The herald., 1894-12-16

Holmes One Hoss Shay, How the Old
| Horse Won the Bet, and the Broomstick
| Train, bound In one volume with cover
OF tan ooze-leather. decorated from de-
| signs by Mrs. Henry Whitman. and q
| preface by the author; the illustrations
in this volume are also by Howard
Pyle, which means they are appropriate
| and artistic.
A new edition OF Lambs Essays of
Ella is bound in brown cloth with red
lettering; and Robert Louis Stsvenson's
Virginibus Puerisque. published in two
volumes in the dainty medallion edition,
uniform with Donald q. MitchelPs
Rsyeries of Bachelor, etc., would
make a 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 a
medallion and knot OF ribbon in gold,
illustrated charmingly by Albert 4.
Sterner; and William Dean Howell'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
gold crown resting in an oval that lie
almost heart, illustrate! by Clifford
Carleton, are each and all most artistic
and beautiful in design and eet-up,
Another group OF fascinating books
are In the Levant. by Charles Dudley
Warner, two volumes. bound in green
ra1 vrtt
photogrsvures Uncle Toms Cabin.
also two volums. in old rose silk, de.
sign in gilt on the upper cover. and il
lustrated profusely by e. w. Vremble,
than whom there is no Gleverer define
stor OF dsrkey characteristics and types;
The Burial of the Guns, by Thomas
Nelson Page. bound in light brown
cloth, with dull green arabesoue de.
signs and gold lettering, printed on
heavy paper, with luxuriously 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 cost OF arms in
gold, illustrated with photographs from
drawings. painting ana daguereotype
In Sunshine Land, by Edith NJ. Thorn
as, is III light, fawn colored cloth. orna-
mented with silver and dark green
birds, and roses, anu a wreath OF for
getmenots in silver, tied with green
bows ana 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 MAR
land Armstrong.
Ebh Tito ID ,kark o,;, Gtoron
son and Lloyd Osbourne, comes from
the University Press in striking bind.
ing of bright green colth with Veddey
like design OF lew tide on ths uppet
cover and spikes OF palms striking in
from the edges.
Charles kingsley's Hypatia is pre-
sented Dy Harper Brothers in a capti> |
waiting dress OF dull green Chinese silk, |
with an arch framed by conventional.
ized lotos blossoms in silver, with the |
title inserted inside. printed in two vol |
ume5 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 conventionalized leaves. printed
on heavy glazed paper and illustrated |
by A. Castsigne; and from the |
same house is Eugene Fields last |
book OF veroe, Lows Songs OF Childhood |
daintly bound in dull blue CLOTH with i
a rococeo deslgn 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 quantity OF smaller
books gotten up with artistic care. which
are equally dainty aud attractive, with
juvenile literature in abundance, and
novelties, booklets, calendars, etc.
handsomely bound classics. and sets 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 F.. MO.