Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-16

All SldleIneulS VI principles are Illus
trated by quotations from Xenophon
from Homer. and from prose writer's in
general. The book is intended mainly
for use in preparatory schools but can
well be used for review in the fresh
man class in college. 1t will be well
coined by teachers of Greek who aim
| to economiZe the time of the student
by directing his attention to essentials,
leaving minute details for later and
more advanced work.
"Curtiss's American Standard Book
keping-High Schol Edition." by C. c.
Curtiss. A. NJ, author of "Freehand
Penmanship." Cloth, large Svo., 1872
pages. Price, $1.00. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati and
| Chicago.
Forty years experience as a teacher
of bookkeeping and accounting is en-
| bodied in this thoroughly practical vol
ume. 1t not only gives broad and
sound knowledge of the theory and art
of bookkeeping, but will also encour-
|age the formation of correct business
habits. The different kinds of accounts
are fully explained and exemplified,
and actual specimens of records are
supplied for study. The book is careful
ly graded and the sets afford ample
material for practice. Six price lists
are furnished throughout to facilitate
independent Individual work. The
numerous script specimens are models
of accuracy and neatness in every par
ticular.
"Winterburn's The Spanish in the
Southwest" by Rosa V. Winterburn.
Cloth. 12mo.. 224 pages. Illustrated.
Price. So cents. American Book Com
pany, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago.
From the simplicity of the Indians,
through the biographies of the Spanish
explorers and the Incidence of their oc-
cupation, this little supplementary
reader carries us down to the American
occupation of California. The book is
q story of history, a collection of stories
so selected and arranged as to present
historical characteristics and ten
denotes. The narrative, while furnish
ing much useful information, is simple
in it's style and attractive in it's SUBJ
ject-matter. AT the end of each chap
ter are suggestive questions for re-
view: The Illustrations are numerous
and artistic. This is one of the series
of Eclectic School Readings
With the Trees, by Maud Going, au-
thor of with the Wild Flowers" and
Field Forest and Wayside Flowers"
mund H. Lincoln and c. B. Going.
Cloth: PIP 1896. Price net $780, New
York: The Baker and Taylor Com
pany.
The nature studies by Miss Going
have been exceptionally helpful and in
teresting books. Written for the peo-
,ple, there has been no attempt to
make them technical. They are in
fact first hand studies-aids to obser-
walton. They point out what any stu
dent Of the out-of-door world, who
makes'a careful use of his eyes, may
easily see, for himself. These books |
are specially helpful to young people |
We know of two boys who with me
aid. of Miss Going's With the Wild
FfeWers," succeeded last summer in To-
,eating, pressing, and labelling a large
humber of the wild flowers that grow
@sthis section of Maine. 1t is diff |
.cult to estimate the value of work |
like this, which gives new Zest to the
vacation period, and shows how many
little of us really know, of the great |
book of nature
Miss Going writes of trees with the
same charm of style that has charac-
terized her previous works. 1t will be |
a most valuable companion to take into
the country this summer and should
meet with a large sale.
Some Rejected Verse, by William D. |
Washburn, Jr., New York: The
Knickerbocker Press.
The author of this charming book Of
verse, is son of ex-senator Washburn
of Minneapolis. Coming from a FAM
lily whose illustrious record has shed
lustre on the old Pine Tree State, he
inherits much of the genius which
made his father and uncles famous. In |
his opening poem New England" the |
author pays a beautiful tribute of love
to
The place. where, stern and resolute |
The People of my blood, firm footed stood
when the red-backed
Folk of England Marched forth TO Lex
ingtOn."
The poems. in this book are all writ
ten in blank verse, and through them |
all runs spirit of philosophic deduc- |
ton. They touch some of the rob |
lens of the modern day, and handle |
them with a fearless frankness, that |
is refreshing-when one measures it by
the cant with which these questions |
are so often hedged about.
Mr. Washburn has, in a marked de-
gree, the gift of poetic expression, and |
there are many striking passages in |
the numbers that make up this vol |
ume.
In typographical appearance the book |
leaves nothing to be desired 1t is |
neatly printed on an excellent quality |
of paper with deckle edges, and is SUBJ
stantially bound in cloth.
More Adventures of Captain Kettle, |
X. c. B." by Cutcliffe Hyne, author of |
The Last Continent" 1.-THE Derelict,"
Adventures of Captain Kettle" etc.
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