Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-10
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Plain facts for every home and mother,
being a summary Of the laws for the pro
motion Of health and beauty, covering In
fact the whole range of home medical
adviser, by Horton Howard, M. d. Pub
lished by the Star Publishing Company,
Jersey City, N. J.
OF the many home physicians that have
been put upon the market in recent years
this will easily rank with the best. The
author is careful to avoid the tech meal
tiles that have usually burdened works of
this character, and rendered them, to a
large extent, unintelligible to the general
reader. plain Facts are here plainly
and practically told. There is directness
and condensity of statement, that puts its
matter In excellent form for ready absorp-
ton. Its remedies are, for the most part,
within reach of the home 1t is book
for the masses. 1t covers ground, esp.c
ally in matters of hygiene, that we have
never before seen covered so thoroughly or
SO well in work of this character The
book will find wide field for itself 1t
merits and will, doubtless, receive a
generous patronage.
Katherine's Yesterday and other
Christian Endeavor Stories, by Grace
Livingston Hill. One vol, 1amo, cloth,
425 PIP, $3.50. Boston: Lothrop Pub
fishing Company.
1t is but natural that a movement en-
joying such marvellous growth as the
Christian Endcavor, should, in the course
of time, call into existence literature of
its own. Already some of the pens of
some of the best writers in this and other
countries are enlisted in this noble cause
Among all Of these writers none has done
work of a higher grade. or earned a more
merited popularity than Mrs. Grace Liv-
ingston Hill. She has the rare art OF
giving ethical instruction In an interest
ing form. Her stories are always written
with purpose. Katherines Yester-
lay" is really collection of the best of
Mrs. Hills short stories that have from
time to time, appeared in various religious
journals. The influence Of these storibs
in the formation of Christian character it
would be difficult to estimate In their
present permanent form their power for
good should be greatly enhanced
master and Man. story by Lyof N
Tolstoi, rendered from the Russian into
English by S. Rapport and John C. Ken.
worthy. Thomas Y. Crowell & Company,
Publishers, 100 Purchase Street, Boston.
Any story from the pen of the great
Russian author is sure to be eagerly wei
coined by English readers, Besides the
great loss of self-sacrifice that its pathetic
narrative teaches Master and Man" will
have special interest, a value to English
readers from its wonderfully vivid
pictures of Russian village life We learn,
from the translators' note, that although
the story is dated back twenty years it
Is, nevertheless, picture of today. The
story Is the work of master Its power
full impressions will not readily be forgot
ten, and the lofty moral tone and purpose
that underlie 1t, may we'll win it warm
place In the hearts of all lovers of pure
and noble literature.
Alternating Electric Currents" BIS
Edwin j. Houston, Phi. D. and A. f,
Kennedy, Sc. D., New York: The W. ].
Johnston Company. a25 pages, AZ Illus
trations. Price s100.
This Is the first of ten volumes of ar
Elementary Electro Technical Series, .
designed to give concise and authoritative
Information concerning those branches O,
electro technical science having a general
Interest. The subjects to be treated are al
ternatipg currents. electric heating, cleo
| tromagoetism. electricity in electro-tber
apeutics. arc lighting incandescent light
| ing electric motnrs electrie etra.+ III
ways, telephony and telegraphy Th.
authors state that though the several vol