New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-17

nd really WelCOme
being artistic in themselves and peculiarly mar
,xon,ous with the text. The book is luxuriously
printed. with a design in white ana eo'd upo"
the cover. which bears also a portrait OF MISS
! Adams IN the euise OF Babbie 1t Is nrst-rate
edition. and deserves to be widely appreciated
We have also received from r. H. Kusseh q
eroup of three or four calendars The pest oi
: these is Golf Calendar" designed by MT Eo-
ward Penf1ed His pictures are boldly ora"" III
q quaint STYLE and they are printed IN at
tractive colors The figures OF this CALENDAR
however. should have been printed in placK IN
stead Of in red which Is hardly clear enough
"Shakespeare's Herones" is the title OF iarse
calendar with a portrait Of some distinguished
actress in character reproduced In halftohe OH
each page. with symbolical decorations Aoe-
,oide Nelson as Viola. Ada Rehan as kath-
arne Mrs Patrick Campbell as Ophena ana
Mary Anderson Hermione are among 'he
! actresses portrayed AS the portraits are maze
from good photographs the effect is capital
The Chinese Calendar does not quite come on
We like much better the Colonial Calendar
/ with its amusing Of twelve demure little
I Continentals each bearing banner upon wnicn
! the days of the month are inscribed In this
Mace we NAV note. Also the booklet with flex-
ible covers Little sBo-Peep Continued tR h.
RusselD. for which Mr. Chester LOOMS has made
verses The verses possibly shade TOO
elaborate but the colored pictures are charming.
Every wear we are told that the Christmas
card has ceased to exist. but every year we re-
ceve fresh proof 10 the contrary from publish
ers who still have faith in the desire OF old-fash-
toned people 10 please their friends with bright,
daintly printed pasteboard souvenirs of the hoIi-
days Raphael Tuck & Co. who are always to
the fore in such matters. send us cards and CAL
endars all gay with colors and ribbons. Among
the cards we notice some but not much. Of the
frosting which is still TO some extent popular
But embossed designs are evidently most IN
favor These have very pretty erect, the
raised flowers. In all the gorgeousness OF the
natural tints Of the rose or the carnation lend
ing a considerable brancy TO otherwise
fragile production The same method is applied
to the calendars of which may mention espe-
ciallv The Dancing Girl The Maypole' and
THE Windmill" The last named. with its clever
imitation Of the actual wooden walls and sails.
will probably please the children, though we
fear they will be sorely tempted to make 1t
We rk" until the stout but not wholly indestruc-
thle board falls to pieces.
The Taber-Prang Art Company OF Boston
and Springfield apparently prefers smooth 10
raised surfaces in its Christmas calendars
Floral motives, however, are CHleiS uscu as III
the case of the Tuck publications. and very
skilfully and ingenously are they used. too. The
designs in which violets are employed are par
ticulary graceful and artistic. These pleasant
little trifes are, after all. but another form OF
the Christmas card, with. we suppose, even
more chance Of continuing in favor.
From the Frederick A. Stokes Company we
have received several attractive calendars,
comic. floral or adorned with pictures Of chill
dren and like those we have noticed above.
printed in colors The same house sends us also.
in addition to these designed by NJ. De Longpre.
Miss Maud Humphrey and others. two or three
calendars decorated with pictures In black and
white by Archie Gum and other facile artists
There is also Calendar of Art which has on
every leaf reproduction in photogravure OF
some popular modern painting.
| George w Jacobs Co.. of Philadelphia, send
us three booklets in a box. the first entitled
| English Wit and Humor." and the others being
devoted respectively to Scotch and Irish brands
Of the same commodities. good deal is
crammed into these tiny volumes, the paper be-
! ing thin and the type small. They make handy
Jest books for a railway Journey. when one has
nothing better to do than to browse among the
old jokes they tell.
King Long Beard: or. Annals Of the Golden
Dreamland" John Lance is a book Of fairy tales
10y Mr.. harrington MacGregor which is couched
in very persuasive style, and is sure to he
acclaimed with JOY by all the children who pore
over its pages. But how they ever TO read
il with Mr. Charles Robnson's pen drawings
constantly dstracting their attention? This is
| good story book. but we are near to saying
that 1t is better picture book. Mr.. Robinson
| is such an auring designer His imagination
| is fertile, and his pen follows with consummate
ease. The drawing Illustrating the abduction
| of the professor by the roc is merely master
piece. And the little cuts In the text as brill
| liant the full-page drawings and the title
page design. The book is dedicated to Her
| Royal Highness Victoria Mary. Duchess Of
| York. II is royal gift.
| wv. VS. Golden Legend" Dodd. Mead e.
| Coz. by Mr. William Canton, is a book Of Saints
| and hermis Of old abbeys and ministers. of
visions and miracles and the ministry Of
| gels" composed with reference 10 the under
| standing of child. The scheme is not quite
| plausible as that Of Mr.. Canton's previous vol
| umes The Invisible Playmate' and w V:
| Her Book" but II is nevertheless. smooth and
diverting in its rehabilitation of famou~ old
tales and Mr. T. II. Robinson materially assists
be read aloud to children rather than for
| them to read themselves. The cover is unusu-
ally artistic and beautiful.
&. FILTPINOS NEEDS DESCRIBED.