Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-08

can determine. The merits OF the ,r,.- .u- c,,,-
pilatson lie Chiefly In its comprehens veneSs ~.
accuracy o. its text. and the division ~ .,
selections into nye portable volumes each Ia d,
Gliding It's own special class Of matter tns,a.s
or crowding tBe whole into one big hook zoo
unvieldy for convenient use and og'ai- n s.u
10 pieces In a little time from its own Neil,
II I understood that Nr Stodda-4's caun.,-i,,
with tie undertaking MAS limited L. ~, t.-.,..-
ration Of the Introduction for the s.garsl
volumes. leaving 10 Mr.. Linton the sr.r
A 81 making the selections and ARRANGEMENTS 81,
ms delicate task Mr. Linton has both tie 7elgi-
SIC knowledge and taste. A. Ms two rrcy ms
EFFORTS IN TIE same direction furnish abundant
N'dSnte That the manner In which he Las
performed hS work Vii satisfy every budl : aot
!" % expected. no selection from "A long liz a,
WI-'t-s could possibly do that: but Dc rss
oIou-ii 10 rs iu,ilneut great INTEL iEanrs 1a,d
ludtIhent, and Infinite IA, fence and II il likely
liAl T. co"ctlon as Il stands will De-, GENERALS
regarded AZ at least equal 10 Others II -
nj. The volumes Which MI H., "a sip.,Iv
or IN SETS, are Well printed. ald q marvel II
chcapnc>>.
Don't: Nanusl T Mistakes and Imrrorrie,os more
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4. tT,3t.IIo y Co. , -
This little book seems to be constructed On
the principle once laid down by Gen SIMMER
when [. ; Treasurer. 10 one OF his corraspond.
TN clerks, which was. in ansW ering letters 70
assume Tat everybody is a ID zoo. and
doesn't know any thing" Il contains a GOOD
mann thing that pretty much every bod, Knows
and good mana more thai a good manl people
don't KNOW. or have a haait Of forgetting. In
perhaps some that are hardly worth knoWinror
al least not worth printing In book While
some ~ is InIunCtloGs again are merely arbi-
trary and hnIcal assumptions not based IN
sense or reason. On the whole however rs
sfr sfagT u
especially among young people. whose habits
aud manners are not unalurabiy fixed
THE WISDOM OF GOETHE BY Joux Srr,R4
Hi''SIt IT lessor ID tle University u Ediuiurva-
VIZ. Hiilarunt a Son.
Believing that there IL no character better
calculated than that Of Goethe TO Impress upon
luu"@ pope the seriousness and value Of life
fr"'e>SoT BlacNe has taken upon himself the
pleasant duty OF grouping together a large
huC.irT oi characteristic passages from the
prose ana verse NJ that great thinker and
Wrf"r lha' blo effort will have this effect n
a measure. n least. can hardly I've doubted: hu,
1t serves another useful purpose in enabling
larrr number Of persons L. become ACQUAINTED
with some of Goethr's best thoughts who have
not the time and. perhaps not the inclination
To seek for them through his voluminous
writings
PEN ,IICTURFs OF EARLIER VICTORIAN AU.
u.-Juu. A B,i.tanr 4 co
This pretty little volume. which constitutes the
third OF The Literary Life" series. edited by
William Shepard. contains entertaining sketches
Of Literary Lobdon IN 1885. BuIwer. DisraeH.
Macaulay. Charlotte Bronte, Harriet Martineau
Irving and Poe.
With the approach " Christmastide comes
/ solicitude on the part OF both old and Young as
TO the SUBJECT Of holiday souvenirs for the Iuye-
nile members of the household-the problem
beng To secure minimum OF cost and maxi
IL u'a oI excellence. with due appropriateness in
/ al respects Naturally and very property tie
Thoughts OF iEost Intending purchasers first turn
! 10 looks; Tor. after all. nothing more suitable
than choice volume can be found for marking
I an ordIi,ary occasion for gft-giKinu This the
pub .:>hers well understand. and they are both
quick ard liberal IN responding to the sentiment
! a. gianCe al the shelves Of the bookstores Ut
the present me- wi show In this direction
nearly every taste can be graTified and the cir
cunlStances " nearly every purse accommO-
dated. from the pCnderCus folio exp nsively
Illustrated down to the gaudily illuminated toy
book
Z Perhaps the volume for boys and girls which
most happily combines the solid Qualities OF a
standard CLASSIC work with the SNOWY attractions
OF a holiday book Is Professor Whites edition OF
'.PlUtarch." published ~ 6 P Putnam's Sons
aid for SAL here 10y Robert Beall II contains
selection Of thirty OF the most striking of the
famous Lives ot that great writer The. book
which H. handsomely printed on very fine pa
rer-the text being accompanied by forty-fi
: Illustrations and several maps-is altogether a
4 rarr union Of excellence and beauty.
Less substantial in character. but In MANI
/ eyes more attractive from its lighter literary
/ sly and old-fashioned appearance is the hand
some quarto volume recounting the ..N-r-v Ad-
I vent urhS q Robin Hood u.ri-t..D "A fiI,,g
trated 10y Howard Pyle. received through Wm.
BallantyGe & son from the New York publish
ers MesSrS Charles SCribner's sons In every
way Il ~ one OF the most delightful books of III
class yet produced The story Itself Is charm-
inLly told. and the letter press aad IT, accom-
panyng pictures, both large and small are in
perfect keeping with the spirit ami styie OF the
! text. and a quaint and winsome az any one
could we'll desire.
YGunkers with a taste tor travel and adven.
ture will find much 10 interest them in The
Bear WorShippers Of Nezo." by Edward Greey,
whose Writings are already so popular with
/ youthful Readers. In this volume Mr. Graty
gives an account of curious race Of people in
hauitiH% a section of country formerly belonging
to Japan. hut ceded TO Russia some twpnty-five
NearS AFRO. and who occupy much the same rpla-
ton 10 the Japanese that the Indians do To US
except that Their relations have been in tie
mGiU friendly. They are strangely lnsrnsiLle 10
cold and hunger. are brave peac"aDle ana
shrawd. attached t. their homes and in person
almost as shaggy as the bears which they wor-
ship a. we'll a. destroy whenever onportuuity
/ offers. The numerous illustrations Of the book
! (receyed through q. A Whitaker from the pub-
/ fishers. Lee & shepard which are by two
Japanese artists, add to It's interest rather than
TO its beauty.
Somewhat Of the same order is the showily
bound and profusely Illustrated book entitled
Our Boys in China" by Harry W French. the
well known author Of several books Of the same
class. and TO one OF which-"0ur Bows in
India the present volume is a sort of SEQUEL
In II the story Of the shipwreck and subseau ent
adventures or Scott and Paul CLAYTON H. gwen
with a minuteness Of detail ard yyidness 81
description that almost make the Young reader
Imagine himself one OF the party.
The ever-agreeable "Bodley Family" send
greeting again TO their young friends. lust in
time iOr the hoiidays-this time the English
! branch OF il, with an INTEREST," account If
trip among the pleasant scenes and not able
! places OF the mother country The narrative
! which Is told with spirit and vivacitv. blending
! in happy manner entertainment with instruc-
! tioG. is accompanied by a number OF Iustrs-
tiOns more or less creditable and handsomely
/ printed. (BostOn: HOughtoa. Mifln d Co;
! Washington: VIM. Ballautyne & Son.
| IL would be difficult to fnd a more delightful
book for little folks than the daintily Illustrated
Poems for Children" bv Celia Thayter. re-