New-York tribune., 1874-09-19
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOIES.
n GROUP OF JUVENILES TO BE PUBLISHED BY wM
y. GILL co.." LoLLY DINKs's DoINGs," BY MRS.
rDR. sroppARp-"IITTLE FOLK LIFE" BY GAIL
HAMILTON" CHILD LIFE IN ITALY" AND CHILD
LIFE IN EUROPE" ,BY EMILY II. WATSON TIE
OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN sHoE,' BY AMANDA
NJ DOUGLAS.
yrRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNEi
Boston, Sept 17.-0ne of the most fasciha-
ting juveniles of the is Loly Dinkss Do'ugS
by Mrs. E. d. b. stoddard have followed tne exam
pic OF the publishers in calling II 9uvenne anu Nv
doubt the young people will all be dehghed WIN w. ou
npossesses certain qualities Of quaint humor' sly s"a
and poetic expression, which can only 30 Iuly appec"
ted by those who are longer children. thinK the
mothers OF all the Loy Diukses in the land will enjoy
Il Iolv Dins is the six yearod sou and heir OF Nam
ma Dinks who tells the tale of his Dongs" He Is
sweet prckly rosebud OF hoy; and when he Is more
prickly than brings large, mpd salt tears TO
hts mothers eyes. and Loly watches them every one
She hears him mutter
Tdont care II you do cry What's your CRYING TO me-
should hike to knowi Does it wet my eyes one smicnn
But Loly Dnks does care Presently ieei n bt
Then against face hard httle head covered
with hair that smells Just like hay, and Is like H.
foo and wee fingers pull at my hair and pair OF rose
leaf lips creep my nose and my chin ana my ears
and In my ears Loly Dinks says softly.
Take your lap aud tell me a story"
DO feel the fingers and the lips Of a bad boy or
Tell the story, and will be good. nud grow bad
81 don't hear all The time about giants ogres % and h
Odiles IL you don't tell me IN minute, you Will Oo
nasty mother. and all boys will hate YOU. 49,,
On, naughty darling LIy Dnssi hay1g ac saIa 'oSSe os
bird standing one leg, and eyelng me sideways
That ali other boys behave better than Loy Dinks be
haves. When they visit him. how meek and stlii tney
.Win YOU allow us TO turn somersets your bed
Could you be so kind as 10 give us urnk . ~
fingers Their does not stick mp al over tner ~
respectable skulls as h does ne ye and thew saw
we had rather not eat bread ana Dutteri We prefer
mink. "Oh that somebody ese's boys were nv
bOys!" All at once | stop thinking for mere holy
D9ks rs IN my zap, ana & a ng Scs he listens To- as st
mouse, pretty smile on MS hpS' ana MS eyes "S
bright as diamonds.
And the stories she tells are such should be told
under poets roof, by mother who is herself poet
with boy who may can, and must be poet some DAY
upon her knee She makes them TO ORDER IN part 1or
the little tyrant shreks that he will have thousand
monkeys in them, or he won't have anything. VINO
wouldn't like to hear such wonderful tales as that OF
Crick-crack and CrOcky; or, better still, OF the bear
who was an enchanted Prince, and who doomed
% wander round the world as q showmans bear,
until he should find Perfect Boy. The Bear did not
find the object Of his quest the Dnks household you
may be be walked on, forlorny, down Fourth
ave. But the boy who is not perfect" Is Ioyely-a
captivating little combination OF smiles and tears,
naughtness and goodness, way ward fancy aud yilful
of as he goes on day after day. "happy. busy, rest
less and seeking which he is sure he has not
yet had but which he assured OF finding somewhere
What a charm there in the country for these two
Dolly Dinks and his mother. II was the country beside
the sea 70 which they betook themselves, where
The restless swallows were twtterng and skimming
the water dartng TO their nests IN the wide
chimneys and the high caves OF the barn; and brown
hopping the grass good old mother cows were walk
ing along, chewing the cud aud switching Their talis
laau iful lla rOm he rs.
mixed with flavor Of sea-weed aud bnge-water Al
this ex-hara-ted the small soul Of Dinks He sang, he
danced, acting like humming-brd, whirrug and whiz
Slng over everything and everybody. AT nlght now
the coming day! Putting his stockings wrong side
ont; making me Wild with buttons and strings, when
was sleepy; peeping through the blinds TO see 4
1t rained IL any flowers we're blooming several miles off
II an elephant was going by or II there were any whales
the wharf.
The story of "Fance the little fairy who livedl in
wonderful Closet, and brought the country TO town in
Winter very charming and the chapter on scis-
sOrs is good, too. BY the time gets through the
book, feels well acquainted with longsufering
Mamma Dinks, with Papa Dnks, that severe man who
always gets his cousins to castgate BIS enemies" and
with Master Loly and his various tricks and
think should know the following letter came from
fn,, rcunS gentleman wherever might encounter It,
Dear -. -se-4- .---
-mo,ner and dtber send my love. / want dollar
or two went to a pic mic, the horse stoppeu oe9 a9e9
Marian cried she was mean / go gov W. we' Send me aoI
mepoeS b i hair send dollar More decalamonies yant
give he[ my love sdSs oS%e pe as SoUn SoU it had train
Abino. there is no end to the doings Of Loy DinRs
He ia an "eternal runrouna." and will exist, as his
mamma says TIL all the Iasstodons in Siberia are dug
mn and all the graudpas and grandmas In NeW-Engand
are done away with.
latte Folk Life" Part H. by Gail Hamilton is also
very nice 1t is good be child In these days when
so many pleasant things written for the deectaon
ot the small people-when really useful things are
written too-witness Child Life in Italy,, and Chld
Life in Europe" two books with reference to the
children of the Crawford family which are soon 10
appear.
The volumes were, 1 believe, published some time
since but read less widely than they deserved They
now come out with the revision OF the author Emily H.
Watson with new prefaces and with illustrations. In
Chld Life in Italy" will be found true and delightful
record Of early years OF the Crawfords-he story OF
their happy days in their Italian home, among all the
beauty OF nature aud the glory OF ant You learn OF
Rome aud its surroundings almost as well as II
Won lived there as you turn these pages; you make
SIMMER excursions 10 Tvoli and Frescati you travel
10 Switzerland; you visit Munich, and Lncca, and
Flopsaee aud Naples you keep carnival with the gay
and 20 TO church with the good; and are companioned
ali the time, by a group of lovely, loving, happy
children
"Cbid Life in Europe" itself less imme-
daey with the daily life of the Crawfords but full Of
the most pleasantly conveyed Information which was
given to them during their ak years In Europe regard
ing all they saw there. Sugarcoated With story. you
learn If you are young reader more about History,
Mythology Art. aud Legends than you can gather IN
the same length Of time in any other way can think
OF.
or all NY Group Of Juveniles, the one the young folks
themselves will ike best will be "The Old Woman VINO
Lived 10 a Shoe" by Amanda NJ. Douglas. IL Is be-
witchipg story-brght aud witty aud tender aud full
of human interest. The Old Woman was Grandmother
Kenneth who took care OF her six grandchildren the