The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-19

The list price of the book is $1.50; fol
 sale by all leading booksellers. l Dear Days" is a pretty story for the | especial delectation of girls. It is q story of Washington school life, by Armour Strong, and published by Hen | ry T. Coates & Co.,, of Philadelphia | who have given the book very hand some front cover with a picture of a
 young lady school teacher in the fore | ground and one of the Capitol at | Washington in the background The | story is told in a fresh, natural way
 and has much local coloring which will give children a good idea of many fea- | lures of the nations capital city which l they ought to know about. There is a l pretty chapter on Easter Monday and i the egg rolling contests by the children | on the White House lawn, and the eager crowding to catch a glimpse of the president as he comes out to show himself to the people on the White
 House balcony, with the Marine band playing for all it was worth, and with hats and handkerchiefs waved wildly in
 the air as the nations chief came in view of the multitude. This story of
 the school life of the Roderick children and their mates is a pleasant addition
 to the list of Christmas books Price $1.O0. For sale by all booksellers.
 ''The Kings Rubies'' is an excellent
 wholesome story for boys and girls by
 Adelaide Fuller Bell; published by
 Henry T. Coates & Co.,. Philadelphia.
 From the start 1t will interest healthy,
 active, inquirlng young people who like
 adventure and spice of mystery The
 principal mystery centers around the
 rubies and how they came to America,
 and what happened to them after they
 got here, The frontispiece of the book
 presents a picture of black eyed "Gyp,"
 whose right name was Marie. "Gyp"
 has good deal to do with the story
 and she appears again in another illus
 tration which shows her in the midst of
 several sinister looking gipsy women
 who were loafing abopt their camp fire
 in the woods, and who were only pre-
 vented from stealing "Gyps" jeweIled
 belt by her friend, Watchful Phil and
 old Nose, the colored man, and the dog
 Fitz, who had crept up to the scene just in the nick of time. Phil had many adventures and how he found his father and Madame Dupre, her grandson, is all prettily told in the wind up The price of the book is LOO; for sale by all booksellers
 The Penn Publishing Co, Philade- phia, comes to the front again with new additions this season to it's series of
 Best Books for Boys and Girls" and a highly satisfactory series 1t is and high ly popular with the young people. The aim of the publishers is to present in this series the latest and best works of the most popular writers for boys and a charming manner, but most of them contain something in the way of infor- nation or instruction, and all are of a good moral tone. They make doubly good reading therefore, for while the child is being pleasantly entertained, he is also improving his mind and develop ing his character. Better books to be put into the hands of young people 1t would be hard to find. They are all and handsomely illustrated, and are well printed on good paper with | and durable bindings. They | are sold by the leading booksellers or sent prepaid on receipt of price. which l IS $1.25 each. Among the new issues in | Lhe series are the following:
 "A Cape Cod Boy" by Sophie Swett, | author of Captain Polly" Flying Hill | Farm" etc. Illustrated by P. T. Hoyt. | This is realistic story of the New l England coast, in which are vividly de- | octed the manly efforts of a Portu- | ,uese castaway who attempts to assist family in return for kindness shown | lm. The antics of a trained bear form m amusing feature of the story. A pronounced sea atmosphere pervades ! he whole narrative, which contains ! many thrilling adventures by sea and l on land, The boys will all l 1e very much interested in Manuel Sil- | "a, the little Port ergee' boy who had l been tossed up on the Cape Cod sands l )y a wreck after cruising about in all | he seas and picking up sixteen years l worth of knowledge in many lands He had been cast almost into the door ard of Captain Siah Doane's cottage by | discriminating wave; and with a dis OCdCeu SHuulueE anu C WOuUu OH the lead that would have proved his end | ut for the kind nursing he got at ,iah's home How Manuel and another ad caught whale which was Hopping
 bout off Sconset beach, and lots of oth- r interest incidents in the story, will 'e eagerly read by the boys and the iris, too.
 "The Wreck of the Sea Lion," by w. j. Stoddard, author of "The Young 'inanciers," etc. Illustrated by John IT. setts. This is a narrative of the thrill 1g escapades of two 'long-shore boys, ,ho have many adventures on the wa CTS of Long Island Sound. It is sup lemented by the tales of the hardships nd final mutiny of the crew of trad lg vessel during voyage on the 1uthern Pacific, and the whole is enli- ened by the amusing experiments of a ould be scientist and his inventions. very boy who likes a good story will ke "The Wreck of the Sea Lion," and s recital of the adventures of he oys Si and Tomand and how they ,und the lost treasure on the wreck. he story is spiritedly told and will be ,und very entertaining. Her Fathers Legacy" by Helen herman Griffith, illustrated by Ida laugh A fascinating narrative of the z