The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-19

cess last year, has given us in the pres
 ent book a clean, manly and well-con-
 structed story which is certain to equal
 the popularity of Its predecessor. There , is fine out-of- door air about this tale,
 and plenty of healthy excitement. The
 episode about the shooting of a black
 bear would alone be worth the price of
 the book to any adventure-loving boy.
 Then the account of building a camp,
 of freeing 'coons, of trapping minks
 and red fox, and of shooting deer and 1 lynx, will make every young reader
 who has red corpuscles in his veins
 want to spend his November holidays in
 the woods. The scene of the first part
 of the story is laid in New York city
 and includes breathless recital of the
 great diamond robbery to which Jack
 Benham, the young hero of the story
 is falsely accused of being a party. His
 vindication and the exposure of the real
 criminal involve some skillful detective
 work, and make absorbing reading.
 Whether in city office or hunting in
 the forests of the Blue Ridge, Jack and
 his friends will win the heart of every
 reader who loves pluck, fair play, and
 those heroic qualities which go to make
 up ''the strenuous life" The numerous illustrations by the author, who is an experienced hunter and woodsman him. self, contribute not a little to the at
 tractiveness of the book. Cloth, 12mo.,
 illustrated, unique cover design; $1.25;
 Dana Estes & Co.,, publishers, Boston,
 Mass.
 "Reynard the Fox" edited by Joseph
 T ktr, Animals of Aesop." A version of the famous beast fable, translated into En- glish verse from the Low German of the fifteenth century, and adapted for modern readers. This book belongs to the rare class which Is equally delight full to children and to their elders. In this regard 1t may be compared to "Gulliver's Travels Don Quixote," and "Pilgrims Progress" For wit and shrewd satire and for pure drollery, both in situations and description, it is conspicuous. The animals are not men dressed up in the skin of beasts, but are throughout true to their char acters, and are not only strongly real ized but consistently drawn, although in the subtle art of the narrator is quite the subtle are of the narrator is quite hidden and one Is aware only of read ing an absorbing interesting and witty tale. When to the charm of the poem is added the exceptional skill of the Illustrator, whose genius in caricature and in animal drawing was demon strated In his popular edition of "Aesop," one can hardly look further in seeking for an ideal gift book for nursery table or the library. Small quarto, cloth, handsome cover design, with over 125 original illustrations, by J. J. Mora, $1.50. Dana Estes & Co.,, | publishers, Boston. Mass
 Elizabeth Timlow, whose story for children, What Came to Winifred," has just been published by Dana Estes & Co.,, Boston, Is still young woman, l having been born since the conclusion of the Civil war. Her father an Epis copal clergyman, was rector for many | years of church in New Haven. Eliz abeth came of the best English and | Colonial ancestry, and was educated at | private schools of New Haven, with | courses at Wellesley | college and Cornell university While | she was teaching Latin in a school at Syracuse, her father died, leaving his family, as most clergymen must, un- provided for. Nothing daunted, Eliza beth, with her two sisters took up the gauntlet that Fate threw down, and starte ed girls boarding school on orig inal lines which soon justified its founders hopes and is now large and | well known institution Miss Timlow's home Is in Montclair, N. J. In addition to her teaching duties, she Is constantly in writing for the press, and in aiming to satisfy the importunate de- nands of publishers. Fortunately, she las always had the best of health. An intimate friend says of her: "She still ooks nearly as fresh and unworn as ,ne of her own girls
 Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever, the well lnown writer for children, whose Madam Angora" is among the holi- lay publications of Dana Estes & Co.,, vas born in Boston, and has spent the