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

periods, that successfully holds. the at
tention and sustains the interest of the
pupils.
| But only a small part of the work of
| education is done in the school room.
What child reads, or has read to him.
, forms an important part in moulding
his mind and shaping his character.
1t is here that writer's like Mrs.
Richards. who have a sympathetic
insight into child nature, have ac-
complished an estimable work of
good Mrs. Richards has written many
beautiful and inspiring things for chill
dren, but nothing more practical from
an educational standpoint, than the
Five Minute Stories
In Kindergarten instruction the five
minute period is about the limit of time
de .oted continuously to any one sub
ject 1t is about as long as the atten-
ton of a small child can be held to one
thing without WEAKNESS and loss of in
tcreSt.
The recognition of this fact by Mrs.
Richards, and the success she has had
| in reaching the hearts Of little readers.
| have given her Five Minute Stories"
very large sale. They filed a very
| Arcther volume of similar stories is
sure to find warm welcome awaiting
| it, and to be in wide demand
Over The Black Coffee. compiled by
Arthur Gray; cloth; New York: The
Baker and Taylor Company.
This book enclosed in little hurlap
coffee sack, is one of the most unique
publications which has been issued for
some time. Not only has it the merit
OF positive novelty, which will be sure
to make ii in demand for gift purposes,
but it is an exceedingly interesting ex-
position of the important part which
coffee has had in the life of man. In
opening it gives us a review of Coffee
in History. 1t then devoteS some
space 20 telling us How Coffee grows"
and about Coffee customs" A change
from prose to metre is made by the
publication of Lancelot Littledo's poem
Coffee anN Crumpets which
the author gives us a very interesting
account of the "Coffee-Houses of Old
London" Some very practical receipts
for making coffee are then given, fol-
lowed by a chapter on Some Coffee
Houses Of old New York" series of
Coffee Anecdotes" completes the book
A work at once so original and so in
teresting can scarcely fail to be in big
demand for the holiday trade.
Old Paths and Legends of New Eng
land. 4saunterings over Historic Roads
with Glfnlpses of picturesque fields and
Oid Homksteads in Massachusetts,.
RhodH Island, and New Hampshire, by
M. Abbott Cloth: illustra-
led:4 PIP. sa$4S4: New York: G. P. Put
nanas Sons.@f
This is one Of the most beautiful
specimens of the book makers art that
has come from any publishing house
the present. year. Printed in large
Hear typeeupon fine quality of heavy
SUPER calendered paper. The illustra-
sstesas are heautiful half-tone reproduce
aiotfs Of photographs. These with the
caiaEties of a text 'at once scholarly.
and sympathetic make
~ q. book ofsfara, interest and artistic
harm. The* TOMS touched upon in
his work include many that have borne
/ conspicuous part in the history of our
country, and all of them have had n
notable place in the life of New Eng
and A valuable feature of the work
s a fine travellers map of Eastern New
England. Another interesting feature
y Sthe comparisonpssit affords be-
lYGsn the New England of the early
33olonial period sandthe New England of
the present dassA work Alike this is
not only an ornament to any library,
cut also most valuable contribution to
hhe historic literature of the country.
New Harlem. Past and Present;
The Story of An Amazing Civic Wrong.ss a
Now. at Last to Be Righted," bysCarlss 4
Horton Pierce, With a review of the
sPrinciples ofsIaw Involved in the I
Recovery of the1iarIkm Lands, BY
William Penninston Toler and Harmon
Pc Pau Nuttings members of the. News
York bar. Profusely illustrated. New
York: New Harlem Publishing Com
panty.
This book is written to show that
nearly, half of Manhattan Island, in
the heart of the greatest city of the
Western hemisphere, was wrongfully
taken from the town of New Harlem,
and is today the rightful property of
some forty thousand descendants of
The history of the town of New Har-
lem and the legal arguments entering
into this gigantic claim constitute the
subject matter of the book. A number
Of beautiful half-tone illustrations Of
New York past and present add ma
terially to the interest of the volume.
THE Little Tea Book compiled by
Arthur Gray, illustrated by George w.
Hood. Cloth. New York: The Baker
& Taylor Company.
This book which is sent out in case
of the mating which is used in pack
ing tea for export decorated with red
label of the same general appearance
as those used upon such packages, has
at least the charm of absolute novelty.
There is an opening article on '9The
Origin of Tea and then follows an in
teresting collection of articles--in prose
and verse-all of which have tea for
their general theme. Not only is the
general subject of tea drinking in this
country pretty thoroughly exploited;