The herald., 1896-11-29

as "a classic in the literature of educa-
ton" 1t is teacher of teachers, not for
Italy alone, but for all the world. The
enthusiasm for "Cuore" soon passed be-
yond its native land, and now America
is beginning to appreciate it's inexhaust-
ible truths. 1t Is solid book, whose
wholesome teachings are for all time.
CRICKET AT THE SEASHORE.-By
Elizabeth w. Tunlow. Estes &
Lauriat, Boston.
This is a handsomely gotten up vol
ume for young folks-young girls-from
the pen of a successful writer of Juvenile
literature.
Cricket is not a game, as some might
guess, but a very lively little woman,
who spent a summer at the shore.
This book will be a lively bidder for
favor during the holidays.
TEDDY AND CARROTS; or Two Mer-
chants of Newspaper Row.-By
James Otis. Estes & Lauriat, Bos-
ton.
This fine holiday book is the fourth
volume in the series of which Jenny
Wren's Boarding House was the first
Illustrated by W. A. Rogers. This story
which ran last year as a serial in st.
Nicholas, is highly entertaining one of
street arab life in New York city, giving
the trials of two boys in their endeavors
to successfully establish themselves in
business.
Since Toby Tyler was given to the pub
lie, very few writer's have enjoyed more
well deserved popularity than James
Otis, whose new books each year delight
a host of readers.
CHATTERBOX FOR 1896.-From the
same publishers as above we have this
great annual, the king-pin of juveniles.
And it would seem that it grows better
with each year of it's existence. 1t con-
tains over 400 pages and 200 original il
lustrationS by eminent English artists.
There is no other publication for chill
dren that compares with this for general
excellence. A family of children can
feast on it for whole year.
SEE HOW IT SPARKLES. By Major
Ben c. Truman. Geo. Rice & Sons
Los Angeles.
Major Truman, one of the best known
all-around writer's on this coast, and
with a reputation far beyond it, for that
matter, has given us in this neat little
volume a rare dissertation on wines. 1t
is tastefully printed and bound, and will
have a host of readers. The subject OF
the prOQuctlOn OF wines ana tnelf uses,
the world over, is comprehensively
treated, and in the style of a graceful
writer To Californians it tells story
only known to a few of its people. and
will be of real value to the state. From
it we learn very many interesting facts
concerning the wine production of the
state, but have room only for few ex-
tracts:
THE first pipe OF wine made in CAL
ifornia came from grapes grown where
San Diego now stands, and was sent to
the king of Spain in 1852. This wine was
made from what Is now known as the
mission grape, the latter coming forth
a new variety in a new soil from what
was originally Val de Penas cutting.
From that time until the fall of the mis-
sion system each church had it's own
vineyard and made it's own wines.
1.-THE first wines made in California
other than the foregoing We're from
mission grapes grown by John Louis
Vignes, who planted 10000 square feet
of vines on a plat of ground of what is
now the heart of Los Angeles. This was
in 1880. In 1885 he had succeeded in
cellaring 10000 or $4,000 gallons of red
wine in good casks made from the oak
Of the country, cut by himself. A cargo
of these wines ,Wa8fnken to Santa Bar