The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-11-25

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A book we'll adapted to children,
incalculating many moral lessons in
an attractive, easy style. 1t gives
a series of pleasant pictures of holi.
day enjoyments, intermingled with
some ST the disappointments and
sorrows Of childhood, grouping the
whole in a natural manner.
NEW BEDTIME STORIES. By Louise
Chandler Moulton, author of "Bed
Time Stories," "More Bed Time
Stories" s'Some Women's Hearts.
etc. Illustrated. Boston: Roberts
Brothers. S1.25.
The book is made up of a dozen
or more stories. They are charming.
~ told; in style and plot they are as
simple as bundle of violets, and
their fragrance and teachings are as
sweet and inspiring. Without any
overweight characters, unreal in
their angelic qualities, they are all
human, and by their lnfirmities
make bright and beautiful the good
that appears. Such stories cultivate
the noblest part of the future man
or woman. Indeed, a multitude of
fully matured persons might read
them and learn good lessons. The
boys and girls who close thor eyes
at night with the memory of such
''bcd.time stories," repeated by a
mothers lips, will heed the lessons
and hear the echo after. Somehow
these impressions of childhood are
more lasting than those of later life.
A man or woman scarcely ever gets
beyond the sound of the voices of
childhood. And this should teach
the lesson of the Importance of early
training, and especially of the books
read; any book is not good enough
for a child, as many people suppose.
AFRICA, PAST AND PRESENT. By
an Old Resident. With maps and
Illustrations. Chicago: Ameri-
can Tract Society, 80 Madison st.
Sent by mail, post paid, on receipt
of the price, 81 80.
. This is volume of 3S7 pages.
giving a concise account of Africa
its history, geography, explorations,
climates, productions, resources,
population, tribes, manners, Gus
toms, languages, colonization, and
Christian missions. Perhaps no
country has for years past attracted
larger attention than Africa. Spoke,
Grant, Baker, Livingstone, Stanley,
and others in their explorations and
researces and sufferings have caused
a wide and everincreasing interest
in this great and almost unknown
land, which, by the facilitits of tray
ell, has been brought in easy reach of
our commerce and civilization. The
book is written in an easy, pleasant
style, Astounding in facts that can
be relied upon, and in description
and gossipy sketches as interesting
as novel. The author is not an
excursionist or a casual traveller, but
ian old RESIDENT" who treats upon
a subject he knows thoroughly
l. "a tu1o lCtIoOu ~ ID d UOOh OI Cu0
most value of any yet published
upon Africa. The illustrations of
the volume are more than usually
good. In its history it divides AT
RIGA into four great divisions, which
are shown upon a map in different
colors, folded conveniently between
the leaves. Prominence is given to
the work of the Christian mission
aries, and their effects, present and
prospective. Those who are inter-
ested in the people of this Tsdark
continent" will find the book not
only instructive but highly enter
tanning.
10 The Russell Publishing Co.,
149 fremont street, Boston, have