New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-11-27

The story was always one TO lure on the
mature reader who dipped into ii. and
in this volume it is set forth upon page
so beautifully printed as 10 be itself in
viting Then. too. Mr.. Coolies illustra-
tions. again in colOrs on dark mounts.
have daintiness and a SAVIOR OF delicate
humor. Altogether. it is holiday gift
10 be cordially commended. Equally
successful. in it's more modest fashion,
is the new reprint Of "A Child's Garden
Of Verses" Miss StOrer, who makes the
illustrations. is scarce concerned at all
with the fanciful strain to which some
Of her predecessors have been tempted
by Stevensons pretty rhymes. Her
drawings are simple in motive. and they
are executed with a friendly touch, in
dicative OF true sympathy for children.
Most Of them are in black and white. but
some are in colors. The little volume in
which they are assembled has a particu-
larly attractive cover.
II is good TO come upon a book which,
though full of pictures. contains also an
irresistible text. Lowell never wrote
anything which, more than "Courtin'.'
touches the readers heart. fills him with
wholesome sentiment and touches his
poetic sense. This bit of dialect is not
great verse. but II was written out of an
authentic inspiration, and in its way 1t IS
perfect. One stanza. the first, we can
never recall without feeling moved TO
quote It:
God makes sech nights. all white an still
Fur z you can look or listen,
MOOnshine an snow on field an hill.
All silence an all Elisten.
Mr.. Kellers illustrations and decora-
tiOns for The Courtin'" are apprOpri-
ate in idea and skilfully drawn More
over. they are reproduced I'm unconven-
tiOnal fashion, so that the book has
distinct freshness. There are graceful
end papers which. like the Illustrations.
are I'm color. The poem appears in good
type. and at the back of the book IL Is
reproduced in fac-simile from the original
manuscript A similarly festal volume
has been made out Of George Eliot's Two
Lovers" for which Mr.. Howard Chandler
Christy has supplied some characteristic
pictures in cOlors. His youthful types,
of the fashion of the present day. seem
somehow a little incongruOus when asso-
Ciated with n poem written I'm the COS,
but, on the other hand. the motive In that
poem applies at any time. and Mr..
Christy's sketches are Individually clever.
The decorations are in pale green tint.
The cover shows a picture in cOlOrs. with
gold lettering on a white ground.
'Longfellow's Country" is a book
which will be heartily received by lovers
of the poet Mrs. Clarke has rambled to
good purpose through those scenes in
New England and elsewhere which have
associations with LonyfellOw or with GER
tain Of his poems. and her impressions.
blended with fragments OF history or
biography not only make good reading
but rouse interesting memories There
are Of course. frequent quotations from
the poet. and the illustrations from pho
tographs do much to revive the atmos-
phere Of his life. 4 concluding chapter
aptly deals with Longfellow in Cam
bridge The book is handsomely made.
with picturesque end papers and a deco
rative cover The new edition Of THE
Maine Woods" which Mr.. clifton John
son has illustrated with photographs is
n holiday book. but II has been so made
as 10 go on the shelf along with volumes
meant To be frequently handled. good.
open type has been used and the page Is
If ordinary size. Mr.. Johnson's photo
graphs are from landscapes which he
has explored. following In Thoreau's
footsteps. They 1T happily into their
places. An especially beautiful bit OF
woodland is shown in the frontispiece
and a portrait Of Thoreau adorns the
title page.