Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-25

MademOiselle De La Seigliere
| Coincide; Par Jules Sandeau; illustra
ted with notes and vocabulary b.
Eleanor NJ. White; Price 40 cents
New York: American Book COMPANY.
The editor of this comedy of Sandeau
is teacher in the Erasmus Hall Higl
School, in Brooklyn. n. Y. Mile D.
La Seigliere,'' was first published as
novel in 1S4S. 1t was dramatized b,
the author in 1851, and is said to b.
among the best comedies of the presen
day. The scene is laid in Poitou, il
1917, soon after the restoration, BY
calling back to France her exiled sons
Their long absence of a quarter of {
century made it difficult for them t.
| appreciate the changes which had re-
suited from the revolution. 1t is in the
clashing of aristocratic sentiment with
modern ideas, such as followed their
return to France, that the interest OF
Sandeaus comedy is made to turn.
Its purity of tone, and refinement Of
style is admirably adapted~for school
use.
Les Trois Mousquetaires.' par
Alexandra Dumas, with introduction,
notes and vocabulary by C. Fontaine,
b. es L., L. en- D., chairman of the
French Department of the High School
of Commerce of New York.
None of the works of Alexander
Dumas are more familiar to the gen.
eral English reader thant THE Three
Musketeers." which has long been one
of the best known French novels among
English and American readers. I'm
doubtedly the great strength Of Dumas
as writer lies in the rapidity of move
ment which characteriZes all his narra-
tives. His style is neither profound
nor brilliant, and too often his stories
are lacking in refined taste. He knew
Well. however, how to make and handle
dramatic situations. and it is his great
skill as story teller. pure and simple.
which constitutes the basis of his ex-
traordinary success as writer The
edition of his Three MuSketeerS,"
which is given by c. FOntaine under
takes to condense a work of about 700
pages into 165 pages. 1t is certainly 4
difficult task. but it must be admitted
that the editor has succeeded wonder
fully we'll in it, and the book he has
given us should be in demand for
school use.
Gateway Series of English Texts.
General Editor, Henry Van Dyke,
Princeton University. Cloth, 16mo,
price, each, So cents. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati, and
Chicago.
Macaulay's Essays on Milton. Edited
by Edward Leeds Gulick, A. NJ,
Master of English in the Lawrenceville
School. 100 pages. With portrait of
Macaulay.
Edited by Felix f. Schelling, Phi. D.,
Lift, D., Professor in the University of
Pennsylvania, 1S6 pages. With pro-
trait of Shakespeare.
The books before US are convenient
in form. attractively and substantially
bound, and printed from clear type.
Their very reasonable price will place
them within the reach of all. The
editorial work has been entrusted to
scholars of special fitness. Each
volume contains a portrait and a
biography of the author. and an in
PRODUCTION dealing with the subject of
the book, the way in which it is
written, it's relation to human life, and
its place in literature. The texts are
derived from the latest authoritative
sources. The notes are added with the
aim, not to make as many as possible,
but to make them as useful as possible.
They treat Of difficulties in the text,
illusions and references, and points of
construction.
Painters Poets of the South. BY F.
v. N. Painter, A. NJ, D. D., Professor
ut modern languages in Roanoke Col
lege. Cloth, 12mo, 2S7 pages. Price, 60
cents. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
A preliminary chapter treats of the
minor poets of the South. followed BY
chapters devoted to the lives and works
OF Poe. Hayne, Timrod, Lanier, and
rather Ryan. A portrait of each of
these authors is given, together with
lSpicai selections from their works.
references are included to a body of
explanatory notes which make plain all
aiiuslons. The poets of the, South are
not SO well known as their merits de !.
serve, and this little volume will supply
real need in calling fresh attention to