The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-02
D. LOrHROp & co.'s NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Form home libraries. No matter how
few or small the books are to commence
with, they will make beginning, and
that once made, you Will wonder at It's
growth. Don't let your books be scat
tered through every room In the house.
If you haven't shelves, make them.
They need not be of black walnut, and
they will hold books II they are not
polished. It's poor sort OF boy that
cannot knock together half O dozen
boards that will answer such purpose.
And now suppose that you have made
your shelves, or bought them, or have
them already at hand, and have brought
together all the books which you can
lay claim to, big and little, important
and unimportant, school books and all,
how shall the yet vacant space be filled \
Make 1t a rule In the first place, to put
nothing In but what is good--no dime
novels, pirate stories, or milk.and- water
trash by popular "serles" authors. One
genuine good book IL worth solid cord
of such. Get something that lasts;
something that you can take up again
and again with pleasure; something
that teaches while IL amuses.
Let us make few suggestions. Ofall
the books published we know Of nothing
better to base home library upon than
the several volumes OF the Wide AtUake
Pleasure Book. It's contents cover o
wider range of subjects than other publl-
cations from the very highest literary
talent In England and America, all
written expressly for Its pages and law
ishly illustrated by the best artists
Each number Is q perfect treasure house.
The stories are bright, breezy and
healthy, and the poetry Is of the same
character. The presence OF this set of
books In family would exert an influ-
ence for good not to be lightly estimated.
They are clearly printed and beautifully
bound.
Then add the two volumes of Poets'
Homes, and the two com mpanion volumes
Of Our american Artists, four books
without which no household library Is
possibly complete.
Find O place then for the issues In the
Spare Minute Series - 7h0ughts that
Breathe, Might of Right, Cheerful Words
and True Md'iiiness, with the volumes
that are to come. In the line of history
there are the six volumes by Miss
Younge, and the new series just begun
Of Lothrop's Library of Entertaining
History. Add to these Eyes Right and
-Four Feet, Wings, and Fms for lovers
of natural history Mrs. Lilies Story of
English Literature; Mrs. Pearson's Gu
tenbery, or The Art of Printing, and
Hopkins Waits and Their Authors.
Let the girls, # there be any in the fam.
ily, add, as they can, the Pansy"
White Hand and Anna Mdylie, and
Julia A. Eastman's series of girls
stories, while the boys should not forget
Good for Nothing Polly, the Out-of-
School Series, and Mr.. Rand's PusHtag
ahead and Bark Cabin on Reorsarge.
And then for filling out the shelves for
the little ones, no library would be COM
plete without Clara Doty Bates Classics
Of Bobytand, Pansy's Our Dariings and
Little People in Picture and Story; Baby
Hunting, the King Of Picture Books,
Pictures for Our Dorlings, and Baby's
PorgoGo. A new idea Is set forth In
Pictures for Language Lessons, collec-
tion of beautiful pictures, to be used as
subjects for stories In homes and schools.
Each of the twenty-four pictures is
printed on heavy cardboard, 6x7t
inches, and contains In itself the mate
rial for story, to be told by the little
pupil. Many of these pictures are hand
some enough to frame. Besides these
there is an immense variety of picture
and story-books, ranging in price from
ten cents to dollar.
We might go on almost without limit,
but with these suggestions for q begin
ming, we leave the subject to the consid-
Grafton of the great army of young
readers for whom they are intended.
All these volumes will be found includ-
ed In the single list of d. Lothrop & Co.
Wide Awake Is winning golden opin-
ions in England, large and special
edition of the magazine being now pub
lished in London for the benefit of our
young cousins over the sea. The Lon
don Literary World, high critical
authority, has this to say of It:
This Is very sumptuous monthly
full of such reading as may crafty the
varied tastes which children as well as
grown.up people, cherish. Its illustra-
tions, we are bold to say, are not to be
matched In our own children's month
lies. They have the effect of drawings,
and not that often singular unfaithful
reproduction of q drawing, called an
engraving. AS soon as this very strik-
ing magazine becomes known, many
homes will be thankful to the English
publishers for bringing it within their
reach"
The Little Folks Reader, issued month
ly, by d. L0thrOp & Co., as a reader for
primary schools, has become very popu-
lar as magazine for home reading.
Each number is beautifully illustrated.
During his late visit to England, Mr..
ID. Lothrop, of the firm of ID. Lothrop g.
Co., purchased of Kate Greenaway the
Royal Academy Exhibition in London.
1t will be engraved as the frontispiece
OF the Christmas number of BdbyIand.
Mr.. Lothrop also secured new work by
the author of Israel Mort, OvermQn,
called The Ien,pter Behind, which will
be published in advance of the English
edition.
The publishers of Wide Awake have
secured for that magazine the new story