Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-23
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Bowdoin Books Of Song and Story.
Uaneor Commercially


Uancor Commercially
rho Commercial bookman welcomes
to his table this week the two volumes
of BoWdoin books, 50 long anticipated
with pleasure. which it is satisfac-
| ton to hold in hand and whose publi-
cation must be gratifying to every
aumDuS of dear old BoWdOin-Our old
est. most honored college. from which
the first class graduated i'll 1906. IA
years before Maine became State.
FIRST, as we take them up, is: "Cnder
the 3oWdoin Pnes"-the second col
| lection of mort stories of life at Bow
dom College, by BoWdOin graduates;
the first collection of which was issued
six years ago. The volume contains
| 10 short stories Of college incidents and
| undergraduate life, among the writer's
being Arthur Huntington Mason, son of
Mrs. Emma Huntington Mason of Au-
guStd. one of Names faVorite authors;
Prof. Kenneth c. NJ. Sills; Henry ;.
Chapman of The Youths Companion;
Prof. William Brookings Mitchell;
Clement F. Robinson Of Boston; Prof.
Leon MarStOn, the expert forestry
scientist, SkoWhegan. We miss the
name of Clarence b. Burlcigh from this
| list--but is he not busy writing big
| books all by himself and making
series to rank with "WhisperinS Pine"
or Helping Hand" of dear old Elijah
Kellogg? In addition to characteristic
aid entertaining sketches of college
hours in the volume are three essays
which give the volume much literary
| distinction. They are. Prof. George L.
| Little's paper on "Hawthorne' Fan
Shave and Bowdoin's Past Long
| fellows College Days by Roscoe RAN
da!l Paine of the class of 90, and the
| late Mir. T. r. Simonton'S C53) pretty
| sketch OF THE Thorndike Oak'-one of
! the historic memorials of the Bowdoin
| campus, named from one Of Bowdoins
| first graduates. George Thorndike, who
| died in Russia five years after his
graduation-with the poem by Frances
laughter Mace, Bangor's sweet poet
| AS Il contribution to Hawthorne litera-
| turc, the volume should be priced for
Prof. Liltie's study Of Fanshawc
| alone, did it contain only the seven
pages Of his essay. Look at these
titles of some Of the Bowdoin stories
and judge if they are not inviting:
| Anna, 1854; The Firedog: The Story
|
Lost; Higgins; Larry's Last IVY
| The Awakening Of Cotton. 80: The
Ghost in the Pines: The Spirit Of
| Fifteen Appleton: The volume has 1J77
pages.
Now here is the SECOND volume:
| "BoWdCin Nersc''-a collection of poems
| contributed by students and alumni
| to the undergraduate publications Of
| Bowdcin during the past - years
| And what names are here, Henry
| Leland Chapman, Isaac Bassett
| Choate. Charles p. Cleaves. Judge
/ Henry Sewall Webster of Gardiner,
Henry Johnson, Arlo Bates. Arthur
Huntington Mason, Samuel V. Cole
| Harry Andrews-with a score or more
| OF others only a little less known. The
| collection embraces 102 pieces in which
are a GCzen or more that would give
| distinction to any collection of recent
verse wheresocveT published and to
| any anthology by whomsoever chosen
| witness Arlo Bates Failure" the SON.
net. 'Hawthorne." by Prof Chapman:
| Inner Vision" by Choate: "A Hunt
| ing Song by Burton Melville Clough-
and so we might go on.
Both these volumes have been edited
by Mr.. John Clair Minot. the brilliant
young editor of the Kennebec Journal,
an alumnuS of BOwdoin, class of SO;
| and just here we wish to commend his
choice Of selection. as we'll as the high
| quality of his own work too Sparingly
| represented in the books. OF prose
sketches the editor only allows two
| pieces of Mr. Minot's work to appear:
| although we thank him for giving no
less than seven selections of the grace
full verse of our Maine poet-cditor
| As t. the volumes artStically and as
| pieces of Typography and binding. no
prottier books have come to the table
of the Commercial bookman for a
long time. The volume of verse ad-
mits type the face of which is SUI
periOr to that Of the volume Of tales
but the registering of both is quite per-
| feet and the presswOrk good. The
| title pages are fabricated and i'll cor
rect taste. examples of the kennebec
Journal plant that will compare well
with the Typography of establishments
having Il greater reputation for book
! work. The frontiSpiece to the volume
Of verse is 4 half-tone plate showing
the twin spires Of Kings chapel in re-
| lief beyond the trees; while that of the
volume Of tales shows the Longfelow
path through the Bowdon pines. the
cover designs are appropriate and ar
| tistic.
! Bowdoin men everywhere will be glad
OF these handsome volumes copies of
which may be had by addressing John
| Clair Minot, Augusta, Maine. price
per volume. s1.25; both volumes to one
address. $1,000
! "Chrstabei' in a Lime Quarry.