The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-14
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x1ttle Talks to Little People. Rev.
~ James NJ Farrar has embodied In
Nh volume q series of talks to chill
<ons one for each Sunday the year
rQund. The author OF "A Junior
DnEregAtion" which has received
1dA : cordial reception, Ia the pas
- Of = church In Brooklyn. These
n1kn Tor children are about practical
0o1ocfs and are stated In terms that
oxen quite young children may un-
1rntand.
~. Farrar has much Of the same
Qulty OF interesting speech for the
0unG that was one of the especial
I'D remarkable qualities Of the late
tomae X. Beecher. He imparts truth
0Goetilnes In form Of parable, some
1n1oe IN form Of story or dialogue,
~ employs the usual means Of wise
ocple who would entertain young
1x11ds and his book is a very success
III one from the standpoint Of its
1fpose.
1(phan's and Macauley's, Detroit)
Xawcob Strauss" Charles Follen
1nns. who for more than 80 years
~ been widely known as one of the
0rorest of all versifiers in German
11ffcan dialect, has published In
0Wcob Strauss and Other Poems" q
nDIoto collection of his works. The
ri port OF the book to page 145 In
uDiye, consists of his first collection
Nh their original illustrations, pub
DAod IN 1878.
The poems following, to page 255,
1EoDr1sod the second volume pub
Mod IN 1883. Additional poems writ
n since then sustain the wit and
rDor TO the last line on the 311th
1900 The Illustrations are by Boz
fGggan J. Sweeney ito whom the
k1or feels largely indebted"
(IOthrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Bos-
NJ Macauley's and Sheehan's, De-
More o. Henry Stories. The latest
Henry collection of short stories
TIE city SERIES" stories Of The
C0r Million" takes its name from
~ vaudeville tale, Strictly Bust
rog,s that quaint compound Of ten
ornees and commercialism with its
AoFocter1stic Henriade cracker at
~ md Of the lash. That the roman
- has lost none OF his verbal cum
nv and vocabularic daring the lat
volume bears much testimony.
Nv where he draws a breadth Of
o Robert Louis Stevenson mantle
1oot him does he forget himself, as
Vore, and this for brief lapses on
There are twenty-three stories
10 that run the gamut Of human
notions from Harlem to the Bat
rX-and the reader who can pick
writes from the list must be the
noture Of frivolous prejudices, be-
1neo they are all SO equally well told
hich. by the way, IL another prime
Henry characteristic.
doubleday, Page & Co., New York;
ocauley's and Sheehan's. Detroit)
History Of the Telephone" Her
HIT N. Casson, who has written so ad-
nlrnbly of the Romance OF Steel"
Cyrus Mccormick" and many other
Clumes, has prepared in this book a
11tory Of the telephone which Is of
oot ebsorbing interest and is a piece
work exceedingly we'll done. The
H4hor Is master Of the theme, knows
s about It, and the volume has many
toellent illustrations.
The story Is full and accurate and
Y1tten with the vigor and straightfor-
ard style customary with Mr.. Cas-
~. G. McClurg q Co.. Chicago; Mac
I1y's and Sheehan's, Detroit. Price
The Young Blockaders." BY r. T.
oIlnson- The part played by the
eode In bringing the civil war TO
Iooe II one that Is not clear to many
ere more or less familiar with the
~ and campaigns Of the greatest
Net Of its kind In history. And
When the "sinews OF war; are cut,
n<<er how brave people may be,
cnfln1pa war. Is impossible.
~ story takes its readers into the
o. the blockading feet With
II<ornoss Il portrays some of the
~ deeds Of each side In the strug.
Naturally, it's Incidents and adj
1pCo gre based upon the daring at
w 81 the blockader and the block.
Unner 20 oufwft each other. There
abundance Of action and excite
~ the story. which is founded
net. Its readers viii be inter
ana will obtain an insight into
&Dortnnt and comparatively unfa-
- phase OF the "frrepressible
1hfop. Lee a Shepard Co.. Bos-
laosuley's and sheehan's, Do
oranss Dscialon.' By AmaD |