The Saint Paul globe., 1897-11-28

of the book not little. The work
first appeared in magazine form with
detached colored plates, and we can
not refrain from suggesting that these
plates would form a really artistic
and instructive decoration for nurse
ries and children's bed rooms, arous-
ing their interest in the living birds.
Mr.. Burroughs said of these colored
plates: 1.-The pictures, with few
exceptions, are remarkably good and
accurate" and we can add without
fear of contradiction that many of
them are remarkably pretty as we'll
The Snow Bunting and the Gold
finch are charming enough in
composition and color to be well wor-
thy preservation.
C,Bird Neighbors." by Neltte Blanchau,
colored plates Doubleday & Mcclure COM
pany, New York. $500. For sale by the
st. Paul Book and Stationery company
"The District School as 1t Was" is
a quaint and curious book written by
Warren E. Burton some sixty-four
years ago, and like all good old things
the present generation is ferreting it
out of oblivion, together with the old
rosewood beds and high chests of our
grandmothers, and giving it a place
OF honor on its own merits as we'll as
its traditions. Says Mr. Clifton John
son, who is the editor of this new edi-
ton: 'The book was first published in
Boston in 1888, where it was received
with unqualified favor" A little later
1t was brought out in New York with
equal success, and a few years after
wards a London edition was issued
as giving a faithful description of one
of the institutions of New England.
When, in 1888, the Rev. Warren Bur-
ton published his book describing the
school as it was in his youth, the read
er was given to understand that the
short cOmfngs he pictured were no
longer characteristic, so far as New
England was concerned. 'It gives an
odd impression" comments Mr.. John
son, ''to see the school viewed across
this narrow space, as if in contrast
with the enlightenment of 1888 and the
improvements by then accomplished;
the teaching methods and school en-
vironment of the earlier period were a
part of the dark ages" Mr.. Johnson
himself has added not a little to the
interest of the reprint by the frag-
ments of old text books with their
queer, distorted wood-cuts and equally
queer and distorted moral precepts.
(''The District School AS 1t was" by War
rem q. Burton. New edition, edited by Clifton
johnson. Lee & Shepard, Boston, sl25 For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany)
It was q very pretty idea that sug
gested the combining of Maud Will
der Goodwin's two most successful
stories under the appropriate title of
@Romances of Colonial Virginia" and
Of publishing them in all the daintiness
Of gray and gold binding and fair
broad-margined pages. "White Aprons"
and 1.-The Head of a Hundred" are
without doubt Mrs. GoodWin'S best sto-
ries, but as they have been reviewed be-
fore over the length and breadth Of
the country it is the new and charm
ing form in which they now make a
holiday appearance that will interest
our readers rather than the known
merits of the tales. The two volumes
are Illustrated by quaint head and tail
pieces that suggest old wood cuts and
a number of exceptionally pleasing
photographers.
c'Romances of Colonial Virginia" " two vol
umes, white Aprons" and The Head Of
Brown & Co., Boston. $500. For sale by the
ST. Paul Book and Stationery company
Among the suggestive holiday books
Of the season there is nothing more
charming than a series Of quaint op-
erettas for children, by H. c.. Bunner.
Well adapted to the humor of children
and easily acted by them, the three
little operas will recommend them
selves not alone to the young folks
themselves, but to their elders, who
are driven to their wits ends at times
to find something quite suitable that
will supply the instructive want Of
every child-dramatic entertainment.
''The Three Little Kittens of the
| Land of Pie "The Seven Old Ladies
OF Lavender Town." and Bobby Shat