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M. D. With Contribution* from Dr. Richard 



Kii-lun.l, Dr. 0. Hi-ring, of Philudul- 

 !>r. < ':u mil I>mihuui, of New York, Dr. A. 



Lii'i'c, i't' l'iiil;ul<-l[>hia, uud others. 



i I ' 10 KB. The increasing extent to which 

 i -t.> rial illustration i- resorted to, in books that 

 mil of it, to increase their value and attrao- 

 v ci less, diminishes the production of books ex- 

 y prepared for ornamentation and presen- 

 tation. ( >f this limited and diminishing class a 

 tew of special excellence appeared. Our two 

 ino-t renowned poets are represented. Mr. Bry- 

 ant's picturesque poem, "Among the Trees," 

 nearly every lino of which is a picture, forms 

 tin' subject of a volume very beautifully illus- 

 trated. Mr. Longfellow's tender and graceful 

 piece, "The Hanging of the Crane," a series 

 t>t' domestic scenes, touched with masterly 

 art, and suffused with natural feeling, is well 

 matched with illustrations that would tell the 

 story without the help of the poem. " The 

 Evangel in Verse," by Abram Coles, M. D., 

 relates the life of Christ in verse that is genu- 

 inely poetical, and the volume is illustrated 

 with ink photographs of paintings by cele- 

 brated artists. "Myths of the Rhine," by 

 X. B. Saintine, translated by Prof. M. Schele 

 de Vere, with Dore's quaint illustrations, is a 

 unique combination, both literary and artistic. 

 " Lotus Leaves," a volume of tales, essays, and 

 poems, by a number of our younger literary 

 men, "Mark Twain," "Whitelaw Reid, "Nas- 

 by," John Hay, and others, with illustrations, 

 jind the following, mostly of and for the young, 

 deserve mention : " Ballads of Beauty," edit- 

 ed by George M. Baker ; " Little Folks in 

 Feathers and Fur, and Others in Neither," by 

 Olive Thorne; "Childhood Songs," by Lucy 

 Larcora; "The Lady of Lawford, and other 

 Christmas Stories ; " and " The Children's 

 Picture Story-Book," by Laura Loring. 



JUVENILE BOOKS. The literary pabulum pro- 

 vided for the young people is not in as largo 

 proportion fictitious as it has been, and some 

 of the historical, descriptive, and didactic 

 works offered as substitutes are of a good deal 

 of merit. For young men on the verge of, or 

 conscious of approaching, responsible man- 

 hood, Mr. Charles Nordboff's "Politics for 

 Young Americans " should be as interesting as 

 it undeniably would be useful. " Talks with 

 Girls," by Augusta Larned, is fresh and sen- 

 sible. "Knights and Sea-Kings," edited by 

 the Rev. S. F. Smith, D. D., is a taking account 

 of the chivalry of the Middle Ages. " Boys 

 and Birds," by the Rev. Sidney Dyer, intro- 

 duces the one class to the other in a pleasant 

 and profitable manner. " Sights and Insights," 

 by the Rev. Henry Warren, introduces its 

 young readers to "knowledge by travel." In 

 fiction and poetry, some old favorites of our 

 young folks have continued to cater for them. 

 For the very little ones nothing could be more 

 delightful than the "Rhymes and Jingles" of 

 Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge ; they are as near to 

 the classic nonsense of Mother Goose as could 



bo expected in the self-conacious Nineteenth 

 Century. The collection of u Little Songs," by 

 Mrs. Eliza Lee Follen, discloses the authorship 

 of some familiar pieces that have long been 

 current. Mrs. Louise Chandler Moultori gives 

 to the nursery " More Bedtime Stories," and 

 the lady who writes under the name of " Susan 

 Coolidge" shows, by her "Mischief's Thanks- 

 giving," that her hand has not lost its cunning, 

 nor her heart its warmth. The boys will, of 

 course, take kindly to Mr. J. T. Trowbridge's 

 "Fast Friends," a continuation of the "Jack 

 Hazard" series; and to Frank R. Stockton's 

 " What Might Have been Expected ; " and to 

 the true story of "Ten Days among Greek 

 Brigands," by the Rev. H. J. Van Lennep. 

 Prof. R. W. Raymond is as good at story-books 

 as at mining or engineering, and has added 

 " The Man in the Moon, and other Stories," to 

 his previous achievements. " Heads and Tails : 

 Studies and Stories of Pots," by Grace Green- 

 wood, needs no commendation. A few more 

 deserve mention : 



From Four to Fourteen. By Jennie Harrison. 



Mercy Gleddon'a Work. By Elizabeth Stuart 

 Phelps. 



The Old Lady that lived in a Shoe. By Amanda 

 M. Douglas. 



Seven Daughters. By the same. 



Running to Waste. The Story of a Tomboy. By 

 George M. Baker. 



Christmas at Cedar Hill. By Lucy Ellen Guernsey. 



Lady Rosamond's Book. By the same. 



Sceptres and Crowns. By the author of " The 

 Wide Wide World." 



The Flag of Truce. By the same. 



Our Helen. By Sophie May. 



The Schoolmaster's Stories for Boys and Girls, 

 By Edward Eggleston. 



The Young Moose-Hunters : A Backwoods-boys' 

 Stories. By C. A. Stephens. 



Antoine. The Actual Life-Story of a Boy stolen 

 from Italy. By an ex-Consul. 



John Dare ; or, The Trials of Artist-Life. By 

 C. W. Derwin. 



The Fisher Boys of Pleasant Cove. By Elijah 

 Kellogg. 



Julius ; or, The Street Boy out West. By Horatio 

 Alger, Jr. 



Memoir of Washington, for Boys and Girls. By 

 Mrs. E. B. Phelps. 



Captain Kidd, and the Early Buccaneers. By 

 J. S. C. Abbott. 



Roddy's Romance ; A Story for Young Folks. By 

 Helen Keudrick Johnson. 



Swallow Flights. By Harriet McEwen Kimball. 



The Island Home ; or, The Young Castaways. By 

 Christopher Romaunr. 



Jeanie Darley; or, in the Darkness and in tho 

 Light. By the author of " Lifting the Veil," etc. 



Keeping Open House. By Mary W. McLean. 



Ponap6 : or, Light on a Dark Shore. By Mrs. 

 Helen S. Thompson. 



Sunday Afternoons. A Book for Little People. 

 By E. F. Burr, D. D. 



The Little Princess, and other Stories, chiefly 

 about Christmas. By " Aunt Hattie." 



Take a Peep. By Paul Cobden. 



Home Recreations. A Complete Manual of Ta- 

 bleaux and Amateur Theatricals. By William F. 

 Gill. 



Peter the Apprentice. An Historical Tale of the 

 Reformation in England. By the author of " Faith- 

 ful, but not famous." 



Risen from the Ranks. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 



