, 1873-10-26
BOSTON LITERARY blOYEblEN1'S.
Whittier's "Ohild-Life in Prose- ~
Normandy Picturesque"


Special Correspondence Qf 1hs Chicago Tribune.
nosroN, Oct. -, 1873.
Tho publishers nlny muttor force ourHoB On tho
villain who brought OH tho pnnio, which Inns set
tied Into tho present lond-lull til flnancos; but
they appear outwardly to put good faco on tho
mattor, and thoy push ont new books with n
valor worthy Of q botter timo. Possibly It is
not wholly within t1ieir option whothor they will
hold bnok thor books to brighter soason. They
have glaoior Of them Iii procoBs Of mnnufac-
ture, aud those noarest ready aro Gro sled out
Of tho press and exposed to tho tondor nlercoB Of
the book-buying public. Some OF those Just
ready to 10 thus put trial for their lifc aro Of
such excellence TINT ono can but llopo people
will turn from guessing financial conundruns to
tho goodly fellowship Of theso fresh volumes.
"ou1Lp-L1rE IN rnosE
Ia tho name of worry handsome book to DO In
sued in q fow days by Oegood Co. It consists
Of selection OF tllc boat things written Of chill
drcn by tho bost American, English. French,
Gormau, aud Danish writer's. In prose; tho
best things in poetry wero garnorou IN similar
volume two years since, which has enjoyed
steady popularity from tho day Of its publication
until now. Both books arc editod by Whittier,
whose name alone appears on the titlo-page but
but no small part Of tho work Of soliciting and
arranging was done by Miss Lucy Laroom.
Tho book is In three divisonB,-tho first con-
tanning Stories Of Ohill-1.lfo the second, Tan
cies of Child-Lifo; tho third, Alomorioa Of
Ohild-I.ifo. Tho frat part embraces stories,
mostly very charming, by Hawthorne, Mrs. Dias,
Col. Higginson. Aldrich, D5ornBon, Diokons
Whittier, Tom Hughes, Miss Phelps, and othors
In tho second iB Mrs. Stowe's " Hen that uatchod
Ducks" with Charlos Lambs exquisite "Drean-
Children" and Hans Christian Anderaon's
"Ugly Duckling" that turned ont a swan, and
othor similar faucioH Tho third gives chapters
Of autobiography, By Anderson, Lamb, Richter,
Hugh Miller, Scott, Fred Douglass, Dickens,
:: aud Madame Micholct.
None Of tho eontonts arc new, but now in their
present adjustment, and likely to gain now
favor,-especia1ly as they nro printed on finely
calenderoa, tinted papcr, and are not of with Il
lavish display Of pictures, most Of them very
pretty.
Mr.. Whittier furnishes preface OF four pages,
80 good that ono is only ao1y to haro him stop
80 BOOB. uo says many excellent things,
and the doop soul Of goodness ie In every
limo:
people IN o wsr toso v who s resin eta eo@o
thng Of tho chld's creative faculty Of imagination
ssdaw @ mss aud aSS5pnsFs and ;seo aud
wiat sccna to nas presnto A'''1qns Wisdom 'u' most
Inadequate materially tuft Of grass, q n1ossy
and song. For tho child is always aomaing i Of
Tennyson tho emotions which expand lis being, even
81 the funesa Of life bursts open tho petals Of ower
he 5lndA with ho1n nll nature plastic to his cyo and
hana Tho soul Of genius aud the heart OF uhilhood
In truth, uil tho eypathics OF our nature combine
70 render childhood an object Of powerful interest.
rs beauty innocence, dependence, md possibilities Of
destiny strongly appeal to our aonsbllitiea, not only
amidst tho questionable peraonagcs who giyo small
occasion Of respect for ,nanhood or womanhood
nIeIuter rises Tho child.nguro Of Aignonl How se
turn from tho light DANES aud fahess cavaliers Of
@ to s exquisite picture Of tho
poaatng viii heF delicate features md iii propor @
to b. ookei nron Is so angel" And aii Of nj the as
creations Of her ustrionH lovers genius, whether in
Bis Paradise What thero 30 beautiful q e f' epse
we haye 10, Of 1n, In his vita Nuoya, boy of yeara,
Of Florence, Checking s nosy in rop
admiration Of TIN ttlo BEATRICE, who seemed him
dse The % dagho5 Of ora 5t aea'" Who
xxoaian' x laughing beneath Tho pla!d of waiisr
49, II ffst sorta a' esss5 Ss
from which st. Pierre hoped for immortality, ILL
hnyo a quietly passed into tie limbo Of unroadablo
things whilc simple story Of childhood keepa lis
memory green Us tho tropc island IN Which tho scene
IS laid, and hts lovely creations ronain to walk hand
tn-haud bencath tho palms OF 1lnurtttus long as
children shall be born mud tho hearts Of youths aud
tho poet,king and warrior Of 1srael sonetimea sad
asnn sna na1s u.s. ~hp aoss no; oye to think Of @
aoshs is of 9 singing TO ILLS
After INDICATING tho principles on which tie
expressing regret that the dimensions Of tho
bools we're not sufficient to include many other
good things which he finds hinself obliged to
omit, ho concludes with those paragraphs:
1t will bo that considerable portion Of tho
fancy and childhood. 1t seemed to mo that it might
eaea sssa
and to reviow With them tho memories upon which
leave to ilttio coecton, ':s not ' Without some mia
Sard of ts young readers. They viii, nm sure' be-
dren, have catered for the rcal ones with eorlial
and happiness.
doubt not tho loving poot's oycs wore dim III
be wrote the lust sentence but lie will not lack
for, troopaa Of aoul-ehildron who shall arise
Dr.. Edward II. Clarke. Of this city, has written
q very important little book on
BEx IN EDUCATIoN,h II
which vii! appear IN few days. It is based on
physiological facts and from these ho lrawa
the conclusion that the courao and mothod OF
study should not bo tho same for girls as for
boys. Very likoly the book will be sharply crit
iciaud by such advocates Of co-olucation as Col.
Higginson but DR.. Clarke has made out M OK
ceodingly strong case. It is proper to add. what
his book docs not h,nt, that tho Doctor is d
believer In Woman-sunrage, and does not pub
lish his little volume BY way of throwing a
stumbling-blook into woman's path, but with
the snccre purpose Of pointing ont Q bottor,
aafor, more comfortable path Of study than tho
QUO girls now run In.
Grog's " Literary and Social Judgments,"-a
book Of wieo aud weighty character, not to be
overlooked by those who read on principle, and
which, III poello excellence, ranl high toward
the first order OF American poetry; and Dlnck-
b,un's
"EonMANnY PICTURESQUE"
are among tho mcntionablo hooks promised
within II fow dnya by Osgool d Co. The last
named III to 10 iHauod III tho dainty stylo Of
HoweilH "Chnnco Acquaintance" and other