The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-25

Q AAAA0F5E lEG DuELDI1s lx A-. LpE5E O. Co, F mO. $l.20 net This handsome little volume concerning Boston's it- erary circle of which the author is a part is by the gifted author of various books which have won deserved pUpu- larity and presents a series of nineteen studies relating to the multitude of subjects embraced in, under and about the comprehensive subject of its title and contains twenty-one illustrations of the chief personages who figure in it, their portraits. their homes, their libra ries and whatever else comes under the head of their belongings, the whole col- lection consisting of many galleries which are more easily imagined than catalOgued. The noted Bostonians of whom the book treats are Mrs. Howe. MT. Aldrich, Mir. Higginson, Dr. Hale, Sarah Orne Jewett, Alice Browne. Mar gaet Deland, Mrs. James T. Fields, Louise Chandler Moulton, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Herbert D. Ward, James Jeffrey Roche, Arlo Bates. Hen ry Cabot Lodge, Helen Leah Reed, Mary A. Livermore, Charles Eliot Nor ton, President Eliot,t Nathan Haskell Dole, Charles Felton Pidgin. Lillian Whiting, Bliss Perry and many others who shine more or less in BostOn's lit erary Armament. Portraits are given of sixteen of the most noted of the galaxy and fine illustrations of the homes of some of these notables are given. The text tells much of personal interest regarding the leading charc- ters. The book is desirable acquisition to the library and will make a charming and most acceptable holi- day. This volume forms part of l.. c. Page & Co.'S Little Pilgrimage" se- ries, which was begun last year with the Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books and the Little Pilgrimages Among the Women who have been equally for tunate. Price of Literary Boston of To-day" $1.20 net; for sale at Judas.
 Romance of Old New England Roof Trees,'' by Mary c. Crawford, is an- other in L. c. Page & Co.'S delightful Little Pilgrimage Series" The author visits the homes of Agnes Surriage, Martha Hilton, Dorothy Q. and others, with due regard to the literature that has grown up around them and nun1er- ous illustrations of the homes and his- l torie localities are given. The authors intention is to supply real need and | the result is a volume which gives clearly, compactly and in very read able way the stories connected with noted surviving old houses in New England. Mir. Drake's delightful works 1.fr nf times gave much of value for the se- rious student but left the field of TO- nance in New England historyR still open for this work which gives entire the tales of chief interest to the ma ] jority of readers. The book will prove delight for the leisure hour and a treasured acquisition to the library. It | is beautifully printed and bound and has between thirty and forty superior l illustrations. Price $1.50. For sale by The Pease-Lewis Company.
 "MiIton's England is a valuable | book by Lucia Anes Mead, author of l Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers" :" Memoirs of a Millionaire" and ITO Whom Much is Given.' It is published by l.. c. Page x Co.,, Boston, and is charmingly gotten up in cream and gilt covers with photograVure of Milton | for it's frontispiece, taken fom the en- graving by T. Woolworth of the minia- l ture painted in 1867 by William Faithome. The work may be described as typographical architectural bio .graphy of the Puritan poet. It starts 1 ,t,,4 1,s. ;rtt, so Fol ] him to all his abodes in town and coun- | try, shedding light on many an illusion in his minor poems, and furnishing a delightful and interesting, gallery of pictures of the outward England of his
 day, especially its buildings. Milton had twelve abodes in London at differ ent times, all of which receive due at-
 tention especially as pertaining to the Ipoet's environments. Thirty-one illus
 trations are given among which are old
 St. Pauls cathedral, various colleges
 at Cambridge, part of Whitehall
 Church of St. Andrew Undershaft ir
 1737, Church of St. Giles Cripplegate ir
 the same year, Gresham College, The
 Charterhouse. Church of St. Bartholo.
 mew the Great, Somerset House, The |
 Abbey as Milton knew it. In the Poets
 Corner, The Lollard's Tower, Lambeth
 Palace, The Royal Exchange, etc Tht
 book is admirably written and is ot
 permanent value. Price $1.60 net. Fol
 sale by The Pease-Lewis Company.
 'The Lillian Bell Birthday Book,
 edited by A. H. Rogue. Published by
 l.. c. Page & Co.,. Bosttsn.
 Most attra actively bound and printed
 is this volume of selections from Lii
 Han Bells books. The selections have
 been made by A. H. Bogue, the author:
 husband. The authors well known ia
 cility for the expression of her idea:
 render it an easy matter to make tht
 selections. Her clever and sprightly
 comment makes good reading and the
 selections are of the best. Underlyins
 the bright airy chatter of the book is
 foundation of good sense and the senti
 ment rings true in most cases. Int
 book is dedicated to Mary Hartwel
 Catherwood. It is arranged with quo
 tations for every day in the year witt
 alternate blank pages to match in the
 conventional, birthday book fashion
 The cover has a vignette of the author
 and a reproduction of a full-length DOT.
 trait as frontispiece.
 An interesting volume is 'GIin1pses ot
 China and Chinese Homes" by Fdvarf