The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Merry HeartA. hy Anne Story AIisn. Henry
 Holt e Co. New Tork. Prics. 70 cents.

Msrry Hearts, hy Anne Story AIisn. Henry Holt q CO. New Terk. Prics. 70 csnts
 Hav> yuu q sr,snd who lses christmaa end Nsw Year and the wosid's grses tsts days % by wsthouk . efft to you. bat whe unfaihinsy resnsmbars your birthdayS If 70 you have friend worth having There e special pleas ure in having your birthday kept in some hu- man heart. If you cannot yourself keep birth aays an mind that you may give pleasure to others, let me whisper . secret, Get you birthday book. that ideeiixed autograph album. cncs the dread of swery mortal How naucn dase) across the page the wise words. or sweet words ef some of eszth's saGes -og poets than to eudgei your brains to cover . page with ''an original sentiment that is anything but sss'nn,ns sas noth,ns q sii .nsv' Ts' is .,,. ss with the breath and sweetness of manifold aovsers e English gardens are. How sweet are the gardens Of Engiandl Many of the' old garden lovers have . werd to say in this gar den book. HerTiek. Asniei. Erasulus. Herbert. Omar Ehayyam and more of the new ones. Charles Dudley Warner. Emerson. Christine c. RnsaettL Foe. Sarah Qrand-aimost every writer og story. essay. or verse, For wno ever wrote . book that did not love gardenf ' compiiers request for permission to quote from his works:
 There are two sasdsns that love;
 The Garden of Sleep. The, Garden of the Soul.
 The sempiier has quoted freely from his Lays and Lyrics. full ef outdoor color and light:
 On tn. grass of the ciir. at the edge of the ood. plaatsa . garasn-a garden of sisspi
 Meath the blue of the sky. in the green of the It ss there that the regal. red peoples gre bornl Brief days ee desire. and long dreams of de- light,
 They are mine when my Poppy-iand comsth h sight.
 The Garden Lovers Birthday Book. Scott
 Thsw Company. New York.
 Merry Christmas Magazines. The December Century is full of good things. The pictures in color are exquisite Indeed. H. illustration is fast becoming perfection. So fully does the picture maker of these good new days take in and ernhody in form and color the most evanescent ideas of the author that 1t is easy to forsee an even better time coming when the writer may lay down the Illustrations. sure thst the drawer of lines and carver on wood can tell, the story Gar better than he-poor worker In mere letters and words that he Is. Fine as are Edith Wharton'e . descriptions sf Italian Villas and their gardens the pictures by Maxfield Parrish. through the eye. feed the p11nd more. fully with true
 knowledge of their beauty. The beauty of tlss slim lomhardy popiars. the clipped Hex, the box-edged flower plots of Italian gardens. But Maurice Masterlinck has painted vith- out tint or brush the most perfect picture of Novembsr's flowers. the ChrysanthemumA A group Os dialect verses, by Joel Chandler
 Harris. the negro poets Paul Lawrence Dunbar. James D. Cafrothers and others are Illustrated by A. B. Frost in his inimitable good style. When. we get into reading Of Mr. Harris's
 Rabbit -hash'' with a "han'ful rice," and
 his farther directions how. to make. 'corn- bread-pone," and how to cook ''whipperwill peas" and the rest of 1t. together with the ex- pIieat directions how to make "Good-go- downs" better known in Alabama as Corn meal eal-dumplinSs," the reader has the feeling of having stumbled unawares into a eoolE-book. The directions in both pieces of verse are ex- pIicit enough for the most inexperienced cook to follow with utmost assurance of success. In the same group of dialect verses Is 8 gem. dusky diamond. indeed Little Boy Black. by Graee MacGowan Cooke The call ing of the pigs to the pen at night. the call-
 ing of the frogs on the pond in the woods. How simple. how true. The wonder is that it has not been done before. The joy of 1t is that 1t is done so well. The initial piece of verse in the groups of eleven negro songs is % good that cannot forbear to quote entire:
 "De 0nAA4.y is Gittin' Sca'ce." De quality is gittin' sca'ce.
 De rusty is few;