The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-25

ume Raymond Benson and his friend. Ned Grover, go to Krampton academy, which is no other than the noted school at New Hampton, N. H., where Mir. Burleigh was fitted for college. He was a good athlete in his student days, and has kept up his familiar acquaintance with all wholesome athletic sports, es- i fpecially baseball in which he has had managerial experience. Hence this feature of academy life Is made much of, and 8 very interesting and helpful friend to the principal characters is in troduced in the person of ''Cy Devons,' in whom boy readers will at once rec ognlze the famous "Cy' Young, now with the Boston Americans. The hard working and ambitious students Of small means who reflect such credit upon schools of this type are described with the praise that is their due, and no element of a faithful portrayal is i lacking. In fact many of the charae- ters are real to a considerable extent, though with changed names, and al ways introduced in the most friendly manner. We have had good books tell ing of the larger and more GEistocrattc preparatory schools, but never before one that so well told of life at typical country academy of the sort that has l furnished the inspiration for so many successful and distinguished men. Price $1.5O.
 Owing to various changes in name, it
 is sometimes thought that the publish
 ing house of L.C. Page & Co.,, Boston, is
 young firm. As matter of fact,
 however it's business record extends
 over more than half a century. The 1 firm of which 1t is the development was
 founded at Springfield, Mass, in 1S40, removed to Troy, N. Y, about ten years
 later, underwent another reorganiza-
 zion in 1882, and ten years later was 1 transferred to Boston and incorpora i ted as the Joseph Knight company Since 1897 it has borne the name of L. l c. Page & Co.,, by which it is so widely
 known From 1892 until 1901 it's head 1 quarters were in the Estes building, l but in the last named year removal 1 was made to the New Englanl build l ing, 200 Summer street, where the Pages have offices and stores extending
 to an area of nearly 10000 square feet l Two brothers, L. Coues Page and | George A. Page, constitute the present ! firm They are the sons of Charles A.
 Page, who made so brilliant record as
 war correspondent for the New York l Tribune, and whose Letters of a War
 Correspondent figures so conspicuous l ly among the publications of the firm.
 Their uncle was Elliott Coues, the well 1 known writer on science, whose Key
 to the North American Birds" is a
 standari book Both the members of
 the firm are graduates of Harvard, and
 the house has naturally published a number of books by Harvard men, in
 cluding Bliss Carman, Reginald Wright
 Kaufman, Rupert s. Holland, Freder- ick Lawrence Knowles, Frank Roy Fraprie, etc.
 A pertinent illustration of the strides
 made by the house is provided by the 1 fact that whereas the first publishing 1 list of the firm only contained some l dozen books, the number of new works l issued last year exceeded 100. Among the important authors introduced by
 the firm are such popular writers as
 Robert Nelson Stephens, the au;hor of
 An Enemy to the King Charles C..
 D. Roberts, the distinguished Canadian
 writer; Theodore Roberts, Morley Rob-
 erts, Lillian Bell, Marshall Saunders, w. D. McCracken, Estelle NJ. Huril,
 Annie Fellowes Johnston of the Little
 Colonel' series fame, etc. The firm also
 devotes much attention to continental.
 literature, as Is Illustrated by their
 publishing all the completed romances 1 of Gabrielle D'Annunzio.
 In addition to works of fiction for
 adults and young people, the firm
 speciallzes in beautifully printed and
 illustrated books on travel, art and
 music. The latest example of this ac-
 tivity Is provided by W. D. MeCracken' s
 richly illustrated volume on "The
 Italian Lakes"