Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-06

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How to Live. by Edward. Everett
Hale. cloth; PIP 2o1; Price, sl.oo: Bose
ton: Little. Brown and Company.
This is collection OF essays written
| In Or. Hale's characteristicaIly clear
| and Vigorous style, and dealing with
practical ethics. The list OF subjects
is certainly one that will come home
very closely to the everyday life Of the
reader They give US valuable adj
vice and information on How to
choose, ones calling" How to sleep"
"How to exercise" How to think. =
How to study" How to regulate ex-
pense," How to dress" and many
other matters that enter into the daily
lives OF all OF us. While these essays
are written from the standpoint OF the
| moral philosopher. they are free from
all technical terms, and deal with the
phases OF life that being the most COM
mon place are therefore the most VI
| tally important. 1t is a strong helpful
book, from the pen Of a strong helpful
writer, and should be a part Of the IL
Ibrary in every American home.
Chatterbox for 1902. Small 4to. IL
Illuminated board covers, net, 30 cents;
by mail $l.os. Same handsomely
bound in cloth. full gilt with chrome
side, full gilt edges, net, $1.4O; by mail
l$1.5S. Boston: Dana Estes & Com
pany.
| ChatterbOx needs no introduction
1t has been a member of thousands OF
American families for too long, and Ii
too well known to American readers
young and old, to require it. All that
it will be necessary to say, therefore
of the 1902 Chatterbox is that it Is
fully up to the high standard of 1t:
predecessors.
1t has 4I2 pages, and more than two
hundred illustrations.
The contents includes great va.
riety Of original stories, sketches ant
verses, edited with the most scrupulOu:
taste and care. Some of the stories o.
4 herOism and danger will hold the at
tention of the most adventurous boy
and the anecdotes Of the animal world
and the tales which inculcate lesson:
of manliness, truth and courtesy. arr
lno less noteworthy. The boy or CIR
is fortunate who receives ChatterboI
for a holiday present.
Polly's Secret. a story of the Ken
: nebec, by Harriet A. Nash. illustrated
by Harry C. Edwards. Cloth; PIP 291
Price, $l.oO net: Boston: Little
Brown & Co. -
This story is of special interest t.
Maine readers, from the fact that it
scenes are located on the Kennebe'
!. river, not far, we imagine, from tn
beautiful town of Skowhegan, in which
Miss Nash resides. 1t is wholesome
entertaining story, full of the flavor o
the early life in rural Maine. and will
a movement SO rich in the qualities o
a dramatic interest. that the reade
will not fail to become absorbed in 1t
The story opens with the preparations
in progress for a grand ball to be givel
at the tavern, owned and run by tn
; heroines father. In the midst o
!. these preparations sick stranger II
! brought in, and given a room as far re
moved as possible from the noise O
, the approaching festivities. Polly Il
; sent to wait upon him. and to her III
!. conf1des the custody of title deeds t.
very valuable wild lands and Othe
property, to keep in sacred confidence
for his son, who is in far off India
While he has not heard from him fol
some years and most people believe
the young man to be dead. he has faitf
that he is alive and will come bach
some day to claim his own. The sicf
/ hot hn vnrnnnrfx
should not fall into the hands of his
nephews in whom he has no faith
Soon after this the stranger dies. and
Polly is left alone with her secret
How faithfully she guarded 1t, and
what a shadow 1t was on her young
gir!hood; the fruftless searches of the
nephews for the missing papers. and
their final restoration to their rightful
owner all go to make up story of rare
charm and absorbing interest.
With Saucepan Over the Sea,
4 quaint and Delicious Recipes from the
Kitchens Of Foreign Countries. selected
and compiled by Adelaide Keen, with
Illustrations: PIP 251: Price, $3.50:
Boston: Little. Brown & Company
" This volume comprises a collection OF
over six hundred recipes of soups, fish,
eggs, sauces, meats, entrees, vegeta-
bles, salads, cakes. puddings, pastry.
Ices, preserves, CONNECTIONS, and hot
and cold drinks as prepared In Eng
land, France, Germany, Austria. Italy
and other European countries. The
greater part of them will, therefore.
be new to American readers. Care has
been taken, however. In selecting the
recipes to include only those which call
for ingredients that may be obtained
in American markets. 1t Is certainly
Interesting to know what Henry of Ma
varre. Mary Stuart. Louis XIV. Ma
poleon, and other historical personages
ate: and the compiler of this volume
has also made 1t possible for us to pass
Judgment or their taste.
Our Lady OF the Beeches, by the
Baroness Won Hutton: Cloth; PIP. 259:
Price, $1.25: Boston: Houghton,
Miffiin & Co.
| 1t is rare that the epistolary form
| of literature is able to offer any very
good excuse for its existence. Only
| exceptional wit and brilliancy can lift