The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-04-11

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY
GREW BY Margaret Sidney. Quarto, illumi-
mated board covers, 25eents Boston, d. Lothrop
Company.
Child life is SO rarely appreciated at its true
worth by the hosts OF writers who dabble in
juvenile literature. so called, that no story
doing full justice to the temperament of child
hood is in danger of being soon displaced by
new issues from the press. 1t is several years
now since Margaret Sidney wrote Five Little
Peppers and How They Grew" During these
years the story has lost not whit of its origi-
nal brightness and freshness It's continuous
popularity has unquestionably earned for it the
right to an honored place on the small aud not
overloaded shelf of child classics Its success
has been phenomenal from the very first;
edition after edition has been exhausted and
still the reading public are not satisfied.
The Hon George III. Bates, who was the Com
missioner sent to Samoa by the United States
i'll 1886, and who has been appointed by Presi-
dent Harrison a member of the Commission
which will meet in Berlin to discuss the Samoan
matter, has contributed an article to the April
Century on I" Some Aspects of the Samoan CUES
tion." 1t was of course, written and on the press
before his recent appointment.
The April Century will contain The Russian
Police by George Kennan-a paper which,
while it has much in it of a serious nature, is
yet written somewhat in the humorous vein of
the article on 1.-The Grand Lama" which APP
peare1 IN Marcn,
THE ENGLIsHMAN OF THE RUE CAIN. By
H. T. Wood Published by j. b. Lippincott Co.
Philadelphia. Price % cents
Mr. Wood is the author of "Tbe Passenger
from Scotland Yard" powerfully told story,
which attracted general attention This tale
| is likely to have even more success.
CAHABA. A Story of Captive Boys in Blue. By
Jesse Hawes NJ. ID. Published by Burr Printing
| House New York Illustrated
Tho author of this work Dir Hawes he
! longed to the 9th Ill. Cav, and now resides at
! Greeley, Colo. He was captured on the disas-
! trous expedition of Gen. Sturgis to Tupelo at
| the battle of Guntown, Miss, June 10, 1864.
! He gives vivid description of this battle from
| his own and other comrades standpoints, and
criticises Gen. Sturgis's conduct on that cam
paign severely The description of Cahaba
Prison is accurate, while the engravings show
that the place must have been all the
writer describes. He also gives several nara
tives of escapes, some of which were successful,
while other poor fellows were brought back to
suffer again, by the aid of bloodhounds We
would recommend this work to comrades as
replete with matter which any soldier loves to
read especially those who endured the hospi-
tality of the South in any of their prison-pens
THE LEGEND OF KAARA. By Austin W. Gran
vile. Published by the Como Printing and Pub
fishing Co., Chicago.
This is a metTical romance of the Far East,
Il
good and well sustained, and the yersifcaton
good.
THE GIRLS OWN INDOOR BOOK. Containing
practical help to girls on all matters relating to
their material comfort and moral we'll being.
Edited by Charles Peters. Published by J. b.
Lippincott Co.. Philadelphia. illustrated. Price
| Sl.z5.
This book is issued in connection with the
Religious Tract Society of London, and the
aim has been to gather into a convenient and
| attractive volume such needful instruction in
| various household arts and accomplishments as
it is indispensable that everyone should be
| c0nversant with in order to attain anything
like the ideal aud practical perfection of young
womanhood 1t will make handsome and
valuable Christmas present for young misses.
NYE AND RILEY's' RAILWAY GUIDE BY
| Edgar w. Nye and James Whitcomb Riley.
| Published by the Dearborn Publishing CO., Chi
cago. illustrated. Price, cloth, 81; paper, 90
| cents.
For more thana generation American humor
has held distinctive place in the world Of
letters. This place has been filled by some of
the highest types of humor that any period has
produced, aud it has been placed on plane of
refinement in keeping with the culture of the
age. To attain distinction in this department
of literature is to secure the popular recogni-
tion of the most critical audience. That MIR.
Nye and Mr.. Riley have succeeded in this the
universal recognition and cordial reception
accorded them are ample proofs. They rank
with the most popular authors of the present,
and have a greater audience than other writers.
The book under review is the joint production
of these popular huaIorists, and it stands alone
and unapproached. Its humor is fine, clean,
and fascinating; it contains tho best efforts OF
its authors. You can laugh and grow fat upon
this work.
THE STEEL HORSE; OR, THE RAAIBLES OF A
| BICYCLE. By Harry Castiemon. Published by
Porter Il Coates, Philadelphia. Price Sl.25.
No author of the present day has become a
| greater faY0rite with the boys than Harry
Castlemon, and every book by him is sure to
meet with q hearty reception by young people
generally. Ills naturalness and vivacity leads
his readers from page to page with breathless in
terest
NOTES.
The PdaSy for April brightens our table with
its pretty cover. The contents are even more
interesting than usual. Pansy (who is IN
doubtedly the most popular writer to-day Of
the best class of Sunday school lterature) edits
the magazine, and several of the stories this
month are from her pen. d. Lothrop Co., Bos
ton, viii send sample (back) number at ha.
price.
Mrs. Martha Livingston Moodey's story o.
"Alan Thorne the "antidote" to " Robert
Elsmere that d. Lothrop Company ISSUE
: this month has already received the stamp o.
approval by several professional critics and
> leading clergymen to whom it was read IL
. manuscript. 1t is said to be almost dramatic
in certain of its incidents, while its grouping
: and character sketches are particularly attact
i've.