The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-18
| CHRISTMAS \ / N / BOOKS Ks
The Holiday Buyers in 1904 Have
q Very Rich Stock to Select
Their Goods Froi,i

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There are people, anu they are little
and big. who at Christmas time, find
their purest pleasure before the windows
4 or counters OF d book store where there
are treasures new and old, to delight
the eye. and the heart br The Christmas
shopper f
The list is so great ard tho choice In
cludcs SO wide IL range that ono pauses
at the task Of cntmerution Out Of tho
many that Frccur to mind arc n charming
trio from a series or English ldyls'- told
smith, 8 Vicar OF Wakefield Mrs. Cas-
kcll s. Crawford and Miss Mitford's
Our Village" These books, which pos
,sess an urfading interest for book lovers
of all generations and class are, in this
particulars edition. illustrated ~ G. u.
Brock and gotten out by Il. II. Dutton and
Company. In every respect $40 volumes,
commend themselves. being thoroughly
artistic and beautiful.
Young people will appreciate four little
volumes TINT illustrate the gift book,
Idea In hose published by Thomas b.
Mosher. They IRE .'The Happy Prince
and Other Tales, "The Young King and
tile Star Child,r by the late Oscar Vide;
THE Tale oCthc -Four White Swans and |
"Ulad OF Dreams" by 1TlormaS Ma cleod. 81
Mrs. Annie Fellows Johnston, q most
attractive author for girls and boys, has
two books HThc Little Colonel" and
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which will be very entertaining to little
readers OF DISCRIMINATION and taste. Miss
Rosalind aKichards's .'Ihc Nursery Fire"
is one Of the most successful and ut
'tractive among the list OF Illustrated
Christmas publications.
Bound in lavender and illustrated by no.
less an artist than Elizabeth Shipper
Green, Castle Comedy" by Thompson
buchanan, Is accredited to the Christmas
list Of Harper and Brothers. The story
and the9pictures it is needless to say.
arc in full8accord, and the pages delight
the eye and interest the lnnd.5 Dodd,
Mead and Company are responsible for
the dainty pages III which OnotoI Nvntana}
tells THE Love Of 4Azalea. " 1'he author.
of "a Japanese Nightingale is too Wen
known@to the American public and too
favorubly so. for her Christmas book TO
need further concentration than her
name. Il \ .38t 4 24s.ss s
Maurice Hewletts book, 1.-The Road Iii
Is brought out5in two volumes
by Macmillan and Company for the hol-
days. The authors knowledge Of un-j
written Tuscan history comes into full
these volumes. n
58 One Sttcamost 2attract i've and the most |
bizarre of@tbes Christmas gift books Is
John Cecil Clays .'1n Loves Garden" in
which verseesssof comntngled ointment rtsi1le.
and humor, selected from the poets by
the author.aarc illustrated byaMr. Cayiss,,
drawings ins color. The book is brought
out by the Bobbs-N1erl-ll publishing house
Women will 3bc&intcrestedain THE Lace
Book written by n. Hudson Moore and /
brought out$ibY the Frederick a. Stokes
Company. IT. Is illustrated by seventy en-
cravings text showing fine ispecimens5|
of lacc-making that are now found in3I
private or public collections
Children's hearts VIII grow glad over
"Janets College p Career by Amy u:
Il who understands thoroughly
how to- describe college and girl life in |,
a very fascinating way This book rs |.
published BY q Gorge W. Jacobs and Com
pany. Then heresis another story written
by Marion @aAnes Tag CART, and published
by Mcclure, Phillips and Company that
Is called THO Little Cray House., and
that makes an excellent decomposition piece
TO "Janets College Career n. this class,
too. must he placed n Nntalie's Sister, by |
AnnaS*C hapin Rly, IT Is Illustrated by
Alice Barber. Stevens and is placed on the
market by Little, Brown and Company. si5
z For od-fashionods children, III there any5l
left, there is no lack. Lambs italics of
Shakespeare Tales Of 11 obin: Fl God and
His Merry Men, Cooper's Spy Jack
anapes'' and "rhe story OF q Short Life,
by Mrs. Ewing; Froissarts Tales of
Lamplighter,' and The
by Frederickn' Bemer. are al
ways in evidence to respond to the eternal !
demands OF chlldhoods heart and 5imag
nation. E "a
DANES and Daughters Of the French
Court. compiled by Geraldine Brooke,
has been added to the Christmas list by
Thomas Y. Crowcll and Company. The
wealth OF tradition associated with the
famous women chosen by Miss Brooke for
her book subjects renders this a most I
volume
"a Belle of the Flfties" is from the
pen of Mrs. Clement! c. Clay, wife of
the well known "a labama statesman. The
look turns largely upon Mrs. Clay's scx-
pcrlencc of official and social lfe$in Wash
ington and Richmond. Miss Ada Sterling
has edited the book, which is exceeding
is published by EDouble-
day and Page. 8