The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-22
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON

and Blanche MeManus Mansnelu-
 ssThe Sov'rane Herb and Smokers
 Year'-The Calendar of Omar Khay-
 yamr-@The Little CoIoneI' in HoIi-
 day Attire.
 One of the particularly handsome and desirable holiday publications of the season is Romantic Ireland" in two volumes neatly boxed, issued by L. c. Page & Co. Boston. It is very accept able addition to the admirable Travel Lovers Library, and is product of the joint authorship of M F. Mansfield and of Blanche MeManus Mansfield, his wife, the woman being well known. as an artist and illustrator, and as an au- thor. Her husband is also an author.
 The present work is in two vol tunes and in general style follows the makeup of MT. Fields 'Rome.n Mrs. Mansfield's distinctive contribution to the book is the illustrations, although she doubtless collaborated in the texr.
 The first volume of this work takes the reader from Muekross Abbey to the Cross of Cashel, with such intermediate presentations of ruin and castle, town and farm, type of character and occu- patton among the people, bog and hill and tower and valley, as fill it with in- terest and information. The second volume goes from The Cross and Tower of Monesterboice to the Holy We'll, Kells and between the two gets in about fifty more illustrations which cover country the like of which does not else- where lie out-of-doors. The list of gem eral subjects will give the best idea that can be conveyed of the scope of the whole. First comes an introductory and then A Travel chapter; then follow The Land and It's People; Romance and Sentiment; Religious Art and Architec- ture; The Scotch-Irish Blend; Irish In- dustries; Dublin and About There; Kill kenny to Cork Harbor; Queenstown, Cork and Blarney; Glengarriff and Ban- try Bay; Killarney and About There; Around the Coast of Limerick; The Shannon and It's Lakes; Galway and It's Bay; Achili t Sligo; The Donegal Highlands; Londonderry and the Giants Causeway: Antrim and Dover; The Boyne Valley; Belfast and Armagh. Comprehensive and quite complete is the scope of this consideration and with nearly ninety illustrations taking in very much of the spirit of every scene, every type and every section the reader gets anlidea of Ireland which is next to seeing 1t ones self, while to one who has seen 1t or any part that comes within the limit of this work. it is a vivid reminder of the green isle'' that is fraught with pleasure. Price, s2.40:. for sale by the p. F. Judd Co.
 Two artistic book calendars for 1895 are The Sov-rane Herb and "The Smokers Year with drawings in color by Blanche McManus and "The Calen- dar of Omar Khayyam" also with pie lures in color by Blanche McNdanus, both issued and in very attractive style by |. c. Page & Co, Boston. The great success of these calendars of last year similarly named was such as to call for this new issue for 1905. They are capital for gifts.
 .srhe 'Sov'fane Herb and the Smok- er's Year contains excerpts from the wits and historians of all ages concern ing the virtues of the ''necessitous weed illuminated by twelve drawings and decorations by Miss McManus, de- picting the types of the smokers of va rious nations. Then there is a preface a little screed concerning some of the virtues, negative or otherwise, of tobac- co.
 'The Calendar of Omar Khayyam'' contains selections from the quartrains of the poet Naishapur, as translated by Edward Fitzgerald, each of which Is H. frustrated in color by Miss McManus There Is a rubaiyat for each declining and reviving moon. The decorations are very artistic. Prices of each book, 75 cents: for sale at Judas
 IL. 0. Page & Co. of Boston, have Just issued a delightful holiday edition of "The Little Colonel" the pioneer of the famous Little Colonel Series. which has become so widely known through out the country as one of the best series of books for little people ever issued in America. This "Little Colonel Ser ies" has given delight to many thou sands of children. The new holiday edi- tion is beautifully embellished with rich binding and colored pictures, and the price is $1.25; for sale by the E. F. Judd Co.
 PHYSICIANS HEAR ADDRESS.