The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-11-29

TEACHER.
u. Lothrop d Co.'S Fail Books.
No publishing house in the country l. making
more active preparations for the holiday trade
than ID. LuthrOp & Co., aud their list of announce
ments exceeds in extent and attractiycnesS that
lof any past year. As usual, the strongest effort
has been made in behalf of young readers, and
the books offered for their deectaton are as beau
tlul in their outside appearance AS they are fas-
ICinating inside. Stories in prose and stories in
poetry funny stories, pathetic stories, stores in
natural history ana stories about people and
places, delightfully."- written and chaGmfngly ii.
Iu,tral,d from = large proportion Of the cata
Ilo.sgr, while books adapted to the needs and CO
pacific, Of older readers are not Wanting,
Among the larger and more important books
are Mr. Bcnjamins american irtjStS, an elegant
quarto volume filed with portraits of some of
our most famous painters, with illustrations from
their own hands, drawn expressly for the work ;
"a second volume of Ports Homes, brought out in
the same manner, containing portraits and biog
Iraphes Of Holmes, Bryant, Emerson, Paul II.
Haync, John Boyle O'Reilly, and other promi-
ncnt authors; new edition of ont Of Darkness
into limit u ,oumc which New York critic calls
N rich work of art" red-linc, quarlo edition
of Iig,fH,S Progress, on plate paper, with l7full
page illustrations, splcndidly bound; story gt the
Prayers Of ChriSttan history by the author al
StoyV Of TIE Hymns; WoughtS that Breathe con
sstng of choice extracts from the works OF Dean
Stanley, with an introduction by Phillips Brooks;
a new edition Of Jesus, Lorcr Of M Soui. gift
book for young ladies called Christmas Pie, Illus
tratcd by Miss Lathtury; Christmas SH0'r H1beS,
large and elegant quarto volume of original pc
ems by American authors, with choice llustra
ltons, richly and uniquely bound, and DR.. Smiths
4D,cr'ica our National Hymn, with several cX-
luuisite epgravinGs and sketch Of the author.
Of the books for young people, prominent is
Hile Atrdke Pleasure Book "F,' uniform with the
five volumes which have preceded it, Vet with II
richer aud more attractive table Of contents than
either of them; iIon gutbot>, r., being history
OF the further adventures OF MlltladeS Pelerklh
Paul; Miss longe,s on9 foHS H%tory?f France
and Rome, the D0gJsrry Bunch; Hogdt Lowres
Last YeOr al 81. Otd,t'S' ana BrdhJddJOr lW0, by
Joanna Mathews. Others are IN preparation ana
will be early announced
But is the children who have particular reason
provided for them a list perfectly bewderiag in
its variety and stractivcncss. One Of the first
books TO tempt the eye of little patrons is thad
Lore, a beautifully bound duartovolumc with en-
cravings and coIored illustrations. 1t contains
the "Bsbyland Classics" old and new, with short
rhymes and jinclcs, compiled and edited by Clara
Doty Bates, and Is good for all times and seasons
| Of the year Once upon a Time, by Miss f.. f..
| Brown, is n charming book of story plays, Illus
tratcd OF course, and bound in taking style. Then
there are Stories AMI Pictures Of Domestic tnimdiS,
and Stories anil Pictures ot wa ArimdiS, com
panion books, in large type in chrome board Gov
crs; II new edition Of Lite Lu,yS WondeLtW
! Gioif; thjlireEs Funny Book, big quartO, full
of pictures; the Birthddy Picture Book with thir-
ty full page engrayngs ana notices for each day
in the month; and several "baby books chief
among them Bdby'and for lS'9, HddgS Oyect Lrs-