New-York tribune., 1900-12-15

MN q Coz, by Abbie FarweII Brown a collection
or brief histories Of the saints with whose names
legend links the names OF divers animals. This
oook Is notable for its sweet spirit for the pretty
manner In which the author tells her stories IL
mas been felicitously illustrated by Fanny Y.
Cory, and the publishers have given it the dain-
test FORM Pictures from Bird Land" CE. P.
Dutton & Coz is thin booklet containing some
remarkably vivid and picturesque portraits OF
birds, printed in coIors. each plate being accom-
panied by deft rhyme from the pen of a poet
who is only represented on the title page by his
initials, E. b s.
Mr.. Henry Mayer is responsible for both text
and pictures in "A Trip to Toyland' CE. p Dut-
ton & Coz The text is funny. but the drawings
are funnier. Indeed the vivacity Of Mr. Mayors
pen' when ne sets out to picture his grotesque
imaginings. is quite inimitable. His nIustra-
tlons are in colors. and a brave show they make.
or the Golliwog have heard before. Year
after year he returns to fill young hearts with
delight Bertha Upton. who versihes this
doughty hero. and Florence K. Upton who pict-
ures him. give us this year THE GoIliwog's
Polar Adventures Qongmans, Green & Coz A
very Nansen he appears. and pass him on
with friendly pat. In "Urchins of the Sea-
(Longmans, Green & Coz. Marie Corbin and
Charles Going, with the assistance of drawings
by F. /. Bennett. tell all about Fopsy and Pudgy
and Wobbledy Jim. whose bodies were fat and
whose legs were slim. We will reveal no more
OF the secrets Of this book but content ourselves
with the assurance to readers that Fopsy
Pudgy and wobbledy Jim are all that they
ought to be, both In text and picture
From the Cassells we have a substantial marcel
OF attractive picture books, foremost among
them coming two of Walter Cranes productions.
on which We tempted to pause. One is
"Flora's Feast, Masque OF Flowers" which,
we fancy. We have before. but which we are
quite willing TO again, the rhymes are so
sweet the drawings are so dainty to form and
so delicate to color. Mr. Cranes Queen
Summer. or the Tourney Of the Lily and the
Rose" is equally successful. little pageant so
brave with well chosen colors that not children
alone will gaze upon it with delight. Peter
Piper's Peep Show" and '"The Jungle School,"
from the same publishers. are for very small
children. and so also is "The Home of Santa
Claus" ali three being merrily written and
merrily Illustrated play books
Three more publications written and illustrat-
ed by Walter Crane lie upon our table coming
In this from John Lane. They are thin
booklets, reissues OF old favorites The Frog
Prince" THE Hind in the Wood and Beauty
and the Beast They are exactly what chill
dren's picture books ought to be- quaint anus
ing and as artistic in their way as the most
sumptuous volumes prepared for grave and rev.
erend seniors Glancing at these, and at the
two books mentioned just above, we feel the
more regret that Mr.. Crane should have pro-
duced the unsatisfactory illustrations to Don
Quxote," to which refer in another column.
For children nearing their teens one book is
here to be approved, THE Century Book of the
American Colonies (the Century Company, in
which Elbridge s. Brooks tells of the pilgrim
age Of party OF young people to the sites of
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book OF history for the young. and it is particu-
larly attractive in its illustrations However
the bulk of the literature before US at the mo-
ment is intended for readers not so far ad-
vanced. and we are praising nothing more seri-
GUS than simple rhymes stories and laugh
able drawings when praise 1.-THE Reggie and
Reggie Stories Harper & Bros). by Gertrude
Smith. illustrated by z. Mars and NJ H Squire:
''Droll Doings' Charles Scribner's Sons). with
verses by 1.-The Cockiolly Bird" and ilustra-
tions by Harry B. Nelson: Merry Folk" CE P
Dutton & Coz with verse and prose by various
hands and pictures by E. S. Hardy; Fun and
Frolic e. P. Dutton & Coz in which the
verses by Clifton Bingham. clever as they are
are overshadowed by Mr.. Louis wain's animal
pictures; Father Tuck's Annual" Haphael
Tuck & Sons). to which various hands have con-
tributed stories. poems and pictures, and In
Storyland" &c. P. Dutton & Coz. which also owes
Its miscellaneous attractions TO more authors
and artists than we can name here. We must
give special mention TO Magic Moments" CE p
Dutton & Coz. because the colored Illustrations
provided by Florence Hardy are ingeniously
stamped on certain disks that when manipu-
lated transform one picture into another totally
different. This is. to be sure, one of the newest
publications Of the season. a book which will
absorb children and give them unending
pleasure
A new edition of "Grimm's Fairy Tales IRA
phael. Tuck & Sons) is illustrated by E. j. An
drews and S. Jacobs. The text is imperishable
These new pictures cannot command the same
eulogy, but they are sympathe.ically drawn and
are welcome. '"rhe Adventures of Foxy Grand
pa" (Foxy Grandpa Company. by Bunny"
otherwise known Mr. Schultze preserves
to the funny page of daily journal. The foxy
old gentleman's grandsons are full of mischief.
but the humor of this book is in the main inno-
cent and persuasive. Daddy Long Legs ON.
Witmark & Sons) has been built up by three
gentlemen, Mr. James O'Dea has made the
rhymes. Mr.. Alfred Solman has composed the
tunes, and Mr.. Edgar Keller has made the pct-
ures The book will serve double purpose.
Children will laugh at the pictures and their
elders, in idle moments will strum over the
tunes for an interested and open mouthed audi
ence. Two good miscellanies for children have
reached us. both from Dana Estes & Co.. of
Boston. One is the Little Folks Illustrated
Annual" made up of stories and poems for lit
tie people. with many illustrations; the other is
"Chatterbox" for 1900. also variegated as to its
text and abounding in pictures. both colored and