Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-07

Girl" etc, etc. Cloth: illustrated and
decorated. Price. net. $50; postage.
10 cent?. New York: The Baker &
Tayl.r Company.
In this volume Mr.. LIE Galliene has
collected, six of the most beautiful ro-
marces of the old French literature
four of which have appeared In the
Cosmopolitan Magazine. There Is
charm about these old tales that Is
enhanced by the feudal conditions
amid which their scenes are laid.
The folk literature Of people never
fails in Its appeal to the heart OF the
reader and these delightful little sto-
| ries, in the charming manner In which
| they are given in this volume. will
prove no exception to the rule. No
daintier book has come from the press
| this season. Printed on heavy grade
| of coated paper. superbly illustrated
| and decorated, and enclosed In neat
| case it is admirably adapted for the
purposes of the holiday trade. and
should meet with large sale.
The Appreciation of Pictures, by Rus
sell Sturgis, companion to 1.-THE APP
probation of Sculpture" How to
Judge Architecture" by the same au-
thor. and pictorial Composition and
| the Critical Judgment of Pictures" by
| Henry w. Poore. Fully illustrated.
| Net, $3.50. Postage IA cents. New
York: The, Baker & Taylor Company.
This volume, and those that have
preceded it, are of great value in furn-
fishing, in a brief but comprehensive
form, correct standards of judgment to
| those who have not had time or OPP
Eortunity to acquire technical knowl-
| edge of the subjects treated. For this
| reason they fill a long felt want, and
| constitute a most valuable addition to
any library-public or private. In this
latest volume Mr.. Sturgis not only
supplements his two former volumes on
architecture and sculpture. but also
Mr.. POore's work on Pictorial Com
position" inasmuch as Mr.. Poore wrote
| from the standpoint of the artist while
/ Mr.. Sturgis writes from the standpoint
Of the critic. The large number of
painting reproduced in this volume
from brief-tone plates are alone worth
the price of the book.
| The Poet Miss Kate and /, by Mar
garet Montague, decorations and il
Illustrations by George w. Hood. Cloth;
Taylor Company.
! This is charming mountain tale, !
| admirably told, and especially rich in
its close and sympathetic portrayals
of nature. Through it runs the cur
rent of delightful little love story,
| and it's pages are frightened and en-
spirited by frequent flashes of humor.
| From literary standpoint it is GER
| tainly a gem, and it has the further adj
vantage of being placed before the pub
lie in a singularly attractive form. |
The binding and frontispiece are in rich
| color, it is printed upon a fine quality
of coated paper, and the page decora-
tons in green together with its numer- |
Gus Illustrations, many of which ere
evidently half-tone reproductions of ]
/! photogra phs-combine to make up a.
volume of rare beauty and interest.
g" The, Gregory Guards, a Boyx--GlaalAt
Which Made Men. by Emma Lee Bene-
| dict. illustrated by Frank r. Merrill. |
| Cloth; PIP. 302. Price Sis. Boston: |
| Lee and Shepard.
| This is a clean, wholesome story. full |
| Of the qualities that appeal to live boys. |
and yet strong in the stimulus that !!
| inspires youthful readers to worthy |
aims and aspirations. 1t tells of the |
| experiences of young man. crippled
from spinal trouble. who is neverthe- |
less successful in maintaining a sweet |
/ ,irsk in, tse I>s>I~,
| wheelchair becomes d throne in the
| loyal devotion Of those who come UNI
der the magic spell of his personality.
| This young man comes to live with a
| devoted aunt and tutor. on an island,
in a beautiful bay, which was an in
heritance from his father. Here OH
his 18th birthday he is given charge of
d fund of $4,000 left by his father for
the purpose of giving worthy boys a
| start in life. This fund was invested
| in such Il way as to yield an annual in
come of $1,000 which alone was to be
| used for the purpose indicated. How
| in order to apply this fund to the best
| advantage he invited six boys to the
island to pass few of the summer
weeks with him: how they constituted
themselves into a club called the Greg
| DRY Guards: how they were able to be
Of real service to their benefactor: how
| the fund was finally stretched to help
two Of them to college education:
how rascally guardian embezzled the
funds Of the crippled boy and how he
was finally forced to make a partial
restitution of his stealings: how the
members of the Guard developed into
strong. upright citizens, are but few
of the salient points in story of ex-
ceptional interest and merit. No bet
ter book could possibly be placed in the
hands of live boy or girl.