Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-30
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Prue at school, by Amy Brooks, second
volume of THE Prue Books Illustrated
by the author. Large II no.; cloth:
Price $1.OO. Boston: Lothrop, Lee and
Shepard Co.
The Prue books bid fair to be even more
popular than the famous Dorothy
Dainty Series and 1.-The Randy Books
by the same author. Few writers have
the hearts and holding the interest of
little girl readers to the extent Miss
Brooks has. Prue is a most winning lit
tie girl who lives in a charming country
home. She is lively, sympathetic, and al
together lovable. She is happy also in
having kind and loving parents, and a
very charming older sister, the heroine OF
the popular Randy Books" in which
Prue also appeared. A part of the story
is devoted to Hi Babson, a miscellaneous
but manly little former playmate of
Prue's, who, tired of doing Chores" had
run away with a circus. How the mis-
guided boy Jared is a very interesting
story in itself In this book Prue's sister
becomes the bride of the sweetheart of
her schooldays, and Prue is the dearest
little fiower-grl imaginable. The artistic
appearance of the book helps to make it
one more favorite by favorite author
foc the young.
Irene of the Mountains. a romance of
Old Virginia, by George Cary Eggleston:
illustrated by Frank T. Merrill: cloth: Il
mo-: Decorated cover: Price $15O: Bos-
ton: Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Company.
ha Gold Of 40
Eggleston is in a class by himself. In
this, his latest book. he is at his best. 1t
is a thoroughly charming and delightful
story, holding the closest attention of the
reader throughout, and without dull line
from cover to cover In spirited contest
over a gubernatorial nomination, cleo
pioneering is carried on in the northwest
ern part of the State, where the natives
really hold the balance of power under
the leadership, curiously enough, of a
woman of unusual and striking personall-
ty. Here the heroine is found and trans
planted to the fashionable life of Rich
mond by Colonel Hargreaves, the success
full candidate, who educates her with his
own daughter in the splendid period pre-
ceding the Civil War. Her beauty and
the natural powers of her mind readily
enable Irene to shine in her new circle,
but Virginian family pride, which no one
understands better than Irene herself,
stands between her and the happiness of
the most deserving and nkable of the
young men of the story, with naughty
mother as the compelling force. There is
excellent variety in this story, and the
author is equally happy in describing the
rough sports of the mountaineers around
the cabin of Judy Peters and scenes at
the Executive Mansion in Richmond. Mr..
Merrills spirited and carefully finished
illustra atoms are pronounced especially
| satisfactory by the author, and will be
found so by the many readers which this
book is sure to have.
The Little Heroine at School, by Alice
Turner Curtis author of "A Little Hero
inc of illinois," illustrated by J. w. Fer
guson Kennedy: cloth: illustrates: Price
$1.25. Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Company
| This is the second volume of the Little
Heroine series. Those who learned to
know and love happy little Edith Austin
in the Little Heroine of Illinois, will
be glad of this opportunity to further
cultivate her acquaintance. In the pres
ent volume we see her in a girls school
| in the suburbs of Boston. Here she
makes many new friends, has many good
times and, best of all, discovers that she
is not a waif without relatives hut has
cousins of whom she can be Justly proud,
and who are equally glad to acknowledge