New-York tribune., 1883-12-20

,;shod IN his volume. "The Boys of Thrty-hveN
IT ee & Shepardl, many delightful "reminiscences VI
the Portland of fifty years ago. The fun' the gaeS
the su,omer and winter adventures of the young
sters Of the seaport town are related with gay
SIMPLICITY that is exceeding attractive even TO the
elderly reader.
Dr. Gordon Stables is an English writer OF ability
and his book "The Cruise of the Snow Bird, Jnst
rublished by A. c. Armstrong d CO., Is well worth
reading by boys of healthy tastes. The SNOW
Bird is a stout boat in which divers bright fellows
cruise about the Arctic regions finding many hVeiy
and pleasant adventures. II there Is anythlhg u
censure about the book it is that it is fascinating
enough to make young readers long to try Arctic
exploration themselves.
"The Alphabet Children white, Stokes & AlIenl
s an unusually handsome poetcal primer, decorated
with some really excellent drawings in black ana
white, here is much bumOr and there Is
ehild-like grace also in these, drawings ana the
rhymes that accompany them are ingenious
Mrs RS. Elseffer is the author and S. W. Green's
Son is the publisher of pretty illustrated volume
in verse, entitled down in the Glover" Each
little poem tells neatly and simply story
nicely adapted to the entertainment and In some
cases the moral instruction of the very little ones
Mr.. Longfellow's nursery rhyme, "There was a
Little Girl" has been neatly illustrated III Sill
bonette bv Bertha NJ. Schaeher and published in a
silk edged cover by Il. Worthington. Some OF the
illustrations are uncommonly amusing. The same
publisher has brought out Mrs. Ewings Week
Spent in Glass Pond" the story by a Great wafer
Beetle of its life in aquarium. The youthful pro-
iectors of this glass pond undertook to populate u
without much knowledge of the carnivorous haDits
of its denzens, and the consequence was that oniy
the Beetle much enlarged from his original dlmen-
sions, remains to tell the story
The coarse fun of DR.. Wilhelm Buschs "Bilder-
bogen is hardly adapted to modern tastes, and the
edition of the Fools Paradise" lately published
by T.. p Dutton & Co., cannot be commended.
Much of its humOr lies in the playing of practical
Jokes upon the feelings and persons of the charac-
ters and some of its illustrations coarse to the
point of vugarty.
A new edition of "The Flower of the Family" by
the author Of stopping Heavenward" has been
brought out by A. ID. F. Randolph x Co. The book
has long been popular abroad rs well as at home it
having gone through several editions in France and
Germany Its animation and its lessons of tender
ness and nselfishness will always make it fav-
orite.
" "NOrthlnCt0n y Annual ' Is pTOlusVlS Ihuou"-
ted volume for young people, full of stories, poems
and entertaining relations of fact. The illustra-
tions are good some of them being reproductions OF
well-kn0wn pictures.
Mr.. Edward Greey's " Bear Worshippers Of
Yezo" lee Il Shepard is a handsome volume,
containing many curious illustrations by japanese
artists II is the last of Mr. Greeys japanese series
and is picturesque and vivid volume, describing,
under the guise of lively story, the curious life
and customs of curious people.
Z. Dutton & Co. publish spirited volume
"Won from the Waves" by the late w II. g. King
ston. II is a story of adventure sea and shore
and ends with general rejoicing and moral ADJUST
ment of its characters
"The Boy Knight" Roberts Brothers. tells a
story of the Crusade and has for hero "A brave boy
who is knghted by Richard CnuT-de-LiOn for saw
his life on the battlefield The story is more ami
mated than are most historical tales for young
people.