The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-07

, ing ana the volume makes a handsome
| holiday book.
In largo uuarto Robert Louis
Stovcnson's Fables" are illustrated by
! i. H. Herman CCharlca Scribner's Sons).
| The drawings are i'm the Aubrey Boards
ley style, which some pcople perhaps,
may think suitable for Stevenson. The
best Is the frontispiece portrait OF the
author watching his creations. Those
! who Ike the illustrations at all will Ike
them very much.
Tho illustrations that willy Pogany
has drawn fer "The Tale Of Lohengrin"
| CThomas Y. Crowell Company arc In
! terestinG and artistic. Some are beau
tiful pictures Tho text by 4. w. ROLES
ton IS apparently a versification of tho
! Wagner version. Tho pictures her. and
| there recall tho story; the knight is
| extremely tall, the nude female figures
projecting themselves through the
a;hsr arc graceful, though what they
| have 70 do with the story IS not obvious.
| Tho decorations arc tnore attractive
! than the pictures themselves and the
| coluring is odd
-Four short stories for children Nv II.
/ De We're Stackpoole are published IN a
! quar'o volume entitled. "Poppyland"
| tJohn Lane Company. with CulDred IL
/ Illustrations by Leighton Pearce The
| longest story Is sentimental and shows
! familiarity with the topography Of
! Naples. Tho artist has taken moro pains
/ with his color effects than with conf
! position.
I or the ten stories selected by pr.
( Hamilton Wright Mabie for Myths
/ Every Child Should Know" Doubleday.
} Y,.l - a..
/ from Hawthorne. one from Kingsley
and three are taken from Morse tales
/ The text IS therefore unexceptionable
and IN" stories are well known. The
/ illustrations by Mary Hamilton Frye
( follow the decorative scheme OF antique
/ pottery; they are effective and the
silhouette ~oicturcs are capital. An ex-
cellent gift book.
The Persian style az shown in rugs
and pottery seems TO dominate Duga id
stewart Walker, both AZ regards color
and composition IN his illustrations 70
/ p selection OF Fairy Tales from Hans
, Christian Andersen" Doubleday. Page
and Company. Tho pictures arc curious
and Interesting; Il has been found neCes-
sary 70 explain what they mean
/ IN notes which grownup readers will
examine. Why Anderseus S..audtna-
Wan simplicity should bc decked in
Oriental garb is not explained. 1t makes
an attractive holiday book
Far lees ambitious art .stiCally but
good and appropriate are the pictures
MILO Winter has made for the half
dozen stories included IN THE Arabian
/ Nights Entertainments" Grand, McNallv
and Company. Chicago. a hook really
designed for children. The fact that
most Of the illustrations are Comical VIII
not diminish youthful enjoyment. Tho
artist shows genuine humor and great
skill I'm rendering the expression of the
| face.
Much lower In tho scale of art. but
above all tho rest in popularity for the
moment, Is a new "Kewpie" book by
/ Rose O'Neul, The Kewpie Kutouts"
O'rederick \. Stokes Company. Be-
sides the singles and pictures that are
TO be retained permanently within the
covers there are many pages Of pictures
on which youth may exercise its skill
with the shears. The pictures rs usual
arc very clever and made to meet the
requirements OF juvenile taste