The Portland daily press., 1896-12-10

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People. By j. D. Jerrold Kelley, U.
S. N. author of Our Navy, etc. This
book contains eight articles about life
on the waterboard, the great Atlantic
liners, thu yachts and the men-of-war;
all of them giving fascinating desorip-
lions of sea life in times of peace. Queer
Pets of Sailor Jack ia the title of one
bright chapter. The author tells Of the
sailors superstitions, of his duties and
his pleasures; and as his pleasures are
limited one is glad to know of his fond
ness for pets and the enjoyment he gets
from them. The isolation of the sailor,
the craving during long years of exile for
something that cares for him purely for
himself, is charm to conjure with, and
lucky indeed is the dumb brute whose
lines fall to him in the pleasant places OF
the forecastle. The chapters on Mid
shipmen Old and New are very interest
ing, as is the entire book for the author
contrives to lend interest to the most
prosaio details. The book is protusely
illustrated. New York: Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short q
Harmony
A Little Girl of Long Ago. By Eliza
Orne White, author of When Mollie Was
Six, etc. With colored cover design and
two other Illustrations. Marietta Hamil-
ton. the little girl of the story, lived in
Boston. on Beacon street, seventy years
ago. There were 1--WE little Hamiltons III
the family and the house in which they
lived, the author says sis still I'M
changed. y. Little girls OF today will en-
joy reading about little girl of seventy
years ago. They will know about her
school and her studies, her friends, their
dolls and doll parties, AMI how little girls
weTe dressed in those days. A quaint
picture is given Of Marietta and another
shows her with her sisters and brother.
(Boston ana New York: Houghtun,
Miffiln & Co.; Portland: Loring, Short
& HARMONY
Alone in China and Other Stories By
Julian Ralph. 1t had been Mr.. Ralph's
intention to visit the great Kwangtung
peninsula and the city of Canton, when
he started for China, but the war with
Japan caused him to change his plans
somewhat, and to devote the greater
part of his time to a trip in house boat
on the great rivers and canals of central
China. Fully one third of his book La
devoted, under the title of Introduction,
to an account and description of this ex-
cursion. In the succeeding pages, Mr..
Ralph has set forth a NUN Der of his ex-
periences in the less common form of
romances. in which lie has masssd what
and the customs of the people where they
have not yet been affected by foreign in
fuences. The title story is an account of
the rather startling result of the mar
riage Of An American girl to,a Chinese
diplomat. The papers that compose this
interesting volume were first published
in Hsrper's Monthly. The charming de-
scriptions of life and scenery are beauti-
fully illustrated by Mr.. G. d. Weldon,
who WIS with MI. Ralph in China. The
book is bound in yellow with panel of
white chrysanthemums. New York:
Harper & Brothers; Portland; Loring,
Short Il Harmony
Jane. A Social Incident. By Marie
Corslli, author of The Sorrows of Satan,
etc. This is very bright and attractive
little story, though some of the charac-
sents society in London and the author
gives many keen thrusts at the "swag-