Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-07

wanderings of Ulysses to the Santa
Clara valley. Many of them deal with
the emotions and handle abstract sub
jects. "California's Greeting is one
of the best and most known. The
verses are of much literary merit and
Mr.. Curtis should be proud of his
showing, while Florine Hyer's illus
trations are in full sympathy.
STORY and Song" BY Louis f. Cur
tis. Chicago: r. r. Donnelly & Sons
Co.
The Boys Life of Christ" is an at
tempt to tell in story form the history
of the Christ, for boys reading, giving
the side of His character that depicts
Him as the boys Hero. 1t does not
teach theology or philosophy, nor is
the miraculous emphasized; it is
rather a story of what Christ did. The
treatment of some of the events is inn
aginative, but largely the Christ
language is used in conversation.
The Boys Life of Christ" by w. b.
Forbush. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Co. $1.25.
For those who are in search of miner
ais, and who do not know much about
the business, Arthur ]. Burdick has
compiled a manual, giving in detail Il
vast store of valuable knowledge on the
subject. The outfit, best means of travel,
Indications of various metals, legal diff
ficulties, gems and how to find them,
tests, claim fiiling-all these and many
more are handled carefully. The book
will be handy to any prospector.
The Prospectors' Manual. BY Ar
thur j. Burdick. Los Angeles: George
Rice & Sons San Francisco: Payot,
Upham &, Co.
The Elsie books are perennial. A new
q inst nIt 'E1gin and Name
sakes." 1t is a standard volume in
this standard series for girls, and will
be welcomed by thousands of readers.
ELSIE and Her Namesakes," by Mar
tha Finley. New York: Dodd, Mead
| & Co.
Two little home grown volumes from
the Arroyo press are Little Stories of
Yesterday" and Little Comrades of
Today both isued by Caroline H. ".
| Foster. The Foster workshop is Sse
of the show places of Los Angeles and
its work is inevitably handsome. Nine.
Foster has wealth of literary material
at hand and when she decides to give
some Of it 10 an eager company of ad-
mirers there is general rejoicing. Hence
the issuance of companion volumes at
this holiday season was particularly
piece of good fortune.
Little Stories of Yesterday" Little
Comedies of Today" by Caroline H. w.
Foster, Los Angeles. The Arroyo press.
"The Valley of Dreams" H. Hayden
| Sands volume of verse, would be a
welcome visitor anywhere, merely on
the strength of it's superb typograph-
ical get-up. The letterpress is artistic
In the extreme and the illustrations are
beautiful, chaste and elegant. All,
therefore, is a fitting garment for Mr..
| Sands fine thoughts expressed in
goodly fashion in many songs. The
book is we'll worthy Of a place on the
holiday shelf.
| THE Valley of Dreams" by II. Hay
den Sands. with illustrations by Adolfo
de'Nesti. Edinburgh: T. N. FOULS, and
Boston, Alfred Bartlett.
| One of the most attractive gift books
of the season is "An Orchard Prin-
cess" by Ralph Henry Barbour. Mr..
Barbour is the author of kitty of the
Roses which proved such success
when it appeared a year ago. The
story itself is a charming one and il
Eliminated as 1t is with dainty pictures
some of them in color, makes a rare
volume for presentation. The pictures
are done by James Montgomery Flagg
one of Life's illustrators. The publish
ers. too, have done their share.
An Orchard Princess BY Ralph Hen
ry Barbour. Philadelphia. J. b. Lippin-
colt company.
A gustatory classic is not mis-
nomer for May II. Southworth's '10l
Entrees Like it's predecessors, '10l
Sandwiches and other "10l's." it will
appeal to the epicurean he as well
as she" who presides over the des-
TIMES of the household. While some VI
the recipes are better than others, there
are enough that are excellent to suit
the most eXacting taste. The arrange
ment is classified, embracing oysters,
fish. meat vegetables, game. fowl,
mushrooms, eggs, cheese and sweet,
101 Entrees, BY May T.. Southworth,
San Francisco; Paul, Elder & Co.
A book that is dear TO the hearts OF
the children and comes with each re-
curing holiday season, is "ChatterboX."
Like its many predecessors. Chatter
box this year is brmful of stories and
sketches and wealth of pictures, there
being 200 OF the latter, including six
fine color plates. In many homes
Christmas without "ChatterboX" II
never the complete joy 1t should be.
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