The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-01


/ fills a place where it is hardest to gel
good books, namely, for girls iifteel
years old and upward. Miss Douglas
charminsly tells the varied experiences
of the young heroine of the story, who
finally triumphs over many difficulties
and does as well as most boys ever dc
in trying and perpleXing situations. Ii
! Is a delightful and a helpful story.
"Heaven's Distant Lamps" poems oil
comfort and hope, arranged by Anna
T.. Mack, editor of Because / Love
You" white and gold laid paper and
| gilt top; Lee & Shepard, Boston; $1,25;
for sale at judas. Miss Mack has al
ready shown herself possessed of a
most discriminating literary taste, as
| well as a profound acquaintance with
the masterpieces of the poetry Of our
language by her remarkably popular
collection of love poems, the widely
known Because | Love You" She has
now used her talent in an even more no.
bic and sympathetic way by compiling
s,n almost faultlessly complete and well
chosen collection of poems of comfort
and hope, happily named from a quota
tion, "Heaven's Distant Lamps" The
contents are arranged in thirteen sec
TONS The appearance of the volume
in its dress of white, blue and gold is
daintily attractive, and we may be sure
that it will be eagerly welcomed as a
gift and especially welcomed and priced
as token of sympathy.
"Aguinaldo's Hostage, or Dick Car
A 10 tai,
by Fl. Irving Hancock, war correspon-
dent; cloth; Illustrated; Lee G. Shepard;
Boston; $125 for sale at Judas. -Mr.
Hancock, well known as a gifted writer
for Frank Leslies Weekly and other
leading publications, has made use Of
his experiences in the Philippine Is
lands to write a most entertaining sto-
ny of the war with the F'ilipinos, viewed
mainly from their own lines, thus diff
ferng from any other book that has
been written. The fortune of the Fill
Pine armies is told as no one could tell
it who had not been there, and the
eventual escape of Dick Carson forms
thrilling story.
boy Donald" by Penn Shirley,
(Sophie Mays sister,; cloth; illustra-
ted by c. Louise Williams; Lee e. Shep-
ard, Boston; rs cents; for sale at
judas. boy Donald" Is complete in
itself, yet continues the story of the
Happy Six" Little Miss Weezy and
Master Donald Rowe have much to say,
and a wise parrot occasionally puts in
a word, while a risky monkey tries to
keep things lively. The story is laid in
Southern California, where the six chill
dren meet with many interesting adven-
lures. A handsome Mexican boy plays
an important part in the book; and it
a little mystery, satisfactorily
explained in the closing chapter
Though aiming to entertain, the tale
inculcates a valuable but not too obvi-
GUS moral All children, and older ones,
too, who read this, win be anxious to
see the volumes necessary to make a
set, which may be hoped for in due |
time.
1.-TWO Little Street Singers" by Nora |
A. M. Roe (Mrs. Alfred S. Roel; cloth; |
Illustrated by Bertha G. Davidson; Lee |
e Shepard, Boston; $1.00; forsale at |
Judd's. Mrs. Roe's 1.-TWO Little Street |
singers" are Rita" and Jimmy" who
PASS for the children of Tonic" with
whom they travel, and for whom they
,arn many pennies by singing and dam
ling with their tambourines. Rita's
beauty and Jimmy's maniness win a
nome for the little girl with a country
pinster and her aged mother, But
roubles come thick and fast to Ritas
friends in the country and brave Jim
ny in the city. All these tangled
breads, together with the mystery of
he children's lives, are most happily
traightened out There is strong
,ein of helpful common sense running
Illustrated the book we'll and sympa-
the cover is tasteful; and, all
n all, it is one of the very best juve-
lies of the season.
THE Twentieth Century Mother
loose, Mother Wild Goose and Her
Wild Beast Show" Illustrations and
ext by L. j. Bridgman size 1-2 ~
2; illustrations in color; $1,25. The
ra of purely instructive reading for the
title folks required an excuse for the
airing author who would amuse the
hldren. In Mother Wild Goose and
Ter wild Beast Show there is a
'rge variety Of subject the boys taste
s well as the girls being consulted.
he pages are Illuminated with color.
he circus and nenagerie has perfect
fother Goose grip on young under
landings, and the wild beast show"
dds to the iingling rhyme such fancies
$ would make the book come to the
hild's mind with the double force of
cling something like Mother Goose and
about animals. The book is
right, entertaining and wholesome. {
/. M. Caldwell Co, publishers, New i
ork and Boston.
"Uncle Terry, Story of the Maine