Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-23

The Drama, Henry Irving, is the title
Of a book compiled from the addresses on
the drama by Henry Irving. In tiis volume
these addresses by irving ON The Stage Ms
il -, The Art of Acting Four Great Actors,
anil the An Of Acting, are presented To the
reader in convenient form, a volume which
cannot fail 10 be appreciated. Itwill be
read with delight by everyone interested in
I'll" 'lrama. Tit, Sons & Company, ~
Union Square, North, New York. Price
SIS.
The Globe Quarterly Review for this quaf-
Ter VIII be- read with unusual interest. W.
). Tiorne writes of Public aud pArochiai
Schools, Ram and Rain Makers, Egan :
song+ and sonnets. Durward's epic of Col
umhas. oar Hawaiian onspiracy. Senator
QUAY and Sunday Closing. other contri-
tutors arc j. e. IIeIy. Thomas whalen,
Caroline u. swan, Merwip- Marie Smell
Mildred Webb and Anna Cox STEPHENS.
III" Globe Review, 7ie Title and Trust
Haitilng, Chicago, H.
The ldler for jane retains its breezy at
tfac'ive qualities With a list of contents
from which the reader is not likely TO omit
any ia the perusal. Bret ilarte contributes
a sketch, the subject of " hich is An Ingeus
ot tie Sierras. Robert Buchanan writes
Al IN eresting article, My First Books. Bal
der's Ball, Lions in Their Deus, Memoirs
OF Female NIhilist. are among the leading
rnntrl buttons. A coterie of bright writer's
give the ldler's clnb Talk more than usual
tn'erest. IS. s. Mcclure, limited publishers.
9ia and AS broadway, New York
All who sfe Interested in the Columbian
Exposition, whether they intend to visit it
or not, would find delight and instruction in
the illustrations Of the art gallery at the
Worlds Fair This book contains 3.j6 epgrav-
logs of the pictures that have been painted
for the fair. The work is edited by Charles
NJ kurtz, assistant chief of the art depart
mpnt, Worlds Columbian Exposition. This
Is the first edition. Published by George
Barrie, Philadelphia, exclusive publisher of
all official illustrated publications relating
to the departments Of fine and liberal arts. |
colnmbias Emblem is the title of very
artistic little book of IS pages the contents
being garland of tributes in prose and
verse to Indian corn. These cover wide
range and show something of the history
and poetry and value Of Indian corn A
poem on Columbias Emblem, nv Edna
Dean Proctor, opens the volume. while
Captain John Smiths early account "Of
Their Planted Fruits in Virginia. and How
They Sc Them and Governor Bradford's
account of How the Pilgrims Found Corn
at Cape Cod. taken from his History Of
Plymouth Plantation are among the interest
ing extracts bearing directly on the subject
Quotations from Professor Nathaniel South
gate Shaler, from John Fiske the historian
and from Edward Everett, show the import
ence of maize in American history, while
President Hayes and others speak of corn
AS HE national emblem. J. Walter Fewkes
contr butes n Moqui legend. "The Gift of
Corn t. the Ancient People Frank Iiamil-
ton tnshing gives an account of corn amor z
the /uni.; and striking poems by John
Greenlcaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth
longirllow Sidney Lanier, and Celia Thax-
ter whose stirring lyric, Maize. the Ma
tons Emblem, is particularly appropriate
IN iis closing verses finish the volume.
lh" book is finely illustrated. fIoughton,
Miil'ln * Co.. publishers, cloth 10 cents,
paper - cents.