The Republican journal., 1896-01-02
A Few More Maine Books.

ga Shelf OF Maine Books (Journal OF
Feb. IA, 1880 was followed by two ar
ticles on books about Maine and by Maine
authors, and still there We're notes on
hand which, after lapse of some months,
it is proposed to utilize 1t is perhaps
we'll to again state that there will be no
attempt to exhaust the subject--or the
reader. The books to receive mention
now are chiefly historical.
There have been two histories of Bel
with Introductory Remarks on Acadia
by William White, was printed by G. Eel
lows in 1927. 1t was 12mo. of 120
pages and was the first bound book print
ed here. 1t was long since out of print,
and this is also true of Williamson's His
tory of Maine, and both works have been
in request by collectors In 1S74-'75 Hon.
VIM. G. Crosby published in the Republi-
can journal his ''Annals Of Belfast for
Half a Century QS05- 1914 but they
have never been presented i'll book form.
The material was utilized, however, by
Hon Joseph Williamson in his ''HIistory
of Belfast published in 1877. This is a
work of $50 pages, including appendix
and index, is fully illustrated, and a
monument to the painstaking industry of
its author.
A History of Maine by John S. c. Alb
60
years ago the Brown Thurston Company,
Portland, issued a revised edition, edited
by Edward Ii. EIwell. In 1888 A Brief
History of Maine, by George }. Narney,
was published by Mcclellan, Mosher &
Co., Portland. Mr.. Varney is also the
author of a Gazetteer of Maine, of which
published. The Press of Maine found a
historian in Joseph Griffin, who edited
and published in 1872 a finely printed and
substantially bound volume of nearly 300
pages. The annual reports of the Maine
Press Association furnish the material for
the future historian who may continue
IHt "oIk from lie udle DIT WHICH MI.
Griffin left it. Many of the Maine towns
have local histories, DR.. VIM. B. Lapham
of Augusta having edited quite number;
but few of these grace our shelves. A
book that has become quite rare is the
History of Camden by John L. Locke,
published by Masters, Smith & Company
~ Hall
work is the ''Annals of the Town of War
rem, with the EARLY History of st. Georges,
Broad Bay and the Neighboring Settle
ments in the Waldo Patent,' by Cyrus
Eaton, A. M. The copy before us is the
second edition, and was published by Mas
tiers d Livermore, Hal. lowell, in 1877. The
latest of local histories is the History of
Islesboro, by Capt. J. P. Farrow-a labor
of love ON the part of the author. Eastern
Maine and the Rebellion by r. H. Stanley
and George 0. Hall, published by r. H.
Stanley & Co., Bangor 1887, gives an ac-
count of the principal local events in
Eastern Maine during the war of the re-
bellion, and brief histories of the Eastern
Maine regiments. The frontispiece is a
portrait of Hannibal Hamlin, the war
Vice President.
Here is Maine book, unfortunate
ly dilapidated, the title page, and first
nine pages, and pages 80 "a missing.
The covers are of wood, paper-cover-
ed, back leather, stamped with gilt.
The full title, on cover, is "a Narrative
of some of The Adventures, Dangers and
SuffeIings of Revolutionary Soldier, in
terspersed with anecdotes that occurred
within his own observation. Written by
himself" Then follows a couplet from
Homer. The book was printed by Glazier,
Masters d Co., No. l kennebec Row, Hal
lowell, in 1880. The authors name does
not appear, and what remains of the in
troductory chapter relates to his boyhood
experiences. Chapter Ii. is headed Cam
paign of 1885, and has the following in
troductory verse:
cat Uncle Joes iv'd at ease:
Had cider, and good bread and cheese;
But while | stay d at Uncle Sans
ia nought to eat but-"fath and clams'
The writer tells of his enlistment and
of going on board a sloop for New York
(but without saying what port he sailed
irony of his arrival there and the Incl
dents of service and experiences in the
field. While the book would not rank
high as a literary production it is exceed
ingly interesting as it portrays, truthfully,
no doubt, the life of a revolutionary sol
der. The writer on leaving the service
spent some months in New York State,
and came to Maine III 1884, and where, he
says, II have remained ever since, and
where | expect to remain so long as | re-
main in existence, and here at last to rest
my war worn weary limbs