New-York tribune., 1884-12-16
HottbAY B00kseeR CHILDREN
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A. A. 3heg,ss Ass ASIA w 1CaN9m fM" ,heaft
}ai, a. i,tia paN.ai sseFy W a b8tY t*letWhcH
aguas ths FWN Mar fhe b88e "a N6. 8hie WIS,
tarl,alY eq,res, ~ gfeat meASa,t, WV Y ih.h
and sptitel as siaN anA WIN We mNtN " WV "sle
OF thp su,al boY whQ loves to fe9N ~ WV N'fR'N
oi horr,ble vara ph IS q gqoi mt nW e'wN.
lad WHO sues with his elder mo'her ln'e WW NNt'
cn army aad has many Interesting Na' ""' "h
haps The hook is one OF tho most W"','Vr. l'" A.
,"at,ons of ,hc season for boys II is calculated 70
inspire in thcm nanly interest," !" WV ''"se"
which mean, lGo or death to their country
Ann,lo, story Of war; "rhe French PRISONERS
n,,c,illan a Col deals with touching epsod" w
,i,o IN n tcrman town where frcuchmcn were nn-
n,,soued during the war of 1870 inc s'orS h"9 "
d,stinetIy religious flavor but Is wholly W''nVu'
cant ,.,,ox,r
a Sea Change (Robcrts l'rcthcrs), 10y flora i'
Shaw. is n story full of incident aud oi ho'ea''v
eonyoycd morals. The heroine is neblo NV"
creature whose history will not only ueOs" '"' "'
prove the grtohildrcn who read ~
aOld Caravan DAYS ~. iothfop n Co. "''
ys,,o aud interest of a more permanent uata'c th"n
ihaye most modern Juveniles Mrs. 'H'no'"o''
shows IA this. ns Ia her more Important WORK. oN'
eeelne cloycrncss in defining character ana III ro,
aninating for her readers the spirit oi place "n"
perlod. This quaint and humorous "ooN VIZ
amusinuly recall e. many man ana woman '''o
experlences of a.chdhOod III the country "hu Z"
NAV even be that father and mother VIII hhu u as
difficult TO lay aside tho vivacions story as wiz 'v
vounqstcrs of the household. "Old Caravan Days
Is one of the few books which deserve to remain
nermauently Oh the shelves of the juvenile library
6fth revised and enlarge,n edition of the touch-
In, story of Dlley Dumps" the Phlladeip"'a
newsboy has lately been published by the American
eunday-school Union. The proceeds OF the saic u
this book 90 t. the Newsboys' Aid Society.
Mr. Alfred St. Johnston. the author OF that de
l,ghtful volume. Camping among Cahhioais' HIS
written in Charlie A.garde" Macmillan story
which will he TO boys what his former work was ~
their elders. Asgarde is a fine. manly 1ehow WIN
survives shipwreck 10 60 through 'aro"s aU
ventures Oh islands uninhabited or only ''h""i''"
nv savages The story is spirited and It's lessons are
good ones. ~, l.,
.Mn1rcd NJ Home" is a late addition TO the III
,o,ninanle Elsie books. The volume Is eminentiy
moral but morality is Of water CONSISTENCY
The Iudan episode at the end il silly and mpIoDaple
There Is a rich store OF quaint and pretty poems io
mud about children in NJ J. Morrisons songs anu
phvn,es for the Little Ones" C.. =. Punams sonsl' Inc
volume is calculated 20 he treasure TO rhyineovhe
ebld The old doggerel ballad at the end might nave
been omitted with advantage. ,
yo,,ug peope will find in Artistic TaheauX, V"hte'
Stokes and Aem some excellent suggestions foi an Ell
tertainncnt of which, apparently no one cvertres Inc
pea, sketches which illustrate the scenes proposed are
by Walter satterec aud the comprehensive text py Ms
Josephine Pollard -,
Mr. Ernest Ingerson has managed TO pG' gooo uea'
Of the Robinson Crusoe favor into his story OF Inc
lee Queen" uIarper AMI Hrohers). The little Voiume
relates in fresh and bright fashion, the adventures VI
,ortv ~ vounosers who cslyed to cross Lake lie Oh
me ice and VINO failed TO reach solid land for month or
n,ore It's p clever story and well worth reading
Mrs Molesworh's "ChrismasTreo Land 'NacmI-
ia s one OF the most charming of the more imaginative
holiday Juveniles. 1t is fascinating ht'ie s'of! u
rnfe AMI Wholesome tone