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

| third volume of the SOLDIERS of For
tune Series" by Edward Stratemeyer;
illustrated by A. r. Shute; cloth: price
SIPS; issued by Lothrop. Lee & Shop
ard Company: Boston. with imprint Of
Lee and Shepard.
The books of 1.-THE Soldiers Of For
tune Series" bids fair to be fully as
popular with the boys of America as
those of the old Glory Series" whose
large sales and evident staying quail
ties place them among the foremost
books Tor boys that have ever been
placed upon the American market. In
his latest book. AT the Fall of Port
Arthur, Mr.. Stratemeyer is ut his
best. 1t constitutes the third volume
OF The Soldiers of Fortune Series.
which has special hold upon the af-
fections of boy readers from the fact
that it deals with the same characters
who made themselves so popular by
the adventures and high personal quail
ties described in the "Old Glory Series"
| At the same time it is complete in it
self. 1t relates the further adventures
| of Larry Russell and his old compan-
ion, Luke Striker, whose services I'm
der Dewey at Manila" will be remem-
bered with pleasure by the readers or
| the "Old Glory Series" AS members
| OF the crew of the good old ship Co
| lumbia, they have some startling adj
ventures with = mutinOuS crew, whom,
however, they finally succeed in over
coming. Later they are captured as a
prize of war by 4 Russian cruiser TO
which they are transferred us prison.
erS, and later the cruiser in question
is captured by japanese war vessels
through the assistance of whose Of
| licers they succeed in recovering the
Columbia. AS. however, it is necessary
for the vessel to be detained for some
time in port to wait the action of the
japanese courts, which ii is antlci-
pated will be entirely friendly, Larry
and Luke enlist in the navy OF the
MikadO and take part in the siege and
bombardment of Port Arthur. I'm this
volume, the reader is introduced again
to Larry's brother, Ben, and his friend
Gilbert Pennington, officers in the
Mikado's army, whose thrilling adven-
lures have been related by Mr.. Strate-
meyer in his delightful book Under
the Mikados Flag" 1t is charac-
teristic of Mr.. Stratemeyer's books to
combine rapid movement of narrative
with excellent and accurate descrip-
ton so briefly given that it never seems
obtrusive. This fact is fully in evil
dence in "At the Fall of Port Arthur"
where much geographical and histori-
cal information is impaired without
detracting i'm any way from the intense
interest of the story.
The Boy Craftsman, Practical and
Profitable Ideas for a Boys Leisure
Hours, by A. Nicely Hall, with more than
four hundred illustrations by the author
and Norman p. Hall; Svo.; cloth;
PIP. 1893. Price $500. Issued by 10th
rop, Lee & Shepard Company. Bos-
ton, with imprint of Lee and Shepard.
Manual training should be an impor-
tart part of every boys education.
The ability to use tools, to work out
with ones own hands into permanent
shapes ones mechanical conceptions
is q most valuable gift, one that stimu-
lates to constructive work of the
mind as well as the hands. If possi-
BILE every father of live boys should
| a well-equipped workshop. with bench
and vises. and a fair assortment of car
pentsr's tools. Here the boys can be
kept out of mischief while they learn
many things that will be of practical
value to them in after life. 1t is no
recommendation of a man to say of
him that he cannot drive a nail
straight Having supplied the boys with
a wOrkshOp-though it be no more than
a basement or attic corner-the father
should then buy them Mr.. Halls "Boy
Craftsman" Here is a practical
manual of instruction, easily within the
capacity of any intelligent boy to I'M
derstand and apply. 1t affords him
just the designs and suggestions that
he needs in picking up a good working
Knowledge of tools. The idea of
economy in the use of materials is
everywhere one of it's most notable
features. 1t is book that should be
in the hands of every live boy in the
country.
The Fort i'm the Wilderness, or The
Soldier Boys of the Indian Trails, by
Edward Stratemeyer; illustrated by A.
Nslotu, ~. ."o, price *i.-''
Issued by Lothrop. Lee & Shepard
Compony, Boston, with imprint of Lee
and Shepard.
This book forms the fifth volume of
the Colonial Series,'' although, as a
story, it is complete in itself. 1t tells
of the dangers faced and the hardships
endured at the frontier forts and set
Elements i'm the Indian uprisings
of the year 1853 under the famous Chief
Pontiac during which many pioneer
homes We're burned and hundreds of
men. women and children cruelty mas
sacred. 1t is a pleasure to meet again
in these pages our old friends the Nor
ris boys, Sam Darlington. White Buff
falO, the friendly Delaware chief, and
others who bore 4 part in the scenes
described in the preceding books of
the series.
A very graphic description is given
of the battle of Bushy Run, in which.
after bloody contest, involving Sc
we're losses on both sides, the Indians
were signally defeated, and forced to
retreat In this hattie Dave Morris