The Portland daily press., 1896-11-17

very pathetic until she entered sM,stress
Mary's garden where the only plants
were little people all in rows ssIt
was then that Heaven began to dawn nm
Marin, because of her faithful care of
twin children named Atlantic and paei.
flo, who were tsrrors to every one WIN
came in contact with them. They lived
with their aunt, Mrs. S. Cora Grobb.
at Ellen Place. Mrs. S. Cora Grobb was
philanthropist who was always tread
ing in the path of progress. She had no
time to spare to her home or to the child |
rem entrusted to her care. No soical oo-
casion at Eden Place was complete with
out her and she always rose into Office
the week after joining any society. She
had taught and lsctured on all the isms
of the day and the story leaves her deep
in Theosophy with growing ambition to
be Mahatma. The story is very inter
esting as it unfolds the beauty of Mis-
tress Mary's character and shows the
quiokening of Marin Liza's mind under
the power of love. Boston and New
York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company.
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
Mending and Repairing. By .Charles
Godfrey Leland, author of Hans Brett
Manu. 1t will be hard to imagine a
family, or dealer in miscellaneous
works OF art or any small storekeeper,
or a. <.f f,r, 3tx,ro ubop L.,
work will not be most acceptable gift
The traveller who has trunks to mend
or broken straps to join; or the emigrant
roughing it in the forest, may learn
from it many useful devices, and with
nothing more than can Of liquid glue
and another of india rubber, may effect
more than can be imagined, and we ven-
ture to assert that th ere is hardly O viii
laga so small that one man or woman
could not make in it living by repair
ing various objects. To housekeepers the
work should prove. especially acceptable.
Ii contains a mum Der Of admirable dia-
grams illustrating the text Among the
more interesting chapters we note those
on Mending Broken China, Repairing
Woodwork. Restoring Books, Directions
for Binding Books. Repairing Leather
work, Invisible Mending Of Laces and
Embroideries, Restoring and Repairing
Pictures, etc., etc. New York: Dodd,
Short & Harmony
A Year in the Fields. Eight of John
Borroughs' delightful outdoor papers
Snow Storm, Winter Neig bors, A
Spring Relish, April, Biz On Browsing,
A Bunch of Herbs, Fragrant Wild Flow
ers. Weeds. Autumn Tides and Sharp
Lookout compose this volume The in
PRODUCTION and the Illustrations are by
Mr.. Clifton Johnson. The pictures are
taken from photographs made by Mr..
johnson while visiting at Mr.. Bur-
roughs' home on the Hudson, and at his
boyhood home far back in the Catskills;
and in their rambles Mr.. johnson secured
several pictures of the author. Their
ram bios, Mr.. johnson says, stranQed
through all the four seasons, just as do
the essays selected for illustration. As q
companion Mr.. Burroughs is just as en-
joyable as one would imagine him to be
from his writings" The illustrations,
SO happily chosen, especially At tina
Study Door, will bring Mr.. Burroughs
even nearer to his many appreciatiye
readers, who will give this very interest,"
ing book the wslome it deserves (Boss
ton and New York: Houghton, Miffiin
& Company. Portland: Loring. Short
& Harmon
A Birding on Bronoho. By Florence
A. Merriam. The notes oontainsd in
this book were taken from March to Ma,
1889, and from March to July 1894, at
Twin Oaks in Southern California.
Several of the articles have appeared be-
fore in somewhat different form, in The
AUX, The Observer and Our Animal
Friends; all the others are here published
for the first time. The illustrations are
from drawings of birds and nests BIZ
Louis Agassiz Fuerters and from photo
graphs taken in the valley. Descriptions
and pictures are given of tie big syua-
mores and of the eucalyptus trees and of
the many feathered folk who live in their
branches, ''and make the old trees ring
with their musical roundelay." The
numerous illustrations of birds, nests.
trees and landscapes are very spirited
and pleasing. The information con-
tanned in the book is given in snch
bright and attractive way that every
page is fascinating to the reader. Not
only bird lovers but many others will en-
joy the charming descriptions of ranch
life and the delightful rides:on Mountain
Billy, in the early morning sswhen the
fog was breaking up into buff clouds
over the..mountains and drawing off in
wells over the peaks" Boston and New
York: Houghton. Miffiin & Company. J
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