Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-13
Editors Table
"Maine in History and Romance

An "All-Maine' book has appeared just
in time for the holiday season. 1t is es-
sentially Maine, and to those boys and
girls of Maine who have gone out to
every state in the Union and to the null
titude of visitors to the Pine Tree state,
the book will appeal as strongly as to
those who call the State home
To begin with, the authors of all the
% stories which make up the volume are
prominent Maine club women; each story
has for its theme some phase of Names
history and development; it is illustrated
with pictures of Maine people and places;
the book is issued by Maine publishers
Ghe Lewiston Journal Printshop) under
the auspices of the Maine Federation of
Womens Clubs. Moreover it is the first
book ever issued by club women in the
United States.
There is a wealth of new material in
this collection of stories-traditions hand
ed down from the early life OF the towns,
told and retold from one generation to
another but which never found their way
into print: recollections of quaint char
acters and of customs and ways of living
which have long since passed. personal
"reminiscences of men and women VINO
have made history, both for the state
and the Nation. From out-of-the way
sources, old papers and diaries, some OF
this material has been gathered with care
and industry and made vital by the mag
ination and sympathy Of the author.
Whether the material is served up III
the form of historical action, of reminls-
cences of some old-timer's journal or of
simple accounts of happenings of the
past it wildly brings before US the PRINT
tive life of the settlers of the new land
and makes US acquainted with Maine in
the making.
The hardshps of the first settlers VINO
landed on the Maine coast or blaZei
their way through the forest wilderness
furnish adventure; the Indians, ABOUT
whom there is much. furnish picturesque
ness and thrill and horror; the struggles
for liberty furnish The spirit OF patriot
ism and many deeds of herolsm and COM
ing down little nearer TO the present
day there are glimpses of charming Colo
NAL homes. rich in treasures, brouSh.
home by generations OF sea captains OF
the personal side OF artists. authors ana
statesmen, of whom Maine has furnlShei
not a few to the world, of the ventures
of the intrepid "Forty-niners' in their
quest for gold, there IS even an occa-
sioral glimpse Of pirates and buccaneers
Written by so many authors; the STORES
differ greatly in style hut all give the
same delightful sense OF intimacy and at
mosphere Of by-gone days. That people
loved and wooed i'll those days very. much
as they do today is brought out III the
bits of romance woven into many of the
tales and we find that those times, so full
of tragedy. had also their humor
Almost every county, from ArooStook
to York. is covered by these narratives
and no one can read them without under
standing and feeling. as never before,
what our State went through to make it
as it is. They were originally published
in the Lewiston journal Magazine in
Prize Series and it is because Of the IN
terest shown all over the State in having
them put into permanent form that
Maine in History and Romance is pre-
scented.
The book is put ont in most attractive
form with olive green linen binding having
a neat design in gold embodyng the Fed
Grafton monogram. and printed on heavy
paper. and not the least of its attractions
are the illustrations. several of which
accompany each story 1t is special
edition, also with every copy numbered.
The price OF the book is s1.S5 plus parcel
post charges.
orders should be sent to Miss Florence
\ye Lewiston, Me.