The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-06-04

dren, which has answered the questions
of many anxious parents. II farmer
wished knowledge of modern scientific
agriculture, the Reports OF the State
Board of Agriculture could not ia to
furnish suggestions. Then, too. DIR.
Wiley's authoritative work, "Fertllzers
and Soils, is most valuable.
''Of cook books the Boston Cooking
School books by Mrs. Lincoln and that by
Miss Farmer are most used, giving I'M
qualified satisfaction. The bound vol
umes of the Cooking School Magazine
have also proved useful and attractive:
Indeed the collection of books on useful
arts includes information for all trades
and fields of activity.
eff you believe with Keats that
Beauty is Truth, Truth, Beauty, That
is all We know and all We need to know, "
the art books in the library will prove an
unfaiing source of delight. By art
books, we mean more than books OF
painting, as the classification includes
also flower gardens, sculpture, architect
ure, music and kindred subjects appeal
ing to orr natural sense of the aesthetic.
''Whatever lends beauty to our homes
or city, is worth study and it is the aim
of the library to provide guides tor good
taste in household decoration and books
of advice for the care of home grounds.
''The Quest of the Colonial by Shackle-
ton, Furniture of the Olden Time by
Frances Clary Morse and 1.-The Collect
or's Manual" have been much enjoyed.
There are also attractive books on ORR
entail Rugs, china, glass, wood carving:
in fact, on the subject of every article
which we cherish as household treasure.
Il wish to speak especially of new
and very valuable book recently purchas-
ed, "The Old Silver of American
Churches published under the auspices
of the Society of Colonial Danes. This
is book which probably will not be
found in any other public library in the
State, as it is one of limited edition,
the only other copy in Maine, SO far as
we know, being in the Bowdoin College
Library. 1t contains illustrations OF
church silver made by the artist crafts
men of colonial times, together with a
description and history of the various
articles.
THE collection of books on painting
has been the special pride of every book
committee so that now we have, I'M
doubtedly, the most valuable collection
in any public library in the State, one
which includes the lives of all important
painters and histories of all schools of
painting. Before you go to Boston or
New York again take from the library
the books, ''The Boston Museum of
Art" ''The Art of the Metropolitan
Museum and Isham's American
Painting" If you only look at the il
Illustrations you will gair new interest
in these galleries because of which you
will long remember your visit with
pleasure.
''For music lovers we have the begin
ming of collection of famous compost
lions, the most important accessions
being grand opera scores, of which we
purchase several each year.
at is unnecessary to tell you that in
library SO we'll equipped as yours may be
found examples of the great literature
of the English language from Anglo
Saxon Beowulf to-Arnold Bennett, and
also translations from foreign languages
of the great literature of all ages. The
same may be said of the books of history
and biography, in which the library ls
specially rich, since the income of the
Otis fund is devoted exclusively to books
of these classiications.
GAS we are living in an age of rapid
transit, when almost every one or their
relatives are making interesting jour-
neys, the book market manifests this
tendency by the numerous attractive
books of travel published every month.
Miss Kelley, in her paper for the next
meeting Of this club will tell you of these
fascinating books, the illustrations of
which are SO wonderfully we'll done. that
wi hout leaving Belfast we may enjoy
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'sThis evening | have bit of pro-
enjoyment of reading. When you have
read novel, from which you have de-
rived real pleasure, come to the library
for supplementary reading, either the
life of the author, a magazine article, or
some book on the same historical period,
if it is an historical novel. If you enjoy
Hawthorne marble Faun, ''you will be
delighted to find in the CATALAN Note
Book the original scenes and incidents
and many of the people of that charm
ing American masterpiece. 1.-THE Con-
queror" by Gertrude Atherton may be
followed by life of Alex. Hamilton,
and you cannot fail to read with interest
Mrs. Atherton's magazine article telling
of her search of the parish records of
the West Indies Islands for the ancestry
and childhood of her hero. kim" sug-
gests any one of dozen books on India,
and magazine article, Through India
with Him." is interesting. "The life of
Tolstoy ''logicallyfolIowsA Anna Karennia,
since much of the material of that won
derful novels photographed. Then,
too, it is interesting to read the essay on
Tolstoy by Mathew Arnold, or some of
the numerous magazine articles on the