The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

pleasure have been enjoyed. that this book, with its fine illustrations of the Sleeping Gian;, the old manses, old bridges, the tree mOnarchs and mar yels, the dwellings of Olden days. and those of modern times, of Mount Car mel, together with it's little histories of notable old Mount Carmel families, will be sought for and treasured The thanks of every lover of Mount Car mel are due MT. Dickerman for this
 book. and for the painstaking re- search and care that he has bestowed in order to bring out of the already dim vista of the past a good rehabili-
 tation of this place. y
 As the author well says in his pre- face: Although at the present time less than century and a half has elapsed since a colonial charter was
 granted to form the Ecclesiastical So- ciety of the Parish of Mount Carmel, the first settlement dating back more than thirty years earlier, there is now
 great difficulty in getting authentic re- cords of those who lived here in colo
 nial days. The aim of the author has
 been to place before the reader inci- dents in the lives of men and families,
 with biographical sketches of charac- ter and, so far as possible, illustrated by photographs, still preserved that date back to the first century Of settle ment. Few individuals now live who
 can contribute from memory or tradi- tion events prior to 1900"
 These remarks by Mir. Dickerman recall fn fn1n AJRth 0f If the New Haven Grays the great Giff1- culty he had in obtaining interesting facts of personal nature about the founders of the company, for although the company was founded in 1916 and the history was published nearly thirty years ago, there was only one living member of the old original company the late Samuel P. Bolles) from whom
 to learn the much needed information. l MT. Dickermans history is all the more treasure because of his great
 success in bringing "reminiscences of
 the early settlers, the old traditions, the I old homes, before the reader. His l book, 1t may be added, treats histori- cally of what in colonial times was an l integral part of New Haven, but was
 granted a separate charter in 1757, and has since been known in civil records as ''The Parish of Mount Carmel" The { continuation of Whitney avenue, with 1 its electric cars. now reunites Mount 1 Carmel with the mother city and gives lit prominent place among our de- lightful suburbs. The book is not g.
 dull, overloaded history, but is partly
 in the nature of personal reminiscent ces, and chiefly the result of patient re- 1 search among ancient records, and is a
 lively, bright and entertaining narra-
 tion of facts gleaned from many
 sources. The writer, moreover, has put
 his own genial personality into it's pages and the book has distinct atmosphere of the past, enhanced by the pictur- esque illustrations with which it abounds. A very interesting feature is
 a fine photogravure reproduction by the Stoddard Engraving company (who have illustrated the book from original 1 photographs, of an ancient newspaper 1 bearing the date of 1757, and styled
 The Connecticut Gazette" This is
 earlier than any of the old newspapers
 on exhibition at the rooms of the New
 Haven Colony Historical society. As
 Mount Carmel was then part of New Haven, it has an appropriate place in 1 this history. The original copy is aoMuells lryaa Ntf.s'a~ eesaelia- Dudley, of 1 Mount Carmel, who kindly loaned it
 for this purpose.
 Historical sketches are given of the
 Bradley, Chatterton, Peck, Miller, Ives,
 Bassett, Munson and Kimberly, Futile, Todd and Dickerman families. The l book is inscribed to the authors
 daughter, Carolyn, ''who has aided me
 in preservation of these historical notes
 and Illustrations in the work, some of
 them full page" Not the least interest
 ing is the modest little picture tucked
 away in the extreme rear of the book
 of it's author.
 Price S1.50; at E. P. Judd & Co.'S.