Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-01
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with two very nne engraving pD,n beng
artistic gems. fiilberta =. Whites arti-
Gle. Some Noted Washington Women, viii
attract much attention. Ii gives excellent
photographers of Mrs. Lieutenant Mason,
Miss Kate Deering Miss Matte Thompson,
and various other society bellies, together
with delightfully."- written biographical
sketch of each lady. Philadelphia
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The MartIet Seal, b. Jeaanette III. Wal
worth, is the novel Of the August Lippineoit
while the athletic article Is on intercollegiate
Foot Bail, BY that past master OF the game
Edgar Allen Poe There are two illustrate
skete.es--The In Hans Hand by i.orim' z
Stod,iard, and A Race by Rail. by Frederic
NJ. Bird Col. John A. Cofkerill of the
New York Advertiser contributes the al
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paper of the Future. The Illustrations are
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The August number of St Nicholas is Il
Vacation Salnber~-with contents and IL
Illustrations especially adapted to the out
ing season New instsllmert- of the three
continued stories re gi' en-. They are on
Panlding, by Brander Matthews; Two Girls
and Bow, by Lieut.. Fletcher, and When l
was Your Age by Mrs. Laura +. Richards
of Gardiner. Ne. The fifth chapter of
Strange Corners of our Country, describing
the Cliff Houses of the Pueblos, is also
given. Be-. les these there re short stories,
poems, pictures, rhymes and jinges which
make np Il very brilliant midsummer NUM-
Der Of this fayoritc chihlrcn's magazine.
New York The Century Company.
VI Il 81. I tsa.
Home Journal, iias succeeded III uneariiling
a quantity Of unpublished material by Henry
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both varied and timely, and will advance
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The Magazine of American History for
August contains an interesting variety of
historical information, one of the most pleas
ing of which Is Miss Jane de Forest Shell
tons paper on the Ends of the Century. In
this are fac-similes of Yale College Com
mencement ball ticket in l1o7, New York
bath ticket in 1919. and New Haven ball
ticket in 1915, to commemorate the return
of peace and commerce. Other articles OF
interest are: The Chicago Massacre
of 1872; The United States and
Japan; The Old Dominion, and biograph-
zeal sketch of Return of Jonathan Meigs.
In1the departments of Minor Topics, Notes,
Queries, Replies, Historic and Social .jot-
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Articles in the August number of the
North American Review which invite an
early reading where all are certainly pos
sessed of this characteristic, are: Gail
Hamilton's Point of View--in the closing
lines of which is a noble tribute to the late
Emmons Blaine; Col. Ingersolrs review of
Mr.. Conway's recent life of Thomas Paine,
and the article by ex-Speaker Reed ON the
work of the Fifty Congress. other
articles of prominence are: English Flee
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hUEdhdii iSiltbiii It's IL '7tiattS " %hi'hi
bald Forbes anil Business in Presidential
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Wide Awake for August is a Vacation
Number" being full of the scent and spirit
of the sea and the shore, of mountain and
lake and forest. 1t is especially noticeable
for short, practical papers on out-of-door
doings: How | Botanic, Annie Sawyer
Downs, Starboard and Port, Captain Julius
A. Palmer, Jr., Let's Have a Fire. Willis
BOYD Allen, How Not to Get Lost Prof.
Charles T.. Fay, Hints for Trampers,
Charles NJ. skinner, How TO Put Paddles
on Rowboat, Vesper l.. George. and
snch summer articles as Sport in the Water,
by Alexander Black, \ Mountain Pageant
By Mrs. A. G.. Lewis. The Sea-Serpent, by
DR.. Samuel Knceland The frontispiece is
reproduction of the fine portrait group by
Sandman, 'sGathcr We Lilies While le May"
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We Judge that the August number of The
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What is undoubtedly a good portrait of
Henry James forms the frontspece, and
there are ten illustrated articles in the num-
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lin Garland Bridges and Bridge Builders
The PHILIPPINE Islands; California Farm
Village Anita, short story by Marion
Wilcox Jersey Nillas-the continued story
by Henry James The Romance of Gloves;
The Confessions of an Accompire, by Mrs.
f. W. Latimer: 4 Revolution in English
Society BY Henry Arthur Herbert; Curiosi-
ties of Musical Literature by Alfred v and
the Convention at Minneapolis. by Mnrat
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Edward Everett Hale entitled Compulsory
Emigration. There are more than one
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The August Arena is notable for contain
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Brief for the Plaintiff in the interesting dis
cussion of Bacon We. Shakespeare. What
ever NAV be said of the abstract merits of
the case, no one can fail to be impressed
with the ingenious and powerful array of
evidence thus far sddueed in behalf of
Lord Bacon, as the author of the plays
Perhaps the most startling as well as the
most interesting disclosures. however, are
vet to come. In the September number Mr.
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that have been brought forward in previous
public discussions of the subject, but
others advanced in his own private CORE
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Senator James II. Kyle, Hon. Geo. Fred
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C.. Gail Hamilton. Mary A. I.ivermore.
Louise Chandler Moulton, Helen II, Car
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