Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-09

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valuable addition to the series OF
volumes for gentle lovers of sport
which q. T.. Putnam's sons have in pre-
paration. and which, complete. will
constitute Il condensed. yet comprehen-
sive library on the subjects dear to the
hearts of sportsmen and Nature-lovers
The Wild Fowlers. deals chiefly with
duck hunting in Long-Island Sound. =
.:tiie. Great LagnOn"z-Its has vivid de-
scriptions or several noted sporting
,scenes ana characters saJftf siss;sils With
n directness and grace OF .dictiop thai
:npkes it Intensely interesting rea1iipg
lThe writer has added tosits charm by
giving ii the element. of warm. pei
sonal int. rest His charaerefs are'skii :
rmIiy skctched-d chbtless from lie and
every true spartsmen will k4id shsniseif
| in fun sympathy with the genuine en- !
4 joyifrent they derive from their -our -of-
| door recreations.
| The book contains many practical
hints concerning shot-guns and anu
milton. the natural history of wild-fowl.
and the, chivalric sportsman's best
method of taking the game. =. cr
Help and Good Cheer. by Rev. Theo-
dore t. Cuyler: 12mo: cloth; PIP. 10.
Price. net, 100. New York: The Bak-
er 4 Taylor co. r.
! This is a series of brief messages ad-
dressed by the venerable Brooklyn
pastor to his old friends. and all who
are ir need Of comfort and cheer.
| There are twenty-five of these little
| written discourses in the volume, all
written with sympathetic penetration,
| and the vigorous directness Of style
| that has always been characteristic of
~. Cuylers literary productions.
Each is gem in itself. and together
they make up a collection of rare value
4 and helpfulness. There is Il practical
'-comnlon- sense underlying these mes
ages, as tile author prefers to call
! them, that gives them a power of lodge
ment in the readers mind. quite apart
from their beauties OF expression.
Writing of the Joys of a Pastor
| Life ne says: Far be it from ME to
pronounce the ministry a bed of roses
or a hammock of luxury. A faithful
cour1 geous pastor has trials. and moi
"A few temptations: they often attest his
fidelity. they sinew his faith and drive
him closer To Christ. A whining minis
ter is disgrace to his calling and ar
labomina ton unto the Lord. The man
who finds that he has mistaken his call
ing ought TO deanit the ministry al
once. 1T the ministry We're 'Weeded
tomorrow it would be the stronger
Writing of Light at Evening Time '
he shows the folly of repining at old age
with an elo1uence that would compare
favora bly, with Cicero's De Senectute.
In this connection he says; The
October of life frequently yields it,
richest and ripest fruitage. The Rev
Dr. Richard $. Storrs delivered his
most magnificent sermons and adj
dresses after he had passed three-score
The most majestic and thrilling burst
of eloquence that ever flowed from
Gladstore's lips WAS that appeal for
bleeding Armenia when his life clock
HAD already struck. eighty-six"
Recollections of a Long Life, an auto
biography. by Rev. Theodore l.. Cuyler
D. D.. LII. ID. Price $3.50 net. New
York: The Baker & Taylor Go.
Or. Cuyier is the only one living OF
the great Brooklyn pastors who. in the
last half of the nineteenth century were
famous throughout the world.
The story of such n life, told in DIR.
Cuylers inimitable way, could not fail
TO be one of absorbing interest.
Il The Doctor is seen against back
ground of other people with whom he
has beer associated. and thus the pic
ture is most characteristic of his life.
Two things contribute greatly to the
int rest of this hook-first, the Doctors
remarkable memory even for CONVERSE
tons of many years ago and for anec-
dotes and stories of the great men with
| whom he has been associated: and
second, his innate dislike of anything
that is tedious. He has condensed his
i autobiography and recollections into Il
volume so full of life and thought that
it cannot but leave the average reader
hungry for moro.
| When DIR. Cuyler was twenty years Of
lage ard fresh from Princeton he trav-
eled i'll England and France. He was
full of energy. and his interest in the
great writer's still living led him to seek
these people in their homes. an occur
renee not as common then as in these
days of promiscuous interviewing and
lion hunting. This trip was taken sixty
years age. and the chapter op Great
Britain Sixty Years Ago give us
| glimpses of the great authors which
prcba bly, no other American could du-
plivate. H. visited the land of Burns
and learned from the old peasants Of
the respect and awe in (which the
Scotch poet was held. He visited
Wordsworth at Rydal Mount Cottage
and talked with the old poetiand his
wife. They walked about the country
together, and in him the Doctor found
instead of q grave recluse in scholastic
black ii genial man much like the
laverage New York farmer in appear
ance. Dickens he saw in London, and
the account of his two visits to Carlyle.
the first on his trip when Carlyle must
nave summed up the impressions of the
other great writer's in his opening sem
| tence, You are a vera young mon IL,
his brcadest Scotch but with genial
| laugh, and later, when the Doctor WAS
Ia famous pastor and visited Carlyle.
then bent with age and not in cheerful
humOr. The recollections of Carlyle
are among the most fascinating and
striking parts of this book and furnish
Il new view Of the old icOnoclast. After