The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-09-24
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HOME OCCUPATIONS FOR LITTLE chill
DREN. BY Katherine Beebe Published By NE
Werner Co. Chicago. Price Is cents.
very delightful little book on amusing
children, containing helpful suggestions galore
rs to ways to provide healthful fun and interest,"
for the ever-active little minds that call on
Mamma" to tell them "What shall / do
now?" The suggestions are all practical, in
volve no complicated nor expensive contriv-
snces, but the usual spools, scrap-books, dolls,
strings, pictures blocks, fruits, flowers and sand.
heaps are all that are needed. Evidently tho
author understands the childish mind very we'll.
She remembers her own youthful sorrows and
delights viv:dly too and so knows from personal
experience as we'll from her training ~ .
KndergartDer. All mothers should see the
book, for it will surely help them to keep their
little ones blithe and gay.
THE EYE AND ITS CARE By Frank Allpors,
n. ID. Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia.
Price 81.
To quote the author himself Is perhaps the
best way to describe the book: 'Tbis little
book is not intended for medical students nor
practitioners. IL 10 written essentially for
school teachers. advanced pupils, and those In
terested in educational matters aud ocular
| hygiene" 1t is an account of the eye, its con-
struction, its uses, abuses and diseases. Is is
| written simply; wherever technical terms are
used, they are explained. Altogether it il .
book that may interest many.
| BULLION VS.. COIN. BY Maj. o. B. Gum. Pub
lshed by Mailman 4 Bowers. 802 Delaware st..
Kansas City. Mo. Price % cents.
Arguments for Sound Money, and commend
ed by many of our preminentsraen.
NOT WISELY. BUT Too WELL. By Rhoda
| Broughton. Rand. Mentally & Co.. Publishers.
New York. Price IS cents.
WHEN COINAGE OF SILVER IS FREE By
VIM. Morse Cole. formerly Instructor of Politi-
| cal Economy at Harvard College. and Lectures
on Economics for the AMERICAN Society for The
Extension Of University Teaching. Published
| by the Matthews Publishing Co.. Boston, Mass.
Price 10 cents.
Magazines and Notes.
| The Penny Magazine. Price 5 cents. Pub.
| lished at Philadelphia.
| Ad- Suqqester is the title of booklet jsse
| issued by Nelson Cbesman & Co.. ST. Louis, No.
| 1t contains about $50 catchy " illustrations,
| applicable to advertising different articles.
Nicely printed IN conyenisnt form. Price -
| cents.
| Little Men and Women. An illustrated maya
zine for young readers. Published at Boston.
| Price 81 3 year.
| So many good things are given in the Octs-
Der number of Frank Leslis's Popular Monthly
that it IS Impossible; IN our limited space 20
! describe them all. The principal features, all
| splendidIy illustrated. are:- The Road to the
| Stage in which Arthur Hornblow tells how
\ actors and actresses are made, and something
| about the dramatic schools; Gen. Lees LAST
| Cam paign, by Gen. HerstiO C. King, the ninth
| paper in the great Lee series; the opening
| chapters of . new serial story, Father John,
| BY Edith Sessions Upper. There are four short
stories. some illustrated poems, an attractive
| Young Folks Department.. Talks about the
| New Books, etc. Frank Lsslie's Publishing
| House.
| PROGRESS is the name of . Journal issued
monthly by the University Association, and
| Bishop Falows 10 the principal editor. The
| September number has 3 most valuable course
| on ancient Egyptian. Bsbylonian. and Persisn
| literature with abundant illustrations. Pub.
lished at Chicago. Price 1915 year.
| Harper's Weekly for Sept. 10 contains N
| important article by Brig Gen. A. w. Greedy,
| u s. A.. on Napscn's Farthest North; Hon.
| WorthingtOn G. Ford contributes valuable
article on Washington's Farewell Address.
| There is . double-page picture by the late
| G. s. Reinhart. entitled High-tide At Get
| tysbuIg and she battle of Lake Erie 10 ssm-
| msmoratsd in the Naval BATTLES series By
| James Barnes, with an illustration by Carleton
/ T. Chairman.