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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Notes On New Books 
Recently Added to Manchester Public Library 
Boys who become fond of ‘‘ Norman 
Carver,’’ ‘‘Fred  Warner,’’ ‘‘Billy 
Eustace,’’ ‘‘Sol Soc,’’ ‘‘Jud Skinner’’ 
and the Frenchmen  ‘‘Pete Bedote’’ 
and ‘‘Felix Lamaire’’ in ‘All Among 
the Loggers’’ will be glad to renew 
their acquaintance in ‘‘With Peakpole 
and Peavy’’ the sequel to the above 
story. ‘‘All Among the Loggers’’ gave 
a very good description of a logging 
camp down in Maine. At the end of 
the ‘‘Loggers’’ we had left the logs 
piled up on the banks of the river. 
These collections of logs were known as 
‘‘landings.’’ In the present story the 
timber is rolled into the water in the 
soring of the year and floated down the 
river to the saw mills to be cut up in- 
to lumber. Rafting the logs is a dan- 
gerous task and is well described in 
this book. The story is illustrated, 
showing various phases of the work. 
It- is a worthy successor to ‘All 
Among the Loggers.’’ 
Laura E. Richards, author of ‘‘Cap- 
tain ‘‘January,’’ ‘‘Mrs. Tree’’ and 
‘““Mrs.. Tree’s Will’? has written 
another novel, ‘‘Miss Jimmy.’’ In this 
story she has portrayed, in her bright 
way, the New England character. 
‘-Jimmy’’ left home and became a 
trained nurse and after five years came 
back home to take care of her invalid 
sister. She was like ‘‘Sentimental 
Tommy ’’ in that she was ‘‘ very master- 
way. 
Fortunately her happy nature was 
contageous and the neighborhood was 
much benefited by her presence. Be- 
fore the story closes she finds her af- 
nnity and all ends well. 
‘“Poor Dear Margaret Kirby’’—by 
Kathleen Norris, author of ‘‘Mother’’ 
and ‘‘The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne’’— is a 
collection of short stories. The book 
should not be judged by the opening 
story, which gives the title to this 
work, as it is not as good as many 
others. ‘‘What Happened to Alanna’’ 
and ‘‘The Friendship of Alanna’’ are 
two good stories about the family of an 
Irish politician. ‘‘Making allowance 
for Mamma’”’ is both funny and clever. 
‘“‘The Gay WUeceiver’’ is a good 
character study. There are a number 
of other good stories in this volume. 
The industrial question looms large 
at the present time and anything that 
brings the employer and employee 
closer together should be welcomed. 
William C. Redfield—a prominent writ- 
er on this subject—has brought out a 
book, ‘‘The New Industrial Day.’’ Tt 
should be of interest to every citizen, 
and every employer of labor should read 
it. He believes the  workingman 
should be considered as an asset and 
not as an expense. 
‘*Tnjurious Insects, How to Recognize 
and. Control Them’’ is one of the new 
books that should be of great practical 
usé. The author divides the insect 
pests into three groups: 1. ‘‘ Pests of 
garden and field crops;’’ 2. ‘Pests 
of orchard and small _ fruits;?’ 3. 
‘*Pests of the household.’’ The book 
has some 600 illustrations and is well 
indexed. To exemplify the usefulness 
of this index take the article on the 
eut worm which is found on page 140. 
Referring to treatment it recommended 
poison bran mash but the formula was 
not given. Looking up bran mash in 
the index you will find it on page 68 
where it is told how it is made. 
Those having trouble with ‘‘injurious 
insects’? of the garden, orchard or 
home will receive help by consulting 
this up-to-date treatise. 
I think most every one likes to know 
something about the author of any book 
they have read and enjoyed. Readers 
of ‘“The Spy’’ and the ‘‘Leatherstock- 
ing Tales’’ will be pleased to know 
that at last we have a life of James 
Fenimore Cooper. There is probably no 
early American writer about whose 
personality we know so little. The 
latter part of his life was embittered. 
His experiences at that time led him 
to discourage any attempt to write his 
biography. His wish has been re- 
spected up to this time. However, peo- 
ple naturally wanted to know more 
about an author the popularity of 
whose works is still undiminished. The 
work is written by Mary E. Phillips 
and is beautifully illustrated. 
Good novels are scarce—I am refer- 
ring to recent fiction—so it is a pleas- 
ure to have the opportunity to read one 
that is much above the average. ‘‘The 
Happy Warrior’? — by A. 8. M. Hut- 
chinson, author of ‘‘Once Aboard the 
Lugger’’— is undoubtedly a good nov- 
el. The title is the same as that of 
one of the great poems written by Wil- 
liam Wordsworth and the book opens 
with a quotation from this poem. ‘‘The 
Happy Warrior’’ would be worth while 
if for no other reason than that it call- 
ed attention to Wordsworth’s great 
poem. The novel is one of English life 
and has rather an unusual plot. Those 
competent to judge predict a brilliant 
future for the author of this popular 
novel. America has sometimes been call- 
ed ‘‘A Nation of Inventors,’’ and there 
is ample proof that the world has been 
enriched by numerous American inven- 
tions. Consequently ‘‘Leading Ameri- 
ean Inventors’’ by George Tes should 
be of peculiar interest. We are told 
about John Stevens, inventor of a suc- 
cessful screw propeller, Fulton and his 
steamboat, Whitney and his cotton-gin, 
MeCormick and his reaper, Elias Howe 
and his sewing- machine and many 
others. 
All lovers of Dickens will be pleased 
to have the privilege of reading ‘‘The 
Dicken’s Originals’? by Edwin Pugh. 
The book is illustrated with photo- 
graphs of the characters in real life 
from whom the well known characters 
in his stories were copied. ‘‘Mr. Mi- 
cawber,’’? who was always waiting for 
‘“something to turn up,’’ was his own 
father, John Dickens;’’ ‘‘Mrs. Nickle- 
by’’ was his mother; the ‘‘Cheeryble 
Brothers’’ were two merchants of Man- 
chester, England, by the name of 
American 
-the Postal 
Grant. 
by E. V. Lueas in his ‘‘ Wanderer In 
Florence,’’ ‘‘The Great English Floren- 
tine’’—was the original, of ‘‘ Lawrence 
Boythorne’’ in ‘‘Bleak House.’’? There 
is much of interest told about other 
originals of well known characters in 
his books. 
‘“Tangles’’ by Margaret Cameron is 
a volume of short stories of a humor- 
ous character. The first story, ‘‘ Who 
Laughs Last’’ is one of the best in the 
book. £‘The:.Pipes .o’, .Pan,’?.-‘ “fine 
Little White Hin’’ and ‘‘The Way to 
the Wedding’’ are other good stories. 
In fact the most of them are above the 
ordinary. 
Two books have just been added to 
the library that should be of interest 
to poultry raisers. 
fection Poultry Book’’ by C. C. Shoe- 
maker is a smal] volume containing a 
great deal of knowledge on this sub- 
ject in a condensed form. ‘*How to 
Keep Hens for Profit’? by C. 8. Valen- 
tine is a larger work. 
American flen,’’ ‘‘The American Hen 
and American Money,’’ ‘‘Eggs of the 
Breeds, ’’ 
Chicks,’’ ‘‘Handling the Chicks’’ and 
‘“Common-sense Handling of Common 
Diseases’? are some headings of chap- 
ters. ‘‘A Chautauqua Boy in ’61 and 
Afterwards’’ is a volume of reminis- 
cences by David B. Parker. He fought 
in the Civil war as a private. He was 
rapidly promoted. He was made ‘‘Sup- 
erintendent of the Mails and Dispatech- 
bearers of the Army of the Potomac’’ 
and later on he had charge of the re- 
construction of Postal Service of Vir- 
ginia and at one time was United 
States Marshall for Virginia. After 
the war he spent a number of years in 
Secret Service. He was 
closely associated with President Lin- 
coln, and he knew intimately Presi- 
dents Johnson, Grant, Hays, Garfield. 
A great many volumes of reminiscen- 
ces. have been written about the 
Civil War but very few give as good an 
idea of some phases of the war as does 
this book. We all realize the import- 
ance of good homes, anu anything that 
would improve them should be very 
welcome. ‘‘Increasing Home Efficien- 
cy’’— by Martha Bensley Bruere and 
Robert W. Bruere—contains some ex- 
cellent advice about the home. The 
following headings of chapters: ‘‘ What 
is the Home For,’’ ‘‘Home Administra- 
tion,’’? ‘‘The Home and the Market,’’ 
‘“How Shall We Learn to Keep House,’’ 
““The Cost of Children’’ and ‘‘Savings 
and Efficiency’? will give some idea 
how the subject is taken up. 
In ‘‘Village Life in America 1852- 
1872’’ by Caroline C. Richards we are 
given a very attractive picture of life 
in a village in New York State at a 
very interesting period in our history. 
She began the diary when only ten 
years of age and kept it up for twenty 
years. We see things through the eyes 
of a growing child and a very observing 
child, at that. The book haa sn intro- 
duction by Margaret E. Sangster. She 
says, ‘‘I have read thousands of books. 
I have never read one which has given 
me more delight than this.’’ This is 
high praise coming from such a souree, 
Walter Savage Landor—called 
‘‘Standard Per- - 
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