Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-29
Editors Table

1.-THE Young Moose Hunters" by C.
A. Stephens. Illustrated.
For the development of the quality
of self-reliance there is little that can
compare with life in the woods The
reasons for this are evident in this
new volume by Mr.. Stephens in which
the story is told of four determined
young American boys who go into the
wilds of Maine in order to earn money
with which to enter college.
Lacking the modern equipment
which give a camp many advantages
of home, the boys anticipated hard
ships and this they correctly surmised.
Rowing boat against the rapids of
the Magalloway river, toting the boat
around the carries, and going over a
line OF traps from Is to IT miles each
day would have been no easy task for
four husky men, hut the boys did not
fal.er or think of turning back. They
learned to overcome obstacles-the
the most valuable lesson in life.
The backwoods of former days the
author describes from personal eype-
rience and his description of the wild
life is of unusual interest. Hunting
moose and trapping smaller game
kept the boys busily engaged, and
with the thrills that attended these
adventures there was added the eS-
citement of being surprised and cap
tured by gang of outlaw woodsmen
who robbed the boys of nearly every
thing and drove them down the lake.
The outlook for the youngsters was
anything but bright; they kept their
courage, however, and while putting
in their time to good advantage d,g-
,gir n coll fhaV decided
upon a bold stroke to outwit the rob
bers. The manner in which they
turned the tables on the outlaws will
appeal to every red blooded youth.
There is an abundance of instructive
Information in the book. The Author
explains, for instance, how to set a
mink trap, an otter trap, a "saple
line; how to lay a dead falp'; how
to skin a muskrat and how to fish
through the fee. The boys profited
from the trip in dollars and cents as
well as in experience, clearing 500
each from the salefof fur, trout and
spruce gum; and S99 in those days
went considerably farther in paying
for year in college than it would to-
day.
This book of adventure in the wilds
will be welcomed by the youthful
reader. 1t is published by L. C. Page
s. Company, Boston, Mass.
Drifting Leaves" a collection of
poems by Frances Wright Turner.
Every lover of poetry will be i'm
pressed by the beauty and charm of
these verses covering a wide range of
interesting subjects. Throughout the
verses there is the cheering philoso-
ply that everything is fer the best for
God is over all and knows.
The word-portrayal of nature, of
the advent of the seasons. and of the
beauty of flower gardens, proves as
effective as the painters brush in set
ting forth the subjects. The variation
in the scheme of rhyme in the several
poems holds the attention.
The author pays tribute in verse to
the Stars and Stripes, to Lincoln. to
Maine, and to the poet-laureate of the
Pine Tree State, Edwin Arlington
Robinson. Other subjects such as
compensation" THE Beloved"
Home Hills" Gods Sign" Green
Mountain Philosophy" and Ghosts"
furnish an abundance of working ma
terial which is fashioned in a MASTER
ly manner.
The volume which is printed after
many requests for collection of
poems by Frances Wright Turner in
book form, is published by the Lewis
ton Journal Company, Lewiston.