The herald., 1894-12-16
Los ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY DECEMBER

Holmes' One Hoss Shay, How the Old
Horse Won the Bet, and the BroomSttck
Train, bound In one volume with cover
OF tan ooze-leather, decorated from de-
signs by Mrs. Henry Whitman. and
| preface by the author; the illustrations
in this volume are also by Howard
Pyle, which means they arc appropriate
| and artistic.
A new edition OF Lambs Essays of
Ella is bound in brown cloth with red
lettering; and Robert Louis Stevenson's
Virginibus Puerisque. published in two
volumes in the dainty medallion edition,
uniform with Donald G. Mitchell's
Rsveries OF q Bachelor, etc., would
make most attractive and readable
present.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Our Old
Home. in two volumes, bound delight
fully in dull green Chinese silk with
gold medallions and delicate gold
border on the upper cover, illustrated
with photographers; George William
Curtis' Prue and /. also in dull green
silk binding with gold lettering and q
medallion and knot OF ribbon in gold,
illustrated charmingly by Albert E.
Sterner; and William Dean Howel's
Wedding Journey. bound in deep blue
cloth with gold lettering and border OF
fine gold lines, and also in white with
the same decoration OF lines and ara
besques in gilt at the four corners. with
a gold crown resting in an oval that is
almost a heart, illustrated by Clifford
Carleton, are each and all most artistic
and beautiful in design and get-ap.
Another group of fascinating books
are In the Levant. by Charles Dudley
Warner. two volumes. bound in green
and red, Illustrated profusely with
photographers; Uncle Toms Cabin
also two volums, in old rose silk, de-
sign in gilt on the upper cover. and il
lnstrated profusely by E. w. Vremble,
than whom there is no cleverer deline-
ator of darkey characteristics and types;
The Burial of the Guns, by Thomas
Nelson Page. bound in light brown
cloth, with dull green arabesque de.
signs and gold lettering, printed on
heavy paper, with luxurously wide
margins: and Edwina Booth Gross
mans life of the father OF Edwin Booth,
in dark red cloth binding. with gold
corner pieces, and the coat OF arms in
gold, illustrated with photographs from
drawings. painting ana daguereotypes.
In Sunshine Land, by Edith NJ. Thom-
as, is iu light, fawn coored cloth, orns-
msnted with silver and dark green
birds, and roses. anu wreath OF for
gstmenots in silver, tied with green
bows and ends; illustrated by Kather-
inc Pyle
My Lady. by Marguerite Bouvisr. is
in dress OF gray cloth, decorated with
wreath OF St. Josepn lilies in silver
and with full page illustrations and
head and tail pieces by Helen Mair
land Armstrong.
Ebb Tids. by Robert Louis Steven
son and Lloyd Osbourne, comes from
the University Press in striking bind.
ing OF bright green colth with Vedde,
like design OF low tide on the upper
from the edges.
Charles Kingsley's Hypatia is pre-
sented by Harper Brothers in a capti>
waiting dress OF dull green Chinese silk,
with an arch framed BY conventional
lied lotos blossoms in silver. with the
title inserted inside, printed in two vol
umes on heavy paper with wide mar.
gins, and full page and marginal illus
tratlons after the drawings OF William
Martin johnson.
Thomas Nelson Pages Polly comes
from Scribner Sons in white with dull
green conventionaIized leaves, printed
on heavy glazed paper and illustrated
by A. Castaigne; and from the
same house is Eugene Fields last
book OF verse, Love Songs OF Childhood
daintily bound in dull blue cloth, with i
a rococeo design in white and winged |
cupid, also in white. on the upper cover.
printed on heavy paper with wide |
margins and rough edges.
All the aforementioned books may
be found in one of the Spring street
chops with any qusntty OF smaller
books gotten up with artistic care. which
are equally dainty and attractive, with !
juvenile literature in abundance, and |
novelties, booklets. calendars, etc.
handsomely bound classics. and ssts OF |
standard works in uniform binding, that |
range in price from 25 cents to $25. A |
visit just to look at this artistic collsc- |
tion ia liberal education. E. ". @.
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