The times., 1898-10-30

system Is described. ana as n is enr,retv
different from anything which we hay.
az present in this country. that chapter
may be worth reading, even for those
VINO are not Interested In fiction. This
system Is sort OF extended household
service. Instead of receiving certain
salary per week or month and paving
their own expenses. the employees are
given board and lodgings in large build
ings constructed especially for that pur-
pose, and receive in addition from sI6
TO tloo per year in money. This plan has
It's advantages, and is a necessary out
growth of peculiar Londeu conditions. but
IL places the workingman and especially
the workingwoman. under strict surveil-
lance day and night, the supervision of
the heads of departments extending even
TO possible betrOthals. After Peggys ex-
pefience In this establishment comes a
more fortunate period in which she is
companion to rich old lady who conven-
lentiy turns up, and the book ends with
her betrothal to the hero who is one
OF those exemplary men-of-honor-and-in in
tegrity. without any sense OF hunor or
especial individuality, who abound In the
English novel. The story is well told
and interesting. and the reader is not
Dofed by any part of it. New York r.
f. Fenno q Co. Sl.25)
The Sambo Book" by Isaac Cole. jr
with Illustrations by Katharine CASA
way, Is the story of rather n fascinating
little pickaninny who drifted into a house
called Paradise Manor one night and was
adopted by the household as sort of gen.
erai pet and errand boy. The fancies
questions. dreams and adventures of Sam
DO are told at length in the pages of a
large, square book, and the tale is likely
to prove delightful to children. There is
a good deal of human nature and child
nature In the work of Mr.. Cole and the
pictures, while manifestly not treated well
oy the engraver, are good illustrations of
the story. The appearance of the whole
pubhcation would be improved If the
pages were reduced to one-half their
present size, and the improvement would
be especially evident in the illustra tious
which would then be really effective in
stead of coarse-grained and grotesone.
tBaltimore: Williams & wilkins Com
pany.)
AT first sight, "Pinocchio's Adventures
in Wonderland" appears to lie sort of
second edition of Lewis Carrolrs inimita-
bic Alice; but a closer inspection proves
1t to be nothing of the kind. The title
Is rather unfortunately misleading but
the tales are really bona flde italian fairy
lore, edited by Hezekiah Butterworth.
They concern the life Of it may be called
life) and career of a little wooden puppet
made by an artisan and endowed with
much animation by some spell of enchant-
ment- Pinocchio is a quaint little image,
according to the Illustrations. and
possesses tricksy humor as
quaint as his figure. Grabs. cats.
schooiboys, bats, fairies, and all
sorts of other creatures figure in these
tales and they are likely to prove well
OF delight TO children, being something
rather out of the ordinary line of child
stories. The book is gotten I'D In a dainty
binding, on which is portrait of Pinoc-
chic in sailor suit. The little wooden i'm
age should prove happy acquaintance to
many children. Boston: Jordan. Marsh &
Co. Postpaid, 80 cents)