The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS..


lished by II. w. Fisher & Co., Philadel-
phia. More than twelve years ago the
author of this work purchased an is
land, covered with primeval forest, in
one Of the interior lakes of Maine,
many miles from any railroad, and pro-
ceeded to make there q summer home
for his family The house was de-
signed without the aid of an architect,
built without contractor, and the
grounds were laid out and roads and
paths constructed with no landscape
gardener to help. In addition to eighty
flower beds, scattered over the lawns,
eight terraces were built on a southern
slope which are now covered during the
summer with perennial plants hardy
enough to Withstand the severe winters
of northern Maine. How the work was
done is fully described in the volume,
and the character of the men of the re-
gion is graphically sketched in numer-
Gus anecdotes of their quaint sayings
and doings. More than half of the vol
ume treats of the flowers grown upon
the island, their history being infinitely
recorded from the time of planting the
seeds, until seeds were gathered from
their withered stalks in the fall. I'm
like most books on flowers, these pages
are not burdened with descriptions of
hundreds of species of plants but the
author confines himself to the conside-
ration Of only the most desirable varie-
ties. One chapter is devoted to about
eighty perennials and. biennials. and
another to some sixty ANIMALS, or
flowers which must be treated as annu-
ais in cold regions. Price $500; by
call for $2.15.
The New York Evening Post says of
the book, this being one of many testi-
monials as to it's quality: Altogether
charming is Mr. Almon Dexter's And
the Wilderness Blossomed' (Philadel-
phia; HI. W. Fisher & Coz, in which he
describes the conquest of an island in
one of the Maine lakes. OF great value
to many amateurs will be found the list
of hardy plants and the observations
on their culture which Mr.. Dexter has
made. He has evidently been over
done by the enchantment of gardening,
and he certainly makes it appear en-
chanting. His comprehensive invita-
ton to flower-lovers gives a pleasant
finish to book which deserves longer
notice than we can now afford it,
Cassell & Co., New York. announce
for early publication "An Elton Boys
Letters by Nugent Banks, the author
of IA Day of My Life at Eton," that
was so popular a few years ago The
present little volume promises to have
as remarka BILE run, ana is refresh
ing change from the love-letters cpl
demic The author gives selections
from the boys letters home from the
time of his entering and the days of
bad spelling and punctuation to seven
years later, when he has become a ire
mendous parsonage in the highest form
and is about to leave for Cambridge.
The local color will not only please
and amuse Etonians, but with the gen
eral picture of schoolboy life, will in
terest all boys as well as their parents
and guardians.
The feature of the August number of
Everybody's Magazine is Emilio Agui-
naldo's story of his capture by Funs-
ton. The Filipino leader narrates the
circumstances which led to his taking
in manner of great clearness and
simplicity. Oscar K. Davis follows
With d SkGlCu VI EiS lolli ettAiSL
an unusual point of view There are
several delightful nature articles. l..
w. Brownell tells of the Birth of a
Butterfly" which is finely illustrated;
/, w. Blake writes and A. R. Dugmore
pictures days with a Mocking Bird"
Macmillan Foster contributes "Trag-
edy,' fine moose story. In "Photo-
graphy as a Fine Art c. Fl. Caffin
writes of the work of c.. H. White. A
rarely interesting contribution is"Pic-
lures that Show Notion" being the ev-
olution of the biograph, by Roy Nc
Ardie. J. M. Bacon tells Of Steering
Balloons by Upper Air Currents"
A new story by Richard Harding Da-
Wis Is to be published in the fiction
number of Scribner's Magazine. 1t
might be called novelette, The title
of the story, "a Derelict" is an apt
characterization of the brilliant but err
ratio young newspaper correspondent
whose experiences during the sea fight
at Santiago form the material of the
story.
The July issue of the American Boy
is, as might be expected, patriotic in
tone, and contains a great deal of ex
cellent reading. The first page has a
fine large picture of the interior of |
Faneui hall, Boston, with a smaller |
view of the exterior above, and these |
illustrate descriptive article by j. l.. |
Harbour. 1.-THE Henley Regatta" is |
well described by Karl Edwin Harri- |
man. There are several rafting good |
Fourth of July stories; several non-fic- |
ton articles besides those already mem
toned, dealing with national history
and other appropriate topics; lively |
march and two-step, "The American |
Boy" by Harry H. zickel; plenty of |
directions for different kinds of work !
for boys who want to do something; |
letters from the boys themselves-in |
short, everything that can be thought |
of to make a boys paper interesting !
The American Boy publishers will give |
an annual subscription to the maya |
zine, free of charge, to any boy who is
click or crippled, and therefore is likely |
TO be confined to his home and debarred |
the pleasure of work or play for months
or years to come, whose name and adj
dress is sent to them. This offer is not
made to the temporary sick. The
American Boy is published by the
Sprague Publishing company of De-
troit, Mich.
1.-THE Book World" for August makes
new departure in presenting it's read
srs with the first instalment of high
class serial by Max Pemberton. To
bldee nv the Opening chapterS The Gil |