Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-07
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Buck Jones at Annapolis" by Rich
monG Pearson Hobson. hero Of the
Merrin.ac affair and now member Of
Congress from Alabama. and pub
li:hed by the Applntors, is story of
unusual merit. 1t is seldom Il new
writer manages to construct and tell
q story which combines 50 much in
Formation and interest and is good for
older folks as well as younger ones to
read. This lad had an interesting ca
1cer III the navy. He submitted to
such h"zing as was not impossible from
Il patriotic or manly point o: view. but
offended his honor when it became
necessary. \ country lad who had
never been 10 mics from home in his
life. j" carried to Annapolis his love
of country and honorable view of lite
and always stood up for that which
Was manly. though he was full of fun.
In time he became prominent in attn
loticS and his career ON the football
fed is told with much spirit.
Grace Hartwcll Mason has Il story
entitled THE Measure Of a Man" ii
til" October number II the Rcd Book
I'll" Life Stories for Young People
issued in attr:ctivclv slcnder volumes
by y. G. McClurg & Co. have n dl-
dtctic though unobtrusive missionary
purro"'. The four latest issues con-
tain the romance of certain "STiss
Heroes" the "Frthrof Saga" the
story OF Herman and ThuInclda." and
q life If Joseph Haydn. and they are
all the translating Work of George p.
Upton.
A fifth edition Of THE Boys Round
Table" ny Dr. William Byron Forbush.
has been published by Frank Lincoln
Mass eek of Potsdam. y. y. This is a
book specially devoted to practical
work with boys. and has the approval
of many pastors. Sunday-school work.
crs. psychologists. etc.
A discovery important to arcllhCOlO
@iSts made some months ago ut Edfu.
in upper Egypt, near the site Of an
old Coptic monastery. is recorded in a
recent issue Of the London Times \
native clearing his ground of stones
accidentally laid bare q small tomb
parchment manuscripts bound in thick
papyrus covers. He sold them TO an
Arab dealer for a few pounds. and the
Arab in turn resold them to Il Copt.
and they ultimately became the prop
crty of Mr.. de RuStafiaell. F. r. G. s.
the Ncll-knoWn traveller and explorer
who srnt them t" England The
documents had already been identified:
as C"ptic and Greek ecclesiastical
manuscripts Of the oh to nth cen
tu:i y. anC about . dozen rolls of sixth
century Greek. paryri. These Coptic
manuscripts are early but they do not
compare IN age with those dating from
the second century found by NJ. Grcn-
f"il. Worthy of Special mention are -
leaves of the arCcryphal sayings Of
'hrist in C"ptic translation of lost
Greek original. of which previously
only l.: leaves cXisted-ll in tn" Ma
ti"nHl museum at Paris and one at
Berlin Til" disc every else comprised
parts ~ the gospels Of St. Matthew.
st Mark ana St Luke in Greek and
t"ptic. the Apocalypse Of st. john in
t"ptlc. The history Of miracles by Cos
mos ana Damien dated sixth century,.
Il sermon by 81. PiSonthios in Coptic
GniS copy is un;uuc). a sermon by st.
Cyril. bishop of Jerusalem CA D. SOL
@N6) on the Sacred Cross in CoDtiC
from an cXiStin" Greek original Uhis
IS tie only complete cditiDm, AND a
uniun" manuscript IL tie Nubian
lancuac" dealing with the life Of st.
M"n"S ana the Canon% Of the Nicaean
council. Only fragments Of manu-
scripts in the Nubian language have
been discovered hitherto. The volume
is in an excellent state of preServ..-
ten. From 4 dt tlication in one of the
manuscripts the monastery on the site
OF winch they We're discovered is
proved to have ECon named st. Mcr-
curry of the Mount ut Edfu." and one
of the volumes is history OF the mar
tyrd"m of st. M"rcUrios. A modern
F"ptic monastery stands near til. site.
but tho name of the older foundation
had been entirely lost until this dis
c"very Egypt has also yielded ancth-
er find to Mr.. de Rustafiaeus re-
searches. In the desert in upper
Egypt. on the loft bank Of tie Nile.
he found among the remains of
palaeOlithic flint factories a number of
cruz" and weath"rbeatcn limestone
vessels resembling trOuohS and pots
llk" lrCnStOne cHnCretiOnS He holds
them t. be Of the palacclithic age. and
they We're probably employed in the
manufacture Of flint implements Mr..
DC Eustafjaeil considers. ever 100000
years ago. OF course this is merely
comic cture. and without clear proof it
would not be wise to accept tn ,se OBJ
Jects as contemporary workmanship.
Some Of the vessels have already been
promised to the British museum