The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-13
SOME NEW BOOKS
BY PAUL PRY.

epigram is emphasized in a deliclously realistic way by the illustrations Par ticularly is this so when the witty say ing is satirieal in character. Rips and Raps,. is an ideal gift book. eand is sure to prove even a greater favorite than its predecessor, French Wit and Wisdom. .
 The best way to keep friends, is not to test them."
 People may be divided into two classes. Those who pretend to forget injuries, and those who don't
 " What it would profit man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul, is what many a man is trying to find out"
 "A man has just the same right to hold whatever opinion he likes, as he has to possess anything else he likes-it all de- pends."
 The meek inherit the earth, but that does not hinder those who are not meek getting possession of it."
 Kindness is usually thrust upon us when we do not want it." Qllustration-- Pullman porter.).
 'Tn his own case, a man is apt to con- found repentance with reformation
 Those who tell lies about others are seeking trouble, but not so earnestly as those who tell the truth"
 There would not be so many fools were there not so many imitators."
 "In what does life resemble a maiden fair?-in being a damsel'
 '"The wonder is not that so many peo- pie talk foolishly. but that so many listen attentively to and swallow the foolish ness"
 Right may be might but wrong is of ten mighter."
 .tol. O our way"
 As I said before the illustrations are the best part of the book. They are by T.. Fleming, and are so cleverly and ingen- iously done that the reader does not al- ways catch the full print at first glance. When Malindy Sings" By Paul Law renee Dunbar Dodd, Mead & Company
 Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the poet-singer of African descent of Dayton, O., has long since achieved an enviable and well deserved reputation on account Of his splendid work. The present edition is a reprint of old songs but the superior quality and beauty of the illustrations which are made from photographs and of the decorations make the volume one of the handsomest of the holiday season. The book takes it's name from the initial poem, and the one stanza quoted gives an adequate idea of the purity, beauty and genuineness of the entire song-for the poems are so tendery lyrical that one feels they should rightfuly be set to music:
 She ies spreads hur mouf and hollahs,
 Come to Jesusu' twell you hyeah Sinnahs' trenholm steps and voices,
 Timid-lak a-drawin' neah; Den she tu'ns to Rock of Ages
 SimnIV tO de cross she cliugs An you fin yo' teahs a-drappin'
 When Malindy sings"
 "Oh, hits sweetah dan de mushic
 Of an edicated band; An hits dearah dan de battles
 Song O triumph in de Ian. It seems holier dan evenin'
 When de solemn chu oh bell rings Ez I sit an ca'mly listen
 While Malindy sings"
 One of the best and most typical of all the poems in the book-though all are good, is My Sweet Brown Gal" The concluding stanza is:
 Den I hugs huh closah, closah to my
 breas
 Needn't sing my da'lin, tek you'hones
 res.
 Does mean Malindy Mandy, Lize CT Sal? No. means my fiddle-dats my sweet
 brown gal!'
 %The Little Christmas Shoe. by James
 Scott Woodruff.
 "The Little Colonel at Boarding School"
 by Annie Fellows Johnston. S. c. Page
 & Company.
 There is the usual quota of interesting books for the little folks, and in the "Cozy Corner Series" is published for the holiday trade especially "The Little Christmas Shoe" by Jane Scott Wood ruff This series is known to contain only the highest and purest literature for the children, and stories that appeal not only to them, but to all those also who feel with them in their joys and sorrows The story is a continuous one, and is aptly il- lustrated by Diantha Horne, with an at tractive corver design in bright colors.
 "The Little Colonel" a story of Ken lucky life, by Annie Fellows Johnston has become a great favorte, and now we have as a popular successor, "The Little Colonel at Boarding School" This vol ume is very tenderly inscribed "To all girls who like the little Colonel. are
 Standing with reluctant feet
 Where the brook and river meet,
 Womanhood and childhood sweet
 MfS. .JOHnSlOn ntJe nefOlne IS al- ready a great favorite, and in this new story she is more winsome and lovable than ever No more cherished recollec- ton remains with us in later years than the admirers and beloved heroine of our youthful reading and the intimate ac- quaintance of such stories are a pleasure always.
 'Elsie and Her Loved Ones;" by Martha
 Finley Dodd, Mead & Company.
 A new story in the "Elsie Book" series which now ranks next to the Little Men" and little Women" series in pop ularity is Elsie and Her Loved Ones" by Martha Finley. There has already ap- peared so many popular books by Mrs Finley, who is one of the best-known and best-loved writers of juvenile litera- ture. that a new work from her pen needs only an announcement of it's issue Elsie and Her Loved Ones,' bearing the imprint of 1903, is fully up to the standard of her former works.  1 and ease, is a scene to inspire an audi