NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
~ Some Books Recently Added to Manchester Library. 
Boys who like football—and what 
boy does not—will be glad to know that 
another of Ralph Henry Barbour’s fa- 
mous football stories has been added to 
the Library. ‘‘Change Signals’’ is a real 
boy’s story, and one that would do any 
boy good to read.. Mr. Barbour, who 
lives in our town at. ‘‘Journey’s End,’’ 
kindly gave to our Library some twen- 
ty volumes of his stories. That they are 
very popular is proven by the fact that 
a number of them have had to be re- 
bound in the short time they ' ive been 
in the Library. 
‘“Glenock Girls at Camp West,’’ a 
good girl’s story, is one of the new 
books. The Glenock Girls’’ series has 
been very much in demand, and this 
latest addition to the list—a tale of 
healthy outdoor life—will add to the 
popularity of the series. 
There is probably no study that so 
inculeates the spirit of humility in the 
student as that of astronomy. The 
more one finds out about the stars and 
planets the more one realizes the im- 
mensity of the universe and how small 
a part of it is our little world. 
The study is a very attractive one 
and to some of us was made much more 
so a few years ago, by reading a very 
fascinating little book, ‘‘The Friendly 
Stars.’’ There are a number of books 
in the Library on this subject but this 
book is without doubt the best one to 
read by anyone wishing to get a gen- 
eral idea of the constellations and 
prominent stars in the evening sky. 
The author, Martha Evans Martin, has 
written a companion volume, ‘‘The 
Ways of the Planets.’’ She writes of 
the planets in such a manner that their 
study is a pleasure. 
The Chapter on Venus—that brilliant 
planet you have all observed shining 
so brightly in the western sky in the 
early evening for the last month—is 
one of the best in the book. Read it 
and learn more about this most beauti- 
ful of the planets. 
To not a few boys and girls the study 
of history seems dry and uninterest- 
ing and anyone writing about the facts 
of history in such a way as to make 
them attractive to children has done 
a distinct service to education. Alice 
S. Hoffman in her ‘‘ Heroes and Hero- 
ines of English History’’ has given us 
a book that will be a pleasure for any 
child to read. She tells about Alfred 
the Great, Queen Elizabeth, William 
Wallace, Bruce, Joan of Arc, Nelson, 
Florence Nightingale, and other well- 
known characters in English history. 
The work is gotten up in a very at- 
tractive form and is well illustrated. 
““Through the School’’ tells how a 
mill boy got an education. It is a very 
human story. The author, Al. Pridy, 
is well-known by his ‘‘Through the 
Mill,’’ ‘‘The Life of a Mill Boy.’’ The 
reader will soon be convinced that the 
author has been ‘‘through the school’’ 
and ‘‘through the mill’? and knows 
much about ‘‘the life of a mill boy.’’ 
‘‘The Princess Purquoi’’ by Margaret 
Sherwood is a collection of fairy tales. 
The first story, which gives the title to 
the book, *ells about a little princess 
who was the victim of a curse of the 
ugly fairy who had control of mind. 
This fairy had not been invited to the 
christening and was offended and 
hence the curse. The effect of this 
curse was manifest very soon when the 
growing child began to ask all sorts of 
unanswerable questions and to have a 
very strong mind all her own The 
influence of her example on her com- 
panions is shown in another story in 
the book, ‘‘The Seven Studious Sis- 
ters.’’ The stories are most chariningly 
told. 
In the list of new books this week a 
number of Kipling’s works may be 
found. Among those suitable for chil- 
dren are ‘‘The Just So Stories’’ with 
‘‘The Just So Song Book’’ giving the 
music to the songs in ‘‘The Just So 
Stories.’’ ‘‘Stories and Poems Every 
Child Should Know’’ is a collection of 
the best poems and children’s stories to 
be found in Kipling’s works. 
This little book should do much to- 
ward making this author better known 
to the little folk. ‘‘Collected Verse’’ 
is another of the Kipling books. It will 
give great pleasure to the numerous 
lovers of the poetry of this author. 
The collection is a good one and well 
arranged. Many of his verses are fa- 
miliar to us as ‘‘Danny Deever,’’ 
“‘Puzzy Wuzzy,’’ ‘‘Mandolay,’’ and 
the ‘‘Recessional.’’?’ There are others 
like ‘‘McAndrews Hymn,’’ ‘‘The Na- 
tive Born,’’ ‘‘The Ballard of East and 
West,’’ and ‘‘Tomlinson’’ that we all 
should know. 
William Vaughn Moody an American 
writer of plays and verse was born in 
Indiana in 1869 and died in Colorado 
at the early age of forty-one ending all 
too soon what promised to be a very 
brilliant career. His complete works 
were published last year in two attrac- 
tive volumes. One is madé up of his 
two prose plays, ‘‘The Great Divide’’ 
and ‘‘The Faith Healer.’’ The other 
contains a triology—‘‘The Fire Bring- 
er,’’ ‘‘The Masque of Judgment,’’ and 
a fragment of ‘‘The Death of Eve’’ 
and Poems.’’ 
“«The Great Divide’’ has been and is 
a popular play depicting Western life. 
Among his best poems may be mention- 
ed ‘‘Ode in Time of Hesitation,’’ ‘‘On 
a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines,’’ 
““A. Grey: Day;’’ and) ‘‘ Gloucester 
Moors.’’ Most of the American poetry~ 
written during the past twenty years 
is ephemeral, but those competent to 
judge consider that a good deal of 
Moody’s verse will live. 
A new novel by G. A. Birmingham, 
author of ‘‘Spanish Gold,’’ called 
‘“Priscilla’s Spies’’ will help to pass 
some pleasant hours. It is a story of 
Irish life and the heroine is a very at- 
tractive young Colleen. 
New editions of a number of the 
standard novelists have been purchased 
for the Library. 
Anthony Trollope whose ‘‘ Barchester 
Towers’’ ‘‘Doctor  Thorne,’’ ‘The 
Warden’’ many of us have read, is rep- 
resented by some forty volumes. The 
books are small in size and the print. 
is good. The edition of Captain Mar- 
ryat numbers twenty-four. Some of our 
readers will want: to renew acquain- 
tance with ‘‘Peter Simple,’’ ‘‘Jacob 
Faithful,’’ and ‘‘ Midshipman Easy.’’ 
Patrons of the Library who have en- 
joyed Ernest Maltravers ‘‘Alice,’’ 
‘‘Kugene Aram,’’ ‘‘ Paul Clifford,’’ and 
‘“My Novel’’ will be glad to see the 
new edition of Bulwer Lytton. 
In the thirty-two volume edition of J. 
Fenimore Cooper will be found all of 
his best stories. Mark Twain’s com- 
plete works may now be obtained, In- 
finite variety may be found in the writ- 
ings of this author and nothing but good 
can be obtained from reading his 
works. 
New copies of Wilkie Collins’ ‘‘ Wo- 
man in White’’ and ‘‘The Moonstone’’ 
may now be had at the Library. Those 
who think that there are no novels like 
the old ones—and I am inclined to agree 
with them—will now have a good op- 
portunity to reread their old favorites. 
—RiiPs.G. 
A detailed list of the books recently 
added to the library will be printed in 
our next issue. 
Miss Rinuie BurKE At HOo.Lis —and many critics say, best—comedy, In the Pinero play, Miss Burke, of 
Miss Billie Burke, who has generally “The ‘Mind the Paint’ Girl.” course, has the title role—a London 
played her annual engagement at the Miss Burke had remarkable success musical comedy star who has achieved 
Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, at Eas- in this play in New York where she fame by singing a song entitled “Mind 
ter time, comes this year to enliven played it 150 times at the Lyceum the Paint.” Lily Parradoll—that is 
the early part of the Lenten period. Theatre. She repeated her triumph at the heroine’s name—is a typical girl of 
She will begin a three weeks’ run at Philadelphia and again at Baltimore, her kind. Born over a small grocer’s 
the Hollis on Monday evening, Feb- where she is playing this week. The shop, brought up in the streets, her 
ruary 3, and more than usual interest critics of these three cities agree that pretty face and nimble wit and still 
attaches to the coming of the popular in this piece, Miss Burke has really nimbler heels have pushed her for- 
actress this time because she brings come into her own as an actress of ward into the position of the principal 
with her Sir Arthur Pinero’s newest unusual merit and power. girl at the Pandora Theatre. 
