The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19

book called Armenia Seminary Reun- ion," Broadway Publishing Company,) which contains a collection of addresses delivered at a reunion of the old stud ents of the school held last August, This school was situated in the town of Amenia, N. Y. and was founded by substantial citizens of the Methodist faith in the year 1885. It's corporate ex- istence continued till 1888, and many of both sexes received instruction there. The exercises were highly interesting to the old grads" and the social side of the affair likewise. There is list of the old students so auspiciously re-
 united, there is a list of principals of the school from the beginning these last Methodlsts divines-and an essay and poem by Joel Benton. Other con tributors to the programme are the Rev J, J. Cowles, Rev. Aaron K. San ford, D. D., of Pleasantville, N. Y, Bishop Cyrus T. Foss of Philadelphia, c. G. Reynolds of Brooklyn, and the late ex-Governor Chamberlain. The list, in fact, is quite a long one, and the whole. no doubt, is of great senti- mental value to the persons immedi- ately concerned. Among those who at tended the reunion is President F. W. J. Sizer of the National Savings bank, this city, who was student there at the time when his father, a Methodist clergyman, resided and preached in New Milford, this state.
 Give Day, assistant professor of Economic History in Yale university, has written "A History of Commerce. !" In quantity as well as quality it is a solid book, being an octave of 6SS pages. Tn arrangement Professor Day has fitted it for use by teachers and The history of commerce commences with that of ancient coun- tries, being more detailed and exhaus- tive in the earlier chapters; for the growth of the subject for medieval and modern years, the development of mercantile association, commercial law, currency, credit, and banking, has made possible only a more general treatment, in which the author has suggested rather than described, the development of organization. The book is published by Messrs. Long mans, Green &Co
 MT Ellsworth Huntington of Yale University, upon whom the Harvard Travellers Club has recently conferred the rare honor of It's medal is prepar- ing a book relating the story of his solitary expedition through Chinese Turkistan in 1905.
 Messrs. L. c. Page & Go. have re- ceived the proofs of The Wreck of the Ocean Queen, by James Otis, nominally story for boys, but as well worthy of attention from their parents as three out of four of the tales of shipwresk. It's unique merit among similar books for boys Is that it pill lories the fool afioat, the passenger who distrusts the officers, meddles with the crew, and does his best for the general destruction. It is a good thing to place this type in a clear light before boys. for they really are sadly prone to accept it as heroic.
 Messrs L. c. Page & Co.,, MT, Car mans publishers, will this year issue
 tThe Castles and Chateaux of Old Ma varre,n by Francis Miltoun, who in- cludes Gascony and the Basque Prov inces among the regions to which he makes pilgrimage. Fiction writers have attached at least one novel to all the chief places of the land of Jeanne d Albret and Henry, her son, but the country has been but little described in detail, and between Daudet and MT. Janvier, readers have learned to desire minute acquaintance with the Midi Miss Blanche McManus's light colored plates and fifty drawings, ex- cellent although they must be, are not needed to attract readers.
 When Sam Walter Foss, the New England poet, was editing the Yam kee Blade, he received contributions from western writer named John H. Whitson, which he was compelled to return, with the apology that the work was "too good" for the readers of the Yankee Blade. That was nearly score of years ago. Mir. Whitson has since taken up his residence in the East, and has met for the first time former Editor Foss, now the ef- ficient librarian of the large public lib- rary of the city of Somerville, Mass Since coming East, MT Whitson has blossomed out as full-hedged novel, ist, For a while he wrote Western stories with good success, but the of "The Rainbow Chasers" and Justin Wingate Ranchman" is destined to be excelled by that of "The Castle of Doubt his latest novel Here is a modern romance with so ingenious a denouement that those novel readers who pride them selves in knowing from the beginning how q story is going to turn out have a surprise awaiting them.
 One of the men from whom Alexan- der Irvine procured a great deal of ma terial for his articles running in Ap- pleton's Magazine on peonage scandals in our Southern States Is now in safe keeping in Atlanta. He gave his in- formation gladly, and when the first article appeared Mir. Irvine hurried to show it to him. As heartless at it seem- ed not to let a collaborating literateur see his own work, the authorities at the could not allow the mag azine to be given to him. Appleton's wrote to the warden of the to aid MT. Irvine in his difficulty, and they have received the interesting letter;
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