The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-19
HOLIDAY AND OTHER BOOKS.

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A pretty gift book is "Sun Prints in Sky Tints,"
by Irene E. Jerome. Miss Jerome is O clever
artist and an established favorite. This volume
consists of literary selections from various au-
thors on topics relating to nature or natural
scenery, and illustrated by about thirty sketches.
The Illustrations are the leading feature of the
volume, and are done in Miss Jerome's best
style. 1t may be said of her that she has the
rare gift of suggestion. Her sketches of mead
ow and mountain, woodland and lake, lonely
forest roads, bird and plant life, and of flowers,
ferns and grasses, all tend to illustrate the con-
ception OF the poet. or the thought OF the prose
writer. The sketches in this volume. as we'll as
the text. are printed in a delicate light blue ink,
the effect OF which il harmonious and artistic.
cloth covers, So. Lee IL Shepard.
Boston.
"Favorite Flies and Their Histories" by Mary
Orvis Marbury, is n handsome volume intended
primarily for those disciples of Izaak Walton
who use artificial lures with which to take the
denizens OF stream and lake. To these it will
prove not only interesting. but instructive, and
viii be read with pleasure by all who find enjoy
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plates in colors, representing the many varieties
of flies, and a number of reproductions of photo
graphs and sketches. 1t Is replete with anec-
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anglers. and many OF these contribute express
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1.-THE New England Country" text and illus
trations by Clifton Johnson. is an attractive vol
ume. 1t is divided into four parts, as follows:
Part I. Old Times on a New England Farm.
Part ii. The New England of To-day. Part III.
New England as the Traveller Sees IL. Part Nv.
Camping among the New England Hills. The
changing seasons. the rugged hills and tumbling
streams, the winding ~roadways, the villages and
little farms, with the social and family life Of
the earlier and later days. are all here faithfully
portrayed by camera, brush. pencil and pen.
There are upwards OF a hundred illustrations In
the volume, all characteristic, and many of them
very pretty. rnamenta cloth, $3.50.
A unique and interesting book in its way is
1.-THE Great Streets of the World.vi 1t is q de-
scription of some of the most celebrated streets
in the world by different authors. There is
broadway" by Richard Harding Davis; ..Pica-
dilly," by Andrew Lang; "Boulevards of Paris"
by +. Sarcey; 1.-The Corso of Rome" by W. w.
Story; THE Grand Canal" by Henry James;
"Unter den Linden" by Paul Lindau, and "The
Nevsky Prospekt." by Iiya Repin. All the arti-
cles are handsomely illustrated. The book is
printed on heavy calendered paper. and with its
very handsome volume. Price, "a. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
d. Appleton & Co. have brought out a new and
revised edition of the Life OF Lincoln by VIM.
ii. Herndon. his former law partner. and Jesse
w. weik. A former edition OF the work has been
noticed in the Journal. 1t makes one better ac.
Quainted with the inner life. private life and per-
sonal character OF Lincoln than any biography OF
him yet written. and contains much interesting
matter rot To be found IN any other. This edition
contains considerable matter rot found in pre-
vious ones. together with nn interesting intro.
duction hy Mr. Horace White. in which he says:
LAS q portraiture OF the man Lincoln. / venture
TO think that MI. Herndon's work Will never be
surpassed" illustrated.
Anew life OF Lincoln" by Charles Carleton
Coffin. the veteran war correspondent and POP 4
lar writer. will attract attention by its fresh and