The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-14

the Rainbow Factory, the Museum Of
| Compound Words, and the Candy Farm.
| The Town OF Toys 10 q gay place, and
{ he Parliament OF Peacocks, to say moth
| the Princess Gwendolen Maud, all small
girls and boys would do well 20 visit,
sure OF having a good time. cortland :
Loring, Short 81 HARMONY
Messrs. Dana Estes s. Company have
dealt bountifully with the young people
in the matter Of books for the holidays.
PORTLAND, Loring, Sholt Sc HarDion.)
Among their publications are; Fighting
For the Empire, by James Otis; A Tar
OF the Old School, by +. II. Costello;
| Ned, the Son of Webb, by William o.
Stoddard; The Bicycle Hjghwsymnn, by
Frank M. BicknelI Ted's Little Dear,
by Harriet A. Cheever, and In the Sweet
ness Of Childhood, compiled by Grace
Hartshorne,
1 believe 1t Is quite understood that
James Otis is the psn-name OF one OF our
own townsmen, and that Is an interest
ing fact to all the Portland "boys" who
In 1880 found Mr.. Kaler's Toby Tyler so
L
| followed his success with more than sew
snty books, the latest OF which is his
tefyhtgnn ee- 49, u--rI--y SASp A--~
some volume, thoroughly we'll illustrated,
| which tells the story of the war in South
Africa. This work is intended to be in.
structive as well as entertaining, is fur
nished with an excellent map OF British,
South and Central Africa, and opens
with an outline (given as concissly as
| possible) OF the events which led up to
the war of is9o-I9O0 In the Orange Free
State and the Transvaal.
| The preface contains Professor Keith
| Johnston s explanation Of how these two
republics sprang into existence, and Mr..
| KaIer quotes from an article on the
| rransvaai by Professor a. IL. keene, In
| which he sets forth the principal events
| which occurred between the years 1857
and 1885, following which many griev-
ances arose, leading up to the present
| conditions. MIR. Kaler's book deserves
| The highest praise for it's literary stlye.
| carefully collated facts. and clever and
| graphic presentation OF them.
| MIR. Costsllo's A Tar of the Old School,
| q quite what its name Indicates At the
same time, parts of the story are very
| oioody and piratioal, With terrible sea
| fights, decks flooded with gore, and
strewn with dead bodiss, sinking ships
and pistol and scutlass combats sbetween
| srueI Corsairs and Yankee sailors. 1t Is
very entertaining and exciting, full OF
| lash and spirit, and remarkably well
| lone. IL has q solid foundation OF
veritable history, and the incidents of the
battle between the ship General Arm
strong ana the British fleet are recorded
with rare accuracy and power.
| The story OF Ned Webb and what he
did" needs little more than its authors
name TO recommend it, for MIR. Stoddard
| mas long been prime favorite with the
eoys, and with their parents, as we'll
which is quite as important. The story
| opens with the visit OF Ne1 and his Uncle
Jack to the line-of- battle ship Ksntuc ky
| the result of which is very interesting
conversation between the two, in which
| the nephew states that he would like to
be captain of the Kentucky and conquer
| England having been well trained In
| football, baseball and fencing But Ned
Is merely going for his summer outing,
and it results In a visit to his grand.
| fathers tine old house in the country
There is to ba fishing ami woodcraft, but
the lad must not spend all his time in
amusing himself. So when Ne1 goes
a-rshing on Green lake he takes with him
big illustrated volume, "History oil
the Normans. But he must have slept
and dreamed, for after catching an eel or
two and some piokerel, the scene changes
and lofty SUBMITS appear, and in the
/ clefts and creyicas of their rugged sides
l gigantic pines and tir-trees are growing.
Ned lands In this new country, and Ii
| greeted by a superb Norseman, who says;
II am vebba, SON of Bjorn. Thou art
| welcome. Who art thout' And here be-
gins the best part Of this delightful story,
In which Ned, son of Webb, figures val
| iantly with Harold the Saxon and Tostig
the Earl. When Ned wakes he has al
! ready invaded England with Harvada OF
Norway and the->vikings, and has been
ell the way from YORK, and the battle Of
Stamford Bridge, to the battle Of SEN
lao. with King Harold OF England. and
Duke William the Conqueror.
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