The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-29
Nor, Th,ldrcn's hooks.

Jbcr, was some backbone 10 boys and
girls a z .pra lpa ago. When they tackled
sRohinson (lI.pe" il was IN Defoe's own
Ane Tnrlish and not IN words-of -one-
syllable edit ions. and Don QliNcte was
read in their father. big edition. Sensible
parent knew that coarse incidents wousc
make little impro.-i,u on healthy young
mtnd. such strong TODD won 10 for the
carefully insulated ini ants Of to-day; they
NAV be entertained with the unpleasant
friyoI,ies Of Mr. Herfnrd oil Mr.. Burgess
but pafoc and Swift and Cervantes are
shociin civ vulgar FOR item. and 10 soo'he
their parents ta-.s The Adventures OF
Don OuiKota Of H. Mancha" has been pre-
pared and carefully 'Xpuggated and
abridged by an unnamed 'dtor. who does
not even tel, which translation he has
used. and illustrated byW. Heath Robinson.
II would be uukind 20 compare his pictures
with those Of some previous and better
known illustrators The publishers are
M Dent & Co; T.. =. Dutton Il Go.
T. il not fair u the reviewers for pub
Usher 10 reprint almost forgotten books
with no hint lha; they are not new. Dean
Frederic " Farrar'- Eric; or. Little By
Little" q. p. Dutton 4 Coz, had its day Of
fame, We don't like 70 think how many
wears ago. |. must have dropped ont Of
sight in This country, save in old-fashioned
famie, and among church people The
repu Ilication is fully warranted, for In
diction aud Ia interest Eric" can hold
its own with the mas Of new books for
BOYS
Before US are two more Of the queer
little books published by J. VI Dent Co.
and L. u. Dalton & Co, as The BARN
Books" with queer and clever pictures in
imitation. or rather in parody, of old
fashioned coored woodcuts, by Charles
Robinson The Book Of the Zoo Is by
Walter Copeland, who writes kind OF
British O. Herford Jingle, without the
sneer. The Book Of shops by Clare
Rridgman is very mild indeed
II boys will not hunt up Robin Hood
where they should, namely in the Ballad
Books or in "lvanhoe," and will insist on
consecutive history Of their hero's career
they will find this years account Of him
IL. Paul Creswicks Robin Hood and His
Adventures Ernest Mister: +. p Dut-
ten d Coz There are many pretty GOOD
pictures. in color and plain, by T II. Robin
son.
For the very little ones there are picture
books. Wee Folks Annual edited by
Alfred J. Fuller has no sign OF originality
but comes up, in pictures and verses, &c
the usual standard Of eminently respect
able English baby books. -Guees Again,
by l.. j. Brdgman III. ". Caldwell Com
panyl. has amusing colored pictures but
much less amusing conundrIms. -Bridg
mans Kew,s." by L. J. Bridgman III. W
Caldwell Company. again has amusing
n,,et hut lao ,
bad and within their pretended nonsense
there hurk painful lessons in geography,
A very handsome and decorative book %
fairy tales is Where the Wind Blows" b,
Katharine Pyle, illustrated by Bertha Corsor
Day. (R. II RussellD The ten stories from
ten different Countries chiefly old favorites
are well told. The pictures are very clever
the head pieces in red and black ire spirited
and in the full-page colored plates the ar
lists intention of expressing the nstiona
character in each case is apparent. Tn
details are 80 conventionalized. however
according to the principles Of decorative ar
that children may be pardoned IL they mis-
take the pictures for designs for Orien,a
rugs.
An original reading hook for small chill
dren has been made up by Florence Coo
from the myths relating 10 MANURE IN tn
folklore If all sorts of primitive peoples
Tho Book Of Nature Myths" tHoush'or
Miffiin 4 Cos. The stories are told i
simple language. They are so intermingle
and so simplifed that il may puzzle grown
up students Of folklore 10 identify then
but children, We are sure, in their happ
ignorance Of early civilizations and print
tive traditions will be interested in III
snmals only and will enjoy the stories.
A pretty and original childs book b
Hervey White il published by Herbert !
Stone and Company, with the title "Noll an
the Fairies" 1t il the story Of very ltt
boys first encounters with the experience
Of this world, with animals and people an
fancies, and is told with a good deal of i,
sight into baby nature and of feeling for II
childs point Of view