The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

An Unlessoned Girl. A Story of School
Life. By Elizabeth Knight Tompkins,
author of Her Majesty, ETC. This pleas
ing story of school life tells how Marcy
Brooks, girl of sixteen who is fretful,
rebellious and uncomfortable at home,
considering her motter's ways and views
of life old fashioned and unworthy OF
notice, enters this school; how she is
looked down upon for time by the other
girls on account of her snowy dress an d
affected ways In this way she is taught
hard but profitable lesson. Having
considerable ability she determines to
win their respect. She steadily improves
and wins the confidence and respect of
both pupils and teachers, and finally dis
tinguishes herself by writing play.
A number of bright and interesting girls
appear in the story Marcy and her
friends are about to begin their four
years. career as college girls and here the
story leaves them. New York: 6. z.
Putnam's Sons; Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmon.
The Village Watch Tower. By Kate
Douglass Wiggin. The Village Watch
Tower is a collection of short, deligh tful
stories, portraying in an admirable
ma nner village life in New England.
They are The Village Watch Tower, Tom
O. the Blueb'ry Plains, The Incoming Tree.
ho Vitlapa Stra6I-
varius and The Eventful Trip of the
Midnight Cry. (Boston and New York:
Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland
Loring, Short & Harmony
The Coming of Theodore. By Eliza
Orne White, author Of Winterborough,
Miss Brooks, etc. The opening chapter
of this novel introduces to the reader Ed
ward Davidson and his wife, and his sis
ter, Theodore, who has come to visit
artists and are very charming people.
She devotes several hours day to paint
ing, consequently there is not much order
or system in the house keeping; but their
manner of living is very comfortable and
agreeable to them Theodore decides to
make her home with them and in order
that Mrs. Davidson may devote more
time to painting she assumes the care OF
the house keeping and of the children.
Theodore is very energetic and her love
of order and her ideas of the comforts of
home, are directly opposed to theirs. She
makes many changes without consulting
them, especially during their absence
from home, which are very irritating to
them but being very fond of Theodore
they keep it to themselves. "Both Maria
and Edward consider itza mark of Philis-
tinism to put primness and spotless neat
ness above charm and comfort. - Theodore
is constantly urging her brother TIC make
some use of his talents, which is very
annoying to his easy going nature. In
her devotion to them all, she gradually
but nuconsciously usurps to a great ex-
tent the wife's place in the home, and
her awakening to that fact is such rude
shock that she feels a distrust of all her
schemes and plans, and she is in con-
dition of physical and mental misery.
The readers sympathy from the first is
divided between Theodore from her point
of view and MI. and Mrs. Davidson. The
Rev. Francis Compton and mis- young
daughter are interesting characters and
have an important place in the story. All
the incidents are we'll managed and the
characters admirably drawn, being SO
true to life that they seem like real
people, 1t is an exceedingly interesting
story and is entirely free from that I'M
wholesome morbidness with which so
many novels of the present are tinged
Boston and New York: Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmon