New-York tribune., 1907-12-11

-" NiAtiS-Stu her costumes, let her examine his
treasures. and played blind mans buff with her
ana her little brothers. When any small Bal
combe was i'll there never failed to come a
pretty Eht from the Emperor or some delicious
thlhg 10 eat made by his cook. Here is the
fashion in which. in this volume Retsey is made
to describe her new friends ways to her sis
ter:
fGf9fe f23Ten knew y9 Perhaps YOU think couldn
then he brushed his hair Up higher and made
faces and he locked queer that | could only
and then he hoUled and howleG and at last seemed
dsal'oihied that wasn't alarmed 'IJ's a Cossack
but though I did"t like il wouldn't finch. OF
klnd-hearted,' concluded Betsy.
In Gray Lady and the Birds" CThe Macmillan
Company Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright has set
down many stories of the bird year for home
and school In its frame of fiction the book is
uncommonly- inviting to the young people
whose interest in the protection of birds the
author seeks to evoke. There could be no
peasanter guide than this endeavor ito record
the doings of children who were eager to
know. together with a few hints upon the
mgrations winter feeding and protection of
some Of the common birds and the stories of
their lives. that may lead both teacher and pupil
To more detailed study when opportunity offers"
\ fascinating procedure is noted in the prepara-
ton of the wild birds Christmas tree, with its
punches Of unthrashed oats. rye and wheat, its
Jumps Of suetr its strings Of popcorn, its sum
flower heads full of seeds and its marrow bones.
Before the ladder was taken away "a Chickadee
and a Goldfnch were both Clinging 10 the same
sunfower head, and little Downy Woodpecker
had discovered one of the bones fastened to a
branch. and was revelling, up to his neck
Sor n "a
Masterpieces as the connoisseur well knows
are OF all sizes and kinds. Some are vast, mon
umental and inefabIy beautiful. Others
small. ephemeral and merely funny. Witness
the booklet called "A Dog Day (E. P. Dutton
&, Coz little skit in which Mr. Walter Eman-
uel presents the diary of "a dear. clean. brave.
sweet smelling little dOggie.'' and that same
four legged hero is pictured by Mr.. Cecil Aldin.
This triumph of humor is dedicated to Mr.. w.
". Jacobs. because he liked it, OF course he
liked it He could not have done anything else.
The inimitable doggie of this thrilling narrative
is not all that he is cracked up to be in the de-
scription we have just quoted. He is. in fact,
about as mischievous beast upset
long suffering household But that only makes
him the more adorable. Here are some of the
entries in his diary:
s:3e-Ate breakfast with difficulty.
s:8-Afe makf ktte9s 99 aPRe5,Esf; PFRreakfast
S:5s-AP affair with the Gat (the Kittens 1nGthsTS
not fight fair. using claws,
10 to 1o:15.Wagged tail
1I5-Ate kittens dinner.
iao-A windfaIl wh9s it dish qf mayonnaise
say Jack Robinson i5 M y have ave boted it. N''
Pns n PaPT ay l y e9 @orse
1:34-Horrid feeling of sickness.
sick there.
To appreciate the full significance of that
tragic visit to Aunt Browns room the reader
must become acquainted with the scamps gem
eral relations with Aunt Brown. Also he must
follow the progress of the diary with eye
Mr.. Aldin's clever drawings: These are full of
life and hunor, as is the text. The little book
fairly brims over with the charm Of dog nature
it is as true as 1T is comical. Grand master
pieces are precious. doubt, when you in
the mood for grandeur, but for a moment of
happy relaxation commend this book, the
best Christmas card" have seen in many a
long day.
OF Christmas cards and calendars of the
familiar bright and decorative sort the buttons
issue rich sheaf The cards. as hitherto, bear
holiday sentiments, embellished as a rule with
floral motives The calendars are in every pic
torial vein. One is made up of reproductions
in coIors of some of Raphael's Madonnas An
other gives, likewise in colors, group OF Alkens
famous old hunting scenes. Still another con-
tains some clever drawings of dogs by Mr.. L. ].
Kipper. Admirable, too, are the calendars COM
rnemorative of a great man, like the one bearing
a portrait of Lincoln and some of his sayings,
We are particularly glad to that in most of
these calendars the lettering IS generous
scale.
The A. Vessels Company also issues a good
ca aiendar New York Historic and Picturesque"
In this the page given 10 each month is enriched
with a bit of historical text, d reproduction Of
an old print and halftone from modern
photograph The result is an effective series Of
That delightful storehouse of amusement and
instruction. st Nicholas" has yielded to the
compiler material for piquant little library of
six illustrated volumes. Here are Western
Frontier Stories" full OF startling episodes in the
lives OF settlers travellers. hunters; here are
Sea Stories"-stories of hairbreadth 'scapes
and of the joyous good times Of those men and
bows who go up and down upon the waters seek
ing their daily bread Here are Island Stories.
which take the reader into some of the most
parts OF the word-thefe is one
chapter on Hunting for Shells which makes
sneciaI appeaI 10 the youthful imagination.
There is much that is exciting in Stories of the
Great Lakes"-witness. for example, "A Boys
Recollection of the Great Chicago Fire In
Stories" there are lively narratives of
life south of Mason and Dixons line and of odd
things to be seen or done there. AS for Stories
Of Strange Sights" that title sufficiently de-
scrIbes q book whose charms no child clever or
stupid. can resist.
ALLEGED MILTON BIBLE RETURNED.
Tacal Book Dealer Sends the Spurious Vol
ur,a Pack tn Auctioneer