Show Holiday Books of venture t re jom anGe o ance and Childhood 4 p of r it I 11 lit In- Here Utere j la Jg a bundle of booRs books from L L. C c. P Iuso O 1 und and c company of or if u oslon-a u p itt tt ik- ik t delightful profusion of or lIch riches tI tItor for tor u the JO lover hover r of ot clean There Ther arcs arc 1 15 Ii volumes in the lal st consignment consign ment nt and u ol while some of them thorn nr arc especially Intended e for fol Child Unas holiday holi holl- day a. a reading tho the Impressive quality o othe orthe of or the collection is the theOl Ol very l 1 4 co covered Not ot alone alono Is la the of ot l ch childhood and and age age ase con lIu but l the tho i character of or the We books book embraces half halfa a world of ot rending st II In Hester r or of the Hill 11 cr Clay has la offered rath jr t an Idyll Idylla a of thu thy hi l. l Ir ire h has hUIJ v ventured on a sociological lc l t topic Copic Wet often found in lu American n and if IC there ho hon hoa n a criticism it is that tho fundamental motive of oC the th work Is less prominently advanced all than tJan It should hould U bo it Hester PoJ Wallice c In Is thu ho daughter tr of a a Missouri I and nd his wife The 1110 family Is 10 poor an azid f d shiftless I lh There luCre rc tire are nInny children n l. l at 17 1 being the tho oldest Without ott nJ c ness the writer has cone con conveyed e tho the pIe pic two ture of or ora a physically pe perfect ct cr creature al alro ro In the tIe person of or this IbIs young w And she be he is Is' b by no meun deficient m mentally 2 Her a lil er J la is' is a nervous OUN imaginative c ii felloe her hat m mother a steady careful slow n 1 and ind woman Without the tho t suggestion of culture c Hester is ill nd- as a product of those two na Ita- mia mia- W tures Sim has Jun the tile bright l mirld of C r father ather and amI the physical perfection n that lluu U comes from froni a It woman especially endowed for or the mission 1011 of oC ofa c a 4 mother Sidney Stan tun t Jg is a St. St Louia Louis lawyer I f aman uman of Ut wealth with a long PC pedigree an and the only representative of or Uhf tam fam jJ ily III Ho lie has a bt big bix In hi his a u and 1 in Lu the tile deed 0 of uit i IJ copT tt but ut ke lw I H not cure to nU J ond oth of ut tho thio Wo- Wo j mile li whom he moots meets la hi u hiJ l. l on u trip to the O rk country when t n 1 he lie owns a u Treat great bOd body bod of or huid io no rinds The rIme cu co cues conies tes es to him r 11 Why not make tImI this IH t physical 4 r my may wife Hl of or IU my i eons 1 And lIll ho docs 1 Tic The wooing IB Is' a cu- cu i I sue succession of or lit itt tile tho I acc r T tilt tho t tim till r man docs Joes n nt t t lovo Joo her II Hester OS mit noV t m that until a after arrel their J l' l Then Timen she I fr puts put the fra C r bored evidence and belil T and finds that sIlo hN boon simply sim sini- ply an nn example of ot s selection It angers her and auth she away one olle v I a say guy Pf t In which vim id lie her husbands husband's old sweetheart tw makes makes' I cl clear ur ti to her Iler that there In is a n world of nf f difference between them and herself f la Is both honors honorable ble a and n wise There IH Js not Hot n a suggestion 11 of dishonesty dishon disimon- esty Gt 1 In his relation with time tho woman I If It her point polut of ot view had been correct corrected ell rb she slIe never lIever could have han been offended at ut f j I what was wa un undeniably truo AlI And Amid her mothers mother's philosophy corrected 1 it if I 1 when aim l hio o reached the miserable homo of or her rei childhood never childhood-never never so miserable i f as now non when she camo Caine uno to lO It from Crom n a place of or luxury and and andi i I year car of ot cultured culture life So 80 she goes back to her husband un nJ hUh bet 1 I ter proud of him un cT t. t lid own part In his scheme her onn oun Im Im- Im- Im And Amid thc Iho e the tho story ell end ends The Thai tellIng tell tell- lug Ing Is Js vor or very simple never pretense of oi fin finI Exit Dut it Is n a t most int inter inter- t I t L story tor an and will bo La discussed d. d I The Little Colonel l Conic l Annie r vs Follo nf I Johnston brings brimus u UH u another or ur her cha charming charming- 1 tho time title tIthe Of Or The l ittle J g K jt f Comes s n-s stories In which n the LIttle Colonel Colone so 0 l I e a part parl of of- the h v I Child JI oUI country counti-A- I I t c-t 18 U a Hn tj t lii il ern lIt qu of- of her work ft h s ono OUO as do tho lIlO st stories of ot Thomas 8 Nel Nd- SOI son Pa Page c ant t IP is a gUlg sUon sIou of ot James Lane LanD Allen In mall many c This latest book bool will appeal u to tooth I other then childish h readers Tho Time plot Hot is coherent and strops strong the characters fr arc vl f vivid and lifelike anti anil the conclusion sion slon IB im just what everybody t wants It to be uc There har hardly lY will be bo f found a a. more attractive o Christmas present than this story of the I ht Who S U I ng R r Ruel Pet Pet-by St tm In 1 lj us t-J t story tury tot about the al eart This S tI time the the- young young- t f s llos are aJo 1 ashore hor j i It H Is 18 of oC of health health- t.- t. V p ful ul Ui athletic J mh nol niU I l' l cire ac IC in tho the world and und with all t the le ice ett t o of vacation stimulus upon lh them The The- Thebo's boys bos seem t t. put Pul im lii 11 most of or their I summer playing JlII pranks rn ks u ui utOn n difficult victims with a particular attention to I I Colonel Tho The rivalry between the tho t two o boot boat and tho the unhappy I I lot of tho tIme thoi i victims of or pranks mauo maRo I up a lot Jot of or excellent nt reading Boys O 8 will liko mo this timis book bool And ADd because tho I are arc ar manly and cl clean cle-an an young I I American girls will like kO It too I Little Mil J Ilu laHIe fe O lIan tr IJ Wing brings a u. cr very utta-n utta tI e tort Story tom for or- or children Only LI White Indian will appeal t toi to u I II children rather r than W would I. I lj tru In tho c case e 0 of- of Th tI ICum I I s Theo 01 aie ait t as 18 ctr and 0 a 11 cl crowd J one ono could hope to fo They dor i know anything about trio Tied nell Mt 1 and so 80 art not at all han handicapped Ai r o oj when when- the the- they play t d n they a ar t n c c- c tah J tautly HS as Kc a arid d i be Loe mot mOl 3 than tH time the Ind Indians Indians' F V little extract win will give a taste of 01 u it Il i With Pith a si chatter of ci cried and filia ou C I l thin older r children crowded r- r runci I I Dorothy from behind tiC tier fter ti ti lJ and 1111 1 from hi amid rota his IO kh co a about for Cor or Tommy y whose whoso howls howla tUI rt- rt t them hem ho lie wa R iUt still alive p Hero lie hc Is shouted shout nox picking t illy hu Medicine Alan a out lit of or tIle Hollow h where ro t hi ha had tumbled im i'm dead dond TM Iiri dead Tt Torn Tun You Von make malLe 4 II good deal lla of ache noh i I. I i a t Indian lan id Eur liI 1 you yuu oJ yell J If you w c k I Il Ih Tho IK I- liil 1 iii l lv V IJ l I I J JT I I In T color ilor l lv v rm fl t ha U Y V the I rt 0 r t r f I Is lor Iu r- r arul till i I HI ii n ci i N I. j a HJ l nave VC no in read reau- I lag ing It The hue Another delightful boo book for th the little people h is The is The Sandman Sandman- Ills His Stories is tho the very cry beginning o of It I Once upon a a. time there was a ti wi wide wido river that ran Into the ocean and besIde be beside be- be lie lie-I side it w a a little hUle city nd And from th there there- r un on you aro arc led to live JIve t th the thu Hr litO pf or time tho long ago fishermen an and ana anaBO nors BO 80 so faithfully mat you rc t r t ns OS k kf- kf M l ad a ili Yank Yankees cs themselves lur tu to find Sad that all aU those Joyous Ian days are r past l. l The Thic rh ocean ls t noU anU tho rl river r Is th Tc and there Is a ctt but hut butI It Is not the city which elm J J. J Hopkins tells about In hl his bus Sa n story store his book bool too is la Illustrated ted In tn c bl black anti and white whitt by Mrs NJ Home Hornc and will prove proy a n. very acceptable present to for tOI time the little JI people o lc Tin the TinK K d j Th Theodore odore Roberts tells A Story torr f f H Remarkable A Adventures then t ures When the World Was a l Young It H is genuine In Indan In- In dan dian and lanU Indian at th t. t Thieve ThEle is 18 a suggestion In nrose arose of thu tho lle development which Longfellow gives us In Hiawatha And n there is s a a. fanc fancy un and mystery In It of the sam lam subtle sort Feath Feathers rs Is wholly dIr dif I ordinary Indian stories and the elders who read It will find Ind a sug sug- of Charles Charles- D Banks Bank's Child of or tho tim Sun The book j is very Js-very cr very handsomely handsome handsome- ly 1 J t d always ay In color and those lh pictures rc and man many decorations are aro an b by Charles Livingston ton null Hull Our I Here lIene ia Is a simple little story torY that orbo e everybody ought to rea read Mary F. F Nixon Nixon- Roulet has n ed lO her other stories I about our cou cousins something b by way of ot introducing the boy of or UraI Bra Ura- zil In ha latter dB day we wc are arc all trying try try- I ing UK to get better heller acquainted with our neighbors to lo the south out 1 and amid to be lion hon J t crt rt ft about it It we wi ilo not know now as much fie f h hm 11 s r ts we Wt should Thin Thia little hook book will lp Ift-lp n evi-n a adults but it will wiil be particularly useful a as for the r boys 5 and girls It If will give I c them a true lUC viewpoint of or Brazilian life Ute and Brazilian people which the rest of ot us ml missed sc 1 when hen we ve wore were young It is a lilt I volume modestly Illus I 1 by Louis do llo The Fine Wreck rcck ot ol j tine tile Ocean OU Queen cu MII i t This Is a capable stor story of the seal sea l b by James Otis Mr Ir Otis has Inns more than once oace proved hi his quality In ill tho the making of or sea but he has never mover reached 1 quit quIt- so fin c a. a are arc d In Iii romance rOmanet It Il Is as thrilling as thoa thos old oh tales of Captain and us as toll rill tollof of human Inter a as I Foul PIn Play And Anti th there thero r. r are love stories plenty of ot thant them minglIng mingling with t the ic be beI adventures throughout t the e rather bulky bUlk I volume 1 I A A. A 0 O. S Scott Sott ott has furnished half a n dozen Ozon I Illustrations and and the entire offering I I 19 IIa I Ia a distinctly creditable one pk r Two people Rob Robert rt und and Goor e e II have havo col cuI I in spinning shInning thi th the C called cd HI Highwayman You will wUl lIa to RO KO back to s 's time In England Englund to lO tho the ago agro wh when hon I ad admirable ad- ad mirable- mirable robbers W wore vero lO possible possible tn an a ag i- i of ot couso which ba has baB vanished Y Vi You u will nn find tho novel navel a- a aon ont n on- t as A A. A Ar Ar M. r ll OIl 1 I gave r us when Galloping Dick d w through out out- present Adelaide 1 I t us half a dX n photo photo- I illustrations R. R and the tha authors add a dozen pages of or notes at the en end I in which much of or tire the amazing Incident of the tine story Is shown to bo ho true truc n 3 wa way of suggestion ug It is necessary only only to tu ay that Clem Clementina was wooed and md ln won wn by bp her an and that I lh they y lived happy ever after I CJ o I leti H.-leti Egleston IJa l tells II the I story of or Billys Princess which while Is really the thc record of a no boy who wi lIl nt out nut in In tile the world and mId managed to make hiM own O way It Il is a latter day story much In iii th the fashion of those clean and In romances which Uy Eu Hunt Huni- I Miller Miner used to give to tho the world Thee ari arl rather pretty l- l titus nuns by y Helen Kennedy I The 1110 Doctor Girl Marion farion Ames m g Taggart contributes a u per per- edly charming book boole In The Tho Doctors Doctor's i Little Girl It Is ls Illustrated and pro pro- p d decorated by Iw Amy Carrol Rand Hand and It tells In a lL most intimate way all al l about N Nancy ncy Proton PIoter from the tIme time tIn fm she she- was u u. little little lIthe girl until she was bl big nig enough to have tO toasts drank to her We t have han In III this collection a number of or book books s for or boys hoyn Thy The ThiD D Doctors Doctor's s Little LUtle Girl Is es essentially essentially essentially es- es a book bOole for little women Girl Girls s will enter cr very sympathetically into thi general interests of or this pretty story will under understand t nd the Joy of tree climbing and will sh shire share re the sorrows BorrowS and aull the die dis disappointments appointments which came caine to the little e girl If It you have havo a Q little girl friend say a D- child chilli of f twelve or fourteen anT ani h want to lo make her happy introduce he her hr r to lo Tho rho Doctors Doctor's Little Girl Jack Jilek Winn tolls u us another stor story y of ot the tIme young athletes of or ale III High h b school It Is Illustrated b by Arthur VII Wil liam Ham Brown Drown and Louis Loul Cowing Gowing and nd I is a simply one ono more example of or an nn American America n an Tom Brown at Oxford There is scarce ly Iy a 0 sport known to in which h the boys bobs of 1111 High school did no not nol t engage and there Is plenty of or Interest t tt for the girls rime Tho stor story Is 19 just about abou t a JO 0 pages pases of or healthful inspiring narra- narra lives U clean as an the Page Pago books always are and as aN appropriate to the tho Christmas season season sea sea- eason son as us you could desire The The- Young Train r. r I Burton E. E Stevenson t takes up the stor story y of ot Allan West Vest who had hull already won th the e public favor Cavor In the story tOl of The Youn Young Youn- eg g Section Hand Young West Vest u advances advance anc s from his hi h p position and becomes become s a a. telegraph operator It is permitted ed d him to save the time property of his employers employ ers and to prove o his sterling qualities i i is adventure of the genuine sort ort as thrilling as Ned Ked Buntline used to offer of of- leI Cur and of oC a er very much better literary y grade o The Young Train rain Dispatcher will wal l prove a niost to High b school boys and you will not go o fa far br r wrong If It you Y u presented Mt to a girl Irl Th Tho e book meek kis 13 hn illustrated by A. A JE E Dutton Button The Ilie Mystery Edward II 11 Hurst tells us about aboul Mys Mystery h tery Island Here Is a stOl story of an unfortunate un un- fortunate marriage or Ot else the Uio misfortune misfortune tune Iune eon consists in telling it IL There Ther is a semi tropIc quality in th the e stOl story for Cor much of It is located In th the e fat far South It Is told In the first person I nn anti and not veX very well told at al that And yet et In a wa way vay tho time n of the puzzles seem natural and right Tho Time only Illustration is a Do frontispiece o in color b by Griswold T Tyng nb I cannot hel help p wondering if iC this Griswold Tyng Is re ye related hated atell to that thal Hattie Tyng Griswold wh who o twenty years yeal ago so charmed the tho West Wes est t wit with H ii her r n-a n nr rl r nf ms- ms |