Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-21
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works published by this firm will take good
rank With any that have preceded them.
/ ..Queblin. The Story Of New England
( Town, With Outlooks Upon Puritan Life
( by Francis II. Underwood, LII D., PIP
1 s7t, illustrated Lee & Shepard; Boston.
| Price sl.7J. Thi. volume will take very
high--perbaps foremost position among
the literary productions Of the year.
| The author has already distinguished
| himself in lines of literary work, and there
! fore will leed no Introduction TO the read
/ ing public. His 'Handbooks Of English
Literature" Biographical Sketches OF
Longfellow and Whittier" Lord of Him
| self" a novel, and various miscellaneous
writings in leading periodicals, have estab-
iished for him very secure reputation as
writer of singular grace and interest and AS a
keen observer Of unusually strong analytical
powers There 1. charm about his latest
work Il faithfuness of portraitnre and
deep and sympathetic appreciation of the
types of New England life that are brought
into relief, hict cannot fail to win the cordial
endorsement Of all lovers of good books.
Mr.. Cnderwood's powers of analysis have
ample opportunity to display themselves IN
| "Qmebbin." He brings out very clearly
the development OF the potent methods OF
thought that were the outgrowth of New
England Puritanism.
| 1t would seem an impossibiity to improve
upon the clearness and beauty of Mr.. In
herwoods style in this book The opening
D paragraph exeeilently illustrate his singu-
! larry felicitous mode of expressing himself
| Among the memories of childhood next
after the impressions of mothers brooding
! love, and of the home wherein the new unit
/ of humanity first becomes conscious of
/ being the center of a unlverse--the most
! ndelible is the risual line that encircies his
/ birthplace. with the perspectiyes that stretch
out to it, Taken all in all the book VIII
| fully rank with Mrs. Stoves ''Dldtown
| Folks" in its faithful deiineation of New
| England village life and character and Will
I add materially to the already well established
/ literary reputation of its author. For sale
/ By +. II Beale & Co.
| The Land We Live In. by Charles f.
/ King, PIP 81, price sc cents net, by mail
~ cents.
/ The JoCRSAL has already taken occasion
to commend in high terms two farmer vol
umes of the Picturesque Geographical
Readers The third volume of the series
/ is perhaps, all things considered, the best.
| In giving these works to the
public Mr.. King has supplied long felt
educational need. He presents his geo
/ graphical studies in a form 10 be readily
grasped and assimiated by youthful read
ers. lie has made the study Interesting,
and even fascinating to young people. lie
/ appreciates first of all. the great value of
good illustrations in illustrating the text
and winning attention. The pictures that
adorn the volume under consideration are
all made from Photographic slides, and are,
therefore, faithful reproductions of the
places, the people and the things which
I they portray Mr.. King sees clearly Il
point that has been gradually dawning upon
[ the minds of educators during recent fines
! viz That the narrative style is the best cal
| culaled for mpres.ing educational facts
upon the juvenile mini. Mr., King employs
this style with excellent effect. His Young
readers have the advantage of securing IN
one volume the features of good .eogra-
ply. reading. and spelling book. IL IL great
/ IL TO the advantage of the work that maps
are carefully avoided. The old method of
employing them in juvenile iustructio was
a glariug educational error. They could
not he understood by young minds and
therefore served to hefOg rather than to
enlighten them. Under the old regime which
undertook to impart geographical instruc-
tion BY stupid sets of map questions and col
umns of statistics this study,s full of inter-
est when properly taught, was the bane of
| juvenile school life. Mr.. King has accom-
| plished an educational work of no little im-
| poriance in lifting it out of the old ruts and
putting it into form to win the favor and
enlist the interest of young people. His
own wide experience as master of the Dear
| born Grammar School of Boston, enabled
/ him to approach the subject from practical
| standpoint and to fully test his theories upon
! his own pupils and ascertain their actual
worth before putting them into print. For
sale by F. II. Beale and Co.
Baron Trumps Marvellous Under
| Ground Journey" by lngersoll Lockwood.
author of Baron Trump and his Wonder
full Dog Bulger, "''Gant Boab and his Talk
| ing Raven Tabib," Captain Doppelkop on
the Shores of Bubbleland. Twenty-six full
| page illustrations by Charles Howard John
son. Original cover designs. Lee & Shep-
ard; Boston. new book by Mr.. Lock
wood is always sure TO find an eager and
appreciative constituency. The Little Bar
on, after reading Don Fum's book on "A
World within a World Immediately starts
on voyage of discovery and investigation.
The STORY of his adventures in entering
Polyphemus Funnel, the entrance 10 this
wonderful world. and among the Mikka-
menkies. Soodopsies. koltikwerps. and
other strange peoples who live inside our
earth. is wonderful chronicle of the mar
vellous, running over with bright ideas,
quaint conceits, and wholesome fun.
Older people will enjoy this book quite
a. much AS the younger ones 10 whom 1t is
4 - III l. - 49,,
| and is printed on heavy quality of fine
ealendered paper. The type is large and
clear and generous margins combine TO
make pleasant and attractive looking
page We know of no book better suited
| for n high class Christmas gift for child.
For sale by f. H. Beale 4 Co.
Fighting for the Right by Oliver Optic;
illustrated; PIP. 1863. Lee & Shepard Bos-
ton.
This volume is the fifth in the Blue and
the Gray series, which has enjoyed a very
widespread popularity among juvenile read
ers as have indeed most of the books which
have come from the pen of this gifted writer.
| The secret of Mr.. Adams great success as
| a writer of boys books, lies in the fact that
| he thoroughly understands and sympathizes
with boy nature. His constituency, and
II Il "a WV. AtNi
preciate this fact. 1t requires Just this
know ledge to strike a responsive chord in
the heart of an average boy Mr.. Adams
has frequently been criticised for making
his youthful heroes perform deeds that
would tax the powers of grown men; bat
this criticism is not just one. The life
of the ordinary everyday boy is no, a very
eventful affair.
1t is devoted very largely to the work of
growing up. II it were to be faithfully
chroniclei. il would seem terribly tame 10
| the boy himself and TO all his associates.
They would deem it an insufferahle bore to
be forced to read it. However much the
modern realistic school of writers may be
able to achieve with adult world: they
would finl little elbow room in the juvenile
world The writer who wins and holds the
interest of live boys in his stories. must
make his hero considerably more than
average, He must en;boiy in bis achieve
ments not only about all that the average
hoy does but also considerable amount
that he dreams of doing. The average boy
Is some hat dreamer at best. He builds
. good many castles IN Spsin-or in the
future-lsnd of manhood, which looks so