Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-22

old Home Day at llaZ"lt"Wn, by n.
g. plvInrtnn. author Of Dear Daughter
Dorothy." "Thc Schoolhousc in the
Woods" etc: illustrated by Clara +.
Atwood. Price $l.225: Boston: Little,
Brown & Go.
This story il clean bright. ana whole
some. 1t has not Il duh page from
cover to cover. 1t narratcS the expert
cncce Of 4 bright and lovablc girl. Roxy
Dillingham;. ana her grandmother. a
cnarrlin.; Ola lady. EoXy's father has
not been heard from for some years.
Farm life had not been conScnial to
him. and following the death OF his
wife, he had left home determined to
try his fortunes in some other pursuit.
AS i result Roxy and her grandmother
made their home with her fathers
younger brother. Timothy Dillingham;
was Il good man, who lacked force Of
character and sclf-asscrtiveness. His
wife. however. was a vixen. AS the
author states it, she twas that croSScst
of created beings, Il cross fat woman
she regarded Roxy and her grand
mother as cncumbranccs, and it is
house whose affairs she dominated was
anything but Il comfortable or happy
ono. on cid Home Day RoXy'S aunt
went off to a campm6cting in company
with her husband and Roxy and her
grandmother improved tn" opportunity
afforded by their absence, to visit the
old family homestead situated in q
nciChbming town. and in tn" hands of
strangers. They haV" Il very happy
outing. Tn" old homestead is sold at
auction that afternoon. and is Iur-
chased by l;nxy's father. who returns
very "rr"rtuncly from til" klondikc.
Wh"r" he has been successful in his
ventures. 1t is u very happy ending to
Il most interesting narrative.
Til" President Of Qu"x. \ Wnnan's
club Story by Helen NJ. Winslow, illus
trHtcd 10y w. l.. Jacobs. Price Sis;
Boston: L"thr"p. Lee 4 shepard 90.
10 woman in the country is better
qualified to deal with Women's clubs
from tn" inSid" than Helen NJ. Wins
low. former editor Of the Club Wo-
man" In "Thc President Of Qu"X" She
has given III Il broad and altogether
inspiring Wow "f the possibilities for
good tn It adhere i'll organizations of
this kind. "pu"N" is the fictitious name
Of 4 Thoroughly modem ana up-to-dntr
WOman'S club. To the hcroinc-a re-
GTcd and beautiful Woman-;hc prcSi-
dcncy of this organization. coming in a
dark period of bcrcaNcinrnt opened IN
Il ncW ana broader outlook upon life.
I md. =, IL,
Il power for the bcttcrmcnt Of the COM
munitv. moral fore" that finds cX-
preston in practical results. EV,n the
Legislature Of the state is forced by
pressure of the sentiment it creates. to
tax" action upon that blot upon our
civilization. that feature of the modern
LIE in which il is infinitely behind the
~r-cali"I savage triboS-thc employ
m"nt Of child labor in great industrial
pursuits.
Did ever an organization of women
exist in which internal politics did not
play an active part in its associations?
If soft WAS not "Qucx." The Ameri-
can woman rciSns in her own an I'M
crowned queen. and it is not always
easy for her to step down from her
''lI'ii' III CSS'' lioI with OIllcrS OF her
sex. The author has been specially
happy iii presenting this phase of the
timer life Of Qucx. The reader will
be cailnuS indeed who fails to develop.
in tn" p"ruSal Of this book, a warm ap-
pr"ci2tion Of and admiration for the
sweet. sensible, and altogether charm
ing president Of Qucx"
\ most pleasing feature Of this book
will be found in the sixteen adlnira bile
iull-page illustrations by Mr.. Jacobs,
WI" has been very happy in catching
ana giving artistic expression to the
spirit of the text
The Upper Hand. by Emerson elf
ford Taylor. l. mo-: PIP. 325. cloth;
Price $50. New York: A. s. Barnes a.
Co
This is a story of New England Viii
lage life. with Il plot that is decidedly
out Of the conventional lines in a mar
rativ" Of this character. The central
figure is the village squire, and local
mdgnatc, with the old-school ideas of