Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-05
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Walter b. Vincent, associate justice
Of the supreme court OF Rhode
Island. Book with portrait 'front.'
piece.
Judge Vincent, with his honorable
record Of more than fifty years at
the bar and on the bench, and wide
ly known as a public speaker, has in
his happy way given US a great
treat. ,
Every lawyer should read 1t for
the light it throws on the legal
practice of the last half-century, to
say nothing OF its wealth Of sound
advice, and the humor and good
sense with which all this is told
make it as interesting to the layman
as to the lawyer. To all general
readers, it is a prize for its presenta-
ton of folk life of other days. Its
good financial advice alone Is enough
to make 1t valuable.
The Judges witty and earnest
discussion of many social topics, in
GLIDING divorce and women and
their ways, Is sure to attract much
attention. Through it all runs the
sincerity Of a man of marked ability
who knows more of life than is given
to most of us. and who is really
great enough to spare nothing in
telling it. No book of the day Is
better worth reading.
Publishers, Lothrop. Lee &
Shepard Co., Boston. Mass.
"The Young Folks Book OF
Mirth," a collection of the best fun
In prose and verse. selected by
Mary Roenah Thomas.
No one questions the great i'm
~ of \,
Hence 1t follows that it's proper
presentation to the young is a mat
ter requiring greatest care. II
rightly encouraged, boys and girls
soon learn that the finest and cleanest
fun In books is the very best and
lolliest and any taste for lower
forms is displaced. In this book. an
experienced educator, having herself
wisdom as we'll as a keen sense of
humor. has given years to gathering
the very finest and best laugh
producers from the greatest Amer
lean and English writer's of humof.
All the finer varieties are here
represented, from the sweet merri-
ment OF James Whitcomb Riley to
the gay abandon of Edward Lear.
The so-called Classics are rep
resented along with selections from
writers OF the present day to show
that humor IL and has always been
a living quality. The mission of
this book Is grand one, and IL is
most happily calculated to fulfil It.
Publishers, Lothrop, Lee q
shepard Co., Boston. Mass.
When l Was a Boy In India" A
new Children of other Lands
book, by Satyananda Roy. Illustrat.
ed from photographs.
Unusual interest attaches to this
exceilently told account of boyhood
In distant land strange to us, fol-
lowed by coming to America for
further study. Mr.. Roy was born
In Calcutta, the second city OF the
British Empire in size, and <has, IL
ne chose to do so, the right to wear
the Sacred Thread, the insignia of
the highest castles in India. He is a
personal friend OF Rabindranath
Tagore, the world famous poet. An
invitation to become teacher in the
great poets school had to be de-
clined by Mr.. Roy. because he was
already hard at work In social SER
vice among the unfortunate Of Cal
cutta. Mr.. Roy Is one of leaders OF
the Brahmo Somaj, the national
movement for liberal thought in
India, but his book 10 not In the
least political, simply q Charming
account OF boyheod which in it'd
telling makes us acquainted with 4
wonderful country, and how its pso-
pie live.
Publishers, Lothrop, Lee Il
shepard Co., Boston, Mass.