Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-11-22
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JEANETTE VAN REYPEN

gift is at once so acceptable in itself
and so freighted with the charm OF
subtle appreciation as a book selected
with careful reference to the taste OF
the recipient. And what pleasure there
is in the search among the bran new
editions, where publishers are outdo-
ing one another in attractive bindings
paper of fine texture and print that
makes reading a delight to say moth
ing of pictures that really illustrates
the subject.
SO manifest is the desire to please,
on the part of the bookmakers, that
even the least expensive issues are
models of good form, and if the chill
dren's editions are half as attractive
to the youngsters as they are to their
adult friends, there should be many
pleasant hours held between their at
tractive covers.
1.-The Good Wolf by Frances Hodg-
son Burnett, which has been coming
out in a monthly serial is now bound
in fascinating book with a picture of
the boy and his wolf friendbn the COW
er. Half a dozen colored pictures Of
the wonderful adventures that befell
the little hero, beside series of hu-
morous sketches of the Monkey Band
and all the other performing animals
done on the margins helps to make the
book delightful
THE Eagle Badge" Holman Day,
Harper and Brothers, will be read more
than once by the older mOy who likes
story of stirring adventure in the
Maine woods. a wholesome, unhack
neyed story of the way a manly youth
youth makes good" under circum-
stances that prove both character and
grit
The little girl of ten or twelve who
likes to play house and initiate her
mother as closely as possible, will en-
Joy a novel book of simple recipes for
little folk with the important rules
made into rhymes that are apt to lin
ger in the memory.
when Mother Lets Us Cook is the
title. the author Constance johnson
and (Moffit & Yard) are the publish
ers. The Waiting Rule" runs:
Make your friends wait, If there's
any delay,
But never your omelet, cakes or
souffle,
For friends will not spoil. but the
other things may"
To general housekeepers and even to
bachelor men and maids interested in
cooking at this season, Lily HaXworth
Wallace's Complete Rumford Cook
Book makes special appeal as 1t con-
tains all secrets of many dish of the
dainty honey flavor that every one
likes.
Gold Medalist and Graduate of the
National Training School of Cooking,
Of London, England. Miss HaXworth
has adapted her recipes from a wide
range of sources, and has arranged
them in most convenient manner for
economical use.
The dainty volume, pleasant to look
at, pleasant to handle, and even pleas
anter to read is, in its best form,
booming every year more in vogue
as a "seemly gift to please a friend
Paul Elder & Company, who still
STYLES himself a Western Publisher
in memory of his San Francisco hab-
itat before the fire and earthquake
destroyed that city. has seemingly
taken permanent root here, and is
sending out the uniquely bound books
and other press work that made his
fame. Books that have personality"
in which every detail-paper. type,
binding, decoration-is in perfect har-
mony with the subject. Even his
catalogue is a work of art worth saw
ing. The little "Cynics Calendar for
1909" published by this firm is this
year perfectly good" and as droll
and witty as it's famous predecessors.
G.. p Putnam Sons have made a
notable contribution to the small book
issues in their Ariel Booklets" (75
cents). These are bound in full red
leather. and printed in large, clear
type, with photogravure frontispiece.
and come in individual boxes. There |
are about a dozen new issues this |
season. The whole set numbers some |
IT'S volumes. which offer the widest |
possible range for choice in subjects |
from Crawford" to Jackanapes," The |
Sayings of Poor Richard" and GULL |
ver's Travels to Theodore Roose- |
velt's True Americanism" and Stew
ensOn's "Child's Garden of Verse"
1t is impossible to write in detail |
of the long array of offerings ready |
for the friend who loves a story or
novel as we term it. A little trouble
in seeking will surely reveal the right |
book in each case.
Flower of the Dusk" Myrtle Reeds |
new story, is the sort of book one |
would choose for a friend of quiet |
taste. book to take away when
one is tired and in ned of rest. Just
a little book, but so brave and true
and sweet and tender that it brings
the sun to shine in every shady place.
OF interesting books in more serious
vein probably the one that is selling
most rapidly is the official book of
the Emmanuel movement" Religion
and Medicine the title reads and its
are made up of contribu-
tons from each of the three men
who. inaugurated and have carried on
the movement for Christian healing,
which has aroused the interest and
attention of the whole world of
people. The rector of EN-
manuel church, his assistant, DR.. Nc
Comb and DR.. Isador H. Coriat have
each contributed their quota to the
story of what has been attempted