Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-07

Miffiin & Company.
| The delightful studies of bird life
chronicled in this volume, were maze
by the author during ten summers. part
or all of which were spent in Maine
OF her opportunities for observing the
bird life she so charmingly describes
the author says: MY abiding place at
the time my story begins differed ma
terially from the picturesque small
gray house facing the morning light,
being modern structure which offered
the rare combination Of q comfortable
home in the edge of an undisturbed
forest. completely secluded from roads
and their traffic, yet within two min
utes reach of the common way to the
village. The outlook from my window
was into the tops of tall spruces and
frs. relieved here and there by pine,
a birch, or maple. Through vista,
and over the tops of more distant trees,
could be seen the broad Atlantic ocean,
and above all
The blue arch of sky
Where birds go sailing by
THE feathefed neighbOrs had evident
| ly accepted the house as part of the
| woods, for they came freely about, de-
! lighting especially in worn and bat
| tered old spruce within fifteen feet of
| the window. On this tree,-Which
doubtless furnished choice assert
ment of bird dainties,-frst or last, ap-
peared all the birds of the vicinity"
The book before us, shows that the
author not only made the best use OF
the rare opportunities thus afforded
her for the study of bird life, having all
thc advantages that went with excep-
tiOnal powers of observation and an in
| nate love M the subject. The result is
| book in which every lover of out-.f-
door life will take sincere pleasure.
Rescued from Fiery Death, by Wes-
31S; price rs cts; Chicago; Laird &
Lee. publishers.
This is story of the Iroquois fire at
Chicago, in which that terrible holocaust
IS described with graphic accuracy.
The preface of the book is from the
pen of Opie Read.
The characters depicted in the story,
are real Chicago men and women,-the
| scions of the city's aristocracy and
were thrilling and exciting.
Neal Bennington the hero, early falls
| in love with beautiful Alice Tanning
but owing to the death of his father,
the loss Of fortune and various mis-
understandings, an estrangement had
grown up between them.
AS Neal watched the play at the Iro-
Guois that fatal December afternoon
he discovered Alice in one of the boxes
and when that blood curdling shrek
echoed through the galleries, 1.-The the
atre is burning" he fought his way to
her side and in Il dramatic manner sue
ceeded in carrying her to safety across
the now famous bridge Of Death"
The loss of Alice's relatives. her con-
slant care and devotion at the bedside
nj her injured lover, the clearing up If
, 1"rmer misunderstanding completes a
fascinating and thrilling romance
Tightening the gloom of Il faithful rec
ord of one of the worst cataStrophes in
the worlds history.
The closing chapters are dramatic to
III extreme, carrying the young people
to the city of Baltimore on the eve If
the great conflagration, where thcv
again witness the dreadful ravages OF
| fire and flame, forming Il fitting climax
to the story, and confirming the author
in his choice of title Rescued from
| Fiery Death
The Wood Carver of 'Lympus, by NJ.
Il. Waller; illustrated; II mo-; price
$50; Boston; Little, Brown & Co.
This is strong story, rich In the
qualities of a warm human interest.
It's scenes are laid in the Green Noun
tains of Vermont whose charms are
evidently familiar to the author. and
which are portrayed with graphic
charm. The hero of the story is n
strong character. Accustomed to the ac-
t1Vlties of an out-of door life, abound
Ing in vital force and the vgOr of perfect
health. he suddenly loses the use of his
limbs through a terrible accident, and
| IS forced to re-adjust his habits of life
70 new and Shut-in existence. The
cross is a heavy one, and at first 1t
seems to him rs If he could not bear it:
out, through the suggestion of q friend
ne is led to take up wood carving With
the employment thus afforded comes
the great peace that triumphs over the
lnfirmities of the flesh and finds a spir-
| ituaI satisfaction in living.
The love element enters strongly into
the narrative, and imparts a strong in
| terest to it. The book is specially
strong in the strength and skill of its
character creations, and in the unaf-
| fected genuineness of it's atmosphere.
Golf For Women" by Genevieve
| Hecker (Mrs. Charles T. Stout, nation
| al woman champion 1902 and 1902 3:
| did not compete 1904; champion of
Woman's Metropolitan Association in
1901 and 1912, with a chapter bv
Rhona x. Adair, three years English
| open champion, and five years Irish
| open champion: cloth: Svo, with 80 full
page illustrations: price $500: postage
| IA cents: New York: Baker, Taylor
Company.
This book from the pen of the most
famous woman player of America will
be of special interest to all the ladies'
interested in the great game of golf. If