Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-25

University. New York City. Cloth. PIP,
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fishing Company. America, Tract So
ciety Building, New York, n. Y.
This book reveals all the long-suard-
cd secrets of personal encounter and
self-protection known as Jlu Jltsu or
tho gentle method of making your OPP
moment use his strength to his own un-
doing.
There is no longer any doubt that Jiu
Jitsu in some form and under some
name. was part OF the education of a
| favored few among the ancient Esyp-
tians. Greeks and Romans
Their literature teens with fact ana
fable concerning expl, IS of the small.
| the weak or insignificant i'm admins
tering unexpected, humiliating defeat
to the largest and most powerful.
| The President OF the United States,
?nd other prominent men, have SHOWN
such an active interest in this Won
derful science, that, with its adoption
by the Government as a part of the
curriculum at West Point and Annapo-
lis. we may expect to find il in general
| use here before long.
| Captain Skinner has certainly pre-
scented this interesting subject in Il
very clear and attractive way while the
half-tone reproductions of photographs
made from special poses add not a lit
| tie to the interest and value of the
| text.
! Mysterious Mr.. Sabin, by f. Phillips
Oppenheim; Illustrated; PIP. 397: II
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| Mr.. Oppenhem is Il writer Of rare
Originality and dramatic power Not
only is he able to construct plots that
are outside of conventional lines; but
| he eycels in character delineatiOn
Mysterious Mr.. Sabin will rank as his
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| deals with an intrigue of international
| moment, in Il manner to hold the alb
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trigue. diplomacy and adventure arc
intcrmingled in the movement of the
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and the typosra phcal work throughout
is up to the high standard Of excel
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| Being Done Good, comments on
| the Advance made by Medical Scicnc.
during the past $500 years in the Treat
mcnt of rheumatism by Edward E.
Lent Illustrated edition; u mo. Price
$3.50: published by the brooklyn Eagle
Press. Brooklyn, n 7.
| This work rs unique among books
IT. occupies q field as familiar as human
| life and yet quite unexpected in liter
| allure. This may account for it's poDu-
| larity with tho reading public. 1t is
not often in this world Of ours that mon
have courage enough to make fun of
| their own experience with physical
| pa ms and disa biltics; put Mr.. Lent is
enough Of a Philosopher to accomplish
even this seemingly impossible task.
| TIE clever and witty satircS which he
| iiaS aimed at the opponents of the
| healing art mark him az a hunorist Of
| rare diScornment ana versatility. In
| 'Hcing Done Good" Mr.. Lent sets forth
| his experiences in :he effort made tn
| secure cure for an obstinate and pc
| c,lliarly malevolcnt brand of rheuma-
! tism, and his exposition Of the methods
| practiccd by the various varieties Of
| healers whom he consulted. was so in
| eXpreSSibly funny that the readin,,
world laughed from ono end Of the
| country to the Other. MIR. Lent did not
dcnounce the practitioners; he simply
| told what they did to him, and told it
| in such 4 fashion that even the hcalers
| themselves had to laugh. The success
of the book was 60 Immediate AMI
widespread, that it has tecn found nee
| "SSary to bring it out in a new edition
with illustrations in order to meet the
public demand. The fun Of the pictures
rs JUST as crisp. AS pungcnt and as void
Of oHcnsc rs the text. They ought to
add to the popularity Of the book
Since "BcinE Done Good was first
published. Mr.. Lent has tried another
cure" He has gone to Arizona to test
the effects IF the supcrlativcly dry at
rnoSphcre Of that aril region upon his
malady. He writes SlccfUlly from the
borders Of the desert that he has
gained ten pounds an is iii hopes that
this increase Of adippSn tissue will he
gin To timber up his stiff and drouthy
joints.
Naturally. he finds i:fc there is full of
new things. and it i evident that H..
"njoys conditions when are so unlike
those to which the Eastern man is ac-
customcd. 1t is possible the climate of
Arizona may achicv" What all sorts and
conditions of practitioners of the heal
ing art failed to accomplish. Certainly.
every one who has read Mr.. Lent'S
philosOphcally humorous account
of his Affections viii wish him all
sorts of luck. The desert winds are
abundantly supplied with hot air." hut /
it seems to be of different quality !
from that dispensed by the dozen and |
one hpalprS who nffarnI tT. s,,ra mir,