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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Real Estate and Improvements 
..- Up and Down the North Shore... 
One of the largest jobs undertaken 
on the Shore for several years is that 
at the George R. White estate, Smith 
Point, Manchester. Nearly 200 men 
are employed there this winter—many 
of them men who would otherwise be 
without work in the dead of winter. 
The job means much to Manchester 
as thousands of dollars are being put 
in circulation through it. Part of the 
work is being done by a Boston con- 
tractor, one not within the fold of the 
labor union. Consequently the other 
contractors are working under con- 
siderable difficulties. 
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In this week’s real estate transfers 
is recorded the sale of land on Everett 
street, Beverly Farms, 50x130 feet, by 
Lena J. McDonnell to S. John Con- 
nolly. This parcel adjoins one which 
Mr. Connolly’s home is standing. 
New Books at Manchester Library 
The “Manual Training Magazine” 
was taken at the Manchester Public 
library with the hope that the boys in 
the class for manual training in our 
schools would call for it and receive 
help and inspiration from the many 
good articles to be found in-it. So 
far it has been taken out very little 
and a good opportunity to get some 
very useful information is _ being 
neglected. At the back of the maga- 
zine is a very useful “readers’ guide” 
to articles in other periodicals on the 
subject of the manual arts. 
The library has just been presented 
by the publishers, Doubleday, Page 
& Co., with a copy of “The Stock Ex- 
change from Within” by William C. 
Van Antwerp. I do not suppose 
there is any well known subject upon 
which the ordinary man has such 
vague ideas. Anybody reading this 
book will be well repaid for the time 
spent in so doing. “The Functions 
of the Stock Exchange,” ‘The Uses 
and Abuses of Speculation,” “The 
Bear and Short Selling,” “Relation- 
ship Between the Banks and the 
Stock Exchange” and “Publicity in 
Exchange Affairs; Cautious and Pre- 
cautious” are the headings of inter- 
esting chapters. An appendix gives 
“Report of the Governor’s Commit- 
tee on Speculation in Securities and 
Commodities.” This committee was 
appointed by Hon. Charles FE. Hughes 
when Governor of New York. This 
report of over thirty pages treats the 
subject from almost every standpoint. 
The reading of this book leads one to 
the conclusion that the Stock Ex- 
change is not a gambling institution 
but a very necessary adjunct to the 
business of any country. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell, author of 
that famous classic of English village 
life, “Cranford,” wrote a biography 
of Charlotte Bronte—author of one 
of the best known and most read of 
English novels, “Jane Eyre.” A 
number of books on the life of this 
well known English novelist have 
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‘ern reader without the help of a gloss- _ 
‘Kaye—author of “Canterbury Tales” 
been written but Mrs. Gaskell’s is un- 
doubtedly the best. It may now be 
obtained at the library. : 
Geoffrey Chancer, “Father of Eng- 
lish Poetry” was born in 1340 and — 
died in 1400. He was buried in the 
south transept of Westminster Ab- | 
bey, known as the Poets Corner, be- — 
ing the first literary man so honored. _ 
He did not have a college education 
but must have been a great reader 
for he seems to have been familiar 
with most of the literature of his 
time. He had a position at court and 
was sent on a number of continental 
embassies, the most important being 
that to Italy. While in Italy he is 
supposed to mave met the poet 
Petrarch. He was the first great 
English poet. Spencer called him 
“that welle of Englishe undefyled.” 
He wrote when our English language 
was in the formative period and many 
words are unintelligible to the mod- 
ary. Artemus Ward said of Chaucer 
“that he was a great poet but he 
could not spell.” 
A number of attempts have been © 
made to put the poetry of Chaucer — 
into modern English, but with rather 
poor results, and consequently to the 
average reader, Chaucer has remained — 
a closed book. Recently two writers, 
John S. P. Latlock—author of “The — 
Development and Chronology of 
Chaucer’s Works’—and Percy Mc- — 
and “Jeanne D’Arc”—have given us a 
prose version of Chaucer’s poetical © 
writings, “The Modern’ Reader’s © 
Chaucer.” 
The authors have tried to convey 
the sense of the original as well as © 
they could. They have put this au- 
thor’s works in such a form as should 
make’ them more familiar to the or- — 
dinary reader, than they are at pres- 
ent. This book is a fine example of © 
good book making. It is well printed — 
and contains over thirty full-page — 
colored illustrations. —R.T.G. 
BoyHoop’s WIsH ? 
Little Louis, four years old, had ~ 
been sitting on the sofa all morning, 
when his mother said: “You have 
been a very good boy all morning. If 
there is anything you wish I will give 
it to you, Louis.” “I would like to be 
a bad boy this afternoon,” he replied. _ 
FEEDING THE FisH 
“What does it mean to cast your 
bread upon the waters?” asked the 
Sunday school teacher. 
“Tt means that the fishes has to be | 
fed,” replied the small Sadie—E-x- 
change. 
