The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
SXs1S HE NEW MAGAZINES
YGGXS ARE LADEN WITH
HOLIDAY LITERATURE
BOOKS OF YULETIDE.

gilt top, one volume, price $3), beautifully.
Illustrated book on fine paper with embossed
cover. In it the author tells the story
OF the last fifth of a century by thumb
naiPs ske tches of the various departments
OF the city's work. and by brief summary of
progress in social development. They also
publish new edition of the "History of the D
City OF New York." by Mrs. Martha j. Lamb
tthree volumes, cloth, octave, price $l5), con- 8
tanning the chapter on "The Externals of
Modern New York; by Mrs. Harrison.
Other books suitable for the holidays,
issued by A. S. Barnes & Co.. are
Guerber's 'Legends of the Rhine,'' containing
40 full,page illustrations, most interes ting
reminder of travels abroad or for the study of
folklore. Price 50. "Crowns"-the Crown of
Gold; the Crown of Thorns /; the Crown of Life,
and the Crown of Glory-with twenty-five
Cartoon Illustrations, by Blanche McManus.
Price 81. In the line of fiction they publish
REV. John Henry" by Percival R. Benson,
the story of young minister who encountered
some unlooked-for difficulties. Price rs cents.
''The New Minister" by Kenneth Paul. the
story of the lights and shadows of first pas.
toral charge. Price 81. "Looking Within,"
by j. w. Roberts, the story OF young scientist
who skips over in q trance some OF the years to
come, and awakens in the year 2027 to much
more peaceful condition of things than exists
to-day, or is promised for the immediate fu-
ture. Price 81.
HAPPY CHILDREN-By Mrs Ella Farman
Pratt. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. Price
ST. so.
Mrs. Ella Farman Pratt is known to thou
sands of readers as the editor and creator of
Wide Awake. She is now the editor OF Baby
land. No one has more sensitive apprecia-
ton OF the requirements of young children in
the way OF Literature, and the short stories
which into fha hoe if,,I
book with the above happy title are exactly
adapted to appeal to their Imagination, to
help them in overcoming the little faults of
childhood, to inspire them with love for all
lovely things.
Each story is illustrated with a fuIl-page
picture by w. A. Mccullough, printed In col
ors. Miss Christmas, Peggy, Gretchen,
Dorothy, Patty, Rosette, Esther and Little
Hope, who are Mrs. Pratt's dainty heroines,
have further illustrations to their sayings and
doings in eform OF exquisite vignette PEN
and-1nk cuts which diversity the beautifully
printed pages. The binding is artistic and at
tractive and the price OF the volume consid-
ering its merits is phenomenally low.
AS Christmas token foz a little girl moth
ing more excellent could be found.
ToMMY-ANNE AND THE THREE HEARTS
By label Osgood Wright. The Macmillan Com
pany, New York. Price 81 80. For sale by the
Emporium Book Department.
This is a pretty giftsbook for the youngsters
consisting OF q nice collection of short stories
about birds and animals which talk entertain
fngly. The tales are told in such way as to
be instructive in natural history, and are fairly
crowded with amusing illustrations. Here is
some talk from Mr. Robin: 81 think in the
beginning" continued the Robin, pIacidly,
"the reason the House People liked me was
because l was somehow confused with my
English relative, Robin Red breast, who is
famous in history for having kindly fur
nished a1eaf quilt TO the poor Babes in the
Wood, and who, later on, was the victim of the
tragedy we are now celebrating. Now my
cousin Robin Redbreast had the advantage of
me in personal beauty, as his children have to
this day, being smaller, sleeker, brighter in
color, in shape more like the Bluebird.''
AN ELEPHANTS TRACK, AND OTHER
STORIES-By NJ. E. NJ. Davis. New York:
Harper 81 Bros. For sale by A. NJ. Robertson
Post street: price 81 so.
These stories have seen the light before in
various journals controlled by Messrs Harper
Some are dialect tales, written in bright style;
others possess foreign flavor. Among these
that entitled eat the corner of Absinthe and
Anisette' is distinctly the best
The remaining contents of the book are: "a
Snipe Hunt" "The Groveling of Jenny Trim
ble," "The Song of the Opal,n cat La Glori-
euse,' "The Soul of Rose Dede," "a Miracle
"The Cloven Heart" IA Heart Leaf from
Stony Creek Bottom" ga Bamboula," "Mr.
Benjamin Franklin Gish's Ball, /" 1.-THE Center
Figger," 1.-THE Zark," 'The LoveStranche."
TOM SAWYER ABROAD AND OTHER
sToRIks-By Mark Twain. New York:
II Harper tE Bros. For sale in this City by a M,
Robertson, Post street; price 81 rs.
This forms the fifth volume OF a new edition
OF Mark Twain's works issued by Harper g.
Bros, mention of which has before been made
in these columns.
In the volume under review there appears
for the first time in book form "Tom SAWYER.
Detective" this having only recently been
published as serial in Harper's Magazine.
We also notice reprints of several favorite
sketches. "Punch, Brothers, Punch" among
the number.
Like the other books in the series, "Tom
Sawyer Abroad is well bound, printed and
illustrated.
"The Seven Seas" Is the title of Rudyard Kip
lings new volume of poems, which is pub
lished by D. Appleton d Co. Mr.. Kipling's
new volume is one of special Importance, in
that it represents in an admirable and eonciu-
siVe manner not only the verse of the soldiers
life, but also the poetry OF patriotism, of ad-
venture and OF the sea- and of modern field
to be termed roughly the romance of applied
science. which the author has made his own
NEW TO-DAY.