New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
, u,vnr1-1. OF CHRISTMAS PLUMs.

. ,ha hounteous stores provided for the niue
sots OF today with the scsnb pieSmSs oi 'no" W."
ehndhood What has posterity DONE 'na' " sHou"
- r,cb hotter OF than It's parents and grandparents'
y. -, NJ Ideeworth and Peter Farley; our prede-
- Mrs Trimmer and The History Of toHr hoo
A., Int our boys and girls have all these ana uou
a,s noorc while for them the ancient nursery CLASSICS
.h,ne An new and beauteous gise. oar A'uo'""
y.oh,, wore suit Of softer brown; our Ctnderet'o ap
sred in modes, MUSLIN theirs glitter like the rainbow
with silver gold and scarlet, while across the page par
20 ms save where the purple light Of fancy cast It's aye
sander arahesques OF every description ran! on
and F1ower.laud the Quantness OF Germany '"o SUI
tsouspess OF the Orient, the world OF uNaii 90"
Each new art each science, Is laid uhuer 'o =.
pen pencn BURN, the photograph tue r,, 49,, ~
- =. n che enchanting variety. How Woul ono
% ,,osa riches have dazzled childish e!' . thirty
Sears eoiwhat thrill Of delight per very nur
80 ceuld Alice ia Wonderland only nave appeared
aeal o.. rA-, -. ,,,. -
- h,t certainly the children havr.no right to com
80 ~ where We will, new and delightful volumes
-. ,,. owe First. age and merit. alike claiming pre-
.aaerce we viii mention Moth<r Goose ia her Nen
mrs. Porter 4 Coates, PHILADELPHIA. A beautlfm
s dress IL h fitted II lie said, by the fair fingers IN
No. Chase daughter TO the ChefJusice. We scarcely
ecosn,se our dear old grandmother IN such unwonted
,ver hut Il is sheer At least part OF her Here are
Bobby Shaftoe Jack and Jill, aud the old woman VINO
went TO market her eggs for TO SELL Here TOO are
utte troupe Of grandchildren whom we do not recognize
but Who trot beside the venerable dame ana t$ IN
strange tongues-Freneh, German, even Chinese Inc
Illustrations Din especially bright
and graceful Some Of the moving figures are little
tame IN drawing aud do not float or run as they are IN
tended 70 do characteristic and spirited Best
ofsll-to our thinkngis that which accompanies the
legend Of redoubtabe Indian whose name most oppor-
tupely rhymes TO stomach" and who Is represented
on the ton Of tall pine tree devOurng roast goose and
pickled CLAIMS while nelghbong tribes, grouped al
its base gaze upward with greedy eyes The pine trees
and hsTy distance in this picture very pretty drawn
The charming reprints from English French and Ger
man sources, published this by the Roberts
BROTHERS comprise something suitable for children Of all
aget from four TO fourteen. Here k Tony and Pass for
example just the thing for eyes of three years old, ana
equally SURE TO those Of thirty Tony who looks in
the pictures about two has serious falling out win
Puss. We see him the enticing her not TO
leave the by OF her tail, which he grasps In
one hand Plss does not like this; she "swears," as
Tony expresses IT, and away. Then Tony goes TO
papas study for consolation and has barley given
him. and Is allowed 10 help in the search for alot paper
These incidents certainly the Of sensational are
made vivid and comic by OF FrUnchs woOdcuts
which illustrate each page Here we have Tony help
Ing hig Papa search for bareysugar Tonys chin Just
comes up 10 edge Of the drawer and the dro little
face is one quicker OF delight and expectation Next
the same face appears under three different phases ls
gone; 3d. VERY melancholy the sugar all gone Then
Tony mount. Papa- shoulder in triumph and goes TO
show Mamma paper he has found. Lastly he is seen
making up with Puss while that long-sufering animal
extends friendly paw, and Tony promises never to
quartet any least tin tomorrow Very many Of
cur own little TONES will recognize prototype IN this
funny little French Tony, and feow-feelng will win
him welcome IN hundreds OF nurseries.
Daisys Companions. issued 10y the hun is the
story Of II little girl born 10 India and sent to In
gland IL be reared 10y maiden aunt Having no
playnstes Of her she makes friends Of birds
squirrels, eats village daDes aHd the vicar OF
parish; TO say nothing 81 her aunt and sundry
63 servants. The views Of this little damsel upon
education viii be Endorsed 10y many OF our own
girls and boys; well the professors Of physical
sienoe who agitang FOR something Ike the change
she suggests. what do for the boundary Of
Turkey in Asia 20 thcrc.l would like to know
how the Holt bounded and whether the house stands
East or West, and which is highest Dare ll OF Ash
Knoll aud how FAR II is tu India, straight ~ the Gro"
nies you know; and Oh should like to dig deep deep
hole and see the strata" less c0cen her reasoning
on page iaj"Ij would he "a pity 10 make poor Ada dis
cunented with Mother after all size cannot change
her and viii put up with her al the days or her
life" This Young philosopher language is, observe
sometimes in advance Of her years; such words as
descry" aud "traCkess," FOR instance, child of ten
Voud hardly De apt Otherwise she is thoroughly
natural little damsc and be episodes and stories Of the
book ae exceedingly pretty and graceful especially the
losing Of Matilda Jane" In the wood and going In
scale OF her at nidught the tale 81 the Rosecoored
GIasses and the meeting at the end, When little Salome
comes huiue from Iuds. aud the hose does nj win the
race. The Br0icSs contains six short stories, OF which
threcIhe Br0icies The Land Of Lost Toys and Anne
Tia and he DtcdtSV0ssess greater movement and orig
inality than any stories have happened TO meet
with since the Incompatible Alice in Bo1derIe"d Every
child who reads will, We sure, echo the little hoy
IN the introduction, and wish that more ends" might
lie written FOR every one of the tales.
We know boy who regards Oliver Optic Mr.. ThaCk-
erays little daughter dd Nicholas Nickltby. "When he
Is sick he reads him; when he is well he reads hin
when he glad he reads him. when he is sorry ne reads
him and when be gets through reading lin he to
work and reads him all again" We have never
able anayEc the charm Of these stories, which
seem always commonplace, aud often sensational;
hat that they possess charm there Is doubt Half
tie boys In the land viii clap thcir hands when they
hear that among lee shepards Christmas list
new stories by Oliver Optic-Eto'd and Forest and
Plane aud Iank They the first mstalinent Of the
OtWa,d and CpoGrd series. TO be hereafter completed
ia sN volumes.
Prom Lee d shepard also Letters Erery.
sohtrt, a sort Of gl0Ihed alphabet Mammas who
striving set their babies pleasantly the first
thOrny steps the path VI knowedg cannot do better
than 10 bay this delightful little volume where each
letter il Illustrated and made tempting by poem,
picture, aud au acIatire story in which Hannah aud
Hat,y aud Hugh. and Harry Hi hgre for the letter
H. and 90" Introduces IL to Gaspsrd and Guilot, and
the rich gentleman NJ. GregOire Much taste and iuge-
nuity cylactdnthc little ,uiieInatic designs
them are extremely .incfu and dencateis exam
pie la the letter L." where los. child j. seen sleeping
beneath taugio 81 snowy boughs
The d1n give IRE Hops, on Wh,,s from the
Frencl of Na:a'nc DE- solU, simple ard Interesting
story ~ hoy kidnapped by party Of Bohemian gym
Hsss aud kept prisoner FOR nea year before hi5 dis
soVery srd rr-cne BY hts parents The translation 4.
good, and hr 81 Kit ioresa 1sSOr adds t. thr pquancy
and Interest The tale.
Eycry lOdy Who made the acquaintance of William