The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-12
VARIOUS BOOKS.
Observations on Recent Issues OF Several
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| Bound in rich hIae cloth, EN- blszoned
with white and blsck, gilt topped. come
two attractive volumes OF a new series OF
Interesting litersture-" Historical Tales,
the Romance OF Reality" written by
Charles Morris. author OF "Iialf Hours
with the Best American authors" etc.
! One OF the books contains Roman tales
| the other Greek. The first begins with
the founding OF Rome aDd ends with It's
downfall, the l5 chapters covering the
field OF ancient Roman history and
romance. The tales OF the Greek begin
with the taking OF Troy and carry tho
reader through to the death OF Hypatia.
| The stories are charmingly told. We
recall nothing thst exactly hlls their mis-
| sion OF instruction and interest. Mr..
Morris has the faculty of writing for
| young readers without q sacrifice TO what
is too often mi,taksnly felt to oe tie
| necessity of getting down to their intel
| ligeDce. We might call the author an
! up-to-date Plutsrcb. He has a fine appre-
citation Of the picturesque and the ro-
mantle and recognizes this aid TO the
| serving up OF historical facts. Clever as
| Is his story telling, no essential OF bio
| graphy or history is lost, but rather
developed and. the better impressed by
their charming disposition at his hands.
| The books are bountifully illustrated
from photographs of actual scenery and
OF masterpieces OF illustrative paintings
Of highly educational value g.. b.
Lippincott Company. Price s1.25. All
bookse llers).
Messrs. Leroy M. Yale, j. q. A. Creigh-
| ton, A. X. Macdonougb, A. Foster Hig-
| gins, Alexander Csigill, Charles Frederick
Holder and Judge Robert Grant are fish
ermen of talents. Moreover they know
how to give OF their store of knowledge
IT, others lest informed, and to entertain
| from their storehouse Of true experiences.
Some of the articles tnat they have con-
| tributed from time to time to Scribne.'s
Magazine are now brought together in
handsome book, entitled angling"
which Is volume Of the "Out of Door
Library" Iu illutrations, be book is rich
with pictures that are calculated TO make
| the fisherman who reads feel very much
at home. The collection of sketches which
includes one on the Life of Isask Walton,
Is q liberal education in the art OF going
fishing ana ca,chin' fish. preston &
ROUNDS, s1.5o)
DIR. Charles Conrad Abbott has written
another delightful book in "Bird Land
Il choes." 1t is excellent reading and
informing in the gentlest and most in
sinuating way. IL Ia all about birds, and
its happy method, as book Of instruc'
tion, Is TO take the average reader with
hi, common knowledge of birds as he
sees them about him every day and from
that teach him more and much to his
advantage ana interest. "Bird Land
| Echoes, Ia no more text book of birds
! than are the Arthuri,n poems OF Tonnyson
q text hook of English legend. But the
one, ike the other, Is more informing TO
| the average man than all the text books
E&rsr written. Dr. Abbott knows oil
! about birds, but he loves them so we'll
! that he cannot bring himself to regard
| them or talk about them with others as
nothing more than speci mems to be listed
and described and oisseoted by
| species and genus and then re-
| garded reverently through scientific
spstt,cIes lie loves their little bird
nearts ana finds delight in their
ways, ell the more for what ne has
studied and learn ed about them, and he
develops in his reader the sams extrsor-
| binary interest In what he teaches. Ii
| is the live, fluffy, hying, hopping, soar
ing bird that DIR. A bbott has come TO love
more and more, with increasing study md
observation. and net the specimen OF
quite a. much interest dead and stuffed as
alive md pursuing its way after natures
plan. I'm "biro Land Echoes" the tird is
Introduced, as every man, woman and
chili knows it. or may know it,sn then
| a larger acquaintance with 1t Is made
| that increases our interest In II beyond
measure and irros osistibly. Mr.. William
Everett Cram. who must be bird lover
| himself, mas filled the took full OF draw
ings OF birds. The drawings are pictures
| illustrative, ont so simply and sccur-
| ateIy though never mechanically done,as
to portray the real creature for a positive
guidance to the reader student. There Is
a complete index and the iippincott Com
peuv, who are the puoiishers, have
printed and bound the book chsrmingly.
The price 10 ~.
Bound in a cover that suggests an i'm
mac ulate Ringhsm gown and gotten up
altogether sppetizingly, wholesome ana
prsc icsi, comes "The National Cook
, Book" written by Marion Harland and
Christine Terhune Herrick- decidedly
| the Bellies OF the Kitchen Of this genera
tiop. IL IL published by the Scribners
and sells for s1.60. According TO the
preface, "thc thousand re ipes that II
contains represent seven years of eccu-
mutation and selection OF materisl,
which, we believe, will be OF value TO our