Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-01
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Chips, Fragments and Vestiges. by Gail
Hamilton, collected and arranged by II.
Augusta Dodge; cloth; PIP 224; Price sl.O,
net; Boston: Lee and Shepard.
i While Mary Abby Dodge, under her
nom de plume Gail Hamilton. was
known in this country, and across the
water as the writer of singularly clear,
and pungen PROSE- She s %ss NOT %ro Sc
many beautiful things in verse
These poems. some of them dating back
to childhood days, have been collected ny
the sister of the distinguished author,
and are now, for the first time, given to
the public in book FORM.
| They are offered for the enjoyment Of
| those who loved their gifted writer. and
force. The volume is very tastefuily pre-
scented. and is every way OF the best IN
materials. Typography, and binding. The
fine portrait frontspiece and other pic
lures associated with the life of the au-
thor add greatly to the interest of the
book.
Pickett's Charge and Other Poems. by
Fred Emerson Brooks. cloth; PIP 2ll; Price
$l.25; Boston: Forbes & Company.
There is freshness and breeziness,
humor and pathos, in these verses, which
treat a wide range of subjects with eX-
ceptional strength. weight and beauty.
There are between seventy and eighty
of these poems. the initial one Pickett 8
Charge" from which the volume takes
it's title. being perhaps the most nOtewor-
thy.
of color, gems of worldly wisdom. and a
hopeful. sunshiny atmosphere of good
| cheer that gives a distinctive charm to
Its verses A good many people find an
noyance in the whistling of the boys;
not so Mr.. Brooks. His philosophy is
l
What music like the whistle of a well
cOntented boy
I rhyme exhaIation of an ever-pres-
Though the fragmentary cadence of Il
plain untutored art,
IT'S melody of childhood, tbs a psalm,
from out the heart.
You will. never find a criminal behind an
| honest smile;
And the boy ne'er grows villain who
| keeps whistling all the while.
| Whatever may be the case with men
it is very evident that Mr.. Brooks does
not believe that any boy can smile ami
| smile and be a villain still, especially IL
his smile broadens, now and then, into
/ a whistle
! 1t is evident that Mr.. Brooks speaks
from memory when he says in his ten
der little poem on 7"Grandma:"
There is nothing quite SO tender that
| our childhood seems to know
AS the boundless love that grandma
| ever ready to bestOw.
The closing stanZa Of the same poem
will strike responsive chord in many a
heart:
rs there any place of refuge for a tired
out little chap
Any place to take his troubles like his
dear old grandma's lap?
Little matter who may grumble. little
matter who may chide,
"A boy soon gets the notion Grandma S al
! ways on his side;
There is never thought of censure COM
ing out of grandma's heart
Iyh fhn rrS~I6 -t H,,rr, .afr,ct
| him she is bound to take his part.
All his childhood seems revolving close
around that rocking chair
And loves halo seems to glisten in the
| silver of her hair"
There are some catchy poems in the
Negro dialect. and the broken English
of the Frenchman, Italian and German.
all of which Mr.. Brooks appears to ham
die with equal facility.
The volume is one that will prove a
welcome addition to- any library.
Love Sonnets of an Office Boy. Dy
Samuel Ellsworth Kiser, illustrated by
John 4. McCutcheon; cloth; Price 80
cents; Boston: Forbes & Company.
These rhymes which describe the
| grand passion of an Office boy for his
employers typewriter girl. are rich in
the qualities of genuine humOr.
They first made their appearance IL,
the Chicago Record-Herald in which pub
LEGATION Mr.. Kiser has. for some years
past. conducted a humorous department
Iof exceptional brightness and breeziness.
They at once attracted general attention
and were widely quoted. They are put
forth in their present collected form in
lanswer to a very general desire on the
part of the reading public to have them
in this more permanent shape.
The same genius that has given John
1T. McCutcheOn's cartoons in the Record.
Herald national reputation is in evil
dence in the illustrations he has made
for these amusing verses of his friend
and co-wOrker.
The Boy. How to Help him Succeed, A
; symposium of successful experiences, by
Nathaniel c. Fowler, Jr.. assisted by
4 Three hundred and Nineteen Men Of
Marked Accomplishment; cloth; PIP go;
Price. prepaid lbs; Boston: the lakewood
Publishing Company.
This volume Is a symposium of articles
on the elements entering into business
success. as seen and experienced by the
greatest prOft-makers and captains of
industry. Most of these men started out
IN lie as poor boys. and pushed their
way to the front. In the volume Mr..
Fowler has compiled, each of them from
the standpoint Of his own success in his
special line of endeavor. facts of vital
consequence, and taken together they
may justly be said to comprehend safe
and definite laws of success.
a work like this is unique " its char
acter. and no man was in better position
TO undertake the task OF compiling such
a work than was Mr.. Fowler, whose
work has brought him into close and
CONFIDENTIAL relation with many Of the
foremost business men of the country.
His success is certainly notable. and the
monumental work he has given the read
ing public should be placed in the hands
fof every teacher. parent and live boy In
the country.