Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-15

ume IL condensed n WOnoer1ul amount
of matter, considering the space 1t oc-
cupies. In 1t the reader il able to see
the wit and wisdom Of Johnson at Its
best. This book Is admirably adapted
for pocket use, and would be an es-
pecially delightful travelling COM
panion.
Laura in the Mountains, a sequel to
"Lauras Holidays" by Henrietta r.
Eliot, Illustrated by Helena Higgin-
botham; cloth: PIP. 135. Price SO cents:
issued by Lothrop. Lee Il Shepard
Company, Boston. with imprint Of
Lothrop Publishing Company.
Mrs. Eliot. who is widely known as
one of the editors OF the successful
American edition of Froebels Mother
Play" certainly has ready apprecia-
ton of child nature, and has given
them a most interesting and valuable
book in Laura in the Mountains in
| which the reader is again intensely
charmed with the little girl whom some
of them have met in the previous vol
| ume of "Laura's Holidays" In this
little volume, Laura, who is in her
eighth year, enjoys a most delightful
vacation with her brothers and sisters
| i'm TIE mountains of Oregon. The va
riOus enjOyments of the summer and
the experiences of the children includ-
| ing their pleasant associations with
some friendly Indians, all go to make
up most charming and delightful
story, and one which can scarcely fail
to be popular with the young people of
the country.
The Children Of Bedford Court, by
Grace lie Baron. illustrated by Amy
Brooks; limo: cloth: PIP. IA: price rs
cents; issued by LOthrOp, Lee & Shep-
ard Company, Boston, with imprint of
Lee and Shepard.
This is the third volume of the
"Janet" series, and its hero, Master
Roy Fitzpatrick, the brother Of Jerry,
whose rema rk bic talent for singing
was brought out in Queer Janet" the
| first volume OF this series, also Of
Jessica, whose success as an artist is
told in "Jessica's Triumph" the Sec
ond volume. In Master Roy the mill
tary spirit predominates, and it be-
comes the ambition of his life to en-
little boy his play runs in military
channels, and as a newsbOy he wears
his little flag and stands ready to de-
fend its good name with all the fervOr
of Il militant spirit. Finally, in the
| course of time. his hopes and ambitions
| are realized and he becomes defender
of his country in the Spanish and
American war. Throughout this book
no CT trin &c CT nolx
developed, and there are also pictures
of delightful home life which add
materially to the charm of the story.
L'Arlesienne. by Alphonse Daudet,
with a biographical sketch by NJ. F.
Sweetser Boston: II. NJ. Caldwell
Company.
This delightful little volume is one of
the famous Remaque edition of liter
airy masterpieces published by the H.
NJ. Caldwell Company. Dainty little
volumes that exemplify, in striking
way, what is best in the book makers
art. They are printed on handmade
dcckle-edge paper from entire new
plates with an original etching frontis-
piece by Marcel, appropriate ex-Libris
and title page bound in four styles, viz.
special embossed cloth, parti unique
style, boxed; fun leather, limp covers
boxed; full limp channels, silk lined.
boxed. They have gilt tops and ribbon
markers. and, in their convenient
pocket size make an almost ideal book
for gift purposes.
L'Arlesienne is generally conceded by
competent literary critics to be the
best of Daudets dramas, and is largely
responsible for his fame as play
wright as well as a novelist. In it's
present form. prefaced by the discrimi-
mating and comprehensive biographical
sketch by Mr.. Sweetser it should be one
of the most popular books of the year.
Miss Billy. A Neighborhood story,
by Edith Kelley Stokely and Marion
Kent Hurd. illustrated by Charles
Copeland: Cloth: PIP. $40: Issued by
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. with
imprint of Lothrop Publishing Com
pany.
This book is one of the most original
and delightful stories that has APP
peared in recent times. 1t is rich in the
VI IL rare ana sparkling
humor, ana in character creations that
impress the reader with their genuine
ness. Miss Billy is one of the most
wholesome and charming personalities
that has appeared in fiction. She has,
at all times, the redeeming grace Of
"a sanctified common sense" Brought,
by the financial reverses of her family.
into neighborhood as unpromising,
and almost as uncompromsing as the
famous Cabbage Patch" wherein Mrs
Wigs radiated her perpetual sunshine,
Miss Billy becomes a most active and
potent force for its regeneration.
There are characters both quaint and
unconventional in this story. who ap-
peal to the reader by the very at
mosphcre of truth they impart to its
pages. The book is certain to be popu-
lar upon its merits and we confidently
expect to see the names of Miss Billy
ard her interesting neighbors become
household words. This distinctly
clever volume comes from the pens of
two bright women journalists-Mrs.