The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-21

fessed IL Half Redressed. written by Mrs Bradley.
and ACTIONS speak Louder than Words" and Zoo
Good Turn Deserves Another" both written Dy Kate
j. Nicely. The titles or these stories sufciently ex-
plain their object. All are written In q pleasans
STYLE Each story is full OF Incidents and Is credit
bic TO the writer a literary production.
DOUBLE PLAY; or How Joe Hardy Chose His
Friends. by William Everett. Boston: Lee d
Shepard.
We are sure that all boys win be as delighted
with Mr.. Everet.s book as we have been enter
tanned by it, unique preface, which Is gem or its
KIND. MI. Everett writes OF boys they and
i've, aud not IA they described III the atcreO-
typed story book. To use his own language IN the
preface To which we have erred, he does not
make toem ''all the time the strain with fearful
SENSATIONS anu hairbreadtn escapes, where every
ten pages have two or three scrapes; where lads.
aged eight plunge head first into the water, and save
rich stockholders rosy checked daughter; or
build them boat out OF kindlings and slabs, In
which they make voyages aud catch soft sheled
crabs, and lay the foundations fortune and glory"
Paren's can learn from this extract what kind OF
book Doubie Play" is. Our opinion is that IL is an
! admirable story.
| THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING By cousin yirQinis.v
New York: Thomas 0'kane.
This volume CONTAINS several short and admirable
stories Intended for young children Each full Of
fan aud VIII delight the little ones. "The Kingdom
or Simmer" "Exper'ence OF Chicken Bones
'rThe Rats Family" .'Thc Moonbeam's VISIT u '.iov
the Canary Bird Caught Cold, !" Jacks Circus de-,
are admirably calculated to afford unaoyel plea
sure To a group of children sitting by the fire on
o cold winter evening.
"NELLy's DARK days. New York; DodI Il
Mead Is a temperance story containing tue tradi-
tona drunkard attred Ia rags The story Is full II
horrors and Il altogether too ghastly 10 be placed
In the hands OF cnllren. If their parents nos
drunkards the lesson 1t teaches viii be lost upon
them; II they are drankards IL will only be adding
TO their misery We never could an never Will ap
| prove books of this kind. Temperance doctrines
can be taught without holding up pictures repre-
| senting horrible scenes before the young.
| HANDEL AND HAYDN is the second volume OF "Ths
| Two Mastersr series Messrs. Lee Il Shepard nave
| published. Th3 same opinion that We expressed
| concerning the first volume t.Mokart ANA Men
! delssohn'1 we can express concerning this. 1t
| teaches children, In most agreeable form. the MS
tory OF two OF the greatest OF composers thus unit
| ing instruction TO amusement. The book should be
In the hands of every CHILD
| wREATHs OF FRIENDSHIP New York: Thomas
| O'Kanel written by T. ). Arthur, the well known
author contains numerous stories aud poems intend
ed tor small children, all OF which arc excellent
| both III matter and style
| Among the books belonging 10 the well known
| "La&e Shore Sares' DO ton: Lee Shepardl "Bear
and Forbear; or, the Young Skipper OF Lake Cayu-
gan ~ one OF the best Oliver optic, the author. has
| made reputation as a writer OF juvenile works,
and need only that thus IL written by him to
! insure 1t q favorable reception