New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-12

and mothers will also turn appreciatively TO this
handsome volume, for the illustrations in it
really have artistic quality. They will enjoy.
too, the fun page plates designed by Miss Smith
for Miss Betty Sage's Rhymes of Real Chill
dren' G'Ox, Dufield & Coz. but the youngsters
VIII probably find equal pleasure in the quaint
borders which the artist has made for Miss
Sage's amusing verses. The cover of this book
is in itself an invitation 10 old and young alike
Children Of the World from A to Il (R H
RusselD is a collection of rhymes by Thomas
Stevens and water colors by A H Collins
sketching the lads and lassies of all climes. The
book begins with a little American, a miniature
Uncle Sam, and ends with valiant small Zulu
II embodies an excellent idea, conveying useful
instruction in unobtrusive manner. Mrs
Peary's book. Children OF the Arctic (Freder-
lex A. Stokes & Coz. which is described as be-
ing written by the Snow Baby and Her
Mother" is capital holiday publication The
letters of which it is composed are bound in
rerest children. giving them a lively sense Of a
strange and distant land, and the numerous IL
Illustrations. half tones from photographs, have a
novelty which young readers will value Their
elders could not but admire the superb photo
graph Of an iceberg on page SO. Two collections
OF verses may be mentioned here-"Lil Verses
for Lii Fellers'' Or. H. RusselD. by George We're
Hobart, and Home Songs for Little Darlings''
Oh. NJ. Caldwell Company. The first of these is
an amusing quarto with many fun page uIustra-
tons by z. Mars and NJ. Il. Squire some Of them
in colors. The other is a diversified little an
thology. with pen sketches by Amy Brooks.
Legend and faery, Of course, are conspicuous
in this years mass Of juyenilia- The Story OF
King Arthur and His knights Charles Serb
ner's sons. written and illustrated by Howard
Pyle. is here the star" book. I believe" saws
MI. Pyle, that King Arthur was the most hon
Orable. gentle knight who ever lived in all the
world and he has rot only read his Mallory
with enthusiasm and sympathy but in retelIinC
the OLD tales he has entered into their spirit
with such sympathy as 10 give his book the
charm which belong to an original Invention.
Each one Of his chapters is faced as it opens.
with fun page drawing. and these drawings
make as brilliant BODY of black and white
work as even Mr.. Pyle himself has ever pro-
duced. In each one OF them. moreover. he seems
AT his best never WAS child's picture book
more uniformly artistic in quality. The Story
Of King Arthur and His knights is handsome
ly printed and bound, and altogether takes hiea
rank among the seasons books. The Outlook
Fairy Book for Little People" CThe Outlook
Company is 2 good piece of compilation by-
Laura Wilmington. and the volume has been
manufactured with excellent taste, but Mr.. Con
schers pen drawings are feeble productions. his
papers. We have only good words for The
Child's Arabian Nights 6Brentano-sD b.- W
Heath Robinson The text puts some Of the
famous stories very effectively for very young
readers, and The fun page Illustrations. in very
bright colors though they 20 too near 10 bur
iesque. are really funny. The cover ts q ga-
one. Blithe. simple verses and striking illus
traticns in tints appear in The Fairies cir
Gus" (R II. RusselD. by Neville Cain There
is good text in The Star Fairies. and Other
Fairy Tales" a. =. 8lcClurg & Coz by Edith
ogden Harrison. and Miss Lucy Fitch Perkins's
illustrations ere delicately drawn. Those which
are printed in colors have unusual dairtiness.
The adventures OF the heroine Of .-AIaisie and
Her Dog Snip in Fairyland' t5arpcr & Broth
ersD are set forth with enga gins drollery by
Bennett Musson, whose prose is funny, and
u hose rhymes are neatly turned. The illustra-
lions by p. y Cory original ana clever.
King OsyrUs was great monarch. and more.
he was q mighty magician; and yet more than
these two he was a good man" Thus Mr..
Everett Mcneil in the first paragraph Of Dick
on Eeuc-the- Bow and Other Wonder Tales"
CThe SaaIfeld Publishing Company. lie tells
Of kings and genii Of bufrogs and little primo
and the things he tells arc just the things that
children want 10 hear M. BiTdsau Otis E1ey 5
book. six Giants and a Grif2n" D2. II. Russell
has a fearsnne title bur the stories in it are
very beguing OF all Of Miss Ruyls quaint
illustrations the quaintest and best is the one
showing "Sapphira Seated the Back OF the
Flying Pig" When Master Willie who stands
disconsolatc on the first page of Mr. Won Gott-
Echalks In Gnome Mans Land" Frederick a
Stokes Coz. enters the marvellous realm