
poor district of Boston with two coarse,
! brutal women, who had taken her at her
mothers death. She finally escaped from
them, hiding for awhile in church, and
passing through one experience after
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"A wealthy family.
A ROYAL HUNT, by Mrs. G. C, Wilson.
! Published by the Congregational Sunday
school and Publishing Society, Boston.
Price 100. Writers have long found the
history and experiences of the Hnguenots
"A most fruitful field for thrilling stories.
In this book there is no lack of the best
elements in all such fiction, with the adj
ditional charm of a peculiarly attractive
picture of the child-life of these much
prosecuted people. The tale centers in a
large family of children, among whom the
little girl Nannette is the most lovablei
though all are interesting. The book gives
us IA Il mpse of the cruel dragonnade sys-
tenn, when squads of dragons were quar-
tered on Huguenot families, for the purpose
of compelling them to recant their faith.
ONE LITTLE MAID, by Elizabeth Preston
Allan. Published by the Congregational
Sunday school and Publishing Society
Boston. Price $150. A missionary
daughter in Japan is sent to spend year
in America at a wealthy girls boarding
school in Baltimore. Being of an earnest
religious nature, she has thought OF
America as truly Gods country" in con
trast with the misery of the heather nation
in which she had grown up. When she