The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-05

text book of literature is pretty generally
felt, and in that belief the book is pup
llshed for the use of secondary schools
and private students" 1t EN- bodies tne
practical experiences of nearly twenty
years teachings of the subject with
which it deals. This book Will be val
liable addition to school libraries and OF
great assistance to all who are studying
English Literature. New York: Har-
per & Brothers; Portland: Loripg ).
Short & Harmony
A Salt Water Hero. By Edward Au-
gustus Rand, author of Fighting the
Sea, Up North in Whaler, etc. Joe
Waters is the hero of the story. Joe's
father had no definite occupation. and
had to take anything that came along.
He felt that life surrounded him with
many unfair restrictions and was always
INDUCING in wonderful dreams of great
future, rs he sat by the window mend
ing or making something, and one day he
conceived the idea that Joe might 90 to
sea and become Nimrod in hunting
whales and in course of time Waters &
Son might start whalebone factory
which would raise the family from
poverty to ease. Joe hailed the idea
with delight, and shipped in the staunch
old vessel, Ann Batten, bound for the
whaling grounds Of Greenland. The
story relates his thrilling adventures
from that time OIL until his return to his
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fortunes with eagerness and will be de-
lighted with his encounter with polar
bear, chasing after whales, running into
icebergs and many other startling events
in his history. (New York: Thomas
Whitaker; From the publisher)
From BIomidon to Smoky, and Other
Papers. by Frank Bolles, author of Land
of the Lingering Snow, and at the North
of Beareamp Water. This work is very
interesting description of a trip to the
Provinces, and like the former works is
full of interesting information and
beautiful descriptions of nature. Noun
tain, forest, river, ocean and bay and the
people of that region, as well as his be-
loved birds are charmingly portrayed.
The author saw eighty species of birds
during his to weeks wandering in Cape
Breton. Several chapters of the work
devoted to Chocorua, New Hampshire,
tell of barred owls, sap suckers, and
humming birds. There is a very inter
esting account given of what occurred
from minute to minute one July day,
from a. m. until p. m, as the author
lay on the ground concealed by the
spreading branches of a beech tree.
Watching the sap suckers and their
guests the h.mming birds. The book
throughout is delightful expression of
the talented authors knowledge ,and
love of nature, and all it's readers will
value it and regret that it is the last
from his pen. New York: Houghtou,
Mifflin & Co; Portland: Loring, Short
Har4non.)
Lucy Larcom. Life. Letters and Diary.
By Dan lei Dulany ADDISON. 1t was the
purpose of Miss Larcom. the author
says, ito write sequel to her New Eng
land Girlhood, in which she intended
to give some account of her life in the
log cabins on the Western prairies as
pioneer and school mistress and her ex-
periences as a teacher in Wheaton Semi
nary, and as an editor and literary wom-
an" Her contact with famous men and
women gave her an opportunity for
large knowledge of persons and events.
She was deeply spiritual and the ac-
count of her religious experiences would
have supplemented the moral power of
her published works; but she was not
permitted to give us in autobiographical
form the rich fruits OF a well spent life,
After the death OF Miss Larcom, her
papers came into the authors possession
and he found material enough in her
letters and diary to preserve still some
record of her later life, and possibly to
continue the narrative which she had
given in A New England Girlhood. My
aim, the author says, has been to present
the character of New England woman,
as it was moulded by the intellectual
and moral forces of American living for
the last fifty years. The book is deeply
interesting, giving a short sketch of her
life from early childhood, which with
her letters and diary show that the
religious elements predominated in her
character and that the questions OF human
life and its meaning became part of her
deepest interests. Her correspondence
with Whittier, Holmes, Longfellow,
Phillips Brooks and other eminent per-
sons, is delightful reading. The worth
and beauty of the life of talented and
noble woman is shown throughout the
book, and it will be enjoyed by all who
have found help add inspiration in her
writings Boston and New York:
Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
A Hilltop Summer. By Allyn Yates
Keith, author of A Spinster's Leaflets.
In this bright story of a summer sojourn
in country town the author shows the
same clear insight into the New England