Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-18

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with the conclusions reached By Pro-
fessor Meyer the fact remains, that he
sets them forth with rare cogency and
force, and backs them up with an array
Of facts and figures which 1t would
certainly appear difficult to controvert.
Unquestionably Professor Meyers book
is both a powerful and timely one,
and should be i'm special demand now
that the question it discusses Is SO
prominently in the public mind.
The Race of the Swift. by Edwin
Garlic Litsey, author of "The Love
Story Of Abner Stone" Illustrated by
Charles Livingstone Bull: 12mo.;
cloth. Price. $1.25. Boston: Little,
Brown & Company.
Stories dealing with the life and
haunts of wild animals have been much
in vogue in recent years, and have en-
joyed a merited popularity. Mr.. Lit
sey is one of the best of the writers
who have essayed this field. He is evil
IDENTIFY both an ardent lover and a keen
observer of nature, and handles his
subjects with rare sympathy and
power.
A mother fox, a hawk, q gray wolf,
wild cat, Il raccoon, a coon dog and a
sheep dog turned bad" are the chief
actors in these enthrallng narratives,
which, although intensely exciting are
kept strictly within the range Of prob
ability: and the motives of action such
as hunger, rage, and mothers in
stinctiVe care, are all primary and eIe-
mental, such as may fairly be supposed
to exist i'm animals.
Four of them have previously been
published in Leslie's Monthly, and
Field and Stream. The others have
never appeared in print before.
The descriptions of the woods of a
birds flight. of a storm, of a drought,
and other phases Of forest existence
are vivid and graphic. The book is IL
Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull,
the famous animal artist.
Handbook Of United States Political
History, by Malcolm Townsend; Svo.;
cloth; illustrated; PIP. 441. Boston:
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company
In this work Mr. Townsend has Civ
en- US one Of the most practical and
convenient handbooks that has been
published in recent years. 1t affords
in very convenient form for ready ref
erence a careful compilation of the
facts pertaining to every important
event in the development Of the United
States. 1t is Of special value from the
fact that it affords information in con-
slant demand among students of politi-
cal and economic questions and which
is frequently hard to procure except at
the expense of considerable time and
research.
1t is a work that should be given n
place beside the dictionary in every
homo whose occupants desire to be
well Informed.
How Barbara Kept Her Promise, by
Nina Rhoades. author of "Only Dol
lie THE Little Girl Next Door"
"Winifred's Neighbors," etc; illustrat-
ed by Bertha G. Davidson: large 12mo;
cloth. Price, s1.O0. Boston: Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard.
This is the story of Barba-
ra Lyndhurst, and her sister
Hazel, four years younger, the
orphan children of a British
army captain. killed in South Africa,
who come across the ocean to live
with their maternal relatives. The ex-
rerences of their new home are varied
and exciting enough to make a story of
absorbing interest. The uncle who
meets the little orphan girls in New
York is a wealthy business man of
that city, who is devotedly attached to |
the children of his dead sister, and de- |
sirous of doing all in his power for
their happiness and welfare. His |
wife is also disposed to deal kindly |
with them; but, unfortunately, she has |
never had any children of her own, |
and with certain Well-establiShed |
ideas of order and the proprieties, fails |
to comprehend and sympathize with |
child nature. Her husband is absent |
during the day, and is, therefore. able |
to see but comparatively little OF his |
nieces. In such household ire |
pressible, little Hazel, full of life, and |
outspokcnly frank in the expression of |
her opinions. speedily becomes a source |
of constant annoyance to her aunt |
One day little Barbara is sent for a |
visit TO a Miss Adams. a certain prim |
and strong minded friend of her |
aunt's. She returns to find that, dur |
ing her absence. her little sister Hazel |
has been taken to Washington. u. c., |
to live with her Aunt Kittie, her moth |
cr's only sister. Passionately devoted |
to Hazel, and mindful of her solemn |
promise to both her father and mother |
to always look after and care for her |
little sister, Barbara is inconsolable. |
Filled by a sudden resolve she leaves |
her uncle's house. and. going to a |
railway station she buys Il ticket for |
Washington, in blissful ignorance of |
the fact that it is for Washington,
Connecticut, instead Of Washington, d. |
c. She arrives at her destination, and |
is directed to the home of Mrs. Rob-
erts whom. she is told is the only wo-
man of the name in town. Here she |
finds out her mistake. The reaction is 1
so great that following the exposure of |
her trip, she is taken sick with pneu- |
monia, but not until. sick and feverish |
she has written letter to her Aunt |
Kittie in Washington, d. c.. telling her |
of her predicament. During her long |
illness her new found friend, Mrs. Rob- |
erts, nurses her with ceaseless care. |