The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-28
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

James II. west s. Co., Of Boston. have
just published The Little Heroes In Ma
tanzas, by Mary b. Garrett vivid and
pathetic tale Of the recent war. founded
on fact, AND full Of side-liahts OF the sac
riiiees and distresses Of the Cubsns previ-
Gus to American intervention. The au-
thor writes from PERSONAL knowledge of
Cuba and les people, and the story Is
dramatic In o high degree. Tbs wrltsr
intsnds that her profits from the book
shall go to Cuban Children made or
phans In the recent struggle. The price
of the book Is 80 cents. (Portland; Lor-
ing, Short s. Harmony
Tomorrow Ia Cuba, with Msps, By
Charles N. Pepper (New York: Harper
& Bros Portland; Loring. Short &
HARMONY In this capacity NJ newspaper
correspondent Mr.. Pepper went to Cuba
In 1897 and with the exception Of tia
brief interval Of the Spanish war re-
mained thers svsr since studying the
people. their Institutions. their operations
and their capabilities. A book by a
wrritso Mr.. Peppers opportunity and
abilities could but throw a great deal Of
Hight on the Cuban situation-hght that
tbs people Of the United States need
to able them TO settle wisely the prob
lens that are impending. Indeed. Mr..
Pepper says In his preface that the chief
this needed Information. Ihe book Is
one that ought to have wids circulation
and thoughtful reading.
Historic Sidelights. ty Howard Payson
Arnold. Illustrated. New York: Harper q
Bros. Portland: Loring. Short 81 Hsr-
non.) MIR. Arpeld's book has for lite
central figure Benjamin Franklin and
his friends. and tho gossip, personal an
ecdotes and historical lore with which
10 is illsd, rsvolvss 30 to speak, around
sssm. Written In q free ana easy style,
Mr.. Arnold's book discusses with agree
able and often amusing familiarity a
mass of interesting subjects. Thsss ansc-
dotes and incidents and that quaint and
curious lore which historians proper must
for many reasons neglsct, form the very
sum and substance of Mr.. Arnold's work.
As his nominal subjact he has taken tie
selection of the Great Seal Of the United
States, but this is simply the thread of
association that binds his narrative to-
gsther, the starting point for entertain
ing digressions into the hitherto unsx-
plored by-paths of history. one subject
leading to another almost as 1t might In
conversation.
Tne Expedition to the Philippines.
By Frank ID. Millet New YORK; Harp
er & Bros. Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony. Mr.. Millst was the srecial-
correspondent of Harper's Weekly and
the London Times, and his book 10 .
graphic narrative of soldier life on a
troop ship between San Francisco and the
Philippines and of the taking of Manila.
Mr.. Millet went to Manila In the trans
port that carried Cen. Merritt, and his
narr alive of events In Luzon covers the
period from Gen. Merritt's arrival to the
fall of Manila. His relations with the
American officers gave him most favora-
BILE opportunities for gaining knowledge
of the inside history of military move
ments, and his book 10 an accurate mar
rative Of military events as we'll as a popu-
lar account of the life of the soldiery and
ativss around Manila. The book 10 pro-
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