The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-11-27

actor, has made Rip Van Wrinkle
almost as familiar to Americans as
their own language.
The Crayon Miscellany is COM
posed of a description of /" A Tour on
the Prairies," Abbottsford, the
home of Walter Scott. and New
stead Abbey" the residence of Lord
Byron. No boy, having any love of
adventure, can read the charming de-
scriptions of the prairie country with
out the greatest pleasure. while the
pictures Of the homes of two of Eng
lands most celebrated poets cannot
fail to delight all ages and sexes.
Messrs. Fish & Barter have ar
rangements with the publishers, by
which they can furnish any or all of
Irving's writings, which compose the
Knickerbocker edition, and we earn
estly recommend parents to include
some or all the works of the most
delightful and genial of American au-
thors in their usual Christmas pres
ents.
Palestine, and Other Lands of the Orient,
Illustrated with Engravings, Maps, &c.
BY N. @. BURT, ID. Cincinnati: RoB'T
CLARKE q Co.
These letters originally appeared in
the Cincinnati Gazette, where they
attracted no little attention, and were
read by numbers with great interest.
The favor with which they were re-
ceived induced the author to print
them in book form. Messrs. Clarke
& Co., the publishers, have done their
work neatly. The type is clear, the
paper of cream-colored tint, and the
binding in green muslin. The en-
cravings and maps, as indeed the
whole book. will be found very valu-
able to Sunday School teachers and
Scholars.
THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH r., - BONA IA,
York: HARPER & BROTHERS. C1ncin-
natl: ROBERT CLARK & Co.
Mr.. Abbott seems to have lost
none of his admiration for the Bona
parties. His Life of Napoleon made
him the object of sharp and bitter
criticism, but has not apparently con-
WINGED him of the error Of his wor-
ship or the unworthiness Of his idol
The present history is gotten up in
an attractive style fer young people
and will convey to all who read it not
little most valuable historical infor.
nation. Joseph Bonaparte was sc
intimately associated with the great
Napoleon thai the life Of the one
necessarily includes much that is IN
teresting in the life of the other
Mr.. Abbott is publishing series o.
these histories which will, when com
pleted, form a handsome historical
cabinet.
THE December Nursery, with itl
rich freight of pretty pictures and
| pleasant stories for little folks, i!
issued. Almost every page has pic
ture, and a good one, too. This com
pletes Vol. VI, and we advise parent;
who want to give their young children
a great deal of pleasure the coming
year to subscribe for the Nursery
j. L. Shorey, 13 Washington Street
Boston, is its publisher.
THE UNCLE SAM SERIES, for very
little children, is intended to super
cede the rhymes which have hitherto
held possession Of the nursery, By
ballads that shall be equally anus.
ing, and impart beautiful moral, OF
relate useful facts. Four numbers
have thus far been issued, viz: Rir
Van Wrinkles Nap, by e. 9. Stedman
with colored illustrations by Eytinge
The Story of Columbus, by Trow-
bridge, with colored illustrations by
Fredericks; Putnam the Brave, by
r. H. Stoddard, illustrated in colors
by Fredericks, and the Ballad oil
Abraham Lincoln, by Bayard Taylor,
with illustrations in colors by EytiDge,
The pictures are spirited, as we'll as
gorgeous, and the covers are also
beautifully Illuminated. Boston
Fields, Osgood & Co.; Cincinnati
Robert Clarke & Co.
The illustrations cannot fail to
please the children, but we cannot
help thinking that the poetry will
never supplant the wonderful stories
by Mother Goose and others, which
have for years been the delight of the
little people.