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and may do, they condemn them. Even
that once beloved old classic, Mother
Goose" comes under the ban. But it is not
so easy to find substitutes, for somehow
most of the old fairy stories, nursery tales
and rhymes nave to do, more or less, with
ogries, wicked and cruel men and women,
naughty children, bears and other blood
thirsty beasts and deeds of evil of various
sorts. 1t is to remedy the want of pleas
ant nursery literature that the Princess
Kallisto and Other Tales of the Fairies
has been written. These are tales, not ex-
and influence. For instance, the Princess
Kallisto Is a fairy, loved because of her
goodness. She enjoys playing with the
flowers, and her friends are the moon and
stars. The jealousy of the sun produces
evil results, but these are overcome by the
kindness and perseverance Of Prince
Bootes. other stories in the volume teach
the lesson of contentment, the Importance
of industry. the virtue of constancy, etc.
The book is beautifully printed and daintily
illustrated in color. The page decorations
are suited TO the character of the stories
they accompany. and striking full-page pic
lures portray incidents in the stories. The
text is the work of William Dana circuit,
the Illustrations by Harriette Ansden. The
book is distinctive among the juvenile pub
locations of the season. Little, Brown &
Co., Boston.
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THE STORY OF KATE.

Pauline Bradford Mackie's STORY Of
Kate" is a bright. vigorous book for girls
of life in California. Kate is a plucky, am
bilious girl, with a typical New England
mother and a father equally typical of
that Western class of bafiled fortune seek
ers waiting for luck to turn. The story is
one OF self-sacrifce that comes to it's re-
ward. yet has nothing of the goody-goody
style about ii, but Is healthful and natural.
Kate and her little milliner friend, Rose
May, and the gentle country-bred Cynthy
are three very interesting girls. each dis
tinct in character and true to life. Other
people particularly we'll drawn are CHEEKY
Mrs. Higgins and Love, the grocer, with
his falling OF ~''eur'ousness." N story
deals chiefly with life, first in the queer
little village Of Green Hollow, where Kate
goes as a school teacher and has some
experiences. and next with her life
in a studio in San Francisco. There is a
wholesome little romance woven into the
tale. but the plot is less impressive than
the excellent character drawing, the
bright dialogue and vivid bits of California
life. The girl who reads the book will be
sure of doing so with pleasure and of fin
ishing with regret. l.. c. Page & Co.
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kIpLING,s JUST so STORIES.

Little people or big who have not read
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories" have
an enviable treat before them. In them he
tells how the whale got his throat, how the
camel got his hump. how the rhinoceros got
his skin. how the leopard got his spots; he
tells about the elephants child, about the
sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo. OF the
beginning OF the armadillos. OF how the first
letter was written. OF how the alphabet
was made. about the crab hat played with
the sea. about the cat that walked by him
self and about the butterfly that stamped.
They are told I'm the offhand. informal. I'M
literary manner In which a father might
talk TO a little child begging him for lust
one more story" only IL would be rather a
hard thing TO find another father who could
tell them so well. And all these delightful
tales have the additional charm OF being
illustrated by Mr.. Kipling himself. so that
Uhoever looks at the book knows exactly
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THE LITTLE COLONEL's HERO.

A more delightful group of stories for
children than 1.-THE Little Colonel Series
il is difficult to find. and the last volume.
entitled 1.-THE Little Colonel's Hero" is one
of the most attractive of them all. In this
volume Lloyd Sherman has reached the
dignihed age of twelve years. though the
pet name of her doting grandfather. Col
onel Lloyd. THE Little Colonel" still
clings TO her. Her hero is a wonderful st.
Bernard dog. bequethed to her under pa
thetic circumstances during a
travel in Switzerland. An old German Of
ficer, the dogs master, takes a great fancy
TO Lloyd. and one day after Hero saves the
little girls life. he tells her the wonderful
history Of the heroic dog. Hero is one of
those trained in the German Society of
Ambulance Dogs for the succor of lost
and wounded soldiers of the German army.
He was injured in the training field, and
because of his hurt was given TO the old
German officer, who cured him. LLOYD
was much interested in the Red Cross
blanket. with emergency pockets, which.
when strapped on his broad back, Hero
understood the meaning of as well as his
master. and IL. upon finding the lost one,
the sufferer was unable to get home, the
dog raced back with a cap. a handker-
chief. anything to show that he was ready
to guide the stretcher squad. One day the
little girls quick wit and the dogs sagacl-
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New Editions.

New York Tribune.
In looking over the new publications OK
the holiday season. the observer cannot but
be struck by the presence OF one especially
admirable factor in the situation. The new
edition abounds. and IL In not by any means
In every instance a new edition OF a foreign
author. OF course. there could not ne too
many reprints Of English and continental
classics. but IL is good TO see that the Amer
lean classic also is more than ever in favor
among the makers of handsome books. We
need not quarrel with the occasional in
clusion OF some American who is rot I'm
the least classical. He, after all. is not
conspicuous among the new books. The
chief aim Of the publishers in this matter
seems to be the reprinting of men like Haw-
thorne and Poe. Bret harte and The Auto
crat. and for activities of this sort we can
only be grateful. While we are alluding to
new editions Of native authors. we NAV
point out one form OF enterprise which NAV
be popular but is not the less tasteless and
absurd. We refer TO the new edition of a
novel that has been put upon the stage. the
book being illustrated with fiashlight photo-
graphs taken in the theater This NAV be
magnificent from a commercial point OF
view, but IL is neither literature nor art
We wonder a little at the complaisance Of
the authors of these novels in aIIouine
their books to be exploited I'm this way.
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black the sinner, reform and good cheer
come in the end TO his characters. In
Little Saint Sunshine" there is no crime
and no sin. but an unvarying spirit OF
cheerfulness from the beginning. What the
author undertakes to show is the soften
ing and civilizing influence that may be ex-
erted on a family of men and boys by an
angelic child. Little Saint Sunshine" is
the name given in an orphan asylum to a
little girl. who is adopted by the Donovan
family, away out on a Texas ranch. There
she lives a gay, care-free life, and Is the
pride and idol of her adopted parents and
brothers. and a happy and influential ele-
ment in their lives. Before the end Of the
story she is called upon to go on a long
journey for the sake OF one Of the broth
ers-the one she loves best-and by her
going saves his life. The elimination OF
joy in this sunny life comes on Christmas
day, and because of its cheeriness and
sweetness the story is especially suitable
for young peoples holiday reading. Illus
~trations by Miss Virginia Keep. Of Indian
apolis. add greatly TO the books attraction.
The Bowen-Merrill Company.
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PRINCE SILVER WINGS.

Mrs. Edith Ogden Harrison, wife of
Mayor Harrison. of Chicago, is the author
of the seven fairy stories in this hand
some book. Ar inscription states the tales
were written for her own two children.
Prince Silver Wings" 1.-The Yelled Lady,"
THE Sick Princess 'The Ice Queens
Palace 4" The Golden River" THE City
OF the Sea King and THE Cloud Maidens."
are the titles OF these stories. They are
pretty little tales gracefully told. and with
the clever illustrations by Lucy Fitch Per-
kris. who understands exactly how fairies
should look. the collection makes a holi-
day volume OF genuine merit. The cover
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MAID SALLY.

Maid Sally" is a story for girls laid in
the early Virginia days just preceding the
American revolution. Sallie Dukeen is left
a waif upon the hands of the thrifty and
somewhat hard-hearted Mistress Cory Ann,
who combats the chiid's desire for school
ing until forced into compliance by the
suspicion Of the neighbors. The child's
father left a sum Of money for the MAIN
tenance Of the girl. which Mistress Ann
confiscates. The woman's fear of discov-
cry forces her to max many concessions
to the ambitious maid, and on her deathbed
she confesses the true name and parentage
of little Sally. now Sara Duquene. The tale
is a sweet. wholesome one. and the excel
lent lesson that where there is a will there
is a way is deftly sugar-coated. The au-
thor Harriet A. Cheever. has become well
known as a writer OF juvenile literature.
Dana Estes & Co, Boston.
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THE PRINCESS KALLrsTo.

1t is the contention of the modern school
of educators. especially those engaged in
kindergarten work, that a child should be
allowed to learn nothing that would cause
TO form unpleasant impressions con-
corning mankind. He should not be told
stories about fighting or cruelty or wicked
ness of any sort, they aver; and, because
they hold that many of the old nursery
rhymes do not lead the youngsters to form
pure and noble ideas of what man may be
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THE FLIGHT OF PONY BAKER.

When Mr.. w. D. Howells wrote "a Boys
Town" he proved his ability to take a boys
point of view of matters and things and
produced a narrative delightful in its real
ism and humor. 1t was presumably in the
nature of autobiography. as the town" In
question was in Ohio and the time some
where in the middle of the nineteenth GEN.
fury. OF the same character is a new book
from his pen. THE Flight of Pony Baker
Pony was a small boy whose home was
in an Ohio town. and the tale relates his
adventures. experiences and sentiments in
a most entertaining manner. He had the
kindest of parents and the most comforta-
BILE Of homes. but he had his grievances and
for two or three years had it in mind to run
away when a good opportunity came. For
one thing, he was not pleased with the way
his mother ''babied" him, and called him
dear before the other boys. 1t made the
boys laugh and call him dear" too. Then,
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IN THE GREEN FOREST.

This story, written and illustrated ~
Katharine. Pyle, relates the adventures of
Master Red Cap, a young fairy, who starts
out from his quiet home in order to see the
world. What he sees of it would hardly be
what a human boy would see; nevertheless.
he encounters many curious and interest
ing things, and makes the acquaintance or
birds and butterflies and bees and cater
pillars and spiders. Indeed, the reader or
the book gains much information concern
ing natural history as he goes along. and
there Is reason TO suspect that this Is what
the author intended. The book Is hand
somely printed and the drawings. which
are in black and white, are expressive.
Little. Brown & Co.
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LITTLE SAINT SUNSHINE.

Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, known as
the author of the novels. "The Redemption
OF David Corson'' and The Loom of Life"
has turned his attention to juvenile fiction.
and has produced an idyllic tale called
Little Saint Sunshine Mr.. Goss is OPP
timistic and full of amiable sentiment. and
every story that comes from his pen shows
his belief In the final triumph OF good over
Ill. He holds that moral influence, con-
sciousIy or unconsciously exerted. will over
come tendencies OF an opposite sort in those
who come under its spell. Consequently,
no matter how serious the offense or how
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too, he was not allowed to go barefooted in
the spring for weeks after the other boys
had enjoyed the privilege. His father
would not let him have a pistol, nor smoke
tobacco. and made him come in every night
at 9 o'clock, and made him weed the flower
beds sometimes when he wanted to go off
with the boys. so that. altogether. there
were times when he felt that he should be
much better off somewhere else. A large
boy. whose vivid imagination and DISPOSE
ton TO exaggerate. not 10 say lie, made him
in the opinion of Pony's parents rather an
undesirable companion, was constantly
urging him to run away. Several times
throughout the book he was on the point of
leaving home, and at last made a start. 1t
is the account of these plans and under
takings that form the burden of this thor
oughly entertaining tale. 1t is a book TO be
enjoyed by old boys" as we'll as young
ones. Harper & Brothers.
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U~nnumbered themes that lend their grace
To charm. delight. instruct and please.
Invite the embarrassing race,
TIL never-ending pageantries
OF books that pass by swift degrees.
But oh. a thousand, thousand-fold
Outnumbering, outshining these,
The love that's been in letters told.
Can aught in bookland we'll replace
The love-songs and rhapsodies
That Swift to Stella joyed to trace.
And Abelard to Heloise,
The Charmian-devoted glees
Keats from his love might not withhold,
The VOWS, the signs. the melodies
The love that's been in letters told?
Though Time, swift-footed in his pace,
That naught shall hinder nor appease,
Effectually doth eface,
With wanton prodigaIities
Mems labor, fame and ministries;
Still. he is not so overbold
To list upon his fell DEGREES
The love that's been in letters told.
Envoy.
Though writ in poverty or ease,
With gray goose-quill or pen Of gold.
Long live the troths and minstrelsies-
The love that's been In letters told.
Walcott HUT. in Boston Transcript.
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ON GUARD! AGAINST TORY AND
TARIETON.

This is the third and concluding volume
Of the series OF books for boys known as
the Stuart Schuyler stories. written by John
Preston True. and illustrated by Lillian
Crawford True. 1t deals with the adven-
lures OF Stuart Schuyler as chief of Gen.
Greene's scouts in the long chase of the
American troops by the British across the
Carolinas and into Virginia, which Corn
wallis fondly hoped would end the revolt
OF the colonists. The scene then shifts 10
Yorktown and the story gives the reader
a very good idea OF experiences and scenes
In the lines of the besieging French and
American armies. One of the most pleas
ing characters In the book is a young off,
Ger on the staff OF Lord rnwal with
whom young Schuyler comes into exciting
contact at various times, to whom he seems
peculiarly drawn, and who is discovered.
ultimately, to be his cousin. As in the two
preceding volumes of the series the hero is
a mere boy-these books being devoted to
the early and middle periods of the revo-
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ty saved his masters life for the time,
but later realizing that the end was near
he gave Hero to the Little Colonel" The
author Of this book. Annie Fellows John
son, 10 Of Indiana, and while well known
generally. is regarded with especial favor
by the children OF this State and Ken
lucky Oloyd is a Kentucky child, to whom
her series Of pretty tales have been a
source of delight. Incorporated into this
story is a little musical play. most charm
ing in matter and melody, the music be-
ing written by Albion Fellows-Bacon. The
illustrations, by Etheldred B. Barry, add
another attraction to this notable addition
to Christmas literature for children. L. c.
Page & Co., Boston.
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The Battle of the Dictionaries.
Philadelphia Press.

Mr.. Charles Payson Gurley Scott was
the genealogical editor of the Century
dictionary. He is now engaged in carrying
his work in reaching the sources of Eng
nsh derivation a step farther in preparing
the new edition of Worcester's dictionary
which is shortly to appear. He makes the
important announcement in an address
dictionary will abandon the spelling which
made IL a bulwark of past usage in ortho-
graphy and orthoepy half a century ago.
Il am In n position to know and TO an
nounce," says Mr.. Scott. that the present
publishers of the ~well-known Worcester's
dictionary, the unabridged, once the bull
wark of the conservative spoilers of the
United States. do not intend TO put forth
a new edition OF that work I'm its old
form. or with its old editorial views"
This may be accepted as ending the bat
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York clubman m enthusiastic golf play
er. has been especially happy in his illus
trations Of children's books. several of
these having gained great popularity. But
while he has given up most OF his time OF
late TO the sympathetic picturing OF books
for little folks. he is well known as one of
the best Illustrators on the principal papers
In all the large cities in America. and his
covers and Illustrations have formed the
pictorial merit of some well-known novels.
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l~ution-the close of the war. narrated in
o Guard!' finds him in vigorous and
attractive young manhood, which enables
the author to work in a very pretty little
love story in the closing pages, in which
Schuyler and his English cousin marry sis
tiers and go to England, the former to see
the grandfather he had never known, and
the latter fearing that grandfather's wrath
for marrying an American. This being
happily averted, the closing chapter leaves
a very pleasant recollection with the read
er. Little. Brown & Co, Boston.
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ANIMALS FOR CHILDREN.

Little children are almost Invariably in
terested in animal pictures and stories
about animals. This holiday volume, con-
tanning rhymes dealing with a great num-
Der of animals, with accounts of them in
rhyme and pictures in black and white,
will be found well suited to the entertain
ment of the youngsters. The Saalfeld Pub
fishing COMPANY. Akron. O.
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ring of the sleigh bell and the patter of
little deer hoofs on the house top as Santa
Claus drives up and stops his prancing
team on the roof close TO the chimney, pre-
paratory to descending and filling the
stockings. The book is most beautifully
illustrated. In brightest colors and designs
by w. w. Denslow in his happiest and
catchiest style, and is certain to be one of
the popular children's Christmas books.
There has been al advance sale OF 10000
copies. and the book is to be brought out
In England. Mr.. Denslow, who is a New
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WHERE THE WIND BLOWS.

A most artistic and attractive Juvenile
book, entitled Where the Wind Blows"
comes from R. H. Russell. Miss Katharine
Pyle has chosen ten fairy tales from ten
nations and retold them in a pleasing
way. Bertha Corson Day has made a
series of color drawings for them. which
have been reproduced in admirable style.
There are many Oriental effects. the draw
ing is excellent and the colors are rich and
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LITTLE WOMEN.

Miss Louisa Alcott's Little is
such a perennial ~favorite hat its publish
ers. Little. Brown & Co, have thought il
worth while to issue a new and decorative
edition for this holiday season. Two or
three generations of girls have read and
reread this book and it bids fair to hold
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happenings, and the young read
ers, quick to discover and resent a lesson
In their fiction, enjoy them all the better
therefor. Small, Maynard & Co. nave
brought out a new and beautiful edition of
this popular work. selecting for the volume
about twenty of the most famous stories
and illustrating them in most attractive
STYLE. The book is one to please the most
axactipC child
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the same high place in the estimation of
those who come later. Miss Alcott put into
the book a human quality that causes it
to appeal TO readers as a series of expert
ences that they. too. might have had and
enjoyed.
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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

The old but ever-new and fascinating
story. 18th Night Before Christmas" has
been clothed in a new garb by the Dilling-
ham Publishing house and sent out with
a view Of pleasing countless children whose
minds are still capable OF hearing the
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AS long as children enjoy fairy tales, so
long will they continue to delight In stories
told by Hans Christian Andersen. These
tales have no moral concealed in them; they
are simply narratives. with plenty Of re-
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For Children and Youth

how the animals really appeared. Most of
them, IL must be acknowledged. are re-
notwithstanding beasts. The Just So
Stories will undoubtedly take their place
alongside the Jungle Stories as Juvenile
classics. Doubleday, Page & Co.. New
York.
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deep. not glaring as is too often the case
with the pictures in children's books. These
Illustrations will repay study by persons
not Interested in the text.
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of this book has an unusually artistic de-
sign. Published by A. c. cClur & Co.
Chicago.