New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-08
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

EoRrTY" ny ELEANOR oRETLY-"s SANTA CLAUS
IASnr ny AMANDA NJ. DOUGIAs-A NEW AUTO
GRAPH BooK-LEE a sHEPARD's INTENTIONS.
trRon REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE.l
BOsroN Oct. Last year Miss Susan
O,o,iase told us what Katy Did," at home-drew for
us sketch Of bright quick, impatient girl, with
nature ardent and noble, who made woman by
bereavement, and almost saint by illness; and who
achieved more IN her family Of young brothers ana
sisters. the way Of right training and noble i'm
puse, than most mothers could have done. THIS year
the pleasant stOryeller tells US What Katy Du
School" To speaking by comparison the BOOK 70
hess interesting than its predecessor; but II sun
remains that IL Is fascinating httie s'O'''
which will carry every back ITO her own DoSiu-
ing school life, with its exaggerated Friendships "S
happy fun, its rvafies without bitterness, It's uo"''S
that eternal and brief. Oh, the goou' SOs
aays when hearts light and the future S,re'ono'
before us. inerminable vista OF dcIeh'S A""HN
be to hss Coolidge for carrying us back 'neie "'o
while even though we go back only as sad regreuuI
rlosa might be supposed to haunt the scenes where
they had been happiest For, after AL, there are no
DAYS like those fair young days. with the pomp OF ther
strong suns zoe CORY of their stars the fragrance OF
their aowors the matches sweetness OF ther ahuelpd
tions.
Ka,v and her sister Glover left their Western homo
for an Eastern boarding school, among the hills near the
tonnecticut RIVER with very notions OF boarding.
school life II proved quite like strange. new world
10 them They found ali sorts Of human nature there
sy girls treacherous girls, stuckGp" girls. prggish
girls envouS girls Jealous girls sweet girls and they
sound Rose Red there. Rose Red girl, too. though
she sounds like flower and it is quite worth while TO
read What Katy Did at school," II only to become ac
ouointed with Rose Red She is an altogether charm
lag eharacter-braye fearless witty. and winsome-and
.he loves the two Young Wcsterners dearly. She -
Etrsn in the matter OF Valentines and wien autograph
books arc the rage produces ny the severe grand
eur OF which an the rest COMPOUNDED.
"The cover OF NINE Is NJ very nice" explained Rose
Pm gong 10 have II rebound Of these DAYS You
acc it's not album ~ all nov school album; bnI
jrs very valuable 10 me" Here she heaved senti-
mental sgl. Al my friends nave written IA II, SIo
said - -. ,;.,
Rose said TINS But, when they turGed over TIE pAes
Of the album, they were even more impressed i.osC
mast distioenisnea persons Hlf the Autographs in tho
book were from gentlemen, aud they were dated al
Just listen 70 this." cried Louisa and eIe read,
''on may forge. bit never ngvu .ha ore: tree
TINS IscuRsi April lsL
'whos he's" asked q circle o. awe-strncE girls. -,
"Didu't Won ever hear of mml Youngest brother Of
the Kas Ol SPAN" replied KJ>o c3relcssly. ,.
"Oh my ana inst hear Tins exclaimed Annie SuSbe.
Ifyoo ysr deer 1oar in direction Mis- E''e re-
PoTlzEN MoNTHoEFScH.
~. PrTEsruao, Julv loh
.And this" s,ri.Scd Alice White.
"rI.cv sa, tore IS tsorn. ! 10y g. is a'r',
mn ''' ASfoso Coaa; .. taauerorn.
"Do you really and tru,y know Count" asked Bella
backiue away from Rose with ewes as bic as aucers
Know Antonio dc Nlilamb.oa! sACnld thlnk
did" replied Rose Nobody IN this country knows
MN E ~ Me- he wrote ,.i,. hat for youg"
"Howclse could u eet INTO ny hook cooSoy ..
The was uuanswerahlr; and Rose was installed rom
,h, h rii S " , t,,st VT Kaiy however knew
bostcr, and a.st time she caught Rose alone She
". "No@ EosyP,5 confess; Who wrote all those alb
suId autographs D. luOEt
. AnsgId a. ographs! what can You mean e. W,
shan'i wTirglc away ti.i you in me-
"Oh ANTONIO and dear Fotcmkin. do you mean
"Yes, Of course do"
"And YOU really want TO lmowT
and will swear not 10 tel,i'
well then" bursting into a laugh, "Iwroto every
DID Won rc,iIyY whonf"
Day before yesterday. thought Lily needed taking
down, fet NJ with her autographs Of Wendell
book i9i' Ii OILY took me bali AN nour / meant to
wT.Ie some more: III tact, had one all ready
i an dead. prcttg
D4,.. 80. Tor ne lear
GOLIATH GATH,
Int was afraid even Bella would Mt swallow that SO
tore out the page. I'm sorry dd now for really
think the geese would have believed il. Written IN his
last moments you know, 10 Oblige an ancestor OF my
own" added Rose. in a tone of explanation.
"YOu monkey p cried Katy, highly diverted. But
Hhe Roses counsel and dares1y some OF TIE Hills
over girls believe IN that wonderful album to this day.
The 81 rls have many temptations school, and yield
20 very few Of theH IN s at the end, inclined
10 rejoice quite a much the things Katy Did MT as
ever those fle Did She didn't flint with the college
students hUmbuc her teachers, or steal the next
days pics or commit any of those small meanncsses
which perverted taste has led certain class OF board
Spgschool girls 10 consider fun" The school was
better for Katy's being it, the home had been bet
ter; and should be lesson worth any young girls
learning TO see that IT is possible 10 be bright merry
wide-awake, and beloved, and yet-a lady. Katy and
Clever never by any chance anything bat ladies';
and when a girl can be lady in her fun she has
made a good beginning. The book is alive with human
mature and human experience; aid the grown-up
can hardly read 10 without the revival OF keen interest
IN the little adventures o. candy eating lessonlearning
school girls OF course Roberts Brothers are the pub
hshers.
"Gies's Minority" Is title which sounds ltle bit
stiff and shod. Dut Tie book thus chTisened, which
Eleanor o'Reny, the author OF "Doll World" wrote.
and which Roberts Brothers arc to publish, is
anything but s.G. 1t IS delightful little story with
very fresh vein Of humor in it, Giles, nc nine years OF
age left orphan by the death Of BIS father, his
mother having dead for some time. He is brought
from Italy, where had lived hitherto, TO the house Of
his guardian IN England Near this house is CHESS own
ancestral bomc-the Red Housea place of which he is
10 he master when he grows up, failing the appearance
meantime Of his uncle Tom, who is supposed. though
not certainly known, TO have died IN Australia The
story deals with year Of CHESS life in the pleasant,
merry family OF his guardian. The children OF the fam
iy are very happily sketched, particularly Jacintha
who had been called jack all her life, but who grew
"Iess JacBish" she grew into her teens There is
plenty fun in the volume Nothing could be quanter
than the death and burial Of GOlah, the father OF the
rabbits. what did he die or" asked Cousin Lois,
sort Of family eodmother Il dont know" said Giles
Joe told Jacntha but Miss Weaver would nj et her
tell Perhaps it was remorse."
'Perhapsit was WHAT" sald Cousin Lois, very much
astonished az the suggestion.
why be ate some Of his children last week, and
JACK dd say she shouldn't wonder if he fell victim 10
rlnnrse After N. 80 asked what that meant. and She