The Republican journal., 1892-12-15
Literary News and Notes.

THE Potted Princess is the title of
ltudyard kipling's East Indian fairy story
which Will appear in the January ST.
Nicholas with Birch ; illustrations.
Iloughton, Mittiin x Co.. Boston. have
Published, in the usual attractive style of
the riverside Press, a new book, "Alad-
din in London, 10y Fergus Hume, author
Of the very popular story. THE Mystery
ot a Hanson Cab" Ii is a story of mar
vel, magic and the powers OF mysterious
ring. Sent postpaid by the publishers on
receipt Of price sl.2l
Babyland for December brings good
cheer Its happy stories and merry
rhymes seem merier and eayer than ever
and IS pretty pictures and verse tell tales
as sweet as any baby ever listened to-
Every home that Babylan enters this
month Will have a Merry Christmas
Price 80 cents year: cents number
u. Lothrop Co., Publishers, Boston.
The January st. Nicholas will contain
the opening paper in a series that magazine
is 10 print on leading American cities,
illustrated. In this article Colonel T. W.
Hlgginson describes Boston in Il way to
interest boys and girls in the literary
history OF that city For future numbers
Of st. Nicholas. Dr. Lyman Abbott will
write of Brooklyn, Edmund Clarence
>tedman will describe New York. and
other famous residents OF the different
cities will describe Them
The ''All Around the Year calender
winch Mis- Sumter sends out this year is
as charming piece OF work as anything
she has done Like its predecessors, it is
Of convenient size. The designs are fresh
and delightful. quaint and picturesque
little lads and lasses issuing i'll each month
with Just the right words. and in the most
charming attitudes, while the lines on the
cards combine to form very pleasing
love story. Printed on heavy cardboard.
gilt edges, with chain, tassels, and ring
Size, l-4N5 - inches Boxed. Price
30 cents. Lee \ shepard, Boston.
The Pansy for December contains its us
ual amount ot good things. The two stories
by its fayorite authors 'Iansy't and
Margaret Sidney. develop in worth and
interest. Its articles foreign. domestic
and educational, possess a ring that
sounds deep and long tor the young read
els whose welfare the editors and publish
els are not apt to forget, and the worth of
its pages is enhanced by the picture which
help to strengthen and brighten the writ
1ngs they accompany. No better ma9a-
zine for both young and old is to be found
Price 81. 90 year; 10 cents number d.
Lothrop Co., Publishers, Boston.
Our little Men and Women for Decem-
ber is a veritable Christmas number. 1t
opens with "The Night Before Christ
mas, suggestive picture. accompanied
by story well suited to it. There are
bits of history told in picture and story.
Capital articles, finely illustrated, are the
Sheltering Home for Animals at Brighton
and How little American Girl saw the
English Queen. khatia's Christmas. as
we'll as other excellent stories articles
and verse, are entertaining and instructive
Every child who can read, should be given
a copy of this inimitable children maga-
zine. Price 81. 90 year; 10 cents a num-
Der. d. Lothrop Co., Publishers Boston
Miss Ellen Hamlin Butler the niece of
Mrs. Hannibal Hamlin, has just published
volume of poems which are likel, to at
tract quite wide attention in literary cir
cles. The title of the book is sin Rhyme
and Measure" In writing of the book
Bangor gentleman, whose criticisms are
always valuable. says: ''This is dainty
book of dainty songs and though printed
for private circulation, deserves "a wider
recognition. The title is too modest. A
poet who can reproduce nature SO charm
ingly should dignity her lyrics as some
thing more than metre. While the form
is remarkably pure and musical, and the
variety runs all the way from the rollicking
measures of Tom Moore to the sedatsness
OF Whittier, the poetical spirit within is
quite as manifest as the beauty of form
without