The Portland daily press., 1894-10-23

A Husband or NO Importance by Rita
belongs to the Incognito Library; pref
tily bound little volumes 7x3 1-2 inches
which makes an odd shape but specially
convenient to the hand. The story turns
upon the career of an advanced woman
very scornfuI of domesticity and very
conceited as to her own literary talent.
1t remains for new ACQUAINTANCE and
successful theatrical coup to show her
that her husband Is quite the better
fellow of the two and when once con-
WINGED OF that fact her tardy love for the
partner of her life asserts itself. Some
wholesome hints are dropped in the
course of the narrative. The literary
value IF the story is slight but the tale
is told with certain vivacity. Neither
refined nor sensitive in tone it is still
based sufficiently upon possible modern
danger to make t capabl of doing some
good. New York: G.P. Putnam Sons;
Portland: Luring, Short & Harm on.
Price so cents
Diary of Anna Green Winslow. A
Boston School Girl of III. Edited by
Alice Morse Earle. The cover to this
toned sampler and is very odd and pref
ty in effect. The miniature of the sub
ject of the sketch is not at all beautiful
but has a certain demure charm of it's
own. For the sayings and doings re-
corded in the child's journal there can
be but one opinion: that they are quaint
and charming to rare degree and de-
serve to place little Miss Winsiow in the
ranks of child celebrities-the naivete of
the little DANES reflections and COM
ments upon life in general is something
unique. Religion and dress seem about
equally to divide Annals mind. Il was
dressed in my yellow coat, my black bib
and apron, my pompedore shoes, the cap
my aunt Stopper sometime. since present
ed me with (blue ribbins on it), 81
very handsome locket i'll the shape of a
heart she gave me-the past pin my
Hon'd papa presented me with in my
cap. My new cloak and bonnet on, my
pompedore gloves &c. My cloak & bon
net are really very handsome. so they
had need be. For they cost an amazing
sight of money, not quite 45 lbs."
The author adds that this was in the
time of deprecated currency. "Yester-
day was the annual Fast. & / was at
meeting all day. Mr.. Hunt preached
Am. from Fac. VII, 4, 5. 6, Z. He said
that if we did not mean rs we said in
pray's it was only compliment put
upon God, which was high affront to
to his divine majesty. And SO on. This
its must be remembered at twelve years
of age. She remarks as follows upon
the death of Mr.. Stephen March: I'VE
have not had particulars, therefore can
not inform you whether he engaged the
King of terrors with Christian fortitude
or otherwi Use.
Stoop down my Thoughts, that use to
rise.
Converse while with Death;
Think how gasping Mortal lies,
And pants away his Breath
The Diary is really an addition to
American domestic history of the pre-.
revolutionary era. Boston and New
IlOuEubOu3 * OOul pdly,
Portland: I.oring. Short & Harmon.
Price S1.25.
Bible Stories for Young People, illus
trated, contains brief narratives of Noah,
Esau, Jacob, little Samuel, David and
Jonathan, and Esther; also An Ancient
Courtship, Making Bricks in Egypt,
The Nativity, Suffer the Little Children
to Come unto Me, Peter Walking on the
Water. and Mary in the Garden. The
sources are Drs. Griffiisi Paxton. Hurst,
Hal, Taylor, Potter, MacA rthur, Park
hurst, Ludlow and Vincent and Kathar-
inesCrook and Margaret E. Sangster. Here
and there we note an unnecessarily Or
thodox rendering; and the first illustra-
ton is. we think, taking too much for
granted historically. or making up
scene from meagre facts. But for the
most part the material and it's handling
are excellent. We recommend the book
to Bible teachers;it is suitable for child
rem up to twelve or thirteen years of age
and for older and younger readers, in
the hands of a good guide who Will
simplify or expand as the need demands.
(New York: Harper & Brothers; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
Studies in Folk Song and Popular
Poetry, by Alfred N. Williams, author of
Sam Houston and the War of Indepen-
denca in Texas. Mr.. Williams in the
volume before us presents meritorious
and interesting study of American Sea
Songs; Folk Songs of the CivilB War;
English and Scottish Ballads; Lady
Marine, Sir Samuel Ferguson and Celtic
Poetry; William Thorn, the Weaver
Poet: Folk Songs of Lower Brittany,
Potion, Hungary and Roumania and
Some Ancient Portuguese Ballads. The
author explains several of these topics
as not being really folk song, but akin
to them, hence his sub title, Popular
Poetry. These essays contain good
many new and suggestive ideas and are