Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-15

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mere should have been a strong demsnan,
'or 'neir publication in permanent form
| III tnese stories, Just as in Hawfbnrn.sn.
Town Pump" the articles of revnln,i ne
airy or anti-revolution ancestrv' a9li-
nna,ho,65i9graphicai details weaving in dee dee
nshuul pictures of New England ~. "s
seen from within. They remind on as
evitably OF Hawthorne, and vet ther. III ~
| no Imitation of Hawthornc's ynanns ~
,hey are quite original and UNIQUE and
adinirabiy adapted for delivery In dones'
1 nc or public entertainments Mr. WeaLa,
style u simple and effective. and no nno
can can, read or hear these pretty little stories
| without wishing for more.
| Poems of Robert Browning" His o,,..,
selection with additions from his bates,
| WORKS. Edited with biographical and
critical introductions and notes nv C,bsr
iotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, editors
OF Poet Lore. Two volumes. 12mn
xaxgiii. sl2 PIP. portraits and illustra-
s.. I. y. Croweil IL Co., New York and
Boston. anu
robert browning, In making a repre-
sentative selection of his own poems for
the British public, which by 1879 had he
gun TO love him well. strung together a
number OF pieces on what he called "the
t l. !,,9, OF an imaginary personality"
MY star, saws his editor "strikinp :,
preluding note of love. seems to usher In
poems broadly capable OF being grouped
together On the score Of their expressing.
in fresh way. indicative of youthful
attitude toward life. various phases of
loye-either as a sensation or as observed
or recorded experience. Poems follow of
more active sort ADVENTUROUS and par
Lost Leader and others. which belong
to the outlook of manhood: and these
pass again, In. subject, into the groove of
the stress and toll belonging to maturer
life and thought Larger themes succeed,
related to natural characteristics and
history, to art. to music, to religion and
finally. the summing up of life's meanings
natural to ripe vision. The second series
of selections. made by Browning eight
years later. follows, in general. similar
line of evolving thought and experience"
These poems are selected from four
great sources-subjects derived from
ography. from true incidents. popular le-
fertile imagination" The editors Of Poet
Lore. knowing by wide experience the
exact amount of difficulty which readers
In general find in disentangling the mean
ing OF browning, especially in his dra-
natlc monologues, have with great skill
formulated series of explanatory notes
admirably adapted TO cover these NM
zlns questions which arise
In making the aesthetic part of the
notes. they say, the aim has been mel.
Their TO paraphrase, nor to give comment
about the poems, but to epitomize the
slSt OF each one, or, at most, where the
poem demanded such treatment. 10 sum-
marize its leading traits and show its
outcome. The text has been scrupuolsly
compared with the authors own revised
readings of 1883. and may be relied upon
as the best, in fact the only edition of the
Selections in which the numerous changes
made by the poet have been embodied.
For school use and particularly for
clubs where the study of Browning is pur-
sued. this edition. is confidently recon-
mended as ideal. The Typography is per-
feet, the Illustrations are pertinent and
attractive. and the appearance of the
volumes leaves nothing to be desired
Around the Camp Fire" BY Charles
g. d. Roberts, NJ. A, F. r. s. c. With
l6 Illustrations by Charles Copeland. One
vol. Svo. XII 3i9 PIP. cloth: $50 T. Y.
Irowell q Co., publishers, New York and
Boston.
SIX cheerful sportsmen start on a ca
1oeing trip in the New Brunswick wilder
ness and every evening as they sit around
he camp fire, each in turn is called upon
% spin an enlivening yarn. The scheme
5 carried out with great success: tales of
adventure. of exciting escapes, of init
mate ACQUAINTANCE with wildcats and
bears. moose and others deniZens of the
Noods, are strung on the simple but de-
ightful thread of the expedition. Profess
or ROBERTS mas personal knowledge of
ne region to which he introduces his
eaders and he has succeeded in telling
eries of delightful stories in a STYLE
which would of itself make him famous.
The illustrations by Mr.. Charles Cope
ana are true to the life and add greatly
Around the Camp Fire" bids fair to he
, classic. and young and old will find
leasure in its pages.