Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-10

Seven Months a Prisoner, by J. V. Had
ley. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Price Is cts.
This is most interesting little volume
Of 25S pages giving wonderfully clear
and vivid description of life in southern
prisons during the War of the Rebellion
from the standpoint of an officer we see
tually existed In the prison camps OF
Macon, Savannah, Charleston and Column
bia. We get too, in the authors account
Of his escape from ,ea;pvivyb sb Ve md ieJ !,
possible for men Of the Northern army
to make their. way through hns,iie
country The devotion and loyalty OF the
negroes to the boys iii blue" Is verJ
clearly shown as is also the methohs ny
which they were approached. we get 10
a very clear idea of the conditions exist
thizcrs with the Union in North Carolina.
The book Is one of intense interest, and,
In it's substantial cloth binding, Will make
a valuable addition to any library.
Master Sunshine by Mrs. C. F. Frazer:
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Publishers,
100 Purchase ST., Boston. Price SO cents.
AS we have often remarked in this de-
partment the ability to write, stories
that will hold ard interest children IS
who assay the task. The tendency al
ways is TO write above the childish un-
This is an error that Mrs.
Frazer has been unusually successful IN
avoiding. and the result Is that she has
given us an ideal little work for the jul
venile world. In its fine quality of pa
per. large clear type, substantial cloth
binding. and taking cover design, II
makes an unusually attractive little vol
ume and should be in large demand for
the holidays!
BY the Still Waters Illustrated edi-
ton. meditation on the kill Psalm.
by the Rev. j. r. Miller. ID. ID. Eleven
illustrations, 6 vignettes. one
vol. cloth, 12mo. 90 PIP. 81, 7. Y. Gro
well & Co, New York and Boston.
DR.. Miller's cheerful meditation on the
Twenty-third Psalm was published last
season and had an instant success. He
says: "Whoever let's loose sunbeam IN
he has certainly accomplished
this beneficient work He has. indeed.
brought "the light nearer" to some who
have been blessed and eheered by II. The
inspired by Oriental seen
cry, add greatly TO the attractiveness of |
this new edition, which is a model of
good taste in book-making. The cover
especially, in its cool green color, and
with its decorative design In green and
gold, Is admirable.
The Everlasting Arms. BY the Rev.
Francis E. Clark. d. D., of the United
Emo. cloth 81 pp., SIS. T. Y. Crowell g.
Co, New York and Boston.
DR.. Clark responds to the poets wish
takes for n text the words from Deuter-
onony: The eternal God Is thy refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms !
First he distinguishes between worth and
value, and then he shows that the most
necessary thing in the world, the want
of which is most universally felt. is a
sure and safe refuge. This want; he
Eternal God" The paper is almost lyric
in its poetic illustration of the different
kinds of refuge required by man and an.
the meaning of the phrase: This everlast-
ing arms 1t will appeal to many thou
sands of weary and disheartened Chris,
tians and will tighten their burdens and
bring peace to their souls.
The Fruit of the Vine. By the Rev.
Andrew Murray. One vol, Emo. 80 PIP.
cloth. SIS. T. Y. Crowell & Co., New
York and Boston.
This is full and practical. as well as
poetic, exposition of the text from ST.
John: Il am the True Vine. and My |
Father is. the Husbandman. Every |
taketh away; and every branch that |
beareth Fruit, He cleanseth it" BY |
fruit he understands character and con- |
duct and the influence or a holy life and |
words and prayers: and the great CEN
trail truth thae he brings clearly before |
his readers is that the Divine life |
God or seen in the fruit or handled and |
partaken of by men, must be one and |
the same. Mr.. Murray is an eloquent |
divine and is so carried away by the |
deep spiritual meaning of his subject that |
he cannot fail to move those who sympa-
thize with him.
The Secret of Gladness. BY the Rev
]. r. Miller, d. ID. One vol, Emo, 80 PIP,
cloth, s.35. T. Y. Crowell & Co., New |
York and Boston.
DIR. Miller says: ut is worth while to |
are so many harsh and discordant sounds |
and so many cries of pain. Even birds |
songs put little more music into the |
air. 1t is yet more worth while to be a |
singing Christian, giving out notes of |
gladness amid earth's sorrows. For most |
of US ii is not easy to be always glad: |
that, whether amid circumstances of sor- |
row or of joy. the song shall never be in |
tt.errupted." He believes that gladness IS
the Christians life is not meant to be |
exempt from trouble, pain and sorrow,
still his very faith ought to bring glad |
ness that shall irradiate not only him
self but all who come into the circle of |
his influence. 1t is beautiful world, and |
It is Gods world, as Pippa sings: and |
there are many happy homes in it and |
with sadness and fills the heart so full |
that dark gloomy repinng is impossible |
This essay is in DR.. Miller's best and |
most helpful manner and cannot fail 10 |
nave beneficsnt influence.
Ideal Motherhood. By Minnie S. Da-
Wis. 12mo34 pp, s.35. r. Y. Crowell & Co. |
Miss Davis improves on the poets
phrase Mother, Home and Heaven by |
declaring that the four hottest words in |
human language are Father, Mother
Home and Heaven" She believes that |
the same white light that Eliminates the |
thought of woman as wife and mother 1
should play on the idea of man as hus- |
band and father. She has wise words TO |
say about ignorant marriages and then |
shows what Is the-jdeal of mother and |
the Inheritance that should be handed |
down to the sons and daughters of man. |
1t is an exceedingly wise and valuable |
essay and ought to be in the hands of all |
fathers and mothers.
The Marriage Altar. BY the Rev. J. r.
Miller d. D. 12mo 80 PIP. SIS r. Y. Gro |
well & Co.. New York and Boston.
Dr. Miller in four brief essays. entitled |
Choosing a Wife," Choosing Hus- |
band, Secrets of Welded Happiness |
and THE Wedding Ring" gives some ex-
cellent sound advice on this important
topic. He believes that marriage brings |
true benefit to men and women, that God |
means the home to be foretaste of
heaven, and that the indispensable con-
ultlon of welded happiness is unselfish-