by Eleanor O'Donnell

Colby, Virginia Reed, and James B. Atkinson. FOOTPRINTS OF THE PAST: IMAGES OF CORNISH, NEW HAMPSHIRE & THE CORNISH COLONY. New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park Street, Concord, N.H. 03301. 1996. $45.00 ISBN 0-915916-22-3
This book contains biographies and stories about the hundreds of artists, writers, and musicians, associated with the Cornish Colony, and the relationships they had with each other.

Daynard, Jodi, editor. THE PLACE WITHIN: PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE BY CONTEMPORARY WRITERS. Norton. 1997. $23.00 ISBN 0-393-03999-4
Places that a writer visits, or lives in can influence the shape of his or her writing. This collection of essays celebrates a sense of place, and shows how landscape transforms us. Donald Hall's essay describes winter in rural New Hampshire.

Doan, Daniel. INDIAN STREAM REPUBLIC: SETTING A NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER, 1785-1842. University Press of New England. 1997. $17.95 paper, ISBN 0-87451-768-0 $45.00 Hardbd, ISBN 0-87451-767-2
After the American Revolution ended, there was still great controversy about the boundary lines between northern New England and British Canada. The frontier settlers of what would become known as the Indian Stream declared themselves to be a republic, establshed a constitution, legislature, courts, laws, and a militia. This previously unpublished work on the Indian Stream Republic was found among the late author's papers, and has been edited by his daughter, Ruth Doan McDougall.

Emmet, Alan. SO FINE A PROSPECT: HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND GARDENS. University Press of New England. 1996. $49.95 ISBN 0-87451-749-4
Drawing from diaries, historical records, sketch maps, and paintings, Emmet lets us glimpse into more than two dozen gardens that graced New England's towns and countryside from just after the American Revolution into the twentieth century.

Evans, Helen F., Compiler. INDEX OF REFERENCES TO AMERICAN WOMEN IN COLONIAL NEWSPAPERS THROUGH 1800. VOL. III: NEW HAMPSHIRE 1786-1800. Order from the author, 270 Back River Road, Bedford, N.H. 03102. 1995. $28.00
Volume 3, which covers 1786-1800, is devoted to indexing the New Hampshire Gazette published in Portsmouth. Full identification has been limited to the New Hampshire women.

Fogel, Alice B. I LOVE THIS DARK WORLD. Zoland Books. 1996. $11.95 ISBN 0-944072-64-X
New Hampshire poet's second collection of poems. One of the poems, The Necessity was included in Best American Poetry, 1993.

Goddu, K.A. MONDAY'S MOURNING: A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE 1915 STRIKE AT THE NASHUA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 2nd edition. Morris Publishing Company. 1996. $8.50 ISBN 1-57502-175-7
This book tells about the underlying conflict in the six-month long labor dispute between the immigrant operatives and the mill management. Provides insight on indifferent attitudes towards the immigrant mill workers prior to America's entry into World War I.

Hanson, Rosalind P. AMERICA'S FIRST PEOPLE, INCLUDING NEW HAMPSHIRE'S FIRST PEOPLE. New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, 300 Main Street, Hopkinton, N.H. 03229. $14.95; plus $3.00 shipping and handling.
Part one gives an overview of the first settlers in North America, the various tribes and biographical sketches of notable Indian chiefs. Part two focuses on New Hampshire Indians, their cultural divisions, way of life, includes profiles of both past and contemporary Native Americans, and organizations promoting interracial culture.

Hathaway, Michael R. EVERYTHING HAPPENED AROUND THE SWITCHBOARD. Reflection Publications. Order from the author, Box 705, Conway, N.H. 03818. 1996. $13.95; plus $2.00 shipping and handling, 50 cents for each additional book. 15% Discount to libraries. ISBN 0-9654159-1-0
Mike Hathaway's parents were involved for thirty years with the Bryant Pond Telephone Company, which became the only operating crank phone system remaining in the United States. Family life revolved around the switchboard in their home. This entertaining memoir includes stories of their relations with telephone customers, employees and their neighbors in this rural community

IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: A HISTORY OF THE KEENE POLICE DEPARTMENT. Keene Benevolent Association. Order from Keene Police Department. 1995. $30.00
This history of the Keene Police Department from its founding in the late 18th century is also a chronicle of criminal activity in the area.

Jung, S. Paul. JOHN TABER AND JOHN TABER, JR., TWO NEW ENGLAND CLAY TOBACCO PIPE- MAKERS: A FAMILY HISTORY AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Order from the author, P.O. Box 817, Bel Air, MD 21014. 1996. $37.00
The author acquired a collection of clay pipes made in Wolfeboro. His research on the manufacturer, John Taber, Jr., and his father, John Taber of Wells, Maine, resulted in this book which provides information on the manufacture of clay pipes and an illustrated catalog.

Kenyon, Jane. OTHERWISE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. Graywolf Press. 1996. $23.95 ISBN 1-55597-240-3
This collection of poems includes twenty new poems and others published in four previous books. Selected and arranged by Jane Kenyon shortly before her death of leukemia in April 1995.

Kumin, Maxine. CONNECTING THE DOTS: POEMS. Norton. 1996. $18.95 ISBN 0-393-03962-5
The eleventh collection of poems by this prolific poet expands on the themes that have engaged her most strongly, such as family connections, and the natural world. Kumin lives on a farm in central New Hampshire.

Parent, Michael, and Julien Olivier. OF KINGS AND FOOLS: STORIES OF THE FRENCH TRADITION IN NORTH AMERICA. August House Publishers. 1996. $12.96 <>ISBN 0-87483-481-3
The authors recount the stories they often heard told as children growing up in the northeast. Those with Franco-American ancestry will recognize some of the characters in this collection of stories gathered from many sources. Julien Olivier is a storyteller from Barrington, New Hampshire. Michael Parent is a native of Maine.

Randall, Peter E. NEW HAMPSHIRE: A LIVING LANDSCAPE: PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS. Peter E. Randall, Publisher. 1996. $35.00 ISBN 0-914339-56-7
The panoramic photographs in this book resulted from a five year project of photographing New Hamp- shire's landscape with a unique camera. The color photographs of forests, fields, waters and mountains magnificently display the diversity of the landscape of the Granite State.

Roberts, Harold A. JEST A BIT A NEW HAMPSHA HISTRY EN HUMA, PLUS ATTRACTIONS. VOL. II. Harold A. Roberts, HCR 66, Box 7, Goshen, N.H. 03752. 1996. $7.00
Readers will enjoy exploring New Hampshire with Harold Roberts. This guidebook is filled with historical anecdotes about various sites and New Hampshire personages. His poem Song of New Hampshire, written in the style of Longfellow, describes the early history and the beauty of the Granite State.

Samson, Gary. A WORLD WITHIN A WORLD. Arcadia. 1995. $25.00 ISNB 0-7524-0103-3
In the 19th century, Manchester's mills drew thousand of immigrants from Europe and Canada, with the promise of a better life. Samson examines their lives in this visual history, using 150 black and white contemporary photographs.

"SAVING LIVES - SAVING FUTURES" : A YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION PROJECT. Order from the Injury Prevention Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H. Tel. (603) 650-1780. 1996. $16.00
This manual was prepared by the New Hampshire Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Assembly in order to enable communities to develop a comprehensive youth suicide prevention program in the state.

Schade, Gerhard Rudolf. VERSE EINES AMERIKA-DEUTSCHEN: THE GERMAN AND ENGLISH POETRY OF GERHARD RUDOLF SCHADE. Edited by Richard E. Schade. Peter Lang. 1996. Price unkown. ISBN 0-8204-2331-9
Schade, who was born in Silesia in 1906, and emigrated to America in 1926, was a German teacher at St. Paul's School, Concord, for 40 years, until his retirement in 1971. He wrote poetry in German and English. This collection includes poems written about New Hampshire, such as The Last Canterbury, New Hampshire Shaker; Hopkinton Pasture; and Tree on Mount Kearsarge.

Simic, Charles. WALKING THE BLACK CAT: POEMS. Harcourt Brace. 1996. $13.00 ISBN 0-15-600481-X
New collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize winner "brings new startling visions of the haunted landscape, where the surreal and the mundane, the sacred and profane are indistinguishable."

Thaxter, Celia. THE POEMS OF CELIA THAXTER. Peter E. Randall, Publisher. 1996. $20.00 ISBN 0-914339-57-5
Reprint of the Appledore edition issued in 1896, plus some other poems, and a few short stories. Jane E. Vallier, author of Poet on Demand, the life, letters and works of Celia Thaxter, prepared the introduction to this comprehensive new edition.

Weesner, Thoedore. NOVEMBERFEST: A NOVEL. University Press of New England. 1996. Knopf. 1994. $15.95 paper, ISBN 0-87451-766-4 $24.00 Hardbd, ISBN 0-67943-099-7
Glen Cady, a professor of German literature at a small New Hampshire college, is facing midlife crisis. His devotion as a teacher does not ensure tenure, and uncertain future prospects makes him turn away from his loving family, and seek solace in the arms of a young student. The author lives in Portsmouth.

Yates, Elizabeth. SPANNING TIME: A DIARY KEEPER BECOMES A WRITER. Cobblestone Publishing. 1996. $42.00 ISBN 0-942389-13-1
A collection of the author's early diaries, My Diary, My World, together with My Widening World, and One Writer's World, beginning in 1917 and ending in 1951, when she won the Newbery Medal for her book, Amos Fortune. These diaries will be enjoyed by readers of any age.