The record-union., 1896-11-15


From Raphael Tuck & Sons Com
pany, fine art and book publishers, 36S
Broadway, New York, we have a large
collection of holiday publications, con-
ststing Of the newest artistic Christ
mas and New Year cards, books and
calendars. The high class lithography,
the apt Illustrations, the interesting
character of the text; in short, the gem
eral excellence of their lines, must at
once commend them to the public
Among the more notable pieces of this
large collection of beautiful and gentle
reminders of the approach of the sea-
son of good will and affection are: 'All
Sorts of Stories,'' for children, by NJ A.
Hoyer, Nora Hopper, Antony Guest and
others; edited by Edric Vredenburg
The work is bound, printed in art COL
ors and illustrated with the highest ar
tistic skill by Coleman, Brundage
Mounsey and other famous illuminat-
ors. A floral tint, small quarto. step
ping Stones by Francis Ridley Haver-
gal; a magnificent floral calendar,
Golden Words From the Bible" one
of the richest pieces of calendar work
| it has ever been our fortune to exam
inc; a hanging plaque calendar with
movable birds hiding the dates, enti-
tied Days Of Song" Another and still
more elaborate hanging calendar with
flower reproductions, THE Glory of the
Year." an exquisite production with
Shakespearean quotations; a standing
plaque calendar in basket form, enti-
| tied Floral Fancies"; a hanging plaque
calendar, Angels Guard Thee" with
| twelve cherubic faces covering the
months; hanging panel calendar,
Golden Words From Ruskin,'' a lovely
work of artistic beauty; floral hang
| ing plaque, Flowers of the Year" with
| quotations from Tennyson. It rivals
any of the others, a work Of beauty and
delicate color printing. 1t seems al
most inconceivable that these could
have been executed by any other than
hand painting processes. A heart cal
| endar, when the Heart is Young"
with designs of courtship and love, and
with vein of humor running through
| all. Richly embossed and beautifully
/ colOred, this is one of the loveliest of
| Imaginable Christmas plaques. Look
Up" an eighteen-page Illuminated
| cardboard gift book, by Ellen Elizabeth
Burman and others, illustrated by Ellen
| Welby and others. A similar work Of
exquisite beauty, Forget Me Not"
with words from Longfellow. Another
of the same order with selections from
| Holmes, entitled Remembrance" Fifty
new and very beautiful designs of
Christmas and New Year cards in many
| forms, folding, book, plaque and other
designs. A twenty-page Illuminated
cardboard book, This is My Good
Wishes with lines from Shakespeare,
with floral and tint embellishments; a
folding panel rack calendar, Songs for
All the Seasons" bird designs and tint
work of the loveliest description; a
cardboard Illuminated eighteen-pa page
floral tint book, "a Textbook for Every
Day in the Year or Grains of Gold"
by Charlotte Murray, eleven large, new
design and quantity shaped cardboard
books for small children, yith color and
| tint illustrations and familiar text
some new, some old-ti1ne and standard
and all beautifully illustrated and rich
| ly Illuminated. Any one of these hand
some books, some of them as large as
will be any receiver of them probably
will make a fine holiday present for a
child. Two quarto heavy board illum-
mated seventy-page books for children
Woodland Stories and Little Folks
and Their Friends complete the list
The collection is by all odds the finest
We have received and surpasses any art
work of the order yet issued by Tuck &
Sons, who enjoy the reputation of being
| the leaders In fine art printing and
illuminating Of this, as we'll as Of sew
eral other orders.
"a Window in Thrums,'' by j. NJ.
Barrie; Svo., cloth; illustrated, 50,
Dodd, Mead G. Co., New York, Is an
edition of Mr.. Barrie's masterpiece,
| printed from new plates, and distin-
| guished by the addition of seventy re-
productions of photographs taken for
the edition by Clifton Johnson, whose
work with the camera by method of
his own in illustrating the books of
John Burroughs and Whites "Sel-
borne has made him prominent among
the illustrators of the day Mr.. John
son was fortunate enough to meet Mr..
| Barrie in kirriemuir, who expressed
approval of this plan of illustrating his
window in Thrums." The effort has
been to take the suggestions in the text
and show the region and the people,
their comings and goings, as truthfully
and interestingly as possible. OF course
| dil dllCiIlpl llatS DSSil iIiddc W uSpICt LIE
picturesque and old-fashioned in Kir-
| riernuir, yet in no case has the Illus
traitor gone outside the region de-
scribed The illustrations are adnlira-
BILE in that they give us actual repro
ductions of the scenes and characters
in this part of Scotland as they are to-
day, and as they must have appeared
to Mr.. Barrie in writing this Immortal
book
From Dodd, Mead & Co., New York
we have "The Cure of Souls by Ian
Maclaren Grew John Watson). This
work is composed of his Lyman Beecher
lectures on preaching. recently deliv-
cred at Yale University. Among the
contents, we note chapters on the fol-
lowing subjects: THE Genesis of the
Sermon 'The Technique of the Ser
mon," Problems of Preaching" THE
| ology the Theory of Religion" The
| New Dogma" THE Machinery of q
! Congregation" THE Work of a Past
orr "The Public Worship of God"
The Minister'S Care of Himself" These
lectures We're received with the greatest
possible interest by those who heard
them at Yale University, and it is be-
| lieved that, aside from their value as
| literature. they will commend them
selves to clergymen and laymen alike.
because of their practical value in the
religious life. A fine portrait of Rev
Mr.. Watson prefaces this book of elo-
auent lectures.
witch Winnie in Holland" Is by
| Elizabeth w. Champney. author of
Witch Winnie ETC.; 12mo., cloth,
! 81 so. Dodd Mead & Co.. New York.