New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-19

c. here he is again With Inc A~iA0'
RooIp 0songrnans. Green q Col
'.'--x--a-ed in coIors and black ana WHITE
-. faithful and sympathetic coilaoo-
- Ar. H. J Ford. It Is vain TOT MI
-.,r to protest for the hundredfh ume
=. he is not the author Of the innu-
,,a stories IN this polychromatic
that Mrs Lang IS their trans
...o~ and that all he has to % with
-, 5e 10 tell her where they are 10 be
x.-5-a mere incidental nothingl An
s-er Iang's story books they Viii re-
=, 60 long as children continue TO fee
=. smell Of .he inventions and imagin-
- n the childhood Of their race. lie
.,,sasses - the writing Of introductions
:, these treasures OF folklore from all
,,r,es and climes. and in the present IN
r.s,oe. after cnce more protesting
.rsinst the hestowal Of an honor that
aces not belong 70 him. and once more
insisting upon the credit due 10 Mrs
-sne. he talks in his invariably felicitous
-,srner OF fairy lore. appending d wise
-,o-d q warning 10 those rash moderns
-rhe bene-e that they can invent new
s.o-ies 70 match the old ones.
Another firm Of cola borators in this in
exbHustin1a and fascinating field, Mrs.
KATE Douglas wiggin and her sister.
Miss Nora Archibald Smith. both well
known 70 children and their elders. some
xssrs ego made g fairy ring from the
xold q scandinavian, English. French.
Spanish. Gaelic, German and East In
dian lore The Fairy Ring Double
ca Page & COD now appears IN g new
edition. with Miss Elizabeth 1TacKin-
slrys illustrations in Colors and black
and white, for the entertainment Of z
later crop Of youngsters The collection
Is comprehensive and representative
one. vyiseI- emitting the universal IA
vorztes. such as Cinderella and Puss in
Boots. which are easily accessible in in
numerable editions. for the sake of mug
gets TO less enhancing, but less easily
found. The most popular taIes-Jack the
Giant Killer, Cinderella Puss IN Boots,
the Ugly DuckIng. Aladdin, Sindbad and
tie Ike may be found II 'Favorite Fairy
Tales" Harper & Bros, with the late
Peter NeweITs fantastic illustrations.
TIE book was published some years ago,
but is offered anew this season in a
cheaper edition. The selection Il con-
tains represents the childhood favorites
Of such men and women as Presidents
ERGley and Butler. Miss Jane Adams,
Henry James, Julia Ward Howe, DR..
Eliot, Mrs. Alice Ney1eu and Mark
Twain another collection Of fairy tales
from man- sources IS M. Hamilton W
Mshie's Folk Tales Every Child Should
Know" Doubleday. Page & COZ. with
Illustrations and decorations by ". Y.
FaTcett- This anthology, zoe. or7its the
vel established favorites and goes. far
the afeld. including even the Napo-
leonic legends Of the French peasantry.
II is good custom. introduced this
season by several publishers. among
them the 11ess-s- Harper. 10 Indicate
OF The slip covers OF their books for
children lie age Of the little readers Tor
whom they are intended. This is a val
uab.a aid 70 book buyers, and especially
Z OverwCrked booksellers. driven frantic
ny Just TINS question. Miss Anna
Tweed edition Of The Arabian Nights
fthe Baker & Taylor Company. with
Illustrations by Caspar Emerson and
Leon d Emo, is adapted 10 the needs and
the understanding Of children under
fifteen years Of age: in other words. the
editor has siTupIihed the originals. re
tanning the essence Of plot. adventure
R1d wonder This volume belongs 10 a
series called Golden Books for Chill
dreR.' edited ny Nj Clifton johnson
another volume appearing in 4 being i
prose version by Nj Johnson himself
q the great body of English baIladry
chanting the praise and the prowess
and virtues o. ROBIN Hood" OF q new
edition q FEawthorne's Wonder Book
and "Tanglewood Tales II. ?. Dptton
Co) Il VIII suffice TO say that It 5
FeI printed and illustrated in colors. by
i, Il. Granville Fell. This child
rod classic % classical antiquity needs
10 recommendation al this late DAY.
Very much the same thing NAV he said
@ Mss Josephine Brewers adaptation
70 the -equirements Of younger readers
O sexret Of Washington Irving's
Tales O. the AIhambra' Ithe Foughton
1ifiiu 'omuan-l. She has confined her
editorial work 70 the necessary omissions
and occasional eondensations, retaining
iff authors own words throughout.
-7s nursery poets. from Mother Goose 10
-fa-. Carroll Christina Rossett1 and