The author states in his preface: “I have tried to tell accurately but in readable fashion the story of the builders of our town; their homes and home life, their employments, their Sabbath keeping, their love of learning, their administration of town affairs, their stern delusions, their heroism in war, and in resistance to tyranny.” Ipswich was a typical New England town founded in 1623, and this detailed history has been prepared largely from original town documents, facsimiles of several of which are given.
[*] “Takes its place in the front rank of its class, and can hardly be praised too highly for diligent research, candor, taste, style, and construction.”
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[*] “An interesting history of an interesting New England town.”
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[*] Watkinson, William L. Inspiration in common life. [*]35c. Meth. bk.
A series of helpful suggestions which prove that every man’s possible happiness is the direct outgrowth of the appreciation and development of his hidden worthiness. The volume is uniform with the “Freedom of faith” series.
Watson, Edward Willard. Old lamps and new, and other verses; also, By Gaza’s gate, a cantata, $1. Fisher.
Under the divisions, Old lamps and new, and A forgotten idyl, the author gives us dainty verses, nearly all of which sing of love; some of the gladness of it, some of its pathos. By Gaza’s gate—a cantata, closes the volume. It is sung by Samson, Delilah, and a chorus; the words are based on the text of the Polychrome Bible.
Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott. [Hurricane island.] $1.50. Doubleday.