The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
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AMONG AN FLOWERS AND TREES WITH
Am0ng Flowers and Trees with Poets
Compiled By Minnie Curtis wait and Pro- Pro.
lessor res Merton Claiming Leonard. 8yo.
sly PIP. Illustrated, gilt top. So. Boston !:
Lee q Shepard. q & If II 'l1' "a.
me book contains many Of the choicest
poems in the language which touch upon
pan! lie. The selections are arranged ac-
cording to an alphabetical order Of the
lowers tsa and trees which are described BY
Miss Wait has included in the volume
a Few selections from her own writings
one little poem on the mandrake is "a
Down in the shady woodland.
Where fern frOnds are uncurIed,
a most OF. green umbrellas
I ,t2ESss Are swiftly HOW unfurled
Do they shelter fairy people (. III
From sudden pelting showers?
" "a are sh, the leaves L. but sun shades
Perhaps they're dainty canopies &
Meath which the fairies wed,
me ne blossoms, fragrant marriage bells,
Ihat softly swing o'erhead-
All the flowers and trees of the field
are named, accompanied by descriptive
Invariably verses Of merit. = piis = :
Among Flowers and Trees with Poets
rs ..r,,, INTENDED as companion volume to
.IhI ar. the Year with Birds and Poets
which lI was published last year and met
with much approval. There are fifteen
fine plates of the worlds bestowed flow
. ers included in the volume !. ].
d HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON. IS
Inc Fairy Tales of Hans Christian An
derson; With upwards of 400 illustrations
6 * Helen e.5 stratton and an Introduction BY
EDWARD Ish r. Hale, D.. D. $500. New York:
In the introduction DR.. Hale calls at
.aention to the false theory that anybody
- do not venture to describe the indie
9scr1bable, so will not try to analyze the
G1arm Of Anderson's children's stories
sneak So, for themselves in the memories Of
an those young people whot il I may say.
We're were brought 1 Up on them. There is senti-
m nj N IT. them because there is sentiment
III all life: but it is not morbid or manu-
factured sentiment. 1t is the sentiment
which belongs to the OCCASION" :.
!, Hans Christian Anderson was a beggar
boy who arrived in Copenhagen without a
penny. and vet he became the most noted
Dane IN the literary world:
membrance of the happiness Of those days
when one was charmed by '"The Tin Sol
a !arba Rp6 Hgly Duck!ing, The storks, y
stories never Faces from fRe 9aner fa hs
l.
Fairy Tales Of Hans Christian Andersen is
a nursery classic. -s
THE MASTERS OF ORATORY.
Among the Great Masters of Oratory
By Walter RowIands. illustrated with SO
hal reproductions Of celebrated por
traits and paintings: limo, white cloth.
gold, gilt top; boxed, s1.5o. Boston: Da-
This is one of the handsome gift books
OF the season. 1t describes important
scenes IN the lives, of famous speakers,
and contains examples of their most elo-
quent utteranees. 1t is book to. inter
est students Of history lad to stir the
pulses of the patriotic. Among the score
or more Of orators represented in these
pages are Demosthenes, Cicero, st. John,
Knqx, BoTTs;uet, Burke, Patrick Henry;
worthy feature of the book is found in
thlrty-two reproductions Of famous paint
ings relating to orators. To bring togeth-
er such collection Of pictures in single
volume must have required the trained in
telEgence and patient labor of an enthu-
Slas s:h;+a art &c COLLECTOR The book is bound