The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25

They meet for a trip up the Great Lakes to Duluth, where a prlYate ear takes them to the world famous Yel- lowstone Park, in which they have an abundance of adventure and enjoy ment. This series opens an entire new field in juvenile literature ana Will be welcomed accordingly. The spirited il- lustrations by MT. Edwards are worthy of special mention. Price $l.5O Pub lished by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, Boston,
 A dainty, sweet, charming story of two hundred and thirty-six pages is "Peaseblossom and Mustard Seed, the former fairy-like little girl who in her third story room, supported by her much toiling, wan and worn older sis ter, enacts fairy scenes daily with the aid of her doll and few other accesso- ries coupled with considerable imagi- nation to fill out the scanty material; the latter a little Lord bauntleroy style of an orphan waif who lives next door in the orphan asylum and comes over daily to help out in Peaseblos- som's fairy show. A good, Kind gentle man, childless, wealthy, noble chances upon the children and adopts them and the fairy land comes indeed The story is deliciously told by Grace Squire and there are excellent illustra- tions by Diantha w Horne, Dana, Estes & Co, Boston, are the publishers, no doubt achieve success for herself 
 A we'll written story of three hun dred and ten pages is Roberta and Her Brother" by Alice Ward Bailey au- thor of Mark Heffron," etc, and pub lished by Little, Brown and Company. It is a wholesome, natural story about a live, wide awake, cheery, spirited girl who is eminently sensible. Also she lends her energies to brighten the lives of her brothers and with gratify- ling success. Being also a highly at tractive and entertaining girl, she will no doubt achieve success for erself. Her brothers are devoted to her, for she has ever since the mothers death sought to take mothers place in their lives. Roberta has home trials, a triumphant evening at dance, sum- mer in the Adirondacks, a jolly base ball game in which her brother Will is the hero and finally chapter of col lege experiences There are fine illus trations by Harriet Roosevelt Rich i ards. Price $1.50
 "The Stars and Stripes and Other American Flags the title of com i prehensive history of our national standards, is announced for early pub lication by Little, Brown and Compa- ny, Boston (Price S300 net.) Peleg { D. Harrison, the author, has been al work on this history for years. The book includes not only the origin an6 history of our flags, but the army and navy regulations concerning the ma. tional standard and ensign, flag mak- ing, salutes, improvlsed unique ant combination flags, flag legislation an( many associations of American flags including the origin of the name "Olt Glory" with songs and their stories
 etc. The illustrations consist of pic
 lures of our various flags reproduced in color.
 Owen Davis, the well-known play.
 wright has practically completed tn, dramatization of Arthur Stringer's re-
 cent novel, "The Wire Tappers," anC l arrangements are now under way fol 4 its early production. The dramatist, |
 is said, has not neglected to take ad I vantage of the somewhat novel anC up-to-date criminal features of MT
 Stringers story; so besides being { I play of the Leah Klashna" type, "Th,
 Wire Tappers" is also likely to prove
 novelty on account of it's background
 of electrical effects.
 Messrs. Mcclure Phillips and Com
 pany announce a fifth edition of Lad,
 Betty Across the Water" the yer, popular book by c. N. and A. M. VII
 Hanson: a second edition on publica,
 ton of "The Pettson Twins" tn
 amusing childhood stories, by Marion
 Hill; third edition of O. Henry sketches of metropolitan life, "Th,
 Four Million;" a sixth edition of Id;
 Tarbell's famous Life of Lincoln;' fourth edition of Joel Chandler Harris Told by Uncle Remus;' a tenth edi ton of Emily Holt's well-known "En : cyclopaedia of Etiquette;" a fourtl edition of Jack London's "The God o His Fathers" a fifth edition of Kat Douglas Wiggins and Nora lArchibal,
 Smiths "The Posy Ring" a fifth edi
 ton of Ray Stannard Bakers Boys
 Book of Inventlons;' and a second edi tion of Professor William B. Smith bok on the race problem, The Colo Line,'
 So great has been the demand for G Lowes Dickinsons "The Greek View O Life" for use in schools and colleges that Mcclure, Philips and Company the publishers of this and the othe books by the same author, have had t order another importation, the fourtl
 since last April.
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