New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.

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10 nretty little story, bright with Wholesome oo
,,est,c feeling The Same firm has hrough' ou'
Mrs. Molcsworth's clever Rosy" story showing
An n charming way how one little glrts Jeaio"sy
and bs.i temper were conquered one OF inc oeS''
,nost suggestive and improving OF the christmas
iuveuiles--" Grandmother Elsie and MI
dred's Married Life" two new volumes IN 'he Elsie
anu the Mildred series. published by Dodd' Mead ~
Co., will delight the young girls who nave long on
loved the adventures of these two paragons. al
The lessons they teach are good, and the
Youngsters for whom the books are written
will not critcise their style-Mr. George Cary
Eccles.on's Wreck of the Red Bird " (G. I. Pot-
MANS Sons) is fresh, lively and stirring book ior
,,oys-ope of the most heathful of the season. LII
narrates with animation the adventures OF divers
manly young fellows on the Carolina coast.'--Mr.
Frank r. Stockton is perhaps the most successiuio OF
all the American tclleTs of stories concerning dws,
giants and fairies. HIS ling-a-Llng laies
Charles Scribner's Sons are full of admirable mar
yels.-"The Princess and Curdle" ~. Is. Llppn-
colt q CO.. is a mystical tale wherein MI.
George Macdonald has made strain oil moral
earnestness TO sweeten and give meaning 10 the
ontics Of fantastical rout Of fairies and monsters
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There is no need to tell the happy readers of ~.
"Saltillo BOYS" Charles Scribners SOnsl. The
story is a real record of bright boyhood and has
wholesome and honest flavOr--Mr. Scudder has
found lnino Of interest III those agreeable Bodleys'
In the last volume IiOughton, Miihin X CO.. thcy
have become The Bodley Grandchildren
and have gone a-journeying through Holland. Inc
boo, is fulI of useful information impaired In
genlously and often in q humorous fashion,
Mrs Brush's Paul and Persis" Lee d Shepardl
relates with pleasant and picturesque detail story
of the Revolutionary struggle In the Mohawk
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the little book with fidelity and neatness.--The
title of ".The Young Moose Hun,ers' Estes &
Laura,) sufficiently defines the material of this
story by Mr.. c. A. Stephens. 1t is
told in n commonplace way and with many
and serious failures in tastc.-Edward Greey
has transcribed in THE Golden Lotus" Ice and
Sheparll some curious japanese legends. Some OF
them are grOtesquely entertaining, some are dull
and all are disigurel by japanese words In itailcs'
As the TRANSACTIONS invariably follow 1t would seem
that time and trouble might have been saved by
the omiss on of these words. They are q constant
annoyance TO the rcader--RoSa!e Kaufman mas
compiled for young people from Miss StricKlanus
moro voluminous work q pleasant little
collection of stories of the lives OF Inc
Queens of England" Estes and Lauriat. The
book is attractive both in text and Illustration
The Rev. Edward Ev, rett Hales Stories of Dis
covery" Roberts Brothersl give in admirable shape
the most striking portions OF the narratives of IA
nous discoveries by land audsea. The look belongs
TO the best sort of juvenile literature and oGght to
fascinate all bright boys--Six stories not included
in Callaud aud Lanes TRANSACTIONS Of the Ihons-
and and One Nights have been collected by W. f.
Kirby IN a volume entitled The New Arabian
Nights " u. b. Lippncott Il Co... Two are taken
from Wells German version, and the Others were
translated by Jonathan Scott at the beginning of
The century