New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-18
HoLmAY BOOKS roR CHmDREN.

HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
As fresh and wholesome as Il bright Dcccm-
her morning II sophy Mays "QU!uu"bassct Girls tevo.
d. 1885, lee < Shepard. u is book worthy Of the
chSonicer OF the sayings aud doines Of those
dainty little women, PIudy, Dotty Dimpc' and flaFy
FrizzIe 1t is a real girls book, good and
true. and honest. and fan wtnal Of such
clever hints Of NeEncland character odsers might
condescend be interested 10. What debt Of grateful
friendship do the little people owe 70 sophy May
Always natural if Imaginative, full Of a bright humor
and true chdove, her books viii be Tor long delight
ful in the Anticipation and In the reading.
THE Flossy and Bossy Stories by Margaret H. Ecker
son. svo UP. 49, d. Iotlrop & Coz, have something
Of the spirit and manner of sOpuy May Tlossy and
B0ssy two miniature young ladies who 20 through
al sorts Of country adventures in most fascinat-
ing, naughty and pretty way. How Fl"ssy plays
that a little stream is the Gull Of Mexico,
with one bank Africa and the other Albany;
how Bossy declares she is Missionary going
to preach to the Africans and taxing giving leap from
Albany falls guomiuously into the Gulf Of Mexico; no"
Flossy investigating scientifically the making OF honey
has an extremely emphatic and unpleasant interview
with the bees how they goto Bclindy Podecrss wedding
and have an awful experience with an enormous
bottle Of oil and the young POdgerscs, who attempt
amateur hardressing their little euests-a these
things are related with sparkling grace most besGIing
10 the small people
isles OF the Sea" tsyo. Pr. 37l Lee Il Shepard is
one Of oliver Optics nnumerable boycharmers IL con-
uuucs and ends the young America series. ana Is
crammed with adventures, information ngeniousy
given ana hearty, manly feeling.
"Tle Two supcrcargocs" by ". II. G. Kingston, $50
crown svo PIP 29 J. b. LppiucotD. is reprint Of an
English publication This ia also boys book and deals
with adventures savage Africa, which il an enchanted
land TO the average young barbarian" Of America.
Elephants big snakes, sagagcs. pirates mon Keys aud
other uncomfortable companions appear and disappear
with startling ripidity and very unoyeiy manners The
boys Of the book continually in delightfully."- horrible
danger ana end by finding the usual good fortune.
''Doras Housekeeping" by the author Of "SiN Little
Cook" t.yO. pp. 275, Jansen, McCurs 4 Coz, Is a
disguised cookbook and clever one too. II u
intended for girls in their early teens aud 50 appetAng
are TIE RECIPES. in black and white, that they
would almost turn anchOrc into cook In short one
can't look over the book without getting hungry.
The WouCcr World Stories collected aud arranged
-'y Marie Palkc and Nugcry Dcane (syO. PIP 292, O..
p Putnam'5 Sou,)c charming mixture ot quaint tales
nom The CIncse, French, German. Hebrew, llmd0os-
lance Hungarian Irish Italian japanese. Russian. Swe
dish and Turkish. Some weird 10 induce what
youngsters particularly loye-"shiyers and creeps;'
others poetic and impressiyely moral Children
nurscd fY lore win oicc in the book and the tales
such VII direct budding imagIuauons in delicate
and lovely ways.
"The Crdare," by Ellis Gray C7vo Pr. 297 Lockwood
Brooks Cob is one OF tnc Long Ago series. Iii good
without being goodv. and Is graceful aud merry story
"spcn5cr for CMldreu' (4to PIP. ~, s,rbner, Well
ford & Armstrong IS imported English publication,
telling IN good prose of the tales OF Sponsors verse,
beautifully bound, and illustrated in gorgeous coors 1t
'aucul ana dainty book almost to win pardon
for TIE liberty il axes with great poet
The Eclectic (for December) with its cheer
ful monthly reappeaTancr, viii, usual, receive cor
dial friendly greeting from the lovers of good literature
popular form, who always look tor q choice selec
in its contents, and disappointed in their
hopes. The present number contains the conclusion OF
the Symposium the soul and Future Lifc, contain
ing the views OF Lord SebOunc, the Rev. Canon Barry
". r. Gray, the Rev. Baldwin Brown. Dr. ". &. Ward,
aud MI Frederick Harrison, for which the reader
pay his money aud take MS choice; " Round the
World in Yacht" by Thomas Brassey neicoritcs and
the Origin Of LIFE" German society Forty Years
Since" by Lady Du Gordon Experience vi an !nuian
Famine; +" and other interesting selections