Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-09
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us his family geneology, a list OF ms
published works, a list of the foreign
TRANSACTIONS of his wOrks-and mueH
other interesting and valuable matter
IT is an admirable book. and VIII DC !.
valuable addition to the important
series in which II is published.
Three Little Marys, by Nora arc"i-
bald Smith: Illustrated; cloth; PIP. ~.
Price IS cents net. Boston: Houshton'
Mifiin & Co.
This is a dainty and altogether a.
tractive book for children. 1t contains
three stories about three little giris Vi
different nationalities, who each poie
the name that, in her own iahsuase'
stands for Mary. Mairi was .ne
Scotch lassie. Molly the English s.i,
and the Irish heroine was ca'eu
Maureen Bawn, instead OF her io'iiia'
name Mary O'Brien, which lndeeu w.
so unfamiliar to her that she oiu iio'
recognize herself under the tue wien
she was announced as prize winner ~
a slower-shOw. A band of gypsy tihN-
ers brings an element OF eAciteiie"'
into the first story; in the secohu, fiis
readers sympathies are keeniv arouHeu
when Molly discovers a founding wy
under q hedge; and in the thlro' .he
successful efforts of Maureen ana hoi
brother to earn money for the Pu'S
of a pig are at once drOll and touchiiis,
The hook has an attractive p!csoii"
cover in cOlOrS.
life of Cantain Jeremiah O'Brien. Ma
ohias Maine. Commander of the firs'
-lx.t,, St.Il1IrOn
War of The Revolution, by Rev Andre"
NJ. Sherman, illustrated, PIP. "a Price
500
The career of Captain jeremiah . Brien
as a naval commander mlhtai! Jim ,r
and privateersman during the war VI
the Revolution. is one in Which tne PEI
Pile of Maine have peculiar pIiue an
interest. 1t was a distinguishes, car &C., =,
full OF stirring incident ana lic iIuis 1 p"
brilliant naval victories in MachlaS Bay
in lis. ,,a an
/ The biography of this notable e man
which has been given us by Mr; Sne;
man is a distinct addition to the , nis.ori-
J cal literature of the State 1t eSniplts d
wide and scholarly research: ana pre- pre-,
sents a story of real life as rich IN Varleo
/ interest as full of thriiinS lhcioeht DIS
the romance of Il cavalier.
! Captain 'Brien was q sterling type, OF
| the rugged, courageous, clear heaueu
| men who subdued on New Eng Ior-
civilization unsurpassed in all the world
; To him belongs the honor as Mr. Sher-
man points out, of having peen the hIs,
Yankee commander i'll the hfst niiVai
, engagement resulting in the hrst VIC
! tory of the War of the American ReVo-
! luton; an. of having subsequently conf
manded in connection with the same war
| the first American armed cruiser, ana the
| first naval dying squadron.
The capture of the British war FeSsei
| Margaretta in Machias Bay. was one OF
| the most stirring events in the American
struggle for independence. II was the
/ forerunner of a series of brilliant Amer
( lean naval victories. Tin which CAPTAIN
, O. Brien was destined TO bear ccnSplc-
uous and honorable parU which largely
destroyed British power and prestige on
, he seasons. and played Il very important
/ part in bringing about the independence
of the colonies.
! The life of the man who led in this
I notable achievement may well be an IN
I SEPARATION for the American youth OF the
present time. 1t should be in every IL
| brary in our State.
| Short Talks With Young Mothers. on
the Management of Infants and Young
Children, by Charles Gilmore kerley, Nj.
! D.; Cloth; PIP. 49, New York: c. p. Put
MANS Sons. )
I No physician in the country is better
qualified to advise young mothers as 10
! the care and attention to be given the
/ health of their children than is Dr..
kerey. AS the lecturer on Diseases OF
! Children in the New York Polytechnic
Medical School and Hospital. an attend
! ing physician at the babies hospital and
Out-patient Department. he has had a
wide and varied professional experience
| that has admirably fitted him to speak
on the subjects treated in this volume.
| We have no hesitation in recommending
| this book as by far the most comprehen-
sive and practical work on the care Of
young children. Notwithstanding the au-
Z tln to-. l.. Fx.-l 4. Sc
style is not obscured by technicalities.
! 1t is wonderfully direct and simple. Any
| intelligent reader can understand it for
i is absolutely free from all the affecta'
| tiors of pedaptry, by which little men
/ in medical practice sometimes strive ia
! build up reputation for an accumer
/ they do not possess.
Every young mother should have this
book for it is concise. comprehensive
and characterized throughout by plain,
! practical horse sense.
The Unspea'lable Scot, by T. w. II
! Grassland; cloth; PIP. 2l5; New York: G
p. Putnam's Sons.
This is Il book evidently written by az
! EnSiishman. ana dealing in a strain Of
| pointed. and not always delicate. satire
| with what he conceives to be the weak
| neSSeS and defects of the Scotch char
! acter. 1t would be difficult. we might
| say an impossible thing. for an -avera e
| American to accept the authors point o.
| view 10 Sucn an extent mas scooter
| blood entered into the life of our country
and become part of our common inner
| itance. And yet we cannot fail to appre-
ciate the wit of this volume in its Scotci
| plaid colors.
| As 1t lay on the writer's desk at his
| summer home d few weeks ago it caughi
| the eye of a Scotch friend-a graduate OF
the University OF Edinburg-who. witt
MS family. was occupying nearby cot
| tage. He at once borrowed it and took il
nome with him to read. In answer to the
inquiry We'll. how did you like it?' up
| on its return he said. Well, it's Jus,
such book as ] should expect dyed-in.
the-wool Englishman to write. He has
| MT all our Scotch failings and added 4
good many others not generally credited
70 US as a people. OF course II made my
blood boil a little all the way through
still could not help approaching tht
writer's brightness, and finding some
measure Of amusement in his utter incon-
| sistcncies.'
| ~ is interesting to note that even this
author who proclaims i'm his opening sen.
tence that This book is for Anglo
SaXons,' is obliged to conccde Indirectly
| ut least, the large Part which the Scotch
| nave borne in advancing the progress OF
| mankind. He closes his opening CHAPTER
by begging his readers to remember
i. That Hadrian had the excellent
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