Evening journal., 1892-11-28
RECENT LITERATURE.

Worthington Co, of New York. an
nounce for immediate publication the
most original Juvenile in Worthington's
New Series Of Water. COlored Childrens
Books, called "a Cup Of Tea with pic
lures from Doll Life, by Elizabeth S.
Tucker. 1t contains twelve plates IN
full color, bound with lithograph cover
Toe This odd volume is q departure
from any child's bool, hnrfofore made,
while others preseni ic -es Of chill.
dren, their plays, l4.,l. GAIA lAe etc.
this unique work intro .es us to dolls
aud dolls only. 1t is i,~.ly astonishing
what an attractive series Of pictures the
talented artist has produced. The de-
signs are so very comical the dolls
nearly all with Japaue SO faces somehow
appeal to us with irresistible force we
have TO smile when we look at them.
whether we want TO or not. When we
open the book we are greeted by two
dolls on the frontispiece dre ssed up in
gorgeous oriental costumes, one with a
a cup Of tea in her lap, the other resting
quietly. They are placed together with
a background or rather sheltered by an
open yellow parasol, while another doll
points a camera at the happy couple.
Underneath these the invitation says
The Don Folk are at Home" you see,
And beg youll share a cup of tea
Two Tales for November 20, contains
''My Countryman, by Grace Howard
Peirce and Silent Anderson, by Kate
Putnam 0sgood.
MY Countryman" is a readable tale Of
the adventures in the Old World of an
American cowboy, who possesses refined
instincts which are not generally found
in those Of his occupation, from the time he
fen in with a party Of English tourists
until he saves the life ofone Of the party.
a young woman, at the cost Of his own.
"Silent Andersen" is an original and
interesting love story. a young couple
are in love but the girl is deferred from
marrying her lover because of her step
fathers having quarreled with her
mother, some years ago, the outcome OF
which was that the husband swore he
would never speak to his wife again.
Finally the wife is taken ill and the doc
tor informs the husband that the cause
Of her illness is grief at his coldness
toward her Conscience stricken, the
husband breaks the long silence. The
wife RECEIVERS and of course the sweet.
hearts marry.
n
an entertaining article in the December
Forum on English Women in Politics Y
Is one of the most aggressive workers in
England for the enlargement of women's
rights. The note worthy thing about her
article aud about her work is that she
has a supreme contempt for the 'unseNed
person, for she maintains that the
woman who has the greatest influence in
politics is the 'womanly woman
w. H. Mallocg, the distinguished
English writer. has looked about him
very thoroughly to answer the question
whether or not Scott or Dickens have
gone ont Of fashion. He tells through
the December Forum why these great
novelists are read by more people and
with greater eagerness now than at any
previous time We believe that this
is quite as true in the United States as il
is in England.
The Music Review for November is at
hand and it is full of writings of inter
est TO musicians and music lovers The
idea of the Music Review is TO place be-
fore its subscribers the best Of the works
that are now issued by the various pub
fishing houses. it has presented much
that has been Of interest and acknowl
edges the strong expressions Of approval
aud satisfaction that have been made in
its favor.
Ex Senator Edmunds. who recently
came home from six-months visit 10
Europe, has one of the few papers that
he has written for the magazines in the
December number Of the Forum
on Politics as Career His
bealthwas greatly helped by his European
trip, aud it is understood that he will
devote his time henceforth TO the prac
tice Of law
Time heals all thing S; buf il does not heel a
pair of boots.-New Orleans PitsSunc.