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Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

acters is a member of MIR. Kalcrs house
hold This is Fluffy who sa; in the IL
brary with us as Mr.. Kalcr talked with
me about his books. Fluffy is an An
CORA terrier. an aristocratic member of
the canine family who has few relatives
i'm this land Of the free. Fluff. was
bought III Constantinople by the lat" Nj.
Clapp of the publishing house OF +. L.
Dutton and 60. Fluffy was brought 10
Boston, but lie found the air of culture
mt the Hub too much for him and il was
feared that he would 90 into u d"clin".
So Mr.. Naitr brought him To Maine,
"and he began 10 pick up rs soon as he
:meit tn. cabbagcs. says his master.
Mir. kalcr came to Portland to live niIic
ycar:. ago In order that he might he near
his mother a resident of this city. since
then he has marri I'd and settled in South
Portland the native place Of his wife
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

\ w.ll-knoWn buyer of hay stated
one day recently. what may npi have
nsen fully appreciated by the ma jnr
itv nf those who hav" hay to sell or
those who have il t. buy. and that was
that the last seasons crop is far from
being as good a that Of the year pre-
yiors. In Speaking of the matter he
claimed that the early spring Of this
v,ar had caused the grass H. get
much earlier start while the farmers
did not begin cutting their hay any
earlier than formerly. After they '1m-
iacnced the work of haying bad
weather came on and for a week there
was but little opportunity to harvest
hay. The result is now found when it
comes to pressing hay in the lack Of
weight to each bale which amounts 10
from L. to 20 pounds when compared
with n" hay growth the year previ-
Gus. The hay. On an average. is far
from being Of as good quality for feed
ing purposes ANA when it is placed in
the market does not bring the price of
first quality hay. The gentleman IS Of
the opinion that while the farmers are
studying the best methods to be pur-
sued in raising hurd crops they should
also give their attention to what con-
stitutcs III" best time to cut hay in
order TO get th" greatest possible" good
from feeding il "a stock. He looks to
see this matter receive more CrnSld"r-
alton IN tn" future.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
The Iosselyn Botanical Society.

tn. IOsS.lyn botanical Society VIII
Hold it's mid winter meeting in The
lcctur" room ur til" Portland Society
II Natural History Elm street. Port
land D.Cembrr -.
Program. . y NJ.
81 Interesting Peat Epg ana SOM Of
It's Inhabitants.
Mr.. Edward T.. chamberlain.
Oak Grove Seminary
Wild Flowers. both Useful and Orna-
mental. Miss Kate Furbish
Brunswick
Hair Cap Mossrs Of Maine.
Mr.. ]. Franklin Collins
Some Recently Discovered Maine
Plants, Mr.. Merritt l.. Fernali
Birds rs Botanists. Prof A. l.. Lane
Watervillc
Foliage: Facts and Fanoies.
Rev. Il. L. Snow, Yarmouth
Program S p. NJ
Forestry.
Mr.. Austin Carey. Brunswick
Illustrated by lantern slides.
Remarks by Hon. Geo. y. Talbot.
In order that each member may have
an opportunity to be heard. it is lho-
posed at some convenient time during
the session. to have rOil-caii WIN
three-minute responses by members
present. A field note or observation.
the presentation of a specimen. 2 nu"s +
tion or some topic for future discus
sion may be given. The persons
named to address the meeting are well
known specialists i'll botany. Half
fare will be. given by the Maine Cen
trail
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

Alderman Moulton of Portland. was
IN Augusta recently and saw the street
.l.partmert working Il SNOW scraper in
clearing the streets Of SNOW. 1t
worked so well and such rapid prog
rrss was made in clearing the streets
with IL that Alderman Moulton has
induced the street commits. To buy
on. and try il in Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
Don't.

Don't think because you have taken
many remedies In vain that your case
Is incurable.
You have not taken Hoods Sarsapa-
rilll.
II has cured many seemingly nope
lnSS cases of scrofula, catarrh, rheuina-
usm. kidney complaint, dyspepsia
and general debility-nany cases tnat
may have. been worse than yours.
What this great medicine has done
for others it can do for you
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

tn, ". men are hoping that TN Ken
t.h ~ will not freeze for thr present.
All along III" Cpursc. its waters are
n,l.d vith anchor icv, rendering II inn
nos,lbl, tn got - good freeze until this
Is ,Irarcd away Then IN" water has
10, hcromc entirely free ~ thu debris
vhi.h has been washed from tn. banks
u thc Hood. Ssvcrai days vi good
warm weather "r'. essential.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

This Is a week of vacation in the
sh ~ business" said an advance agent
who was in town this week. 1T is
nusitiv.ly tn. worst period i'm ths- bust
r.ss wear. In many instances shows
decline To 80 out, at all. IN this week;
for al IN. time. money and thought
,f IN. people are given L. the coming
NJ Christmas and the buying "f gifts.
Usually ihc business d1es not resume
urtii after christmas day itself
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

sweet Hour ~ Prayer is O" hc
eliminated from the Methodist hymn
books. as just decided At the tincin-
matt convention. Objection is made
&, the last line IF thc hymn. tn" last
stanza complete reads as follows:
sweet haur w pra<-r. sweet W'ur Of
VrdN'r'
Ml, / thy ,"n,oilti"n share.
'rnl. from Mount riscah l"ftr h"iCh>,
/ .l.,S my nom, ana TAX" my Hight.
'rhis rob. of iirsh II drop. and rise
~ g. H.. thr everlasting iI'i1"
,nd shout. Will. passing through III"
air.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST
The Santa Claus Letter.

Axe smiled when Little Willie wrote
Ills note to Santa Claus
and We. We didn't have the heart
To hid the youncStcr pause.
L.nr have We not IN silence kept
IN. hopes that We have priced
without the chanc" that Wi,lic's have
pf being realized?
,ct him who i'll his day-dreams builds
No castle in the air,
Nho never hopes the morn will dawn
With gifts surprising fair.
,yfn never made the best OF less
rhan what he fain wnniu ask
y ~ him make bold to stay the child
In his fond. trustful task.
Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
CHURCH AND PASTOR.

Rcv. Il. j. Ramsdell. pastor Of the
South Paris Rantist church, has re-
sigred.
Crosby Noyes Of Washington. ID. c..
has donated 800 worth of books and
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21
No more schools for two weeks.

The Christmas shopping season is 1T
its height.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

No more acceptable or fitting gift
than one of the 81 80 novels which the
turnal offers for % cents.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

The Robinson Comic Opera Company
,sill be here all of next week
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-21

mon Plan Brethren Davis. Lorimer.
Bickmorc. Speed. Ncntrcs. and Kings
ley were present.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
ResurEnnl.

Dim on the shores Of Earth the Day
Dips in its shining tide again,
And If We go or If we stay
What is it to the world of men?
Their, creeps a tide whose wandering wave
Ripples the grass above our grave,
But il tomorrow's wave or no
We know motif we stay or go.
Which is that Spring whose rosy rise
Lifts MOI the lids from my shut eyes?
That Summer passionstely fair
Whose suns shall darken not my hair?
When !, the nature-loving, gone
Above me, shall her days tow on,
And have part or share in nOne;-
Which is that season OF despair!
When Spring starts singing down the year
Deep in the heart Of Earth my heart
With simultaneous pulse shall start;
Who listens close shall hear the sound
Ny beating heart there in the ground,
Thrilled finely through the finer ear.
And then will ! arise and sing
In every whisper Of the Spring,
Burn in each rose and Fly on every wing.
Bursting Earth's bOund-up breast of snow
Down the resHgcnt months shall flow
The ires with which my pent veins glow
In flushed dawns. rose-fulflled and fair
/ shall laugh in the morning there,
Or mute in starry silence rise
Serene through skyey symphonies;
The sentient soul Of light and air
shall arise-let God know wherei
Earth measured Ger from SEA TO seS
Affords not earth to bury me;
Dig the grave deep; roll up above
Serrasl yet the clod shall move;
Who lived and loved shall live and Lowell
Grace Ellery Claiming, in Scribner's Magazine.
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CURRENT VERSE.
In south Africa

Eve read my Motley" and | zee, again
Some Of Its stubborn Dutchmen on the stlce-
PICK Of Prince Maurice's own fighting men,
Come back to life from that historic page
The same old logged valor. calm resolve
To free their land sleep beneath its sod,
tAs constant wster-drops the rocks dissolve)
Ihe PSALM the prayer, the steady faith in God.
History repeats itselfl' Why. that's so stale.
I'm half ashamed to write the words, and yet,
] must repeat the oft-repested tale.
For sages, fools and state1nen all forget.
l see pale Philip In his palace halls,
Reading the last despatch which Alva sends,
To-Day the mine is sprung, the city falls.
The leader dies, and all resistance ends"
And stiH. their captain captive, wounded, dead.
(Who was their heart, their brain, their sword,
their steed)
Another and another. in his stead,
Springs to the van to battle and to bleed.
Doomed and defeated in a hundred fields.
When all but honor seems forever gone
There's nos man who owns his freedom yields,
But, undespairing, still they struggle on.
Like wolves that sweep in circles round the flock,
They hang upon their foenan's widespread
TANKS,
And, slipping from the battles crushing shock,
Strike his supplies and thin his scattered ranks
The seasons change, the years, the cycle creeps
And Holland-beatcn-stil rcnev-s the fight;
The all-victorious Spanish Alva sleeps
His laureled head is circled round with night
Full half century the conquest drugs
Patient endurance tirrg ponderous strength
Till, spCnt by his own blows, the giant flags,
And Spain, exhausted, helpless, yields with
night
Thus hath It been. and. therefore, thus shall be,
My limbs were formed from England's soil, and
yet,
Because my heart was fashioned there-and free
These gallant foes honor-and regret
Bertrand ShadwcI in the Chicago Evening Post.
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A Prayer of Old Age.

o Lord, am 50 used to all the by-ways
Throughout Thy devious world,
The little hiIl-paths, yea, and the great highways
Where saints are safely whirled!
And there are crooked ways, forbiduen pleasures
That lured me with their spell;
But there | fingered not, and found no treasures
Though in the mire | fell.
And now I'm old and worn, and, scarcely seeing
The BEAUTIES of Thy work,
I catch faint glimpses Of The shadows fleeing
Through valleys in the murk;
Yet | can feel my wiy-1ny mem'ry guides me,
bear the yoke and smile;
Pm used to life, and nothing wounds or chides
me;
Lord, let me live awhile!
And then dear Lord, still can feel the thrilling
OF Nature in the Spring
The uplit OF Thy hills, the song birds trilling,
The lyric JOY they bring.
Pm not too old to see the regal beauty
or moon and stars and sum-
Nature can still reveal to me my duty
Till my long task is done.
o Lord to me the pageant l. enhancing
The march Of States and Kingsi
keenly watch the human race advancing
And see Man master Things; -
From him who read the secro- of the thunder
And madc the lightning kind,
Down to this marvel-all the growing wonder
OF force controlled BY Mind.
And this dear land Of ours, the frceman's Nation!
Lord let me live and see
Furfllmcut Of our fathers aspiration,
Whes. each mans really free!
When all the strength and skill that move the
mountains.
And pile UP riches great,
Shall sweeten patriotism at its fountains
And purify the state!
But there are closer ties than these that bind
And make me long to stay
And linrer in the dusk whore Death may find me
On Thine own chosen day;
There's ore who walks beside me in the gloam-
ing
And holds my ALTERING hand
without her guidance l can make no honinS
In any distant land.
Some dav wher we are tired, like children play
ing.
And wcaried drop our TOYS
When all the work and burden Of our staying
Has mingled with our JOYS
With tFo-e VIC love around-our eyelids dropping
Too spent with toll to weep
Like some kind nurse DER drcwsy children stoop-
ing,
-Rober Bridges, in Scrbncr's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Ny easement opening, lo Love esped
All garland-decked, as tho he-came to WOO;
Who. when | babe him enter, thus replied:
NAY, if / come, then Sorrow enters too
''Sweet Love! what care / so you Gomez"
cried:
az fear not Sorrow while you with me bide"
Thus many days beneath my humble roof,
Hath Sorrow found home for Loves sweet
sake,
And ever have borne her stern reprooi,
All uncomplaining tho my heart should break;
And now, alas, Sweet Love hath flown away,
And Sorrow still stays on. Alack-aday!
C E Farrow.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

God shared nv ips for making song,
Fashioned my heart to harhor pain.
And sent lies message clear and strong,
To beat upou my brain:
Gave me nv birth OF that strange race
Wharcirom his ancient prophets sprung,
Aud in my accents hid trace
As Of an elder tongue:
Taught me to toach the chord Alright
That stirs ihe iouutain-hcal II tears.
And set the seal upon iHy sight
Whcrcwith he brands his seers-
drawer lot shall scarce hcfall.
Nor VET more cruel, nor more fair;
All joy to taste, to suffer All
Pangs whcrctc man is heir:
To have no LOT apart from this
No happiness. no love, no wrpngi
But soul and body shaped for his
Strnged instrument of song!
Elizabeth {. Cardozo.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
Mr.. HoweIIs and His Friends.

Literary Friends and Acquaintances,
with the subtitle "a Personal Retro
spect OF American Authorship" is the
latest work of William Dean Howells,
and a subtitle has seldom been better
selected. The book is personal---very.
personal; there is considerably more of
Mr. Howells in 1t than Of Longfeilow
Holmes, Lowell, Bayard Taylor. and
Emerson, put together. and throughout
the book one finds subtly indicated the
idea that the institutions and people OF
New York and Cambridge are being care
fully appraised, ticketed, and pigeon
holed by a callow young journalist from
the West, and that, though in general
they meet his approval, he is little dis
appointed because they do not come up
to his standard of what they ought TO be.
The book Is In some ways curiosity.
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Hush Thee, hush Thee. little Son,
Dearest and divinest One;
Thine are all the mtamed herds
That upon the mountain go
Thine are all the timid birds,
Thine the thUnders and the snow.
Cry not 50. Husho, my deari
Thunder shall not come Thee near
While its roar shall frighten Thee.
Mother holds Thee safe and warm;
Thou shalt walk upon the sea
And cry Peace unto the Storm
Thou shalt take the souls Of men
In Thine hands. as I a wren,
But noe yet, not yet, my Son.
Thou art still babe asleep;
All Thy glories are un-won,
All mine own Thou art to keep
Some day shall see Thee stand
King and Lord OF every land.
Now / feed Thee at my breast,
And delight to feel Thee near.
Some day-Ahi this time is best.
Huh Thee, hush Thee, Babe most deari
Nora Hopper, in the Cornhill Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
Some Books of Poetry.

Home Folks" by James Whltcomb
Riley, is Just the sort of book with which
the readers Of the Hoosier poet are ia
miliar. Some Of the poems are in dialect
and some are not, but all are in the au-
thcr's characteristic manner. There is
nothing in this book which is equal to
some of the gems of his earlier work, but
there is also no conspicuous failure. The
Riley boy is in eviderce in Uncle Sid
ney's Logic" and the reader more than
suspects that Uncle Sidney is in reality
Uncle Jim
Pa wuns: he scold' an says TO me-
Don't play much but try
To study more, and men you'll be
great by an by"
Men Uncle Sidney says, "Nou let
Him be 4 boy an play
The greatest man Garth / bet,
I'd trade with him today!
The two poems on Stevenson are among
the best in the book. One is in Scotch
dialect and one is in pure English. An
other particularly good bit of character
work, with an eerie suggestiveness about
it, is THE idiot" indianapolis: The
Bowen Merrill Company. $1.5O)
ION LIES Stairway is a book OF blithe
poems by Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
Many Of them are charming studies Of ma
ture, and others are merely lyric thought.
The nature poems are especially beauti-
full, perfect in form, and delicate and sym
patheti: in thought. One of the shorter
ones is this:
WANTED: \ BOOK OF TRAVELS.
Oh. who shall write the voyages down
Where drlgon-hies set sail and drown?
Who knows the rigging Of the craft
Where fare the fat moths. drunk and daftH
I.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Charles Warren. author of The Girl
and the Governor" was private secre-
tary in 1898 to Governor Russell. of Mas
sachusetts He has also been for sew
eral years actively interested in politics
His home is in Dedham. Mass.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

The first collection OF Edwin Markham's
verses since the publication of The Man
with the Hoe" will be brought out this
month by Mcclure. PHILLIPS & Co,
under the title Of The Sewer and Other
Poems" The new poems are hopeful in
their view Of labor. quite in contrast to
the pessimlsm which some critics read in
THE Man with the Hoe" 1t is Mr..
Markham plan to write a series of poems
expressing the dignity of labor and the
hopelulness OF the worker and his work.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

c:'u-ed him to turn quickly around and drive back
20 the tavern door with all the angry protesting
the Yankee as the coach stcppcd. You Just
pint out the man that took them spoons
'Sartainly squire" said he he climbed into
the coach. I'm pint him out took en-
myself You'll find EN- all IN the big coffee
pot on the table Hurry up, driver, I've had my
dinner. Al aboard
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

american Wit and Humor" is a com
pilation. in two small volumes, of funny
stuff" evidently compiled from all the
newspaper jokes of the last fifty years.
The portrait of Mark Twain appears as
frontispiece to one volume, and that of
Oliver Wendell Holmes in the other. There
is little that is stale or fiat in the col!ec-
tion. and II will he capital thing to
have On hand for idle moments, though
mental indigestion might b. the result OF
reading II all at Tine. Mrs Partlngton
is represented hut most Of the jokes and
alleged Jokes are noi signed or otherwise
ear-marked philadelphia; George w
Jacobs & Co. 30 cert5 PEI voinme)
Twelve Great Artists is book on
art by William Howe Downes. 1t Is not a
very larre hnns and IL is crammed with
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

limits of a newspaper review. No one
who buys and reads it will be likely to
regret the purchase. New York: The
Macmillan Company. S250)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

information. The chapters are entitled "A
Day With Halls" Rembrandt at Home"
"Rubens," "Fortuny,' "Daubigny,'' Fell
Glen Reps" Bout ct de Novel," Win
slow Homer st. Gaudens' Shaw Monu-
ment." George Inness' Landscapes"
John La Fargo" John Sargent's Por-
traits"
One of the most interesting chapters is
that on tho Shaw monument. The author
is the art critic of the Boston Tran
script" Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

A new Literary Map of the United
States" by Paul Wilstach, appears in
The Bookman" for January
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

How many children had Jay Could. and what
their names?
Six; George Jay, Edwin. Helen. Howard.
Anna, aud Frank.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06
NOTES AND QUERIES.

1. silver legal tender in any amount, as
II is.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

II is said that in Mr.. E. c. Stedman's
American Anthology a lady is stated TO
have been born ten years after the death
of her father How did it happen?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Which Is the largest secret order in the United
States? O. What order comes nextq A J. O.
The Independent Order of Odd FelIowa
2. The Free hasoHs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

From our adjective rev. the French
nouvelles. and the Anglo-Saxon niwe
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

We're bonds disposed OF at private sale during
President Cleveland's Administration? II so. in
what amount and at what price? p R
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

1t cuts Off debate and brings at once 4
vote on the pending question
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Is our paper money finished and made ready for
circulation at the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing or at the Treasury7 c. c. l.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

What was the population of Dallas and Sen A.
tonic in 1907 J
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

What is the significance in parliamentary pro-
eedHre OF moving the previous question:
G. Fl
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Dallas. sS.c67; San Antonio, s7.s7s.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Yes; ss2.s15.4OO worth. at 1Ol 1-2.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Where are the Strait Settlements, spoken Of .s
a great source Of tin7 C. W NJ.
They include some Islands of the East
Indies and a portion of the Malay penin-
sula, some $4,000 square miles in area,
with about LOO. coo inhabitants.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

THE Sphinx. and Other Poems" by
William Henry Hudson, is a little book of
poems somewhat in the style Of those Of
Edwin Markham. Like them, it comes out
of the West. There is much depth of
thought In some Of them. (San Francisco:
Elder &. Shepard. rs cents.l
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

All the work is done at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing except the stamp
il g Of the seal. That is done at the Treas
NY.
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And this:
Winnowed by the wings OF swallow
Cleans the soft sky childhood knew.

In sterner mood is the ode ITO the
Flying Squadron" "fock of the terrible
talons," as the poet calls 1t. Altogether,
Mr.. Knowles has given to the public, in
this little book, many things which it
should like to have. (Boston: L. c. Page
G. Co. SD
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

What IL the address Of the Cumberland PreSby-
terrain University? 2. Milwaukee, population in
1880 vas 115.57s and in 1880 Il was 20l f6s-what
was the percentage OF increase, and how is IL
determined IG.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Was the 'Eldorado'' Of the early Spanish dis
coverers ever identified with certain localityf
.. What was the source OF the stories told about
its riches? E. L
The Eldorado of these tales was not a
place. but very wealthy king Of some
island city in the northern part OF South
America Neither he nor his city was To-
Gated. 2 Indian legends and the tales
OF voyagers who returned from wholly
unknown regions were the source OF the
stories
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

Lebanon. Tenn. 2 seventy-six and
eisht-tenths per cent. Rule: Divide the
increase by the es.'lier population
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

"My Indian Queen" by Guy Boothby, is
the story of young blood of the last cen
fury, who, after getting into debt and
other troubles at home, is induced to try
to retrieve his fortunes in India. His
adventures there are numerous and inter
estIng (New York: d. Appleton & Co.
81