The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-20
THE ,rJMES-RTCHMOND vA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 1896

=
ticular book * one OF series OF which
this Is the c0mmendahle object. IL makes
It's appearance. too, at a tiihe VIZ. ~
can scarcely fail to win the al'ehV'h
which 1t deserves.
CCNGS OF CHILDHOOD. verses py
y Eugene Field. music by ketinaln ne
koVen and others. .naileS SciiO-
ner's Some. New YORK. ~
For sale by George NJ. west
These verses by Mr.. Field have been re-
peatedly before the public. and the critics
have decided upon them so pleasantly
and in such CONSPICUOUS quarters That
comment here is supcrhuous. Mr.. De
kOvcns music gives them new interest,"
which we think will result in wider popu-
larity
EGENDS OF THE VIRGIN AND
CHRIST Nv III. \. Guerber. with
l. illustrations. D0dd, Mead q Com
pany. New York.
For sale by j. w. Randolph co.
THE WINDFALL. BY William o. Stod-
dard With illustrations by - Vest
clinedlnst. d. Appleton * CO. Ne"
For sale by !. W. Randolph CO.
WITCH WINNIE IL HOLLAND. by
Elizabeth w. Champncy. Dodd, Mead *
Company. New York.
For sale by ]. W. Randolph co.
Mrs. Chamnnoy's new volume carries
the popular heroine Of this weii-known
series OF books to Holland. where she
pursues her art education. II is dlillcut
TO imagine q country ~ I'uroPe coit' III
inB more treasures OF ART 9uu nv VttrIitta
portunlties in which for Nttcn Ninnle
10 finish her education than Holland.
Many Of the characters in me otAti r"i,
umcs Of the series are rcinuouuctu, ~,
indeed the narrative, t4ou-H NloNt" -
rl1
her last yClume). Is but barely disrupted
REPRODUCTIONS Of some OF the Muster
pieces of Franz Halls. Nandyke, knbehs'
etc, are included in the Illustrations
VII.
II HE interesting announcement IS made
by the Critic Company Of New oiA
that it is about 10 begin
the publication Of "a hlsi-
airy magazine. 20 be called INC
Month. IN Literature. Art, ana IL,
Tie now mci thiy VIII be tdltep 10y "Ya'pn
Is. Glider and Jeanette J.. Glider. editors
OF The Critic. and viii bee made up IN
part Of matter that has appeared I'D tne
weekly issues OF that journal mere
viii bc about one hundred pages or read
ing-matter and illustrations. ana naH
cover printed I'm balck and red. The
Month Will ie luurIal ct Nuitif@ti'ti.
Independent in its point of View anu
vigorous in its treatment OF men -uu
books. Hy happy combination or err
the price extremely low-ten cents
copy. one dollar cd year. The hrst tJah-
uary) number will appear ABOUT the
middle Of December.
VIII
IT HE first volume Of the complete edi-
ti0n OF Mr. Hudyard kirliue -to-
rles and poems which the MesSf-
Scrihucr have already announced, VIII
no published in January. IL mas ieeh
named hN Mr. klp.ln- inc NulMaia
Bound Edition. and in preface sup
posed 10 Dee from the pen OF an OLD HIM
doc. he gives his reason for the came.
This reason has 20 do with IFS being an
American edition. one for over the seas.
This preface. or Introduction, VIII h,
printed ia fac smile Of the author manu-
writing, which ls as plain as PRINT, pug
ass line as though he had written WIN
hair instead of pen. Mr. ki.ilh-
has entirely rearfauBed the stories a.
set forth IN his preface; FOR the con
Ncnience of the reader an attempt mas
boon made. n this edition. 10 group the
stories by their subjects. Thus. under
Soldiers Three Will be fOunc all the
events in which Mulvauey, Ortheris ana
LeafOyd were concerned. followed 10y
other military stories. I'm Black ana
White covers tales OF native IRE 3D.
India. and THE Phantom kichshaw
those which deal with matters more cor
less between the two worlds. TO 'Jnder
the Deodars has been added Mt-.
White The Embellishments OF iagett
NJ. H. The story OF the Gadshys and
the AuglO-ludian child-stories stand as
nrst issued. Alterations 100 matter AMID
text have been avoided as much a3 pos
slblc. but two tales. 'Bltters Neat ana
Haunted Subaltcrns.' have been added
TO Plain Tales from the Hills These
formed part OF the original series AS d.
first appeared iu lndi1 ten years ago.
The lOWgn stories haze been collected
HF "|I
qucrce." The look viii contain several
stories not before collected and new
ICrtrait of the author. The iliustra-
tons "A number of which We have seen.
a-e made hy Mr. John Lockwood KID
ling. the authors father. and are nov
city i'm book Illustration. Mr. Lockwood
kipliug modelled all the Illustrations lu
clay, and FROM these models photographs
were made and engraved. IT all are
as successful ass those We have seen,
they are likely To- bee 20 decided feature OF
the edition. The author says that the
Mulyancy Illustrations are particularly
tne but these We have not seen the
edition VIII Doe printed ln twelve VOL
umes and sold 10y subscription ony
limited edition Of two hundred sets Will
Dee printed ON Japan paper ANA sl-ucf
10y the author Although this edition Ans
rot yet been officially announced. eighty
sets have been subscribed for. The
whole edition is printed hy Mr. De Ninne
ON paper that bears Mr. kipln-s iui-
tails in fac smile as q water-mark.
~.
r IS now stated that Professor Henry
Reed copy of THE Book Of Common
Prayer OF the Church OF England.
as abridged and edited by Franklin (soe
The Critic of Dcce mber Jth. page 3,G. is
not the only copy known IN this country.
The TT. Rev. Or. William Stevens Perry.
Bishop Of iowa. mentions three copies
n his Reprint of the Early Journals
Of General Convention one OF them be-
ing in the collection Of hturgics- Of the
late Bishop Stevens OF Pennsylvania: the
second is the copy owned boy Prof Reed.
and the third IS mentioned I'M letter
from Bishop Stevens 90 Bishop Perry hut
lbs whereabouts seem TO hc unknown.
which is rather strange in the ease Of
book $50 rare that neither the British Mn
scum nor the Bodieidn Library possesses
copy.
y
M r. William c. Lane. the Librarian OF
w the Boston Athcnacum. asks for in
formation concerning George Wash
ington's books The Boston Athcuacum
possesses over 800 volumes from Washing
tens library. acquired in lsis from Henry
Stevens. a careful catalogue Of these
books has rcce atty been compiled by Mr.
4. Z. G.. Grimm Of the LenoX Library
who has examined all OF Washington
letters I'm the State Department az WASH
ington. I'm Philadelphia Boston. and else
where. and made notes Of al passages