New-York tribune., 1881-12-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

-fboekerav,s Chronicle Of the Drum" Una. u'n9"
satirical sermon on war. has peen n'".'Vs c.
printed and illustrated by Charles oCriDnoi ttaro
For lover of the tender-hearteu gym -
could be no pleasanter holluay pnU - +ba
c. of Two Hundred Years. Wrt Oh 'ho
..u"hD,ont Of n Drum" Many of the illustrations
70 fnII Of dramatic agination-noably the welu
.,;t of the "Mere GuillOtne," by Mr. fyle'
peter rarley,s Annuar tCassell, Peter, Gai-
min &, Col is becoming a mddle-aged puphca-
tjon. With 1882 appears the ancient geh'iein'n
fort g-frst volume 1t is as entertaining as ite p'o
decessors. consisting this year of coiIecton ol
stories told by those time-honored wortmeS' 'he
"tinker tailor. soldier sailor rich man, poor man.
ploughboy, thief" Some of them are exci'ing'
some pathetic and all will interest the average boy
OF girl OF fifteen. ~
new edition of Little LOUIS Sayings and Do
ings," the pretty child-story by Mrs Prentss' the
author of that popular book stepping Heaven
ward.D has been issued by A. ID. +. Randolph a 20
II is nicely bound and has several illustrations ny
NJ. l.. Stone.
Porter g. Coates publish illustrated holiday edl-
tions of 1.-THE Bells" Poes jangling, changing poem
and of Burnss "Cotter's Saturday Night mr.
Granville PerkIns's fre-pictures IN Inc Deiis
show much imaginative power and techhlcai grace
The gem of all the Christmas books Is hecouec-
tons of Anton House" by c. Anton (Houghton, Mliilln
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medicines and beloved naughtinesses OF an Old
fashioned family of youngsters who are now OF the
elder generation There are no such children any
more saw these elders there is no fun like the Oty
of the old-tme younker The children of to-day ar
apt to be fashionable young persons with assured
opinions III regard to their social position, ana
large views concerning clothes, carriages and sum-
ner watering places. However this may be, there
is surely 10 boy or girl too unchildike to ENJOY
these delightful "reminiscences. The Antons hao
their pecuiaritieS like other folks:
Like all other families, we had a young one IN
ours who artculated sentences long before ought
10 have done so. IL bawled out lhatS my naDy-
give me a crackerw at so tender an age that Mother
Anton screamed for Or. Posset at once but Father
Anton pooh poohed the idea saying that 1t was all
night. it only girl -, ,
mt them behind our pillows and that was rather an
odd habit. Besides that we used to say our prayers
on the front stairs in the middle OF the day. 50 as 10
save time at night when we were sure 10 De SO
slcenv This was a busineSS-likc habit but very
naughty one. We all had what DR.. Possett called
"chTonic eXaltatiOn of the imaglnatl0n,D and saw
dragons heads and demons faces III the ar al'er we
When T. Anton was little boy he was so fright
ened because Charlie Arnold threatened to put hum
in pIn-hoe in the fence that he didn't get over 1t
for wears; T.; and the tradition is that r. Anton was
never able to 90 to church, because when the min
;ster said Kingdom Come" it made him so terribly
ili that he was obliged TO leave the pew: ms same
F. Anton was uncomfortably affected by circuSes,
the tent saving that he felt the bass drum tR has
stomach The Anton children were in mortal fear
OF telling lie. and in their clrcumlocutlon 10 avon
falsehood they generally contnved 70 10
tell one. They used TO say =" they didn't
know" when they did know, and " believed this
whole of the Anton nursery expected inevitably to
die before morning unless each light somebody who
knew about things assured it TO the contrary. One
evening r. Anton sent his younger sister down
stairs to settle this important question for him,
while hetlwaited the verdict In hiSnght-draWerS on
ThaI.
roonD were startled by seeing the door open and
little girl in a long white night-gown and ruited
cap enter. She strobe solemnly up to Mother An
ton and i'll serious tones said: IT Anton wants to
know if he will live till morning. Everybody was
convulsed with laughter, but 1t was no laughing
matter TO the assle, who performed her task WIN
irpertllrbabe gravity, and then marched back
again to the shIvering culprit on the front stars
Ballads in Black" Lee & Shepard) is neat
volume giving directions in prose and poetry for the
arrangement of shadow pantomimes. The ballads
are by L. L. Chase and the illustrations by j. +.
Goodridge. The directions are clear and compre-
hensive and will be very useful to those who enjoy
the amusement of shadow pictures
"The Prize Painting Book" published by White
&, Stokes New York, is an original volume which
will be loudly welcomed by the young 'ple who
love to dabble their small fingers in water-cOor 1t
is III the first place full of graceful verses
bv Candace Wheeler, which accompanied
by gay and dainty pictures drawn by Miss Dora
Wheeler, whose skill has been before exhibited III
designs for Christmas cards. The paper has been
expressly manufactured for water-coor work, aud
the book contains number of outline designs
which the youthful possessors expected to color
themselves. The publishers offer for the three
books which shall be returned to them colored in
the best manner prizes of $75, $50 aud $25. These
prizes are to be awarded in September. 1888, and
must be sent in during the spring and early summer
of that year The competitor must not be over six
teen years old and must have no assistance in the
work.
Mr. n II. Dole's "YOung Folks History of Rus
sa" Estes & Lauriat, Boston, tells in simple
language the story of the great Empire of the
North 1t is one little known to young people. and
the manner of its relation is entertaining enough to
beguile them through it.