Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-05-23

IHE bERMA> ENPEEOE- L lie thiru NUM-
Der of the Fiction, Fact and Fancy Sc
res consists of Siu3y Of the German
Emper and his Eastern Nelghbors, from the
pen of Poultney Biselow. Interesting per
sonal notes of the emperors h0yhuosi and
education are given by his oil playmate,
together with description of the emperor'>
army, hts course aud pole. since accession
and the condition of affairs an the Russian
and Roumanian frontiers. All these facts
have been obtained by personal observation.
New York Charles L. Webster Il Co. In
nea, cloth binding; price a. cts.
Gods Image III Man, by Henry Wool;
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Sl.0O.
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this charming volume by the gifted author
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foremost place. In some respects--uotabiy
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We have ever seen. 4 prominent Maine
clergyman to whom we loaned it returned ii
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/ The different modes OF divine revelation,
the universally of law. race solidarity. cyo-
luton, and the present great transition from
the old to the new in spiritual and meta
! physical science are presented with glow
which is thoroughly unconventional. Arti-
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of the Arena magazine have attracted wide
attention, and been highly commended
The Woman's Manual of Parliamentary
| Law by liarrrttc Il. Shattuck; PIP. 24S.
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| - cents.
| This Is one of the most convenient manu-
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! Wood Notes VIII. by Simeon pcase
| Cheney. Cloth, PIP 2Gl Boston; Lee &
! shepard. Price 500.
| This Is u volume AT once So unique and
so full of interest and enjoyment to lovers
of music that it will not fail To meet with Il
cordial reception from the public 1t is. So
| far as We are aware. the only book ever
! published which gives in musical notation
on thc staff the songs OF our native birds.
I 1t comes almost as "a discovers, in sense
4 for 1t shows tn" entire feasibility of making
natures fcathrrcd 'suug,tprS contribute To
our own fund of music. 70 successfully
accomplish = work of this character
required rare combination of the
naturalist an lhc musician. ming
| ling of elements that Mr. Cheney ap-
/ pears To have possessed in an admirable
| degree. He Wa an excellent musician and,
a. the author of The American Song
/ Book, acquired some cousi prablr note rs
a musical writer. Ills On itl,s u, in the
L e..
natural to his father AMI had ~ much mean
/ ing to him as words 'Sound wa. as much
/ TO him Hs sight. 1t was his habit to name
/ the pitch aui dwell ON the quality of any
sound he might hear frnm things animate or
| inanintstc. His test of poem was the char
acter of the tones il SCI rigging in his mind.
| In addition to- Ills Mr.Chrncy was a devoted
lover Of nature li,ing in ~ bird haunted
grove. hc -tllicd cloSck the varied songs
of its feathcrcr warblcre, and reproduced
them in musical notation ON the staff His
! love for the work increased and he extend
ed his work in many directions. sufficiently
so TO make it practically inclusive of all the
song birds of America. The results of
these Investigations appeared in part in
series of delightful papers in the Century
magazine on Bird Music" which called
forth much favorable comment. both in this
country and Europe. His personal obscr-
vation convinced Mr.. Cheney that all music
in nature. animate aud inaninIatc, is worthy
of study and imitation, that it gives ont
charming tones and forms pleasing melodic
strains using all the intervals of tile major
and minor scales, in perfection of intuna-
ton and finish of execution. shortly after
writing hls papers on Bird Music" Mr..
Cheney passed away and the work ha, been
edited by his son, John Vance Cheney. H.
trarian of the public library San Francisco
who has added an appendix notes and bib
biography Of much yalnc. and complete
index. fine halftone portrait of Mr..
Cheney is given in the volume.