The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
Christina. Implications.
90 OLD PEABODY tPEW. BY MY
Douglass Wiggin. Houghton, MIL

THE OLD PEABODY PEW. By Kate
Douglass Wiggin. Houghton.ii AL MI
fin & CO.. of New -, York u'ri,, sl, .tor,
and the story OF country ,courtship
written with the touch. of5geulus, which
inspires Mrs. Wfggins,s s. best work and
insures her enduring popniar,vs East
village. and the story begins and ends
in the little church which the Dorcas
Society is decorating for the Chtlst-
mas festival as tho book opens.
rho animated discussion OF the worn
church carpets, leaky roofs and smoky
chimneys, and how to restore them
from the empty treasury. II told VIII
a humor and sprightliness characteris-
tic OF the author.
TIE life in the New England village
stands out with the vlvi daras :; % OF q
written with pathos which will bring
tears to the eyes OF the unsympat hetic
reader. Notwithstanding this. 1t Is a
happy book with happy ending. and
appeal universally to old and young.
THE HANGING OF THE CRANE. BY
Henry Henry w L9 N NaI YORK ou ssoe
"rh hsl. Hanging Of the Crane is one
of the most popular and bAautiful
the spirit. of Longfellow lines: Home
STAY al home ns i is best" It is a house
hold classic which all home makers ap-
preciate and enjoy;
The present holiday EDITION has
twelve illustrations in color by Arthur
1. Keller that reflect the sentiment OF
the lines and gain in interest from hav-
Ing Craigie house at Cambridge as a
oackground where iaa me the poet at, hung ms
tractive text decorations by Miss Flor
Lence w. Swan.
THE FOREST MESSENGERS. BY Ed
yard S. ,5 Ellis is The Ihe, ;Iohnc. Winston
This book. the first In the Paddle
Yolir Own Canoe" series. Is one of the
best books ever written by a most pops
placed In the periods Immediately fol-
lowing the French and Indian. War.
At the very start the hero, Archer Du-
pny, is saved from. savage bear by
story hinges upon the latter's war
against the isolated forts along the
frontier and upon the great aid which
Archie and hi. father With their reck-
We're able to give the English garri-
sons. 1t is a thrilling story, exciting
enough to satisfy the most hungry im-
agnatom Sn5 Tha
excellent. especially the color frontls-
piece.
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AN E FMS Fame. BY M4RE Ta pe!and.
York. through the Bell Book 4
saatie n cry Co, Of Richmond. PIP.
Certainly no American writer has
mqsphere than has Mrs. Deland in her
old Chester Tales, aud characters,
An Easore is /, as fnll of
In an old fashioned potpourrl jar, and
upon the turning. of every page. 1T Is
specially ADAPTED to Indian summer
and November for IT. Is a tale of IN
dian summer In the heart,
Renders of the annals OF Old Ches-
ter will be. glad to know that the
genial eountenasnee Of DR.. I.ayendar
core" The book nppears in Christ
mas covers, and Is most Sapproprntely
Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens.
ozAIA .' or az az p ny Eran; 4; Baum
oznla OF o. Is MI. Baums answer
70 thousanflaoi letters from children
along with the famous Scarecrow and
hin Woodnan, evidently delighted the
youngsters who read THE Wizard OF
Of Of the sN other amusing creations OF t tbs
author. These characters have n large
place In the new book, but MIR. Baum
| has invented several other fascinating
approval. Tie most conspicuous OF
these Is Tlktok, who. thinks. speaks
M ;ms are a lape eet
| 9emergency. Others arc ,"phe Wheel
With 9l ~, wheels 4 II plaSs ot
Il TO eat fat babies. Which he CrRyeaS