The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-29
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Moilie and the URsvIseman,r by John
kendrick BanEs-FOur Little In siIans.
or How Carroll "Got ETen,-ISerner
aud divers Natural History of Plants.
''Mollie and the Unwiseman," by
John Kendrick Bangs. illustrated with
20 drawings, by Albert Leperins ana
Clare Victor Dwiggins, So. Il mo-, net
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Mr.. Bangs has taken recognized po-
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cannot but be strengthened by this. his
latest, book. "Mollie and the Unwise-
man" will inevitably suggest Alice in
Wonderland" although there are, after
all, very few superficial points of re-
@emblance; but the touch Of genius
which marks each work Is akin, and
the subtle yet conspicuous humor
which rollics through the pages Of
both. is alike in quality while dealing
with different material and In a differ
ent way.
THE Unwiseman" is a new creation
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ammo that TN.
humor Of both the dialogue and the sit
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What child-boy or girl-of any age--
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drawings, by Albert lowering, and
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-Four Little Indians; Or How Carroll
Got Even" by Ella Mary Coates, illus
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rna1 Tl16ion- hi.+ +o11 Il
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| Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. announce
that Kerner and divers Natural His
tory of Plants will no longer be pub
| lished in four parts, but that in future
it will be issued in a low-priced edition
in two volumes. The new edition will
lack only the colored Illustrations OF
the former more expensive one, which
were inserted mainly for embellish-
ment but retain all the other illustra-
tions, which were an essential part Of
| the work.
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