Morning journal and courier., 1884-11-26
REGENT PUBLICATIONS,

One of the handsomest holiday books we have seen is 'tAtala" by Chateaubriand. In the illustrations Dore has had a new field, and he has shown what he could do in the way of picturesque scenery and romantic story. His pencil, glad of the change from the internal regions to the primeval forests of America, has run riot in superb volume. It is not generally remembered that ''Atala' is an American story, and the hero and hero inc are children of our own forests. They are, it must be admitted, North American Indians drawn by the light of poets imag- nation, and the poet Frenchman. The story won for the author the highest praise and crowned his literary labors with the en- comiums of the French and English speak ing worlds Atala is to poetry what Paul and Virginia is to prose. MT. Hardings in troduction should be mentioned for it's grace and appreciation of the poets work, Pub lished by Cassell & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The publishers of ''Litt1e Folks have spared no pains to give a book as entertain ing as it is handsome. The frontispiece is printed in colors and makes a pretty pie ture. The little girl with her big blue eyes and curling hair sitting guard over the lug gage, and the faithful dog showing his teeth and prepared for war if anyone with evil intent ventures near, are very natural and the colors used in the printing are exception 1 ally we'll put on. Not too bright, but artis- l tica1ly toned down to please the taste of the ' class of people who buy such books as this. | The wood-cuts are up to their usual high standard, and reading matter combines | amusement and instruction in a most attrac- \ tive manner. Published by Cassen & Co.,, | New York, and for sale in this city by Judd | the bookseller.
 more thoroughly delightful gift book | for children could not be found than "Bo- l Peep" So much good cheer is seldom to be \ had between the same covers. Here are pie lures by the hundred and little words in big | type for the little ones to puzzle out by 1 themselves. No wonder this work is the de l light of the children-it is a treasure-house | of amusement for which parents as well as I the young folks cannot be too thankful. Published by Cassell & Co.,, New York, and 1 for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. l Character Sketches from Dickens" is a very handsome portfolio containingsix of MT. l Barnards best sketches. Mir. Barnard is fortunate in being able to delineate the gro- l tesque and the beautiful as well, and in these six drawings so truthfully reproduced by the Goupn photogravure process we have 6
 Dickens gallery that is thoroughly represen- tative. Every picture in this portfolio is 1 worthy of frame, none more so than ''Lit- tie Nell and Her Grandfather" Cassen & Company have done great deal in the way | of popularizing art, but they have published
 nothing that appeals to wider audience 1 than these character. sketches from Dickens.
 For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 E'The Duncans on Land and Sea-" by Kate
 Tannatt Woods, is the story of a Scotch
 family that emigrated to America. but did
 not confne itself to any particular spot. They
 of the way places, and made homes as the
 birds of the air build nests. The author de
 scribes their adventures which are graphi-
 cally illustrated by number of clever ar
 lists. Those children who follow the Dun
 cans over land and sea will not only have g good time, but they will pick up much in
 teresting information which, so gained, they are likely to remember. Published by Gas
 sell & Co.,, New York, and for sale in thi
 city by Judd the bookseller.
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