The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30
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@Eiijsh Kellogg, the Man and His
 Work" Edited by ". B. mtteheII-
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 Elijah Kellogg: The Man and His Work" chapters from his Life and se- lections from his Writings. edited by wilmot Brookings Mitchell. professor of rhetoric and oratory, Bowdoin college; illustrated with sixteen fuIl-page repro auctions of portraits and photographs Of persons and places. Cloth with gold. In response to long and urgent de- nand from the vast number whom Eli jah Kellogg cheered, entertained and helped, Professor Mitchell has prepared what has seemed to be the best possible way of presenting what he calls "a re- rnembrance" of a life so versatile in tal- ents, so many sided in it's activities, and so rich in what it gave to the world. The resulting volume is in two distinct parts, each composite. The first pre- sents a series of chapters, each by one who by circumstances or investigation is especially qualified to treat of that period of the life of the much revered man. Rev. George Lewis begins by writing of Elijah Kellogg, the Boy" Professor Chapman of Bowdoin college then takes up the thread of the narra- tive with q sketch entitled College and Seminary Professor Mitchell then continues the life story by telling of Early Harpswell Days" The memo- rable work at the Bethel in Boston is told by MT. George Kimball, one who as an ardent young helper was close to MT. Kellogg, in a paper entitled .The Sea- mans Friend" and further glimpses of his power are given by Judge William Oliver Clough in AS Seen through a Boys Eyes, being an entertaining ac- count of the recollections of the writer, then 8. young clerk in Boston, of the manner and methods of beloved lead- CT. The next period, Kellogg, the Au t1or,n is given by Professor Mitchell, and the concluding portion of the long life of the honored subject of the vol une is given under the title. Last Days in Harpswell," and nearly all drawn from earnest and often pathetic entries in his own journal. Then follows an able and excellent chapter of general "Reminiscences, by General Joshua L. Chamberlain, former governor of Maine, and ex-president of Bowdoin college, and the last tribute to his career on earth, given by Rev. Abiel Holmes Wright. The effect of this treatment is to give an all-around nara tive of Eli jah Kellogg's life superior to that which could be given by any one person, how ever gifted or well informed. and the whole makes unique biography as valuable as if is interesting.
 The second portion of the book begins with 'Declamations, containing the immortal sSpartacus, "Regulus," Virginius and others, dear to every school-boy for two generations, but new 2 CT before gathered into one place. Then follow choice examples of his varied talents under the heads, Speeches, Sermons, Verse and s'Miscellane- ous. The book closes with list of his tWenty-nine famous books for the young. still regarded as the very best reading boy can have, prepared in the order in which they were written The sixteen full-page illustrations consist of five good portraits of Elijah Kellogg at various ages from forty-three to eighty six. and other reproductions of por- traits and photographs of persons close ly connected with his life. No effort has been spared to secure that which would best serve the purpose in view, and the greatest care has been taken to have the mechanical excellence of the book worthy of it's contents, and the large, clear type and good paper and binding have been chosen that the work may the better serve the many who want it.
 This book was announced for publica- ton September 1, 1903, but so great was the labor involved in it's preparation that it could not be issued until a few days ago. The volume is one of 430 pages and Is published by Lee & Shep- ard, Boston, For sale by all leading booksellers.
 Besides MT. Harland's My Friend Prospero," Mcclure, Phillips and Com- pany are bringing out another novel this nonth--"Said, the Fisherman,' by Marmaduke Pickthall. MT. Pickthall lived ten years in Turkish Palestine, and he has made use of his familiarity with life there by making Palestine the scene of his story. The massacre of the Christians at Damascus in 1869 has a part in the plot
 Later in the season Mcclure Phillips and Company promise us novels from Stewart Edward White (sThe Silent Places" a strong story that readers of Outing have enjoyed), Shan Bullock, Florence Wilkinson, H. A. Mitchell Keays, Hildegard Brooks, Edgar Jep- son, W. F. Payson, Ellis Meredith, Joel Chandler Harris, Madame Albanesi, o. Henry, Glett Burgess and Will Irwin.
 Among the more serious works to come from the same house are a new volume by Charles Wagner: Trusts of To-Day" by Gilbert Holland Montague; eThe Shame of the Cities by Lincoln steffens: Human Work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Making Home," by F. P. Powell; Russian Literature" by Prince Kropotlsin, and in the "Conten- porary Men of Letters series Charles Dudley Warner" by Mrs James T.