The National tribune., 1891-12-03
RECENT LITERATURE.

This tasteful little gift-bOok for young folks we
hone may be found among the things that will
gladden. the hearts of many little children at
happy Christmastide. The story is sweet, the
numerous illustrations are beautiful.
MAKERS OF AMERICA. Published in . vol
umcs, by Dodd Mead X Co. New York.
DOdd, Mead & Co, Of New York, always excel
in their selections Of valuable books TO present
to the public in handy and beautiful form. One
OF It's latest successes is its series Of Makers
/ Of America" These are biographies Of some
| 800 pages in length, popularity written by such
men rs Barrett Wendell, Chas. Kendall Adams,
Rev. Joseph III. TwitchcIl, Henry A. Brain,
ID. d., Thomas w. HggiusOn, and Others OF
equal note. The list of subjects so Tar arranged
for is % and includes sam Houston, Ralph
Waldo Emerson. George and CecIius Calvert,
Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson, Peter
Stuyvcsant Cotton Mathcr. Thomas Hooker.
John Edward Oglcthorpc Robert Norris and
Robert Fulton. The biographies are printed
on fine white paper. in clear, large type, and
bound in rcd boards Each volume costs -
cents, and makes a most suitable gift. They
are for sale at Brentauo's, Washington.
THE LITTLE MILLIONAIRE. by Martha l..
MOodey. Published by ID. LOthrup Co, Boston.
Price $50.
To be burlened with too much money is not
complaint from which most people suffer. and
yet there are homes in which an Ovcrabun-
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some. One can therefore understand how the
hayward Reginald Lawrence, "thc little mil
liOnaire" Of Mrs. MOOdey's charming juvenile
story, should become discOntented, imperious,
wiliul and maynard when every wish was
anticipated and every care discounted before
| hand. The lesson Of the story IS very salu-
tary.
TIDDLEwINK TALES. BY John KendrieIs
Bangs Published by Il. ii. Russell < son. New
York.
Mr.. Bangs's humOr is so clear cut and de-
lightfuI that his books are bound 10 please and
never bore. This little story for the children
will pass pleasant hours through the holidays,
and be read when they have long since gone
| by. Charles Howard Johnson has admirably
and profusely illustrated it with his delicate
/ pen drawings.
THE sQUIREs DAUGHTER BY lucy G. Lille.
Published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia
This is the best story for girls that Lucy
/ Lille has ever written. IL has the true ring
of the noble sentiment all through its pages.
/ THE MAN FROM NOWHERE By Mrs. Flor
IIaiues Loughead. Published by G. A.
Murdoch & Co. San Francisco Price . cents.
] Mrs. LOughead is widely known as the au-
/ thor OF The Man Who Was Guilty" and
The Abandoned Claim" but 70 many she is
':nown as a writer Of short stories. In this
/ line she enjoys a deservedly high reputation
I
| stories by the same author, to be issued regu-
/ larly every mouth, in uniform style and aver
aging about the same length. The present
| issue is the model Of those which are 10 follow
I 1t will be found to resist more handling than
cheaply -gotten-up-clot covered books.
/ THE DRAMATIC ESSAYS OF CHARLES LAMB.
Edited with an Introduction and Notes, by Bran
der Matthews Published by Dodd, Mead & Co..
| New York, and for sale at BrcntauO's, Washing
! ton.
! Here is another Of Dodd, Mead & Co.'S gift
books. 1t is thing Of beauty To the lovers
/ Of Charles Lambs exquisite humOr no further
\ recommendation IS necessary.
DUCHESS ANNETTE. By Alexandra Dumas. fI-
! Special original edition. by Max Maury. with
/ eight haIEtone illustrations by Auguste Leroy.
/ Published by Laird * Lee, Chicago Price 80
! cents.
| THE ROMANCE OF A CHALET A story. By
| Mrs. Campbell Prned, author 81 MOloch,'
| Nadine etc. Published by J. IL. Lippincott
/ Co, Philadelphia, Pa and for sale by BrentunOs,
Washington.
| THE MODERN COOK BOOK. Embracing More
| than One Thousand Recipes and Practical SuR-
/ gestiOns to HOusekeepeTs. Fully illustrated
Compiled by Mrs. T. J. Kirkpafrick. Published
! By Mast, CroweIi 4 kirkpatrick, Springfield. y.
Price . cents.
| sYBIL BRoTHERTON; OR. THE TEST OF
| PATH. by Mrs. T.. ID. +. y. Soulhworth. Pub
li-hed by T. b. Peterson & Bros, Philadelphia
Price 3 cents.
Magazines and Notes.
The AuiE0r. monthly magazine to interest
and help all literary workers. Published by
| w. II. Hills, Boston. Price 10 cents a num-
| Der.
The December number Of Lippincotfs Maga-
zine will be a special Southern number. All
the contributions have been prepared by popu-
\ lar Southern authors. The complete novel il
/ by r. g. De Leon, author Of Creole and Puri-
TAM" Tho Puritans Daughter" etc IL is an
exciting romance OF the civil war, and is enti-
tied a Fair Blockade Breaker"
Among the leading contributors to the Arena
are Camille FlammarIOn, Hon. David A. Wells
Prof T. Funck- BrentanO Of the Paris Academy
. OF Science, Edgar Fawcett, Rev. G.. A. BartOl
and Helen Campbell Mrs Campbell also con-
tributes powerful novelet Of "a pages, deal
ing with hypnotism aud insanity, entitled In
the Meshes Of Terrible Spell. Hamlin Gar
land appears IN a delightful Western sketch.
The leading article in the December Overland
is a avishly-iliustrated paper on Flower and
Seed Growing by Ninetta Games. This will
be revelation TO many people. Whole fields
Of callas, acres OF pampas plumes, smilax
seed grown by the pound, regular plant for
[ making altar of rose, the expectation of bulbs
| Of MaripOsas and calOehOrtus by the hundred
| thousand are described.
ScriJRer's for December contains: Afoat on
the Nile, by +. III. Blashield and T. w. Blash-
field; The Oak Of Geismar, Rev. Henry Van
] DYKE ls1ptEO NfblluOlleFt T. 4iOpklu5Ou
Smith; 4 Charge for France John Heard jr.;
A Painter Of Beautiful Dreams, Harold Fred
erick; The Wrecker, Robert Louis Stevenson
and Lloyd Osbourne; Peter Rugg, the Bos-
touian. Louise ImOgen Quincy; Little Cap
tive Maid, Sarah Orne Jewett; The Land Of
POGO Tempo Charles f. Lummis; A Fresh
water Romance. George A. Hibbard
Miss Mamie Dickens, who was always known
as the favOrite daughter Of Charles Dickens,
has written for the Christmas number Of The
Ladies Home Journal her frst story. 10 is q
semi-g ghost tale of the romance Of an old Eng
lish manor. Miss Dickens's only piece of lite
rary work previous to this story was the edit
ing Of her fathers letters for publication. She
is said 90 possess true literary talent. Sarah
Oue Jewetts new noyeet has been pur-
chased by Home Journal and will be printed
during tho new year. Robert J. Burlette, the
humOrist is 10 go into the editorial harness
again. With Jan. no will become q salaried
editor on tho staff, and will conduct regular
department in each issue.
The Popular Science M0Htblg for December
contains: The Rise Of the Pottery Industry,
by Edwin Atlee Barber; Progress and Pcrfecti-
bility in the Lower Animals, Prof T. F. Evans;
Type-casting Machines, p. ID. Ross; Breathe
Pure Air. the Rev. J. w. Quinby; Dress and
AdOrnment-Relig Dress, Prof. Frede-
rick Starr; Some of the Possibilities Of Eco
nomic Botany, Prof. George Lincoln GOOdale
The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut, Prof WIN.
Morris Davis The Training of Dogs. Wesley
Mills, NJ. d.; Silk Dresses and Eight Hours
Work, J. b. Mann.