The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-27
TEE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
OF THE SEASON.

Little, Brown s. Co.'s Holiday IA faTogue
-WhimIets, by s. Scott StinsOn and
C. ". DwiggIns-JOhn Lanes Flowers
ofParmassus Series Fiction by Charles
II. Day-JOhn FIske's Works.
"Whimlets." published by Henry T.
Coates & Co., Philadelphia, is we'll de-
scribed as - one hundred iridescent
globules of verse, like bunch of soap
bubbles" The author is S. Scott Stin-
son, and the artist is Clare Victor
Dwiggfns, who illustrated "Crankisms,"
which was published by Coates & Co.
The author of Whimlets is a cheerful
sage and the artist has nimbleness of
wit as we'll as the ability to draw well.
OF "Whimlets'' one reviewer charming
ly says: "Versicles that shine through
the diaphanous illustrations like a dia-
mond pin in a scarf of Venetian lace"
AS a holiday gift not too deliberately
graceful, in good taste, a reminder of a
pleasant occasion, perhaps, ''Whimlets"
fills the bill. The verses and pictures
are pervaded with a dainty philosophy
and are nOn-committal and agreeable,
with knowing air of Puckish wisdom
''Whimlets" is uniform with Crank
ISM which met with a happy recep-
ton. "Whimlets' and "Crankism" are
attractive little books also in their
make up and are for sale by all book
sellers; price eighty cents net; by mail
eighty eight cents.
John Lane, New York, has added to
his Flowers of Parnassus series Mil
toms "Lycidas." 1t is bound in cloth,
uniform in style, with the previous six
teen volumes of this very attractive Sc
ries of booklets, and is charmingly il
lustrated by Gertrude BrOdie. For sale
by all booksellers.
Charles H. Day. of this city, main
tains the usual excellence of his fiction
work in his contributions to the splen-
did Christmas numbers of "The New
York Dramatic Mirror and THE Bill
board just issued. In the Mirror he
has 1.-THE Virginia MinstrePs Christ
mas" an exceedingly bright story of a
minstrel troup's vicissitudes and final
forlorn plight, when stranded and pen
ni1ess they faced a winters storm at
night far from home and with no shell
ter in sight. A very happy finale oc-
ours, however, in which two brothers
long separated and estranged are re-
united in bonds of fraternal love. One
of the brothers was the manager of the
stranded troup; who by splendid luck
finds warm welcome for himself and
his famished troup at his brother
mansion, and finds wealth in his share
of the patrimony awaiting him. Incl
dentally an interesting bit of narrative
as to the birth of negro minstrelsy is
given Probably no man in the country
has such a complete knowledge of the
history of the circus and minstrel bus
mess as Mr.. Day possesses, or has
written more entertainingly on the sub
iect. In THE Billboard Mr.. Day has
a story of much interest on christmas
in Mars" story in three parts.
The holiday catalogue of Messrs. Lit
tie, Brown 6, Co., the Boston publish
ers, is printed on coated paper in two
colors and is illustrated with nearly
fifty half-tone cuts and line drawings.
It will be sent to book-lovers on appli-
cation.
The special feature of the new Stan
dard Library" subscription edition of
John Fiske's Works (Houghton, Miffiin
& Coz, are the indexes provided for
each of the volumes that require one.