Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-16
Editors Table

Lange. illustrated
Prof. Lange's high-grade Indian
Stories, are too well known to need
, comment. and are gaining all the
time. This one has exceptional his
torical value, as it is in the time CT
the Revolutionary War. The scene
is laid in the valleys of the Hudson
and Mohawk. touchi: g West Point
and Fort Niagara. The outstanding
figures are Ganadoga, young Iro-
quois scout of the Oneida tribe. the
only tribe of the Six Nations that re-
manned. friendly to the Americans,
and two lads of the Hudson Valley.
How the Indian Ganadoga and his
boyhood friend, Jonas St''well, search
for the latter'S older brother in the
land where Chief Brant and his Mo-
hawk warriors hold sway, and among
the warlike tribes of Ohio and Ken
lucky is wildly told. The story
also strongly brings cut the calm. he
! roic character of Washington. and at
the same time his kindly. genial HUI
man side. attractively shown while
displaying wonderful leadership I'M
der such difficulties as few command
ers have been obliged to meetA For
boys from IL to is.
Publishers. Lothrop, Lee & Shop
ard Co, Boston. Mass.
-Four Cousins" translated from
! the Norwegian Of DiklIen Zwilg-
meier author of What Happened
to niger Johanne," by Emile Pouls-
son. illustrate tons in two colors by
Astri w. Heiberg.
A good grandmother in Norway
was lonely and found life dull So
she wrote to her four daughters-one
in Sweden, one in South Germany,
one in Norwegian city home, and
one far up in the mountains-that
each must send a child to stay for a
year So they came and if disturb
ance and excitement and variety
were what Grandmother wanted, the
four cousins certainly furnished
enough to satisfy even her active
mind. The book tells the story of
their year together. of their mistakes
and troubles and pleasures. their
quarrels and parties; of the heroism
of the Parsons Anniken, of little Ger
man Anniken's running away, of
Christmas at Blommedal with it's old
time customs. etc, etc. The four girls,
so totally unlike each other. the mas
terful grandmother, Miss Duns, her
dull-asle lead. but good as gold COM
panion. the cranky old coachman, and
the other characters are portrayed
with the same liveliness that marks
the authors books and -Four Cous-
ms" will be most ea~erly welcomed
by the young readers who already
know Dikken Zwilgmeyer through
what Happened to Tnger j. hanne"
Publishers, Lothrop Lee & Shepard
Co, Boston.
"The Boy With the U. S. Diplo-
mats" the new volume of the "JJ. s.
Service Series" by Dr. Francis Rolf
Wheeler. Profusely illustrated from
phOtogra phs.
sues that shake the world, and the
part played therein by the diplomats
of the United States. America looms
large. very large, in the worlds
affairs. and many an exciting happen
ing, which has changed the course of
the worlds history has been the re-
suit of shrewd move by one of the
diplomatic representatives of Wash
ington. All issues dealing directly
with the World War have been
omitted. and the interest is conferred
on strange developments in the
South Seas. on mysterious doings in
Haiti, on unexpected. oil fields-more
dramatic, today. than the gold fields
i
of ruined peoples, and on the wild
adventArings Of those most mysteri-
Gus of all be .ngs-Political Agents.
Here is told the story of grim and
desperate battles, fought with
smile and a courteous word. over the
Conference Table. A vivid light is
thrown upon the secret ways of the
world. A great boo this. and one
which reveals the power of America
anew.
Publishers, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co., Boston.
'With the Movie Makers" by John
Amid; with many illustrat tons from
the authors own studio.
There is no subject in the world
more fascinating than motion pic
lures. To get the views and the news
and the thrills of the screen, men
penetrate darkest Africa, and travel
to the ice clad homes of the Eskimo.
Actors and actresses of the Silver