rtesy when
they borrowed Bernadotte in order to place the marshal
distinction." We hope we have Mr. Joline's
of Napoleon upon the throne of Gustavus Adolphus.
sanction in assuming that criticism should con- The corpulent German, with his huge pipe, his towering
cern itself not only with the thing said, but also stein of beer, and his elongated dachshund, I have en-
with the author's way of saying it. Still, he
countered more frequently in the many-colored pages
of · Puck' and Judge' than in the domains of the
somewhat disarms criticism by his remarks on
War-Lord. Is the celebrated American humor another
the subject of book-reviews.
departed dream?
“Laying aside those which are palpably advertise-
In further proof he would have us dissect the
ments in the guise of criticism, one will find the reviewer
in ecstacies over that which his fellow-reviewer feels
stories in our Sunday newspapers — “no such
obliged to treat with contempt or severity. It has never awful examples of vulgarity, such dilapidated
been otherwise in the history of literature. Reduced relics of bygone times, such puerile specimens
to a truism, it is all a matter of taste. . It is quite of playful idiocy, could ever be palmed off
likely that some solemn person may say my remarks are
lacking in good taste; which, correctly defined, is what
successfully upon a people capable of appre-
some people think that every one else ought to think. ciating true and original wit.” Let the right-
Mr. Zang will says of some of his utterances that eousness of his indignation be the excuse for
they are "egoistic. • To be egoistic,' he tells us, 'is not his vituperation!
to be egotistic. Egoism should be distinguished from
Touching upon dramatic literature, et cetera,
egotism. The egoist offers his thought to his fellow
we are reminded that play-goers of this genera-
men, the egotist thinks it is the only thought worth their
acceptance.' I plead guilty to the most pronounced
tion would stare in dissatisfied astonishment at
egoism. It is wholly immaterial to me whether any the plays and players of forty years ago - as
one accepts my thoughts. If I am right, it is not my the luxurious Roman who sat in bored silence
fanlt, but the reader's misfortune if he refuses to accept through the Heauton-Timoroumenos of the
them; if I am wrong it is better for all that they should
not be accepted.”
popular Publius Terentius Afer may have
There is a tradition in a college town that a
regretted “The Frogs” of Aristophanes.
« Our revered fathers used to shake their heads even
professor was once questioned at an evening
at Wallack and thought that all the dramatic perform-
party as to the meaning of a word in Byzantine ances of the sixties were degenerate. So we have with
Greek. Turning to his questioner he slowly us even now the praisers of past times who sneer at
asked: “Madam, is this for information or for Ternina, and Nordica, and Melba, and tell us how much
conversation ?” And this is precisely the
better Jenny Lind was, and how infinitely superior the
piping tones of Mario were to the manly notes of Jean
inquiry we are sometimes inclined to put to
de Reszke. We gray-bearded devotees of reminiscence
Mr. Joline.
easily recall the alleged wickedness of a certain play
Speaking of American humor, the author called . The Black Crook,' wherein the loveliness of the
points out that if anyone cares to encounter
female form divine was displayed in a liberal, gorgeous
a real Yankee, he is more likely to find him
and spectacular fashion; but when we compare it with
in Lowell's “ Biglow Papers,” or the pages
the present day productions of burlesques and operettas,
the light artillery of the drama, the old show seems
of “ Artemus Ward,” than in the works of almost Diana-like in its modesty. Whither are we
“Major Jack Downing” or “Sam Slick" tending? When I dream of what may come three
(Haliburton), - the latter of whom he calls a
decades hence I am inclined to hide myself in the re-
tired precints of the Century Club and blush furiously.
pseudo-humorist of the callow age of American
It is all a matter of custom, but I cannot help feeling
literature. We cannot agree with him entirely a sense of sorrow at the decline of good taste when I
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put in parallel columns the coarse and common crudi- would be a trifle more interesting if a little less
ties of Weber and Fields and the sweet dignity of the
iconoclastic. Chapters on books, authors, fine
plays which used to fill the old Wallack Theater with
crowds of cultured people. Yet I go to Weber and
bindings, and curious editions are interwoven
Fields, and I laugh at their ridiculous antics, while at
with anecdotes and stories in the narrative, and
home I sigh over the decline of the theater and mourn all go to make up a volume which every book-
over the departed glories of the legitimate drama.” lover must find entertaining and in some degree
There is always a piquancy to those remarks instructive.
INGRAM A. PYLE.
in which a writer is visibly striving to discover
why he is magnetically attracted by what his
intellect condemns.
We
e are compelled to state that the chapter
THE NEW ORTHODOXY.*
entitled “Of American Novelists and of Robert The publishers advertise Dr. Gordon's book
Louis Stevenson, with Some Remarks about on “Ultimate Conceptions of Faith" as "a
Criticism " strikes us as hardly adequate to the comprehensive statement of the working the-
theme. After reading it one is apt to say, as ology of one of the foremost representatives of
Carlyle said after reading Hegel, that one has the liberal orthodoxy of today.” Dr. Gordon
often enough been over this road before, but is minister of the Old South Church, Boston,
never with a chain and ball at one's ankle. and a leading exponent of the opinions of the
Now and then Mr. Joline indulges in a quiet more radical wing of the Congregational de-
little pasquinade at the expense of writers of nomination. He frankly recognizes the down-
history; still, accuracy in history, according to fall of the old orthodoxy in the minds of
Mr. Andrew Lang, is a fond delusion — the thoughtful people, and the utter impossibility
historian is merely a prosy pedant or a decora- of reconciling some of the ancient dogmas with
tive falsifier. The chapter on “Gas-logs and
Gas-logs and modern science, or even with modern morality
the Private Library" forces one to the conclu. or common sense. So far from deploring all
sion that, after all, cosmopolitan New York is this, he rejoices in it, and believes it necessary
to be regarded as more favorable to gracefully for the purification of religion. When we were
witty small-talk than the air of the London required to accept the Bible, word for word,
drawing-room or the thinner and more crystal as the inspired work of God, we were justly
line atmosphere of the Paris salon.
exposed to the ridicule and contempt of the
In speaking of novels and literary asso- enemies of religion. What a strange mixture
ciation, the author quotes a story of George of truth and fiction, of good morals and sav.
Augustus Sala to the effect that a worthy citi- agery, had we adopted? What heroes and
!
zen of Edinburgh, who settled his quarterly heroines of those ancient days demanded our
accounts with unfailing punctuality, always de reverence! Only our colossal stupidity could
ducted fifteen per cent on the ground that he excuse us,
we knew no better.
had been intimate with Sir Walter Scott. The Yet, after all, we did know a little better
vast majority of the readers of the present than that. Forgetting the logical outcome of
generation occupy themselves principally with our professed creed, we did instinctively seek
what are called " novels -or “history that out the good and hold by it. The attitude of
didn't happen,” as they are styled by that the Roman Catholic Church toward the Bible
admirable historian, John Richard Green. is in itself a recognition of the absurdity of
“These sweets," says Mr. Joline, “have always the situation; the writings are infallible, but
appealed to the palate of mankind from the you must not take them at their face-value,
days of Boccaccio and of Marguerite de Na- they must be interpreted : — of course. But
varre to those of Hall Caine and Sir Gilbert now it is different. The new faith sees in the
Parker. I do not wish to be understood as Bible the hand of God, interpreted by the
giving to Boccaccio the title of first of the mind of man. Recognizing the alloy, the gen-
novelists or to Parker the distinction of being uineness of the gold is the more apparent. We
the last of them, although the lively M.P. has have the story of a great nation illuminated
apparently acquired a right of way to the seats by spiritual insight; it is for us to discern the
of the mighty." Quod bene notandum! thread of precious metal woven into its suba
We have touched upon a small portion only stance. It does not matter what history may
of these chatty “ Diversions." Their author now reveal; the thing is proof of itself. A
has the faculty — a faculty curiously rare — of
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school-boy is reputed to have said that “the Perhaps the greatest advance of the new
works of Homer were not written by Homer, orthodoxy (if here it be truly orthodox) is in
but by another man of the same name."
.” It is its conception of Jesus. According to Dr.
all the same; and if you can prove that Jesus Gordon, he is but returning to the old ortho.
Christ or William Shakespeare did not exist, doxy, for he says (p. 292):
there are the gospels and the plays.
“ The preëxistence of Jesus I do not find in the
As the Bible is proof of its own validity as
teaching of the great theologians, with the exception
a source of light, so in mankind is found the
of Origen, and he teaches the preëxistence of all soul.
It is not Jesus who preëxists before his advent; it is
true testimony to the existence of God. The
the Logos, the Christ, the eternal Son who preëxists."
subjective workings of the human mind result
In other words, we have in Jesus the vehicle
in the formation of ideals, and when these are
of the Word, the perfectly transparent window
believed in, we have the beginning of the idea
of Heaven, through which the spirit of God
of God. As understood by us, God is the per-
shines with undimished brilliance. But as it
sonification of our best ideal. That he is more
seems to me, there is here no radical difference
than this, Dr. Gordon frankly recognizes, for
from the rest of humanity; it is a matter of
the human mind has its limitations, the great-degree rather than of kind. Many men have
ness of which modern science daily emphasizes. shown spiritual insight in preëminent degrees,
The argument here presented has an exact
all probably have it in some degree; but Jesus
parallel on the objective side. The things we
was the perfect jewel without a flaw. Even
see and feel are believed by us to have genuine this last opinion may well need amendment,
reality, although in fact we know only that we
for after all, is not such perfection inconsistent
experience certain sensations. Moreover, we
with human nature, and is not the story of the
are assured that the facts thus demonstrated to
temptation a demonstration of the fact that
us are not all the facts; there are vast realms
Jesus bad to struggle with his own baser ele-
of objective reality concerning which we have
ments like the rest of us? But here we are
no sensations, and never can bave any, as we going beyond our author.
are at present organized. There is a common
Dr. Gordon supports the doctrine of the
saying: “One man, with God, is a majority.” | Trinity with the observation that God is neces-
The true believer in the validity and reality of sarily parallel to humanity, and therefore must
his ideal will die for it, and his death is not a
be a social being.
defeat, but a triumph. So it was with Jesus
“ He is not an eternal egoist in eternal isolation"
Christ; through shameful death came glorious (p. 370).
vi
“ The contest today is between God as an eternal
event, - a demonstration for all the ages of
egoist and God as an eternal socialist. If God is an
the supreme worth of things spiritual.
eternal egoist He is the contradiction of humanity;
and as history shows, the distance from deism to athe-
Against all this it may be said that the truly ism, from an unmeaning God to no God at all, is short.
modest and wise man is he who does not thus If God is an eternal socialist, He is in himself the
glorify the image he has made, not with his ground and hope of mankind " (p. 374).
hands, but with his mind. If he is thoughtful, A species of polytheism (though the term
he must know that it is imperfect, and that would not be admitted) seems to be the out-
others are wiser than himself. Should be not come of the argument, only the plural God-
therefore, submit to guidance ; get his religion head is in perfect harmony with itself, and by
second-hand, as it were? It is a plausible ar- virtue of that fact a unit. Thus is the Trinity
gument, but it breaks down if, as religious peo- explained.
ple in all ages have believed, there is a better The permanence of matter and energy, on
source of spiritual power in communion be the objective side, have become axiomatic in
tween the individual and his God. Just as the science. The conviction of the reality of our
modern scientist goes first to nature, and only spiritual being leads us to the idea of immor-
to books when nature is not available, so the tality, which is as much a corner-stone of the
religious man may seek his insight from God, new faith as it ever was of the old. Says Dr.
nor be ashamed of so doing. To a materialist, Gordon (p. 167), the “reciprocity between
a
this will doubtless seem absurd ; but it is nev. God and man, whether in terms of love, as in
ertheless an objective fact of history that the the case of all the holy, or in terms of dis-
great men who have moved the world to better cipline, as with all defiant souls, would appear
things have above all things been believers in to authenticate the immortality of man.” And
the reality of the ideal.
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ferent ways.
with which optimism has to deal. By itself it a forcible presentation of the career of Fox,
seems to me fatal. Death as a finality is the that the stage was occupied, during the greater
supreme sarcasm upon life” (p. 229). As part of the time included in this study, by
Tennyson has it, —
William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister,
• Why should we bear with an hour of torture, a
while Fox was not only in opposition, but was
moment of pain,
hated by the king as no other statesman of the
If every man die for ever, if all his griefs are in vain,
time was hated ; and that he had also, by his
And the homeless planet at length will be wheel'd
foolish coalition with North, forfeited a large
thro' the silence of space,
Motherless evermore of an ever-vanishing race,
part of his influence with the people. Mr.
When the worm shall have writhed its last, and its Hammond, as a partisan of Fox, is less than
last brother worm will have fled
fair to his great rival; and the constant criti-
From the dead fossil skull that is left in the rocks
cism and repeated denunciation of Pitt, and of
of an earth that is dead?"
nearly all that he did, weaken the otherwise
For the rest, the book is full of interesting able and convincing presentation of Fox's
thoughts, though its literary form does not seem
career. One should read with this some book
to me good. There is too much of the preacher's like Lord Rosebery's life of Pitt, which gives
mannerism, which exhibits itself in the repe-
another interpretation of the policy of the
tition of the same thing in innumerable dif.
great minister. It may also be said that Mr.
One is reminded a little of the Hammond, writing for English students of
sailor who boasted that he could swear for ten their own history, assumes a knowledge of the
minutes without using the same word twice. details of the political history of the times that
On page 137, Dr. W. G. Ward is curiously makes the book hard reading for any except
referred to as “a Mr. Ward, a minor person special students.
in the Oxford movement."
After an excellent preliminary chapter, in
T. D. A. COCKERELL. which the author gives a summary of Fox's
life to 1782, setting forth briefly his youthful
escapades, the recklessness and blunders that
marred his career, and the fine qualities of the
Fox, AND HIS PART IN ENGLISH POLITICS.*
man, the relations of Fox to the king are dis-
In the preface to bis political study of cussed in two chapters of forty pages. They
Charles James Fox, Mr. Hammond discloses include a description of the king's policy of
his attitude toward his subject in the state personal government, and of the disgraceful
ment that he “is one of the many readers in methods that he used to gain his ends; an
whom Sir George Trevelyan's Early Life of account of the short-lived Rockingham min-
Charles James Fox excited a sentiment wbich istry of 1782, and the effective blows that it
it is perhaps not an exaggeration to describe struck at the king's power; and a discussion
as a personal affection for the great Whig of the Coalition.
of the Coalition. Mr. Hammond labors val
statesman,” and that the book " is an attempt iantly to show that Fox's motives were credit-
to portray the great ideas that Fox stood for, able, even though he must condemn his judg-
to vindicate the essential consistency of his ment. But it takes more convincing special
career, and to appreciate the magnanimous
pleading than the author gives to make us will-
inspirations he gave to politics.” He says fur- ing to free Fox from blame for joining hands,
ther, after stating the great questions of the without any justification on the ground of a
period : “ These questions call for a minute national crisis, with the man against whom he
treatment in a presentation of Fox as the had been thundering for years as the incarna-
champion, during the frenzied years of panic, tion of all that was vicious in politics. Fox
of government by public discussion, and as one never regained the influence that he thus wan-
of the few Whigs who anticipated the great tonly threw away.
Liberal doctrine of national rights." This After two chapters on Parliamentary Re-
minute treatment he pursues through three form and The Reign of Terror, which seem to
bundred and fifty pages, devoting one or two bave been written to show up Pitt, the pro-
chapters to each great aspect of the struggle fessed reformer, as faithless to his principles,
against the policy of the king.
we have two'on Fox and Ireland, giving the
It is unfortunate, from the point of view of melancholy story of the years between the
* CHARLES JAYES Fox. A Political Study. By J. L. granting of parliamentary independence and
LoB, Hammond. New York: James Pott & Co.
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chief actors in the first part are Grattan, its ruin opened the way for the people to secure
Burke, and Fox, all devoted to the Irish their rights. In advocating the right of France
cause. But with the advent of Pitt's govern- to decide for herself whether she would have a
ment, relations became steadily worse, owing Bourbon to reign over her, and the right of
largely to the king's opposition to Ireland; every nation to settle its own internal prob-
suspicion and hatred followed quickly upon lems, he voiced one of the leading principles
the burst of gratitude that accompanied the gift of the nineteenth century, during which this
of independence, culminating in the terrible spirit of nationality has created two great na-
outrages of the Rebellion. Pitt cannot be tions and others have made desperate efforts
cleared of blame for giving up so easily and so to come into complete existence.
fully to the king's prejudices; but Fox was An interesting account is given, in the last
also blameworthy in allowing party spirit to chapter, of the efforts that were made while
dominate him in his opposition to the Com. Fox was in public life to mitigate the un.
mercial Propositions of Pitt, a measure based reasonable and unrighteous abuses which all
on modern economic principles that Fox did suffered who were not in accord with the Estab
not understand, thus joining interested mono- lished Church. In all these efforts, Fox helped
polists and manufacturers to thwart the envigorously as a consistent champion of tolera-
lightened efforts of the great minister. Fox tion and equality. Mr. Hammond closes with
did indeed stand here for the spirit of freedom, these words : “ If he fought relentlessly against
as he did through all bis career; but Pitt had all the sophistries by which statesmen who dis-
almost insuperable difficulties to surmount, in owned persecution still perpetuated the intol-
the king whom he served, and in the absorbing erance of the dead, it was just because no
questions connected with the French Revolu- statesman had combined so passionately as he
tion and the wars with France.
respect for the rights of man with respect for
American readers will be especially inter- the rights of reason.”
ested in the chapter on Colonies and Depen-
CHARLES H. COOPER.
dencies, for in it Fox is shown as dealing his
strongest blows for freedom, in company with
Burke and Chatham, against the policy of En-
BOOKS ABOUT DANTE.*
gland in her treatment of the American colo-
dies. The shadow of the Coalition bad not
A year or two ago, the Rev. Charles Allen
yet covered him, and, though his views of trade
Dinsmore published a pleasant little book on
'were those of his time, he was ahead of his
a
“ The Teachings of Dante.” It was a book
time in seeing that it should be the sovereign neither original nor profound, and it made no
end of British statesmanship to empty the re-
pretence of being either the one or the other ;
lationship between the colonies and the mother
but it was marked by reverence for the poet,
country of any notion that would do violence
and by a deep sense of gratitude for his spir-
to the self-respect of the former." He knew
itual guidance. It seemed to be the report of
that the cause of colonial freedom was the
one who had just discovered Dante for himself,
cause of English freedom. The same spirit his fellows. Its enthusiasm had a naïve quality
and was eager to share the new inspiration with
he carried into his dealings with India; and
that disarmed criticism, and it was a book at
he made a noble struggle against the slave-
trade, having the satisfaction in his last days
once so honest and so earnest thatits helpfulness
of carrying into effect two acts that practically might be allowed even by those whom long study
abolished it.
and great love had caused to search the volume
The remaining chapters of the book take up
of the divine poet through and through. Its
Fox's relations to the French Revolution, in
* Aids TO THE STUDY OF DANTE. By Charles Allen
Dinsmore. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
several chapters, showing him to have been a
DANTE AND HIS TIME. By Karl FEDERN. New York:
consistent advocate of the principle of the right McClure, Phillips & Co.
of a nation to settle its own affairs. Burke DANTE AND THE DIVINE COMEDY. Studies and Notes
by W. J. Payling Wright, B.A. New York: John Lane.
opposed the Revolution with the utmost vio.
DANTE AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. By Richard Thayer
lence, because he saw that in destroying the Holbrook, Ph.D. New York : The Macmillan Co.
old order " the enthusiasts who were impro- COMMENTS OF John RUSKIN ON THE DIVINA COMMEDIA.
vising a constitution were making a highway compiled by George P. Huntington. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin & Co.
for a usurper." Fox saw that the old order
THE GREAT POETS OF ITALY, By Oscar Kuhns. Boston:
was bad, that it was already broken, and that Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
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chief interest to us was in its unconscious reve- lives, what happened in their world, its movements, its
lation of the broadening influence exerted by great struggles, its petty interests.”
the sacred song to which both heaven and earth All these things, and many more, are con.
had set their hand upon a mind still struggling cisely and clearly discussed in the section of
in the meshes of a narrow conception of reli- Dr. Federn's work called “ The Time," the
gion, and instinctively groping toward a wider larger half of the volume. The chapters deal
range and a freer outlook. The author of that with such subjects as the destruction of the
volume now shows us that his studies in Dante ancient civilization, the political and moral
have been continued to some purpose, and that ideals of the Middle Ages, the secular conflict
his desire to help others along the same shin- between Church and State, the knowledge and
ing path has not slackened. Under the title
. Under the title literature of the time, and the special condi.
of “Aids to the Study of Dante” he has tions surrounding a thirteenth century Flor-
brought together in a second volume a well-entine. All these matters are handled with
considered selection of such documentary and unfailing interest, and with what wealth of
critical matter as the beginner will find most illustration is possible within rather closely-
useful in his studies. In the category of docu- restricted limits. Having thus prepared the
ment, we have such things as the accounts of way, the author comes to the second section of
Boccaccio, Bruni, and the two Villanis, the his book, which “ follows Dante's path through
Letter to Can Grande, and excerpts from that dim and distant world which to us is but
Aquinas. In the critical category, we have half-illuminated — the path of his life, which
lengthy passages from the essays by Church is the road to his works.” The following im-
and Lowell, and treatments of special topics by pressive passage marks the transition from
Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Mr. James the one section to the other:
Bryce, Mr. P. H. Wicksteed, Mr. Edmund
« We shall find the same world through which until
G. Gardner, Herr Scartazzini, Signor Com- now we have walked in ever narrower circles, totally
paretti, and others. The editor contributes changed and altered in Dante's head. We shall find it
notes, introductory paragraphs, and special arrayed as a wonderful, immense building; we shall en-
ter a cathedral, the foundations of which are laid in the
chapters on Italian lyric before Dante and on
depths of hell, and reflect all the horrors of those wild
the “ Paradiso." There are also illustrations and cruel times in the terrible judgment which the
in the form of portraits and plans. In spite wrathful Deity of mediæval Christendom deals. Then
of the somewhat similar works of Symonds, through penitence to purification, to a splendour of daz-
we shall mount on serene and lucid stairs, leading on,
Scartazzini, and Maria Rossetti, there was
zling light, such as never poet before or after him knew
room for such a book as this, and we are glad how to evoke in men's fancies, as painters may perhaps
to accord it a welcome.
have dreamt but never known to paint. And in every
“ Dante and his Time,” by Dr. Karl Federn, part of this cathedral we shall encounter the men who
is a work of far more serious scholarship than
lived in the world we have tried to describe, and from
the howling yells deep below, through the slow, peni-
the one just mentioned. In its present form, tential chants of the stairs, up to the blessed choirs in
the work is not a mere translation, but “a re- the celestial space, there sounds one music of many-
vised issue by the author himself in a foreign sounding barmonies, in which the voices of all speakers
tongue of a work originally composed in his join — the terze rime of Dante."
OWN.
English scholar, Mr. Arthur John Butler, who study of his life and environment is thus the
contributes an introduction to the volume. Dr. task which the author has set himself, and
Federn takes for his text Carlyle's saying that which he has performed with sober and con-
“in Dante's poem ten silent Christian centuries servative judgment, placing much stress upon
have found a voice," and endeavors, in a series the psychology of the poet as reflected in his
of chapters preliminary to the discussion of the writings. The central fact of Dante's inner life
poet himself, to analyze the deposit left by is one with that of Shakespeare's, a fact which
those centuries upon the minds of men in
Dr. Federn clearly perceives. By what process
Dante's time. In order to understand Dante's of spiritual change could the poet of « Romeo
thought, he tells us,
and Juliet” become the poet of “King Lear,”
« We must know the remarkable men of this re- and the poet of the “Vita Nuova” become the
markable time, one must know what occupied them, poet of the “ Divine Comedy”? As the author
how they looked upon the world and lived in it, what
were their aims and what ways they took to carry
says, “ a sea of events and strange destinies had
them out, what they thought and believed, learned and
to roll by " the poet before this revolution
taught, what seemed of importance to them in their
could be wrought. The problem of this trans-
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formation is, of course, one that lies far beyond not would, as the author remarks, “ betoken an
adequate explanation ; but it is something to inadequate knowledge of the age in which he
have realized, as Dr. Federn has done, that lived. Whoever reads carefully the works of
this is the problem, and to have touched upon an Albertus Magnus, a Thomas Aquinas, or
its solution with much psychological insight, those of Dante, cannot fail to perceive how
and a complete avoidance of pedantry.
greatly their credulity exceeds our own."
Mr. W. J. Payling Wright's little book An excellent service to students of Dante
of “Studies and Notes” on “ Dante and the has been performed by Mr. George P. Hunt-
Divine Comedy" offers practically nothing in ington, who has compiled a volume containing
the way of research, but merely represents a all the “ Comments of John Ruskin on the
few simple points of view that have been taken Divina Commedia." Readers of Ruskin know
hundreds of times before, and gives elementary how suggestive and illuminating are his crit-
explanations of the leading facts of Dante's life ical observations upon the great masters of
and work. It is dictated by reverence, and, literature, however wrong-headed they may be
for the most part, by sympathy, although we in particular instances. In the case of Dante,
find a jarring note in the opinion that in his power of penetrative sympathy is so great
Dante's character “there lurked a vein of that we are not often required, as we are in
innate ferocity." The author selects his mat- the case of some of the great writers whom he
ters judiciously, and presents them in a sin discusses, to take exception to what he says,
a
gularly lucid style. The first chapter, which on the ground of whimisicality or petulance.
sums up the historical significance and impli. In almost every instance, his words about
.
cations of the battle of Benevento, is perhaps Dante ring true, and are helpful to our under-
,
the most useful of them all.
standing. His references to Dante are prob-
Dr. Richard Thayer Holbrook has made a ably more frequent and substantial in amount
deeply-interesting study of the animal lore of than his references to any other poet, and we
the Middle Ages as reflected in the writings of are not surprised that they should make, when
Dante, and this work, entitled “Dante and the brought together, a volume of considerable
Animal Kingdom," appears as a publication of dimensions. Professor Charles Eliot Norton,
Columbia University. Altogether, Dante men-
who writes an introduction to Mr. Hunting.
tions about a hundred animals, real or legend.
ton's book, makes the following summary of
ary. These references occur most abundantly
Ruskin's relations with Dante :
in the “ Convito " and the “ De Vulgari Elo- “But whatever errors may be found in Mr. Ruskin's
quentia," but those who are acquainted with
comments, or however fanciful some of them may be,
the “ Commedia " alone will realize that the
his imaginative insight and his intense moral sentiment
brought him into such sympathy with the poet that he
subject offers abundant material for investiga- entered deeply into the spiritual purport of the poem,
tion. Dante made use of animals chiefly for and was thus enabled to reveal and illuminate the truth
imagery or symbolism, and we must not look
which often lies hidden within verses that to most read-
to him for anything like a forecast of the mod-
ers seem simple narrative. There is no student of the
“ Divine Comedy" but will derive stimulating sugges-
ern scientific spirit, but it is certainly interest-
tion from these comments and be helped by them to read
ing to search out his allusions to the animal the poem with keener intelligence and fuller apprecia-
kingdom for the light which they shed upon tion of its interest and significance.”
mediæval notions of natural history. Doctor The opening section of the present volume
Thayer's work is done with great thoroughness, collects the general references to Dante, his
and makes a copious use of quotations. The artistic relations, his interpreters, and the char-
illustrations, some of them colored, are mostly acteristics, sources, and inspiration of his great
from old manuscripts and designs, and add not work. The comments upon special passages
a little to the value of the book. Besides ani. of the Divine Comedy" then follow, arranged
mals in our understanding of the term - from in the order of the cantos concerned. There
the fungo marino to man — we have all kinds of are references to every canto but two of the
monsters, most of them grouped under the cate- “Inferno," every canto but three of the “Pur.
gory of “The Devil and his Brood.” Here come gatorio," and to more than one-half of the
Charon, Minos, Geryon, and Lucifer, besides cantos of the “ Paradiso.” Where Ruskin uses
furies, harpies, and centaurs. The angels also the English translations his text is followed
receive treatment in a special chapter. There without change; where he quotes from the
can hardly be a doubt that Dante accepted these original, the text is amended according to a
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It is not altogether inappropriate to include associates. As this is the first biography in English
within this review, and to conclude it there- which embodies the discoveries of Ravaisson and
with, a word descriptive of “The Great Poets other modern scholars, it is a distinct contribution
of Italy,” by Professor Oscar Kubns. The
to the history of its period, and deserves much fuller
comment than can be given to it here. But as an ex-
chapters upon Dante occupy nearly a third of
this volume, and are well adapted for the needs ample of splendid bookmaking, it deserves first place
among the season's holiday publications, and it is in
of beginners. The entire work is, in fact, ele-
this aspect that we wish to call attention to it. It
mentary, as is seen from the fact that it is the is printed in large type with generous margins, and
rearrangement of an earlier volume which was bound in green backram stamped in gold. In pro-
prepared for the special uses of the Chautauqua portion to its large size, the volume is remarkably
Circles. Besides dealing with the five great light and easy to handle. There are sixteen superb
classical poets of Italy, the work gives us an portraits reproduced in photogravure from old
introductory chapter on the origins, and con-
French engravings. Among the subjects represented
cludes with two new chapters on the modern
are Louis XIV., his queen and his three mistresses,
age from Alfieri to Carducci. Copious quota-
Colbert, Bossuet, la Grande Mademoiselle, and the
Duc du Maine. The frontispiece is a beautiful plate
tions are supplied throughout, and the trans-
from Picart's engraving of Madame de Montespan,
lations are selected with admirable taste. As an
of whom there are also two other portraits, one by an
elementary introduction to the history of Italian
unknown painter, the other from Pierre Schenk's
literature, this book of Professor Kuhns may engraving.
be commended ; more than that it does not “World's Children, by Mortimer Menpos, text
pretend to be. WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE.
. by Dorothy Menpes," - thus runs the title-page of
a richly-bound volume issued by the Macmillan Co.
As is indicated by the reversed order which puts the
illustrator's name first, this is a picture book; and
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS.
it is a very delightful one. The color printing, which
was done at the Menpes press under the superin-
“Madame de Montespan was something more than tendence of the artist and his daughters, is remark-
the mistress of le Grand Monarque, the mother of ably satisfactory, being brilliant but not glaring.
legitimated princes and princesses. . . . She was the Mr. Menpes's studies are charming; there is not a
symbol of her age, the spirit of seventeenth century
child of the hundred pictured in the book who is
France incarnate. In her we find almost all the best
not both childlike and lovable-- whether he be the
and worst characteristics of the great epoch in French
little Canadian toddler bundled in fur for his first
history - its digaity and splendour, its genuine admira-
tion for literature and art, its exquisite courtesy, its
walk, a pensive Roumanian lassie, a yellow baby of
light-bearted gaiety, its brilliant wit, side by side with
Burmah, or a pampered little Miss from America.
its arrogance and egotism, its senseless prodigality, its
It is perhaps unfair to criticise the text. One may
flagrant disregard of the moral law, its gross super- paint the children of the world, but no one can
stition. In studying her life we are studying not her write of them all except in platitudes. National
alone, but the whole society of which she was the rep- traits are not strong in children. In every land
resentative."
they are inevitably the creatures of their parents' cir-
It is thus that Mr. H. Noel Williams apologizes for cumstances, so that there are endless social strata to
devoting a bulky volume (imported by Scribner) to be considered. The London street arab has nothing
Madame de Montespan, but his real justification lies in common with the children of Mayfair, and there
in the fact that he has fully succeeded in painting are dozens of grades between. So Miss Menpes
her in this larger aspect; has written “ backstairs has possibly made the best of a bad matter. We
history” so as to lift it above the level of scandal, can well afford to smile at some of her pleasing
and make it fulfil its legitimate function, - that of generalities, and still admire the book for the sake
-
supplying atmosphere, of giving vividness and real- of the really interesting information which it con-
ity, to the great transactions of any age. After bis tains, and for the pictures.
excellent life of Madame de Pompadour, he could “ Between the high Sierras south from Yosem-
be trusted to approach a similar task in this spirit, ite ---east and south over a very great assemblage
and to carry it on with thoroughness and brilliancy. of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on
His view of Madame de Montespan is essentially illimitably into the Mojave Desert," — there Mrs.
-
that which modern research has established beyond | Mary. Austin tells us lies “ The Land of Little
reasonable doubt; that far from being Louis's on- Rain." The Indians call it the Country of Lost
willing victim, she deliberately planned, for finan- Borders; and she prefers that name to “ Desert"
cial reasons, to become his mistress ; that all through for a place that, to the patient observer, is far from
the twelve years of her reign she resorted to the being void of life. There are hills there, “ blunt,
basest means to keep her power; and that ruin over- burned, squeezed up out of chaos, chrome and ver-
took her when, in 1680, Louis discovered her deal- milion painted "; and between the hills are steep
ings with the prisoner La Voisin and her fiendish and narrow canons, oftener than not dry at the
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bottom, and high sun-baked mesas where the dust- of this talented young Chicago artist. The present
devils dance to the wind's piping. By day, the land collection contains ten plates in color from chalk
is very still, spell-bound in the glare of the sun; but drawings, the subjects all being heads of young
in the late afternoon the birds appear, and the little women. The originals of several of the sketches
furry folk creep out from cover and take to their were exhibited in Chicago last spring; others are
tiny ribbon-like water trails. Then the hawk and from French types studied during Miss Martyn's
the eagle skim over the sage, the coyote lurks by recent stay in Paris. The drawings are marked by
the rabbit-form, the “ billy-owl,” the bob-cat, and an economy of line and a dash and brilliancy of
the red fox gather at the water-boles, all watching finish that suggest Hellea, but the faces are often
their chance to prey on smaller creatures. Where prettier. The lithographic process of reproduction
ever there are cattle there are scavengers, buz. has produced excellent results. The portfolio cover,
zards and ravens ; and in the dry years vultures, in which is made attractive by Miss Martyn's design,
terrible black clouds. There are men, too, in the is strong enough to protect its contents as too
desert: cattlemen, miners bitten with tales of lost many portfolios are not. The collection will make
treasure, and Paiute Indians ; there is Jimville, a an ideal Christmas gift.
Bret Harte town, and Las Uvas, a Mexican pueblo. Mr. E. F. Benson, of “ Dodo” memory, has
There is indeed tragedy in the desert; but Mrs. written a “Book of Months ” (Harper) in which he
Austin wonders if convention has not over-empha- relates, in the first person singular, the experiences
sized that note. The lonely land takes heavy toll and adventures that filled twelve months in the life
of the visitor, but it pays high returns; and once of a London man-about-town. There is some vivid
its charm is on you, you may curse it and leave it, description in the book, considerable witty philoso-
but you will surely come back. Mrs. Austin did phizing, and the inevitable love-story, which, begin-
not go to the desert to write it up. She has lived on ning very unpropitiously in May, ends happily in
its borders for years, and because she knows and the December chapter. It is perhaps not unfair to
loves it she can reproduce its atmosphere of ro- assume that the literary confidences are autobio-
mance, of silence, and of strangene88. Mr. E. Boyd graphical and that Mr. Benson shares many of the
Smith has done admirable work in illustrating the habits, beliefs, and opinions with which he endows
volume and decorating the margins with character- his hero. But the romance, related in quite a dif-
istic and suggestive bits of desert scenery. The ferent style, is clearly an interpolation which results
book is published in handsome holiday binding by in an odd lack of unity in both style and subject
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
matter. This, however, seems appropriate rather
Miss Elisabeth Luther Cary's illustrated mono- than otherwise for a “ Book of Months.” The dec-
graph on the Rossettis, published two years ago, is orative features of the book are unusually handsome.
now followed by an elaborate edition, in two hand. They consist of marginal borders which change in
some volumes, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poems, design and coloring with the four seasons, and a
with illustrations from his own work, and an intro- very effective cover of heavy green buckram, in
duction and critical notes by Miss Cary. The bind- which is set a panel with a sun-dial design and the
ing is similar to that of the previous work, but a little legend, “ Horas non numero nisi serenas." Mr.
less ornate. The paper and printing are of the same Benson has not quite lived up to his motto, but the
excellence as before, and the photogravure reproduc- “cheerful yesterdays " are much in the majority,
tions, thirty-two in number, naturally include several and there is a good deal of the spirit of Christmas
pictures that appeared in the earlier volume-not- about the entire book.
ably the “ Found" and the “ Lady Lilith " then first When Mr. Egerton R. Williams, Jr., wished to
reproduced from the originals through the courtesy make some preparation for a contemplated visit to
of their owner, Mr. Samuel J. Bancroft, Jr. The ad- the cities of the Apennines, he was disappointed
vantage of having Rossetti's poetry and paintings to find that there was nothing to read upon the
between the same covers is obvious, and to the subject except profound arcbæological treatises and
Rossettian the bulk of this edition will be, in fugitive essays. It was the lack of a comprehen-
proportion, a very slight drawback. Miss Cary's sive book about the most interesting country in the
notes call attention to important variations occur- world — as Mr. Williams calls central Italy—that
ring in different editions, and supply such biograph. led him to write his volume on “Hill Towns of
ical detail as will serve to connect the poems with Italy” (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). The record is
the man whose very incomplete expression they a personal one; the hill towns are described in the
Without being technical or exhaustive, these order in which Mr. Williams visited them, and
notes add greatly to the interest of the poems. But their history, treasures of art and architecture,
the peculiar value of the edition lies of course in legends and romance, are set forth as he sought
the pictures, with their many-colored cross-lights on them out in his summer wanderings. He thor.
the poems, which in turn often define or add sugges- oughly enjoyed, the picturesque, dilapidated little
tiveness to the meaning of the pictures. (Putnam.) villages, always built on the edge of a ravine, with
The publication by Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. their noisy and precipitous streets, dirty inns, tum-
of a beautiful portfolio of sketches by Miss Hazel ble-down houses, and ruined castles; and he makes
Martyn, will arouge increased interest in the work his readers see and enjoy them too. His work is
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careful and detailed, calculated to appeal especially lapse into a compendium of English history. But
to students of art and history. Most of the illus- Miss Tooley has used considerable skill in picking
trations are intended as aids to an appreciation out vivid bits of incident to stand for each period,
of the architecture of tbe hill towns, but natural in showing the every.day round that went on within
scenery is not neglected, and there are a few repro- the palaces — the human and personal, rather than
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ductions of great paintings. The cover design is the public and ceremonial, side of court life, and
one of the most attractive to be found among the in building up a personality for each inmate rather
holiday books.
than crowding her narrative with plot interest.
Mr. John Lane, publisher of “ The International The result is an entertaining and intimate account,
Studio,” has prepared two collections of plates for necessarily sketchy considering the space of time
the holiday trade, “ The Art Portfolio” and “The it covers, including enough descriptive detail to
Art Album,” representing the best work that has make the settings real but not enough to be tire-
appeared in “The Studio” during the past seven some, – in short, a book to please the average
years. The former consists of sixteen plates in color reader, if we may speak of such a person. It is
and photogravure, intended for hanging or framing. beautifully illustrated, the large size of the pages
To that end they are artistically mounted, fitted with making possible exceptionally clear and effective
brass rings for hanging, and enclosed in a handsome balf-tonee.
portfolio. “ The Art Album " is a book of one hun- Romance seems to be a popular note with the
dred plates, similarly chosen and meant to show, in holiday writers. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney's
compact and convenient form, a little of the progress “ Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux (Putnam)
of contemporary art during the period covered. follows two similar volumes by the same author,
Both selections have been made with a view to dealing respectively with the feudal and the renais-
securing variety in subject and in method of repro- sance chateaux. Like its predecessors, this book is
duction, and both represent very adequately, though luxuriously bound and copiously illustrated, having
of course on different scales, the somewhat bizarre a colored frontispiece from a water-color by Mr.
and “ modern,” but always interesting, type of art J. Wells Champney and numerous photogravure and
for which “ The Studio” stands. Either will cer- half-tone plates of the chateaux and their surround-
tainly prove a very acceptable gift for an art-loving ing parks and gardene. Mrs. Champney spent years
friend. As the memory of even the most constant | learning to know Versailles, and hunting out other
reader of The Studio " can hardly be expected to
“
Bourbon chateaux near Paris or in remote corners
stretch back infallibly over seven years, an accom- of Bargandy and Brittany. And now, instead of
panying list of the names and artists of the plates giving us the result as an architectural study or a
in the “ Portfolio" and an index to the “ Album " detailed record of her wanderings, she prefers, as
would have added to the value of each.
she has done twice before, to write ten little stories
A book for those who like to read about the stage whose scenes are laid in the old chateaux. There
and its people is Mr. Gustav Kobbé's “Famous is, to be sure, an eleventh. chapter entitled “ The
Actors and Actresses and their Homes (Little, Bourbons and their Chateaux - a Summary of the
Brown, & Co.). The book is devoted to entertaining Period for the Serious-Minded”; but most of us
accounts of the private life, families, homes, friends, will uphold Mrs. Champney by leaving this serious-
and favorite amusements of nine popular stage minded chapter where she puts it, at the end. In
favorites of to-day, with two supplementary chapters her preface Mrs. Champney humbly suggests that
upon “ The Lambs’” and “The Players’” Clubs. her stories may make a future visit to the Bourbon
Most, if not all, of the sketches have already ap- castles more enjoyable, but they are far too deftly
peared separately in “ The Ladies' Home Journal.” | written, too fresh and spirited, to deserve any such
The decorative cover and the illustrations are an second-hand recognition. As romances they are ex-
important feature of the book. The frontispiece is ceedingly entertaining; as a serious interpretation
a beautiful photogravure from Mr. Irving R. Wiles's of the times of Louis the Grand, their value would
portrait of Miss Marlowe. The other pictures are be greatly increased by a bibliography and an index.
excellent half-tones representing the actors and Two years ago, when “Alice in Wonderland”
actresses in their homes or enjoying their favorite appeared with pictures by Mr. Peter Newell, some
recreations. The last two chapters are embellished of us felt inclined to cry “Hands off ! we want
with pictures of the rooms of the two famous actors' no Alice pictures but Sir John Tenniel's.” The new
clubs, and portraits of their founders and choice beasts are very amusing, but they do not belong in
spirits.
our “ Wonderland," and no other will ever be quite
Appropriately bound in royal purple is Miss 80 delightful. But it is different with “ The Hunting
Sarah A. Tooley's large octavo volume entitled of the Spark, and Other Poems ” which Messrs.
Royal Palaces and their Memories ” (A. Wessels Harper & Brothers offer this year, bound, like their
Co.). Windsor, St. James's, Hampton Court, “ Alice in Wonderland,” in vellum with gold letter-
Kensington, and Buckingham are the palaces de ing, and having page decorations in color and forty
scribed. As they have, collectively, been the homes full-page tinted pictures by Mr. Newell.
The rhymes
of all English monarchs since the days of William from "Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the
the Conqueror, their "memories" might easily | Looking-Glass" are included, of course; but there
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danit data o pecorded by Jesuit priests and pick up
-
is only one illustration which duplicates Sir John of common things. This is merely to say that no
Tenniel's, and so far as we know he never illastrated photographs can do justice to Jefferies's “ English
any of the other verses. Mr. Newell's Snark is Village.
Village.” What they do show, and that very well,
delightfully mysterious and“ boojum”; the Badgers is the country around Coate in Wiltshire, where his
and the Herrings could not be better; and the Phan- early life was passed, and in and around which he
tom is very ghostly indeed. We feel that the artist rambles with his readers. To the Americans in his
has missed a point in not drawing a Jubjub bird, company pictures of this background will be par-
and we hardly consider his Bandersnatch sufficiently ticularly valuable. So Mr. Johnson's beautiful and
“frumious.” Nevertheless, the edition will be a painstaking work is certain to be appreciated, at
, a
rare treasure to all who enjoy “Lewis Carroll's” the same time that its limits are understood.
delicious fooling.
Miss Geraldine Brooks's volume of “ Romances
“Old Quebec," a bulky volume by Sir Gilbert of Colonial Days” (Crowell) contains nine short sto-
Parker and Mr. Claude G. Bryan, comes to us from ries in which, working on a more or less secure foot-
the Macmillan Co. The authors make no claim ing of fact, the author has built up as many half-
to originality, but present their work as an assim- fanciful, Colonial romances of the years between
ilation, in popular and accessible form, of the abun- | 1621 and 1785. John Alden and Priscilla, Major
dant data recorded by Jesuit priests and pio- André, Governor Wentworth, the Pepperells, Cus-
neers, by Francis Parkman and other historians of tises, Adamses, and Bryde, with others less familiar,
Canada. The story of Quebec is told in historical have their part in the narratives, which depict in
sequence, from the time of the city's foundation by simple and entertaining fashion the everyday life
Champlain to the present day, when, ehorn of her of pre-revolutionary times in America. In writing
commercial and political prestige, she watches the of Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days," Miss
dreams of her youth come true for another na- Brooks learned her ground thoroaghly. She is not
tion. There are surely few more fascinating fields a finished story-teller, yet she succeeds in giving
of research in all the annals of history. Romance, some very effective and convincing pictures of life
pathos, stirring incident, noble characters, give vivid in the mansions of our colonial ancestors. A unique
interest to every stage of the story which is here and attractive cover, with nine illustrations by Mr.
done full justice. The style of the book is direct, Arthur E. Becher, reproduced in half-tone and pho-
yet brilliant and picturesque, - such as we should togravure, give to the book the distinction of a hol-
expect from Sir Gilbert Parker. The numerous iday publication.
illustrations are of two kinds, small balf-tones and Mr. Clifton Johnson has chosen “ The Land of
full-page portraits in photogravure, the latter being Heather” (Macmillan) as the title for his record
very effective. The impression left by the book is of rambles through Scotland, because he thinks that
one of authority, solidity, and thorough-going excel- “the hardiness and warm bloom of the heather"
lence; of charm which involves no sacrifice of truth expresses the racial individuality of modern Scot-
to meretricious interest. These qualities will com- land better than the prickliness of the national
bine with its handsome exterior and copious illus- thistle. In accordance with this theory and also
tration to recommend it to holiday buyers.
with his previous practice, it is the less strenuous
While
many
modern nature-writers are remark- side of Scottish life that Mr. Johnson depicts. He
able for babits of close and careful observation, and his camera spent a summer at Drumtochty,
Richard Jefferies is conspicuous for having in addi- which is described rather as a typical Scotcb village
tion a rare refinement of feeling and much delicacy than as Ian Maclaren's workshop. Then they took
of imagination. In him, as has been well said, a leisurely journey to Edinburgh, and spent some
“the naturalist and the poet were harmonized.” time among its historic landmarks. Later they paid
That American readers may know more of this man, a brief visit to Kirriemuir, alias Thrums, went by
who is undoubtedly the foremost interpreter of stage and boat through the Highlands, got a glimpse
nature among Englishmen of his century, a new of life in the Hebrides, saw the Burns country, and
edition of bis characteristic work on " Wild Life in rounded up in Galloway. Records of similar trips
a Southern County" has been prepared under the through rural France, England, Ireland, and New
title of “An English Village" (Little, Brown, & England, have made Mr. Johnson's simple an-
Co.). The scenes described in the text are made ecdotal style and quiet humor familiar to many
more vivid by means of illustrations from pho. readers. The new book owes the usual debt to the
tographs taken for the purpose by Mr. Clifton author's camera, which has contributed about eighty
Johnson, who has supplied a brief biographical note; photographs of peasant life and natural scenery.
while Mr. H. W. Mabie furnishes an appreciative The decidly unique cover design shows a solemn
interpretation of Jefferies's work. Mr. Johnson's Highland piper playing busily on his queer instru.
photographs harmonize in their clearness and care ment.
for detail and in their emphasis of the buman ele- A A very individual book on a commonplace theme
ment in the picture, with Jefferies's text. But they is “ Cities” (Pott) by the English poet and critic,
lack subtlety, as photographs always must; so they Mr. Arthur Symons. The title would indicate
furnish no bint of the poetic imagination and sense either a guide-book or a traveller's account of his
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possessing. But closer examination shows that Mr. amount of material here presented will amaze most
Symons's method is very different from that of the readers. Accustomed to think of their country as
ordinary traveller-author. He writes only of what still young and comparatively bare of literary and
really appeals to him, keeping himself well in the historical associations, they will not be prepared
background. He has a keen power of analysis and, for the rush of Miss Abbott's words, nor for the
as we should expect, a fine feeling for words. His number of interesting cities and villages in Massa-
essays are consequently brilliant impressionist pic- chusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire that
tures, full of color and movement, very subjective, she mentions. Fifty-six towns besides Boston are
yet real and convincing. “Rome is a sea in which described. The homes and baunts of famous men,
many worlds have gone down and its very pave- historic spots of national or local interest, pictur-
ment is all in waves." “Naples has ceased to be esque bits of scenery, places associated with Indian
merely horrible to me, a boiling pot; it has become legends or quaint Yankee traditions, are all noticed
a witches' cauldron.” There are many sentences as in Miss Abbott's pages, so that whatever the reader's
picturesque and suggestive as these, which have taste he should find something to suit it. Of course
been taken unfairly from their setting. The cities the book is illustrated; there are pictures on nearly
of which Mr. Symons writes are Rome, Venice, half the pages, representing in pictorial form all the
Naples, Seville, Prague, Moscow, Budapest, Sofia, varied interests of the text. In a pocket in the back
Belgrade, and Constantinople. Eight excellent cover is a travellers' map.
photogravure illustrations from old pictures harmon- The Outlook Company has reprinted some of
ize in finish and distinction with the style of the Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie's critical papers in a
essays. The binding is plain and beautiful, in keep- handsome volume entitled “ Backgrounds of Lit-
ing with the contents. Text and make-up will appeal erature.” The seven essays included treat of
to readers of discriminating taste.
Wordsworth, Emerson, Irving. Goethe, Blackmore,
Five years ago there was published a book of Whitman, and Scott. They differ considerably in
essays entitled “ Friendship” by that most popular scope and method of treatment, but most of them
of Scottish preachers, Mr. Hugh Black. This is combine an analysis of the author's work with an
now reprinted uniformly with a new volume by account of the environment - whether physical as
the same author on “Work” (Revell). Those who with Wordsworth, or human as with Whitman
have read and enjoyed Mr. Black's inspiring words which he wrote into it. There is nothing striking
about Friendship will be glad to re-read them in or iconoclastic about Mr. Mabie's judgments. As
this handsome volume, whose fine binding and dec. usual, he says the rather conventional thing grace-
orative headings and page borders ought to win for fally and well. The numerous pictures of the
it many new friends. The same earnest spirit and “ backgrounds ” show to much better advantage in
vigorous mode of expression characterize the new the book than they did in the pages of “The
volume also. Mr. Black's main contention is a Outlook," where Mr. Mabie's essays first appeared.
telling protest against the common social ideal that Those of Concord, made from drawings by Miss
makes ease and pleasure, instead of work and serv- Elizabeth Roberts, are especially interesting.
ice, the end of living; that considers the profits of The new volume in “ Miranda's Library” (Dent-
employment, instead of the moral dignity of labor Dutton) is Browning's “Men and Women," re-
for its own sake. He discusses no social or eco- printed with many line drawings by Mr. H. Ospovat,
nomic problems, but treats his subject in that largest set in red page-borders, with the title-page and the
.
aspect which applies equally to all classes and indi- headings of the poems also in red and black. The
viduals. "Idleness and Work," "The Habit of dramatic picturesqueness of “Men and Women,”
Work,” “ The Duty of Work," "The Gospel of which must appeal to the least imaginative reader,
Work,” “The Consecration of Work" are a few of aids the task of illustration, while at the same time
his chapter-headings, but they give no idea of his it renders it more exacting. For previous concep-
fresh and original treatment of a somewhat hack- tions are hard to satisfy; and it is inevitable, too,
neyed theme. Like its companion volume, this is since not every poem is or can be illustrated, that
richly bound and printed on deckle-edge paper, with some favorites will seem to be slighted. That one
colored marginal borders and other decorations. wishes for more of Mr. Ospovat's work, is perhaps
For a friend of a philosophic turn of mind few bet- the highest tribute that can be paid to it. The book
ter gifts could be found than these two books, full is beautifully printed on firm soft paper of very
of “high thinking," but written in a way to appeal light weight. .
to the average man.
Two new volumes of Mr. Elbert Hubbard's
"Old Paths and Legends of New England" “Little Journeys" (Putnam) are now published
(Patnam), by Miss Katharine M. Abbott, is an - to the homes of « Famous Musicians" and of
outgrowth of the wide demand for the little paper- English Authors.” Whatever their faults, Mr.
bound “Trolley Trips" by the same author. Finding Hubbard's essays are never commonplace. There
that the public was really interested in the his- is a briskness about his epigrams, a breezy enthu-
toric spots of New England, Miss Abbott has pre- siasm about his point of view, that is admirable, and
pared & 460-page book on the same theme, with that is undoubtedly the key to the continued popu-
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Hubbard has chosen to “visit are Wagner, Paga- Ambassador to France. As a member of General
nini, Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Porter's party, she was received at the Sultan's court,
Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Schumann, and Brahms. decorated by him with the order of the Shefakat,
The English authors are Morris, Browning, Tenny- entertained at dinner, and conducted through his
son, Macaulay, Addison, Burns, Milton, Johnson, miles of parks and palaces by an official deputed
Southey, Coleridge, Disraeli, and Byron. The for the purpose. In company with General and
chapter on Burns, being entirely devoted to an Mrs. Porter, too, she got her first glimpses of the
exposition of Mr. Hubbard's ideas about love-mak. composite city of Constantinople, and after their
ing, ends with a scant half-page of biography and departure she remained behind to study its life more
a dismissal of the reader to the “ Encyclopædia closely. The account of a visit made under such
Britannica" ("a compilation that I cheerfully re- unique conditions could scarcely fail to be interest-
commend ") for the rest of the facts. The chapter ing: Mrs. Dodd has a gift of graphic description,
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on Mozart is picturesquely divided into sections ac- and her boundless and sometimes well-nigh breath-
cording to the stations on the Lake Shore railroad, less enthusiasm for verything in and out of the
travelling on which Mr. Hubbard hastily endeav- Sultan's palaces results in a fresh and racy picture
ored to replace the manuscript which a careless of life in the land of the Arabian Nights. Mrs.
porter had thrown out of the window. A number Dodd seems inclined, however, to take her work a
of fine portraits are scattered through each volume, little too seriously. She was after all only an out-
and the binding is at once tasteful and serviceable. sider, with exceptional advantages for observing
It was probably Mr. Elbert Hubbard who set the the ways of the Sultan's court, but limited in her
fashion of attaching the term “pilgrimage” to a resources by the shortness of her visit and her
biographical and critical sketch.
We have long ignorance of the Turkish language. As a very
since learned what to expect of Mr. Hubbard's entertaining account of a very unusual experience
journeyings, but it is annoying to find his per- her book deserves considerable praise an will
nicious use of the word adopted in other quarters. attract many readers. Its white and gold cover is
We have, for instance, the “Little Pilgrimages delicate but handsome, and the illustrations in half-
series (Page), two new volumes of which have tone and photogravure are both profuse and beau-
appeared this Fall. One of these is the second tiful. The pictures cannot of course reflect the
volume of “Among the Men who have Written sacred splendors of the palaces, but Constantinople
Famous Books,” by Mr. Edward F. Harking. It
is picturesque enough to supply all the needed
consists of brief accounts of some living American material without any infringement of the Sultan's
authors, among them Messrs. George Ade, Robert privacy.
W. Chambers, Peter Dunne, Jack London, Hop-
Mr. Henry Harland's clever little story of “The
kinson Smith, Booth Tarkington, Owen Wister,
Cardinal's Snuff-Box” has been selected by Mr.
and a dozen others. A photograph of the subject
A photograph of the subject John Lane for a holiday reprint. The gay scarlet
precedes each sketch. Mr. Harkins's idea of a
cover, symbolic of his Eminence, is decorated
famous book is very elastic and his style savors of
with golden snuff-boxes. Tbe twenty dainty illus-
Newspaper Row, but he has succeeded in produc- trations, in pen-and-ink, are by Mr. G. C. Wilms-
,
ing a book that is at least thoroughly readable.
hurst, who has also drawn suggestive head and
The other new volume in the " Little Pilgrim- tail pieces for each chapter. Mr. Wilmshurst has
ages" series is called “ The Romance of Old New
caught the spirit of the story perfectly, the pub-
England Churches," and is written by Miss Mary
lishers have provided excellent paper and typog.
C. Crawford. It is a curiously heterogeneous col.
raphy, and the sum total is an unusually successful
lection of fact and surmise, often very loosely con-
illustrated novel.
nected with any church or even with any minister.
“Courtship according to Samuel Sewall," for ex-
“ The Limerick Up to Date Book” (Paul Elder
ample, one of the most interesting chapters, is
& Co.) is a combined calendar and memorandum,
brought under the main title by virtue of the facts
embellished with a series of limericks, old and new,
that Judge Sewall made his famous confession at
for every week in the year. Miss Ethel Watts
the Old South Church, and that his son later be-
Mumford composed and collected the rhymes, and,
came its assistant pastor. But the Old South had
assisted by Mr. Addison Mizner, illustrated them
absolutely nothing to do with his delicious wooing
and drew the scarlet page-borders. The little book
contains such old favorites as
of Madame Winthrop. But if Miss Crawford does
not always keep within the limits of her title, she
“There was an old man of Tarrentum,"
and
picks up some very entertaining bits of story by
“There was an old sculptor named Phidias,"
the way. So the reader is inclined to be tolerant.
The book is illustrated with portraits and photo-
and there are many clever new ones. One, called
graphs of churches and personages.
“ Truth,” runs thus :
"In the Palaces of the Sultan " (Dodd, Mead &
“There was a young lady named Maude,
Who said she was awfully boahed,'
Co.) is the story of Mrs. Anna Bowman Dodd's
For all men she hated,
stay in Constantinople, which city she visited as the
Both single and mated
guest of General Horace Porter, United States
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Golfers will appreciate “At a Cursory Glance," superior finish, the typography attractive, and a rib-
which tells how
bon marker is bound into each volame. The small
"A curato once smote at a teo,
size and daintiness of this edition will make it a very
And throw his new club up a tree,
desirable holiday gift, and the fact that it is the re-
Saying Fiel My!! Oh dear!!!
print of a master's work will give it a lasting value.
I must give up, I fear,
Either golf or the Ministeree!'"
Following close on the heels of the first edition of
Mr. Charles Sprague Smith's chronicle of “Barbizon
The lovers of nonsense-verse are legion, and all of
Days” comes the beautiful “ Fontainebleau "edition
them will enjoy “The Limerick Up to Datë Book.”
in octavo form, limited to five hundred copies
In preparing their illustrated holiday edition
(A. Wessels Co.). The name of this edition is appro-
of John Fiske's “ Dutch and Quaker Colonies in priate, for it is the Fontainebleau of reality or the
America,"the publishers, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin greater forest of the painters' imagination that is
& Co., have spared no pains to secure everything constantly brought before the reader by text and
in the way of illustrative material that would add illustrations. Most of the latter are half-tones
in any degree to the historical interest of the text.
printed in an effective brown tint and surrounded
“ Portraits, maps, facsimiles (of documents, letters, by wide margins which set them off to advantage.
title-pages, and autographs), contemporary views, Bits of forest vista, scenes in the bamlet of Barbizon
and prints” - to quote from the title-page — have and the near-by fields, Millet's peasant groups,
all been atilized, in many cases for the first time. Corot's and Rousseau's landscapes, and Barye's
The portraits, notably those of Erasmus, William sculptures, all furnish numerous subjects for illus-
Penn, and Robert Livingston, are very beautiful ; tration. There is also a photogravure portrait of
but the old maps and the “views,” such as “ Am- each of the four great Barbizon artists, that of Millet
sterdam in the Seventeenth Century” from a Dutch forming the frontispiece. It would be hard to find
engraving, and the quaint pictures of early Now a more artistic gift-book than this.
York, are rarer and more unique. There are in all Two of the late Paul Leicester Ford's short sto.
twenty-four photogravure portraits, and over two ries, “A Checked Love Affair" and " The Cortelyou
hundred other illustrations and maps, but in spite Feud," have been brought together in a prettily dec.
of this lavish abundance nothing has been included orated booklet by Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. The
which does not possess distinct historical interest. tales are of the clever sentimental sort that Mr.
The result is a complete, scholarly, and beautiful Ford could write so well, and are unified by the fact
reprint of a fascinating original such as is seldom that the redoubtable Mrs. Baxter figures as goddess
found even to-day. The edition is in two volumes, ex machina in them both. Mr. Harrison Fisher
bound in polished green backram, uniform with bas furnished five dainty pen-and-ink drawings,
the similar edition of “ The Beginnings of New which are reproduced in photogravure. His pictures
England,” which this work follows in historical are charming, but we wish he had not used the same
sequence. The publishers also announce a large- models for the characters in both stories. The
paper edition in boards with paper label, and lim- cover design and the page decorations, consisting
ited to 250 numbered copies.
of elaborate marginal borders in blue and yellow,
A very allaring library edition which includes are by Mr. George Wharton Edwards. As a whole,
most of Stevenson's essays and sketches of travel the book is one of the prettiest of the lighter publi-
is published in seven handy-size volumes by Messrs. cations of the season.
Herbert B. Turner & Co. “Essays and Criti- “ Miladi” is the fantastic title of Miss Clara E.
cisms,” “Memories and Portraits," “ Familiar Laughlin's new volume of essays about the twen-
Studies of Men and Books" (in two volumes), tieth century woman (Revell). The name is that
"Virginibus Paerisque," "An Inland Voyage," and of a bowitching heroine of romance who was Miss
“Travels with a Donkey” are the titles. The first Laughlin's girlhood ideal. In this book she stands
volume is the notable one, for eight of its essays have for the ideal womanly, and the essays attempt to
appeared in the “ Edinburgh ” and “ Thistle” sub- show how she would solve the perplexing problems
scription editions only, while four have never been and fulfil the manifold duties that beset the young
reproduced since their publication in the “Pall woman of to-day, keeping meanwhile a balance be-
Mall Gazette.” Walking tours, Swiss life, and the tween the claims of self and the claims of others.
study of literature are the principal topics. The
The The point of view of the essays is distinctly femi-
contents of the other six volumes need no comment. nine; sometimes it is sentimental; but generally it
The frontispiece in each volume of the set is a dif- is sane, helpful, and convincing, evidently that of
ferent photogravure portrait of Stevenson, the series a woman with first-hand knowledge of the equivocal
of seven making a very interesting study. The title-position of many girls of to-day, who, though not
pages are decorated with vignetted photogravures of forced to earn a livelihood, long to set aside the
scenes associated with the author, and there are a small world of home for the larger world of in-
few additional photogravures and other illustrations dustry, and yet wish to do their duty. As is fitting,
in some of the volumes, and decorative initials, head the volume is sensibly but prettily bound in deco-
.
bands, and tail-pieces in all. The binding is of rated board covers, and there are rubricated initials
maroon silk cloth, stamped in gold, the paper of for each chapter.
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felicitous combination of qualities - Mr. Davis himself
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“ Among the Great Masters of the Drama,” by is a wayward mixture of east and west, which she
Mr. Walter Rowlands, contains thirty-six brief at last appropriately consigns into the keeping of
sketches of great actors from the days when a Japanese-English lover. Her story is printed on
Shakespeare and Molière took the boards in their gold-topped pages, whose wide margins are deco-
own dramas to the present time. Bat among living rated with fantastic designs in soft gray, by the
actors, only those whose work is practically over Japanese artist Kiyokichi Sano. There are also
and whose genius is assured have been included. five full-page plates in color. The cover design is
The sketches make no attempt at complete biogra- a spray of white byacinth on a lavendar ground.
phy, bạt amplify some typical episode or character- Altogether “The Heart of Hyacinth” is one of
“
istic anecdote in bright and entertaining fashion. the daintiest and most attractive of the holiday
Each sketch is illustrated by a well-known painting publications.
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of the subject, some explanation of which, with a Mr. Richard Harding Davis's popular dog story,
brief mention of the painter, is included in the text. “ The Bar Sinister,” has been separated from the
This volume akes the seventh in Messrs. Dana collection of ales with which it was first printed in
Estes & Co.'s “Great Masters " series of illustrated book form and now appears by itself in a sumptu-
gift-books.
ous little holiday volume (Scribner). The original
A holiday edition of Hon. John Hay's “Castilian drawings by Mr. E. M. Ashe, which accompanied
Days" (Houghton), with a few of the less pic- the story when it came out in
the story when it came out in “Scribner's Maga-
turesque chapters omitted, and about seventy illus- zine,” are here beautifully reproduced in color, and
trations by Mr. Joseph Pennell, is a delightful suggestive marginal sketches in pen and ink have
a
addition to the season's publications. Secretary been added. The author answers the letters that
Hay's account of his travels in Spain has the unique came to him when the story first appeared, by a
charm that comes from a power of keen analysis, short preface which explains that “ Kid” was, 28
enthusiasm, a sense of humor, a feeling for the many of the correspondents hoped, a real dog; and
picturesque, and the gift of graceful and vigorous his name and history, and the identity of his owner
expression
are divulged. The very
not often found in these days of made-to-order effective cover design shows “ Kid's" escatcheon, &
books of travel. The fact that the sketches were gold bar on an azare field.
written some time ago, when Spain was greater The central figure in Mr. Forrest Crissey's “The
than she is to-day, detracts nothing from the read Country Boy" (Revell) is a solitary, shrinking little
er's enjoyment. Mr. Pennell's drawings are the fellow, with ideas of the world, loves, hates, and
result of a special visit to Castile. They consist longings that would be strange if so many children
of full-page and text pictures in crayon, pen and had not had them before him. The girls call him
ink, and wash, and form a suggestive and beautiful “ninny," and the reader is half inclined sometimes
complement to the text. The cover design is bold to call him prig. Bat he always saves himself from
and effective.
that appelation because, unlike many children in lit.
Somewhat similar in form and spirit to “ A Child erature, he is neither self-conscious nor precocious.
of Nature” and “ Under the Trees” is Mr. Hamil. His unreasoning fear of the dark, his shame-faced
ton W. Mabie's new book " In Arcady” (Dodd, adoration of his mother, his awkward confidences
Mead & Co.). Mr. Charles L. Hinton has again to the “new teacher," his thrilling conquest of
provided the border designs and incidental deco- the “ girl with the brown braids,” and his “ industri-
rations, and Mr. Will H. Low has illustrated the ous vagrancy,” are only a few of the things that
book with four exquisite photogravures. The text make him real and lovable, and his adventures well
is a parable tracing the development of man's know. worth reading. In her illustrations Miss Griselda
ledge and appreciation of the world of nature. The Marshall McClure depicts the boy many times, and
imagery, which is Greek, is emphasized by the pic- always charmingly.
torial allegory of the illustrations and decorations, Mrs. Helen Philbrook Patten's volume on “The
while the woodland atmosphere is carried out in Year's Festivals ” (Estes) is full of the merry
the marginal decorations. This is one of the most spirit of the holiday season. Its simple, readable
complete and artistic of the smaller holiday pub- accounts of the origin, legends, and traditional
lications.
methods of celebrating nine of the year's great
Miss Onoto Watanna's charming Japanese stories festivals are gathered from many sources; and the
are so widely known that extended comment upon amount of interesting information that has been
the new one, “The Heart of Hyacinth” (Harper)
(Harper) collected will surprise most readers and furnish
is quite unnecessary. Hyacinth is an American many hints to hostesses in search of suggestions for
girl born and brought up in Japan, ignorant of her a novel entertainment. The illustrations, from
foreign parentage, and much ashamed of ber blue paintings representing scenes of holiday revelry,
eyes and her soft brown hair, which the best efforts give an additional touch of festivity to the book,
of the hair-dresser cannot keep smootb for more which is prettily and appropriately bound.
than a fortnight. She speaks fascinating broken A new edition of “Don Quixote,” in four pocket
"Engleeh," prays to Kuannon, Mother of Mercy, volumes, with cloth, limp leather, or half-calf bind-
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standard translation of the novel by Ormsby is fol- ously chosen from the words of Emerson, Thoreau,
lowed without abridgment, and his foot-notes and Huxley, Phillips Brooks, or Theodore Roosevelt,
appendix of the proverbs of Don Quixote are re- but the key-note of all is energetic optimism. —
tained. There is also an extended preface by the “The Canterbury Calendar" is in triptych form, the
editor, Mr. James Fitzmaurice-Kelly; so that the side panels showing the pilgrims starting from the
edition is scholarly, as well as compact and tasteful inn and their arrival at Canterbury, while the cen-
in form. A portrait of Cervantes and three etch- tral division represents the company riding merrily
ings by Lalauze furnish the frontispiece illustrations. through a wood. The design, which is in antique
“The Shepherd's Pipe” is a slender little volume style, is printed in colors, and the general effect is
compiled by Mr. Fitzroy Carrington from the very pleasing. — A fourth of Mr. Alfred Bartlett's
pastoral poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth publications is “ A Stenciled Calendar” with seven
centuries, and published by Messrs. Fox, Duffield animal pictures in color by Mr. Edward Penfield.
& Co. The selection has been made with taste and No particular symbolism is apparent in the choice
discrimination, and considering its small size it rep- of beasts to stand for the various 80480ns. They are
resents very adequately the bucolic strain that once interesting, but we should enjoy them more if Mr.
ran 80 sweetly through English verse. The arrange- Oliver Herford or Mr. Gelett Burgess had written
ment of the poems is chronological, and there is an rhymes to accompany them. As it is, we are not
index to authors and to first lines. Portraits of balf sure just what sentiments they are intended to
a dozen of the lyrists serve as illustrations. The
grey board covers are novel and attractive.
À collection of “Christmas Songs and Easter
Carols” by the late Phillips Brooks is a holiday
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
booklet that will appeal to many admirers of the
great divine. It contains his beautiful “O Little Of the books provided for children this year, there
Town of Bethlebem,” four other Christmas poems, is little to say in the way of general comment. The
and three carols for Easter. Paper and typography output is at least as large as in past years; the literary
are of superior quality. The decoration consists of a quality is about as it has been. In one respect only is
rubricated title-page and ornamented headings and
any marked characteristic to be noticed, and this is the
initials, besides a tasteful cover design in cream and
very considerable advance shown in the mechanical
make-up of this season's books — especially in the mat-
gold. (Dutton.)
ter of illustrations. Not more than three years ago
“In Perfect Peace," a thirty-page booklet by the
colored illustrations in children's books were something
Rev. James R. Miller, D.D., has been reissued as a
of a rarity; to-day they are to be found in possibly a third
gift-book, with profuse illustrations and an ornate of the season's output. The work of the best artists,
binding (Crowell). Dr. Miller's work always com- the finest processes of reproduction, are to be met with
mands attention, and there will be many to enjoy as frequently now in books for children as in any other
and profit by this earnest and inspiring sermon,
department of publishing activity.
which gains a new emphasis from its dainty set-
As regards literary quality, perhaps the best of the
ting and from Mr. G. H. Edwards's harmonious
season's books are those dealing with school and college
athletics. Historical romances for the young are as
drawings.
A sheaf of calendars for 1904 shows nothing 80
numerous as ever, but a tendency exists to bring them
nearer the present time, as if in response to a journal-
amusing as Mr. McCutcheon's “ Boy Calendar
istic demand for something imminent enough for con-
(McClurg), a series of twelve cartoons, some of temporary interest. Stories dealing with business life
which Chicago newspaper readers will remember. are rather less numerous tban usual. War, which has
The episodes in the Boy's year are characteristic seemed to be losing ground of late, looms large in the
and full of humor. The Boy himself is omnipresent, reading for boys this year. By way of compensation,
and so is his Dog, with a horde of other boys and
however, there are more volumes with a sociological
dogs only less delightful; and Aunt Mary has not tendency. One rather marked feature of the children's
been forgotten. The Boy and his friends will cer.
books of the season is the absence of reprinted classics
in new and decorated editions; there are some books
tainly prove cheering companions for the fleeting
of the sort, but they are much less in evidence than in
days of the new year.
“ A Calendar of Prayers by recent years.
Robert Louis Stevenson ” (Alfred Bartlett) is one
Beginning with the books dealing with
of the most beautiful of the season. Each of the
Or-door life
out-of-door life, and bringing into the
twelve pages
shows an artistic border in black enclog-
categor those having to do with school
ing a prayer whose rubricated initial letter adds a and college life, since their interest is largely that of
touch of color to the design. Even Stevenson could
out-of-door games, we find in “ Trapper Jim" (Mac-
not write another petition equal to his familiar
millan) a clever account, by Mr. Edwyn Sandys, of the
“At Morning"; but the spirit of the other prayers
manner in which a young man, a writer on hunting and
is the same, and each one is good to think upon for
fishing topics, takes in hand a small boy and brings him
into rational interest and accord with the great animal
a month. — Very similar in its decorations to the world and with the breadth and freedom of life in the
Stevenson Calendar is “ The Symphony Calendar
open. A more fascinating book for boys could hardly
(Alfred Bartlett). The brief quotations, which are be selected. — Intended for those of fewer years and
meant to put the reader in tune with life, are vari. more imaginative qualities, Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton
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bas limited himself more than usually to facts in Mexico. - "In the War with Mexico" (Scribner),
“ Two Little Savages” (Doubleday), wherein a party by Dean Cyrus T. Brady, follows the fortunes of a mid-
of youngsters have good times playing at being Indians. shipman who marches with Scott. — The invasion of
This book, with its numerous illustrations and enticing Mexico from the north is discussed in Mr. William
make-up, should add many new recruits to Mr. Seton's 0. Stoddard's “ Ahead of the Army” (Lothrop), its
large juvenile following. - A wholesome and readable hero being a young American who acts as guide to the
story of college life, by Mr. Ralph Henry Barbour, en- American armies at the beginning of the fighting: -
titled “ Weatherby's Inning" (Appleton), tells how a Mr. Byron A. Dunn's “ Raiding with Morgan” (Mc-
college freshman who is suspected of cowardice comes Clurg) is the only boys' book of the year dealing with
into his own again through good ball-playing and a the war between the States. In it a number of char.
faculty for minding his own business. – Mr. Eustace acters familiar to the readers of the earlier books in the
L. Williams also writes about baseball in « The Mu- “Young Kentuckians " series reappear, and the writing
tineers" (Lothrop), giving a vivid account of the of the narrative from the Southern point of view affords
manner in which a set of boys, debarred from the a desirable variety. - Captain F. S. Brereton takes the
school “nine" by favoritism (as they aver), prove the
British and aristocratic view of the French Revolution
fact to their comrades by beating the regular nine fairly in “ The Red Cookade" (Scribner), which does not help
and squarely. - Football is the interest back of Mr. it for American readers.--" In the Grip of the Mullah”
Albertus T. Dudley's well-written · Following the (Scribner) is a better story in every way from the same
Ball" (Lee & Shepard), a story of boarding school life pen, narrating what happened to a shipwrecked English
and athletics.
officer after he fell into Moslem hands. Two books
Among the children's books dealing with come from the pen of the late George Alfred Henty.
History in
historical subjects, special praise belongs The first of them combines in a single volume a view
story form.
to Miss H. Twitchell's “ Famous Chil. of three of Britain's "little” wars, its title being
dren Who Have Gained Renown in the Past” (Lee & « Through Three Campaigns : A Story of Chitral,
Shepard). It combines a wealth of valuable inforna- Tirab, and Ashanti” (Scribner). In it the British
tion with matters of real interest to cbildren, and its army is seen at its best, as usual. The other of Henty's
illustrations are taken from the masterpieces. — Flora books, “ With the Allies to Pekin (Scribner), also
Macdonald, the savior of the Young Pretender, is the places the British in the van in that questionable inter-
horoine of “A Lassio of the Isles" (Lee & Shepard), national competition. – Dr. Eva March Tappan's “In
an entertaining book by Miss Adele E. Thompson. — the Days of Queen Victoria” (Lee & Shepard) is a
The North and South, Indians and whites, have their well-written and entertaining compendium of the reign
several interests represented in “Little Betty Blew: just past, addressed particularly to the young,
Her Strange Experiences and Adventures in Indian
ful to readers of any age.
Land” (Lee & Shepard), by Miss Annie M. Barnes,
Not a large, but an instructive and enter-
in which a little Massachusetts girl removes to South
Nature and
animal stories.
taining, class of books deal with Nature
Carolina in the earlier days of the settlement, and
in various forms, and with the animal
80 brings into modern view a little-known chapter in world; their purpose being to impart to young people
colonial history. - The third volume of Mr. Edward a feeling of sympathy for their fellow creatures.
Stratemeyer's “Colonial Series" is called " At the Fall In Mr. Robert W. Chambers's “ Orchard-Land" (Har-
of Montreal” (Lee & Shepard), and has Montcalm, per) much information about the trees, flowers, birds,
Wolfe, and many another hero of the time, in its pages. and insects, is woven into a pleasing and fanciful
One of the better sort of books about the Revolution- story. Mr. Birch's illustrations, in color and other-
ary struggle is Mr. Hezekiah Butterworth's “ Brother wise, are a charming feature of the book. “ The Lit.
Jonathan” (Appleton), a well-written biography of tle Foresters, a Story of Field and Woods” (Crowell)
the Jonathan Trumbull who was so stanch a patriot is made up of bird and animal tales by Mr. Clarence
throughout the struggle for American Independence. Hawkes, with pictures by Mr. Charles Copeland. -
“ The Fifer Boy of the Boston Siege" (Jennings & “ Rover's Story, the Autobiography of a Calico Dog"
Pye) is the subject of Mr. Edward A. Rand's well- (Lee & Shepard) is illustrated by photographs of
realized account of the earlier period of the Revolution. the putative author, and other pictures done by Miss
- Dr. Everett T. Tomlinson covers the battles of the Helena Higginbotham, to prove the reality of the fine
Brandywine and of Germantown in "A Lieutenant collie whose life the story obronicles. -“ Jack the Fire
under Washington” (Houghton), ending with Valley Dog” (Little, Brown, & Co.) is a rattling good city
Forge. — “The Spy of Yorktown” (Appleton), by Mr. story, by Mrs. Lily F. Wesselhoeft, with conviction and
William 0. Stoddard, carries the war of Independence interest on every page. – Mrs. Gabrielle E. Jackson
through to a successful conclusion, and is a thrilling has written “Little Comrade, the Story of a Cat"
book. — After having kept reasonably quiet about the (Taylor), which contains also three tales dealing with
Mexican war for many years, three American authors dogs of various degrees. These are good to read; and
now blossom out into books about it. It is too bad that so is another collection of seven animal stories, by the
not one of these three books has pointed out the rank same author and publisher, “ Big Jack, and Other True
injustice of this war, the more so that its evil effects Stories of Horses." Another animal autobiography is
upon civilization were never more apparent than now, told by one of the inhabitants of the Mediterranean
when it is being used to justify other wicked wars of Sea, in “Lord Dolphin” (Estes), the work of Miss
conquest. “ The Giant of Three Wars” (Appleton) is Harriet A. Cheever. It tells a great deal not gener-
a life of General Winfield Scott, the earlier chapters ally known about an interesting fellow-mammal. —
concerned with Scott's gallant part in the war of 1812 Birds and insects play their parts in Mrs. Clara Dilling-
and the final chapters with the war of the Rebellion, ham Pierson's “ Dooryard Stories” (Dutton), which
but the greater part of them filled with the tale of have been admirably illustrated in color by Mr. F. C.
Scott's wonderful march from the Gulf to the City of Gordon. — “ The Insect Folk” (Ginn) is both written
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“Young Heroes of Wire and Rail” (Lee
Character and
it treats in an interesting way of dragon-flies, mos-
& Shepard) is by Mr. Alvah Milton
quitoes, and the private life of several other insects we
Kerr, himself a train dispatcher, and it
would quite as soon not bave too near us. — “Ways of tells of the modest gallantry of railway men, proving
the Six-Footed” (Ginn) is by Mrs. Anna Botsford when proof is hardly needed that peace too hath its
Comstock, with many pictures by the author and by victories. - Mr. Samuel Travers Clover devises a se-
Messrs. W. C. Baker and 0. L. Foster. - Spiders of quel for an earlier work of merit in “On Special
many sorts form the subject-matter of Miss Alice Jean Assignment” (Lothrop), based on his own varied ex-
Patterson's account, at once instructive and charming, periences in the newspaper business. It is a strong and
of “The Spinner Family” (McClurg). Few books faithful story, to be read by all youths of journalistic
contain as much useful information in palatable form, tendencies as a true picture of that life at its best.
and the numerous textual illustrations by Mr. Bruce “ The Young Ice Whalers ” (Houghton), by Mr. Win-
Horsfall add conspicuously to its value. « Jane and throp Packard, is a tale of stormy seas and cloudy
John, their Plays, Parties, and Picnics” (Little, Brown, skies, reminding one of “Two Years before the Mast.”
Co.) is a pleasant story of children on a farm and at Arctic Alaska is the scene of the adventures of two
the sea-shore, in which a love for lower forms of life is Yankee boys, and gold-mining and hunting, as well
insisted upon everywhere. A new edition of Miss
as whaling, appear in the pages. — In “Joe's Signal
Effie Bignell's “Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny” (Baker Code” (Lee & Shepard), Mr. W. Reiff Hesser gives
& Taylor) has been issued, a proper recognition of this his readers the benefit of his extensive knowledge of
interesting life story of two robins.
electrical subjects, and ends by having his hero and
Several new editions of old favorites, and companions, cast away on a Pacific island, rescued by
Old favorites
books in which the old stories are retold, a most ingenious device. “ Joe, the Surveyor” (Lee
in nou forms.
deserve a paragraph to themselves. Miss & Shepard), the work of Mr. Edward Stratemeyer,
Eva March Tappan, Ph.D., has used the best resources describes the life of a country boy in “field-work ” in
of the skilful modern historian in telling “ The Christ the Alleghenies, and a rare bit of rascality unearthed
Story (Houghton), following the career of the Saviour through his watchfulness. — “Defending the Bank"
from the Annunciation to the Ascension, illuminating her (Lothrop), by Mr. Edward S. Van Zile, shows how two
narrative with stories from the Bible country. The book boys and a girl constitute themselves into a sort of pro-
is well illustrated. — “Bible Stories for Young People tective police and prevent a bank robbery. - Two boys
(Crowell) is a well-informed book by Mrs. Sarah E. of the most opposite point of view, one a believer in
Dawes, containing a simple and direct version of twenty- bard work and the other in luck, are contrasted in
four incidents in biblical history, about equally divided Mr. Edward S. Ellis's “ True Blue, a Story of Luck
between the Old and New Testaments. In the series and Pluck” (Estes). —"A Partnership in Magic
of “Children's Favorite Classics ” (Crowell) appears (Lothrop) is a sort of commercial fairy-story by Mr.
“ The Fables of Æsop,” the text from the versions of Charles Battell Loomis, showing how easy it is to make
L'Estrange and Croxall, edited by Mr. J. Walker money selling fruit when it is supplied free by super-
MeSpadden. It is a small and useful edition of an natural means.
indispensable work. -- “ Jo's Boys," the sequel to Louisa
If the relative merits of the season's fairy
M. Alcott's “Little Men," is sumptuously reprinted
Pairy books and tales could be left to determination by a
(Little, Browo, & Co.), with admirable pictures by
juvenile plebiscite, we feel rather safe
Miss Ellen Wetherald Ahrens. — A book first published in predicting a majority in favor of first place for Mrs.
twenty years ago, “Six Girls," by Miss Fanny Belle Edith Ogden Harrison's “ The Star Fairies” (McClurg).
Irving, justifies itself in its rehabilitation, being of Like the same writer's “ Prince Silverwings” of last
more than average merit (Estes). — Mr. Thomas Nelson year, these new stories are of the old-fashioned sort
Page's pretty story of “ Two Prisoners ” is issued in a dear to childish hearts. The colored illustrations by
new edition (Russell), with colored illustrations by Mrs. Lucy F. Perkins are graceful to a marked degree.
Miss Virginia Keep. In its present form this cheerful A Christmas season without one of Mr. Andrew
little tale will be read with delight not only by the Lang's books of fairy tales would be but a dull affair.
children of to-day, but by those of a larger growth who This year it is “ The Crimson Fairy Book” (Long-
recall its original publication in the pages of " Harper's mans), made up of some three dozen tales chosen, as
Young People.” — The “Uncle Charlie” who stands in previous collections, from the folk-lore of all nations,
sponsor for the illustrated volume of “Childhood Clas- and adapted and translated mainly by Mrs. Lang.
sics” (Laird & Lee) is no other than Mr. Charles Welsh, Mr. H. J. Ford's illustrations, colored and otherwise,
who has made the study and editing of children's litera- are hardly equalled in artistic quality by those in any
ture a life-work. So it may be taken for granted that other children's book of the year. Algonquin Indian
this compilation of old tales and nursery rhymes is as Tales" (Jennings & Pye), by Mr. Edgerton Ryerson
good as experience and careful judgment can make it. Young, is a collection of fairy stories and aboriginal
- As part of the general “reading-made-easy "scheme traditions, some of which were used by Longfellow in
of modern education, Mr. Frederic Lawrence Knowles “ Hiawatha." - Mr. Everett McNeill's “ Dickon Bend-
is editing a sort of pre-digested series of books (Estes), the-Bow, and Other Wonder Tales (Saalfield) has
in which, taking from the English classics as much about thirteen stories of more than average merit, their inten-
some bero's youth as he thinks a small child should tion admirably borne out by Mr. Rob Wagner's pic-
know, he makes a little book for the young out of it. tures in color. “ The Magic Forest" (Macmillan)
Two volumes of the sort appear this year, “The Story is a fairy tale in both the inception and the telling, in
which Mr. Stewart Edward White follows the fortunes
and “The Story of Tom and Maggie" from George of a little sleep-walking boy, who leaves the train on
Eliot's “ The Mill on the Floss." Both books are illus- which his parents are, is picked up by Indians in the
trated.
Northwestern fur trade, and lives an enchanted life
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among them for half a year. It is an excellent book. of rapid-travelling mechanism in the form of an ele-
Original stories of admirable quality appear in “ The phant, in which Mrs. Frances Trego Montgomery's
Giant's Ruby, and Other Fairy Tales” (Little, Brown, pleasant party makes an interesting tour of various
& Co.), by Mrs. Mabel Fuller Blodgett, with illustra- foreign parts.
tions by Miss Katherine Pyle. This is Mrs. Blodgett's
For girls of the larger or older sort,
third book of the kind, and her touch grows firmer
For girls
there are not many new books in com-
especially.
with each succeeding effort. - A book of merit, filling
parison with former years. « The Bea-
a place hitherto vacant in contemporary literature, is trice Book” (Lane), by Mr. Ralph Harold Bretherton,
Miss Netta Syrett's “Six Fairy Plays for Children” shows what may happen to a sweet and loving woman
(Lane). Intended for production in the school or at when her children weigh too heavily upon her, and it
home, with numerous characters in some of the plays can be read to best advantage by worrying mothers to
and very few in others, and all well contrived, this worried children. — “ New Fortunes: How Molly and
book will be a valuable acquisition to the children's her Brothers Came to Boulder Gulch” (Barnes) is
library. -“The Golden Windows, a Book of Fables two-thirds Molly as Miss Mabel Earle writes it, and
for Old and Young" (Little, Brown, & Co.) is Mrs. shows what a smart young girl can do in the way of
Laura E. Richards's pleasant collection of stories of civilizing a mining-camp.
Of more than usual inter-
many kinds, enchantments and talking animals finding est, and with a really unusual theme, Mrs. Mary Mc-
their wonted place, with a not too obtrusive moral be- Crae Culter's “The Girl Who Kept Up" (Lee & Shep-
hind each story. “ Maisie and her Dog Snip in Fairy- ard) tells of a grown girl who does not let her youthful
land ” (Harper) is a pretty story of a little girl who lover's departure for college, when her high school days
learns a number of valuable things in one short excur- are over, interfere with ber own intellectual devel-
sion. A translation of merit has been made by Mrs. opment.
“ Ursula's Freshman” (Little, Brown, &
M. Cary, and its result bears the title of “ Fairy Legends Co.), Miss Anna Chapin Ray's sequel to her earlier
of the French Provinces" (Crowell). The stories are “ Nathalie's Chum," is one of the increasing number
familiar in variant forms in most cases, but they read- of stories that recognize the growing feeling of class in
ily bear repetition. Granted an old Virginia manor the United States. The heroine is an Iowa girl resi-
house with its collection of traditions coming down from dent in New York, and her freshman is a rich young
colonial days, and visitors who leave good stories to be fellow whom she persuades into doing something,
remembered, while the colored people on their part after his money
is
gone. - “ A Daughter of the Rich"
bring tales well worth hearing, and there results such (Little, Brown, & Co.) is another of the same sort;
a volume as Miss Honor Walsh's “The Story-Book but in this, the author, Miss M. E. Waller, reverses
House" (Estes), a book worth the while of almost any- the situation by having the sickly daughter of a New
body, old or young. — Legends of many sorts, all with York millionaire visiting in a sturdy Vermont family.
a supernatural suggestion, make up the contents of Col. Prentiss Ingraham, after acting as escort to a
“ Elizabeth's Charm-String". (Little, Brown, & Co.), party of young women on a long ride across the plains,
by Miss Cora B. Forbes. Saints have mucb to do with makes a book of it with the title “ The Girl Rough
the book, and it is “moral ” accordingly. – Mrs. Edith Riders” (Estes), having in it a great deal about the
Rebecca Bolster sends her small heroine into an en- Grand Cañon of the Colorado, and other interesting
chanted forest, in “ Ethel in Fairyland” (Lothrop), things.
things. _“Sophie May" (Miss Rebecca Sophia Clarke)
bringing her back a happier and a wiser girl. — “Twi- has another of the stories her girl readers love so
light Tales Told to Tiny Tots” (Crowell) is Miss dearly, in “ Joy Bells, a Story of Quinnebasset " (Lee &
Anita D. Rosecrans's combination of old and new fairy Shepard), the scene being laid half a century ago, and
stories and stories of adventure, adapted to the intelli- many of the characters in other Quinnebasset stories
gence of the very small. – Mr. Ray M. Steward has reappearing here. - Four school-girls, driven from a
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written, and Miss Laura J. Bridgman illustrated, a vacation at home by illness in their families, spend their
book with a self-explanatory title, in full as follows: leisure in an old farm-house not far from the school;
“The Surprising Adventures of the Man in the Moon, and their interesting experiences there, with an older
Showing How, in Company with Santa Claus, Robinson cousin who acts as mentor, are well told by Miss Annie
Crusoe, Cinderella and Her Prince, Jack the Giant H. Donnell, in “Camp Fidelity Girls” (Little, Brown,
Killer, Little Red Riding Hood, Old Mother Hubbard, & Co.) — “Miss Frances Charles's “The Awakening
Jack Spratt and His Wife, Tommy Tucker, and Some of the Duchess” (Little, Brown, & Co.) is a book for
Others, He Made a Remarkable Tour over Land and nearly every age, telling of a mother given to all sorts
Sea and through the Air” (Lee & Shepard). – “ The of charities and public enterprises, who is brought to
Truth about Santa Claus” (Crowell) is Mrs. Charlotte a realization of closer duties by her neglected little
M. Vaile's account of the good St. Nicholas, by which daughter. The popularity of the work of Miss
a waning faith in the legendary saint can be supplied Amanda M. Douglas will not suffer through her latest
with something better, the belief in a fine reality. book, “ Helen Grant's Schooldays " (Lee & Shepard).
Two really clever books have been devised by Mr. It tells of a young girl brought into a broader life by a
Neville Cain and published as “ The Fairies' Mena- kindly woman, boarding-school life occupying much of
gerie " and " The Fairies' Circus" (Russell), the latter
the story
- A youthful school-teacher obtains the
& volume, as the author writes, “ where elves and privilege of educating her younger sister in lieu of an
sprites with one another vie in feats of most unique increase in salary; and what ensues is told by Mrs.
agility.” — The new edition of Mr. William Dana Ör- Gabrielle E. Jackson in “Three Graces” (Appleton).
cutt's “The Princess Kallisto” (Little, Brown, & Co.), The fourth and last volume in an interesting series
with its attractive drawings by Miss Harriette Amsden, is Miss Helen Leah Reed's “Brenda's Bargain
serves to renew the interest and educational usefulness (Little, Brown, & Co.), which is one of the first books
of these charming fairy tales. — “The Wonderful Elec- written for young girls dealing with social-settlement
tric Elephant” (Saalfield) tells of a marvellous bit work, and is unusually well worth reading.
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There are not many books for small boys Baltimore, the little maid in “The Mislaid Uncle "
For small boys
and girls.
or small girls separately this year, nearly (Crowell) comes upon the wrong man, but finds him a
all being directed generally to children charming fellow just the same, as the story shows. -
of both sexes. A large proportion of them have been The fourth of Miss Amy Brooks's “Randy" books
written by women, however, and this gives them more is "Randy and Prue" (Lee & Shepard), a pleasant
of a feminine than masculine aspect. Miss Evelyn story.
Whitaker, for instance, in “Gay” (Little, Brown, &
For little readers there remain a pum-
Co.), has made a good story about the little son of the
Songs, jingles,
ber of books, most of them with verses
and pictures.
widow of an officer born of wealthy people, his parents'
and jingles attached, and all with pic-
marriage baving been a secret one. So in « Blake tures in quantities. An anonymous work, “ Peter
Redding, a Boy of To-Day” (Little, Brown, & Co.), Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pro-
Miss Natalie Rice Clark has quite as many girls as nunciation” (Scott-Thaw Co.), contains enough allitera-
boys concerned in the progress of the story. -
“ The tive lilts of the “Peter Piper” and Theophilus
Children Who Ran Away" (Macmillan), in Miss Evelyn Thistle " sort to fix the letters forever in the youthful
Sharp's story of that name, are a fourteen-year-old girl mind. -Mr. Oscar von Gottschalk imparts information
and her little brother, the account of their mild adven- concerning cotton, sugar, tobacco, oil, lumber, and other
tures and what came of them making very good read- essentials, in his " Innocent Industries; or, Kindergar-
ing. — Small boys and small girls keep " How the Two ten Tales for Industrious Infants" (Russell). — “Jungle
Ends Met" (Crowell) just about even, the two ends Larks” (Laird & Lee), by Mr. Raymond H. Garman, is
being those of a city block. The story, which is by Miss an amusing portfolio of pictures in which the birds and
Mary F. Leonard, bas a sociological suggestion, rich and beasts of Africa disport themselves in human fashion,
poor coming to a better understanding of one another. and make no bad satire on human ways. « More Five
This is even more true of “ Children of the Tene- Minute Stories" (Estes), by Mrs. Laura E. Richards,
ments” (Macmillan), a collection of episodes written comes out in response to the demand awakened a year
by Mr. Jacob A. Riis out of his full experience. It is ago for more of these pretty stories in prose
and
verse,
a valuable book, without literary pretension, but none just what children enjoy again and again. — Miss Ger-
the
poorer for that. “Sheba” (Crowell) is of some-
trude Smith has done another book in the fashion of
what the same sort, Miss Anna Chapin Ray taking the “Roggie and Reggie” book of several years ago,
some little Jewish children and their homely lives for « The Stories of Peter and Ellen” (Harper). It is
her story, which has the effective commendation of Mr. fully illustrated in color by Miss E. Mars and Miss M.
Riis. - Little Dick's Christmas ” (Estes) is a bappy H. Squire. – Mrs. Frances Trego Montgomery has a
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little story of an old-fashioned sort, by Miss Etheldred more instructive if less humorous tale in her sequel,
B. Barry, in which a small boy gives up his own presents “Billy Whiskers' Kids” (Saalfield), than in the orig-
to those more needy, and through this is able to recon- inal - Billy Whiskers” of a year ago. The two little
cile his grandfather and his parents as well as to settle goats go on shipboard, and the reader travels with them
a strike that had made the village poor.
Miss Amy
on their adventurous voyage.
Always clever and often
Le Feuvre has written two small books with a strong touching, Mr. George V. Hobart has written “Li'l
flavor of religion in them (Revell), one, "Two Tramps, Verses for Li'l Fellers” (Russell), the Misses Mars
telling of the adventures of a small nephew and his uncle and Squire providing sympathetic illustrations.-_ Verses
while rambling over the beautiful English countryside by Miss Margaret Page and pictures by Mrs. Katharine
in search of health; and the other, “Jill's Red Bag,' W. Greenland make up the enticing pages of “In
of a family of small orphans left in an elder sister's Childhood Land” (Saalfield). – Miss Myrtle Reed as
care and brought into a better spiritual condition rhymester, Mr. Ike Morgan as illustrator, and Mrs.
through the efforts of a wise and pious governess. Eva Cruzen Hart as composer, have combined to make
Some good short stories of the poor as well as of « Pickaback Songs" (Putnam) a most interesting con-
the well-to-do may be found in Mrs. Kate Dickinson tribution to child-song. — The ninth volume of com-
Sweetser's “Micky of the Alley" (Appleton). — Not bined pictures and verses concerning the delectable
at all the people she expected to find, but exactly the Golliwogg, the pictures by Miss Florence K. Upton and
sort of people she needed to find, greet the small the verses by Miss Bertha Upton, appears as “The
heroine of "Winifred's Neighbors ” (Lee & Shepard). Golliwogg's Circus” (Longmans), with all the familiar
Miss Bertha G. Davidson has made the story interesting accessories of old. A sort of Little Red Riding Hood
beyond most of its kind.
Twins with good names, story reversed is told by “Joe Kerr” in “Mr. Sharp-
Theodore and Dorothea, spend a vacation in a jolly tooth” (Dillingham), a book abounding in colored plates.
little country town, and descriptions of the good times No better presents have been designed this season
they have together crowd the pages of Miss Marion A. for small folk tban « Denslow's Picture Books for Chil-
Taggart's “At Aunt Anna's” (Appleton).—“ Dorothy's dren ” (Dillingham), twelve paper-covered booklets in
Playmates” (Lee & Shepard) is the sequel to Miss the newest and best manner of Mr. William Wallace
Amy Brooks's “ Dorothy Dainty” of a year ago, with Denslow, comprising “ The A B C Book,” “One Ring
three small aristocrats and a child of the poor in the Circus," “ Tom Thumb," Humpty Dumpty,' « Old
story. — A waif and stray is also in Miss Harriet A. Mother Hubbard,” “Jack and the Bean Stalk," "The
Cheever's “
“Gipsy Jane (Estes), and her time is Visit to the Zoo," « The House that Jack Built," “ The
divided between the rambling life that had been her Three Bears," "Little Red Riding Hood,” “ Five Little
mother's and the ordered existence of a rich English Pigs," and “ Mary's Lamb." The ever-welcome
home. — Two brothers and two sisters are the leading “ Chatterbox for 1904” (Estes), and the perennial
characters of “The Frolicsome Four” (Lee & Shepard), “Sunday Reading for the Young, 1904” (Nelson),
and they have good times and bad times, after the must not be left without a word of welcome. Each
fashion of children, with the good times predominating. volume contains the usual generous store of text and
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NOTES.
LIST OF NEW BOOKS.
Bede's “ Ecclesiastical History” in Doctor Giles's (The following list, containing 134 titles, includes books
translation of 1840, is the latest “ Temple Classic," received by Tax DiaL since its last issue.]
published by the Macmillan Co.
Charles Kingsley's “Hypatia," in two volumes, is
HOLIDAY GIFT BOOKS.
Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. With illustrations
added to the new library edition of that author's writings
from his own designs. Edited by Elisabeth Luther Cary.
in course of publication by Messrs. J. F. Taylor & Co. In 2 vols., illus. in photogravure, large 8vo, gilt tope,
A selection from the poems of Tennyson, edited by unout. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $6.50 net.
the Rev. Henry van Dyke and Mr. D. Laurence
Sketches: Ten Lithographic Reproductions of Chalk Draw-
ings by Hazel Martyn. In portfolio. A.C. McClurg & Co.
Chambers, is a new volume in the “ Athenæum Press
$5. det.
Series" of Messrs. Ginn & Co. The selection is judi- The Art Album of the International Studio. Illug. in
cious, covers the poet's entire development, and has an color, photogravure, etc., 4to. John Lane. $6. det.
extensive apparatus of notes.
Castilian Days. By John Hay. Holiday edition, illus. by
Joseph Pennell. 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 343. Houghton,
We have received from the Messrs. Appleton “The Mifflin & Co. $3.
Prisoner of Zenda ” and “Quisanté," being the first two Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye. By
volumes of a new library edition of the novels of
Charles Sprague Smith. “Fontainebleau" edition; illus.
« Anthony Hope.” Fifteen volumes will complete the
in photogravure, etc., 8vo, gilt top, pp. 232. A. Wessels
Co. $3.50 pet.
set, and the edition is limited. In mechanical execution Famous actors and Actresses and their Homes. By
this edition is a counterpart of the edition of Dr. Conan Gustav Kobbé. Illus. in photogravure, eto., large 8vo,
Doyle's novels, recently mentioned by us as coming from
gilt edges, unout, pp. 359. Little, Brown, & Co. $3. net.
the same publisbers.
The Book of Months. By E. F. Benson. With decora-
tions in color, large 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 299. Harper
The « Puritan " edition of Bunyan's “ Pilgrim's Prog- & Brothers. $2.50 net.
ress," published by the Fleming H. Revell Co., bas for American Myths and Legends. By Charles M. Skinner.
its special feature a series of thirty-one illustrations, by
In 2 vols., illus. in photogravure, eto., 16mo, gilt tops,
Mr. Harold Copping, which represent the characters in
uncut. J. B. Lippincott Co. $2.50 net.
A Checked Love Affair, and The Cortelyou Feud. By
the costumes of Bunyan's time. The text, also, has Paul Leicester Ford; illus. in photogravure by Harrison
been the subject of a careful editorial treatment, and is Fisher; with decorations by George Wharton Edwards.
given as nearly as possible in the shape finally authorized 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 112. Dodd, Mead & Co. $2.
by the author's own revisions and corrections.
The Bending of the Twig. Written and illustrated by
Walter Russell. 8vo, gilt top, unout, pp. 297. Dodd,
The “ Denmark, Norway, and Sweden " of Mr. Will- Mead & Co. $2. net.
iam Eleroy Curtis, sent us by the Saalfield Publishing Through the Gates of Old Romance. By W. Jay Mills.
Co., is a reprint of the author's recent newspaper corre-
Illus., 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 283. J. B. Lippincott Co.
$2. det.
spondence from the three Scandinavian countries. The
In Arcady. By. Hamilton Wright Mabie; illas. id photo-
work is rambling and far from accurate, but it makes gravure by Will H. Low; with decorations by Charles L.
fairly interesting reading, and is written from a stand- Hinton. 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 128. Dodd, Mead & Co.
$1.80 pet.
point of genuine sympathy and admiration. There are
Historic Buildings: As soon and Described by Famous
nearly a hundred full-page photographic illustrations,
Writers. Edited and traps. by Esther Singleton. Illas.,
which constitute perhaps the most attractive feature of 8vo, gilt top, pp. 340. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.60 net.
the volume.
Red Head. By John Uri Lloyd ; illus. and decorated by
Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. continue their ad-
Reginald B. Birch. 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 208. Dodd,
Mead & Co. $1.60 net.
mirable work of republishing, in agreeable, but inexpen- Work. By Hugh Black, M.A. With decorations, 8vo, gilt
sive form, the standard productions of English literature. top, uncut, pp. 246. Fleming H. Revell Co. $1.50.
Their most important enterprise of this sort for the Friendship. By Hugh Black; with Introductory Note by
W. Robertson Nicoll, D.D. Now edition ; with marginal
present year takes the shape of companion sets, in twelve
decorations, 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 244. Fleming H,
volumes each, of the works of Fielding and Smollett. Revell Co. $1.50.
In the case of Fielding, we have the works nearly com- Poems of Tennyson. Chosen and edited by Henry van
plete — povels, essays, dramas, and miscellanies — while Dyke. Illus. in photogravure, 12mo, gilt top, uncut,
in the case of Smollett we have the five novels alone.
pp. 343. Ginn & Co. $1.50 pet.
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fried Herder died at Weimar. The German
Department of the Northwestern University
has arranged for that date a memorial celebra-
tion for the purpose of calling renewed attention
to the intellectual services of that great thinker
as well as to the singular elevation of the char-
acter which gave to those services a heightened
impressiveness. It is well that we should thus
recall the memory of the distinguished dead,
and the centennial pretext, although obviously
an artificial one, is as good for that purpose as
another. It is particularly well that we should
recall the memory of Herder, for he belongs to
the class of men whose work, while profoundly
influential upon the thought of the age, becomes
in time so mingled with the general intellectual
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general consciousness, and is to be restored or formation of which his activities concerned
recreated only by the student of literary history only particular phases is now perceived to bave
who takes a plunge into the past for that par- been farther-reaching than the compass of all
ticular purpose.
his dreams. The world into which Herder was
The fame of some men is sufficiently pre- born was crystallized by tradition and prescrip.
served in their own works, while the fame of tion. Its life was one of convention, its scholar-
others is preserved, largely at least, in the ship was lacking in philosophical breadth, its
reflection of their influence from minds to which whole fashion of thought was trammelled by
they proved an inspiration. We still read an artificial method from which even the mighty
Goetbe and Schiller and Lessing for the sake of intellect of Kant could not shake itself free.
their genius as embodied in the masterpieces of Literature was judged by artificial canons,
their creation; the writings of Herder, on the history was envisaged without perspective, and
other hand, are left undisturbed to collect dust religion was conceived as a formulary. How
a
upon our shelves, and even the professed student clearly do all these limitations confront us in
of German literature will in many instances be the work of Voltaire, the typical master-mind
compelled to admit that his chief impression of of the eighteenth century, who for all his wit,
that profound thinker comes from the associa- and lucidity, and amazing energy, has an im-
tion with Goethe when both were young men at portance in the history of intellectual develop-
Strassburg
ment that falls far short of what seemed to be
It is indeed fortunate for Herder's memory his measure to the age in which he made so
that in his youth he was thrown for a year great a stir.
into the still more youthful companionship of Herder was nearly enough the contemporary
Goethe. We turn over and over again to the of Voltaire to justify a comparison between the
Strassburg pages in “ Dichtung und Wahrheit” two men, and in a certain sense the compara-
chiefly, no doubt, to read of the idyl of Sesen- tively obscure German pastor outranks the
heim; but the second feature of interest in
brilliant French worldling whose intellectual
those pages is provided by the poet's confession dictatorship hardly brooked a rival. We should
of his indebtedness to the literary critic and be the last to underate the magnificent services
philosophical historian who came into his life
done for humanity by Voltaire in his crusade
at just the psychological moment when the against superstition and injustice, but he does
ferment of his ideas was ready for clarification, not belong to the class of constructive thinkers
and when he was seeking to set in order the who constitute the links in the chain of intel-
house of his intellect.
lectual progress. Even when his cause was
“ Because his talk was always significant, whether he entirely just, he was battling for ideals as old
questioned, answered, or communicated himself in some
other fashion, he spurred me daily, and even hourly, on
as human thinking; his face was turned toward
to new views. . . . The more eagerly I received, the
the past, and he had no “Vision of the world
more generously he gave, so that the hours we spent
and all the wonder that would be " when the
together were of the most interesting sort."
men of a later time should set resolutely about
Throughout Goethe's career we find abundant the task of reconstructing the fabric of know-
evidence of the fructifying influence of this ledge upon the firm foundations of first-hand
early association with the philosophical critic, observation and logical method combined.
we find it in his broader outlook, in his rigor Herder, on the other hand, possessed a sin.
ous standards of appreciation, and in his gular insight into the underlying and sub-
constant striving toward the largest possible conscious processes that were shaping the
synthesis of the facts of nature and human life intellectual development of the future; his ideas
as presented by direct observation and the were germinal where they were not absolutely
examination of the past.
constructive, and he made all the coming gen-
The history of culture offers no more inter- erations his debtor. We may not now read
esting field of study than that of the transition his writings, but his thought has become so
from eighteenth to nineteenth century modes of fully our possession that we are in danger of
thought. The eighteenth century was arti- forgetting that it ever was his thought alone,
ficial; its successor became natural. Rous. imposed upon a reluctant age, and made ours
seau's appeal to men to get back into natural through the mediation of Goethe and many
ways of thinking and living seems to us now
lesser men.
even more significant than it did when it was “Herder gave the initiative in all directions,"
made over a hundred years ago, for the trans- says Scherer, “ in history, philology, and liter-
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ary
criticism.” In his character as a Lutheran
clergyman, his influence on religious thought THE ILLUSTRATING OF CHILDREN'S
was marked, and he so outgrew the pietism and
BOOKS.
narrow orthodoxy of his earlier years that he
ended in a modified acceptance of the philos- yellow and dog-eared, which was a treasure of my
On a shelf in my library is an old volume, now
ophy of Spinoza, and in the conviction that grandmother's girlhood. It was one of the few
“theology is a liberal study, and requires no picture-books vouchsafed the children of a century
slavishness of soul.” In a word, he fore- ago. I regard it with more than a book-lover's affec-
shadowed the higher criticism of the Scriptures, tion, and am constrained to look at it when at all
and more than foreshadowed their modern pessimistic about the juvenile books which are being
natural interpretation as works of literature. put forth by the publishers of to-day; for it empha-
As a student of the creative writing of all ages
sizes, as nothing else can, the development in the art
and races he prepared the way for that spirit of
of making books for children, and teaches us to be
thankful for what the young people of the present
cosmopolitanism in appreciation and compari- generation have escaped.
son which is in our own time bearing rich fruit,
This volume is “ A New Hieroglyphical Bible for
and he pointed the way to that conception of the Amusement and Instruction of Children ; Being
world-literature which has ever since held the a Selection of the most useful Lessons and most
imagination of far-seeing thinkers. He was interesting Narratives, Scripturally Arranged, from
also one of the pioneers in the modern move-
Genesis to the Revelation, Embellished with Famil-
ment which has made of literary criticism much
iar Figures and Striking Emblems Elegantly En-
more than a matter of judgment by fixed rules
graved. . . . Recommended by the Rev'd Rowland
Hill, M.A. New York: Printed for and Published
or of rhetorical analysis, and which demands
by the Booksellers. MDCCXCVI.” The Preface
of the critic that he shall be the natural his-
further informs us that the author's object is “ to
torian of literature, taking into account all of imprint on the Memory of Youth by lively and
the conditions under which work is produced, sensible images the sacred and important truths of
and occupying the point of view of the men by Holy Writ," and that “the utmost attention has
whom it was written. In bis unfinished yet been paid to select such passages for illustration and
monumental treatise on the philosophy of his- embellishment as contained truths the most obvious
tory, he developed a grandiose conception of and important or historical facts the most interest-
the scheme of the development of civilization, ing.” Turning over the leaves, we find one of the
and of the underlying unity in the annals of
first “obvious and important truths ” to be the fol-
mankind.
lowing, labelled EXODUS XXXIX, 28, -- without a
The man of whom these things, and many
suggestion of context: “And a Mitre of fine linen,
and goodly Bonnets of fine linen and linen Breeches
more of like import, may be said is one who
of fine twined linen.” The “ striking emblems ele-
deserves well of his posterity, and in this year gantly engraved ” consist of an episcopal mitre, two
of the special remembrance of his achievements sunbonnets, and a pair of boy's trousers,
- the
it is not without profit to ourselves that we turn pictures taking the place of the words which they
to his own pages, and learn from them directly are supposed to represent, and thus forming a sort
something of the obligation of the modern world of illustrated rebus to attract and interest the
to his teaching. There are few writers of his young.
century with whom we have so much in com-
Contemporary with this stimulating volume was
the well-known “New England Primer,” with its
mon, or whose books we may read with less of
crude representation of Adam's Fall, and its mildly
the feeling that their message has been long exciting picture of Mr. John Rogers being consumed
outworn, and that they offer standpoints be-
at Smithfield, with a cheerful smile upon his face,
yond which we have far advanced. If Herder and “ His Wife with nine small Children & one at
fails of his due effect upon the student of to- her Breast following him to the Stake.”
day, it is not because his essential ideas have The period which gave to the children of America
grown antiquated, but rather because they have the “Hieroglyphical Bible" and the New England
won such general acceptance, and become so
Primer" did not recognize the humorous or the
incorporated into the very fibre of our minds,
fanciful as in any sense legitimate matter for the
that they seem to us commonplaces of thought, young, though the children's books of that epoch
and can no longer appeal to us with the preg-
appeal to us of to-day with a humor that is quite irre-
.
sistible. A child's book was then a serious matter,
nancy of meaning that was theirs when they
and mere amusement was an end at which it seldom
flowed directly from the springs of his intel- aimed. The child was considered quite able to
lectual being, and were charged with the vital. amuse himself without assistance, and the proper
ity of his impressive personality.
function of the book was to instruct, correct, and
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admonish. As the “ New England Primer” had it: and his training helps him to do this. He should
“Thy Life to mend, This book attend.”
never be taught, however, to despise pure bright
Turning from the juvenile volumes of the be- color. The love of it is the natural heritage of the
ginning of the nineteenth century to those of to-day child, and he never outgrows it. All that we need
is like passing from a darkened room out into the concern ourselves about is to show him the beauty
sunshine. Illustrating is now a distinct art, and of harmonious combinations, and he will soon come
illustrating for children is an important branch of to dislike those that are inharmonious.
it. Some of the best artists of the present genera- Again, the child naturally likes a broad, simple
tion have devoted their lives to the service of the treatment, whether in color or in black-and-white.
child; and the function of illustrating has risen This fondness for simplicity is somewhat modified,
from merely embellishing the text to really inter- as the child grows older, by an interest in detail;
preting it. We sometimes speak of the illustrations but it may safely be affirmed that a child of two
of a book, in connection with its typography and years or less does not want detail in a picture. He
binding, as its “mechanical features”; but this wants only a distinct impression. My little girl at
characterization is not as often made as formerly, the age of two preferred a series of simple outline
and should not be made at all. The pictures of a drawings in a “First Reader" to all her other pic-
child's book are an organic part of it. They are as tures. There was a cat which she could see at a
much to the child as is the text, — often more than glance, and a cup which she instantly recognized as
the text, — and determine in many cases his literary a familiar friend. This stage was passed in due
likes and dislikes. The interpretation which the season, and she began to show interest in a cat with
artist gives to Cinderella may decide whether she is a bell around its neck, and a cup with figures on it;
to be admired or only pitied, and Robinson Crusoe but it was not until the perceptive faculties had
may be made an altogether kind and friendly per- developed that the love of detail came to her, and
son or a frightful semi-savage.' This influence is, even when it did come it did not supplant the fond-
of course, especially strong in the case of the
very ness for simple treatment and clear images. It does
young A picture is the simplest and most ele- not do this in any normal child.
mentary expression of an idea. It precedes written The tendency of modern illustrators is to go back
language. The savage read his primitive stories in to the antique. The child is confronted with archaic
picture-writing, before his descendants learned the line-drawings suggestive of Dürer and the early
use of letters, and as the childhood of the individual German wood-engravers. All the life and dramatic
is a counterpart of the childhood of the race, the interest of a situation are conventionalized out
child to-day gets his story also from the picture, of it, and the dead remains are set forth in faded
before the text is open to him.
colors with a decorative framework of historic or-
If we grant the importance of pictures in fixing nament.
nament. Mr. Walter Crane is perhaps the best-
the child's impressions and forming his tastes, we known exponent of this style. Mr. Howard Pyle,
must see to it that he has good pictures, — pictures in his later work, seems also to have adopted it,
that, first of all, will attract him; for if they do not though he mingles with it the poster style, which
attract they will not influence him, unless it be neg- is even more conventional, and at least equally
atively. Then, while they attract they must also objectionable.
cultivate his ideals of beauty and his appreciation The poster style seems to be borrowed from the
of art, — for how is he to learn what good art is un- Japanese. It has some elements that appeal to
less it is often before him? And, finally, while it children. It may, from one point of view, be re-
is not the function of children's pictures, as it is not garded as the
child's own method of expressing his
the function of art in the large, to teach morality, ideas of forna, as he draws his outline with a pencil
they should teach nothing that is low, cruel, or de- and fills it in with the colors from his paint-box.
basing.
But it is adapted only to the simplest subjects, and the
Having stated, then, as the first requisite of good average modern artist makes a mistake in trying
juvenile pictures that they must attract the child, to show by means of it all the details of a complex
the question arises, What sort of picture does the story. He gives us a background of distant trees
child prefer? This is not easily answered. I have which have no distance at all, but in which the
experimented with children in different grades of figures of his foreground seem to be hopelessly
the public schools, and with others who have never entangled. This idea of ignoring perspective and
attended school. The experiment has shown that making objects at a dozen different distances all
the tastes of children vary almost as much as those appear to be in a single plane, after the Japanese
of adults, and that they change as the child de- fashion, is entirely vicious. It is an affectation,
velops. There are, however, several well-defined which copies the faults quite as servilely as the
likes that belong to every normal child.
merits of the method it affects. Another manifes-
The child likes color. The normal untrained tation of this conventional insanity is seen in con-
child likes bright color. A red hat attracts the centric spirals of hair and beard, and in hard ellip-
infant, while a black hat does not. But as the child soid clouds lying on a sky of parallel lines. Now,
grows,
he
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the rare
stiffened into a knave of spades. He does not care rate frills and ruffles which encircle them. Miss
for the decorative. What he wants is life.
Kate Greenaway's quaint little figures are pictur-
A boy of eight made a fair criticism on one of esquely attractive, and though the fitful aesthetic
these crowded, fat, ultra-conventional illustrations, impulse which gave them birth has passed away
when he gave as his reason for not liking it that it there is something too sweet and beautiful in them
was “all muggled up.” The illustration was one to let them grow old. Mr. Reginald Birch's chil-
of Mr. Charles Robinson's, but was in that artist's dren are always popular. True, they are idealized
most involved and chaotic manner. No modern children; if they were not, they would lose much of
illustrator perhaps possesses more sympathy with their charm, for children themselves are idealists.
children, or can make more delightfully attractive Their admiration goes out toward the things that are
figures of little folks when he keeps to the simple different from the everyday, and an ideal face ap-
treatment; but he often attempts more than the peals to them where a face expressing individuality
method which he has chosen will allow. What is does not. The tendency of modern art is to despise
true of Mr. Robinson is true also of Mr. Crane, Mr. ideal beauty and to strive for individuality — for
Pyle, Mr. Heywood Sumner, the Rhead brothers, character. It is a tendency which does not meet
and other well-known illustrators whose skill is un- with the approval of childhood.
questioned but who have become so wedded to this As to the grotesque, it does not appeal equally
particular method as to refuse to recognize its lim- to all children. Young children usually dislike it,
itations. One of the best exponents of the legiti- though they are sometimes fascinated by it as ani-
mate use of linear drawing is the French illustrator, mals are charmed by a serpent. There is in most
M. Boutet de Monvel, who appreciates the beauty children a stage, which begins at the age of about
of simplicity, and who possesses, moreover,
six or seven and lasts for several years, during
sympathy with child-life and child-nature which is so which this desire for the extravagant, the uncouth,
essential in work for children.
and the terrible sometimes becomes a passion. To
Another quality which is almost a sine qua non fail to recognize the craving is usually to drive your
in pictures for children is action. Children like to children to satisfy it, sometimes surreptitiously, with
see things go, and the figures which appeal to them the worst possible material. There is the grotesquely
are those which are doing something. A boy in fearful and the grotesquely comic, and both have
the second grade chose a spirited picture, A is for their fascination at this period. Your child will
archer,” by Mr. Stuart Hardy, in preference to a probably try your soul by discarding the artistic
decorative treatment of Grimm's girl at the well, picture-books which you have bought him and
by Mr. Crane. When asked why, he replied, showing a decided preference for the adventures of
“Because I like to shoot.” The picture must tell a “Buster Brown” and “the Katzenjammer Kids,"
story in order to interest the average child, and as depicted in vivid red, blue, and yellow on the
the story must be such as he can appreciate. This pages of the Sunday newspaper. Discourage these
leads me to say that Mr. Hardy is one of the most pictures by all means; but give him something good
thoroughly satisfactory of modern illustrators for to take their place, - something really funny, that
children. He is known mainly through his black- is bright without being lurid and comical without
and-white pictures in the Nister books, Mother being vulgar. Mr. Denslow has done some good
Goose, Andersen's and Grimm's stories, and a few things in this field, though he often comes perilously
other volumes of the same class. His figures are near the line of vulgarity. An expurgated edition of
drawn with a few strong strokes of the pen, and de- his “Father Goose," which should omit about one
pict the most beautiful and most lovable children. picture in ten, would make an excellent nonsense-
Besides the life and spirit which his drawings show, book for children, and would satisfy this temporary
there is also sympathy, imagination, a rare sense of demand for the grotesque.
the humorous, and a treatment of the grotesque As to the grotesquely terrible, your child must
which never descends to coarseness. If his pictures have a little of it if he insists, but don't let him have
lack at times the perfect naturalness of M. Boutet it at night if you value either his comfort or your
de Monvel's, they compensate for the loss by more of A child must be treated tenderly at this pe-
grace and vigor. Miss Fanny Cory has done some riod, and the imaginative nature, which is then most
excellent things in a similar style, and gives promise intense, must be so trained as to lead him to enjoy
,
of becoming one of our most successful illustrators the fanciful in beauty rather than in ugliness. Fair-
for children.
ies are better than hobgoblins, and the child should
Beauty is a quality which children are not slow be allowed all the fairies he wants, until he outgrows
to discover and appreciate in a picture. They like them and asks for something more substantial.
pictures of beautiful children. Miss Maud Hum- Children like animal pictures in almost any form,
phrey's little doll-faced cherubs are perhaps a shade – dictionary and geography animals included. The
too pretty. Certain boys, upon arriving at the su- most delicately fanciful treatment that has perhaps
perior age of twelve to fourteen years, affect to scoff ever been given to the animal creation is that of Mr.
at them; but it is doubtful, after all, whether the F. S. Church. Church's animals combine the im-
contempt is not directed mainly toward the elabo- aginative, the poetic, the grotesque, - all with the
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for their work in the
multiplicity of modern books
, tio
most delicate sense of humor, and with a sympa- We come now to the moral effect of pictures.
thetic touch that makes the child at one with them. They should not be used as a vehicle for teaching
So much for what the child likes. But his pic- morality, but on the other hand they should never
tures should not only give him what he likes, — they by inference or example teach immorality, — and
should give it to him in the best possible way. The by immorality I mean anything that is mean or
touch of the true artist should be manifest in them. degrading. I have before me a child's book in
Your child will find color in the vivid pictures of which several boys are pictured as having tied a tin
the Sunday newspaper already referred to, and at can to a dog's tail, and are immensely amused at
first he will appreciate it in that form quite as much the struggles of the poor beast to rid himself of it,
as in the most artistic color-plates which you can as he flees wildly down the street. The accompany-
get for him.
He will find a broad and attractive ing story ends with the moral that this was a very
treatment in the advertisements in the street-cars, wrong thing for the boys to do; but the artist has
and will be quite pleased with them. He will find not expressed this saving moral conclusion. Both
action in the scrawls which he makes upon bis slate, story and picture are bad; for while one boy will
and will satisfy his craving for the grotesque with pity the dog, another will think it a good joke and
the crudest of caricatures. But here is where he will perhaps decide to try the experiment on the
needs your careful and discriminating guidance. next unfortunate canine that crosses his path.
Let his books be illustrated by a master-band, and A small boy of my acquaintance became highly
accustom him to the best art. It will not be long interested, not long ago, in the adventures of a
before he will recognize and appreciate it. By the naughty youth presented in the comic supplement
best art, I do not mean necessarily that of Botticelli of a well-known
newspaper. The youth in the news-
or of Raphael, though he should know some of the paper shampooed his sister's hair, and anointed the
world's great art works as soon as he is old enough poodle, with a mixture of ink, glue, and the family
to understand them. I mean simply good art, hair-tonic, leaving the remainder of the compound
whether the drawing be that of a tin cup or of a in the bottle for the use of his father and mother.
cathedral. There are too many illustrators who try The results, as pictorially set forth, were so intensely
to atone for poor draughtmanship by a wealth of amusing that the small observer immediately took
carefully wrought details, — textures, shadows, and steps to repeat them in real life. Much mischief
amateurs have
is suggested in such ways as this, and the sugges-
tions come from artists who have little sympathy
but their touch is readily discernible. Their figures with children, knowing them mainly as a theme to
are wooden or putty, and their faces are expression- make jokes about.
less or idiotic.
All this emphasizes the point that the true artist
The child naturally assumes that the pictures for children must have sympathy as well as experi-
which adorn his books are right pictures, and from ence with his audience, must know what is good for
them he gets his ideas of drawing, — his first im- them, and must love them too much to offer any-
pression of what art is. There is no harm in giving thing that is not of his best. The artist shows his
him such entirely natural and enjoyable scrawls as character in his work. Let it be a good character,
those which illustrate Lear's Nonsense Books. The and your children will unconsciously imbibe from
child is not deceived by them. He takes them as his pictures heroism, gentleness, and nobility. Let
a joke, and the joke is healthful and stimulating. it be a mean character, and its influence will be
These pictures of Lear's, with all their crudity, are
Fortunately, there are plenty of good men
far more expressive than many finished pictures and women who are illustrating children's books,
which the child finds in his books and which he and who are putting into their work not only skill
supposes to be in some sort a standard of artistic and genius, but also good judgment, sympathy, and
excellence because they pretend to be something.
Do not buy for your child books which are falsely or Let the parents and teachers, - those who buy
poorly illustrated. Better give him no pictures at books for the children of the present generation,
all than wrong ones. Should you not teach him but discriminate in their choice, realizing that the
good art as well as good literature? Many a man picture is as important as the printed page in form-
confesses with regret that he does not know the ing taste and influencing character, and they will
difference between a good picture and a bad one. soon see in their children the results of this power-
If this is true of you, see to it that your
children ful educative influence. They will see, too, an
know more about such matters than you do; and improvement in the illustrations of the books which
if you cannot trust yourself to select their picture- are being offered to the young. Publishers will
books, ask the assistance of some friend in whose not issue poorly illustrated books, if it is found that
discrimination you have confidence. The well- well illustrated books are in demand. It is thus
illustrated book costs a little more, sometimes, than in the power of book-buyers to raise the character
the poorly illustrated book, but not always, - and
- of all books by demanding what is best, not what
if it costs more it is worth more. Often it does not is most expensive, but what is elevating both to the
cost more, but only requires a little more care and taste and to the morals.
judgment in its selection.
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Ob
its quality. The reported utterances of Disraeli
The New Books.
are hardly ever to be taken at their face value.
With him truth was a pearl not to be cast before
swine; or, to use the author's words,
DISRAELI SELF-PORTRAYED.*
“Some people we all know whom we, serious, refuse
Close on the heels of Mr. Morley's Gladstone to treat seriously. ... Before you can understand
comes a life of his great rival, Disraeli. It
Pitt, you must understand Shelburne,' Disraeli once
said ; and before you can interpret the sayings of Dis-
would have been too much to expect from Mr.
raeli, you must in some instances have an acquaintance
Meynell a biography equal to Mr. Morley's; with the character of those to whom they were spoken."
and so no one will be disappointed. Neverthe.
By a curious chance, both the names by
less it is somewhat remarkable that no writer
which we know the author of “ Contarini
bas yet come forward to make full and satis-
Fleming are variously pronounced. “Oh,
factory use of the wealth of biographical mate-
rial left behind him, now more than twenty
knock out the apostrophe; it looks so foreign.
Write
my
name
in one word — Disraeli.” This
years ago, by the Earl of Beaconsfield. Per-
to a newspaper editor when the young politician
haps this may be explained in part by the fact
was canvassing the Maidstone vote. The name
that he is a far less sympathetic subject than
“ Israel,” according to Mr. Meynell, indicates
his great antagonist. His brilliance, his wit,
the correct pronunciation of “Disraeli"; and
his statecraft, his indomitable determination
the Countess of Beaconsfield, we are told by
to overcome disadvantages of race and station
Lord Rosebery, once gave him very emphatic-
and to raise himself to the summit of his ambi.
ally to understand that sbe was not the Countess
tions, compel our admiration; but hardly would
of Beckonsfield. Friction in this small matter
one wish, either as writer or as reader, to linger being smoothed away, we proceed.
over the not always edifying details of that
Disraeli’s early shifting from party to party,
astonishing conquest of success, as one lingers
and his unberoic encounter with O'Connell, our
over the successive stages of Gladstone's rise.
author presents in as favorable a light as pos-
Mr. Meynell does well to call his book an
sible. Of the eccentricities and absurdities of
unconventional biography made up as it is
conduct and attire by which the young novelist
very largely of selections from Disraeli's con-
versations and writings. Book I., forming
sought to attract attention, little is said ; and
the first third of the volume, is entitled, “ His
we are willing to pass over them as belonging
Talk from Youth to Old Age.” The second
to the follies of youth. Disraeli's relations
book, which comprises the remaining two-
to his family, especially his love for his sister
thirds, is headed, “ His Letters, Books, and
Sarah, as evidenced by his letters to her, are
Public Life." The work is thus a scrap-book
matters one may dwell on with pleasure.
rather than a formal biography; it furnishes
“ Domestic love — the patrimony of the Jewish
had a conspicuous illustration in Disraeli; and
no complete and consecutive account of the
he knew, even when he wrote of schoolboy life, the love
man's career, and no large view of him in rela- that two men of his race felt for each other, passing
tion to his country and his time. It will serve
the love of women. His love for his father makes a
some future biographer as a valuable source to
delightful record; there is nothing quite like it to be
found in the memoirs of other statesmen, from Pitt to
draw from, and meanwhile it will amuse the
Macaulay and Gladstone. . . . This familiar love of
lover of personal anecdote and the unassiduous fathers and brothers was not then so common among
student who likes a book that can be opened Englishmen as it now is. Some sons rarely saw their
anywhere and closed at any time without doing fathers, thought of them and addressed them by formal
violence to the narrative. The arrangement is
titles, and never kissed them. Disraeli was too manly to
think that affection unmanned men; and in this regard
topical rather than chronological, and the para-
he may be quoted as one of the revivers of masculine
graph and page headings serve as useful finger friendship among Englishmen.”
posts to the desultory reader. The author
We read, too, of Disraeli's private character,
refers to himself, not as a biographer, but as a
that he was by nature so averse to all that is
collector of Disraeliana, and he is manifestly questionable in conversation and anecdote that
enamored of his chosen subject. To him Dis-
no one dared twice tell him a story unfit for
raeli is a hero, else the book had never been
ears polite. Further matters of personal in-
written. A few quotations will give a taste of
terest are contained in the following:
* BENJAMIN DIBRAELI. An Unconventional Biography. “ Disraeli, who knew railways when they were yet a
By Wilfrid Meydell. Illustrated. New York: D. Appleton novelty, never got over a certain nervousness about
& Co.
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:
at ease.
9
rail, Disraeli showed himself a man of instant anxieties. speaks of Gladstone as having “the habit of
A seemingly phlegmatic man may in reality be a very identifying himself with the Deity and his
Disraeli had the nervous man's one
hope — courage. He did not fly; he overcame.
He
opponent with the Devil," and adds: “Glad-
liked to be asked to the Royal Academy Banquet; but
stone had, from the first, formed a low opinion
on such occasions there was an indigestion under his of Disraeli. There are those who say that he
plate in the slip of paper containing the name of bis
toast
. His buttoning and unbuttoning of his coat during joined the Liberal ranks because he could not
the stress of a Parliamentary oration, his handkerchief
bear association with Disraeli in the Tory."
play, and half his gestures, were the tricks of a speaker
In proof of the favorite minister's attachment
in search of distractions that put him and his audience to the Queen, a letter of his is given, written
He never made a speech of any consequence in 1879, soon after a slight misunderstanding
that did not cost him a moment of reluctance."
between the two. One paragraph may be
That this nervousness never stood in the way cited.
of a swift and masterly despatch of business, “ I love the Queen – perhaps the only person in this
we may rest well assured. Bismarck, as quoted world left to me that I do love; and therefore you
by our author, has said of him :
can understand how much it worries and disquiets me
when there is a cloud between us.
“I repeatedly had Lord Beaconsfield to spend the
It is very foolish
evening with me during the Berlin Congress. As he
on my part, but my heart, unfortunately, has not
was unwell he only came on condition of being alone,
withered like my frame, and when it is affected, I am
as harassed as I was fifty years ago.”
and I tbus bad many an opportunity of getting to know
bim well. I must say that in spite of his fantastic Of Disraeli's witty sayings the book contains
novel-writing, he is a capable statesman, far above a good number, but not all of unquestionable
Gortschakoff and many others. It was easy to transact
business with him. In a quarter of an hour you knew
paternity - as, indeed, the author admits. To
exactly how you stood with bim; the limits to which he an author, in acknowledgment of his book, he
was prepared to go were clearly defiued, and a rapid is reported to have said, “ Many thanks; I
summary soon defined [sic] matters. Beaconsfield
shall lose no time in reading it." Much the
speaks magnificent and melodious English, and has a
same formula is ascribed to Gladstone. Oliver
good voice.”
Wendell Holmes, as cited by Mr. Meynell,
Queen Victoria's liking for Disraeli and aver-
made use of a still neater phrase when, after
sion for Gladstone are well known. Gladstone
a few compliments, he concluded with “I am
treats the Queen like a public department,'
said Disraeli, in explanation ; " I treat her like lying under a sense of obligation.” One more
“
smart saying of Disraeli's, and we have done.
a woman.” It has elsewhere been recorded
“Everybody knows the stages of a lawyer's
that the Queen gave as one reason of her dis-
career - he tries in turn to get on, to get
comfort in Gladstone's presence, that he always honors, to get honest.” As already remarked,
,
.
addressed her as if she had been a public ag-
this entertaining volume is not to be taken too
sembly. Yet before yielding her approval and seriously. There is diversion, and also infor-
.
confidence to his political opponent, she had mation, to be found within its covers, and the
,
,
to overcome strong prejudices.
many illustrations add greatly to the interest;
“ “She, more than most, had to overcome prejudices but a full, critical, and impartial biography it
against the alien, against the trespasser upon the en-
closure of British politics, against the fiction-writer's decidedly is not, and does not pretend to be.
appearance upon the stage of fact. The Prince Con-
PERCY F. BICKNELL.
sort's dislike for him was another bar to his approach
to the Queen; and the Court's conversion to the Repeal
of the Corn Laws, together with its adhesion to the
popular reverence for Peel, produced something ap- A NEW HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE WEST.*
proaching a feeling of positive dislike for the stripling
David who with a rude sling of speech brought low the The days of the pioneer bistory seem to have
Goliath of the Philistines. Little did the Queen im- come again — this time in a large volume which
agine in those days that Disraeli was to be more to her revives the border legends and stories of the
than Peel: more to her than even Melbourne, that very
Indian wars so familiar to our forebears. This
fine British gentleman to whom she brought the affec-
tionate homage which the young girl yields to the most
“ History of the Mississippi Valley, from its
accomplished man of the world among ber senior friends; Discovery to the End of Foreign Domination,"
that he was to rank, not merely as her Prime Minister, by Messrs. John R. Spears and A. H. Clark, is
in the ordinary sense of the term, but as the Prime avowedly a “popular” work and ought to be so
'
Minister among all the ministers of her long reign.”
judged; yet it is difficult to restrain impatience
In discussing these two statesmen, Gladstone
and Disraeli, Mr. Meynell shows plainly to
* A HISTORY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, from its Dis-
covery to the End of Foreign Domination. By John R. Spears
which of the opposing camps he belongs. He and A. H. Clark, Illustrated. New York: A. S. Clark.


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when finding this legendary matter under the but to remember that they are dancing under
title “ history." No one would think of com-
"
Virginia and not Great Britain. This story,
paring the work with Winsor's “ Westward first emanating from Denney, is clearly dis-
Movement” or Doctor Hosmer's “ Mississippi credited by Clark's narrative and by the other
Valley,” two scholarly and discriminative contemporary descriptions in the Draper MSS.
works covering the same ground; it is rather collection. Clark's brave expedition into the
to be placed on the same shelf with Mr. Roose- Northwest is here given credit for the Amer-
velt's “Winning of the West” and Albach's ican title to the region in the peace negotia-
6 Western Annals.”
tions, regardless of the fact that the American
A description of Champlain's discoveries negotiators never mentioned Clark, and Con-
opens the volume, under the happy title, “ On gress gave them no instructions that mentioned
the Brim of the Great Basin." Stories of the him or his expedition. The Jesuit "college
“”
later French explorations in the Valley proper at Kaskaskia still finds a place in this history.
follow in order, condensed from Mr. Thwaites's The absurdity of an institution of higher learn-
translation of the “Jesuit Relations.” A chap-ing at an Indian mission in Illinois in 1721
"
ter on the Indians in the Valley is followed by ought to stop the circulation of the story from
a description of the expulsion of the French. very suspicion, even if different investigators
Accounts of Pontiac and Dunmore's wars, had not shown that “the Jesuits from the
George Rogers Clark's expedition, the battle seminary at Kaskaskia” meant Jesuits in
of King's Mountain, Spanish intrigue in the Kaskaskia from the seminary at Quebec. The
Southwest, and the Louisiana Purchase, make inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar," on a tree
up the bulk of the volume. Interspersed are near the head of Wautauga, is referred to as
chapters on frontier life and on the Christian confidently as though it rested on some good
Indians.
authority. John Sevier is picturesquely made
The volume is difficult to estimate or to clas- into a fugitive from justice, although he was
sify. The reproduction of many old maps and dwelling quietly in Greene county until elected
original illustrations would lead one to expect to the state legislature in 1789. These are
a thorough treatise based on the sources of illustrations of history as it is written from
information. On the contrary, the material is current books and legendary tales, instead of
almost without exception second-hand. Fre- from the sources of historical fact and know-
quently passages and even paragraphs are
ledge.
quoted from some present-day writer, with - Strenuousness ” is evidently the motive
proper acknowledgement. There is no bibliog- sought in all actions of the pioneers, and of the
raphy, but the local histories of the states in the national government concerning them. This
Valley must have been drawn upon largely for “my country "style of writing history ignores
the details and stories. In the same way, the the fact that there is another side to the story.
illustrations include some rare and instructive The authors bitterly arraign Britain for using
reproductions, with others that require a strong Indians in the Revolutionary war, yet the use
imagination to determine their pertinency to made of them by the Americans is barely men-
the subject matter. Portraits of General and tic
tioned. The action of the Spanish authorities
Mrs. Jackson appear, for instance, in a chapter at New Orleans in closing the port in 1802 is
on Frontier Life about 1775. The naming of condemned as a violation of the treaty made
Marietta, Ohio, furnishes the raison d'etre for seven years before; yet a reading of the treaty
a portrait of Marie Antoinette. One portrait would have shown that the right of deposit was
of George Rogers Clark bears the legend, limited to three years, and had long since been
“Said to be from life”; and another, “Said to abrogated because not renewed. In another
be the only portrait from life now in existence." place, a chief reason why Napoleon sold Louis-
Somehow this reminds one of the skull of St. iana is said to have been his fear lest the fierce
Patrick when a boy. The title on Lewis's Americans would pass down the river with the
map has managed to creep around to a margin. current and make war upon Louisiana. An
No doubt many readers will follow the interview with Napoleon on this point would
ancient legends and enjoy them fully as much be interesting, although scarcely supportive.
as if they had not been disproved again and The swash buckler style of American history
again. George Rogers Clark will continue to might be passed without comment, if it did
lean with folded arms against the door-post at not breed jingoism and offensive ultra-Amer-
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that the book is likely to prove attractive to such, in a word, as only the most highly evolved
the general reader, and that any production processes of reproduction in this kind could
which may lead to the study of local history is make them, we might besitate, judging only
to be commended. The handsome appearance from the evidence in hand, to accept so high a
of the volume will no doubt attract attention verdict. As it is, we are able to follow the master
to a perusal of its contents.
line for line, and value for value, and almost
EDWIN E. SPARKS. tint for tint — for such perfection of light and
shade has in its suggestion the full potency of
the colors themselves, and our conclusions need
AN HEIR OF VELASQUEZ.*
be hardly more or less at fault than if we had
The writer about painting, even when ad-
before us the paintings themselves.
dressing himself to general rather than special
The introductory note by Mrs. Meynell is
interests, must always remember that it is the brief, comprising hardly more than four thou-
It
outside, the appearance, of things that is pri- sand words, but it is vastly suggestive.
marily the painter's concern, and that he is brings before the mind all of those considera-
limited to a single aspect of his subject and to
tions that bear upon the subject as it concerns
a single instant of time. The failure to realize
those for whom pictures are made. It also
this fundamental difference between the art of
presents the claims of the art considered as
the painter and the art of the writer is a pro-
handicraft; for, as the writer points out, tech-
lific source of much literary misappreciation of
nical procedure, while on one side the concern
painters' work. The very thing that is deserv- only of those who paint or are trying to, is also
ing of highest praise, – that quality of the
an unnegligible quantity for others, when, as
picture that makes its excellence altogether of
in this art of painting, it becomes so very a part
its own kind, is thus counted against it as a
of what addresses itself to all, and is perceived
fault, and the splendid self-containment that by all.
holds the painter strictly to his own terms is
There is a “display" of the brush made
”
reckoned as narrowness or superficiality of
familiar to us in a good deal of modern paint-
view.
ing that has little in common with Mr. Sargent's
In the making of an illustrated art book, it splendid assurance, we might almost say auda-
has been quite impossible until lately to pro-
city, of procedure. But even in such a por-
duce plates that are the just equivalent in
trait as “Carmencita," or in that of Coventry
light and shade of the works themselves. It
Patmore (which Mrs. Meynell finds to make
follows, therefore, that we have often to take
“permanent, too singly, one aspect of an often
what the writer of the text has to say about altering face”), Mr. Sargent does not seem to
the pictures with a large measure of trust, for
be consciously recommending his art. Though
we are unable, on account of the imperfections the manner in which he has given the effect of
of the reproductions, to determine from our
life to these painted images is greatly impres-
own independent standpoint whether this or
sive, so also are some characteristics of the
that judgment be faulty or sound. But there people depicted. Not even in those portraits
in which the technical method most asserts
is no such difficulty in the case of the volume
under review. The reproductions are so per-
itself does it seem to arrogate authority, or to
fectly executed, and convey so exact an idea of
claim for itself anything higher than a ser-
the originals, that most of us will accept the
vant's place.
very high praise of Mrs. Meynell's introduc-
But while Mr. Sargent's most conspicuously.
tory note, and lend our consent to an estimate displayed art of painting seems not for its own
which, subtly implicit to the last clause, finally sake, but rather for the subject's, it would ap-
affirms that John S. Sargent is “one of the
pear that perception had been here and there
family of Velasquez, and no less than his chief
too instant, and touch too swift, to get quite
heir."
at the heart of the matter. So, while in the
Were the sixty-two photogravure plates here opinion of the reviewer, no exception can fairly
presented one touch less excellent than they
be taken to the most commanding exhibition
are; were they not such that the significance of a skill perhaps incomparable in modern
of no single brush stroke is confused or lost; painting, some of these portraits do, as Mrs.
Meynell suggests, hold us too definitely and
* THE WORK OF John S. SARGENT, R.A. With Intro-
ductory Note by Mrs. Meynell. London: William Heinemann.
firmly to the chosen aspect of the subject. We
New York : Imported by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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ance of the person, but remain uninformed to expressive or captivating aspect of his subject,
a degree as to what that person is at other has been more keen than his appreciation of
times and under other circumstances of lighting the character itself, viewed as a whole.
and of place.
There is, however, about those of Mr. Sar-
There are, however, many of Mr. Sargent's gent's pictures that fall sensibly short of the
pictures that seem to carry a clear suggestion greatest distinction, a decorative charm and
of the whole personality. He appears often to splendor that is almost if not quite unique in
have divined what intimacy reveals, and to portrait art, and that independently of its truth
make us feel as though we had known the to life makes each new work of his an event.
subject long and well. Those portraits that His power to realize the potentialities of his
tell us most about their subjects are, as a rule, theme, in those ways that minister to the de-
less pictorially impressive than the ones that light of the eye, is clearly marked in “El
fix our attention more exclusively to the appear- Jaleo" and in "A Spanish Dance"; and best,
ance of the person in the selected moment. perhaps, in that marvellous picture of two chil-
They would be less arresting seen on a gallery dren in a garden, the title of which, “ Carna-
wall, and at a distance ; but they hold our in- tion, Lily, Lily, Rose,” acknowledges the master
terest longer, for they get nearer to that mean motive, and wbere the two children are but
of character, that blend and union of compos- incidents of line and color in the entrancing
ite traits, that is the person.
“ Miss Cary
blend and play of evening, day, and candle light.
Thomas,” “Lady Agnew,” “Lord Watson,"
“Lord Watson," Here the artist frankly acknowledges that for
and “Lord Russell of Killowen” are notable him beauty is enough. Even in the field into
examples of this wholeness of characterization, which his genius has been diverted, in works
and we find their pictorial simplicity and un- like “Madame Gautreau," where the motive
aggressiveness a condition of this wholeness. is portraiture pure and simple, the subject
It had not been our privilege until we saw walks hand in hand with the graces, and we
this volume to know those works of Mr. Sar- are as much convinced of beauty as of life.
gent that have inspired the highest praise. It is in Mr. Sargent's portrait groups, how-
We can now find a warrant for what, judged ever, that his superb appreciation of the de-
by the paintings of his that we have seen and lightful possibilities of his subject are most
by the more or less inadequate reproductions fully displayed. The group gives fuller scope
of those that we had not, had seemed extrava- than the single figure to his genius for captiva-
gant laudation. We believe the excellence of
We believe the excellence of ting arrangement of picture furniture, and for
such portraits as “The Misses Hunter" and the employment of those devices of foil and
of those to which we have just referred, as well counter-foil, accent and contrast, that make
as of some others, could hardly be overstated, pictures pleasant to look upon.
nor can we conceive of any environment of art Apart from his “Carnation, Lily, Lily,
in which they would fail to assert themselves Rose,” which we think has no rival for purely
and make good their own individual claims. æsthetic charm in all this artist's work, his
They have the directness of a Hals, the solid- three groups of “The Misses Hunter,” “The
ity of a Rembrandt, the combined subtlety and Ladies Alexandra, Mary, and Theo Acheson,"
sureness of perception and touch of a Velasquez, and "
and “ Lady Elcho, Mrs. Tennant, and Mrs.
and with it all the well-stamped impress of this Adeane," have peculiarly the qualities that touch
new master's hand.
us where music does. These are subordinated
Mrs. Meynell says that Rodin recognized in the impression of the first-named group to
the supreme master of painting in the por- our sense of what the subjects themselves are,
trait of that “ bouquet of flowers,” the three and this is the picture's great distinction ;
“ Misses Hunter"; nor would he, we think, while in the others our delight in the fluent
have found less in any one of perhaps a dozen grace of line and in the harmony of the forms
of the pictures here shown. But he would, we and color is more vivid than our appreciation
believe, have been chiefly impressed with an. of the things that a portrait should first make
other distinction, great but not “ supreme” in clear, and from which no graces or beauty of its
this field, in viewing some of the portraits that style should be able to divert attention. Nor
,
make up this splendid volume. He must have is the first of these three groups anything less
felt what Mrs. Meynell discerns, that the point than superb in all its superficial art. It is in
.
of view is here and there too “sudden," and the
very best manner of this master; and yet,
that the artist's sense of some graphically. I first and last, mastering our consciousness of
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all graciousness of an art that to pause upon Meynell says: “The coming of a great painter
is to marvel at, we are held by these living is so rare, and his contemporaries are so much
vital presences, and all the grace and beauty and so often taken by surprise by the annual
of the pictorial arrangement is as an open door exhibition of his genius, that it must be difficult
leading to them.
for them to assure themselves of what he is."
It is to be remarked in even the briefest note Those whose privilege it is to possess or to have
on Mr. Sargent's work, that he paints man, access to this book will find it less difficult to
woman, and child with an equal art ; nor are reach such assurance.
we able to say, after a careful comparison of
HENRY CHARLES PAYNE.
the examples shown, that he excels in any one
of these three directions; for whether it be a
man's strength, a woman's charm, or a child's
naïveté that is his concern, his sympathy seems
A NEW BOOK ABOUT HAWTHORNE.*
equally engaged and his art equally fit.
If we cannot adopt the enthusiastic sugges-
In his portraits of children, we must find tion of the publishers and welcome Mr. Julian
that characteristic of his genius which makes Hawthorne's new book as the most important
some pictures impress us as too “sudden" in and valuable literary contribution of the year, "
their point of view, a first condition of their great we can pronounce it a volume of extreme inter-
a
charm. A child's face is as plastic as potter's est, and well worthy of a place in the rapidly
clay, as quickly changing as April weather. accumulating mass of material upon which
All is fluent, mobile, unfixed. Art then, to fix someone will ultimately base an adequate his-
it, must be instant in perception and swiftly tory of the New England writers of the last
sure in touch.
Mr. Sargent's art is, almost century.
ideally, both; and because it is, he has been After saying this much, we must stop and
able to catch that flashing butterfly thing, a point with some indignation at a few of the
child's soul, as it shows on the face of it. flies unnecessarily present in the ointment. In
Speaking lightly, it might be said of Mr. Sar- the first place the volume is full of passages to
gent's portraits of men that they are “speaking which the reader, for various reasons, will wish
likenesses ”; but the description would leave to turn again ; but there is not the slightest
what is best in them undefined. Notably in his trace of an index to assist one in realizing such
portrait of Mr. Asher Wertheimer would this a desire. The page headings, grouped together
be the case.
There is much more here than at the opening of each chapter in the outward
could ever come out in the man's speech, more semblance of subject analyses, would have less-
even than he is silently conscious of. We feel ened the difficulty somewhat if they had been
in looking at this portrait that we should know selected simply with a view to service. But
what he would do, even before he himself had here comes in the second fly in the form of
made up his mind about it. Mrs. Meynell calls a sacrifice of such service to the method of
attention to the fine way in which Mr. Sargent the headline writer in the daily newspaper.
differentiates the English lady from women of My Father's Decapitation,” “I Kick My
any other race or class. Her observation would Aunt Lizzie,” “Hindlegs," “ A Respectable
apply equally well to the English gentleman, Female Atheist,” “Lovely but Reprehensible
'
and here. This head and figure are most Madam!" * Unsentimental Little Quadruped,”
deeply informed with things racial and con- “ It Gnawed Me Terribly,” “Her Skeleton,
genital; face and gesture are so animated with Huddled, Dry, Awful,” “Rivers of Human
the spirit of that unconscious ego that has the Gore," "She Ripped the Man Open,” “ Fleay,
casting vote in closely balanced alternatives, Malarious Paradise," "Not Even a Bone of Her
that what would still be an open question for was Left,” are a few of the headings which
him is for us a foregone conclusion. In a word strike the eye as one turns the pages rapidly
we are convinced that through Mr. Sargent's over. At the top of one page we find the well
portrait we know Mr. Asher Wertheimer bet- known Horatian line, “ Dulce est Desipere in
ter than he knows himself.
Loco." Very good! but Mr. Julian Hawthorne
All whose interest and care it is to be well should bardly find the allowably pleasant place
informed about what great painters are doing, for playing the fool in the headlines of a book
must feel indebted to the publishers of this devoted to his father's memory. It is not to
volume for thus bringing this master's most
*HAWTHORNE AND HIS CIRCLE. By Julian Hawthorne.
representative work within our reach. Mrs.
Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers.
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be supposed that he made the selections, but it that he was not personally of a happy disposi-
is not too much to suppose that he could have tion.
prevented such vulgarity.
The author promises another volume, at
We are sorry to say, however, that the evi- some indefinite time in the future, dealing
dences of bad taste in the volume are not wholly with his father primarily as a man of letters.
confined to the headings. We may illustrate The best hand to deal with a man's standing
by the flippant references to James Martineau: as an artist can hardly be that of a son, but
"Like Emerson, he had ascended a Unitarian we may at least hope for a more intimate know-
pulpit, but, unlike Emerson, be stayed there ledge of Hawthorne's literary methods than
long after what he was pleased to regard as his another would be likely to give.
convictions had ceased to possess even a Uni-
W. H. JOHNSON.
tarian degree of religious quality.”
so elevated and superior that one could hardly
help believing that he must know something of
RECENT NATURE CHRONICLES.*
value, and this illusion was the easier because
he did know so much in the way of schol.
Winter is the time to read nature-books.
arly learning." The Brownings are certainly
“In summer, when the shawes be shene
And leaves be large and long,
worthy of respectful treatment, but they fare
It is full merry in fair forest
even worse than Dr. Martineau. After admit-
To hear the fowles' song."
ting graciously that Browning's son was not But it isn't merry at all to stay at home and
such a mollycoddle and ass as he looked," he read about the shawes and the forest and the
continues, "My mother took him at his moth-
fowles. Even in the autumn, so long as the
er's valuation, and both she and my father sunshine holds and the air is full of cheery
have expressed admiration of the whole Brown- good-byes from birds southward bound, the best
ing tribe in their published journals.” Mrs. nature-book ever written is but dull business
Browning herself seemed to him “a sort of compared with a walk in the open. But when
miniature monstrosity; there was no body to winter shuts the nature-lover in, and bids him
her, only a mass of dark curls and queer, dark have recourse to the inward eye which is the
eyes, and an enormous mouth with thick lips ;
bliss of birdless days, the nature-book comes
no portrait of her has dared to show the half
into its own. It reënforces the inward
eye,
and
of it. Her hand was like a bird's claw.” Per-
prepares its outward counterpart to see new
haps Mr. Hawthorne would do better to trust sights next spring. Given a good fire and
the portraits than to base such a description plenty of nature-books, the lover of birds and
on recollections from mere childhood.
blossoms can get through the winter in com-
But after all these unpleasant features are parative comfort.
discounted, we still have a book of great value If the season's publications do not provide
to the history of American letters. Its general very plentifully for the nature-lover's need,
tone is not unkindly, in spite of such passages they at least furnish one book which is perfect
as we have quoted concerning the Brownings of its kind. This is Mr. Bradford Torrey's
and Dr. Martineau. In some cases the feeling «The Clerk of the Woods." Those who have
6
is distinctly warm where others have shown an already seen the brief chapters in the Boston
emphatic tendency in the other direction,
Evening Transcript” or the New York
as with Charlotte Cushman, who fared so badly
“Mail and Express" will be doubly glad to
in the notable autobiography of William J. have them printed in this more permanent form.
Stillman. The attack of Stillman, however, The title, which savors too much of the desk's
, “
had none of the flippancy which is so marked dull word” to be quite fair, is nevertheless
a feature in the cases before us. Not the least
* THE CLERK OF THE Woods. By Bradford Torrey.
valuable point in Mr. Hawthorne's book is the
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
information we get concerning many minor A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS. By Mason A. Walton.
characters with whom his father came into in- Illustrated. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.
A LITTLE BROTHER TO THE BEAR, By William J. Long.
timate contact, such as Herman Melville, Henry
Illustrated. Boston: Ginn & Company.
Bright, and Francis Bennoch. The happy home ALONG FOUR-FOOTED Trails. By Ruth A. Cook. Illus-
life of the Hawthorne family is constantly com- trated. New York: James Pott & Co.
ing into the foreground, and this is well, for
THE BIRD Book. By A. J. R. Roberts. Illustrated.
New York: John Lane.
much of Hawthorne’s published work lends
THE SPINNER Family. By Alice Jean Patterson. Illus-
itself not unnaturally to the mistaken inference trated. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.
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“expressive of the modest purpose of the writer, death of the first Mrs. Wabbles, the ben-peck-
whose business was not to be witty or wise, but ings of the second, and the loss of numerous
simply to keep the records.?” The records nestlings; and Tiny, the red squirrel who holds
'
are kept from May to May, not only of the the premises for years against all other squir.
woods, but of birds and flowers, and (at least rels and has various contests of wit with his
in outline) of mountain, meadow, and brook. protector, are both worth knowing. And so
They are kept, too, as part of life, and not as are all the hermit's other friends. Mr. Walton's
something remote. No one is more sensitive stories about them are not exciting, but they
than Mr. Torrey to the reaction of out-of-door have the stamp of truth which only long and
nature upon human nature ; nor does the inter. sympathetic intimacy can give. Consequently
play often become too subtle for his power of they are the best sort both to enjoy and to make
words. Here is a prose poet who has the grace
deductions from.
of walking and talking at the same time. You The attitude of Mr. Long in “A Little
are unconscious of reading what he says ; rather Brother to the Bear" is confessedly somewhat
you are walking with him and listening, while different from Mr. Walton's. Mr. Walton is
he brings his delicate power of expression to merely an observer. Mr. Long is both observer
the service of his love for nature. If the winter and interpreter. He believes that the natura-
fire tempts you into analysis when The Clerk" list “must collect his facts, at first hand if
is finished and you have nothing else to do, you possible, and then he must interpret the facts
will realize that Mr. Torrey is not so scientific as they appeal to his own head and heart in the
as Mr. John Burroughs. He does not pursue light of all the circunstances that surround
his subject so far, nor make you so certain that them." This is a perfectly possible theory, but
he knows the entire alphabet of it. Nor is he in order to understand the application of it
so philosophical as Thoreau, - not so bent on the reader should know just what is meant by
knowing the reason of things, nor so given to interpretation. It is at this point that Mr. Long
practical and common-sensible deductions from fails to make himself clear. There is no line of
what he sees. He seldom turns the right side demarcation in his stories which says: “ This
of out-door nature over, to show you the wrong is fact, for I saw it; this is interpretation, for I
side of human nature. His work is slight, per- only thought it.” He makes as if perfectly equal
haps, compared with that of either of these in point of fact the two statements that the king-
great men. But it is easy to be happy in his fisher hides her nest carefully on the bank of a
company. While you walk with him you know stream, and that three young kingfishers he sees
that bluebirds and violets are the really impor- plying their trade together are playing a game
tant things in life, and you are not oppressed to see which one can catch and swallow his fish
either by your own ignorance or by dubious first. He asserts with equal confidence that
comparisons between nature and civilization. does rather than bucks usually lead the herd,
Of less general range and less literary excel- and that the young deer he watched running in
lence, but of no less healthiness and sincerity, circles on the beach are being taught to twist
“
is Mr. Walton's " A Hermit's Wild Friends." and double quickly." In each case, the first
The writer's friends are the birds and small statement is fact, the second interpretation. It
animals with whom (no one will be tempted to is through failure to make this distinction clear
say with which, after reading the book) he has that Mr. Long has laid himself open to criticism
become acquainted in his eighteen years of life by other naturalists. But whether the reader
on Bond's Hill, Gloucester. “To some of these takes this matter seriously or not, he cannot fail
wild things," he says, “I am caterer, protector, to enjoy this new book. Mr. Long knows his
and friend. They do not object to my presence animals well, loves them unfeignedly, and tells
when engaged in domestic affairs, so my ability their stories artistically. The names he uses,
to pry into their secrets is increased in ratio to which he says he has taken from the Milicete
the confidence accorded me.” But the word Indians, are a stroke of genius. Almost any-
“prying” quite belies the hermit's feeling. one, it would seem, could write stories under
He and his protégés live together on terms of the inspiration of such names as Mooweesuk
mutual respect and affection. The happy result (raccoon),
(raccoon), Mooween (bear), Whitooweek
is that be introduces us, not to species or groups, woodcock), and K’dunk (toad). Yet it is
but to individuals. Wabbles, the song sparrow doubtful if anyone, with or without the names,
who for fourteen summers visits the door-yard, will soon write more entertaining stories than
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Less skilful in treatment are the stories of rently less promising subject. Miss Muffet
coyotes, antelopes, prairie dogs, and other herself would have welcomed the immortal
animals, in Miss Cook's “ Along Four-Footed spider if it had been introduced in this author's
Trails."
Among the multitude of animal charming manner. This is a case in which
books these children of the plains have scarcely all of us who belong to an older generation
received the attention they deserve. Miss Cook including Miss Muffet - must lay aside our
has seized upon much that is picturesque in prejudices, and let the children have their due.
their lives, for she has lived neighbor to them No child should be cheated out of acquaint-
all, and knows their ways by heart. Her best ance with Mrs. Epeira, Mrs. Grass-Spider,
stories are of a pet coyote and a tamed wild Mrs. Theridion, and all the other well-dressed
pony. Some of her other tales, about rabbits, and delicately industrious members of society
beaver, mice, and buffalo in the wild, are told celebrated in these pages.
too discursively, and a few have the unfortu- The writers of all of these recent nature-
nate tag of a human story that does not belong; books believe in the reasoning power of the
but they will be interesting, especially to chil. lower animals, some of them citing their be-
dren, even if the art displayed in them is not lief with a joy akin to that of discovery. The
quite equal either to the knowledge or the belief and the joy are well; but has someone
sympathy.
forgotten what Darwin said long ago — that
A little English bird-book from the pen of “a little dose of judgment or reason, as Pierre
Mr. A. J. R. Roberts, forming one of a series Huber
expresses it, often comes into play, even
of practical “ Country Hand-books,” is inter- with animals low in the scale of nature'? The
esting partly by way of contrast to American truth is not new, except as it seems new when
books. After the tone which our best nature. new manifestations of it are found. Another
writers take toward the birds - the tone which feeling which these nature lovers have in com-
assumes that they are as human as we, this mon is that of hatred for the man with the gun
English book sounds stiff and remote. Does in Mrs. Patterson's case, the woman with
the English genius preclude familiarity ? Or the broom ; but that is very much the same
must a book sound formal because it is a hand-thing. In view of man's inhumanity to brutes,
book? However, it is pleasant to get the it is no wonder that we find these lovers of wild
specialist's point of view toward nightingales, life suggesting rather broadly that on the whole
skylarks, and other songsters known to us be- human nature is inferior to that of our feath-
fore only through the poets. Even more in- ered and four-footed kindred – that, as Mr.
formation about those whose names we know Walton puts it, “the feathered biped's hu-
best would not have been amiss. And the manity contrasts sharply with the human
American reader wishes that at least a few biped's brutality.”
comparisons between English and American It is inevitable that companionship with the
birds might have been given, — but that was beasts of the field and the birds of the air
scarcely the object of the book. Its purely should foster pity for these creatures, who are
English destiny is evinced by the fact that subject at once to nature “red in tooth and
more space and rather more appreciation are claw,” and to a lord of creation who carries a
given to the English sparrow than to the gun. Mr. Torrey and Mr. Walton are restrained
thrush! But though the text is less minute in in the expression of this pity, though they feel
description and less intimate in tone than an it deeply. Mr. Long and Miss Cook sometimes
American hand-book would be, the balance is rather invite the reader to tears. It is here
restored by photographs, many of which were that nature-writers encounter their greatest
taken by the author. The pictures of young danger. There is a point of pathos beyond
blackbirds and jays are paralleled in Mrs. which they should not go. Human nature that
Wheelock’s “Nestlings of Forest and Marsh,” is worth anything has to bear a good deal of
but we have nothing to equal the daring beauty its own that is pitiful. It should not be weighed
of those which show kittewakes and razorbills, down, to no good purpose, with the groaning
herrings and cormorants, in their nests on and travailing of the whole creation. Perhaps
dizzy cliffs over the sea.
by another generation of nature.study in school
Last in our list, but last only by reason of and the reading of nature-books at home, we
our prejudices, is Mrs. Patterson's spider-book, shall be able to eliminate the man with the
which she calls “ The Spinner Family.” A more gun. But it is not likely, no matter how much
delightful book was never written on an appa- nature-writers make us feel the tragedies of the


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struggle for existence, that we shall take to place to speak in detail of Sandras's vivid picture
the woods to do sentinel duty over the victims of seventeenth century France, of the relation of
of that struggle. Nor are we likely to take to
Dumas's work to his, nor of Mr. Nevill's excellent
the fields to learn our inferiority to the crea-
translation. This is unabridged, except in volume II.,
tures who live there. It is the duty of the
where certain passages having no connection with
naturalists to keep us modest and teach us in
D'Artagnan’s career have been compressed to suit
modern taste. To holiday buyers, this edition will
this matter; but it is also their duty to teach
appeal by virtue of its attractive and yet substantial
us without making us over-sad.
red-and-gold binding, and its illustrations, which are
MAY ESTELLE COOK. carefully selected portraits of fifteen of the prom-
inent personages of the time. Louis XIII., Hen-
rietta of France, Henrietta of England, Cardinal
de Retz, Ninon de l'Enclos, Anne of Austria, and
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS.
the Comte de Guiche, are among the subjects. The
portraits are reproduced on parchment, which gives
“THE BEST GIFT."
them an antique air well suited to this quaint chron-
“What shall you give me, dear?” now that the happy time
icle of the old régime.
For the giving of gifts is near, when the bells of Christmas One volume in the Macmillan Company's pic-
cbime;
torial series dealing with places and people has
Friend of the steadfast eyes, friend of the loving look,
Quickly my heart replies, “Always give me a book.”
already been noticed among the boliday publications
Sir Gilbert Parker's “Old Quebec.” Another
For you and I know, dear heart, as the swift-wing'd years
new volume in the series is “ Boston, the Place and
go by,
And the valors of youth depart, and the waiting days draw the People,” by Mr. M. A. De Wolfe Howe. Sir
nigh,
Gilbert Parker explains that for many years the
What joy and cheer may come, in the quiet fireside nook,
The strife of the world shut out, - with a shaded lamp and
history of Quebec was the history of New France;
a book.
Mr. Howe does not need to point out to good
Then to our silent room come sounds of the woods and seas,
Americans a parallel case for Boston. The first
Twitter of joyous birds, hum of the summer bees,
chapters of the history thus present a difficult task;
Lovers whose bligs we share, heroes whose brave deeds thrill and it is due to Mr. Howe to say that his treatment
Our hearts with the fires of youth, poets whose visions fill of the foundation of Boston and its colonial, pro-
Our souls with a joy sublime, - infinite hope and desire, – vincial, and revolutionary epochs is admirable in
Till the bonds of earth and time, the burdens that chafe and
its grasp of essentials and in its avoidance, at the
tire,
Are loosed in the vision bright, and our souls transfigured
same time, of the appearance of a brief history of
stand,
the United States. “ The Hub and the Wheel”
Illumed with the golden light that was never on sea or land." chapter is a suggestive exposition of Boston's com.
Oh, the infinite fields of thought, where free from earth's mercial enterprise. “The Boston Religion " is as
stress and thrall
clear and fair-minded a recital of the Unitarian
We walk with the souls who have wrought, who have braved
controversy in brief form as we remember to have
and conquered all;
Literary Boston is not forgotten, nor the
Have won from sorrow and pain, from struggle, defeat, and
loss,
abolitionist movement, nor the civic energy of the
Snow from the crimson stain, crowns from the heavy cross. city; and the final chapter on “The Modern Inher-
These are the souls we meet, and with them joy and aspire,
itance” shows the spirit of Boston to-day. The
As we sit at their sacred feet, by the quiet evening fire. interest of the book rests on the same solid founda-
So, friend of the steadfast heart, friend of the loving look, tion of real worth that characterized “Old Quebec.”
When you would give me a gift, always give me a book.
There are many illustrations by Mr. Louis Holman,
HELEN E. STARRETT.
besides others from photographs. The latter in-
Notable among the more substantial holiday pub. clude portraits, autographs, quaint prints, and views
,
lications are “ The Memoirs of D'Artagnan,” for of old and new Boston.
the first time translated into English by Mr. Ralph Readers of “Stringtown on the Pike” will re-
Nevill, and issued in a three-volume edition, lim- member the boy “Red Head," and will enjoy his
ited to five hundred copies, by Messrs. Little, story in full as Mr. John Uri Lloyd has now told it,
Brown, & Co. It is now more than two hundred in a holiday volume published by Messrs. Dodd,
years since Courtilz de Sandras published his fas- Mead & Co. The primitive life of the Kentucky
cinating historical romance, claiming, as was his mountains of course furnishes the background for
custom, that the work was an authentic memoir. the plot. The feud around which it centres dates
In those two centuries the methods of biographers back to the wars of the Roses, but though its cause
and historians have changed radically, and it is has long since been forgotten the terrible obligation
only too easy to dispose of Sandras's assumption of of maintaining it is still binding. There is stirring
either title. But the vivacity and charm of this his adventure in the book, and a love story for variety.
masterpiece still remains, and so does Dumas's en- Mr. Lloyd vouches for the accuracy of his picture
during tribute to it, — for in Sandras's pages he of the Kentucky mountaineer, that curious and fast
found “ The Three Musketeers.” This is not the vanishing survival of a strange and lawless past, and
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hopes that his story may possess a serious interest ture and explain the various types of houses that
for students of Americana. The frontispiece is a the American multi-millionaire inhabits. The text,
picture of “Red Head ” by Mr. Reginald Birch, consisting of a popular account of the colonial,
who has made a number of other drawings and a transitional, and modern styles of domestic archi-
border for every page. Mr. Birch's drawings are tecture, is written by Messrs. Harry W. Desmond
well executed and pleasing, but bis page
decorations and Herbert Croly. The pictures, more than a
are too heavy and elaborate for the best effect. hundred and fifty in number, are from photo-
“Warwick Castle and Its Earls” (Dutton) is a graphs showing interior and exterior views of old
chronicle of all the lords of the line, both legendary colonial homes and modern palatial residences in
and historic, written by the present Countess of New York and Philadelphia, at Newport, on the
Warwick. It is published in two bulky volumes Hudson, and on Long Island, with a few in other
whose solidity and mechanical perfection pay fit localities. The typical and the magnificent rather
tribute to the dignity of their theme. For a history than the unique or artistic seem to be the subject
of the house of Warwick comes close to being a of both text and pictures. The book will appeal to
history of England. The castle is nearly as old as those who take an intelligent interest in the de-
the nation, and its earls have played a part in all velopment of this phase of our architectural ideal.
the most conspicuous dramas of the nation's history. Its sumptuousness of make-up and its beautiful
They have been prominent in foreign and civil pictures will commend it to holiday buyers.
wars; they appear as the hosts of kings and again A book intended for the gratification of the
as their executioners; they have dictated the law Beardsley cult is "Under the Hill and Other Essays
of the land and bowed to its majesty on the scaffold. in Prose and Verse,” being Mr. John Lane’s compi-
The Countess has found one earl who was a pirate, lation of such of the literary and artistic remains of
and a pretender to the earldom who invented a his friend Aubrey Beardsley as had not bitherto
valuable patent medicine. So the history lacks appeared among the artist's published works.
neither largeness of interest nor variety. The “Under the Hill ” is a whimsical bit of narrative
author has had access to all available sources. describing the visit of the “ loving Abbe Faufre-
The text is annotated, appendices furnish genea- luche" to the “ Venusberg.” It has the sensuous
logical tables and reproduce documents of special suggestion, the satiric turn, and the brilliantly ar-
interest, and there is a full index. The many beau- tistic touch that is characteristic of everything
tiful illustrations show Warwick Castle in every Beardsley put his hand to. Five of his drawings
stage of its development, portray the earls and furnish the illustrations. Two eccentric ballads, a
countesses and their friends, and reproduce all sorts translation from Catullus, reminiscences of Beards-
of interesting relics. Portraits in photogravure of ley's table-talk, and two letters make up the rest of
the author and her husband form the frontispieces. the literary remains. Several hitherto unpublished
The book will interest anyone who traces his de- drawings and a photogravure portrait of Beardsley
scent from a branch of this great house, and others at Mentone are included among the illustrations.
who enjoy the more intimate disclosures of history. Mr. Lane, in a publisher's preface, gives an inter-
The fine binding of polished green buckram, stampedesting account of Beardsley's connection with “ The
with the family coat of arms, and the abundant pic- Yellow Book” and an estimate of his genius and his
tures, will commend the work to holiday buyers. relation to the development of the art of black and
In two small volumes, handsomely bound in white. The feeling that is uppermost as one closes
polished red buckram and boxed together, Mr. this sumptuous memorial volume is perhaps aston-
Charles M. Skinner gives us an interesting collec- ishment that the days of “ The Yellow Book”
tion of “ American Myths and Legends” (Lippin- 80 far behind us. Yet the very fact that progress
cott). In the preface, Mr. Skinner confesses to in line drawing has lately been so rapid makes a
once having thought his previous work, “Myths
Myths backward glance interesting; and since Beardsley
and Legends of Our Own Land," fairly complete ; died at twenty-six, all that he did is surely not too
but these full and fascinating volumes disprove that much by which to judge him.
supposition. The new volumes include Indian folk- In spite of an imposing bibliography, an elaborate
tales, beast-lore, ghost and spectre stories, traditions index, and the dignity of a two-volume edition, it is
that have named our towns, added words to our impossible to regard Mr. Rupert Hughes's Love
vocabulary, or romantic associations to our land- Affairs of Great Musicians ” with much seriousness.
scape, with much besides. Each legend is briefly
Each legend is briefly | The style is both careless and flippant, straining
and clearly told, without much comment or any strict after sensation and ignoring the canons of good
classification. The abundant and interesting ma- taste. “Heart-busy" (p. 68), "Musickers” (p. 98),
terial here presented will no doubt surprise many and "readeress” (vol. II., p. 256), together with
readers. Each volume has a photogravure frontis- this sentence, “Sand was the former of the two to
piece, with four or five half-tones, showing char- fall in love ” (vol. II., p. 297), will illustrate the
acteristic bits of scenery in different sections of the author's unfortunate mannerisms. As for his flip-
country.
pancy, it is possible that, not sympathizing with
Stately Homes in America ” (Appleton) is a the popular interest in the love affairs of famous
large and imposing volume, whose object is to pic- men, he has made a crude attempt to put the sub-
seem
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ject on what he considers its proper plane. But the reprinted only twice before.
.
reprinted only twice before. In May, 1891, fifty
prefatory note, calling attention to the timeliness of
years
after its first publication, it was printed among
the book in view of many recent contributions to the “opuscula" of the “Sette of Odd Volumes,"
the subject, sounds serious, and the long list of au- and in 1897 it was issued in a limited edition by
thorities consulted shows industry, which, rightly Mr. De Vinne. The fact that the piece was com-
directed, ought to have produced an entertaining pletely lost sight of for so long is strange, inasmuch
and profitable study, and even now has not been as it is specifically stated to be by “Mr. Michael
wholly without interesting results. The best chap- Angelo Titmarsh," is characteristic in style and sub-
ters are naturally those on well-known musicians. ject, and introduces the ever-welcome “ Yellow-
It seems unnecessary, to say the least, to include plush.” The text of the present reprint is from a
myths of Orpheus, Pan, and Apollo in such a book,
copy
of “The Odd Volumes," an interesting account
and the “Omnibus Chapter" is too general to be of of which is contained in the preface. The frontis-
value. The conclusion is too long for a summary, piece is a photogravure portrait of Thackeray. The
and its main thesis — that the musician may be book is printed on fine deckle-edged paper, and
noble or the reverse, like any other man hardly bound in plain green boards. It will be a treasure
needed a two-volume proof. The publishers (L. C. to the collector.
Page & Co.), who bring out this book as a part For a bibliophile of fastidious taste in the matter
of their “Music Lovers' Series," have provided of fine printing, no more acceptable gift could pos-
abundant illustrations, decorated end-papers, and sibly be found among the season's books than the
an ornate binding.
reprint of More's "Utopia," published by the Scott-
An exce
xceedingly interesting contribution to the Thaw Co. in their “ Library of Noble Authors."
history of modern French art is made available to Printed at the Chiswick Press, London, in an edi-
readers of English by Mr. P. G. Konody's transla- tion limited to 200 copies for America, the series
tion of Monsieur Camille Mauclair's “Great French of which this is the second volume represents the
Painters." The sub-title, “The Evolution of French highest attainments in modern typography and book-
Painting from 1830 to the Present Day,” gives a making. The folio form, the dignified typography,
clearer idea of the author's intention. The transla- the impressive effect of beautiful handmade paper
tion is published by Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co. in and generous margins, are peculiarly appropriate to
a well-bound folio, with lavish illustration from the the text in the present reprint. The second (1556)
works of the modern French schools. The paintings edition of Ralph Robynson's translation is here fol.
of Monet, Degas, Manet, Renoir, Millet, and Puvis lowed, in all its archaic spelling and punctuation;
de Chavannes are accorded fullest representation Roper’s life of More, collated and edited by Mr.
among the hundred and ten half-tone reproductions. George Sampson, and a selection from his family
M. Mauclair's sympathies are clearly with the modo letters, are also included in the volume. A splendid
ern schools — the symbolists, impressionists, and photogravure from Holbein's portrait serves as
intimists. But this bias is so frankly stated that it frontispiece, and there is a graceful title- -page
de-
cannot mislead the reader, and it serves to lend color sign in line drawing by Mr. W. L. Bruckman. It
and interest to the exposition. The programme of is safe to say that More's noble vision was never
the book is vast, covering as it does seventy years clothed more fittingly than in this noble edition.
of great progress. This confused body of material Equally commendable as a piece of good printing,
is, however, unified by the attempt to show how, though less imposing and less expensive, is a reprint
since the days of Ingres and Delacroix, French art of Emerson’s “Conduct of Life,” also a product of
has grown steadily more national and also more the Chiswick Press and issued by the Scott-Thaw
individual; and how the great masters like Corot, Co. The text, presented without editorial accom-
Courbet, Millet, Manet, and Degas, arraying them- paniment of any sort, is set in a simple old style face
selves against the claims of a pseudo-classicism, have of type, large and easily read, and printed with gen-
become both the real upholders of tradition and the erous margins on Dutch handmade paper. The
advance guard of the evolutionary movement in favor binding is a pleasing combination of linen cloth and
of personal and national freedom in subject-matter vellum, heavily stamped in gold. A Christmas gift
and method. This evolution is traced through chap- of more intrinsic value, especially for the young,
ters dealing with its successive phases. A word of could not be desired. The edition is limited to 350
praise should be said for the translator, who has copies.
succeeded in preserving the flexibility and compact- Mr. Roy Rolfe Gilson's "In the Morning Glow '
ness which are characteristic of the French critical was a new and charming type of the literature of
style.
childhood. The two favorite sketches in the book,
Last year we had a beautiful reprint of Thack- “ Mother” and “Father," have now been reprinted
eray's arraignment of the Christmas Annuals, the separately in a beautiful volume (Harper), with
atrocious “table-books” of his time.
pictures and marginal designs by Mrs. Alice Bar-
another neglected satire, Reading a Poem,” has bour Stephens. The eight full-page illustrations are
been reprinted in a limited edition by the A. Wessels printed in a soft brown tint, and neatly mounted on
Company. This sketch, which originally appeared blank pages of the book, without damage to which
in a weekly paper called “ The Brittania,” has been they might easily be detached for framing. They
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are certainly worthy of preservation in this way. torial preface by his grandson, Mr. Walter Jerrold,
The borders are very pretty, but the cover shows a and "The Essays of Leigh Hunt," edited by Mr.
tendency, too common in holiday editions, to an Arthur Symons, both volumes being illustrated by
excess of ornament.
Mr. H. M. Brock, and published by Messrs. J. M.
Another lavishly illustrated book about childhood Dent & Co. (imported by Dutton). The plain silk
is Mr. Walter Russell's " Bending of the Twig'
“
’ cloth cover with a gold monogram as its only deco-
(Dodd, Mead & Co.). Mr. Russell explains that ration has an air of quaintness and distinction that
the purport of his book is not to show how the is quite in keeping with the contents of these two
grown-ups ” should mould the lives of children, little volumes. Mr. Brock's pen and ink drawings
but how, inevitably, the children mould the lives of will be a surprise even to those who know his work
the "grown-ups.” As a matter of fact the book best. Their dainty finish, quaintness of conception,
suggests answers to both these questions, and inci- delicate humor, and perfect appreciation of the
dentally gives a clue to Mr. Russell's power of text are as unusual as they are delightful. Each
understanding and drawing children. He can tell
He can tell of the essays has a head and a tail piece, and these
them fascinating stories and what is a rarer gift are quite as carefully wrought and as illustrative
- can make them tell him even better ones in as the other drawings. Paper and printing are all
return. His tales generally have the realistic back- that could be wished, and these volumes are easily
ground that children love, and often deftly conceal among the half dozen “ best things” of the holiday
some
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season.
amazingly meek in accepting. However in the main sa The volume entitled “ Through the Gates of Old
season.
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they are real children, — particularly the boys, –
- Romance” (Lippincott), by Mr. W. Jay Mills, is
and they have ample reason for being, apart from made very attractive by a cover of heavy white
the fact that they are the originals of the pictures, buckram and many pictures of the belles and beaux
which are naturally the main features of a book by of bygone days. The absence of a preface leaves
Mr. Rassell. There are about fifty of these draw- us in doubt about Mr. Mills's claims to historical
ings, each representing a different mood or aspect authenticity, but apparently the nine stories which
of childhood. Marginal sketches on every page make up the volume are bistorical novelettes, with
supplement the full-page portraits by helping to a foundation of fact and a considerable superstruc-
make the book abound from cover to cover in the ture of fancy. The stories of the Franklin family's
joyous spirit of childhood. Mr. Russell's work is connivance at an elopement, of Philip Freneau's
too well known to need praise. He has put some poetic courtship, and of Pinderina Scribblerus,
of the best of it into this volume, which is unique poetess of Perth Amboy, are among the best. In
among the holiday publications.
all the tales the quaint picturesqueness and the
A book full of the joys of youth and spring-time romantic gaiety of colonial life in America is
is “On the Road to Arcady” (Revell), by Miss strongly brought out. The very dainty and allur-
Mabel Nelson Thurston, with frontispiece, decorated ing form of the book is appropriate to the holiday
end-papers, headings, and marginal drawings in
pen-and-ink by Mr. Samuel M. Palmer, a member A book to delight the few who care for such things
of the artists' colony at Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. is “ The Life of Saint Mary Magdalen ” (John
Palmer's work on the inside of the book is original Lane), a translation, by Miss Valentina Hawtrey,
and pleasing ; but he has overloaded the cover with of a fourteenth-century Italian manuscript of un-
ornament until it is bewildering rather than impres- known authorship. In the introduction, Vernon
sive. The story takes the form of a journal written Lee classes this devotional romance with “Aucassin
by an eccentric but very attractive middle-aged et Nicolette
et Nicolette” as “one of the absolutely satisfactory
woman, with a love for nature and for solitude. works, so few but so exquisite, of the middle ages."
The former taste is strengthened, the latter for the This is high praise ; but the quaint and charming
time entirely obliterated, by the advent of a fasci- narrative, with its interesting psychology, seems to
nating young cousin. The latter overturns all the merit it. The legend is that Mary Magdalen was
older woman's habits, fills her quiet house with the sister of Lazarus, and was married to John the
young men, induces her to adopt two waifs from an Evangelist, who deserted her on her wedding day
orphan asylum, and finally wins the heart of a bach- to follow Christ to the desert. The recent stage
elor cousin for whom, we are led to believe, the dia. interpretation of another version of the same story
rist has cherished a secret fondness. If so, she gives timeliness to the translation of this medieval
accepts the situation with commendable tranquility, legend, which, however, needs no extrinsic sources
considering, no doubt, that the joys of spring-time of interest. The illustrations, showing the Mag-
in Arcady still remain to her. The story is grace- dalen as fourteen great painters have conceived her,
fully told, with plenty of humor and a keen appre- are a beautiful and impressive commentary on the
ciation of the charm of the out-door world and the text. The binding is quaint and dignified.
vagaries of human nature.
“ Gardens of the Caribbees, - Sketches of a
Two companion volumes whose charm the lover Cruise to the West Indies and the Spanish Main'
of choice editions will be quite unable to resist, reads the title-page of two daintily proportioned
,
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published with many illustrations by Messrs. L. C. be popular among the holiday books. Some of the
Page & Co. as a part of their “ Travel Lovers' Colonel's friends may question Mr. Smith's wisdom
Library.” Before she started on her cruise, Mrs. in attempting this revival, but they will find little
Starr had thought of the Caribbees as veritable justification for their fears. The story deserves to
Islands of the Blest. On the first day out she de- rank with the rest of the Carter chronicles ; it will
cided that Mr. Kipling was quite right about the please the Colonel's old friends, and make him new
impossibility of reaching them by any steamship ones. Mr. Yohn's illustrations and the pretty cover
line. But a few days later she landed at Haiti, design emphasize the Christmas spirit that pervades
and began to realize most, if not all, of her dreams.
Mrs. Starr was accompanied on her journey by her In “ The Forest,” whose chapters will be familiar
husband and two small daughters, and they, with to readers of “The Outlook," Mr. Stewart Edward
friends made on the way, play a considerable part White has achieved the difficult task of writing an
in the narrative, which is written in a simple, chatty outdoor book in a new way.
The thread which
style, with the emphasis on the people of the islands holds it together is the story of a thousand-mile
and their ways of life and thought. The recent canoe trip through the woods of Canada and
desolation wrought by Mount Pelée gives these Northern Michigan. But in addition to chapters
volumes a certain timeliness, and their artistic form of experience and adventure there are practical
will make them acceptable gift-books.
hints to would-be campers, character sketches of
The volume entitled “ My Favorite Book-Shelf” Habitants and Indians, and suggestive analyses of
(Paul Elder & Co.) will prove an acceptable gift for “the call of the wild” and the subtle spell that the
à busy friend who, having little time or taste for “blazed trail” casts over its captives. “One cannot
thorough reading, likes to get some small knowledge imprison the Forest inside the covers of a book, "
of the world's prose literature by means of brief says Mr. White, and this is true ; yet there is a
selections. The compiler, Mr. Charles Josselyn, great deal of the composite, changeful spirit of the
does not claim for his anthology any basis of selec- great woods within these covers. “ The Forest"
tion beyond his own choice and a due attention to is beautifully illustrated and decorated by Mr.
variety. The authors represented are as diverse as Thomas Fogarty, a friend of the author and his
Schopenhauer and Macaulay, “ Quida" and Doctor companion on the trip of which this book is the
Johnson, Mr. Robert Grant and Charles Lamb; outcome.
but most of them are classic writers. The selections The work of Miss Esther Singleton in compiling
are brief - often only a paragraph or two - but descriptive passages by great writers under various
complete in thought. They are generally expository, attractive headings has obtained wide recognition.
and in spite of the diversity of subject-matter and She has this year edited and arranged a new volume
point of view most of them touch on the authors' (the sixth in her series), called "Historic Buildings
philosophy of life. The compilation would lose none Described by Great Writers ” (Dodd, Mead & Co.).
of its popular character, and be much more useful The buildings dealt with have been chosen for their
for reference, had the name of the work from which artistic beauty or interest, and also for their his-
each selection was chosen been given. The book torical associations. None of those already described
is handsomely bound.
in “Turrets, Towers, and Temples” or “Romantic
If Mr. Howard Chandler Christy were not so Castles and Palaces are included in the new vol-
successful in picturing the fashionable world of ume. The buildings are of all periods and many
to-day, we should be inclined to judge his Puritans countries, and the commentators as diverse as G. W.
and Indians more leniently. His illustrations for Steevens, Dickens, Pierre Loti, Ruskin, Gautier, and
the new holiday edition of " The Courtship of Miles Gibbon. There are forty-two excellent illustrations
Standish” (Bobbs-Merrill) are very pretty but they in half-tone, and the binding is uniform with the rest
do not fit the text. John Alden looks as if he had of the series.
stepped out of a New York drawing-room, the rest Holiday editions of “Mrs. Wiggs” and “Lovey
of the characters are stiff and unreal, and the In- Mary” were the only logical outcome of the
popu-
dians positively grotesque. Of the forty-odd illus- larity of the Cabbage Patch heroines, and they have
-
trations nine are in color, and there are besides just been issued by the Century Co. The pretty
decorations on every page and a special cover de- cloth binding, with gold lettering, is uniform for
sign. The paper is of excellent quality and the both volumes, in each of which are two dozen
type attractive. It is a pity that so much trouble drawings, half in color and half in black-and-white,
should have been spent to so little purpose, but by Mrs. Florence Scovel Shinn, whose clever work
doubtless many of Mr. Christy's admirers will be in the original edition of “ Lovey Mary” assured a
loyal enough to like his latest departure, and to welcome for her additional drawings in this larger
commend the publishers' choice of an illustrator edition, and for the entirely new set of pictures in
for Longfellow.
“ Mrs. Wiggs.” It is difficult to believe that any-
“Colonel's Carter's Christmas” (Scribner), with body who reads current books has overlooked Mrs.
Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith's ingenious explanation Rice's stories, but there will be many to enjoy re-
of its late arrival as preface, and several daintily reading them in their holiday setting. The two
colored illustrations by Mr. F. C. Yohn, is sure to volumes are neatly boxed together.
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The special winter number of “ The Studio” dering Word,” “The Courtesy of Nature," and
takes the form of a richly illustrated brochure on “ Trees ” will give the reader who is unfamiliar with
“ The Genius of J. M. W. Turner” (John Lane). the author's prose style some notion of what he may
From many sources a large and representative expect.
selection of the drawings, paintings, and engravings Mr. John Luther Long's “ Madame Butterfly”
of Turner has been gathered ; a collection repre- is offered to holiday buyers in a new “ Japanese
senting every period of the artist's career and every edition" (Century Co.). The piquant charm of
type of his work. There are sixteen plates in color, the story is known to many readers, and to play-
a facsimile letter from Turner to his father, two goers as well; for it has long since been dramatized,
portraits, and nearly one hundred and fifty other
80 Mr. Long's preface tells us — the
beautiful reproductions. Four essays upon the art- Italian composer, Signor Puccini, is writing an
ist's various modes of work furnish the text. The opera with “Madame Butterfly as the libretto.
volume will make a holiday gift that should be The new edition is printed on heavy paper, with
acceptable in many quarters. It is well worthy of wide margins, and illustrated with very
artistic
a substantial and artistic binding.
photographs of Japanese subjects, taken by Mr.
Twenty of Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar's dialect C. Y. Abbott, an amateur photographer of Phila-
poems are published in holiday form by Messrs. delphia. The cover design is the most authentically
Dodd, Mead & Co., under the title of the first piece Japanese feature, being made by a native artist,
in the collection, “When Malindy Sings.” Like Genjiro Yeto.
.
“Candle-Lightin' Time” by the same author, the A beautiful edition of William Morris's “ Defense
book is uniquely illustrated from photographs taken of Guenevere, and Other Poems ” is issued by Mr.
by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, and deco- John Lane, with many illustrations and decorations
rated with marginal borders by Miss Margaret by Miss Jessie M. King. The designs have much
Armstrong. The photographs are in excellent taste, of the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, though
being humorous but dignified, with none of the Miss King's use of the fantastic, sweeping line is
burlesque suggestion that turns so many pictures more suggestive of Aubrey Beardsley. Altogether
of negro life into caricature. A few very beautiful the edition will be pleasing to admirers of William
landscape views add variety to the illustrations. Morris's work. It contains about thirty of his
Of the poems, it is only necessary to say that they shorter poems, printed on excellent paper, with gilt
are in the same delightful vein which has won for top and uncut edges, and bound in red and gold.
Mr. Dunbar so enviable a reputation as a poet of Miss Carolyn Wells's “Nonsense Anthology” has
his own people.
already become in its way a classic. Everybody who
“Reflections of the Morning After” (H. M. cares for nonsense verse approves of Miss Wells's
Caldwell Co.), written and illustrated by Mr. choice and wants to own the handy little collection
Herman Lee Meader, is a pocket volume appro- of favorite pieces. Because of its great popularity
priately bound in highly.colored calico, with a as a gift-book, the publishers (Scribner) have now
symbolic and also highly-colored heading. The issued a holiday edition, prettily bound in full limp
decorated end-papers are in the same lurid style, leather and printed on thin paper. The new edition
but the title-page and marginal borders are illus- is certain to be a favorite one.
trative of the author's mood without being ugly. Miss Marie Corelli wields so versatile a pen that
The “ Reflections,” which are grouped under such it is impossible to declare any sort of literary work
headings as “ Alcoholic Fumes," "Grouches and out of her range. But we may safely say that
Grins," and “The Lockstep" (marriage), are
”
“ Angel's Wickedness,” the booklet which she has
always well put and sometimes very pithy, but furnished for holiday consumption, is hardly char-
more often only sharply cynical, and occasionally acteristic – except of her versatility. "Angel's
vulgar. It would possibly idealize “The Morning Wickedness” is a “true" story of the Sunday-
to omit this last element altogether, but school book order, with a heroine who becomes at
it would have made a better book. However, by the end of the short tale as angelic in nature as
judicious choosing one can get considerable good she had previously been in name. There are no
philosophy from Mr. Meader's “ Reflections.” illustrations, but the heavy paper, wide margins,
For the last six or seven years Mr. Bliss Carman and gray board-cover with its pretty gold stamp,
has been writing essays for newspapers and period give the little book a festive air, and the moral of
icals. Some of these he has pruned and gathered the story has a Christmas turn. (New York:
into a volume entitled “ The Kinship of Nature,” Walter R. Beers.)
now published, with a photogravure frontispiece of “Little Henry's Slate," by Mr. W. D. Nesbit, is
the author, by Messrs. L. C. Page & Co. The essays, a collection of the choicest of Little Henry's sayings,
which are short and informal, follow no continuous published in a unique booklet by Mr. William S.
trend of thought, though they are unified by the Lord. Chicago newspaper readers will remember
author's cheerful philosophy, which the “Songs from these juvenile epigrams and enjoy seeing them
Vagabondia” and the rest of his verse have made realistically printed in reproduction of Henry's own
familiar. Such titles as “ The Art of Life,” “The work and illustrated by the same hand. Every
Crime of Ugliness," “ April in Town," "The Wan- other page of the book contains a saying and is deco-
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Some notable
child verse.
rated to simulate a slate. The saying on the cover, Book ” (Little, Brown, & Co.), bringing into one volume
which will serve as a sample of the rest, reads :
all the old ballads and folk-tales concernivg the prince
“My Paw ses a man is never to oled to lurn & wim-
of robbers. There are many outline drawings in the
men is never to yung to teech him.”
text, and six full-page pictures in color, all from the
The 1904 edition of “ The Cynic's Calendar of
skilful hand of Miss Charlotte Harding. - Four stories
Revised Wisdom" (Paul Elder & Co.) will appeal
addressed to half-grown children, written by Miss
Evaleen Stein, are published under the title of - Trou-
to many holiday shoppers in search of a unique and
badour Tales” (Bobbs-Merrill). Three are from old
inexpensive gift. As before, Mr. Oliver Herford, France, and one, relating to the discovery of a lost canto
Miss Ethel Watts Mumford, and Mr. Addison of the “ Kalevala," from Finland. This last is a rare
Mizner have collaborated in its preparation. The bit
bit of work, while all show Miss Stein's known poetic
general form of the calendar, with its checked ging- qualities. The illustrations are numerous, being the
ham cover and poster label, red and black decora- work of Miss Virginia Keep and Messrs. Maxfield
tions, and blank pages for memoranda, has been
Parrish, B. Rosenmeyer, and Edward Edwards. — From
retained; but the illustrations are different and
the profound erudition of the Rev. H. Pereira Mendes
much better than those of last year, and many new
In Old Egypt: A Story about the Bible but not
in the Bible” (Stokes), with abundant illustrations by
bits of wisdom have been revised for 1904.
Miss Mabel L. Humphrey. The book concerns itself
your steak or you 'll have stew”; “Consistency, thou
with the coming of the prophet Moses into the world,
art a mule!”; “ Many hands want light work,” are beginning with the deeds of his father Amram and
a few of the new "twisted” proverbs. If enjoyment carrying the tale as supplementary to the scriptural
of “ The Cynic's Calendar" is a test, most of us narrative on through numerous interesting episodes of
must confess to being cynics.
the life of the Hebrews in the days of the Pharaonic
captivity. Nothing but good can result from a book
so conceived and written. - In Mr. William Henry
Johnson's “ Pioneer Spaniards in North America
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
(Little, Brown, & Co.) may be obtained a great deal
of succinct and accurate history relating to Ojeda,
Literature for children has received so
Amerigo Vespucius, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Las Casas,
few additions of decided merit this sea-
Cortes, Narvaez, Coronado, and De Soto. There are
son that the publication just at this time
numerous illustrations from portraits and scenes in
of Miss Josephine Preston Peabody's “The Singing
ancient books discussing the doughty deeds of these
Leaves ” (Houghton) calls for a word of especial com-
explorers. As a bit of Americana for the young, the
ment. This is not a book intended as a whole for
book should find an appreciative audience. Copious
younger folk, but one of its chapters, “ The Little Past," excerpts from typical speeches of one of the greater
is designed for small people, and another, “The Young
American statesmen may be found in “ Daniel Webster
Things," for young girls. Of the eleven titles in the for Young Americans ” (Little, Brown, & Co.), an
former chapter, the pieces called “Journey,” “The
introduction being provided by Mr. Charles F. Richard-
Busy Child,” “The Masterpiece," " Late," and one or
son, the editor, who has also included Whipple's essay
two more, deserve all the good that can be said of them.
on “ Webster as a Master of English Style," and added
The distich, “ Concerning Love,” may be quoted.
the Declaration of Independence, the federal constitu-
"I wish she would not ask me if I love the Kitten more
tion, and Washington's " Farewell Address.” Numerous
than her.
portraits of Webster at different stages of his career,
Of course I love her. But I love the Kitten too: and It and pictures of scenes in which he was an actor, illus-
has fur."
trate the book, which is a worthy contribution to
Of the other chapter mentioned, it may be said to form the knowledge of a man whose greatness was always
perhaps the only poetic interpretation of the life of
human. The first volume of « Famous Battles of the
young girls as revealed by one of themselves. Mr. Nineteenth Century" (Wessels), edited by Mr. Charles
Norman Gale has done what a young man can to inform Welsh, begins with Nelson at Copenhagen and ends with
his brethren of that enviable and delicious life, but it the battle of Waterloo. It is both a conclusive and
has been reserved for Miss Peabody to reach the heart various work. Several of the accounts are from dis-
of the matter. For the delightful mingling of moods tinguished bands, such as Sir Walter Scott's story of
which constitutes humor at its best, “ Vanity, Saith the Napoleon's overthrow; but most of them are the work
Preacher,” a little poem on a young girl's frocks and of contemporary writers, such as G. A. Henty, Archi-
footwear, deserves high praise.
bald Forbes, and others. The conflicts between the
Mr. Howard Pyle, preserving something
United States and Great Britain are told from the
Legends
and history.
of the archaic speech of Mallory and all
American point of view, and those of Great Britain
of his archaic spirit, has rewritten from
with other nations from the English side; so that the
that great original - The Story of King Arthur and his English-speaking peoples have much the best of the
Knights” (Scribner), and provided as well the brilliant argument in every sense of the word. The volume is
series of drawings with which it is illustrated. The
fully and attractively illustrated.
result is a volume unusually harmonious and of extra-
Tales of travel and adventure begin
ordinary literary and artistic value. The whole round of Travel, adventure, chronologically with “The Round Tower:
-life
the Arthurian myth is not here exhausted either, leaving
A Tale of '98” (Nelson), in which
a prospect of another volume in the future. – Miss Eva Misses Florence M. S. Scott and Alma Hodge tell
March Tappan has left for a time the more serious field what befell a small Irish boy and his family during
of history, which she has been so busily rejuvenating for the brief French invasion of Ireland at the close of the
youthful readers, and now gives us “Robin Hood: His eighteenth century. The story is vivacious, and the
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than Ireland. - The late Paul du Chaillu left « In Afri- sible. The contrast between the healthy life of the
can Forest and Jungle" (Scribner) behind him, and country and the strenuosities of the metropolis is viv-
seemingly as a reminder of the field in which he attained idly drawn, and Mrs. Wright is given the opportunity
his first popularity. It is in his earliest manner, telling to do some delightful character painting. Mrs. Florence
interestingly and convincingly of the adventures of a Scovell Shinn contributes some excellent pen-and-ink
European naturalist in the darker parts of the dark drawings to the book. — Miss Gwendolen Overton has
continent. The pictures, by Mr. Victor Perard, represent taken a western army post for the scene, and its com-
the hero, his native assistant, and their dog in various mander's adolescent and only child for the heroine, of
difficult situations. 6. With the Treasure Seekers: A " The Captain's Daughter” (Macmillan), in which is
Tale of the Florida Cays" (Lippincott) is a story of shown most entertainingly how a young girl can plunge
some gold and silver bars which were not found, and herself and everyone she loves into hot water by acting
some plate made of precious metals which was, the on her own responsibility in a situation where a head
party of discoverers setting forth in a private steam was needed much more than a heart. Though a series
yacht and having numerous exciting times before they of crimes is committed and several accidents occur, the
returned to New York again, a shipwreck being the last book is not in the least melodramatic. It will certainly
of their troubles. The book is illustrated, and is a good make the duty of parents somewhat easier when girl-
example of Mr. James Otis's writing at its best. — Al- hood is at its most difficult moment. Miss Frances D.
most the earliest and one of the greatest of American Jones supplies some spirited pictures. Half a Dozen
industries concerns itself with the felling of forests, Housekeepers” (Altemus), by Mrs. Kate Douglas
which has doubtless led Mr. Edward Stratemeyer to Wiggin, is a brisk account of how six young schoolgirls
the writing of “Two Young Lumbermen; or, From kept house at the home of one of them during an enforced
Maine to Oregon for Fortune” (Lee & Shepard). It absence from a New England boarding-school during a
has two young men for its heroes, and these hardy and threatened epidemic. No girls ever had a better time,
hearty Maine Yankees work from their native state and they left an impression on the quiet old town where
across the continent to Oregon by way of Michigan, they disported themselves which was not without per-
achieving success at last through a contract with a rail- manent effect. The illustrations are by Mr. Mills
way, after many difficulties. The book is a romance Thompson. - Mrs. Laura E. Richards, always a good
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of contemporary business life.
Mr. A. B. Shute pro-
story-teller, has collected a number of tales into a vol-
vides the pictures. A few stories of life at school may ume entitled, from the first of them, “ The Green Satin
be included here, notably a book about the National Mil- Gown” (Estes). She has taken a number of significant
itary Academy called “ West Point Colors” (Revell). episodes in the life, high and low, of a New England
It is written by Mrs. Anna B. Warner, with the active city of the smaller sort, gentlefolks, mill-hands, and the
coöperation of a number of the cadets themselves, and rest appearing in her pages to advantage. The initial
gains thereby a reality attainable in no other way. The story is especially charming. Miss Etheldred B. Barry
only illustrations are from photographs. -“ Riverton illustrates the book. — “ Three Hundred Things a
Boys: A Story of Two Schools ” (Nelson) is an amusing Bright Girl Can Do” (Estes) is a volume written by
book by Messrs. K. M. Eady and R. Eady. One school Miss Lilla Elizabeth Kelley, with numerous illustra-
is aristocratic, the other a seminary of learning where tions, from which any girl can get valuable hints toward
the pupils actually learn. The rivalry is intense, and usefulness both at home and in the community. Self-
involves two cousins, one in each of the opposing schools, help is the best helpfulness, and to this good end Miss
in some curious little scrapes. The end comes with the Kelley's book makes valuable contributions.
boys on the battlefield. — For somewhat smaller boys
Prominent among the books dealing with
Mr. Harold Avery has written “ The House on the
Youngsters of
small girls and boys is Mrs. Ruth Mc-
Moor” (Nelson), also an English school story wherein
Enery Stuart's "George Washington
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a careless boy loses his overcoat containing a valuable Jones: A Christmas Gift That Went Begging" (Alte-
letter of his father's, in recovering which he succeeds mus). Mrs. Stuart here fairly repeats the brilliant
in bringing an escaped convict to justice. The story is success of last year's “ Napoleon Jackson,” the same
mildly sensational. – Here may also be included “The delightful mingling of tears and laughter being trans-
Ship of State: By Those at the Helm” (Ginn), a useful ferred from adult to youthful life. The little colored
series of accounts of the manner in which government boy who remembered that his grandfather had been
governs in this country, republished from the pages of sent in early boyhood as a holiday gift with the
« The Youth's Companion” and fully authenticated by inscription,
the names of the contributors to the little book, repre-
"I'm a little nigger,
senting the present executive department of the federal
But I'll grow bigger,"
government most fully.
induced the child to set forth and offer himself as a
A large number of this season's books Christmas gift. How he adopted an aunt in the search,
About girls
have been addressed particularly to girls and how he came at last into his own after many dis-
and for them.
of all sizes and ages. At the head of this couragements, make a charming Christmas story, the
supplementary list may be placed Mrs. Mabel Osgood sympathetic pictures of Mr. Edward Potthast adding to
Wright's " Aunt Jimmy's Will ” (Macmillan). It is the general result. — “ The Little People "(John Lane),
the story of a small gentlewoman who is left seemingly by Mrs. L. Allen Harker, is quite as much for grown
destitute in a small New England town by the death of persons as for the immature, being a collection of short
her widowed father, a highly unsuccessful artist of Irish stories of English life in which children play a varied
extraction. In spite of the determination of a kindly part, sometimes reconciling differences between parents,
farmer near by to give her a home, she is taken by her and sometimes getting into mischief which affects their
uncle to a New York flat of the grade just above a elders. The stories are unquestionably interesting to
tenement, and there remains until the kindly farmer's the elders, but are in most instances beyond the range
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of simple childhood. – Miss Elizabeth Hill records a
pleasant recollection of a summer spent in the country
in “My Wonderful Visit” (Scribner). “When I was
a little girl," she begins, “ I made an enchanting never-
to-be-forgotten visit," and the words fitly describe the
event. The visit was to a certain Cousin Sally, who
seems to have been as sympathetic as Miss Hill and her
illustrator, Miss Beatrice Stevens, here prove them-
selves to be. — Mrs. Martha Finley continues her famil-
iar annual volumes with “ Elsie and her Loved Ones"
(Dodd), wherein the “ Elsie" family spend a winter in
California, beguiling the time with stories from American
history, generally of war. Daddy's Lad: The Story
of a little Lass" (Nelson) is Mrs. E. L. Heverfield's ac-
count of a small maiden with great capacity for fun on
one side and self-devotion on the other, her father need-
ing her more than do most fathers. — Miss Jocelyn
Lewis's small heroine in “The Adventures of Dorothy”
(Outlook Co.) is ten years old when she has her first
experience in the country, a visit resulting in much inno-
cent mischief. A small boy adds to the ensemble much
devotion and an equal capacity for getting into trouble,
the most exciting episodes being depicted also in Mr.
Seymour M. Stone's illustrations. Five Little Pep-
pers at School”(Lothrop) shows Mrs. Margaret Sidney's
interesting little flock divided, the boys goivg to one
place and the girls to another in pursuance of education,
but not until they have done several things to show their
kindness of heart. Mr. Hermann Heyer, evidently a
lover of children, provides the illustrations. « Jave
and John: Their Parties, Plays, and Picnics” (Little,
Brown, & Co.) has a distinct leaning toward nature
study in its pages, the children of the book spending
their time inland and at the sea shore, and collecting
everywhere specimens of all sorts of living things. The
pictures in color by Mr. Charles E. Heil add to the
worth of the volume.
Fairy books seem to be as
Tales of
this year as ever, and more pains are
fairyland.
bestowed upon them than upon any other
class of books for small people. In this season's list
Mr. L. Frank Baum holds the place of honor with no
less than three books, of which two are entirely new,
all published by the Bobbs-Merrill Co. “The Magical
Monarch of Mo" tells of a country where everything
the human heart can wish for is found as fruit upon the
enviable vegetation of that favored land, a consumma-
tion that makes socialism impossible and recommends
itself at sight as a complete solution for all social ills.
The pictures, as in the others of Mr. Baum's books, are
in color, in this instance being drawn by Mr. Frank
Verbeck. - The Enchanted Island of Yew" is in four
quarters, " like a mince pie,” and through its confines
three mortal children ramble and make friends under
the care of Prince Marvel, one of the best of fairies.
Miss Fanny Y. Cory has made the illustrations and
decorations, hardly a page being without embellishment.
The last of Mr. Baum's three books is a new edition of
a
“ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” with the text un-
chavged, but with several new pictures by Mr. William
Wallace Denslow. The chapter in which the scarecrow
comes to life remains one of the best of its kind.
“Six Giants and a Griffin, and Other Stories" (Russell)
is by Mr. Birdsall Otis Edey, with clever pictures by
Mrs. Beatrice Baxter Ruyl. The stories show an abun-
dant fancy, and cover a great deal of ground, mythical
and modern. An excellent compilation from the fairy
lore of many lands has been made by Miss Esther
Singleton in “The Golden Rod Fairy Book” (Dodd,
Mead & Co.), with many pages in color from the de-
signs of Mr. Charles Buckles Falls. France, Germany,
England, Poland, Denmark, India, China, Bohemia,
Ireland, Spain, Russia, and Arabia are laid under con-
tribution, some of the stories being translated by Miss
Singleton herself, and due credit being properly given
in all other cases. “ The Outlook Fairy Book "
(Outlook Co.), compiled by Miss Laura Winnington,
has not the same distinction as Miss Singleton's book,
and the curious credit is given for several famous tales
as taken “ from the German of Hans Christian Ander-
sen," not flattering to the countrymen of that most
lovable of Danes. Some fairy ballads are included with
the prose, and the pictures are by Mr. J. Conacher.
Books of child-rhymes are this year
Songs, rhymes,
and pictures.
generally good, though not numerous;
Miss Peabody's book, already mentioned,
being of another class entirely and a much higher one.
Mr. William Wells Newell has issued a second and
greatly enlarged edition of his “Games and Songs of
American Children,” (Harper), adding much new ma-
terial to the former book, and appealing to students no
less than little people through the width and treat-
ment of his subject. -"The Just So Song Book”
(Doubleday) contains all the children's lyrics from Mr.
Rudyard Kipling's well-known volume, set to music of
a modern and alluring sort by Mr. Edward German.
This is a real contribution to childish enjoyment, and
the elders will not be lacking in appreciation of it. -
Songs of the Trees: Pictures, Rhymes, and Tree
Biographies" (Bobbs-Merrill) has been written by Mrs.
Mary Y. Robinson, with music for the songs by Miss
Josephine Robinson. The book is arranged by months,
each of the twelve having three full-page pictures in
color, showing some tree or shrub baving especial refer-
ence to that time of year. The book is filled with useful
and unobtrusive information. — “Laurel Leaves for
Little Folk” (Lee & Shepard) is edited, illustrated,
and decorated by Miss Mary E. Phillips, who has
covered almost the entire range of modern American
writers, many of the contributions from well-known
pens being here published for the first time. The book
is certainly stimulating, and should give many a little
one some conception of what it is that constitutes litera-
“Rhymes of Real Children” (Fox, Duffield &
Co.) is by Mrs. Walter L. Goodwin, who writes under
her maiden name of Betty Sage, with charming pictures
in color by Miss Jessie Willcox Smith. There is more
than average merit in these taking little bits of simple
verse, and Miss Smith's illustrations are certain to give
additional popularity to the volume. — Mr. O. H. von
Gottschalk bas made the pictures in color and written
the verses for “In Gnome Man's Land” (Stokes), in
which he sings the adventures of a small boy in a won-
derful country where the vegetables have human life.
The boy is present at the great battle between these
inhabitants of the garden and a horde of army worms,
success being finally won for the vegetables by the useful
if irascible wasps which constitute their flying artillery.
The books for very small children, which
Books for remain to be considered, are of many
smallest readers.
sorts. Chief among them may be men-
tioned the delectable volume so well known in England
since 1897,“ A Bad Child's Book of Beasts” (Dutton).
It is in this classical work that the author, Mr. Hilaire
Belloc, observes, “I shoot the hippopotamus with bullets
made of platinum, because if I use leaden ones his hide
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is sure to flatten 'em," and others of his comments on “Le Mariage de Gérard,” by M. André Theuriet,
animal life are equally pertinent. The pictures by is a new " Roman Choisi "published by Mr. William R.
“H. T. B.” are so bad that they are really good; and Jenkins. It is edited by Professor Ralph Emerson
the only wonder is that we have had so long to wait for Bassett.
an American reprint of the book. - -“ Wanderfolk in
“The Love of an Uncrowned Queen," by Mr. W. H.
Wonderland” (Small, Maynard & Co.) is a superior Wilkins, is now published by Messrs. Longmans, Green,
book of animal stories, the text by Miss Édith Guerrier & Co. in a second edition, considerably revised and
and the pictures by Miss Edith Brown. The tales are enlarged.
not only witty, but under the humanizing of the birds
A new edition of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s
and beasts which take part in them there lies real knowl-
attractive" Portrait Catalogue,” revised for 1903-1904,
edge of animal psychology and habits. — Two pretty has just made its appearance.
A number of new por-
little tales of animal life have been written by Miss traits have been added.
Beatrix Potter and published in separate volumes
“Widows, Grave and Otherwise,” is a year-book of
(Warne) with graceful illustrations in color.
« The
daily quotations upon a perennially-interesting subject,
Tale of Squirrel Nutkin " tells of the real life of a real
compiled by Miss Cora D. Willmarth, and published
squirrel, and “ The Tailor of Gloucester" relates how
by Messrs. Paul Elder & Co.
the kindness of an ancient artisan greatly troubled by
The volume of “Book-Prices Current" for 1903,
commissions and illness is repaid by the mice he has be-
published by Mr. Elliot Stock, is the seventeenth annual
friended. — “ The Curious Book of Birds" (Houghton)
is written by Mrs. Abbie Farwell Brown and illustrated
appearance of this useful book of reference. Mr. J. H.
Slater is the compiler of the volume.
by Mr. E. Boyd Smith. Out of many lands and from
many sources these quaint and veracious stories have
An interesting contribution to American biography
will be issued shortly by the Robert Clarke Co. in
been gathered. Many of them are from ancient mytho-
logical origins, and the illustrator bas had these deriva-
Mr. Joseph Hartwell Barrett's two-volume work on
“ Abraham Lincoln and his Presidency."
tions in mind in planning his designs. The book has
no little literary merit. — “The Life of a Wooden Doll”
Col. George B. McClellan, the newly elected mayor
(Fox, Duffield & Co.) is a long series of incidents in the
of New York City, has written a book entitled “The
life of its heroine, told for the most part by photographs, Oligarchy of Venice,” which is to be published next
a few words being added by the book's inventor, Mr.
spring by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Lewis Saxby. The fact that the scenes are unquestion-
The Open Court Publishing Co. send us a transla-
ably from real, though still, life, gives them powers of
tion, by Dr. Paul Carus, of “ The Canon of Reason and
conviction not otherwise attainable. -“Children of the Virtue,” which is English for the “ Tao Ten King” of
Arctic, by the Snow-Baby and ber Mother" (Stokes) is a
the Chinese philosopher and moralist, Lao-Tze.
result of Lieutenant Peary's arctic life in 1893–5 in Mr. Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr., author of « Essays on
company with his wife, Mrs. Josephine Debitsch Peary. Great Writers," is now at work upon a Life of Francis
The "snow-baby,” Marie Abnighito Peary, was born to Parkman, which Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. will
the exiled couple while among the eternal snows, and
include in their “ American Men of Letters " series.
it is of what was seen through her childish eyes regard- A volume of selections from the Characters, Reflex-
ing the life of the little Eskimo youngsters that the ions, and Maxims of La Bruyère and Vauvenargues,
book treats. Quite as much information is conveyed translated and provided with notes by Miss Elizabeth
through the reproduced photographs as through the Lee, is a recent publication of Messrs E. P. Dutton & Co.
text, interesting though the latter is.
“ Parsifal,” by Mr. Oliver Huckel, is a blank-verse
paraphrase of the story of the best of Wagner's music-
dramas. The little book is published by the Messrs.
NOTES.
Crowell, and beautifully printed at the Merrymount
Press.
“ Twelve Years in a Monastery,” by Mr. Joseph “A Primer of Hebrew," by Mr. Charles Prospero
McCabe, is reproduced in a second edition by Messrs. Fagnani, is an elementary text published by Messrs.
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Charles Scribner's Sons. It is based upon the notes
“Special Method in Geography,” by Dr. Charles A. made by the author during ten years of practical
McMurry, is published in a new edition, revised and teaching
enlarged, by the Macmillan Co.
“ The Taill of Rauf Coilyear" is a Scottish metrical
Senator H. C. Lodge's “ The Story of the Revolution" romance of the fifteenth century, now edited, with in-
appears from the press of the Messrs. Scribner in a troduction, notes, and a glossarial index, by Professor
new edition, this time in a single volume.
William Hand Browne, and published by the Johns
“ The Young Man Entering Business," a book of good Hopkins Press.
counsel by Mr. Orison Swett Marden, is a recent pub- Messrs. J. F. Taylor & Co. publish an illustrated edi-
lication of Messrs. T. Y. Crowell & Co.
tion of “ Everyman,” in the original spelling, prepared
“The Corona Song Book," compiled by Mr. William by Mr. Montrose J. Moses, and provided with nearly
C. Hoff, is a collection of music for use in the higher a hundred pages of introductory matter, besides notes
schools, published by Messrs. Ginn & Co.
and a bibliography.
A “Laboratory Manual of Biology," by Messrs. “ The Beauty of Wisdom” is a volume of daily
George William Hunter, Jr., and Morris Crawford readings from the Scriptures, canonical and apocryphal,
Valentine, is published by Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. together with a few excerpts from the Greek and Roman
“Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship,” by Mr. moralists, compiled by the Rev. James De Normandie,
George Jack, is published by the Messrs. Appleton in and published by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
their “ Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks." The purpose of the edition has been “to revive, if pos-
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sible, some form of family service," and for this his
selections are admirably adapted. The book is made up
of good literature and nothing else, a statement which
cannot always be made of similar compilations.
Mr. Charlton Miver Lewis has retold the story of
"Gawayne and the Green Knight,” which he calls
“a fairy tale,” in an original poem of four cantos writ-
ten in heroic couplets. The little book is published by
Messrs. Houghton, Miffin & Co.
An edition, published in handsome library form, of
“ The Complete Poetical Works of Adelaide Anne
Proctor" comes to us from Messrs. T. Y. Crowell & Co.
The volume contains a portrait of the author, and the
introduction written by Charles Dickens.
Volumes II. and IV. of the Garnett and Gosse " Illus-
trated History of English Literature "are now promised
by the Macmillan Co. for issue in January. Volumes
I. and III., it will be remembered, appeared last spring,
in advance of their publication in England.
A translation, by Miss Katharine F. Boult, of the
memoirs of Hector Berlioz is published by Messrs.
E. P. Dutton & Co. as a volume of the “ Temple Auto-
biographies.” There are four illustrations, one of them
a portrait, and the book is charming in appearance.
“ The Care of a House," by Mr. T. M. Clark, is “a
volume of suggestions to householders, housekeepers,
landlords, tenants, trustees, and others, for the econo-
mical and efficient care of dwelling-houses.” The work
is published by the Messrs. Macmillan, and is illustrated.
“ A Calendar of John Paul Jones Manuscripts in the
Library of Congress," compiled by Dr. Charles Henry
Lincoln, and "A List of Lincolniana in the Library of
Congress," prepared by Mr. George Thomas Ritchie,
are recent bibliographical publications of our National
Library.
“ Porto Rico: the Land of the Rich Port” is a sup-
plementary reading-book by Mr. Joseph B. Seabury,
published by Messrs. Silver, Burdett & Co. At the
same time we have from the American Book Co, a
similar volume on “ The Philippines,” the work of
Mr. Samuel MacClintock.
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. expect to publish shortly
a Life of Napoleon, by Professor Fournier of the Uni-
versity of Prague. The American edition has been
carefully translated under the editorship of Prof. E. G.
Bourne of Yale, and will be supplied with a very useful
bibliography of Napoleonic literature.
Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co. publish a third
edition of “ The Historical Geography of Europe," by
Edward A. Freeman. This is a work that is not likely
to be outdated, and the changes made by Professor
J. B. Bury, the editor, are neither many nor of great
consequence. The work is in two volumes, a thick one
and a thin one, the latter containing the maps.
Mr. Henry Frowde is the publisher of “The Songs
of Robert Burns,” now first printed with the melodies
for which they were written. This “study in tone-
poetry," provided with bibliography, historical notes,
and a glossary, has been prepared by Mr. James C. Dick.
There are included no less than thirty songs now for the
first time printed as the work of Burns.
“Poems You Ought to Know" is a publication of the
Fleming H. Revell Co. It gives us in book form the
series of brief selections that have recently appeared
from day to day upon the front page of a Chicago news-
paper. Mrs. Elia W. Peattie is responsible for the
selection, which is queerly miscellaneous, although a
majority of the pieces might fairly be admitted to be-
long to the treasury of good English poetry. Illustra-
tions and biographical notes add to the interest and
usefulness of the volume.
Messrs. Ginn & Co. publish · The Modern Age,” a
text-book by Professor Philip Van Ness Myers. This
work is a revision and expansion of the latter part of
the author's “Mediæval and Modern History," the
former part having appeared some time since in the
revised form and in a separate volume.
“The Alphabet of Rhetoric,” by Mr. Rossiter
Johnson, is a book for the uses of the general reader
rather than for teaching purposes. The topics are
alphabetically arranged, and the work is an excellent
guide to good usage, conveniently planned for reference.
The Messrs. Appleton are the publishers.
“What to See in England," by Mr. Gordon Home,
is a guide-book published by the Macmillan Co. It is
a book of alternating pictures and text, each subject
treated having a single page of print set opposite a full-
page illustration. One hundred and fifty subjects are
thus dealt with, and there are two maps.
The late Ross Winans's “One Religion: Many
Creeds," first published about thirty years ago, is
repro-
duced by the Messrs. Putnam in a new edition, upon tbe
initiative of Mr. Walter Winans, a grandson of the
author. The Rev. Charles Voysey contributes an intro-
duction to the work in this its latest form.
Ferdinand Gregorovius's "Lucretia Borgia," a study
from the original documents, is translated from the
third German edition by Mr. John Leslie Garner, and
published in a handsomely-illustrated volume by the
Messrs. Appleton. The date of the first edition was
1874, a fact that may be worth bearing in mind.
Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co.'s new descriptive list
of their own publications, just issued, is made especially
attractive by a number of colored inserts, from illus-
trations in books published by this firm. It is, besides,
an unusually well-arranged and intelligently-prepared
catalogue, which every book buyer will find of use.
The editors of “The Psychological Review” will
celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of that
journal by the commencement, in their January issue,
of a special literary department, to include prompt
consideration of current literature in psychology, phil-
osophy, and cognate subjects, with literary news and
announcements.
“ The Temple Series of Bible Characters and Scrip-
ture Handbooks,” published by the J. B. Lippincott Co.,
is edited by Mr. Oliphant Smeaton, and will extend to
a considerable number of small volumes. The two now
before us are " Abraham and the Patriarchal Age," by
Dr. Duff, and “ David, the Hero-King of Israel," by
Canon Knox-Little.
A number of interesting items are contained in the
Atlantic Monthly's programme for the coming year.
Of especial importance may be noted a series of bitherto
unpublished extracts from Emerson's private journals,
edited by his son; six reminiscent articles by Col. T. W.
Higginson, entitled “Part of a Man's Life”; and Mr.
Robert Herrick's new serial, “ The Common Lot."
Mr. Sidney Norton Deane bas translated from the
Latin, and The Open Court Co. have published, a selec-
tion of the most important of the writings of St. Anselm.
The selection includes the “Monologium,” the “Pros-
logium," and the “Cur Deus Homo," together with
Gaunilon's “In Behalf of the Fool," written as an
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appendix to the first-named of these works. Criticisms The Messrs. Scribners are the importers of the
of the ontological doctrine by various philosophers are following reprints: The Cavalier in Exile,” by the
also added to the volume by way of apparatus.
Duchess of Newcastle; “Dante's Divine Comedy: the
“ Witnesses of the Light,” by the Rev. Washington Book and its Story," by Leigh Hunt; and a thin-paper
Gladden, is a volume made up of the William Belding
edition of the novels of Thomas Love Peacock, seven
Noble lectures for 1903. These lectures are given at
books in one, a veritable multum in parvo of literary
Harvard, during the season of Advent. They are six delight, filling nearly a thousand pages, printed on thin
in number, in the present instance, their subjects being paper, and bound in flexible leather. It would be diffi.
Dante, Michel Angelo, Fichte, Hugo, Wagner, and cult to get more money's worth than this within a single
Ruskin. Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. publish the pair of covers.
volume.
About a year ago, Dr. Edward Everett Hale was
persuaded to write for the New York “ American " at
TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS.
the rate of three articles a week for the period of three
December, 1903.
months. The thirty-nine leaders thus resulting, together
with some other contributions to journalism made at the Administrator, A Great. Bernard Moses. World's Work.
same time, are now collected into a volume entitled Anglo-American Dispute, A New. North American.
“We, the People,” which is published by Messrs. Dodd,
Arts, Fine, at Carnegie Institute. Review of Reviews.
Mead & Co.
Bigoudines, The. Andıé Saglio. Century.
British Monarchy, The: A Reply. North American.
“ The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” and “ The
Brooks, Phillips, and the Girls' Club. Century.
Best Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe,” are two Buda and Pest. Frederick Palmer. Scribner.
companion volumes edited by Mr. Sherwin Cody, and Bunau-Varilla, M. Henry Hale. Review of Reviews.
published by Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. Both Cannon as Speaker. Otto Carmichael. World's Work.
volumes are supplied with biographical and critical
Cannor, Speaker. “Mentor.” Review of Reviews.
matter by the editor, and are issued in uniform style
Children of the People. J. A. Riis. Century.
Christmas Business Life. R. D. Paine. World's Work.
with his earlier illustrations of the short story and the
English essay.
Chrysanthemums. Maurice Maeterlinck. Century.
Church, The. Theodore T. Munger. Atlantic.
“A Little Booke of Poets' Parleys," by Miss Charlotte Citizenship and Suffrage. W. L. Scruggs. North American.
Porter and Miss Helen A. Clarke, is a series of imag- Colombian Plea, A. Raúl Pérez. North American.
inary conversations upon such subjects as America, Colombia's Last Vision of El Dorado. North American.
evolution, love, music, war, and woman, each involving Congo Free State Attack. D. C. Boulger. North American.
two poets, whose works are drawn upon for character-
Corn Belt, Life in the. T. N. Carver. World's Work.
istic quotations. The idea is a capital one, and it is
Desertions, Increasing, and Army Canteen. No. American.
skilfully carried out. Messrs. T. Y. Crowell & Co.
Editing. Sir Leslie Stephen. Atlantic.
Educational Problems, Light on Some. North American.
are the publishers.
English, Is it becoming Corrupt? T. R. Loudsbury. Harper.
Mr. L. Cope Cornford's “ Essay-Writing for Schools," Fable and Woodmyth. Ernest Thompson Seton, Century.
published by Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co., is not exactly Fanaticism in the U.S. J. M. Buckley. Century.
a text-book, although it might well serve for one. It is Farmer, The New. B. T. Galloway. World's Work.
addressed to young writers, whether in or out of school,
Gladstone, Morley's. Goldwin Smith. North American.
and its method is that of persuasion enforced by ex-
Gladstone, Morley's. W. T. Stead. Review of Reviews.
ample. The case of the novelist turned rhetorician is
Hawthorne, Personality of. W. D. Howells. No. American.
Holland. Edward Penfield. Scribner,
somewhat unusual, but in the present instance the meta-
Hunting, When Upweekis Goes. W.J. Long. Harper.
morphosis is certainly praiseworthy.
London, Vanishing. Elizabeth R. Pennell. Atlantic.
Dr. E. Moore's third series of “Studies in Dante" Mallarmé, Stéphane. Francis Grierson, Atlantic.
will consist of miscellaneous essays, dealing with the Moros, Progress among the. Review of Reviews.
astronomy and geography of Dante, the date assumed Moros, Road Building among the. R. L. Bullard. Atlantic.
by Dante for the vision of the Divina Commedia, sym-
“Nature Study." Joseph R. Taylor. Atlantic.
bolism and prophecy in the last six cantos of the Pur-
Navy, American, Beginning of. J. R. Spears. Harper.
Negro Republic, Centennial of the World's Work.
gatorio, the genuineness of the dedicatory epistle to
Panama, Republic of. E. A. Morales. North American.
Can Grande, etc. The Oxford University Press will
Paris, Playground of. Guy W. Carryl. Harper.
issue the volume very shortly.
"Parsifal” in New York. L. Reamer. Rev. of Reviews.
The Macmillan Co. publish “ Practical Lessons in Hu- Philippine Trade and Industry on View. Rev. of Reviews.
man Physiology, Personal Hygiene, and Public Health,”
Portrait Exhibition at New York, The Rev. of Reviews.
a school text-book by Mr. John I. Jegi. The book is
Post-Office and the People. M. G. Cunniff. World's Work.
marked by exaggerations and one-sided statements on
Publicist, Profession of. Arthur R. Kimball. Atlantic.
the subject of narcotics that are usual in texts of this
Reading for a Boy of 17. Review of Reviews.
Sahara, Lords of the. W.J. H. King. Harper.
character, resulting from the unholy activities of the
St. Petersburg, University of. C. F. Thwing. Harper.
“temperance” fanatics, and their ill-advised meddling Satellite, Birth of a. George H. Darwin. Harper.
in the matter of public education.
Schools, Public, of New York. World's Work.
« Tittlebat Titmouse" is the title given to what is Science, New Revelation in. John Trowbridge. Allantic.
called “a new and improved edition of Warren's
Second Term Precedents. C. M. Harvey. Atlantic.
“ Ten Thousand a Year.” The volume is published by
Senators, Representative Inequality of. North American.
Sienese Villas. Edith Wharton, Century.
the Funk & Wagnalls Co., and the improvements
South, The, Had Secession Succeeded. North American.
have been made by the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady.
Surgical Advance in the U.S. F. P. Foster. World's Work.
They turn out to be sins of omission, the resulting vol.
Temptations to be Good. Alice K. Fallows. Century.
ame being about one-third the size of the original. Mr. Tennyson's Suppressed Poems. J. C. Thomson, Harper.
Brady's excuse for the abridgment is found in the United States, Who Owns the ? S. S. Pratt. World's Work.
approval of Dr. E. W. Warren, the son of the author. Venezuelan Arbitration, The. Wayne MacVeagh. No. Am.


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[The following list, containing 212 titles, includes books
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HOLIDAY GIFT BOOKS.
Colonel Carter's Christmas. By F. Hopkinson Smith;
illus. in color, etc., by F. C. Yohn. 12mo, gilt top, uncut,
pp. 159. Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.50.
Mother and Father. By Roy Rolfe Gilson; illus. by
Alice Barber Stephens. 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 64.
Harper & Brothers. $1.25.
Reading a Poem. By William Makepeace Thackeray.
Limited edition ; with etched portrait, 8vo, uncut, pp. 50.
A. Wessels Co. $2.50 pet.
The Courtsbip of Miles Standish. By H. W. Longfellow;
illus. in color, etc., by Howard C. Christy. Large 8vo,
pp. 152. Bobbs-Merrill Co. $3.
The Defense of Guenevere, and Other Poems. By William
Morris ; illus. by Jessie M. King. 12mo, gilt top, uncut,
pp. 310. John Lane. $1.25 net.
A Nonsense Anthology. Collected by Carolyn Wells.
New edition ; 18mo, gilt top, pp. 289. Charles Scribner's
Song. Limp leather, $1.50 net.
Many Cargoes. By W. W. Jacobs. New edition ; illus.
in color, etc., by E. W. Kemble. 12mo, gilt top, pp. 285.
F. A. Stokes Co. $1.50.
The Humming Top; or, Debit and Credit in the Next
World. Trans. by Blanche Willis Howard. Illus., 12mo,
pp. 55. F. A. Stokes Co. $1.
Dennis Foggarty, the Irish Yutzo, and his Wife Honora.
Illus., 12mo, pp. 301. F. A. Stokes Co. 80 cts. net.
Little Henry's Slate. By W. D. Nesbit. 18no. Evanston:
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April 18, 1900.
in “Literary History of America."
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