The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-04
HOLIDAY JUVENILES.

Little, Brown & Co.'S annual output
of attractively fashioned books for the
holidays. for young men and young wo-
men, boys and girls and children, has
begun to appear lin the book stores and
includes the following copyrights ana
specialties:
Prince" and pickle" are the nick
names of a pair of manly boys who fig
ure as the principals in the stirring
story, Fife and Drum at Louisburg,
by j. Macdonald Oxley Prince Is the
fifer and Pickle the drummer or one
OF the New England regiments that
took part i'm the Quixotic but eminently
brilliant and wholly successful siege
and capture OF the French forts and
town of Louisburg in the middle Of the
last century. The story is filled with
life and incident Of soldiery such as
the average boy takes TO greedily. In
cidentally ii imparts a good deal OF
historical knowledge that is worth stor-
ing in the young readers brain and
that he is not likely to acquire with
equal clearnees from the average text
book. The siege of Louisburg was one
OF the most remarkable enterprises in
all military history and every New
England boy ought To know all there
is To learn about it. This is fine book
from every point of view. price Sl.50)
In the Young Puritans series Of sto-
ries of life in the early days Of New
England by Mary =. Wells Smith, the
new volume is entitled "The Young Pu-
ritans-ia CAPTIVITY 1t tells the story of
the experiences of three English children
held captive by the Redman during
King Philips war and many of the
chapters deal informingly with Indian
life and customs. The author has been
wise i'm omitting recital of Indian bar
barities to their prisoners and furnish
es a sufficiently exciting story without
0llinp her Juvenile reader with unnec-
essary horrors. price $l.25.)
Another story of the olden time for
young folks is delightfully."- written by
A. G.. Plympton in "A Flower of the
Wilderness" wherein a slip OF girl. Ju-
dith IL taken into the service Of folks
i'm dorchester and her subsequent life
gnd adventures happily associated with
"A strapping and handsome young Puri :
ran nal<a the tale. The period is yet so
carly I'm colonial history that there are
a few Indians around about the colony
which however has begun to struggle
inward i'm civilization. The pictures or
tbe times and the people are highly in
10 portray them are bound 20 be enter
tanning 10 the young reader There are
"A number Of capital illustrations by the
author. price Sl.25)
story Of animals that Is very fetch
ing and ought to he particularly relish
ed by the Young folks is Lilly +. Vessel
hoefts book about Madam Mary OF
the Zoo"
This is u story OF a menagerie ana on
some Of the children and grown folks
who We're i'm the habit of visiting u ev-
cry lftus while. The animals ana VI,
young people got very Well acquaih'tu
with one another. Madam Mary u III
Intelligent and impudcnt parrot,a th.a.' .,.,'
ber of the happy family VA the Ioy. n,
tai, turns on the successful cxsFufWn ~
the pruis,t to buv out the Zoo ahu -
tibllsh the animals. mnnksys. biidS' !"
lion and all he rest. in an animal k'i
den" Wh-r' they are able, 20 pursue
4 heir eNts. nice iu ClptNity under nioie
CaNnrabip and eIninently more en1o,a
o. cirDum stances than in The marrow
aapee nnd cufs nf tht IOI The intimai =
STORY li the dinel nt animals ana the
Interpretation Uf the.t feelings and lc-
Nlns uud,r diferrut circumstances be-
ginning wi.h dicam ihc lion had oi
his rar away lifc uf Freedom. b. very
Appealing and makes capifsi r"tdiug
Indeed We should think that "A boy OF