Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-19

lutte fairness. Among other noteworthy
discussions aside from the question OF
constitutionality that are clearly and
forcibly set forth by Mr.. Stanwood
may be mentioned:
THE Protective Character of the
First Tariff: "Hamilton's Report on
Manufacturers; Secretary Walker
Report QS40"; THE Situation After
the Close of the Civil War; THE In
dustrial Upheaval in the Last Quarter
of the Nineteenth Century,
Mr.. Stanwood is well fitted by train
ing and experience for a work of this
magnitude and Importance. A thor
ough scholar, he is never satisfied to
leave a subject until he has exhausted
all the sources of information per-
tanning to it. He has, too, a wonder
fully clear, cogent and luminous style
a style at once individual and vet
CARRYING the same directness and virile
force that is characteristic of the writ
ings of President Roosevelt and Henry
Cabot Lodge.
A work of this character is of perma-
nent Importance and value 1t is an
epitome of information on one of the
greatest questions that has ever
divided public sentiment in this coun-
try--and one which IS, doubtless.
destined to be more Or less a bone of
contention in years to come Such a
work should have a place of honor in
the library of every intelligent bust
ness man, of every thoughtful citizen
in the country.
My Mamie Rose, the Story of My Re-
generation, by Owen Kildare. Cloth: T.
mo; PIP 303; Price $50, net New
York: The Baker G. Taylor Company.
This story from real life illustrates
anew the force of the old saying that
truth is stranger than fiction" At the
age of thirty Owen Kildare was a
BoWery celebrity-a prize fighter and a
"bouncer' in various dives. He could
neither read nor write. In the eight
years that have passed since then he
has fought his way up from these en-
vironments, against mighty odds, until
today he is a successful author and
playwright The story of these strug-
giles to educational requirements, and
nObler standards of life. and the part
which a noble woman bore in stimu-
latinG him to sustained endeavor,
constitute a story of absorbing interest.
1t is told in n style at once direct and
vivid. and gives a wonderfully clear
picture of the conditions actually ex-
isting on the seamy side of life in the
great American metropolis. Of this
story Hall Caine writes the author as
follows: Il have read your story, and
have been deeply touched by it.
Nothing more true or human has come
my way for many a day. 1t is real
transcript from life, and that part of it
which deals with the little lady who
was so great and so ennobling an in
fluence in your life, brought tears to
my eyes and the thrill to my heart. 1
am not using the language of hattery
when l say that no great writer would
be ashamed of the true delicacy and re-
serve with which you have dealt with
the more solemn and sacred passages
of your life
1t is book so full of sincerity and
feeling, SO much outside of conventions
al lines, that it cannot fail to attract
very general attention, and should be
a big seller upon its merits.
Bolles's Money, Banking, and Fin
ance. BY Albert S. Bolles, Phi. D., IL.
D, Author of practical Banking"
Bank Officers" etc, and Lecturer in
the University of Pennsylvania and
Haverford College. Cloth, 12mo. $50
pages. Price, $1.25. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago.
This volume, while designed especial
~ as a textbook for Commercial High
and the Commercial Courses of
Colleges, is equally suited for the gen.
eral reader. 1t is a brief. practical
treatise on the Theory of Money. the
Practice and Usages of Banking, and
the Principles of Finance. The author
describes the best banking practice of
the day, and adds those legal principles
winch refer to the topics taken up.
RMS is the first book of it's scope, filling
a place between treatiSes on methods
of bank bookkeeping and works on the
theory and history of money and bank
ing. Or. Bolles is an authority on the
subject, and presents the essential
in clear and concise man.
ner. This book will appeal alike to
those who intend to devote themselves
to the business of banking, to those
who are thus engaged, and who are
studying the history and theories of
banking.
Elements CT Plane and Solid Geom-
etry. Half leather, 12mo, 2S4 pages.
Price. S1.25. BY Alan Sanders, Hughes
High School Cincinnati, Ohio Ameri-
can Book Company, New York, Cincin-
natl, and Chicago.
These two volumes complete the work
begun by the publication of the Plane
Geometry by this author two years ago.
Among the distinctive features of the
books are the following:-1. Parts of
demonstrations are omitted. BY this
eNpedient the student is forced TO rely
more on his reasoning powers. and is
prevented from acquiring the detr-
mental habit of memorizing the text
only the most obvious steps, however,
on h. Ns,,1,