Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-11-04

dainty heroines. have further iliustra-
tions to their sayings and doings in the
form of exquisite vignette pen-and-ink
cuts which diversity the beautifully
printed pages. The binding is artistic
ard attractive and the price of the
vClume considering its merits is phe-
ncmenally low.
AS Christmas token for a little girl.
nc thing more excellent could be found.
The Poetical Works of Alexander
Pope. T. Y. Crowell &, Co. Publishers.
Boston. Edited with notes and intro
ductory memoir by Adolphus William
Ward. NJ. A.. Lift. ID. From the Globe
edition. Revised and enlarged. Two
vols, 12mo, ill.,, 573 PIP. Appendix. in
fex. nine portraits. and other illustra-
tions. cloth, gilt top. per set, $500.
DR.. Samuel Johnson assured Boswell
that a thousand years might elapse
before there should appear another
man with a power of versitication equal
10 Pope's. Certainly there has not yet
appeared any poet from whose writ
ings so many epigrammatic utterances
have become the current property of
the world in the way of quotations.
" ithin his own very narrow and linn
tied range Pope remains, as he always
has been, unexcelled. AS DR.. Ward
says:
'Of his poetic form Pope was master.
lie perfected an English metre, the
heroic couplet, which for the purposes
IF didactic and satirical poetry has
siace remained the chosen vehicle of
expression in our language"
No student of poetry can afford to
neglect Pope One may not go so far
as Lord Byron in ones praise, but
ores praise so far as it goes must be
unqualified The fact that he is still
studied and read is the strongest proof
~ his greatness. There have been
rany editions of his poetical works.
The present which is practically re-
u int of the Globe edition with the cor
rccton of number of obvious mis-
prints and with few notable addi-
tions can scarcely fail to become the
standard 1t contains interesting re
prints Of The Rape of the Lock, and
THE Dunciad' from the first editions.
most valuable for comparison; it also
h;.s an index of first lines which will be
a convenience not found in other edi-
tiens.
DR.. Wards biographical sketch
leaves nothing to be desired and his
appreciation of Pope's literary signiii-.
cance vii strike the critic as eminent
ly fair and judicial. There are por-
traits Of Pope. Spenser, Addison, queen
Anne. Cibber, Dean Swift. DR. Donne.
and Moliere. views of Pope's Villa at
TWickenham and of Windsor Castle
from the river. Fac-similes and repro
ductions of early frontispieces add to
tie value of the edition which will be
found eminently adapted for schooI
and class as well as home use. The
whole is printed from new plates pre-
pared with the most scrupulous care.
The Romance of Commerce. By j.
Macdonald Oxley. LIB. One vol, 25S
pp, 16 illustrations. Svo.. cloth. $1.25
T. Y. Crowell & Co, Publishers, New
York and Boston.
MI Oxley retraces for the benefit Of
young readers number OF the more
famous enterprises which have had
fer their object the extension of COM
nerce and the employment of capital.
Among these romantic episodes in the
history of moneygettipg he gives an
entertaining account of John Law and
the Mississippi Bubble, the South Sea
Bubble, the Tulip mania in Holland,
the noble but unfortunate Darien ex-
petition of William Patterson in 1895,
brakes chase of the Spanish galleons,
the quest of the Northwest Passage in
which Sir John Franklin lost his life,
DaGama's mighty voyage Of opening
UP the world. the history of the East
India or so called John" Company,
the Hudson Bay Company and other
commercial enterprises.
Mr.. Oxley is an enthusiastic story
teller and his vivacious narration car
ries the reader along. The book is full
OF valuable and curious information
and will stimulate the young to further
historical reading.
As supplementary reader in schools
no better book could be desired.
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