New-York tribune., 1874-12-16

early In life made 70 DO spanked iuo paS spsS veIIs
was powerful enough TO produce screeches anu ye S
from the nfammaOe little fellow on hre wtnoSS n AVN @
within, who rubbed Ms eyes WIN m s st n:ons 70 the
| ground: .,-, o,, ,,,nd,v with his
| fists and hitting his mother ON the nose . ,,,
SDut yer yop THIS minute" SAID the mother snakng
in The face She was frightened aud blew in his mou
| and cried, "StOp. darling! On, don't deat-tnere-
mother didnt mean TO-" The child. gasping and catch
ing ais breath found voice again and screamed louder
croonug and the their perch looked here ana
there arching their uecks 10 see what was gong onor
such before nad beeu neard about Ihe
premises. , ,
OF immediate strangnldUoD, she changed her tactos
once more, and Curd stop this moment, III call the
Boogers This not having the desired eff ct, the threat
was put into by her CRYING Booger-BOoger
-BoOger, come aud catch hnl Old man that eats little
| bows come aud get him!" ,
bows or his breakfast would scon be after him. kicked
and struggled TIL he freed himself from the maternal
aud made his the street us fast AS his tte
| legs could carry him. followed by his mother
One of Che best dra characters in the book Is Dan
DishOway, the pedder. He SO honest, so courage
cheerful and with delicate chyalry under his
rough jacket which might put TO shame many a fine
gentleman. I viii undertake TO tell the story, 10
which many characters involved that to condense
it IN brief space would be easy matter. Nor is
the plot OF the book by means Its chief merit It's
greatest value consists being faithful picture
OF life that passing rapidly in these transition
days OF railroads and eiegraphs and now inventions OF
all sorts. II q book deserved a medal from the
humane society this does for the number Of lives saved
| in it is, Dominic Sampson would have said, pro-
| dgiOuS First the hero, Caleb, was saved from
drOwnng-a good thing, for otherwise there could
have been book at all. Next, Wniired, whose fate
was part of the mystery OF the plot, was also saved
from drOwning-an il-omened rescue which cost the
life OF her preserve and plunged the other characters
into general distress and misery. Next Bertha Way
| land "a u-Gf hp W.lSR
being crushed by falling house. She would fan have
rewarded her with heart aud hand and for
tune but he true to Linda, the heroine proper
| Linda's life twice saved first from drowning,
10 steamboat disaster on Western lake, aud next
from burulng in q fire Western prairie. But
they all lived long and prospered and their adventures
| prove that a Inan write newspaper letters and
| novels, too.
| Another issue OF Ice e. Shepard's is "That Q1eer
Grl' by Virginia T. Townsend, writer whose name Is
| q pleasant and welcome sound in many household.
Miss Townsend IS very popular among young readers,
who perhaps the crueest OF critics. She knows how
be good without being gooiy pure, without being
puritanicd; and she succeeds. where many fail. in
mparting the plots OF her juvenio books freshness
and variety vhich her young auiieuce know we'll how
to appreciate. "Tnat QIeer Girl" is one OF her best
stories and Lee shepard have done well 10 adding 1t
to their pretty "Maidenhood Series" The motto the
ttlepage Let do right. and, whether happiness
|
This sentiment the keynote of the book, and those
VINO make the queer girls acq Iantance will fad her
bright rs a sunbeam and pure a daisy
Equally pure moral tone is "a White Hand; q
story of Eo6csse O3ge" by Ella Farman tD. LOthrop
Coz This book Is brightly and yivacously written
deals with the social problems OF the present time
cOnservatvely indeed bat with refreshing earneStness
and dehcacy The tale is ineresting-a wicked person
at my elbow says spite OF Its morality since moral
stories are always cheerful reading. Those who
hate Dr. Clarke. and believe that woman Is as good rs
a man. better will be dsgusted at the wife who.
with the of her friend the best years OF
life bringing herself TO the standard of taste Of
! husband handsome, tickle, and 1ne who had chosen
her of his own free-wIl. and then grown dscon
tented with her afierward But at least she succeeded
and that is sOmething-aDd the moral and intellectual
gains she made for his undescrvng sake enriched her
own nature. MiIicents white hand not afraid to
touch sin, sometimes, and often-but her wo-
manhood pure, her purpose unsehsh, that no
contact enough to soil it's wheuess. The book
has faults STYLE aud OF detail which IL would be
iDvdious dwell. since 1t Is believe, the first attempt
its author in this directOn and 1t is certainly
cessul in the present while it promises yet better things
| for the future.
"HafHour Recreations in Popular Science" selected
and edited by Dana Estes, and published by Estes &
Liuriat, rs work OF striking value The papers II
tans by such illustrious scientists Richard A.
Proctor. F. r. A. s., Rudolph Vrchow, II. Schellen.
Prof Roscoe j. Y. Lockyer, Prof ]. d. Dana. Dr. Car
penter President WInchell. Prot Huxley, f. r. 81 j. H.
Tce T. b. TylOr, DR.. Richardson, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt,
Prof. Clifford, Robt. Hunt, F. r S. Prof H. W. Dove,
and others. In these days science is longer merely
popular is the fashion Of the time No lectures
crowded as scientific ectures-the daily newspapers
report and reprint them; and il SsnOr Gaeo had been
| alive to-day he would have been dined at
the Lotos Club and invited TO read paper
before the Radical Club. Reporters would have fol
! lowed him, women smiled him. and gold awaited
! him. What pity that ne has been dead lengthy"
as Ward said OF G Washington Now. in place
! OF Galieo we have hundreds; and Huxley, and
idols OF the at Is good If you cannot be we'll
learned, 70 be welsmattered," said wOrldly-wise
woman not long ago, and these halfhOur recreations
carry process OF "smatterng" most agreeably.
not speak rreverenty. for though cannot learn
in HaHours the lessons which have studied their
| long lives through and gone 10 finish in other
spheres. yet know little is much better than
know nothing These fascinating Hali-Hours may well
introduction lifelong study. The book is well
| printed and ably edited
| Estes Lauriat also publish " A Hundred Ministers
| and How They Switched Of" The author mildly in
that he feels cOniIent there will be found de-
fects his book lie Will be surprised and hone
vexed II agree with him. Estes IL l1Burlat
continuing their neat reprints OF good novels
Too Much Alone, Is as interesting tale rs one
often encounters. l.. c. NJ
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