The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-27
The NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
THE SEASON.

society OF the SONS OF the American
Revolution Is just issued. This issue is
for the years 1900. 1901, 1902 and 1903.
1t IS work In all respects most eredi-
table to the society and one which Its
members will treasure. The book is is
sued under the direction of the socie-
tvs publication committee, composed
of Judge Hobart Legrand Hotchkiss,
Frank Butler Gay and General Edwin
Seneca Greeley. For frontispiece the
work has a fine portrait of General
Greeley president-general national so
ciety S. A. r., and one of Jonathan
Trumbull, president of the Connecticut
society. The volume is made up chiefly
of reports of the society's annual meet
ings in the years covered by this vol
ume, together with the various adj
dresses and reports OF the officers for
those years. printed in full, and various
other addresses. together with the
speeches made in response to toasts at
the annual dinners. There are four adj
dresses by President Trumbull; an adj
dress on President Napthali Daggett,
of Yale. by General George Hare Ford;
an account of the armed vessels Of
Connecticut during the Revolutionary
war by Arthur Dimon Osborne; speech
of General Stephen w, Kellogg in con-
gress on presentation of statues of
Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sher-
man; proceedings with addresses in
full )of the national congress S. A. r.
In New Haven, 1903; membership roll;
names of revolutionary patriots at
whose graves the markers of the society
have been placed; an index to the
names of revolutionary ancestors of
members of the society," There are also
an address by Mr. Trumbull and the
historical address by Ernest E. Rogers
of New London, secretary, of the Ma
than Hale branch delivered at the ex-
ercises of the society at the field day at
Groton and New London at the anni-
versary of the battle of Groton
Heights, the exercises being held under
the auspices of the Nathan Hale
branch IN this connection are given
the address Of welcome by Hon. Cyrus
G. Beckwith, mayor of New London,
and the address of Mayor Hadlai A.
Hull Of Stonington.
The addresses Of Governor George p.
Mclean. of Bishop Brewster and of
Admiral Bunce and of Colonel N. G.
Osborn at the annual dinner held at
Hartford February 70, 1900, are given;
as also the addresses OF Governor Nc
Is Lean, Walter s. Logan, Captain Harry
4, P. Goddard, Bernard G. Steiner, Rev.
Frank Russell at the annual dinner in
Bridgeport at the Atlantic Hotel in
1901; also the addresses delivered in
1902, at the dedication of the Nathan
Hale schoolhouse in New London in
June, 1901, of Ernest p. Rogers, presi-
dent Of the Nathan Hale branch, Mrs
Sara T. Kinney, state regent d. A. r.,
Hon. Walter s. Logan of New York
and the historical address by Henry F,
Johnson of New York.
There are also the addresses deliv-
cred at the society's thirteenth annual
dinner in New Haven, in 1902, General
George H. Ford presidina as toastmas.
- ter, 5f Jorathan Trumbull, Professor
Henry Crosby Emery of Yale, Presi-
dent General Logan, Chief Justice Tor
rance, Ex-Governor Waller and Colonel
N. G. Osborn; also the addresses Gar
thur L. Shipman of Hartford, presid-
ing) at the annual dinner in 1908, by
Captain John G. Goddard, President
Jonathan Trumbull. President General
Edwin Warfield, Colonel N. G. Osborn
l. y
Harmon Potter. The book Is embel.
lished with (besides the fine portraits
of General Greeley and Mr.. TrumbulD
mixtures Of Groton Fill monument ant
Fort GrisWold, picture Of residence o.
General Gold Selleck Silliman, picture:
of Nathan Hale school house before
and after restoration and portraits o.
members whose fathers served in tht
Revolution.
The total number of members of thu
Connecticut society admitted up to ant
including May 10, 1904, was 1861, an in
crease of 276 since the last year bool
was issued. In the closing part of thu
book will be found carefully prepared
obituaries of the members who died dur
ing the period covered by the book
Altogether, as is seen from the forego
ing statement of the contents, TIL
book is very valuable work both his
torically and sentimentally.
Little Brown and Company, Bos
ton, publish in season for the holiday
attractive new illustrated editions o
those popular collections of stories 70
boys and girls made by Edward Eve
rett Hale stories of Discovery Tol,
by DISCOVERIES" and Stories OF Ad
venture Told by Adventures" price o
each work $1.25. The original edition
Of these books appeared in 1881 an
1882 respectively, and for nearly
quarter Of century they have held
warm place in the affections of success
sive generations of young people. TIL
need Of such books was suggested at
librarians congress held in Boston
and DIR. Hale carried out the plan ad
nlira,bly, selecting the most suitabl
passages from the records Of famou
travellers and adapting them to tn
purpose with whatever comment Of hi
own might be necessary. The histori
cal illustrations added to the new edi
tion, showing old ships, foreign scenes
etc., add materially to the interest Q
the books. These instructive book
will make delightful holiday gifts sur
to charm and delight the young people
s'The Merryweathers by Laura T
Richards, author of Captain Janua
rye Melody" ETC., illustrated by JUL
Ward Richards This story compris
es the concluding adventures of som
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