New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
BOOKS FOR GIRLS.
INSTRUCTIVE. MORALIZING AND
MANTIC TALES


pb,eba CO., introduced to us by Helen Dawes
Brown has been growing up since last accounts
and in ..F4er Sixteenth Year" Houghtoh' 1hliiiii
& Coz we find her in long skirts, with hei Hai,
done up" but still a sweet ana heai'hS
child II is a refined little book true u iiie
n humankind "Daddy's Girl q. B. Llppin-
colt Company, by l. I. Meaoe' Is INC " .tor,
juvenile intended more for grown
for Youngsters To the former IL VIII dpp0
showing the moral influence OF io'iis
honest little child upon man heslIa'"s
tween good and evil for the latter II 'o ~,
far too sonbisticated story of worldliness- Inc
same author publishes through the same Mn III -
the tale of "A Very Naughty Girl"-a WIG il'',e
,,,u+r,,,o, who is converted with startling sud-
denness from folly, vulgarity, Ill tenipei'
,r,da and insolence by her love for her uh'ie-
Che is as unpleasant a creature as the SEASON
br;ngS and NAV serve, perhaps, as dii avn
warning for girls. A much more atI
heroine is to be found in L. e. Tlddemahs pooA
'Celia's Conquest dipp1ncotp- @he -
naughty little girl, indeed, but her oau 'ep
is only superficial, and her heart Is very iio'1
In the right place. She is troupieu Win 'i--
denendence and impatience OF control chai a.
teristic of most fifteen-year-old girls pu' sie -
brought to gentlest submission by the uiisei'
,,5 eenerous love of the noble woman who IS
her guardian.
,,rs Mary p Wells Smith has returned to the
eoIa of her delightful Jolly Good Times Stories,
and in -Four on Farm Iittle Brown q %,
hoe ,,roduced a tale of country life calcuiateu
=. 5a1;.b+ bovs and girls of any age Even 'Ae
o,+,,a..narian if he remembers q boyhooo Oh
-, e,, r,iebt well succumb to the charm VI
+b;s winning book 1t is full OF huhior h'i0
charity that thinketh no evil and alusis
man nature. Another book attractive III 10
finn its wisdom and its sweetness oi lee-e
1.-The Captain of the School, (1lttie' Dto
Coz by Edith Robinson ,,,
..rba Princess of the Purple Palace No
Clure Phillips & Coz is story oy "i'"
cravdon dealing with the recent eAcl'ie 80
in China Two American boys IN lheir
10 tho heroes. and they pass through many
desperate adventures in resculns uain''
chinese princess from the Boxers and in strue
-. - raocb the beleaguered legation Ihls
&c the sort of thing that happens wheh 'ile
,,o,-s foil into the hands of the Boxers:
,,,a,, fall an o,ninous. expectant silence
Vow for the foreign devils!' cried seVerai
voices. 50 ,..oa r, shene
Anu R'I+ ss he smoke there came sharp sound
that stifed the sentence on MS ups. CiaS1>
crsck!-two rifles went of in raplu su0@e'7-0
And the boys were saved for another startlhs
episode - 3.
An English book of considerable cleverness IS
E1 elyn Sharp's The Youngest uiri IA .A-
School, CThe Macmillan Company. Babe, the
little heroine is child of uncommon quah'ies'
and wins tenderly upon the affections OF the
roodar Interesting too are her brothers ana
in a less degree her schoolmates Ihe ohlS
thing In the book is the sentl-
mental romance which so many authors OF 1u-
yeniles seem 20 think must perforce be onereo
nowadays to their young readers
Again Mrs. Laura E. Richards gives her
young friends another "Margaret DOOR, anu
in ..Fernley House Dana, Estes q COZ tie
merry and gentle group of Montforts reassempie
under the benign rule of the best OF Oh'ie
Johns There are humor and tenderness ana
true refinement and a hint of romance IN the
story-it is altogether one of the most ATTRACTIVE
of the seasons books for girls in their teens
With this the series Of the Three Margare.S
hooks comes to an end, leaving bewitching Rta'
honny Peggy and sweet Margaret good. happy
and wise
In e.Cirls Of the True Blue (E. P. Dutton q
Coa L. T Meade has written a taking and sus-
gestive story 1t teaches a high loyalty 10 not
Impossible ideals, the JOY OF walking i'll d
straight path, and 1t portrays the biting worries
that follow deceit. There is not trace OF prlg-
gishness about it, and its atmosphere of truth
and loving kindness is good for big girls ana
little ones alike
.sMargot' "a. c. McClurg & Coz is the story
of a dainty Huguenot girl, the daughter Of the
Kings shoemaker and it is told by Millicent L.
Mann in a picturesque and convincing fashion
With the revocation of the Edict of Nantes
the child and her parents are forced to fly from
France to America, the child and her nurse
coming first. Pretty Margot, before they are
reunited, passes through grim adventure with
the Indians, and the book has those moments
Of suspense which pleasantly harrow up youth
full souls. One Of its characters is a delightful
dog.
High School Days at Harbortown," by Lily
T. Wesselhoeft, is one of the Christmas publ
cations of Little, Brown & Co. 1t describes
the seashore summer Of a group of healthy,
happy, kndhearted boys and girls They sue
cor the sick, forgive injuries and altogether
make themselves into extremely good exam
pies to young readers. AS for Goggles, the in
tellectual dignfed and truly lovable bull ter
rier of the book, he is engaging that it is
painful TO take leave of him. Would that the
author would give a volume all Goggles!
The heroine of "Brenda's Summer at Rockley''
little, Brown & Coz is already known to US
as the chief figure III another volume dealing
with her school and her club. Miss Helen L.
Reed brings her back to US the same bright.
rather hard and often selfish modern girl
all know We allowed to see, however,
that Brenda is developing sweeter character
istics, and the influence upon this development
of enc friend and another is cleverly indicated.
Another book from the same Boston firm is
Anna Chaplin Rays Teddy: Her Daughter"
Theodore McAllis+er and her sister, grown up
and married reappear with their children. and
Theodora's young daughter, Betty, plays the
principal part in the book. And very pretty
part it is, gay, sweet and gentle. The scene of