The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28

hood and womanhood and sweet senti-
ment fr ,m sn existence that seems now,
and indeed seemed then, like pictures
from stage land, and yet that so violated
the laws OF God and man that the
pictures were torn to pieces, like the evil
things they were. In bloody strife. Mr..
Page is q charming teller Of stories, and
readers to W HON these tales are already
known will particularly welcome this
s6ition, which deseryedly recognizes their
permanent worth aud inherent beauty,
while a new circle of readers 10 sure to
be formed by the attractivepess OF the
book, and such will have much to lie
thankful. for in the way OF pleasure and
profit thus opened to them.
"My Village is the title OF a quantity
pretty looking little volume, the quaint
ness and prettiness of which is yet only re-
motely suggested on the outside. A glance
within 1iscloses no end OF quaint pic
lures, set among type that somehow looks
very tenn pting to read, all on very choice
broad margined sheets with the edges yet
uncut. "My Village" indeed, is de-
light from the first glance ar the outside
on the books shelf to the last word and
the pathetic little sketch beneath the
last word. 1t appears that MIR. +. Boyd
Smith, a Bostonian, who wrote and IL
lustrated the book, s accustomed to
spend his summers in curious French viii
iages, and being an observing man and
a clever artist to boot, he makes the lie
he has been living, and living among,
nightly picturesque and interesting In
''My Village" The clever articles tnst
make mp the book have the true story
telling quality and the pictures, Of which
there are about $50, are unqualitiedly
fine. The pictures are of variety of style,
from the roughs OF pencil sketches TO
finely finished drawings. They include
some 30 ''monotints," process OF which
we have heard quite little in recent
months, and which appears to please the
fancy of the experimenting artist. The
sketches of peasant life in the book are
particularly striking. They display
sympathy with the subject that, IL we
may venture to regard them SO highly,
suggests Millet. The price Of tho book
is q. preston d Rounds.)
Nothing in the way OF good books
better illustrates, the various fincJ of
the Scribner house than the dress OF
volume called Colonial Days in Old New
York." by Alice Morse Earle. II is not
an expensive hook tsl.25), but 1t is
| dressed up In fashion so charming as to
make the old-fashioned "gift book" for
which we used to pay big price at
Christmas time. look like cheap John.
| Colonial Danes Of the state OF New York
and it's author is a Dame of some renown.
A great deal OF profound study has evil
| IDENTIFY gone into the crucible to produce
I this book Of lively stories and sketches
of life ana character in the early
| New Netherlands days. We know OF no
| story, history or essay that makes us
| feel more intimately acquainted with
| New Workers. Dutch ancestors or more
delig hted with the company that we find
ourselves in than do the delightful chap
| ters tLat Miss Earle has written. pres
ton d Rounds, sl.26).
The author of "The Wagner StoRy
Book" Mr.. william Henry Frost, has
written "The Court of King Arthur"
stories from the land OF the "Round
Table," and MIR. Sydney Richmond Bur-
| leigh OF this city has sbundantiy and de-
| lightfully illustrated IL, ss he did the
| Wagner book. A striking red cover aad
a oasbing design IN gold ano white con-
tribute to the nttrsctiveness Of the deci1-
edly fetching story telling. Mr.. Frost
does this sort of thing the retelling
| OF capital stories-ca pitally; and no mat
ter how welt you may have read your
! Tennyson, you are bound to find new
| light and q new delight from this book,
though, of course, 1t is primarily intend
ed for young people whose education in
| the classics of the "Round Table" is
only just beg inning. (Published by
| Charles Scribner's Sons. For sale by