The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-17
NOTES OF NEW BOOKS.

/ scene is lalu III COTStCd, anu tHe heio dhu
heroine belong to old Corscan families
II the reader does no; finish this book
with a much more vivid idea OF the
strange, fierce, passionate. and vindctive
people OF that famous little island. ii will
not be the fault of Mr.. Merriman. for
the tale is simply drenched with local
color.
Yet the principal characters in the
novel are not melodramatic or unpleas-
ant in the least. Denise, the heroine. Is
spirited. charming. and true-hearted
girl. and Lory de Vasselot. the hero. is
a thorough gentleman. Moreover. there is
in the romance a delightful priest the
Able Susini. The priest has figured some
what largely in fiction. and frequently as
clever tactful. unselfsh. and altogether
admirable character while sometimes de-
| picted as rising to heights Of actual hero
ism. Susini is one of the best character
studies OF this Kind in recent fiction.
| The plot is we'll constructed and full
| of interest. and the story abounds in In
cident. character drawing OF an unusually
| clever sort, and adventures OF various
| kinds. The author is to be congratulated
| upon its success. New York: Dodd, Mead
| & Coz
German Garden" has appeared. and this
charming little book will make an appro-
pirate holiday gift for almost any young
girl. New York: The Macmillan Com
pany. 80 cents)
The Lark edition Of THE Man with the
Hoe" has appeared. with attractive illus
trations by Porter Garnet, and a photo
nj he
produced as frontispiece. (San Francisco:
William Doxey.)
THE Book OF Saints and Friendly
Beasts is the attractive title OF little
volume by Abbie Farwell Brown. illus
trated in dainty fashion by Fanny Y. Cory.
The hook is as delightful as its name sug
gests, and will make charming Sunday
story book. There are SO few works of
this kind for children that new one. which
is neither heavy nor insipid, will be vel
coined with great gladness.
The author has gathered from old saints
legends stories OF animals with whom the
saints were associated, and most OF the
tales will be wholly new to the public.
Among the titles are Saint Bridget and
the Kings Wolf,'' Saint Fronto's Camels,"
Saint COmgall and the Mice and "SaHt |
Werburgh and Her Goose" This little col |
lection illustrates once again the great |
human sympathy of the oldest Christian !
Church-the Church which has fitted itself |
as garment to all the faults. weaknesses,
and fancies of human nature. There is
nothing austere or didactic about them.
They are simply told. poetic, tender little
bits of folklore. Two or three are in verse.
Boston: Houghton. Miffin & Co. s1.25)
Anything that has the name of Tuck
upon it and is picture book cannot fail to
be fascinating to little people, and Father
Tuck's Annual is no exception to the rule.
From its delightful white cover with the
fur-clad children upon il to the quaint lit
tie tail-piece it is dainty creation. There
is store Of pictures in black and white
and colors; stories, rhymes. and songs,
funny. pretty. and altogether charming.
All the playmates Of child's world are
there from kittens to the St Bernard
dogs of which the Third Reader" tells.
London. Paris, and New York: Raphael ;
Tuck & Sons.)
Songs Of All the Colleges is a book
which will awaken many quaint memories
n the minds OF grave people with college
legrees. 1t contains songs sung by |
he students of all colleges, and e
'ome which are the particular property a
II the older institutions. Fair Harvard" T
5 there of course. and Here's to good a
Id Yale" and the immortal peanut song, @
nd the equally immortal chant about three s
little kittens in basket Of sawdust and b
he one about the good little boy who went n
o Sunday school. and "Old Nassau" and 4
Jingle Bells and numerous other old. S
avorites. 1t will be just the thing to suit v
he taste Of any college boy or girl-the e
iris colleges are also representation that S
any former collegian who is musical il
New York: Kinds & Noble. s1.50.) p
new edition of the eyer-enehantins
Grimm's Fairy Tales has appeared. and q
is an exquisite one. There are several =
nll-Dage illustrations in color. the pref d
lest, perhaps. that have ever been made r
those classics, Cinderella Snow G.
White and the rest. The time has gone c.
y when children's Libraries need contain a
rude and ugly combinations of color. f.
his picture book is. in its way as much ! b
work of art as anything which can be CO
,und iE the libraries OF older folk. Lion e.
on and New York: Raphael Tuck & a
ous) a
Mother Goose for Grown-ups" is a W
ook Of jingIes by Guy Wetmore CarryI. st
TIN " AtteI Newell
erbeck The book is of the same nature
) the authors parOdies on la FOntaine. in
iblished some time ago. He has taken az
other Goose's works in one hand and tn, e.
ctionary in the other and welded the it
20 together. and the result is rather in Go
resting. though the original author ! oil
ould probably fail to understand it ev,n R'
18th her spectacles on. Most of the ST
VINES have appeared IN the humorous en-
partment of sundry periodicals. and the 1t,
lblic is already familiar with them. tic
lew York: Harper & Brothers s15OJ ca
THE Road TO Nowhere" is a story for pa
ildren by Livingston B. Morse. with il ,
STATIONS in red and black. by Edna ma
,rse. The tale is whimsical. fanci- be
c9nceit of the Alice in Wonderland .o'
hoOl of fiction, and will have for its rie
ildsh readers the exceedingly great SIR
'rit of not being like anything but it cen
If. The course of the story is unex- NO.
cted. and that is what children Ike. te'
ew York: Harper C Brothers sl50) tne
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