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unavoidable II is told with such skin as to make it


seem approximately real.
Mr.. Trowbridge's story "Phil and his FRIENDS
lee & Shepard) is one Of the most attractive anu
suggestive of tho holiday juveniles The mlSeries
and the manliness of n poor child, motheriess ana
deserted by his drunken father, are told simply anu
sjritedy and divers excellent morals are coh'eJou
in a pleasantly unobtrusive manner.
acbatterbox Junior" [R Worthingtonl is vol
nine of poetry, prose and pictures coming aPpa'
emily from various sources, French, German anu
English Much both Of the prose and verse seems -
he above the comprehension of the very Young peo-
ple for whom the book is intended Ineh 'iu''
will doubtless appreciate it.
The most exquisite juvenile of the season is that
~ which Miss Kate Greenaway has contriou'ea nei
LATEST work She has selected for ILLUSTRATION L'
tle hnnn and several Others of the didactic but
quaint poems of Jane and Ann Taylor anu mas 'n'
bellished them with such delicately pretty fancies
~ have rarely been provided for youthful eyes.
The grace. the humor and beautiful colorlng Oh
these little scenes are better than anything else ths
clever artist has accomplished The Routledges
who publish this volume have also produced MI
Caldecotts annual jokes in color. Inc FOX WIN
.Jumps over the Parsons Gate" and the frog nc
would a-WOoing Co." are the lively songs seieo'1u
for decoration There is the merrlest hnlhol III 'no
Sinking frog and the benevolent rat; ana inc loA-
limiting parson is in his enthusiastic way lnlhlt-
able
"The Three Chums" Thomas Whitaker is the
story of a fine fellow who carries brave heart al"
honest nature through many difficulties ana Is Su''
ally rewarded at last for his courage and sciI-coh-
troll The story has n religious tendency, Nt''
Thaxter,s Poems for Children (lloughton' Mlhih
g. Coz are fresh musical and penslve littlo Hoi's'
chiefly about Birds flowers and captivating o"oi'''
few of the poems hold stories OF Instructive JUL
den The volume is illustrated.
"A Round Dozen" of stories are the WORK ol
Susan Coolidge. Roberts brothers are the pupllsh-
ers Of the little book, which relates III PHEASANT
and graceful way tho haps and mlshaps OF many III
tcIcsting lads and lasScs The author neatly Dichu'
humor with her good sense. The Same PUBLISHERS
have brought out a new volume by Mrs. l.. [. houi-
ton These freight Stories " are full OF mode'I
instances and wise morals rs well as bright enter
tainmcnt for the small people of the house
Mr. HezekIah ButtcrwOrth has produced another
of the apparently endless series OF Lig%ag BOOKS
This volume, "Ziglag Journeys III Northern
Lands" Estes & Lauratl describes a summer trip
through Holland Germany, Denmark and Sweden
and is supposed to stimulate love OF history. IL
is "a curious mixture Of fiction and information
adorned by many cheap illustrations. We are
having something too much Of these armchair traN-
els young minds are not tho better for surieIt oil
sucb halfdiQcstod matter Good old Robinson
Crusoc" is worth five thousand of these modern
scrap books The edition of Robinson" Which
Roberts Brothers have lately published in their
Classic Series is reasonably well adapted to the
strong eyes Of children; the type Is rather small ior
an imperfect vision. This edition has StothaldN IL
h,trations and Austin DobSons preface. Another
new volume Of the same series Is " The PlIErm
Progress neatly printed with fac-simile rcproduc-
lions of the titc-pagos and illustrations as orgI-
nally published IN the rst edition.
Rosalie Knufman's abridroment from Miss Strck-
lands Queens of England Estes n Lauriau IS an
unnecessary addition to the juvenile library Ii Is
impossible to approve of these CONVERSATIONS oil
well-knowu books. They serve no good purpose
and deter the reader from going to their fountain
head in later days. Professor Churchs " STORES
from Herodotus" lDOdd. Mead & Co.. are less open
to blame. They entertaining paraphraSes ana
will interest children who yearn to know something
| about CrGsus, the great Darius, and tho valiant
Cambyses.
The lndefatigabe Horatio Ager has given 10 the
world another story of boys progress from pow
| erty and obscurity to high place. d" Abraham LIN
colin the Backwoods Boy" d. K. Anderson u H. :.
Allcnl is the title of this volume, which is made mp
of tho often recounted anecdotes of the Presidents
carccr-The author OF Toby Tyler " has delighted
his little friends by publishing in book form his new
| story. Raising the Pearl" (lIarpcr g. Brothers
This animated little tale of divers Jolly boys their
beloved yacht and their imitation pirate is com
mended to all ndulgent parents and .hook-lovimg
| Juvenals.