Burrage, Henry Sweetser. History of the Baptists in Maine. $2. Marks ptg. house, Portland, Me.
This history “covers the period from about 1675 to the present time. It treats freely the educational and temperance activities of the denomination, its connection with the anti-slavery agitation, its missionary labors, and the growth of its church organizations.”—Am. J. of Theol.
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 50w. |
“Leaves little to be desired by persons interested in the Baptist history of the state of Maine.”
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Burrill, Katharine. Corner stones. [*]$1.25. Dutton.
A book which pleads for the old-time leisurely courtesy and a home education for girls. “The volume is made up of essays, several of which appeared in a London magazine, to girls on friendship, cleanliness, duty to parents, letter writing, cooking, etc. In her ‘Foreword,’ the author speaks of the modern girl. She does not believe in sending a girl away from home for her education. The mother is the best teacher. ‘It is better,’ she writes, ‘to keep a girl at home, if all she learns is spelling and simple arithmetic.’” (N. Y. Times). While it appeals strongly to English girls, it is no less a book with a mission for the American girl.
“The ethical purpose of the book and its pleadings for sweeter manners are sufficiently plain, and are handled so wittily, with such lurking fun and brimming humor, that their assimilation is an easy and pleasant process. In its pages it never outsports discretion. As a gospel of goodness it is eminently reasonable, and its style has the charm of unconsciousness.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 107. F. 18, ‘05. 450w. |
“It is a series of monitory chapters upon all sorts of social and moral observances delivered in slangy English.”