Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-09-24


Ought 10 have 8 wide reading hight
here IN Oregon
sTan Pile Jins" II q handsomely
illustrated octave printed by Laird 4
Lee, Chiczeo. The matter II a. original
- the pictures. Tie characters are
wildly dawn and wholesome. Tie
American waff "JIm" becomes the
adopted son Of 3 BIuenose on y v
FoundIand. The sailor lad's foEtcastie
dialect, the quaint aud lonely vIT'uas
Of the old Tanner and his wife make II
an admirable took for family reading.
Iss morals and religion are OIIhsd' >,
et free from can't aud bypoeTiey. II
Il . splendid study Of life amoHg the
humber elasses, to BE- read With great
profit and more hearty laughs to sh
page than any boOk We have rad l.
many a day.
~1he Story Of Dan," by NJ. l.
Francis, ought better have been called
the story Of Esther, who wss to be
engaged to marry Dan BY rights, bot
was set aside for one Mr.. Cassidy Of the
Irish nobility, who is killed by hef
foolish brother. and Dan, who il
persued by Ill Inck, eOnceals the secret
Of the crime with which be is wrong
'ulIy charged. The end is Lot what
one would have it bot all the Letter foi
that. Descriptions Of ITish scenery
the dusky violet and tender green's OF
the furze-cOvered hills-aBd the Ficb
brogue Of the Emerald Isle are inter-
spersed like glitteriDg gems sil through
the Drsttily printed vOlum1e. Il is
rom the press Of HOughton, Miffiis &
Co., Boston. Mass.
Copeland Il Day, Boston, issued
september 18th ''SoDgs From Vaga-
ooudi," by two young English writers.
they are written with a great deal OF
freedom aud freshness, considering the
material, ideals and limitations Of the
authors, who seem never to ralse above
a bacchanaliaD strain, although in the
main their verses are pure and harmless.
Here ia a sample:
"Wine that msketh glad the heart
OF the bully boy
Here's the toast that we love most,
Love and song and joy"
AS rule boys who talk most about
such things are not SO bad as they pre-
tend. The really deep dyed debaucEee
is not telling about his achievements,
bat there are some excellent eouplets
and some pretty verses in the bucolics
of these English rymesters. From
a Hill Song,' apparently by one who
wanders after many years absence in
the paths once trod in his youth, we
take these lines
"HilIs where once my love and /
Let the hours go laughing by!
All your woods and dales are sad,--
You have lost your bread.
Falling leavesI Silent woodlands
Half your lovliness il fed.
Golden rod, wither now!
All the summer joy is dead.
There's a sense of something gone
In the grass L linger on.
There's an under voice that grieves
In the rustling of the leaves.
There Is something in this than
"Vagabondia." There are golden
CLEANS of promise all through the little
book that are hopeful for the poetry of
the future.
Jennie Oliver Smith, of Johnstown,
N. Y, is the gifted author of "The
Story Of Blackie." The other characters
in the story are "Gray and Her Kit.
tens" They are figured in photo
grayure. as is also the heroine Of the
booklet. 1t is just a sweet hours read
ing for little ones.
The question Of selecting new school
books Is agitating the people Of Oregon
just now. Among the leading pub
fishing houses Of the United States is
CHM & Co., Boston. They have the
reputation Of printing only high class
Of publications and as a rule works OF q
high order Of literary merit. They en-
ploy the brightest and ablest men for
agents and In some states their man.
ayers are 80 well thought Of as TO be
chosen for high school officers--as for
Instance In Ohio where one became
commissioner Of education. This much
about the firm. Now about one OF their
latest and bsst books-''A Primary
Geography" by Prof Frye. apparently
a.pOpular textbook writer. MechaDi.
cally the book Is perfect-bindipg,
printing, maps, no end Of them. The
book Ia very attractive 10 the eye. II
must prove q splendid seller. II is
made 10 sell, like the razOrs We read Of
II IL probably cheap for the money,
Then II IL admirably constructed 20
help the teacher aud even supplies .
perfect encyclopedia Of information,
history, ethnology, political economy,
physical geography, natural sclenees.
neteoFology, botany, zoology, mineral
ogy, census statistics, studies of sofia