Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-12-05
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

The bound numbers Of Babyland for 1890.
which come TO hand just in season for the Chris.
mas days, make a rarely ha1 dsome volume for
the youngest folk l. has a charming colored
frontispiece unique in conception aud execution.
For the older children the bound volume of our
Little Men and Women, containing 300 pages Of
pictures, poems and Stories is no less attractive.
This also'has coored frontispiece and the lines
OF those bows and girls who have either of these
books have fallen IN pleasant places.
Mrs. Francis A. Humphrey adds to her other
useful work in this direction volume which tells
How New England Was Made" The history of
New England, from the time Of the Norsemen and
the final coming Of the white men down to the
present tiue, IL traced in simple. direct way
which is rs attractive to older folk for the boys
and girls for whom 1t is intended 1t is story of
the civilization AMI upbuilding OF the home life
Of New England that is told rather than
the stories Of wars and lighting, though thesc
are given their appropriate place The closing
chapter is on The Beginnings Of vermont"
which tells how the first settlement In the state
was made at Fort hummer near the site NJ what
is now Brattleboru" The book is one which will
help to cultivate the true spirit uf Amercanisin
in the young people of today. Lothrup * Co are
the publishers
The same firm have issued a new story by vii
liam O. Stoddard the favorite writer for the
grocer's boy in the humber part of the great
city of New York, who comes up through all
sorts Of experiences. goes into the country for a
/ summers vacation with his dog. Bob. and de
/ yelops the true hero's quality not by doing some
| great and impossible thing, hut by arriving at the
steadfast determination that school or no school
books or no books, aud whether am as dun as a
| hoe or not, l. am going right ahead, and some
| day am going to be "a man 1t is needless to
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! helpful
new volume Of Hezekiah Butterworth 5 de
hghtful "Zig-Zag Journeys comes from Estes 4
Lauriat just ia season for the holidays 1t is the
| 18th IN tile series and was written after journey
over the Canadian Pacific railroad to Vancouver.
the cities Of Puget sound and heCnlumbm river.
1t describes in picturesque way the scenery IN
dustres and ronances Of the American S"iihtr-
land,and combines entertainment ami instruction
| in the pleasant way It's author Is the master OF
The book is handsomely Illustrated like all of its
predecessors.
Capt. January is the title Of a strlkmgly
original little story 10y Laura f. Richards 1t
tells Of the life at an island lighthouse station of
the Maine coast OF little wait cast ashore there
from wreck, brought up by the rough but lie
voted old captain, and rrsolutely staying with
him after her dead mother sister HAD found hrr
out and come To take her away. The story Is
sweet and wholesome. though fun OF fire aud
spirit, and of the kind that one does not lay down
after beginning IL until II is completed. This also
is from the press of Estes x l.auriat and 50 is
"Chatte box for lSO-3, the King Of Juveniles.
filled this year as ever, with big pictures. stories
poems and sketches which delight the eye and
heart OF every chlld. All These DOCKS are re-
celved in Brattleboro by Clapp Jones.
Harpers Young People for the current week is
"A genuine Christmas number every word aud
line between the covers having reference To th'
christmas festival The list Of writers include
Margaret L. Sangster, Harriet Prescott Spohord
Dora Read Goodale ana KEY Dr. farkhhrst' Inc
illustrations are profuse and beautiful
Wide Awake for December appears with an an
nouncrment that this excellent ana beautfu
monthly for young folk has been permanently
enlarged to 100 pages. 1t is Christmas nunbe
with Illuminated covers, broad. handsome pages
great variety Of entertaining reading am
charming illustrations. a feature that VIII IL
appreciated is the representation in fac simle %
the writer's own pennanship of Mrs Henans'
celebrated poem, The Breaking Waves Dashe'
High accompanied 10y portrait Of the ennen
writer The number is a good one To put into ~
cry Christmas stocking.
Though not sent out AS Christmas number
the Century for December in several ways rec"g
nizes the approaching holiday The editor Ia
; some reflections appropriate to the occasion
while Joel Chandler Harris contributes Ohrisl
mas story, and there is Christmas poem Wit
head and foot decorations which suggest the tru
, spirit Of the great festival The most strlklH
% paper Of the month is Gen bidwells ON l"Ie d
, California before the Gold Discovery. lhls pa
per is "A valuable and original cor troutlon To Ca
itorna history.
, The attractive series OF papers entitled ~ III
Girl with Taste for Music, TO be publshrh d
, The Youths Companion will interest every glr
The contributors include the Famous singers
Madame Albani Miss Emma Juch, Madame 1t
! liam Nordica, Miss Emma Nevada and Miss Mari
Van Zandt
| The Atlantic for December is a strong all arouh
D number. Mr. Stocktons serial, Tie House d
| Martha presents some new and unexpected dt
! velopments after the authors own inlmitahl
1 kind. Margaret Christine Whiting writes apou
. The Wife Of Mr. Secretary Pepys, delghttu
5 gossipy article, with amusing quotations froi
I the immortal diary. Prof. John Flske hstorici
paper is entitled From Kings Mountain I
A | Yorktown Oliver Wendell Holmes contribute
: a two-page poem called But one Talent an
a other contributions are equally striking and eI
4 tertaining. With the continuation OF MI StocE
. tons serial, its short stories from kudyard MI
ling and Henry James, It's papers by MT Lowe
and Francis Parkman' and the hlthert" unph'
/ lshed letters from NhdTItS anu MARY lsahln' lN'
WIN w " &c" "''N' , " '