The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-23
BOOK NOTICES.

A book of new fairy stories will be hall
ed with joy by the children especially
such a one as 1.-THE Return OF the Fairies,
by Charles J. Bellamy, brother of the au-
thor of Looking Backward" The scenes
of the romantic happenings TO the little he
roes and heroines of these stories are LAID
in the world of to-day, not in that of num-
dreds of years ago, and the fairies, COLLINS
and children talk and think in the modern
way. There are six stories in the volume
bearing taking titles. as follows: Story of
a Christmas Eve" "Story of the Enchant-
ed Cave" story of the Bad Boy" Story
of the Golden Key and story OF the
Magic Mirror" The volume is so fully
and intelligentIy illustrated by Charles w.
Reed of Boston that. after child mas
once read the book or had it read 10 him,
the little one can almost read 1t the second
time merely by studying the pictures, OF
which there are siXty-three in all. Far
cnts will take special interest IN these s'o-
ries because each one inculcates without
appearing to try, some lesson which the
conscientious father or mother is most
anxious the children should learn. Inc
book is published by Little Folks Publish
ing Company of Springfield, Mass.
"The Bow-Legged Ghost. and Other Sto-
ries." by Leon Mead. This is collec-
ton of humorous sketches verses, dia-
logues and facetious paragraphs. Its pur-
pose is 10 make people laugh. Mr. Mead
is a newspaper man, with a keen appre-
citation of a funny situation and the abil-
ity to describe that situation in print so
that il loses nothing of its humor. In this
volume the author has dealt with the
funny side of life in a manner so accept
able 10 the reading public that an I'M
precedented demand for his book is the re-
suit Genuine books of humor are about
as scarce as colored physicians, and when
such a volume appears it is hailed with
delight by thousands of people, who are
stated unto death with the mawkish senti-
ment and banal horseplay of the average
novel Bound with deckle edges and gilt
top Price SIPS. The Werner Company,
Akron, o.
Mrs Gllette's Cook Book" This vol
ume is by the author of The white House
Cook Book" which is said to have at
tanned to circulation of 100000 copies.
The present book is an Improvement upon
its predecessor, containing an of the reci-
pes of the former and great deal Of other
information besides Besides being text
book on the ara of cooking, il is com
not only for the kitchen, but for the pam
try, Inc linen closet, the dining room, the
boudoir and the parlor II contains up
wards of 600 pages all filled with just
such information a IS the housekeeper ought
10 nave. Published by the Werner Com
pany, Akron, o.
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and frontsontly pressing oaen the sec. ions
till you reach the center of the volume.
DO this two or three times and you viii
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violently or carelessiy in any one pace
and you wiz likely break the back aud
cause start in the leaves. Never force
the back of the book.
"A connoisseur many years ego. an ex-
ceilent customer of mine who thought he
knew perfectly how to handle books, came
into my Office when l had an expensive
binding just brought from the bindery
ready TO be sant home; he. before my eyes,
took nod OF the volume and tightly Lo.d-
ing the leaves in each hand, instead OF o.
towing them free play, violently opened 1t
in the center and exclaimed: How bcau-
tifuily your bindings open" | almost faint
ed. lie had lrOken Il back Of the volume
and it had 20 be rebound"
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