The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-22
The Brownies and Others.

There is much Joy In Mr.. Palmer Cox g
book of pictures, "The Brownies In the
philippines Century Company. By
all appearances the Brownies are rank
imperialists; indeed. our chief imperialist,
President Roosevelt himself, Is conspicu-
ously among them. This Cesar OF the
canal strip carries pistol In one hand and
lariat In the other and wears his Rough
Rider hat. We deem 1t likely that anti
imperialist children will have pain when
they behold him. They should be consoled
measurably by the circumstance that there
Is no Judge Parker Brownie. The Brownies
had many adventures all strenuous, and
Mr. Cox has known how to At them into
admirable pictorial history. His pictures
are at once broadly comical and olassically
restrained The rhymed text that goes
along is grave in form, but not in spirit.
An excellent performance, that should be
particularly remembered at the coming
holiday season.
gladly is -MoClure's Childrens Annual for
$685." edited by T, W. Grassland and W.
Collinge Mcclure. Phillips d Coz. Here
are stories in brief and pictures In plenty
Little Red Riding Hood" for instance,
IL
ures, and Ali Bahia, Jack the Giant Killer
and Cinderella are celebrated in like con-
siderate manner. A marine picture, with
a lighthouse, a windmill, ducks, fishes.
a sailor with spyglass, boatload Of i'm
perilled soldiers, a cannon shooting one OF
the ducks, and much else expands itself
in colors of great brilliancy over two entire
pages. There are riddles and rhymes
the monarchs Of England appear in splendid
array; the pictures crowd, and so do the
stories, and altogether we cannot see how
any reasonable child could ask for more
than the book affords.
Promise lies in the title Of 1.-TWO in a Zoo, !"
by Curtis Durham and Oliver HEREFORD
thc Bohbs Merrill Company. Indianapolis)
Here is Mr.. Herford's frontispiece picture
showing the Princess dragging q large man
up to the cage where tie elephant is con-
fined. 1t seems to us thu we really need
to say no more. Plainly, here Is the zoo
and here is the Princess; and We have yet
to see the small person who would willingly
forbear from such an opportunity. We
will add, however. that the elephant NAH
mould relates in this book some highly in
teresting experiences and that plenty Of
interest attaches to the dialogue Of the
other animals. Generous revelations were
made by the inhabitants Of the zoo to the
two who wandered thither. The two were
fortunate, without doubt and the young
reader who follows them by means OF this
book will be abundantly entertained.
Drawings OF children, executed with
admirable realism and with delicacy and
humor, the work of Sarah s. 'Stilwell, IL
lustrate Katharine Pyle's book Of verses
called Childhood E. p. Dutton a Co...
In these pictures color L. employed with
a moderation and a 'hghtness' which 1t Is
agreeable to see. The verses are properly
simple and are well calculated to entertain
the discriminating audience to whom they
are addressed. An agreeable and pretty
book. From the same publishers we have
two children's books Of English make
"One Day." by Edith Farrinloe, and "A
in Dixie; Plantation Alphabet
by Louise Quarles Bonte and George Will
lard Bonte. The first Of these has stories
that we should think would be good to
read aloud to children, and colored illus
trations to increase the charm. The second
is grotesque, with gorgeous pictures OF
giant size, and Ia doubtless captivating
In its way.
"Denslows Mother Goose G Book"
and five ether Denslow books come to US
from the G. w. Dillingham; Company. They