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

\ Short Cruise. by James Otis. one
vol, $40, l01 PIP. 80 cents. T. Y. Crowell
q Co. Publishers. Boston.
A regulation cruise requires a captaln.
and Mr.. Otis has provided one for the
| sioop Island Queen" in the person of Hi
ram stubbs Of oldhaven. There are
many unique characters full of original
lty. of wide experience. of strange oaths
TO be found on the Maine coast. Captain
Stubs y drawn from the life; though
| outWardly somewhat of a curmudgeon.
ne mas 4 warm spot in his almost mac
cessinie heart 1t takes an innocent little
girl 70 get at the inaccessible place in a
Eruu Old seadog's heart, and the mother
" iriendllness and observation-disclosures
Of little Ellen Seabury have their effect
on Captain Stubbs The two contrasting
ch;aracters. the little girl and the gruff
old seaman are very artistically con-
ceived and drawn. and an additional
touch Of piquaney and humor is added by
the little girls eleven-year- old brother
who is a type of enfapt terrible
The Short Cruise ends in a shpwreck
but the passengers are safely rescued and
az ends happily. II is a story that will
mere statement that it is by the author
OF How Tommy Saved the Barn will
commend il TO large circle of readers
Daily Thought for Daily Endeavor.
Christian year book of courage and
good cheer. Compiled by Eleanor Amer
man Sutphen and Eliza Polhemus SUIT
phen- 16rno cloth, gilt top. $125 The
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Booksellers, & East Sixteenth St.
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the eompilers' purpose has been to
prepare Tor the morning of each day a
brief message of helpful and uplifting
thought. designed not only to tighten the
day task. but TO inspire the worker to
in Holmes line:
Build thee more stately mansions oh
my soul"
The book suggests the richness of our
literature IN inspiriting thought. and the |
Slsilment TO appropriate DAYS Members
OF Christian Endeavor societies will find
work. gnu
The Regcides. Tale of Early Colo. |
MAJ ilmes. BY Frederick Hull CogsweIl. |
Emo. cloth. gilt top. $150.
An absorbing story of Puritan Nav,
england dealing largely with actual his
iorical characters and events. the action
e Csnnerins n the fight and pursuit of
the death-warrant of Charles The Eirst
me book sheds new light on the social
a. ia political conditions of the period. and
s Snnt an lovers of historical fiction
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~ i-sSt4 on tne Present Distribution
OIL Wealth in the United States. BY
haries H. Spahr, Phi. d. 12mo. 1874 PIP. APP
pehdices, index; vol. xii. in Crowelrs Lii
orary OF economics and Politics.. $3.50
l. trowell d Co.. Publishers. Boston.
Or. Spahr's essay is written for the in
struction of the instructed classes While
ne presents many statistics and tables
ne Is careful to draw from them conclu-
sions mat coincide with the common OBJ
la f.,r1 h.. l
ne mas come to believe that social sta
liistlcs are only trustworthy when they
snow 70 the world at large what common
observation shows to those personally
amman with the conditions described"
ne pesins with Il retrospect showing
now row the distribution of wealth has been
ne Ages Before the war slave labor was
concentrating property in the South:i
since the war the industrial revolution is
concentrating it in the cities.
"Half-a-Dozen Girls" by Anna Chanjn
Ray, with IS illustrations, by Frank II.
Merrill One vol. 1863 pp., Svo. cloth. $3.50.
I. Y. Crowell Il Co.. New York and Bos-
on.
'oys and girls live. She possesses i In.
,ray Vitascope, so that the characters
H Mnom she depicts on the screen are no
ions T Pu. genuine me, flesh and blood crea
,ropriety either. but they have their
aults ana foibles, and the lessons thew
each are conveyed without didacticism
renee their popularity. 1t is now almos;
ii years since Molly and Polly
ma their lively friends first appeared. and
low tney are re-introduced i'm all the
'eauty or new dress. and with a series ,
u adnlirabe Illustrations by Mr.. Frank
: Merrill, who has caught the spirit nf !
ne scenes with remarkable success The ,
rev edition of 'Half-a-Dozen Cirlss, ,
makes q gift-book that will delight thou-
ands OF young readers.
me Tin Kitchen" by the Rev. ]. Hat [
on Weeks. One vol. Svo.. 80 pp.. illus /
rated SO. t. Y. Crowell & Co, New
FORK and Boston, !
~ NE: Weeks. some time ago. entertained {
8 regular meetings, by reading fonr
l rlsinaI stories: The Tin Kitchen, ..The
'id CLOCK, The Teapot" and The