The Portland daily press., 1886-11-20

With the approach OF the holiday season
comes books for the children In great varle-
ty and profuslon. The amount OF time and
talent spent nowadays in the creation Of
books suited to the capacity Of the young
est readers Is amazing and the variety Of
literature Of this sort Is almost infinite. One
Of these books that will delight all children
with its pictures and its jingling rhymes Is
the annual volume Of Babyland. Boston:
ID. Lothrop & Co.; Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmony From the first page TO the last
it is aconstant succession Of surprises for lit
tie eyes, and its stories are admirably suit
cd to the comprehension Of the baby's under
standing. IL will be hard to find book that
more admirably answers its purpose than
this, or one that will bring more delight to
very small children. The Pansy, edited by
Mr. G.. r.. Alden Boston; ID. Lothrop & Co..
Portland: Mcclellan, Mosher & Col occupies
a place midway between The Wide Awake
and Babyland. That is, II Is adapted to read
ers who are too young TO enjoy the former
and too old to be amused by the latter. IL
contains stories by such authors as Marga-
ret Sidney, Faye Huntington and Mrs. Al
den, short sketches and biographies, poems.
and multitude Of Illustrations The price
of this volume, which contains twelve num-
bers Of the magazine bound In one Is S1.25.
Another book published Dy ID. LOthrop &
Co. and for sale by Mcclellan, Mosher Il CO.,
which will delight the children IS the annual
volume Of Little Men and Women. There
are seventy-fve full page Illustrations In the
book, andl twice as many smaller ones, with
jolly stories by choice contributors, exceed
lngly varied in the character and all Of them
attractive. The price Is s1.5O. The half
yearly volume Of Wide Awake Boston ID.
Lothrop & Co.; Portland; Mcclellan, Mosh-
er 4 Coz includes the numbers from Decem-
Der, 1885 to May, 1886 inclusive. One Of It's
most attractive features is a series Of six bal
lads, beautifully illustrated by Hazsam,
Barnes and Garrett, contributed by Mrs. A.
ID. I. Whitney, Celia Thaxter. Harriet Pres
colt Spofford, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Lucy
Larcom and Nora Perry. Besides this poet
ical series, there is one Of sketches by Ell
bridge S. Brooks. called A Cycle Of Children,
another by Mrs. John Sherwood, entitled
Royal Girls and Royal Courts, and q
series of Stories Of American Wars,
by different authors. In addition to
the series and serials, there are stories and
poems by NJ. f. wilkins, Margaret Sidney
Clara Doty Bates, Rose Kingsley, Charles X.
Talbot, Sophie May, James Berry Bensel,
Amanda ID. Harris, and score Of others Of
reputation as popular writers. In the de-
partment devoted to the Chatauqua Young
Folks Reading Union Is found a large amount
Of readinS which is not only sntertaing in It.
self, but is Of highly practical and educa-
| tional character. Chatterbox for 1886 (Bos-
L E.fa q, L at Il Ill
Mosher & Coz. itlis superfluous to say, is.ous
| of the most attractive books for the children
which the market offers. It's stories are al
ways bright and entertaining, while II az
fords great deal Of useful information ON
great variety Of subjects, conveyed in way
to make it attractive to young readers. The
| pictures constitute, Of course. one OF the
most delightful features Of the volume. The
bound volumes of Our Little Ones and The
Nursery. Boston; Estes 4 Lauriat; Port
| land: Mcclellan, Mosher 4 Coz makes one
of the most interesting and attractive books
for very young children that Is in existence.
The Illustrations are admirable both In de-
sign and execution, and the stories and
rhymes are exactly suited to infant ears and
comprehension. A Zigzag Journey in the
Sunny South, or Wonder Tales Of Early
American History, by Hezekiah Butterworth
(Boston Estes 4 Lauriat; Portland; Nc
Lellan, Mosher & Coz, follows the course OF
the other well known and ever popular Zig
gag books in pieturing countries by stories.
In interest it Is the equal OF its companion
volumes. which is very high praise The IL
lustrations are numerous and Of a high order
Of merit. The bound volume Of Harpers
Young people for 1856 is at hand, apd for
sale by Loring. Short & Harmon. The mer-
its of this volume are so we'll understood and
so thoroughly appreciated that 1t would be
superfluous to dilate on them at length. The
present volume contains $50 pages and on
every page is something to amuse and in
struct the young reader. The stories and es-
says are the work Of the most sxillful Of our
writers for the young, and while always
entertaining, they are healthfus as well,
and the book can be placed In the
hands Of the boy or girl with the fullest con-
Gdence that the information cleaned from
its pages will be productive only OF good