New-York tribune., 1905-12-20

said What is never-lllind' p an she
Said I'd discover. by-uln-by.
Mrs. Candace wheeIer's "Double-darling and
the Dream Spinner CFox DuffieId & Coz is a
pretty and graceful story Of q dainty child and
her dreams. It has a number Of charming Illus
trations in color by Dora Wheeler Keith. An
other book for little girls is Edith F. Fosters
Mary NJ Mary Oana Estes Sc Coz. The pros
porous Mary and the poverty-strcken Mary are
happy together in ways which all healthy
minded children like, and at the end Of the book
comes surprise Of a delightful kind.
In THE Ward of the Sewing Circle" CLittle
Brown & Coz Edna E. Wylie tells really dra-
matte story of a sensitive orphan child and his
troubles. Each member OF the village sewing
circle undertakes to care for him for two months
and the little boy is passed from house to house
with his beloved big cat-the only comforting
survival of the home which his dead mother
had made bright for MIN. How poor little
Johnny finds only in the poorest place Of all
genuine affection, and how his heart is torn
by the cruel fate of his Tabby; how he, too. is
the plaything of hardship. and how in the end
his rough path is made smooth the young reader
is invited to find out The book has much merit
Mrs. Clara D. Pierson. the author OF 'Dooryard
Stories" and other pleasant books, tells in
Three Little AIillers" (E. P. Dutton & COD the
story Of fine little group of children captalned
by a wise and comfortable father and mother.
The pranks Of these children may be easily
imagined from the remark Of Aureliag their
elderly friend and ally. Land" says she TO
Mrs. Miller, "I should think you'd breathe a lot
easier when they're in bedi They're the best
children I ever see, but you just can't even tell
what they'll do next"
Lonely OLauey'' Houghton. Mif1in & Coz,
by Arthur Stringer, is a clever study Of boy
ph1 md of bov I'm
Barring some sentimentalities and conventional
ities of incident 1t is exceedingly well done. AS
for the verses fnterspersed. 1t must be said that
the book would be better without them, as they
lend an air Of would-be importance which the
story, entertaining as 1t s. does not justify. MI
r. T. Merrilrs Illustrations commendable.
Tommy Joyce and Tommy joy Dana Estes
& Coz, by Harriet A Cheever. is the story of a
bad boy made good by proper training, and OF
good boy made better By his own plucky strug-
giles. The same firm publishes Louise R. Bak-
er's "OId Monday Farm" a story which, I'M
probable though it is conveys useful lessons OF
unworldly Justice and kindness to the neighbor.
There are apt morals not only for dogs but
for children in the two delightful stories which
Mr. Allen French offers under the title OF The
Reform of Shaun" Qittle. Brown & Coz Shaun
is an Irish terrier who with heedlessness and
seeking of evil counseIlors loses a home, which
he realizes too late was a beloved one. The
fashion in which he regains it is touching in
deed, and is true to dog character. As true also
is the story of Mystic, the pointer pup, who
learns in suffering to mind what he is told.
wilderness Babies Qittle, Brown & co.. by
Tulia Augusta Schwartz. describes the fascinat-
fr q infancy OF sixteen wild creatures. creatures
Of the forest or the sea These sketches, while
perfectly true to animal lie, quantity individ-
ralize these small animals. An American edi-
ton Of the Rev. Theodore Woods Natural His
tory for Young People (B. P. Dutton & Coz
has number of effective Illustrations In color
as well as In black and white. Mr.. Woods text
is framed in an easy, familiar style and Is fuII
of anecdote 'In the Reign Of Coyote (Ginn &
Coz is the title of collection Of folklore stories
made by Katharine Chandler. in California
AS in most Indian tales, the wild animals are
prominent the cleverest Of them being the
coyote It is in many respects an attractive
little book.
'rhe Winning Run" CA S. Barnes & Coz Is
the title of a vigorous baseball story told by
Captain Ralph Bonehill, himself an expert
player He has already introduced the reader
to the boys Of the Lakeport Club In the first
volume of this series devoted to sports, and
fne fellows they are. He describes several games
in a fashion exceedingly taking, and he adds
several lively episodes of villany defeated.
Deerfoot. the Shawanoe, is an old friend Of all
bovs who love Indian stories, and probably many
Youthful hearts ached when Mr.. Edward S.
Ellis ended his hero's life in "The Last War
Trail" Such sturdy protest has been made that
the euthor has thought better of the situation,
and taking example from the return OF Sher-
lock Holmes, has brought the Shawanoe back
m life In a New Deerfoot Series Cthe John
G. winston Company he has continued ad-
ventures of pioneer and savage life even more
navy series he tells us, chronologically precedes
the old one, and we find Deerfoot the stately,
generous youth again. The first Of the three
books. "'Deerfoot in the Forest" leads two white
bovs. George and Victor Sheldon, through many
dangers with subsequent rescues by Deer1ooI'
IN scDeerfoot on the Prairies" Mr.. Ellis describes
the tourney Of the Sheldon boys with Deerfoot
and 2 Blackfoot guide across the wild comment
go, ohio TO the mouth of the Columbia River.
Startling incidents, breathless suspense deeds
of sniendid courage stir the reader on page
af+er mage. "Deerfoot in the Mountains" de-
o-Ibas the return OF the party through ad-
ventures of an equally bloodcurdling sort II
+ba capture and tanning Of the black horse
1Kr,irIvyind by Deerfoot is something too Won
sort,I 70 believe, it must be admitted that it is
: ,,erv entertaining and suggestive invention.
Mrs Mary P Wells Smith continues her Old
0eerAeId" series in 1.-THE Boy Captive in Can
.dar little. Brown & Coz This completes the
49, a. ~ moor little stephen Williams, the son
~. r1aerfeId minister, who. in the assault of
4ta+ town in 1704, was "captivated by the
sa1,-ages'' and taken by them to Canada. His
e-,avous sufferings on the way and his eNpe-
1,ances there are vividly narrated. Here is
history made easy" and pleasant-but we fancy
that no young reader Of Mrs. Smiths first story
- child life on a farm win ever let any suose-
o,,ert hook take the place of that faYorlte-
Tit+Ie Brown & Co. also publish In snip
,rrAcked in Greenland" lively story Oh ao-