Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-07

are written in an easy narrative style
that imparts to them all the interest OF
fiction. AT the same time the author
has been careful to adhere strictly to
the facts of history.
One cannot fail to be impressed. In
reading this book, with the vast
amount of work involved in its prepar-.
alton, and the success which the au-.
thor has achieved in condensing the
facts she imparts into very small COM
pass. Her sketches are wonderfully
comprehensive for the space she gives
to them. and taken together make up
a volume Of exceptional value and In
terest. 1t is work that will be con-
slant delight and education to the
young reader Older ones, too, may
read its pages with pleasure and profit.
1t Is a book peculiarly adapted to the
demands of the Holiday season, and
one That, on it's merits. should COM
mand good sale at all seasons.
When You Were a Boy, by Edwin L.
STEELE; cloth; PIP. 3O2. Price $50. New
York: The Baker & Taylor Company.
These are sketches full of the genu-
inc flavor of boy life that attracted
very general attention when they were
first published in the Century Maya
zine the Saturday Evening Post.
Everybody's Magazine and the Nation
al Magazine. They are quite as de-
lightful and far more accessible In
their present form. and will be certain
to retain and add to their merited
popularity with the reading public.
No book has ever been more success
full i'm catching and portraying the real
spirit of boyhood, it's aims and aspira-
tons, its sentiments and sympathies,
than this which embodies these dis
tinct,y clever sketches from the pen of
Mr.. Sabin The masculine reader
cannot escape the feeling that after all
they are "reminiscences of his own boy
hood-for has he not undergone the
same experiences, played the same
games, thought the same thoughts and
felt the same feelings? In fact we
can but wonder how the author man.
aged to find out SO much about us.
There are so many events which we
vividly recall, and which Mr.. Sabin
has recorded with an accuracy that
would not have been possible if he had
not been there himself. For instance,
"The Match Came" 1.-THE Circus
was there ever boy with a sound
heart and good digestion who didn't
play circus? Then there is our
Coin Fishin'" and our Coin
Swimmin' and our Boys Love"
Strange how Mr.. Sabin found out
all about them; but he did in some
way, and has printed it all-with much
more-ln this delightful book that watts
us back again through mists of the
years to the green grass and the blue
skies Of boyhoodland.
The Boy Pathfinder a Story of the
Oregon Trail, by William c. Sprague.
editor of 1.-THE American Boy" author
of 1.-The Boy Courier of Napoleon" etc.
Illustrated by A. B. Shute; cloth; PIP.
316. Price $3.50. Boston: Lothrop, Lee
and Shepard Company.
This is the second volume of the
Making Of Our Nation" series. from
the gifted pen of William c. Sprague.
who as editor Of 1.-THE American Boy
one of the best juvenile publications In
the country-has made a warm place
iii the affections Of thousands of
sturdy young Americans. IT is not an
easy task to present historical facts to
youthful readers in such a manner as
to command their attention and win
their appreciation. Mr.. Sprague Is one
of the comparatively few authors who
have successfully accomplished this
result. The boy Courier of Napo-
| leon." presented the history of the
Louisiana purchase, in the form of an
intensely interesting and exciting story.
| tnat found immediate favor with
juvenile readers. He has followed 1t
up with an equally virile and entertain
ing story of the Oregon Trail" In
| this he has taken for his hero an actual
character, George Shannon, Pennsyl-
vania lad, who at the age of seventeen
| left school to become member of the
famous Lewis and Clark expedition.
His adventures. the hardships which
| he endured. the wild Indians he
met-the varied and exciting scenes
| through which the expedition of which
he was a member passed. are told with
historical accuracy and yet with such
graphic skill as to make the story one
of intense and absorbing interest.
I
| too numerous. They not only impart
useful informal ton concerning the dan
gers faced and the results achieved by
pioneer Americans, but they stimulate
also the spirit of patriotism and love of
country which lies at the basis of the
! highest type of citizenship.
| A Christmas Carol and the Cricket on
the Hearth. by Charles Dickens. illus
trated by George Alfred Williams;
| cloth: PIP. 1873. Price $500. New York:
The Baker s Taylor Company.
This volume printed in two colors in
good sized type upon heavy deckel-
edged paper is one of the most beauti-
full books that has been put out this
year. Its beautifully embossed cover
with three colored illustrations set in
gold framed panels is. in itself. work
| Of orf ,yhi1a both tho fovf and ho II.