The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-05


pay stricter attention to the character (
the works they issue than the Messrs-
Lothrop, and Il 0 result is that in their n
tire catalogue OF one thousand differel :
titles, there il not stnpid book. All III :
interesting took, or book which doe
not serve some useful purpose. The
parent or teacher can select from it in
perfect confidence, and we commend
their catalogue to the attention Of all
who are buying for home or school il
braries.
Besides the entirely new books, new
editions have been made of some of
the more important of those IN last
years list. Those who purchase
for general reading will find rich field
from which to choose. In standard sto-
lies there is nothing better than the
books OF Ella Farman, Pansy, and Julia
A. Eastman-all bright, full of life, and
entertaining. Then there are the al
most countless "Series' and "Libra-
ries." OF the latter the most impor-
tant is the new Fireside Library, con-
ssting of 100 volumes carefully select
ed from the entire list, and intended to
form perfect home library. The Sc
lections are graduated to suit the tastes
and needs of the entire family, from
the oldest readers down to the little tot
who is just beginning to pick out her
letters. The price of the library puts
it within the reach of most people, and
even when one does not feel like bear
ing the whole expense, half dozen
families can easily club together for its
purchase. OF the lesser libraries there
are The Pussy Willow, the Spare Min-
ute, the George Macdonald, and a
multitude of others whose names can
be learned from the catalogue. ne5
One of the most charming holiday
volumes of the year will be Mrs. Afrlar-
da B. Harris How We Went Birds
Nesting, elegantly printed on heavy
paper, with wide margins, and illustra-
ted by twelve superb full page draw
ings by G. F. Barnes. The binding
will be in harmony with the contents,
and altogether it promises to be the
book of the season. Another beauti-
ful volume will be the second in Il e
American Artists Series, brought out
| in the same style as the first. 1t will
contain forty illustrations. Still anoth-
er is The New England Story Book,
made up of representative stories by
popular New England authors, richly
illustrated and bound.
Clara Doty Bates, an indefatigable
worker for the children, presents a
charmingly written story, Hearts Con-
tent; Mrs. A. NJ. Diaz a little book
crammed with short stories and illus
trations, called Christmas Morning,
and there is a new Art in the Nursery,
with thirty more pictures than in the
first edition. George F. Barnes has a
series of Nursery Tiles consisting of
twenty-four original drawings, bound
in oblong quarto form, with directions
| for coloring, and there is a new volume
of Babyland, in bright and attractive
covers.
More attention, perhaps. is paid 10
the very little children than to their ell
ders in the way of providing for them
fascinating stories and illustrated liter
ature. Some of the issues of the Messrs.
Lothrop are perfect marvels of beauty
in outward appearance, while some of
our most popular authors contribute
| their best work for the delight of the
little men and women of the family.
A new edition of Pansy's Picture
Book is brought out in boards, and
new volume is added TO the Wide
Awake Pleasure Book series, collec-
tioL which now numbers eight
in all. There is also a new issue OF
that delightful volume, Poems TOR Our
Darlngs, and the Chi,dren's Funny
Book takes a fresh lease of life in
revised form. Large Print for Little
Readers is just what the three-year-olds
will delight in, and the same little ones
will find in On the Tree Top and sto-
ries for Language Lessons untold pleas
ure.
| For those little older are Don Qnix-
ote, Jr., The Dogberry Bunch-one of
the most delightful stories published
for long time; The Children's Isle-a
new story bv the popular English wri-
ter, Eliza Meteyard; The Sisters of
Glencoe, a remarkably powerful story;
a fresh Pansy book, A New Graft on
the Family Tree, and other works from
favorite pens, richly and beautifully il
lustrated.
Fannie Roper Feudge's India, the
initial volume in Lothrop's Library of
Entertaining History, claims attention,
and so, too, in a marked degree, does
True Manliness, the fourth volume in
the Spare Minute Series. 1t is made
up from gems of thought selected from
the works of Thomas Hughes, the au-
thor of School-days at Rugby, and con-
tains an introduction from the pen of
James Russell Lowell, and an autobio-
graphical sketch by Mr.. Hughes.
OF the books which BOYS and girls
never tire of reading are Johnuy's Dis
coveries. by Adam Stwin, and Four
Feet, Wings and Fins, by Mrs. Ander-
son Maskell. Each of these NAV be
had in three volumes or one. Over
head is another volume of the same
kind, and is commended by Prof.
Waldo OF Harvard College as one OF
the best books published for teaching
young pupils lessons in astronomy.
The gift-books issued by this house
are perennially popular, and in steady
demand The well-known Golden
Treasury series in six volumes, red
line and full gilt, quarto form, form II
decided feature of the list. Thev in
clude The Golden Treaury, by Fran
els Turner Palgrave; The Book OF
Praise, by Lord Selborne; Garland
from the Poets, by Coventry Patmore ;
The Ballad Book, by William Alling-
ham, and lie Leadeth Nc. A new
edition of America, so successful last
season will be brought out, and so, too,
will Miss Lathbury's elegant volume Out
of Darkness into Light. The entire
large edition OF Snow Flakes was eX-
hansted early last season, and new
one is now impress. Child Lore will
renew its popularity, and purchasers
who wish Tor those two tasteful re
ligious presentation books, Ninety and
Nine and Jesus Lover of My Soul
will have an opportunity to CRAFTY
their wants.