New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ROMANCE SOLID INFORMATION AND
POETRY

u w Smiths ..Iollv Good Times To-day tRoberts
Brothers.. It is quite delightful in It's picture
OF the child life Of the period as we're Mrs smith
other books describing the fun of the youngsters
OF fifty and twenty-five years ago. 1t has no trace
Of the weak sentmentalty which is to be found
I'm too many OF the current Juveniles there are no
death beds and crimes In II. 1t is simply the
wears story of group of happy, nauShty' oit'h
unreasonable. but the whole lovable children
told with humor wisdom and tenderness There
Is not a morbid word in IT, and no ohtruslve moras'
but no healthy minded child can resist IT'S charm
or fail to feel its merry and honest ana kihol! III
Huence Mrs Smiths Jolly Good Times series
deserves to live the little American OF the future
will probably find In no other volume so compete
sympathetic and spirited a presentation o. the
childhood Of his nineteenth century predecessors
Ruth McEnery Stuarts STORY Of Babette CHar-
per Brothers. Is picturesque and romantic as the
story OF stolen child. If told with any Skill must
necessarily be. The adventures Of the little Creole
who is lost her family at three years Old ana not
restored to them until she is eighteen. Is extremely
entertaining If offer the author
friendly suggestion would be TO the effect that she
would do we'll to prune and restrain her impulses
toward 1oweriness of style. The drawings repre-
senting little Babette at the house of the Bondu-
rantes very quaint and pretty Another story OF
the French quarter of New-Or.eans is "Toinettes
Philip" (The Century Company by Mrs c. V. Jani-
son 1t resembles Mrs Suarts little romance IN deal
ing with lonely child who turns out TO be rela'Veot
the people befrended him. 1t is rather sentimental
and the whole episode of the little Northern heress
is grotesquey untrue to life. but the tone OF 'he
book is refined and It's young readers will not leave
1t until they know how it ends. Two Girls 70. IS
Lppincott Company is the title or an admraoie
etory by Amy L. Blanchard. Its leading characters
are young Virginians who are. perhaps somewhat
unusual in their goodness and wisdom. but not so
much so that they made uninteresting. There is
q pleasant atmosphere of hghmindedness and I'M
selfshness abou; the book that goes far to recon-
mend IL to the readers good graces.
I'm the Lions Mouth (lacmllan Coz by
Eleanor c. Price. Is vivid story of the French
Revolutlon-a story of noble loyalty. courage ana
suffering The hero and heroine are English or
phans a brother and sister. who have been sent
to France by wicked uncle anxious to seize thef
inheritance While they are there the Terror oe-
gins and they pass bravey through many startling
experiences to ultimate safety. The same publish
ers are bringing beguiling series of Illustrated
books under the title Of The Childrens Library
The first volume contains The Adventures Of Rob
inson Crusoc." the second The Magic OAK Tree
and prince Filderkn, two delightful stories writ
ten by the late Lord Brabourne-Detter known to
childish readers as Z. II. Knachbul Hugessen The
little volumes have trim, old-fashoned air with
their yellowlsh paper, their neat PRINT ana the
bindings in chintz pattern. \ quite uncommon pooh
As the collection Of tales which Laurence Housman
has written and illustrated and has now puohsned
under the name Of "A Farm in Fairyland' tDodd'
Mead & Col, l, is full of delicate and poetic mean
ings Sc, to musical sentences. and Will give dehght
no imaginative children. Everybody knows ha'
Susan Coolidge the author of the inimitable Katy
fooks. is adept in the art OF writing snort stories
as lively and amusing they are improving Her
latest collection of tales Not Quite Eighteen
(Roberts Brothers. is pleasant and profitable as
those II succeeds. 1t teaches many wise lessons OF
good sense and good feeling
.Tb
Tudor jerks tells number OF "truthiess tales OF
a merry and fantastic kind. They combine most
comically the fanciful ways of faryland with the
practical ideas and shrewd humor OF prosalc Amer
lea The sudden change from the language OF 'he
oldtime wizard and giant to plain United States
"A enough to make young persons head swiih-ah"
II NAV be that the force of the fun is most luiiy
appreciated by older readers. The story OF Mrs
Samuel p Dragon related 10 the little Dragons ~
quite triumph OF naturalness-especiaiiy III 'he
,yifely pride with which she describes their papa
combat with the hard-shel udbt known as a
.1nisbt IN Armor The explorer hansen Is the
hero under another name. Of DR.. Gordon Staple
clever story. ITO Greenland and the Pole (Chafies
Scrbner's sons. Two or three other characters
are also skeched from life. for the author mas
taken Arctic voyages himself, and writes win iuii
and accurate knowledge OF his subject HIS booK'
therefore is not only extremely Interesting. as
young readers OF his former stories VIII eaSi! pc
lIeye but II Is also full of Information OF value
IA more conventional story of the North is Edward
q Ellis's among the Esquimaux' uhe Penn PUP
fishing Company. The fact that the opening ad-
,r.n,rre NJ the two chief characters lands them
unon a big iceberg In a lonely sea. without boat
in which leave it, Indicates the line OF the S'o'''
"The Search for Andrew Field d-ee Shepard)'
BY Everett p. Tomlnson. Is a sprish'y taie Oh boy
Nfa tho scene OF which is set during the war Of
800 an tho shores OF Lake Ontario The military
uncertainties of the place and period oner oppor-
tunities for exciting detal-opportunites which the
author has discreetly improved
", loci Chandler Harris's book Little
Mr.. Thimblefnger and His Queer Country (Hough-
ton Miflin & Coz contains a number OF stories
dealing with fairies. darkies. little white chliofeh
and Brer Rabbit and other bland and amusing
animals Mr.. Oliver Heriord contributes '"'''"9
excellent Illustrations
A story OF some originality in subject Is Theo-
dora r. Jenness's "Piokee and Her People DO
tbrop Publishing Company. Piokee is beautlfu
xounp Indian girl who has been brought up from
babyhood by civilized people, and Is an educated
refined and unsefsh creature. At sixteen her
savage father recaims her. and the larger part OF
the book is devoted to showing how much high
minded being Of the Piokee type can DO in civi.iz-
inc her wild Indian relatives. OF course. the story
ends happily for the red-brown maid 1t Is not
very probable tale. but it Is an entertaining one
Oueen Victoria was, in her childhood. solitary
little person. rarely allowed to play with other
children For lack Of other companions she turned
10 dolls and a curious collection Of them attired
IN the fashion the time still exists In the Queen
keepng They dolls which no modern chiii
,yo,,,d light fire wth-jointed wooden affairs with
exnress;onless features defined with daubs OF paint
But their garments Of silks and satins and
laces and musns. thiriy-two OF them having been
dressed by the lonely Prncess's own little fingers.
An interesting little volume with colored plates
representing these little wooden people. with de-
.cr,ntive notes by Frances II. Low. has lately been
brought on, Under the title Of Queer victoria $
Dolls" U.ondon. George Newnes; New-York, Mar
Gus Ward Coz The illustrations give an excellent
idea of the Queens handiwork. which, the editor