The National tribune., 1895-10-24
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RECENT LITERATURE.

| WAYNE AND HIS FRIENDS By J. s,Ivvn
Tat Published by j. Selwyn TAFT & Sons, New
A collection of stories of the boy Wayne. bis
pony aud dog, and all his wonderful friends
the wrasels the gray rats. and the old Pagan
god Uriam. who helms hm through most remark
| able adventures with the leOpards, elephants
| ostriches, and mermaids. Really q delightful
collection of nOnsenical fairy stories. The war
of the butterflies and owls and the story of the
leaf and the beetle are exceedingly well told.
One or two of the stories not U D to the mark
of the rest. but on the whole it is an unusually
| bright and pleasant volume.
UNDER THE RED FLAG. Bv Edward King.
/ Punished by Henry T. Coates, Philadelphta.
/ Price .25
historical story for boys telling of tina
/ events OF the Paris Commune of 1871
| THE BROWNIES THROUGH THE UNION. Nv
| Palmer Cox. Published by the Century Co.. New
| York. For sale by Robert Beall, 495 Penn. Ave-
| Washington, d. O.
Another OF the Jolly Brownie books, in which
| the merry little fellows journey through the
| States to the forests Of Michigan go fishing way
of in Washington State, ride the slligators
| down in Louisiana, ponder over historic Masss-
/ chusetts, and have most delightful trips 10 each
and all parts of the country. 1t will be pleas
| ant for the little ones to read of these wonder
| full travels, and in so doing they may MI I'M
| consciously learn quite q little about their
country.
STORIES OF THE WAGNER OPERAS. By Fl.
a. Guerber- Published by Dodd, Mead q Co.,
New York. Price sl.50.
dainty, attractive volume In binding and
| pictures. as well as in its stories The legends
| that Wagner used so spendidly with his music
are told very cOncisely but very cbarmingly 80
that il is either desirable book to look MP an
opera in before hearing its music, or it is worth
dreaming over a collection of stories. Wag-
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often that to ne in polite society one must know
at least little something about his operas.
His music, too, is difficult to comprehend with
out some such key. So book like this 10 very
welcome. The IL operas are given. One could
only wish that the stories were not quite so
short.
THE SPIRIT OF JUDAISM By Josephine
Lazsrus. Published by Dodd. Mead q Co.,
New York. Price SL25.
A series of dsvout, thoughtful essays on the
Jewish conditions. beliefs, and sympathies;
with plea that they may be considered in .
broad, charitable spirit. and not with the Soc
tartan antagonism that the GENTLE usually has
when discussing the Hebrew.
BOY OF THE FIRST EMPIRE. BY Elbridge
g. Brooks. Published by The Century Company,
New York. For sale by Robert Beall, 495 Penn
syIyanis avenue. Washington, ID. @. Price Si.5o.
A splendid story for young folks with his
tory of Napoleons Empire and adventures and
froiics OF the boy Phillip most delightfully."- pro-
portoaed. 1t Is charmingly written and illus
ted aud one fluids the blithe boy-hero and
the great Emperor, the brilliant court, the ex-
citing wars, the Paris street incidents all most
interesting.
Magazines and Notes,
The China Decorator for September has for
its eolored plate an exquisite design of white
poppies. There is dainty design of psnsies
for a cup and saucer. q bowl decorated with
roses, and other designs and suggestions OF
yalue To the painters Of china. Published by
the China Decorator Company, New York.
Price 80 cents.
Table Tttlk for October is full of new recipes
and suggestions for the good housekeepers all
over the land. Published by the Table Talk
Publishing Company, lib Chestnut street,
adephia. Price 10 cents.
Babylmd for October has jolly marching
game for the little folks and most sntieing
bedtime story. Published by the Alpha Pub
fishing Company, Boston, Mass. Price i've
cents.
lie Francois is simply invaluable to everyone
who is learning or reading French. No matter
how weIl-yersed anyone may be in the lam
guage, the magazine will be great help to him.
while to the beginner it makes every path
easy. Published by Berlitz Co., Madison
Square, New York. Price 10 cents or 81 year.
There is bright number of Little Men as8
Women out for October, with stories and songs
and pictures galore for the children.
What every man and woman needs In the Spring
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