Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-21

Among the fall announcements of the
Macmillan Company We note, as of spc-
cial interest and Importance. The Max
ing Of An Amcrican m Aut"bioSra-
ply" by Mr.. Jacob \. Riis: the author
of How the Other Half Lives" In
this new book Of his. we are told. MI.
Riis. who is not a hyphenated Amcrl-
can, Notwithstanding his foreign birth,
but a plain citizen doing noble service
to his country. strikes the note of sal
walton that may come to almost any man
who has the bravery and endurance to
fight his way to an honorable cltiZenShlp.
After telling of the making of an Amcri-
can in his own person his story tells how
he has applied his acquired knowledge
in his efforts to better the conditions Of
the city poor Incidentally his book is a
manual Of civic reform. 1t shows in the
cleareSt way what clements must bc
taken into account in the treatment ot
I our foreign population. the pronlem OF
problems at the present time. The per
! sonaI element in the book brings the
| facts home in way that no merely OBJ
! icctiVe writing can ana gives II thc
| form of a story which Will be read by
many for its own sake. while as study
of conditions no American can we'll af
| ford to pass il BY The many illustra-
| tions are taken from the authors home
| life in Denmark. and from the scenes
and actions of his life in america: ana
point the text in a striking manner
Other biographies announced bY TINS
house are George Washington. by Nj:
| IiaDSoDt.
his notable Abraham Lincoln, with
| which il will be issued in uniform cd
! ton: The Life of Sir George Grove:
the author Of the Dictionary Of Music
| and Musicians;" and two lives Of Ma
poleon. one by Hon Thomas F. Watson
whose story Of France was so far2i +
| ably received, the other by Mr.. }. II;
! Rose. author of The Revolutionary ana
Napoleonic Era. Mr.. Watson approach; ;
his subject from popular and dcmocra,ii ,i'
point of view using the word democratic
| in its broadest sense. Napoleon per
sonality is studied. rather than his cam
| paiGns. his political system. ms laws IN
| stitutionS and civil administration are
| considered as his most important anG en-
| during work and. his attempt to recon
cile modern liberalism with the absolNt :
| ism of divine right IS loohtd upniitl a.
his fata mistake. Mr.. Watson consider );
| Napoleon the greatest of men surpass-
| ing in all round capacity trederlck'
| Caesar and Alexander.
The address delivered by Mf. ien,Ii =
| Harrison during his recent visit to TINS
| country. at Chicago. Harvard. nc t,ilD,
| League Club of this city; Columbia . n
| versIty the Nineteenth Century Ilup
and elsewhere. Will bc collect,eu IL
ume to be called George ashlhstoh'
and other American Addresses
| In fiction the Macmillan GO anhoIltc'
4 volume of stories by Mr.. Maurice HeW-
lett. New Canterbury Taies: NV
novel BY Mr.. F. Marion Crawford t,.in ~
the True and Romantic story OF tht
Birth. Life and Death OF Ale xanuot
| Hamilton a biography in the Sulser ltr,l o.
fiction. by Mrs Gertrude Atherton; N n
Rnnefactress, novel of life IN a Ger
man village. by the author of Elizahet I
and Her German Garden; "A ar, frtc,to
with the Countersisn. by b. II. BensolI Bei.s,'l
author Of Who Goes 1ho iHer aret Crnsoae' si by
William Stern Davis, au'hor OIL =
Friend of Caesar.