The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-25
NEW BOOK NEWS

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 Out to Old Aunt Mary's. By James whitcomb Riley. Illustrated by How. ard Chandler Christy. Blessed Is tn' boy who has an old Aunt Mary to s' to with all his childish joys ana sor. rows. sure of loving sympathy an' help. But next best to an Aunt mr. rr,. of his own. let him have Rileys! tn' verses murmuring happiness cIea .h' sparkling brook that runs tnroush n fields. do not grow old. Ihe he u not weary of their simple .oy anu rnp,t p .hos Their holiday edition Is exqui cite with the spirited and truthful IT. Instra lions of Christy. How beautl1u is that of "The old spring house, in the cool green shade" Full or s"ee' So,enass ia that, q see her now r .na nnan door" What loveliness in tho+ ho ps "me and you" two barefoo' howe coming down the path with shoes ;n hand! Was there ever jollier pic ture than that of the two happy boys "numping" in the old board-seated swing. Away up are the happy faces | among the crisp green maple leaves as the rope swing rises and falls undeI the rigorous pumping" of stout brown legs. But Home with Aunty-best ol aI' indeed. this picture Is best oi I all" the peace, the quiet, the home oi | if, MT. Crsty has never done better work than these illustrations. Marga- | ret Armstrong has some excellent acc orations. vines of grape. hop, sweet-pea blooms, morningglories surround ths | pages of verse.
 Wasn't 1t pleasant, O brother mihe, Jn those old days of the lost sunshine nf voutb-when the Saturdays chores were through,
 And the Sundays wood. in the Kltcheh too. And we went visiting. me and you,
 Out to old Aunt Marys!
 It all comes back so clear tooay!
 Though I am as bald as you are gray Ont by the barn-lot and down the ia"' We natter along in the dust agaln, As light as the tips of the drops ol i"'i
 Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
 We cross the pasture. and through '" Where inc old gray snag of the popla | stood. hon Where the hammeflhs
 And .he huzzard raised in the clear | ing sky, a,. h,
 Gut to ald Aunt Mary's.
 And tber in the dust of the road agalf And inc teams we met, and the coui''
 men. ..., .,rsbin And the long highway, with suhsli''
 spread hread | As thick as butter on country Our cares behind, our hearts aheao'
 Ont to old Aunt Marys.
 Why T see now in the open door 1I,,ra Wns, the little gourds grew up tn r.o oIanboard roof!-and her face-ai uosn.t if good for boy to sec
 And wasn't it good for boy 10 pc
 Out to old Aunt Marys?
 For. O my brother so far away
 Tbis is to tell you-she waits today TO welcome us: Aunt Mary fell
 Asleep this morning, whispering, 'e The boys to come all IS
 Out to old Aunt Marys?
 beautiful holiday book, gift make any heart glad on a Christmt
 aornirg like this The turnin of the pages shows youth what zoe sueet things are about our fates toda shows age the light of the untorso''e sunshine of long ago.
 Evelyn Byrd. By George Cary Ee gleston. -,
 Mr Esgleston's third of series Southern novels, Evelyn Byrd. na rushed into several editions, Thi shows practically the popularity the author of Dorothy South ana Carolina Cavalier" At the nrst or epinq of the book 1t Is a disappoin' r,ant to find that the novel is not on of colonial days with the historic Eve Ivn Byrd of westover for It's heroine IF is surprising that Mir. Egglesto | sbould have chosen so well known name for his more modern maiden ( | romance.
 In this, the third of Mir. Eggleston romances of the Civil War. the stor is told of a high-minded and coura geous Southerner. who joins the arm of Lee at the time when the Confed eracy is making its s3t desperat stand He rescues a girl from ourn ing house In the midst Of an aruller engagement at hazard of his hte' an afterwards falls In love with her. pu is withheld from declaring hlmse' bv A too scrupulous sense of dut! In the end. however. his enemy dylne removes by his confession the stai from the soldiers honor, and inclden tally throws some light on the histor of his sweetheart-and absorbing stor in itself as afterwards set down the book" which she writes with he own hand. Dorothy South and othe characters endeared to the readers c MT. Eggleston's previous novels appea again as the friends and advisers c Kilgariff. who is himself the embodi