Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16

| Making the Nine" illustrated by
| Charles Copeland; Il mo-; PIP. 800.
Price, $l.25. Boston: Lee and Shep-
ard.
This is the third volume of the Phil
| lips Exeter series, and is meant to sup
PIGMENT Following the Ball each
book, as the author states, emphasize
ing different department of play. Mr
Dudley writes from the standpoint OF
personal observation and experience
His athletics are technically correct
| and so full Of helpful suggestion that
| they might well serve as textbooks LOT
beginners III the colleges and prepara-
| tory schools who aspire to honors on
| the gridiron or the diamond. but the
| book is vastly more than footpaIi
| treatise. Ii is a study i'll the develop
| lncnt OF manly character. story 80
| clean. So wholesome. so inspiring that
| it cannot fail to stimulate all that IS
| truest and best in the boy who READS
| it, The ideals of youth are OF vital
| Importance in determining the IDEAS
of maturer years, and such books as
those of Mr.. Dudley cannot fail to I'M
| plant i'll the heart of every boy VINO
enjoys them worthy aims ana noble
Inspirations OftentimcS well meant
| books for boys fail because they do not
laWaken enthusiasm; because the youth
! full reader, unconsciously, perhaps. but
| none the less surely. detects in them
notes that do not ring true to life. Mr..
| DudIeys books carry with them the at
mosphere of reality. They are rich in
the glowing qualities of a warm human
| iOtprt ~ The how who ODpnS one OF
| them will not lay it aside until he has
rearettully finished the closing chapter.
| Such scenes and such characters could
only come from the pen Of one who has
not merely lived among and known
them. but who is also deeply i'm
bued with the true esprit dc
,urps of such associations. Many
| men so through the preparatory
| schools and the colleges but not all are
capable of seeing them in their true
| perspective, of feeling their throDblng
pulses. and absorbing their wealth of
sentiment There is an inner world III
all Of ther:i which is enjoyed only by
those who, like Nj. Dudley. can feel as
| well as see.
In Wolcott Lindsay il. Mr.. Dudley
has given us Il loveable boy friend. not
| without mis- faults TO be sure but
sound at heart and strong III the stef-
| ling qualities that make for good fellow
| ship. Entering school with dis
position to look out upon life from
somewhat arstocratic point of view. he
| falls. temporarily, under the influence
| oc A wealthy and indolent student who
| under superficial graces of manner
conceals 2 selfish and cowardly nature.
| How he comes to appreciate the I'M
worthiness of this quondam friend:
howe he becomes converted OF
the spirit of 4 true democracy.
| and learns to estimate his school,
mates not from what they have
or what they say. but from what
| they are and what they do; how by
| persistent. patieEt work he finally
makes the football eleven and plays an
| important part in winning the great
annual football game with its chief
rival. are salient points in an eXcep-
tioncIIy strong story of the develop
| nlent of true character amid the varied
| activities and influences of a great
| preparatory school. 1t is a book that
might with profit be placed in the
hands of every live boy in the country.
We cannot pass this book by without
saying a word of commentator for the
| illustrations by Mr.. Charles Copeland
who's. spirited pictures form a most
valuable addition to the text.
Helen Grant at Adred House by
| Amanda NJ. Douglas, author Of Helen
Grants Schooldays,' Helen Grant 8
f! lends" etc Illustrated by AnH
| Irooi1s. II no. cloth; pp. 33?: pric'.
Sis, Boston: Lee and Shepard.
Among the strong coleric of writers
who have in recent years supplied Il
| rol rncr want in American literaturs: by
tie contribution of a number of excel
| lent stories foo girls. none has at
tanned Il higher rank. or been moro
uniformly successful t:IGn Miss Doug
lass.
| Combined with the charm of u sin
| 2uarly easy and graceful style, are
powers of character analysis, and
qualities Of heart interest that give
the books of this gifted writer an ind"-
| fiEable but none the less potent charm.
No girl can read books like those of
the Helen Grant series without being
benefited by them. They hold up
high ideals of life, and are rich in a
practical suggestiveness. which. while
not obtrusive is nevertheless elfec-
| tive.
| Helen Grant has won 4 host Of af
! fcctioHdte and ;tdmiriAg friends since
she first Ipade her appearance in III"
| RACES of Miss Douglass books. She
is a winSome, whole souled girl, who
| radiates Il wholesome influence and
nowhere has she appeared to better
advantage than in her closing year
amid the sweet and helpful influences
that prevail ut Aldred House.
Six full-page Illustrations by Amy
Brooks add materially to the interest
and attractivenesS of the text.
Pen Pepper. by Margaret Sidney,
author of Give Little Peppers and
Their Friends" "a Little Maid of
Concord Town." 'Old Concord" "Hes-
ter and other New England Stories"
etc. Cloth; 12mo.; illustrated; PIP. 474.
Price, postpaid, $15O. Boston: 10th
rop Publishing Company.