New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-21
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY sTwELE PAGES

| "a "Paftsma+.,, lr,a-ner & Brothers). which de-
scribes the adventures on the MISSISSIPPI -,
! boy who hoated off In large fai' iio mo
Wisconsin home one night. and once on the voyage
! planned by his father was compeheu u INNS" II
alone. Before he does this he encounters almost
numberless dangers which all 90 to make an excit'
Ing tale
THE Children's Yearbook" Q.oberts Brothers)
consists of selections for every day IN the year.
chosen and arranged with taste and judgment by
Edith Emerson Forbes. In nearly every case one
Of the selections for each day Is from the Bible
, These are intersrersed with appropriate quota
, lions from various religious and philosophical
writer's and from well-known hymns and poems
1.-The Blakes of Cuveredge" tE. d j. r. Young u
Coz is founded in part on an account OF the ex-
ertions of two Irish under financial diff
culties toll by Sir Bernard Burke in 1.-THE Vicssi-
tudes Of Families" The two Blake sisters were
left In poverty by their fathers unfortunate specu-
latons and with good sense vent TO work to care
for themselves. built up thriving business as
aundresses and reached a position Of comfort and
independence. all the while remaining exceedingly
charming girls. The hero Of Robins Recruit
(Robers Brothers. was the little son of an army
captain at Texas post. who formed an attachment
for of the most incorrigbly bad soldiers in the
garrison. which nothing could shake II did not
reform the soldier, but it did finally nerve him for
a burst Of heroism which resulted in his death and
left little Robin with faith in human nature
that In after years strengthened him and helped
him TO manage men,
Among the profusely illuminated Christmas books
for smaller children is The Coming Of Father
Christmas" Frederick Warne & Coz which con-
tains the story OF Bethlehem in verse. with illus
tratons in chrome Autograph. L. J. Brdgman
has gathered under the title of odd Business Cd.
Lothrop Company lot OF queer conceits in draw
ing. which illustrate some equally queer nonsense
rhymes From Raphael Tuck & Sons come three
brightly colored volumes Of much the same charac-
ter They Sunny Tales for Snowy Days" "All
But one Told by the Flowers" and Told by the
Sunbeams and Me- Each has a number OF stories
by Florence Scannell. f. Nesbit. Ellis Walton Helen
Marion Burnside and others. and illustrated with
sketches by various artists Miss Maud Hum
phrey has been known hitherto a successful delin
Gator OF children. and in her Illustrations of +. :.
fuckers in The Book OF Pets frederick
A Stokes Company she fully keeps up TO the stand
ard set by herself. Her pictures deicately col
ored crsply drawn. and exhibit great deal Of
nfantile grace well insight into the character
of baby faces p. s. Newclls coored plates in
"Topsys and Turvys'' CThe Century Company
genuine Inspirations of humor. which AMUSING
for adults. and would to be Irresistible for
children. The only way TO read the book is by
turning II upside down at every page-fortunately
only side of each leaf is occupied. else would one
become dizzy Of sight as we'll as of mind Each one
of the full-page colored pictures tells half the story
and when turned around the other half is revealed
A great deal of ingenuity IL displayed in making
what seems nothing but coat when viewed from
one side appear a perfect face when reversed
Peeps into Picture Land" Raphael Tuck Sons)
has a wealth OF and coored pictures for very
little folks the latter from the brush Of J. Pauline
Sumter
Two little books. Memoirs OF a London Dol'
and The Doll and Her Friends" by Mrs Fair
star. have been published by Brentano. They are
pretty stories for little people having many whole
some morals and judicous applications. The nine
teenth volume OF the Elsie books has been pro-
duced by Miss Finley. published by Dodd Mead &
Co. and is now ready for the Sunday school libra
res Of 1884, In Elsie at Ion" those who are fond II
these books will find most of their old friends and
more OF the careful didactcism in which Miss Fin
ley Is accomplished "ChatterboX" Estes 4
LauriaD for 1893 is full Of the most fascinating
stories real or invented. OF people and animals.