The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-21
What Is meant by the true celebra- @f

 How to trim a Christmas tree? ! All these questions find their answe within the interesting pages of Christ
 mas in Heart and Home" The author of this delightful book is a talented Connecticut lady, whose
 beautiful home in New Britain is the
 center of a distinguished social and lit
 erary circle. A number of literary ar
 ticles of high type of excellence have
 appeared from her pen in the Journa
 and Courier in the past year or two
 The book is very beautifully gotten up
 being one of the most artistically bound
 of the season. The illustrations are ex-
 cellent. It is published by the Abbey
 Press, New York; price $l.25, and is for
 sale by all leading booksellers
 A very pretty and acceptable Christ
 mas gift book has just made its ap-
 pearance. It is a neatly gotten up book
 and entitled "Speedwell, or the Flower
 of Saint Veronica" and is by Anna J Granniss, with a preface by Rev. W. Garrett Horder, editor of "The Treas ury of American Sacred Song.' The work is new collection of verse, con- tatninS siXty-four pages, and will doubtless meet with as much success as ''The Old Red Cradle" Skipped Stitches, "Sandwort" and other books from the pen of Miss Granniss that have appeared in recent years. The book is on sale at Tiernans formerly Cutters, at 50 cents each.
 'SpeedWell'' has been favored with a preface by Rev. w. Garrett Horder and comes before the public bringing with it the candid opinion of one whose name Is known in the highest literary circles in England and America. As an evil dence of how the writer of the preface regards the collection of poems, the fol- lowing is taken from his preface: Ut is difficult to say exactly wherein the charm of the verse of Miss Granniss consists, To the critical eye her work is not without fault or technique. It would be surprising if 1t were not SO in the case of one whose opportunities of early culture were so limited; but In spite of these faults there is such freshness of approach to familiar sub jects such a childlike delight in natu- ral objects, such genuineness of feel ing, such a frank and unforced utter ance alike on the simplest and loftiest themes, that her verse. in spite of her occasional blemishes, gives delight even to the more cultured.
 T have looked over the advanced sheets of the present little volume and find in marked by the same characteris- tics as it's predecessors-'S Skipped Stitches and 'Sandwort;' and if any words of mine can open for it still larger circle for 1t in America, and in- troduce it to lovers of verse In England shall be thankful that I wrote this short preface"
 The six thousandth number of skip ped Stitches" has been sold, and the following clippings regarding it are taken from we'll known publications:
 Throughout the book there are evi- dences of genuine poetic feeling, of true insight. and here and there is a touch of lyric beauty.V-The Atlantic Month ".
 Tt is very true and sweet singing hat is found in these poems; an appre- ,iation of nature, showing thoughtful ness and refined feeling. The snow and he south wind both drift across these 'erses: and the sudden blooming of the New England summer, and the bravery if the toiler. alike shine out from these pages. "-The Household.
 When desired the set, composed of 'Speedwell," Skipped Stitches" and 'Sandwort." will be furnished in box | md sent to any address, postage pre- 'aid, for $1.50; 20 per cent discount to he trade, Orders are sent direct to the { uthor. Plainville, Conn. "Speedwell" 1 s from the press of Darling & Co.,. | The December American Boy is full of ood Christmas matter for wide-awake 'oys. It contains seventy-five illustra- ions and full page devoted to comic ictures entitled Just for Fun" The tories are: Little Pete's Christmas, /"
 story of Christmas in the woods, by Bertha Ester brooke Goodier: An Uu xpected Santa Claus; or, The Stove hat Spoke" by Hezekiah Butter torth; The Christmas Bear. a hunt ng story, by Mary H. Mccoy; Aunt largaret's Christmas Box; or, Christ las on the Plains" by Morris Wade: A Real Conqueror," a school story by len Hains, Detroit, Mich.
 A pretty Christmas number is the De- ioouN tI tllt <hlliVl iNttIi &uCClIs 1 rticles on the Holiday Season abound etween it's covers. Christmas Church nd Home Decoration" The Dressing f the Christmas Tree" Games for oung and Old" How to Dress Dolls,' Simple Home Made Toys etc, etc, I re but a few of the Christmassy sub ,cts treated In addition page full of designs (holly and mistle- )e) is offered to the readers of the magazine at a nominal sum. Quite an ttractive feature of the paper Is the eauty and Toilet department, conduct l by Dr. Mary Easton, who offers, free charge, to answer all questions re,a ns to Beauty and the Toilet put by le readers of the American Queen. rice Of magazine fifty cents a year. flee of publication, Union Square, l CIV York.
 The Christmas number of the Ledger ont hly is full of good things, The ,ver is a beauty. It shows a happy 1ung woman doing Christmas Shop ng." The first article is devoted to {, Christmas Trees Tn Many Lands,' with { any suggestions and illustrations. {
 , "Mirandy, what business is that ,ung man in?" asked Mrs. Ridgfarm