The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21

acter. Press Of Dana, Estes & Co..
Boston. Octave muslin boards and free
ly illustrated
'Toyon'' is a book of holiday recita-
lions for the children OF school, home
and church, selected and arranged by
Allie NJ. Felkar, press Of thes Whitaker
& Ray Company, San Francisco. a
very good collection, one that we think
will prove very useful and convenient
to teachers and parents.
John Mamaduke, a Romance of the
English Invasion Of Ireland in 1649,"
is a novel by Samuel Harden Church,
and a strong and most romantic one.
It will be found worth the reading by
any lover of good fiction. 1t is one
of the Hudson Library. issued BIZ
monthly by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York and London. Paper covers. Soc.
Sketches of Lowly Life in a Great
City" by the late M. A Woolf, edited
by Joseph Henius. G. P. Putnam's Sons,
New York. Mr.. Woolf's sketches are
pen and ink pictures of the life the
lowly lead in the poorer quarters OF
New York Mr.. Woolf was we'll
known and successful illustrator, satir-
ist and caricaturist- His sketches were
familiar to most readers of the daily
press and the humorous papers. Near
ly all his work is that Of humor, a
broad but clearly humor. Mr.. Henius
has brought together the most charac-
teristic of Mr. Woolf's contributions to
Life" and Judge" and number Of
hitherto unpublished drawings. For
the most part the drawings represent
child life in the East Side of New York
City, but these might be taken as be-
ing typical of life amongst the poor in
any large community. The editor
writes: I'm the tenderness, sincerity,
and simplicity of his work -Aare to be
found the elements which were most
conspicuous in the personality of the
late M. A. Woolf, together with unos-
tentatious charity and a humor unique
in contemporary art, which, while al
ways manly and honest, possessed the
power to move as we'll to tears as to
laughter"
There are many humorous pictures
sterling child philosophy which will be
an excuse for smile or an approving
nod; but there are also some pictures
which preach a sermon more powerful
than many heard in churches, and
which proclaim that these children Of
the East Side, dirty and wretched
though they may be, are still children,
and hunger for more than mere food
the satisfying of the childmind which
demands sympathy and love and longs
for an expression of these in toys md
simple luxuries. To the callous grown
up man and woman, Santa Claus 10 an
ahsurdity. To the child, and espec
tally to the unloved, ignorant, un-
washed child Santa Claus is a terrible
reality Mr.. Woolf's Santa Claus pic
lures (without Santa Claus) haunt one.
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From C. P. Farrell, 11741ast Twenty
first street, New York, we have Colonel
Ingersoll's famous Chassis, "a Vision Of
War" admitted by all who have read
it to be a most marvellous piece OF
patriotic word painting. 1t is printed
on fifteen large leaves, thirteen OF
which are exquisitely illustrated in
colors by the well-known artist, Harry
A. Ogden, whose reputation is I'M
equaled in work of this description.
Mr.. Ogden was employed by the Gov
eminent to illustrate the celebrated
work on the Historical Uniforms OF the
United States Army and is at pres
ent on the staff of "Harper's," Serb
ner's'' and the Century Magazines"
The title page is embellished by two
handsome portraits of Colonel Inger-
soil, one as the soldier, taken in 1862,
as Colonel of the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry, and the other as the lawyer
and orator in 1877. The leaves are
fastened together by ribbons in the ma
tional colors. It makes a fine holi-
day present. Mailed for 81.
HEs
J. F. Taylor & Co. (New York; have
issued one of the most unique books Of
the season which will be enjoyed quite
as much by adults as by children. 1t
is entitled Little Leather Breaches"
being a collection of folklore songs,
negro rhymes, street vendors cries, ETC.,
gathered from various parts of the
South, arranged and illustrated by
Francis P. Wightman. The text and
the pictures are printed together, the
latter being in colors. The book is
bound in boards with an ornamental
cover designed by the author. The
verses are the result of several years
research, and have been carefully Sc
lected from the numerous songs and
legends of the Gulf States, the Atlantic
seaboard and the Inland States of the
South. The illustrations are executed
with skill and delicious sense Of
humor. The rhymes have stood the
test of time, and consequently have
permanent interest. Since the days Of
Lears Nonsense Book nothing has
appeared that is more full of genuine
humor than Little Leather Breaches"
The rhymes and verses, the curious
legends and omens are so fresh, so diff
ferent from the made over fun of many
of the modern books of humor, that
thew afford O feast to the lover of good