NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Notes on New Books 
Recently Added to the Manchester Public Library 
Lovers of adventure ought to read 
‘‘The Sea and The Jungle’’ by H. M. 
Tomlinson. The author went on a trip 
of exploration in a tramp steamer up 
the River Amazon and its tributary 
the Madeira River. His description of 
what he saw, and of his varied ex- 
periences, is both vivid and picturesque. 
Readers of ‘‘The Woman from Wol- 
verton’’ by Isabel Gordon Curtis will 
welcome her latest novel ‘‘The Lapse 
of Enoch Wentworth.’’ It is a fas- 
cinating story with the scenes laid in 
New York. 
J. H. Fabre a celebrated French na- 
turalist has written many interesting 
books. Two of these, ‘‘Social Life in 
the Insect World’’ and ‘‘The Life of 
the Spider,’’ have been translated into 
English. The latter work has an in- 
troduction:-by \Maurice Maeterlinck, 
who says of this author, that he is ‘‘one 
of the glories of the civilized world.’’ 
Someone has said of his ‘‘The Life of 
the Spider,’’ ‘‘Fabre writes a story of 
the spider that is as thrilling, as dram- 
atic, as intensely interesting as a most 
exciting novel.’’ 
Mrs. Humphry Ward, author of ‘‘ Rob- 
ert Elsmere,’’ ‘‘Eleanor,’’ ‘‘ Lady 
Rose’s Daughter,’’ and Many other 
novels—has a new novel, ‘‘The Mating 
of Lydia.’’ Lydia Penfold is a charm- 
ing young artist. Two men came into 
her life, Lord Latham and a briefless 
barrister, Claude Faversham. ‘‘The 
novel is a study of rival passions as be- 
tween Faversham and Latham, and a 
conflict of conscience between Lydia 
and Faversham.’’ 
Guerilla Leaders of the World’’ is a 
book about guerilla warfare. Many 
interesting facts are related about Bolli- 
var in South America, Garibaldi in 
Italy, Mosely, Morgan and Forest in 
our Civil War, and DeWet and Deleary 
in the Boer War, and many other leaders 
of this method of warfare. 
‘‘Tmmigration and Labor’’ by Isaac 
Hourwich, Ph. D., is a very able dis- 
cussion of this subject. ‘‘He dissents 
from the popular opinion which holds 
that every immigrant admitted to the 
eountry takes away the job of some 
American or earlier immigrant.’’ ‘‘The 
Immigrant Invasion,’’ by Frank Julian 
Warne, Ph. D., is a study of immigra- 
tion from another viewpoint. Prob- 
ably few know that one out of every 
seven of the 91,000,000 in the United 
States was born in a foreign country. 
‘‘Zone Policeman 88,’’ by Harry 
Franck the well known author of ‘‘A 
Vagabond Journey Around the World,’? 
gives much information in a very en- 
tertaining manner, about the Canal 
Zone. 
‘The American Child’’ by Elizabeth 
McCracken is a small work that would 
do any parent or teacher good to read. 
The writer takes a rather optimistic 
view of the American Child. 
Two small books on London have been 
added to the Library: ‘‘The Romance 
of London’’ by Gordon Horne gives a 
short historical sketch of the world’s 
greatest city; ‘‘A Little Book About 
London,’’ by Richard Whiteing tells 
us much about the London of to-day 
and incidentally gives much of its his- 
tory. 
Panama will have a prominent place 
on the map for the next few years. 
‘‘Panama Past and Present,’’ by Farn- 
ham Bishop is a small work well written. 
By reading it one gets some interesting 
historical data and a very good idea of 
present conditions in the Canal Zone. 
‘¢The Spirit of American Literature’’ 
is a book worth reading. Its author, 
John Macy writes for the book de- 
partment of the Boston Herald. He says 
in his preface ‘‘ American Literature is 
on the whole idealistic, sweet, delicate 
and nicely finished.’’ His idea of the 
American novel may be gleaned from 
the following quotation: ‘‘ American 
fiction shows all sorts of merit, but the 
merits are not assembled, concentrated: 
the fine is weak and the strong is crude 
ingen o the American novel which multi- 
plies past counting remains an inferior 
production. ’’ 
-*Greyfriars Bobby’’ by Eleanor At- 
kinson is a beautiful story about a lit- 
tle Scotch dog. All lovers of Animals 
should read it. 
The Dean of American living writers, 
W. D. Howells is still writing good 
stories. ‘‘New Leaf Mills’’ is a good 
American story; time, after the Mexi- 
can war; scene, out west and New York. 
It gives a good idea of the simple, 
comely life of that time. 
—R. T. G. 
New Books Recently Added to 
Manchester Public Library 
American Child, MeCracken 
Guerilla Leaders of the World, 
Standing 909-S 
Immigrant Invasion, Warne 325-W 
Immigration and Labor, Hourwich 325-H 
Life of the Spider, Fabre 595-F 
Little Books About London, Whiteing 
372-M 
942-W 
Panama—Past and Present, Bishop 
986-B 
Romance of London, Home 942-H3 
Sea and the Jungle, Tomlinson 910-T3 
Social Life in the Inseet World Fabre 
595-F 1 
Spirit of American Literature, Macy 
814-M12 
Zone Policeman 88, Franck 986-F 
FICTION 
Greyfriars Bobby, Atkinson A875.1 
Lapse of Enoch Wentworth, Curtis 
C9784.2 
Mating of Lydia, Ward W26.16 
New Leaf Mills, Howells H859.29 
Week at a French Country House, 
Sartoris $251.1 
OWNERS OF BOSTON & MAINE 
Majority of Individual Stockholders 
Are Women 
There are 7405 holders of the com- 
mon stock of the Boston and Maine. 
Sixty per cent. or these holders have 
from one to ten shares apiece and only 
3 1|2 percent. hold more than a hundred 
shares. 
Fifty-one per cent. of those who hold 
preferred shares in the company own 
not over ten shares and less than five 
per cent. hold more than a hundred 
shares. All told there are 656 holders 
of preferred stock. The average per 
stockholder of the common shares is 
51.85. In 1910 it was 43.58. The aver- 
age per stockholder of the preferred 
shares is 48 as against 47.55 in 1910. 
But more remarkable than the wide 
distribution of Boston & Maine stock, 
as indicated by these figures, is the 
tact that, leaving out of consideration 
the stock held by trustees of estates or 
guardians and by insurance companies 
and other corporations, a majority of 
the individual stockholders—about 60 
per cent. really—are women. ‘To be 
exact, there are 3894 women stockhold- 
ers of both classes and only 2725 men. 
While of course this does not mean that 
women hold more of the stock than men, 
it does show the interest which women 
have in the affairs of the road. Divi- 
dends mean much to women stockhol- 
ders as a rule. It is upon them they 
depend largely for subsistence. 
Women are more numerous, curiously 
enough, in both classes of stockholders. 
There are 3618 women holding common 
stock and only 2556 men. There are 
286 women holding preferred stock and 
only 169 men. The total number of 
common stockholders has increased from 
7336 in 1911 to 7405 in 1912; the total 
number of preferred stockholders from 
648 in 1911 to 656 in 1912. 
How vitally New England is con- 
cerned in the prosperity of the Boston 
and Maine is revealed when one comes 
to examine the geographical distribu‘ien 
of stockholdings. Ninety-two per cent 
of its stockholders live in the three 
States in which its chief husiness is 
done—Maine, New Hampshire and 
Massachusetts. This is a concentration 
of ownership rarely found in a system 
so large as the Boston and Maine, com- 
prising 2,350 miles of track. 
There are 5,372 Massachusetts holders 
of both classes of stock and they own 
375,672 shares, representing about 90 per 
cent. of the total outstanding. Maine 
has 622 holders with 19,185 shares, or 
about 5 per cent. of the total. New 
Hampshire has 1,385 stockholders, but 
they own only about 2 per cent. of the 
total, or 6,359 shares, 
In 1912 there was distributed by the 
Boston and Maine in dividends in the 
State of Massachusetts alone the sum 
of $1,612,564; in Maine, $82,726 and in 
New Hampshire $21,457. Only $51,147 
went outside the boundaries. of these 
three states. 
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