The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
NEW BOOK NEWS
CONDUCTED BY MARTHA YOUNG

wanted to eat the Rabbit or his aizzard, that the Rabbit told the Alligator that his double gizzard" was out of him and in a hollow hick- ory stump, that Alligator was fooled py so unreasonable a story (Br'er Rah- Dit seems to have lost the cuteness and cunning of his lying that used to be so mirth- h-provoking) that Alligator started to find the double gissard," !" that Rabbit jumped from Alligator's back to dry land, Is told in sixi full pages. The charm of the early Uncle Remus stories land they are. those early tales the very top-knot, "A, num- Der one" and Very Best of al such lit- erature) was that they held SO closely to either the mature of the beast" or to the nature of the negro genius who uttered them, the immortal typical Uncle Remus' that MT. Harris creat- ed a quarter century ago. These later tales have In them little likeness to the creatures of nature who disport themselves therein. and hold little of the quaint philosophy and homeiy wit that are so characteristic of the negro race. It is to be hoped that the rich old vein that gave out to. the pick ok genius treasure worth q worlds praise. Is not exhausted, and that the rest of promised stories in the series will have in them the old glow and true value of those first great ones that have become classic; The story in the present num- Der is-ttlustrated by Mir. J. M. Condo Mir. conde's' iilustfatlohs are thorough -ly charming and delightfully."- quaint.
 The Beauty of Photography can no further so than in. the exquisite illus- trations for F. s :. Martins paper on 'Christmas and Children"
 An article of interest and value is Broughton Rrandenburg's 'sThs Profea- sionkof Deceit" a
 Charles e. D. Roberts gives a na- ttIre story of great pathos and charm. The Terror of the Air"
 MT. Richard Le Gailienne's story Once Upon a Time" seems to be merely a sort of frame in prose to hold the picturesquepess of some Blue-B Bird Verses. The same writer's lines gro a. Silent Nightingale" in the number are exquisite. MT. Thomas Nelson Page writes of An Old Neighborhood in vir- ginia."
 Carolyn Wells has lines. ''The selnsh Snake"
 '''Fhere was once a big rattlesnake, Who bought him a coronay cake; When they said, You will share With your neighbors your fare, He said, That's where you make a
 mistake.'
 There seems to be rhyme but no req son in these lines, nor any of that amusing contact of bright nonsense to sober sense that sparkies in so much of Carolyn Wells work. When one sees Mir. J. M. Condos quaint half page H. lustratlon to these not very vivid lines there will come to mind the old folk lore bit that drifts around with every Southern plantation tale-teIler, which If not exactly ''unhonored and unsung," is certainly imprinted and unillustrated It is very we'll fit to draw out one of this artists unique drawings;
 Snake baked a hoecake,
 Set the frog to mind 1t:
 Frog trapped noddin'.
 Lizard came an stole 1t.
 "BFing back my hoecake
 You long-tail Nanny,
 Bring back my hoecalxe,
 I got 1t from my Granny! "
 The departments of The Metropoli- tan, 'The World at Large and "The Stage at Holiday Time" are always eagerly and proftably read.