The evening times., 1896-12-21
BOOKS E!ess fUlE GIFTS
Will Please the Boys and Girls
and Fathers and Mothers.
BOTH PICTURES AND WORDS
Stories of the Old Days I'm New
York and Boston, of Fights on the
Sea and Travels by handsome
American Homes and English AM
mails.

With the coming OF Christmas the shops
! are filled with Christmas books. Some are
! for old, some for young and of those in
tended for the young some are much bet
| ter than others. Indeed, there are always
a goodmany that are always decidedly bad.
One OF the best FOR boys, taking the place,
| in a way, for America. OF ''The Boys Frois-
sart," Is Barnes Naval Action OF the War
| of S12." 1t adds to its text twenty-one
| fuil-pagc Illustrations in cOlors. No true
| American boy ever read the stories Of how
American seamen whipped the British in
those days without sense OF national
pride and pleasure.
Another book that Is likely to become a
classic is Rolfe's Shakespeare, the Boy"
The name of the writer will be recognized
as that OF one Of the leading editors OF
OF ShsEespeare's works in this day. when
Siakespearean editors are many and good.
The book can be read with profit by young
or old. II gives not only all that is on
record of the youth of Sha kespeare, but also
the conditions under which boys lived in
that day. The games that Shakespeare
played, the school life he knew, the les
sons hc learned, glimpse of what was the
home life OF boys of his class, the amuse-
ments OF the country village and the Christ
mas at the old English manor, are all there.
FOR GIRLS AS WILL AS BOYS.
A book that will interest girls as well as
boys is .'Gobolinks for Young and Old"
All the world may not know what is a
gebolink 1t is made by dropping ink on
white paper and then folding it over and
then pressing [ lie two sides firmly. Funny,
une expected creations are produced unlike
Ia ,4r Sf.., mr. in, he
Paper Doll POEMS" by Pauline King.
is readable NONSENSE in verse, with pictures
that will certainly please the little folks
and their mothers.
Peter Newell furnishes a new set of
Shadow Pictures,'' in which pictures OF
men and women. when held up to the light
are turned into queer birds and animals.
..Uncie Remus'' has new story Lit
tie Mr.. Thimblcfinger'' and ''Mr Rabbit
at Home will be remembered with pleas
ure as his III ore recen mt work. He now brings
THE Story of Aaron, so-named, the Son of
Ben Ali" Aaron is not negro, but an
Arab. who has got lost among the Georgia
pines. He knows all about animals, too,
and has some wonderful things to tell OF
the horse, dog and cow, the white pig, and
other creatures OF the home life beyond the
trations. The whole is skiliGlly done.
WILL PLEASE THE GIRLS.
a book for girls from the ages when they
begin to read intelligently till they are
ready for college and beyond, is "A Cen
tury Book OF Famous Americans" 1t car
ries a party of girls through the historic
homes uf some OF the greatest American
families, and gives much interesting and
amusing, If not very useful. information.
Last year When Molly Was Six came
from a new pen and attracted very general
attention. twas easy. natural and charm
ing, ard caught In its Ineshes the affection
both Of mothers and daughters in many
American homes. This year the same au-
thor has given for Christmas time another
story Of the same order. II is "A Little
Girl of Long Ago" story OF an artists
family in Boston in the thirties. the days OF
jackson and Van Buren,. II tells the occu-
pations. amusoments and pranks of a little
group ofiDtereSting youngsters who had fun
with things in that time.
Mrs. Whitney contributes a useful volume
in Friendly Letters to Girl Fnends.'' 1t
is very interesting at the same time that it
provokes some earnest thinking.
The Boston story noted above has a COM
panion in a Little Girl Of Old New York.
Other books, by title, are The Wallypug
OF why which is a sort of Alice in Won
derland:'" Stories and Legends from Wash
ington Irving The Boy Hunters" an
excellent old book revived: The Long
Walls an American boys adventures in
Greece; Hans Brinkcr, or the Silver
Skates.'' in new edition; "Tommy-Anne
and the Three Hearts, Bird Craft"
Friendship of Nature;' animal Story
Book Captain Chap, or the Rolling
Stone
The last is a trip on the Mississippi and
out on the Gulf. by Frank Stockton.