Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-19
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to be used in school work in connection
with the geographical study of this
archipelago. This need has been
admirably supplied by Prof. MacClin-
took. In his wholly practical book we
have short descriptive chapters on the
principal islands of the Philippines, ana
their provinces and towns. This DOCK
gives information in regard 10 tnelr
history, the manners and customs Oh
the Inhabitants, and the products'
manufactures and exports or the
islands. A separate chapter is devoted
to Manila, and another to the Govern
ment of the Philippines. This 1nfor-
nation is presented with clear and
simple style, and in most interesting
manner. The authors position is a
guarantee of his intimate acquaintance
with his subject. The book Is prOfusely
illustrated with excellent half-tones
from photographs and is supplied with
several colored maps.
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Revised Edition. Edited with notes by
William ]. Rolfe, Lift. D., formerly
Head Master of the High School, Cam
bridge, Mass. Cloth; 16mo; 236 pages.
Price, Sc cents. American Book Com
pany, New York, Cincinnati, and Chi
cago.
The excellent notes which accompany
this edition, and which exhibit a hlSn
order Of scholarship, have had much 10
do with it's unquestioned popularity.
1t has had a wide use in the pubic
schools of the country and by general
readers. 1t is today the standard
American.
The popularity of this edition Of
Shakespeare has been extraordinary,
and since it's first publication it has
been used more widely both by schools
and by the general reading public than
any other similar edition. 1t is today
the standard American edition or
Shakespeare. This first volume of the
new edition has been entirely revised
and reset. and appears with every pos
sible mechanical Improvement. The
book is smaller and more convenient in
shape and plentifully supplied with at
tractiye illustrations. The changes
made in revision have been mainly due
to the change that has taken place in
educational methods in the last thirty
five years, and reflect the results Of the
editors studies and the experience
gained by the use of the first edition in
schools and clubs. The greater part of
the notes on textual variations have
been omitted, as the text of Shakes
peare is now virtually settled. In place
of many of the critical notes. Dr. Rolfe
has substituted notes of his own, and
has also added more of the same kind
in the appendix. A concise account of
Shakespeare's metre has also been in
serted. Minor changes have been made
throughout the notes having been
abridged or expanded, as seemed best,
and new ones are added in many in
stances. While the present edition is
substantially new, yet it may be used
together with the old edition in the
same class without serious inconven-
fence.
'In the Glow of the Campfire; Sto-
ries of the Woods" by A. X. p. Har-
vey, with illustrations by w. Herbert
Dunton. Boston: The National
sportsman I'TeSS.
These stories will have an added in
terest to Maine people from the fact
that they are located amid the big for
ests and along the picturesque streams
and lake shores of the old Pine Tree
State. There is the odor of pine and
spruce, of hemlOck and cedar in them.
The author has evidently imbibed the
spirit Of our forest solitudes, and has
placed himself in close and sympa-
thetic touch with mother Nature.
There is in his charming stories OF
camp life, the ring of truth, the at
mosphere of realism, which can only
be appreciated fully by those who have
had similar experiences, and enjoyed
similar pleasures. These are dozen of
these stories-each one a gem in its
way-all of which will not fail to be ap-
preciated by genuine lovers of sport.
The illustrations by w. Herbert Dun
ton. formerly of Augusta. are original
and full of artistic insight. Mr.. Dun
ton has fully caught the spirit of the
text. and has given very happy eX-
preston to it in his vivid and charm
ing sketches
Such a book deserves host of
friends, and will win them o. its
merits.
Jack. The Fire Dog, by Lily F. Wes-
selhoeft, author of sparrow the
Tramp" etc; illustrated by c. w. Ash
ley; cloth: PIP. 2S4; Boston; Little,
Brown & Co.
The central characters in this charm
ing story are dog and blind hoy.
Jack. the fire dog. is a regular member
of the company at a city engine house,
and the first in all cases to arrive at the
scene of a conflagration. Through his
sagacity the firemen are enabled to
rescue, from burning tenement house,
a little blind boy, seven years OF age.
How the big hearted firemen adopted
the little fellow, how they We're able,
later. through the interest of philan-
thropic friends, to provide good home
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