The sun., 1902-11-08
Picture Books for Children.

Christmas is coming and the publishers
have their eve on the youthful public.
though reviewers NAV believe that they
have dropped all else for the sake Of ha-
torical fiction. The picture books, plain
and in colors, are as plentiful as ever and
some are as handsome as were ever turned
out.
From Little. Brown & Co. comes The
Princess Kallisto, and Other Tales of the
Fairies by William Dana Orcutt. The
fairy tales are told in the right spirit and
will interest their little read-tos. but the
colored pictures by Harrette Amsden are
above all praise. They are impressionistic,
but have the real touch of childrens pict-
ures. The decorative fprders are charming,
and the dearest of baby mermaids in Patti
kins and the Sea Maiden will win every
ones heart.
The Golliwoggs have become nursery
classics. This year they are inspired TO
aerial flights and their adventures are told
in 4The Goliwogg's Airship,' by Florence
X. Upton, with verses by Bertha Upton
Gonginans. Green Coz. Children who
have enjoyed the earlier Golliwogg books
will cry for this one.
II is a good deal more than a generation
ago that DIR. Clement C. Moores The Night
Before Christmas" delighted America
children, Mr.. W. W. Den.low has deco
rated the poem with many effective pictures
in vivid colors which, under the title Dens-
lows Night Before Christmas" the q. W.
Dillingham; Company publishes.
An attractive volume by women, called
Songs and Scissors" the words by Lora
L, Holmes, the music by Jessie L. Gaynor
and the silhouette pictures by Ethel Elaine
Barr, ia published by the Clayton + Sunny
Co.. Chicago. There is the proper jingle
To the words, and the silhouettes are express
sive.
A lot Of amusing animal pictures in color
with appropriate jingles are presented in
-Puggery Wee, the Story of Three Ele-
phants." The pictures are by Charles l.,
Bartholomew, the verses by W. A. Frisbie,
and the publishers are Rand, McNally
Co.
That classic of childhood, .Hans Ander-
sens Fairy Tales" is presented in new
translation by Carl Siewers, illustrated with
pleasing pictures by Joseph j, Mora. by
Dana Estes & Co.
Miss Carolyn Wells and Mr. Oliver Her
ford have combined in the production Of a
ridiculous book. a Phenomenal Fauna
(R II. RusselD, that will amuse young and
old alike. Among the strange beasts they
describe are the cricket bat, the golf lynx.
the Welsh rabbit and the humble puppy.
Here is a description Of the poppycock;
The Poppycock's a fowl Of English breed.
And therefore many think him fine indeed.
Crcdulous peoples ears he would regale
And so he crows aloud and spreads his tail.
Flt he is stuffed with vain and worthless words:
Fine feathers do not always make nne birds.
Jimmy Crow" by Edith Francis Foster
Dana Estes & Co y, is n sort of rebus story, or
perhaps Il may be the expression Of the
new kindergarten education. Al any rnte,
the sentences are broken by little pictures
which the little readers are expected TO
translate into words. There are other
pictures, besides, in black and white.
The mother wrote The Battle Hymn Of
the Republic" the daughter writes ingles
for children. The verses in "The Hurdy
Gurdy." by Laura f. Richards Dana Estes
h Coz, are charming and have the right
swing to them. which children will enjoy.
The pictures are unpretentious but illustra-
tive.
Charles Lambs The Adventures of
Ulysses" is published by r. II. Russell,
with pictures by NJ. II. Squire and E. Mars.
The text is an accepted classic Of child.
hood; the pictures are more ambitious
than successful. OF course, Calypso was