The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04

ment and the dramatic quality Of the
story is. SO great that in certain partsNil
reads like play. 3 5$
AMONG FLOWERS AND TREES WITH
8sssssIs f POETS. = ) -
AMONG Flowers and Trees with Poets.
fessor Merton Claiming Leonard. 8yo.
4l6 PIP Illustrated, gilt top. So Boston:
re book contains many of the choicest
plant life. The selections are arranged Fac .c.
cording to an alphabetical order Of the
MOVERS and trees which are described by
Miss Wait has Included in the volume
rev selections from her own writings
one little poem on the mandrake is a
gem. 3 = = -. = - !,
Down in the shady woodland.
Where fern fronds are uncurled,
& Are swiftly now unfurled.
Do they shelter fairy people
I From sudden pelting showers?
Or are the leaves but sun shades
To: shield the waxen flowers?
Perhaps they're dainty caHopies
Meath which the fairies wed,
The blossoms, fragrant marriage bells,
That softly swing o'erhead.
All the flowers and trees of the field
are named, accompanied by descriptive
poem BY some noted poet The poems are
lnvdflaDIy verses OF lnerft 5h ts-G
among Flowers and frees with Poets
is is;,, intended as companion volume ss. to
Through the Year with Birds and Poets,
which was published last year and met
ne plates aeh Of hfrs
ers included in the volume
+ HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON !,
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian An
derson; With upwards of 400 Illustrations
~ Helen StrattOn and an Introduction by
edward o. Hale, D.. D.. $500. New York:
In the introduction Dr.. Hale calls: at
tention to the false theory that anybody
can ca write child's book,'' and continues:
80 40 40 not venture to describe the indie
charm OF Anderson's children's stories.
They can speak for themselves. They do
sneak for themselves in the memories of
an those young people who, il may say.
We're brought up on them. There is senti-
ment in IN them, because there is sentiment
III all life: but it is not a morbid or manu-
featured fac ~ sentiment. 1t is the sentiment
which belongs to the OCCASION =
hans Christian Anderson was beggar
boy who arrived in Copenhagen without a
penny. and vet he became the most noted
Dane in the literary world.
It takes one back to childhood's days to
read the Andersen fairy tales. The re-
membrance of the happiness Of those days
dlss 9slS Pucsiing; as storE SOL
THE Red Shoes or some other fairy
stories never fades from the memory. The
Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen is
a nursery classic.
THE MASTERS OF ORATORY.
Among the Great Masters of Oratory
BY Walter RowIands. illustrated with SO
alf-tone reproductions of celebrated por-
traits and paintings. 12no-, white cloth
gold, gilt top. boxed, $1.5O. Boston: Da-
ma, Estes & Co. -9'" '.,'I
This is one of the handsome. gift books
scenes see aon4 in the lives of famous speakers,
quent utteranees. It is a book to- inter
est students of history ,ad to stir the
pulses Of the patriotic. Among the score
or more of orators represented in these
pages are Demosthenes, Cicero, st. John
Kn9x, BoS$suet, Burke, Patrick Henry;
worthy feature of the book is found in
thirty-two reproductions of famous paint
ings relating to orators. To bring togeth-
er such a collection of pictures in single
volume must have required the trained in
telligence and patient labor of an enthu-
sastlc art collector. The book is bound
in white and gold.