The Newtown bee., 1906-02-23
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appears, this week, ana IS being delivered by Charles G. Peck, a well.known townsman. That the book is 8 model of typographical neatness will not be disputed. Modesty forbids us to comment on the contents of the volume, as the writer was one of three gentlemen who had the care of it's publication. Initiating the metropol- itan journals THE BEE prints num- Der of signed editorials, from gentle men who have chosen to speak con- corning the Look just issued. The letters follow:
 The record of Newtown's Bi-Cen- tennial now being distributed by Charles G. Peck for the Executive committee is an attractive volume of 177 pages, printed on heavy paper of good quality, substantially and taste fully bound in red cloth, and ilIustra. ted with 10 excellent full-page views and B full-page portraits. As piece of book-making it is in every way creditable to the printers, The Tut tie, Warehouse & Taylor Company of New Haven. It would be impossible to speak in too high terms of the, edi- tors Rev James Fl. George, A. P. Smith and E. l.. Johnson. All being "writing men," as Kipling would say, of recognized ability, they have done the quill work in 8 manner which leaves nothing to be desired. Accord: ing to the Preface the book "lays no claim to special literary merit" but literary merit it does possess neverthe- less, the great merit of clear, straightforward! and highly entertain ing style without the abomination branded by men of taste as "fine writ ing" or "flowery flourish" The ar. rangement of the book is the most logical conceivable. The first dozen pages outline the work of nearly a year of preparation from E. l.. John sons suggestion of the idea in meet ing of the Mems club to the moment of the arrival of His Excellency, the Governor, the evening of August 4. Brief accounts of the reception of Governor Roberts and the Colonial ball follow, after which the events of Anniversary Day are taken up in or. der from the sunrise salute of 2l guns to the magnificent Bi-Centennial set piece which closed the fireworks exhi bition. The II addresses and the poem are given in full with portraits. The book concludes with two sermons preached on Commemoration Day, Sunday. August 6, by Rev James H George and Rev Otis w. Barker. It should be specially noted that the his. torical address of E. L.. Johnson, oc. cupying pages 4o.los, is far more ex' tensiYe than time allowed him to read on August 5. As it now appears it is history of Newtown, complete in outline though necessarily limited ) in detail, from 1705 down to about the close of the Revolution. The chie1 purpose of the book is to give perma' nent form to this invaluable record o1 the first three-quarters of century of Newtown's story. The brute and the savage know nothing of history but civilized man has ever held ii among his dearest treasures. May the editors of "Newtown's Bi-Centennial receive the hearty thanks of their fel. low townsnaen as they certainly will be accorded the gratitude of posterity and may they further find their rec ompense in the consciousness that they have rendered an important serv ice to history, which alone, save eter nifty, says Sir Walter Raleigh "hatt triumphed over time."
 Ross JEWELL.