The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-12
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OHIO; $50 pages; from the press of the Arts aud
Lettrcs Company, 674 Broadway, New York
Issued November 90.
We have received through the court ssy
OF Miss Elizabeth B. Borst. of Luray.
Va, copy OF FABLES aud Essays" an
extremely interesting and cleverly writ.
ten book. The fables are very enticing
and each one has strong moral en-
bodied in 1t, many OF them being par
ticularly applicable to the age in which
we live. 1.-The Rat and the Rabbits"
will be highly appreciated by those who
deprecate the growing tendency of q
certain class to ape our English cousins.
Another gem Is "And This is
Love-" The alleged conflict between
the Protestants and the Roman Catholics
is also Systematically portrayed in few
of the fables. Twenty-Five pages of the
book contain poems of q rather high or.
der OF merit, the sentiment Of love pre-.
ponderating. Not the least interesting
feature OF the book is "Boy Talk. (which
contains some very good advice. Upon
the whole, the book will repay anyone
who will purchase. II can be had st all
bookstores.
American Historical Register.
The official gaz stte of all the patriotic
hereditary societies, The American His.
torical Register, has for December its
usual attractive contents. II tells, with
score Of pictures, OF Lafayette Day"
in Philadelphia, when the Nations
Guest visited that city in October, 1924
These monthly articles in The Histor-
icsl Register relating to Lsfayette's
visit in 1894 are contributed by mem
bars of the patriotic societies, and is q
feature of this magazines enterprise
entirely its own. Hon. w. Il. Bailey,
of Houston, Tex, continues his histor-
ical paper on the Regulators of North
Carolina" q description OF the regula-
ton emute generally ignored by Ameri-
can historians. Colonial Patriotism in
Song" the title of another article, is q
Chicago, on popular vers6cation before
the revolution. The colonial ia mily de.
scribed this month Is Thompson, of Con-
necticut, by Mrs. Marcus Richardson.
OF New Orleans AS the patriotic
societies are particularly busy at this
season proceeding" and celebrating,
the Proceedings aud Celebrations Ds-
partment OF The Historical Register ia
unusually crowded with items of news
about the societies. The Historical
Register Publishing Co.. Philadelphia.
Terms 50 per year. For sale by all
newsd alers.
Leading Events of the American Revolu
ton.
A very complete and attractive SO :
page booGlet, with this title, and con-
tanning over SEQ brief descriptions of
events, win dstes-all for ten cents-
has been issued by The Spirit Of '76, of
No. Ia Lafayette Place, New York city
The book contains two separate ar
rangemeDts Of each date; one being al
phsbetlcal and the other by days, It la
extremely convenient for reference, and
easily worth several times the trifling
price. It may be added that The Spirit
Of re is ten cent illustrated patriotic
and historical magazine, now in it's
second year.
Short Stories For January
The January. or holiday number Of
Short Stories has q handsome cover and
contains dozen or more well-chosen
tales, few Of them being especially
suited to the season. Stanley Weyman
Is represented by pretty story of an
outing in Norway, which ends In court
ship in London. There are also dainty
sketches from the Franch of Catulle
Mendes and others with suitable illus
trations, and there 10 timely story OF
life in Constsntinopie by Adelaide
Keen. in different vein is Huldah
Herrick's powerful tale OF lifo in a cot
ton factory and stirring scenes among
the moonshiners. In addition to those
mentioned the names of Barry Pain, j .
M. Barrie and Bslzac also appear in the
table of contents OF this attrsc tive
| number of Short Stories.