New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-19
CHILDREN's BOOKS.
LIVELY TALES AND MANY PICTURES

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w,s,,, "erown-ups'' Will Aad IL hard to give away
oe,-r they have bought the collection for some
favor!.c yoansster. Miss Grace khys eui's '"e
hook, ana pu.s together veri;abie treasury OF def
oil nursery rhymes. OF tales from Aesop OF 'hose
nrec,ous narratives like cinderella" and Jack the
o.. KILLER which VIII he adored by children as
,,,o ne the world endurcs. And the fascinating
pages exquisiteiy printed, ard as beauu'u"y oou"u'
are rendered still more absorbing by the iiiustId-
tons These have been provided lavishiy oy MI
p AIMING Bell Mr.. Sidney Heath, Mr.. Granville
Fell and half dozen others The entire stan "
u,us.r,tors seems to have been inspired TO HAPPY
efforts by the charm of childish fairy lore ana the
result is an absolutely faultless holiday gift for
Juvenile a very juvenile. reader. The Macmilians
the publishers
Little Miss Phoebe Gay" (Houshton. Mniin *
COZ is the title OF an uncommonly engaging DOCK
for young s;ers-and fol their elders too. For there
is n heguii,ng humor IN il and such shrewd ana
loving dclineation of chld-character that II taxes
the "grown-up' back to his own Childhood, anu us
lows and sorrows. The book is too clever not 10
he ,ruc There IS certainly jolly air OF actuaiity
about tire story Of Tommy and the dried apples.
Helen Dawes Brown is TO be congratulated upon an
extremely successful book.
Mr.. Mojesworth's books have long been known TO
careful parents and delighted children as among
IRE best OF their kird-wise, tender, poetic anu
above all interesting. The Carved Lions mac
milan e. Coz is the title OF a volume which Is no
exception
utl. story OF lonely and misunderstood child but
II ends napply-with a neat little implication, more
over that the misunderstanding was partly the HI
tie girls own fault which is good thing 10 I'M
press sensitive children.
III another new book, white Turrets" Thomas
Whitaker Mrs. Wordsworth tells the story OF
self-asser,ive and independent young girl who re-
senting control and hating the home duties at hahu'
went out into the world TO earn her own living she
thought It 'her vocation show that women could
b as free men; and in trying to show TINS she
Of course did many things that were femininey SHY,
THE book teaches excellent lesson 10 seh-"ii'eu
girls OF the advanced" type
so2hie Nav has added a third volume to her
Little Prudys Children series; and in Kyle
Du7lee' dee G. SheparD We have another OF
the sympathetic studies OF child character lot
which this author has long been noted. Her little
heroes and herolnes often naughty, but they
are always bewitching.
Mrs Wesselhoeft has written in "Frouzle the
Runaway" Roberts Brothers. fresh and conf
cal story OF an intelligent mongrel dog and several
nee children The adventures OF these young
things are described with much grace ana spirit
OF all the modern books for children there are
few so happy and wholesome, so honest ana simple
IN tone as Mary p. W. Smiths Jolly Good
Series" This seasons volume. "A Jolly Good sum
mer" Roberts brothers, has all the cheer1ui
ouaintness and originality OF its predecessors The
character OF Amy. the little heroine. has been ad-
mirably drawn In these books. She is frahK'
true-hearted and most winning child.
II Is thirty years since Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
first brought delight to young people with the nun
and mischief Of Gypsy. This lively girl is DIT OF
tomboy with her tree-climbng and her
nuddv and torn clothes She has healthy
child's spirits, impulses and streaks OF SELF
ishness but she also has gentle gem
erous and truthful nature. She was g'rl De-
fore tho days Of telephones and woman coileses'
and ~ we were find her now we should see
somebody Of midde-age; but we are sure, as Mrs.
Ward saws that she never grew UP TO be 'timd
or silly or or lazy; but senslole woman,
true and strong" Gypsy is now an oid-fashlohed
girl but it Is good to that the stories OF her
ara still popular enough for handsome new edi-
ton "Glpsy's Cousin joy Dodd Mead d CO..
comes from the press with a new preface by Mrs
Ward and some clever illustrations by Mary Fair
man Clark.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett writes OF children
with a sublimated sentiment that has appealed 10
great many older persons with turn for tender
and sweet melancholy. Two Little Pilgrims Prog
ress' Charles scribner's sons exhibits the same
characteristics that made Little Lord Fauntleroy
popular. The two children have a thoughtiuihess
not to be expected OF twelve years. and wealth OF
Imagination worthy of a great poet They are love-
IN little figures. but they not the young OF the
human creature They are little angels who come
trailing clouds about them in their infancy of his
tory. philosophy and fancy. In their words they
have a wonderful depth OF meaning and in their
dongs an unbending determination. 1t is doubtful
IL any child would find anything really childish in
them any more than IN the diaphanous fairies that
he might like to read about; but the grown-up SEN
timentalis can find in these tender. thoughtful lit
tie souls something 10 cause pathetic thrills.
The little children, dreaming OF Bunyan. seek
the Beautiful City. which is Chicago at the time Of
the Worlds Fair They work and money for
months without mentioning their pan 10 anybody,
and they start off alone hand In hand for their
Journey Tho average boy and girl do not work
with such forethoueh,. much less keep their plans
10 themselves. They naturally too laxative
and too !.npulslve. But Mrs Burnetts children are
not average boys and girls. Had Wordsworth
known them. ne would have been able TO give more
than hints Of reincarnation. lie would have felt
that long and very holy lives must have preceded
the chor: in evidence. But II not real, Mrs
Burnetts characters are sweet little people No
body would dream OF calling them youngsters. That
would be an objectionable anront 10 the dignity Of
their natures.
Most clever young girls go through goose age
when they are only ungalnly IN body, but sui
len, unreasonable and outrageous in temper. A
maiden in his unpleasant period OF her existence is
described IN Elizabeth Knight Tompklnss book. AN
Ualessoned Girl C. p. Putnams Sons) Il is an en-
PERTAINING story OF school lfe and 1t is suggestive
as well entertaining in its description OF the
perverse heroines rietamcrphoss into lovable and
eninenty reasonable young person.
ILidesarde. 1: is agreed by all readers Of Mrs
Rlchsrdss books, is exceedingly nice gir whose
good deeds and whose healthy pleasures are well
worth recording for the benefit OF all other girls in
their teens. In "Hdegardes Neghbors' Estes g.
LausisO introduced TO uncommonly
amusing people. and we catch a glimpse In the
closing PAGES Of the gentle Hildegardos future ro-
nance. The book Is refined and Is full of merri
ment. There s gay little Ballad Of Titus La
berLs," which will commend itself TO all young
students.
1.-The Silver Fairy Book &c. p. Putnams sons
is not OF Mr.. Andrew Lang's popular series.
although the suggests It, 1t is a pre,ty
illustrated collection Of tales. for the most part
translated from foreign languages Mime. Bern
har6t's lurld Christmas story has about as much