The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

Now ~ the children wish to know the
wonderful presents the parents brought
to their little son, they must read the
hook.
Lust Of the three. but By no means the
least interesting. 10 The wcodrsngeis.
. nd this IL 10 be one Of q series Of I've
volumes which will have historical
basis, and give much information as to
the early pioneers and their adventures
In field and forest. The style Of the Wood
ranger Stories strikes one az being much
like that Of Cooper's novels, and this. the
initial volume, has the same sort of
thoroughly illustrated
From the sime publishers comes
yretty volume which contains = very en-
tertaining and amusing colleotion Of
verses, for IL is The Poetry Of American
Wit and Humor. seleottd by X. L. PaRet,
whose earlier volume. Poems Of American
Patriotism, was such q success. The
book IL printsd In clsir type, on heavy
paper, and has as frontispiece the por-
trait Of very pretty girl who is. sppar-
emily reading and laughing over the
funny things which she lnds In this self
same volume. 1t would be impossible to
name all the authors who are represented
In the three hundred and fifty pages of
the book. but 1t begins with Bret Barts's
Heather Chinee as related by Truthful
james. and ends with Carlston's The
New Church Organ. and between the
first and last pages We have spccims n, of
the work of nearly every witty ve'sifier
among the representative A u erioan pt cts.
Henry Altimus publisher n pretty story
entitled A Son OF The Caroliuas. IL is
tale OF love and suffering. the innocent
being punished fer the guilty. Tho hero
lie young South sner, and his sweetheart
is pretty Quaker girl from the North.
One strong point of the tale Is vivid
description Of fearful hurricane which
visited the Sea Islants and was terribly
Obstructive OF life and property. port
land: Lorine, Short s. Harmony
A beautiful edition of Lalla Rookh,
which comes from Messys Dana Estes a.
Company, (Portinnd: Loripg, Short &
Harmony will be delightful gift-book
tor ths holiday season. Tho poem Is
elaboratsiy and exquisiteiy illustrated by
the very best artists, and there is hardly
IA page which has not some dainty and
Interesting design to heighten and
magnify the beauty of the TAFT. Upon
the titls page is q lovely etching of the
home Of the poet. The entire volume is
In every resp ,ot both tass efui and desira-
BILE, and will be greatly admired by
lovers Of tine books.
Tha Deoem bsr A tlantio might almost
be called Chicago number, for three of
the best and most striking articles that
1t contains are by Chicago writer's. OF
these is Mrs. Elm W. Peattie's interest
log paper upon The Artistic Side of Chi
osgo, which think will surprise many
persons who have not taken tia trouble
to follow the growth of this big city In
art and literature.
Harriet Monroe writes of the Grand
Canon Of Colorado, while Will Paine
contributes a capital short story entitled
The Detectives. The East will have to
Doolsy hail from Chicagof while Mir.
Elwyn Barron's story of Manders Is one
of the most esq uisits and striking among
the recent works OF fiction. These are
hut q f,w writers Of the many of whom
Chicago caE boast.