The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-05


and old than the "bear story" il
would be hard to find a boy who ha.
not shivered With breathless and deli
cious suspense over the adventures OF
some hero with a big bear" and the
gifted author of this book has hit the
bull s-eye of universal interest in this
capital story. Balser Brent, the youth
full hero of the tale lived in Indiana
during the early POS, when that state
was a frontier wilderness and the
woods were full of bear, catamount and
other 'varmints." Balser was good
one, brave lad who was handy with a
gun, and he had lots of halrbreadth es-
capes and hair-raising adventures,
which are told spiritedly by the author
| while none of them are beyond the
realms of the probable. The book is
finely Illustrated by A. B. Frost and
Mis-. Mary Baker Baker, the pictures
! helping to give life and reality to the
story Doubleday & Mcclure Co., New
| York, are the publishers; price $125
net; for sale at judas. The Phiiadel-
phia North American says: This is a
collection of bear stories which will de-
light every reader of vigorous, out-of-
door tastes. There is little art, little
guile and no attempt at literary frills
and fripperies in the volume Balzer
Brent, the boy, is a genuine boy, and
Mr.. Major has shown consummate art
in his delneation Of this child of the
wilderness"
The Brooklyn Eagle says of the story:
Tp,,+ ,.t, Of
exaggeration or colly noodle, deal with
the robust and very hard facts of from
tier life, and are frightened with
streaks of sly humor, they are stories
for grown ups also, of a most enter
tanning and sometimes o. a most excl
ting description
These volumes by Doubleday, Page &
Co., will be sent postpaid to any ad
dress on approval, to be paid for if
satisfactory, or to be returned If not
wanted after examination.
The Grasshoppers Hop" is the title
of a pretty book of verses for young
folk by zitella Cooke; published by
Dana Estes & Co. Boston, The book
takes it's title from it's first poem. The
poems number about ninety in all and
are charmingly adapted to please and
entertain little people. The book Is so
very appropriately illustrated by Jo-
seph J. Mora. The list of pictures is as
follows: Miss Ti-To-Tee; Fishing and
Wishing; Knights of the Round Table;
Santa Claus New Departure; Playing
in the Carrot; Butterflies Price of the
book in cloth covers, handsome and at
tractive, fifty cents; for sale by all
booksellers.
Madam Angora" is by Harriet A.
Cheever, who is already a favorite with
many young folks from her previous
books, THE Strange Adventures of
Billy Thrll' and "Ted's Little Dear"
Madame Angora tells an exceedingly
pretty and attractive story for young
people about fine Angora cat weigh
ing seventeen pounds, which was taken
when four months old from her native
place in Asia Minor by Mrs. Captain
Ross and brought to this country and
was we'll housed and cared
for. and reared a numerous family of
kittens like herself She had
several interesting adventures, al
though living among staid and quiet
peuple. / lie SlOfy SlIllS OIL WIN
very friendly and good Samaritan act
performed by the cat for Caesar, the i,
big dog who lived in the big house |
across the street, when he met with |
very trying accident. Pretty soon we
are introduced to Pomp, magnificent |
Persian cat with whom the proud ars-
tocratic Angora cat struck up a great ;,
friendship. Pomp was a big fellow and |
gave the big Newfoundland dog a les
son for the latters presumption which |
re did not soon forget. But little folks |
must read this very pretty story to find |
)ut all the interesting things there are |
n it about these fine high-bred cats.
Published by Dana Estes & Co., Bos-
on For sale by the booksellers.
'Tilda Jane" by Marshall Saunders
L. c. Page Il Co., Boston For sale by
r. H. Pease & Sons; price $3.50. The
orphan asylum waif is a familiar hero
ne in children's stories, but ii is Gus
to transform her into an heir
,ss and beauty, and Marshall Saun-
lers' "Tilda Jane" remains a poor and
little thing to the last and
therefore is decided novelty She