New-York tribune., 1905-12-19
Remember. If you chance to see
"A clock beside the way.
mat gentlemen should bow be-fors
Ihey pass the time Of day.

| "A clock beside the way,
mat gentle men should bow be-fors
| Ihey pass the time Of day.
One small group of the picture books combines
| instruction with entertainment Three of these
handsome volumes are published by the Fred
er1ck A. Stokes Company. and comprise Chill
dren Of Other Days." with stories and descrip-
| tlons by N Hudson Moore; Jogging Round the
| World" with stories and descriptions hv Edith
| Dunham, and Japanese Child Life" with MANY
| 1uu page color plates by Alice Mar, and with
stories and verses by Alice Calhoun Haines The
hrst OF these books contains reproductions of
| some of the best known paintings OF children by
famous masters; the second, photographs of
typical methods of transportation in all parts
or the world. The third conveys in dainty H.
Iustratons and descriptive prose and verse an
impression OF sports and occupations of d.
rninutive Japa- Somewhat akin to this charm
Ing trio is "An Alphabet Of History paul
Elder & Coz, with verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit
and drawings by Ellsworth Young Author
and Illustrator combine to throw much new
light on the twenty-sx historical personages
represented; as. In the of Franklin we
learn that:
The trolley cars and dynamos,
And fncancescent light.
And buzzing fan which cooness blows.
Ben TRaa Frankns XXI nTsTSI6ht wift q as Easi aSs
That thoughtful gentle. kindly dame
Who let him have the keyi
That famous old favorite, "Chatterbox''
Dana Estes Co) comes freighted as usual
with a cargo OF stories. verses descriptive
articles and pictures-a number of the latter
full page color plates: Frances Trego Mont
gomery tells how some fortunate children spent
their Christmas with Santa Claus CThe saal-
field Publishing Company, brilliantly illustrated
in colors by Ruth Mary HaIlock: and the IA
mil Of
a Broom (E P. Dutton & Coz to visit the
man in the moon, is clever1y pictured anew by
Z. Butler Stoney in f1at-tones. Two new vol
umes In the Christmas Stocking Series (Fred-
er1ck A Stokes Company, conveniently shaped
TO slip into the expectant hosiery, tell the
truthful tale Of ''The Denim Elephant" Illus
trated in colors by Emily Carter Wright and
the remarkable adventures of "Con. the Wiz |
ard with text by John Howard Jewett, eight |
Illustrations In color by Edward R Little and |
numerous drawings in black and white bv |
Oliver Herford Another book Of harmless |
wizardry is '"The Wonderful Wishes Of Jackv
and Jean" CA Vessels Company in which |
Mary A Dckerson recounts the strange ad-
ventures Of two children who find fairy bird |
In magic wishing cage. to which there are six
full page Illustrations in coIors by c. B. Falls
In Girls and Boys" the Frederick A Stokes
Company presents a number of charming full
page color plates Of child life, after drawings
by Emile Benson Knipe. with appropriate
stories and verses by Alice Calhoun Haines. and
Robert Browning's 1.-THE Pied Piper of Hame-
lin "a Vessels Company makes re-appear-
ance in new set of illustrations by Van Dyck
An illustrated poem quite plan is
1.-THE Lay of the Wee Brown Wren" Oong-
mans. Green & Coz. In which the author H w.
Walwyn, NJ. A. F. z. S, F. E. S.
relates the romance OF brown and a
white hen. illustrating the narrative with snap
shot photographs Another volume of nature
stories for very young folk is Burton stoner's
lin Crow Tales" CThe Saalfield Publishing
Cor plentifully illustrated IN black and white
DIV CARL 3. Williams. very attractive book
ssued by the same publishers, which subtly in
,ulcates rudimentary knowledge Of plants and
blooms is Flower Babies" with it's vivid
,olored drawings by Ida May Rockwell and de-
,crtptive verses by Elizabeth May. There are
,oroe 'More Adventures of the Happy Heart
FAMILY" Fox. Duf1eld & Coz, by Virginia
Serson. with a Christmas climax while in
ereddy Sunbeam" paul Elder & Coz.
Grace sperry has composed and illus
rated a number Of fables for little housekeep-
rs which. in the form of stories, convey such
,safuI information as how to remove stains
rom clothing, how to sweep how TO wash
isbex and how cheerfully TO accomplish many
+her helpful tasks {