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m
., iov halls" We think he missed chance Of
adding further element Of romance to his story
In M, making his hero ticket scalper. As IL is,
tho whole thing seems too easy.
A u,tlo volume charming In It's unpreten-
,,onsncss and delicate simplicity. is entitled
"CoIonirl Verses Mount Vermont" by Ruth
laurence CI3rentano's) A series OF beautifully
roproduced illustrations Of the Mount Vernon
bou.e tho gardens, the banquet room. music
room, stairway, Washington s sleeping room. &c,
gives an additional interest to these pleasant
verses in which tho young writer has tenderly
and reverently treated a theme that will novor
Io.o its interest for all wDo love their country
ana her history. Hero are q few lines from the
opening verses:
Home OF our bravest and our best
For thee for shrine,
Tho pilgrims OF the East and West
Eternal laurels twino.
Thy walls tho nations secrets hold,
The dead-wRo noer will die
Were guests within thy halls Of old,
But now asleep they iiei
While name and fame will live for aye
TIL pride and power cease.
or one who will be writ Away,
Tho nrst in war peace
We have seen nothing, better in the way of
artistic gift publications than tho fine series is-
sued by Mr.. II. II. Russell. The largo volume of
drawings by Mr.. Frederic Remington and tho
Remington calendar contain excellent repro
ductions OF some OF this artists most vigorous
and characteristic studies Of Western frontier
life; Mr.. f. II. Komble's drawings Of Tho
Blackberries and Their Adventures and his
Coon Calendar" are full OF broad hui
NOR; Messrs. Frank vcrbeck and Albert
Bigelow Paine In THE Dumpics' have
produced an entertaining volume of Illus
trated nonsense verses; Sports and Seasons
Calendar" contains half dozen attractive do
signs In color; and strongest and most char
acteristic Of all is IAN Alphabet" by Mr.. Will
liam Nicholson. a young artist whose portraits
Of Queen Victoria, Sara Bernhard, Mr.. Rud-
yard Kipling, and others, marked an ora in tho
development OF the possibilities of the color
print. The illustrated descriptive catalogue
issued by Mr.. Russell and printed by Mr. Will
Of art worth preserving.
From Messrs. Raphael Tuck & Sons we have
received a number Of Christmas publications,
OF which gift and Juvenile books. calendars and
Christmas cards are all OF tho high standard
OF artistic merit that distinguishes the work
done by this firm. Especially noticeable arc tho
Hamlet" illustrated in colors by Mr.. Harold
Coping. and two delightful volumes of tales
and verses for children, edited by Mr.. Eric Vre-
denburg. Tho Children's Hour" and Just
One More" the latter OF which contains among
other good things. e The Fairy People," poem
by Sorah Hopper.
Tho twelve papers published during tho year
as the Half Moon Papers" have been collected
in a single volume undor the title Historic
Now York" &C. P. Putnsm's Sonsl. THE mon
ographs do not attempt to give q connected
history Of the city, but to present authentic
accounts Of localities Of special interest. and to
describe the features peculiar to the life OF tho
olden time In New Amsterdam and early New
York" This, us the preface to tho volume OK
plains. is the purpose Of the Half Moon papers;
and they ill it commercially. Among the con-
tributors Maude Wilder Goodwin, Alice
Morse Earle. Ruth Putnam, George F. Hill, and
George f. Waring. Jr., Elizabeth Bisland. J. B.
Pine. and Blanche Wilder Bellamy.
Four compact and useful little volumes by Mr..
r. F. Fostor, the author Of " Fosters Whist
Manual" and Fosters Complete IIoyle," are
issued in "Brentano' 8 Pocket Library" under the
titles of "Cinch, -" Poker" Chess" and Dice
and Dominoes." Excellent paper, type, and
illustrations and information about their rcspec-
tive games pleasantly and clearly conveyed,
mako each a model of what such O volume
should be.
The first two volumes of tho Temple edition
Of tho Waverley Novels Imported by Messrs.
Scribner) are in beautiful olive green fiexible
leather covers, and prntcd and bound in tho
drst-rate style that distinguishes the work done
by Messrs. ]. NJ. Dent & Sons.
The first volume of Messrs. Scribner's Home
stead Edition" of the works of Mr.. James Whit
comb Riley, which is similar in plan and manu-.
facture to the Kiplna, Barrie and Stevenson
editions. contains the NeiEhbory Poems and
Dialect Sketches" and Tho Old Swimmin Hole
and levon moro poems by that most lovable of
literary frauds. Mr.. BENZ. F. johnson. Tho edi-
tion is to be complete in ten volumes.
Tho Rev. J. A. Scita has undertaken to justify
the ways of God to men, as we'll to solve other
engmas of the ages, in a volume in worse. Tho
work is entitled The Colloquoy: Conversations
About the Order of Things and Final Good, held
| in the Chapel of the Blessed st. John; Summar-
| lied in Verse by Josiah Augustus Scitz." @. p.
| Putnams Sons are tho publishers. The chap
ters OF tho book are called "Conversa-
tions" There is much In the book to at
| tract those who are perpexcd by the
problems IL Is intended to solve. The
suggestions in tho conversation" on lifc. death,
and futurity, and the attempt to account for tho
| existence of pain and evil are. II not new put IN
| q new form, apart from their being clothed In
| verse. The author displays no little erudition,
and his work shows itself to be tho offspring of
great labor If not Milton tte Rev. Mr.. Seitz
shows himself pcrmeated with the spirit that
animated paradise Lost" although in his
poem the justice OF the Almighty Is more tenn
percd with mercy than that Of the God OF tho
| famous epic.
We have also received:
Middleway." Kate Whiting Patch. Cope.
| land & DayJ
Victory and Other Verses" Hannah Parker
| Kimball. copeland g. Day.
"A Group of French Critics." Mary Fisher.
| "a. c. McClurg & Coz
The novels of Ivan Turgenev. Vol. XI., "Tor.
ronrs of Spring." Translated by Constance
| Garnctt. lMncmillansJ
Peter the Priest" Maurus Jokai. Trans.
lated by S. l.. and A. V. Waite. (R. F. FcnnoJ
| The Slambawgaree and Other Stories" r.
| X. Munkttrick. R. II. Russelh)
Sphinx Lore. A collection of original. liter
AIRY ingenuties and historical rocrentions. In.
tersporscd with chnradcs, anaRrams. and dia-
grams, and Jingle puzzles" Charlotte Brewster
| Jordan. (E r. Dutton & co.,