The record-union., 1892-12-09

make the illustrations appear to their
the book nearer the zenith Of juvenile per-
lection. One vol, quartO, Illuminated
board covers, 81 %. Estes IL Lauriat,
publishers, Boston.
The Christmas number of the "Cottage
Hearth" comes to US in handsome holi-
day cover, and is filled with good stories
and articles appropriate to the season.
Lathrop. Miss Deristhe l.. Hoyt fur
nishes Art Talk" Hezekiah Butter
worth Christmas story in verse, and an
other is by Amy L. Blanchard, entitled
The Gift That Went a-Begging." In
The Tragedy of Gallatin Valley" we
are given glimpse of the lawlessness Of
the early days III the Far West. Edmund
kirke completes his account of "A Day
With Great Frenchman." The story Of
IAN Unconscious Hero'' is told by NJ A.
Z. Willard. sketches from Life" by J.
Torrey Connor is followed by brief
article on Rose Hawthorne Lathrop."
by John Oldham. Two pages are de-
voted to an illustrated article on "Furs;
the Fashion in Skins and Manufacture"
wv. A. Wilde u Co., Boston; 81 30 year,
Little Ones Annual for 1S92-93'' is
edited by William T. Adams OLIVER
Optic. The excellent sale which yearly
awaits the outcome of another volume of
this popular annual is, we are assured, on
the increase. over 81, 800 are, we are
told, yearly expended in the production
OF the new volume, and that every effort
Is made, crowned by entire success, to
have 1t more beautiful and attractive
than its predecessors. 1t is embelliShed
with $40 entirely original illustrations,
drawn expressly for the work by cele-
brated book illustrators in America, and
engraved on wood in the highest style.
nnHpr the Snnprintnnlanna NJ
Andrew. 1t is one of the most beautiful
and interesting juvenile books issued,
and just the thing for the holiday season.
The cover is very artistic, being repro
puced from painting by Maud Humph-
rey. One volume, quarto, illuminated
board covers 81 rs. Estes q Lauriat
publishers, Boston.
"Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi'
is the title Of the Zigzag series for 1897 3.
1t is from the site Of the Worlds Fair to
the tomb of Columbus" and is by Heze-
kiah Butterworth, editor of the youths
Companion" This is the 18th annual vol
ume of the famous Zigzag series, which
is known pretty nearly wherever the
English language is spoken. The author,
very appropriately, in this Columbian
year, sends his young voyagerS through
the country connected with our early
history, and this volume is full OF Column
bus stories and the historic places visited.
The trip is made down the famous Mis-
SlSsippi River, across the Gulf of Mexico
to Havana. Like the other volumes of
the series. it is very fully and we'll illus
trated. One volume, small quarto, litho-
graph cover, 81 so. Estes Il Lauriat. pub
fishers, Boston.
The November number of the "New
England Magazine" (Bostonj is a Whit
tier number. The frontispiece is from a
rare photograph of the poet taken about
1850, and the opening article takes the
reader in and about the New England
country, which inspired so much of Whit
tiers poetry, and is so associated with
him as a man. 1t is by William Sloane
Kennedy, whose monograph of Whittier
was so well received. Another article
deals with Whittier as 'Poet and Man" ,"
and is by Frances e. Sparhawk. Allen
Eastman Cross contributes a fine poem.
The Passing of Whittier" Edwin ID.
Mead, the chief editor of the magazine.
deals with Whittier's life, work and in
f1uence in his Editors Table" The ar
ticles are finely illustrated throughout.
The Literary Digest" Funk, Wag-
nails Company, New York. is a weekly
compendium of the contemporaneous
thought of the world. 1t is one of the
best journals of the kind extant Indeed.
we modify that statement by saying that
it is the first OF its order. Nothing in the
eclectic line compares with it to its dis
favor. 1t gives us the cream of the best
writing in current journalism, papers,
magazines and reviews, not i'll brief ex-
tracts, but in very full and copious
papers, in addition it presents in briefer
form extracts from scores of leading
journals, home and foreign, on subjects
of all the kinds that address the taste of
the thoughtful and those who wish 10
keep themselves informed upon the adj
vancement the world of men is making.
Public Opinion" washington, D. c.
is received weekly. II grows in value:
it is becoming more and more an indis-
pensable adjunct to the reading desk Of
every man who proposes to keep abreast
with the progress of the world. II re-
fleets the thought that is best in the land,
and gives us the expression of the lead
ing journals of the world on all topics of
common interest, from politics to relig-
ion, science to art, sociology to literature.
"Goodform' for December (Goodform
Company, Chicago is up to the usual
standing of excellence set by the maga-
zine in its earlier volumes. 1t is freely
illustrated and has fourteen original arti-
cies, beside the regular departments of
entertainment. Woman's Sphere, Mat
ters of Dress, Plants and Flowers, Bodily
Grace and Beauty, House Affairs, Health
and the Nursery, and Home Deco rations.
'Toilettes'' for January is thus early at
hand. 1t is well filled with plates and
designs, and all the pages are devoted to
fashion, costumes and notes of styles. 1t
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