The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-24
NEW BOOKS.

LITTLE GARDENS-By Charles NJ.
Skinner.
published by d. Appleton & Co.. New
York. For sale by oil booksellers. Price
s1.25 metz
This Is the season when all nature is
beautiful and the new book little Gar
dens" will naturally appeal strongly TO
the lovers of the beautiful In Gods handi-
work.
Mr. Skinner has a genius for being able
10 tell his story of nature and the man
ner in which TO help nature along, In a
clear and concise manner. lie certainly
has artistic feeling as applied to the fow-
ers and shrubs and I'm his book shows
how a commonplace bed Of roses. for in
stance, can be made decidedly attractive;
how struggling vine may be made pic
turesque and how porch OF a home may
be improved to a decided degree by flow
ers.
The diagrams are instructive--his mode
Of imparting information is clever and his
work will find decided appreciation b. all
who read II.
HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIEs--
BY John Henry Comstook and Anna
Batsford Comstock
published by ID. Appleton & Co. New
York. For sale by all booksellers. Price
1925 metz
To the lovers OF that little creature
which fits and lodges through the sun
light this book will be Of signal interest.
Evidently II Is designed to be treatise
on the butterfly, giving a thorough and
complete manual OF the species as they
exist In the United States.
To the naturalist who is fully acquainted
with the butterfly IL will be OF vast in
terest and for the beginner IT will be found
10 be text book of especial value.
The work is the combined effort OF two
authors who beyond doubt are fully con-
versant with the subject and have the
happy faculty OF being able TO convey
their knowledge TO others I'm we'll chosen
and simple words. The book is divided
into three parts, part one being devoted
TO a general account OF butterflies; part
two 10 the classification OF butterflies and
part three 10 the shippers.
The Illustrations are OF great value.
being As In number, and add materially
to the great value Of the work
II is a book that will increase the value
OF any library and the authors are TO
be congratulated upon turning out very
SitNti bpOh upOH al III
terestlng subject.
THE EFFENDI-By Florence Brooks
Whtehouse.
published by Little, Brown & Co. Bos-
ton. For sale by all booksellers Price
$500
This interesting story is a romance OF
the Soudan and In the prologue IL given
most thrilling word description Of the
siege and fall OF Khartoum and the death
OF the noble Gordon From the prologue
the author takes UP his story. which is
well plotted out. we'll told and will GER
tainly hold the attention o: even the
most fastidious and critical reader.
There Is a good deal of mystery In the
tale-that Ia to say. unlike most books the
reader does not know what is to be ex-
pected on the next page. while the de-
lightful love story running through ft
tends TO relieve some OF the serious sit
uations. As was said II is a mysterious
story--morc OF the mysterious In the va
rlous situations than anything else and
this Is one OF the points that makes the
tale so attention holding.
The characters are well placed--all of
them are pictured well and the atmos-
phere Is felt by the reader. All I'm all The
Erfendi is a story that cannot fall 10
please and one that Is finished with re-
gret