, r Sj1--! . "s Fwr 'V " !! ijigBsr-iiyiY'' -v !&&-' ' !?-- -"1 u I J, r S if I I 1ml. tmt II w IK-1 It fit JWril: J A , . - EVENING LllHimXr-VllhAIMhPniA, SATtJBUAY, DEOliHBISR 12, 1814. , L. --- ; HOLIDAY GIFTS OF INTERESTTO EVESMeW THE-SEASON'S OUTPUT OF BOOKS GIFT BOOKS FOR ,: THE HOLIDAYS New Worlds of Adventure and Romance in Variety of Books Imaginative Stim ulus to Children in Wonder-Lore. that most memoVable of sleepless nights-oh, the sleepless nights that come to nil of us In later Wel-uut that nlsht When every sound, ovsry creaking In tho house, every thud of n broken Iclclo dropping to ths ground fvtthout made Us start The breath Ices cpecancy with wMeh wo awaited tho mornlng'-nnd that, morning-l -With tho' tinseled balls giint Inr on the .niaglcat trecf of Santa Clatis)! and tho plethorically filled stocking, and the mechanical acrobats and moving trains, and-mont of all tho books. An dersen, andOrlmnr, nnd Mother 'Goose, and tha Leitherst'ocklng Tajes arid Dlck ens' Christmas Carol! What hours there after, when In our Ohrlstmns gifts we mad hosts of new 'acquaintances fairies and hobgoblins.' Indians and adventurers, Iloblnson Crusob and Tiny Tlml What If a mlttlness'tills'dur eyes In tho mem ory of tha days' that are no more that memory Is tenderly mellowing, hallowing And tho loVo df books survives. With tho advent of Jthe. Christmas season, when' Wo wish to ba remembered on tho .morn of morns, what bettor gift can wo give than a book? Tllpughts of tho great more precious thnn gold. New friends In tho heroes and heroines and friends WhO Will rCITmlll Unohnnclnirlv rhnrmlntr To old nnd young wo can send our greet ings In books. And books books! Whnt an abundance there 1st From fairy talcs for children to the latest fiction, from tho old friends In most lavish do luxo dress to the latest war science from antique. legends to travel and philosophy, there aro books for every ago, for every taste. One should, glvo bpoks to children. One should glvo books to one's grandmother. For books aro tho maglcnl windows through which wo peer out of the narrow house of routlno living Into n world of faery Imagery, roseate romance, dreams, aspirations, vlsldns. Alas, for the child to whom books aro denied fairy tales and tha world of wonderl BAEDEKER OF BOOKS THE CUaANT lllSAHT. ny A. fl. M. Itntrti Inaon. Tells of ths delightfully humorous nrnture of it writer who has "sons to plees" through worry nnd overwork and gws on a tramp with a rovlnir vagabond. THB JUKBRB. Uf flamuel O. myth. T Marmaduke ItlcVs beromea secretary to a Senator) then, for a rjrlod, senatorial sun stttute appointee. He deielve himself until he believes he l a "friend of the people." Ill rrarrtea a tiandsomo widow, whom he Jerelvea Into believing he has great wealth. Internum, ruthlessly eatlrlcal, THE LAY ANTHOKT. By Joseph Herge shelmer. A young, man of 50, unaotled, falls In love with a girl of marvelous purity and spirituality. Alter going Into the world, and resisting; temptation, he learna the girl ha died, lie plunges Into excesses, and la hot In a brawl. An unevenly written book, or poignant appeal, with passages ot singular MttMoities. By John Oalsworthy. The life story of a spanlet which will appeal to all lovers of animals. TUB PABTUH'H WIPE. By the author of 'Elltabeth and Her German Garden." A tenderly human book about two atrangely mated peeplo who take themselves too seri ously, TUB BAFT. By Conlnjsby Dawson. Ono f;lrl marries for love, another for conven ence. Uy the children that come to. both the author of "The Garden Without Walla" draws a slgnlflctnt moral. A novel with the lltornry charm of a poet presenting phases ot life. NON-FICTION. ABCAHIAN ADVENTUBE8 WITH THE IDLE , iiiuji. uy Stephen leatock. A series or Crusoe" (Dodd, Mead & Co., Now lork). Ho assures us Uiat ho personally under went every experience In the tale, exoept soma of the suffering and tho treasure finding. He realltcd, of course, that with out treasure trove It would not bo a renl boys' story nt all, and so was compelled to draw upon fiction for this detail, Novel Fairy Tales That fairy tales have a place In our modern lltoraturo, and need not be pat terned after the ldcas.of Andersen, Grimm or tho "Arabian Nights," Is proved by Mary DeMorgan In "On a Pincushion and Other Fairy Talcs" (Duftlold & Co., Now York). Tho original note Is struck by making Inanimate objects tell the stories. A brooch, a Jet ahawl-pln nnd a common pin get tired of being left In tho pin cushion while morn attractive brooches One of the Thr-r-illing Adven tures of Jack and Betty "The BettljoltBook" Stokes. Sumptuous, ornate, literally clothed In purple and gold, tho publishers offer us very variety of book. "Among those specially suitable for a Christmas gift la "The Legend of the Sacred Image," by Selma Lagorlof (Henry Holt), which tellS Of the ioUmev nf nn nr-nH nanuiint couple from Sicily to Lucca to offer the. meagre treasures they have garnered to an aged, battered Image In tho cathedral. "Tha Lost Boy," by Henry van Dylco (Harper's), tells how the child Jesus became separated from his parents In Jerusalem,- and recites the Boy's wan derings. Tho story, reverentially writ ten, symbolically forecasts the august uwpy o mo divine jiio ot the years to come. Illustrated In full colors arid in black iid white, by Dugald Stewart Walker, TJoubleday. Pago & Co. have Issued a rich edition of Hans Andersen's Fnlrv Tales. The book, with Its" happy lllus- uauuus, is uciiKnuuL rno uurglar and UJO Bllzrard," by Allco Duer Miller (Hearst's International Library Com pany), Is a fascinating atory of a bur glar's adventures at Christmas tjme, Ranking with "The Golden Age" and "Alice in "Wonderland," there has come from the press of John 'Lane a book, "Come Unto -These Yellow Sands," by Margaret S. Woods, which telle of the marvelous adventures of o, man .and his growth la faith. It Is written In a poetic vein, and exquisitely Illustrated by John Hancock. One of the hand somest books of the season Is H. de Vero Stacpoole's- "Poppyland" (John' Lane). "The Little Prince," one of the tales, is a colorful romance of Naples, and the other fantasies are designed to Interest children of all ages. Lelghton Pearce's illustrations show a whimsical Imagination, nnd are gorgeous with warm color effects. A new edition of "The Golden Age," by the way. has been Issued by John Lane, and fills a long-felt need In being richly and adequately Illustrated by ,J. Enraght-Moony. "A Christmas Tale," by Mary Stewart Cutting (Doubleday, Page & Co.), is a little story of a husband and father who enjoyed making hta family happy, oven at the cost of sacrlflco. It is a happy moment when his sacrifice bears wonder ful and unexpected fruit. In "Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales" Vipomas r. 'Crowell Company), Dr. lagnace Kurias tells tales he got from tha Ilpa of those storytellers who form .peculiar' feature of the. social' life of tho Ottoman. They are ''such tales as may be heard dally in the purlieus ot Btamboul. in the small rickety houses of that essentially Turkish quarter of Constantinople, where around the tandlr tha native women relate them to their children and friends," They add a new Bote to folklore and will appeal to all. An edition of "The Arabian Nights Entertainment." Illustrated by MIlo Win ter, has been issued by Hand, MoNally In "The Arabian Nights." pictured by Deprge Soper (New York! Thomas Y. Crowell), Is a selection of the most at tractive of these classic tales for yiAins radera In a delightful setting, both In text and picture, which will please old ao4 young alike. Not only Is the "Arabian Nights" one of the world'a greatest atory books In Its power to Interest and pJtann, but It is also one xit the greatest to Us hulk, and the careful editing of tha moat approved texts, combined with the exesJleBt treatment of the decorations. roaJft It an attractive gift book that yoestra will ker carefully among their permanent treasures. While Bsardsle and Stevenson do not tl first jstem a very syrnpathetlo com matton. 13. B, Herman. Jn Illustrating Bksvenson's "Fables" (Charles Soribner's Sww), has followed the Baardsley spirit, au4 baa auoceeded In admirably inter Wf 0S Stevonson'a fantastic, but pointed ftpighta. & W. Barrle'a "A window Jn Thruma" Nat n illustrated' In oolor by A. C. MtefcaeU (Charles Sorlbner"? Sons). This attUt haa that kindly humor and know!- When Great Men Were Little Children In writing biographies, authors have a way of skipping .oyer the childhood of their subjects and getting quickly at the stories of their actlvo years. How often, 1- in thinking, of the. career ot some great man or woman we admire, there creeps In tho wish that we could know more about lils or her childhood. Then, when a Cellini or a- Mark Twain rends that maglo curtain and lets us peep In and edge of Scotch life that mako him an Ideal illustrator. "Helmet nnd Cowl" (Frederick A. Stokes Company), by W. M. , Letts nnd M. F, S. Lotts, tells tho stories of nlno noted saints nnd of two military orders. This, Is Illustrated with otriklng pictures In eclbr, by Stephen Held. Mrs. Molesworth's story "Tho Cuckoo Clock" (J. B. Llpplncott Company), Is tho atory of a llttlo girl's fnlry adven tures. The book Is adorned with colored pictures by Marlon L. Kirk. There Is n certain timeliness In the nppeuronco of F. E. Crlchton'a "Pccp-ln-thc-World" (Longmnns, Green & Co.). The story Is nbout the visit of a llttlo girl to the Germany of the Grimm brothers. Tho child meets with Imagina tive adventures with kobolds nnd fnlr lee, but nlso with very kind treatment from all sorts of pleasant people. It Is a delightful child's book nnd Is well Illus trated In color by Harry Ilountrce. "Tho Harrison Fisher Book" (Charles Scrlbncr's Sons) ccmes In Its annual Issue with pictures of fair women In colors. Most of tho plates have been seen before, but tho collection makes Up a beautiful volume. With tho Fair approaching overy ono Intending to go to California should read Gertrude Atherton's book on her native Stato (Harper & Bros.). This la sub titled "an Intimate history," and com prises historic and descriptive matter of value. Mrs. Atherton s knowledge of nnd love for tho Western Stato glvo her pe culiar qualifications for writing such a book. Tha volume Is Illustrated from a largo collection of photographs "Call Ifornla," by (Mary Austin (tho Macmlllan 'Company), Is a sumptuous volume, tho -descriptions of which havo been con tributed by tho well-known California rnovellst, and tho pictures for which were mado by Sutton Palmer. It forms an Ideal gift book. "Abroad nt Home" Is described as tho American adventureB of two happy fel lowsJulian Street, writer, and Wallace Morgan, artist (Century). Julian Street nnd Wnllaco Morgan mado the trip from Now York city to San Francisco nnd back, stopping In many of tho principal cities nYitt seeing- much of the life out side tho cities. They picture American lite as It has never been pictured before, the amusing nlcl'o and, aboVe all, the hu man side. What Mark Twain did for 'Europa'ln VTho Innocents Abroad" Ju lian Street has done for America" In 'Abroad, at Home." Edmund Dulac, whose dellcato and de lightful fairy pictures are of artlstto merit, has v found his happiest work In depicting Oriental scene?, and this year completed his illustrations to the Ara bian Nights with decorations to "Slnbad tho. Sailor and Other Tales from the Ara bian Nights" (George II. Doran), an elaborate volume with many plates In color. Although "Tho Admirable) Crlchton" Is one of Sir James Barrle's most popular plays. It has never nppeared In book form until this season. It Is Issued by Doran, with charming Illustrations by Hugh' Thomson. Kay Nellsen, unknown a year ago, wort huge praise by the Il lustrations to "In Powder and Crino line," arid novv. In 'a new book, "East of the Sun and West of the Moqn," a col lection of old tales from the Norse, he combines delicate fantasy, an Instinctive understanding of tho virility of these tales from the Icelands, and on almost Byzantine .richness of color.' "An Artist In Spain." by A. C. Michael, colqr- pictures and text, sums up the most picturesque sides, of Spanish life which Mr. Michael has found In years ot Span ish wanderings. "The llerolnes of Mere dith," by Herbert Bedford, la a series' ot miniatures depleting .Sandra , Bellonl, Diana Warwick, Bhoda and 'others of the women Meredith created. satirical tketches of high Ufa In America, with almost as many lauxha nt there are lines to th paite..Vlvaeloualy facetious, wltlf a trenchant but kindly Inalght Into human loiliea. THB CntllSE OP TJIB JANET NICHOU By Mrs. Bobert Txnila Stevenson. The diary of a trip among the flouth Sea lilandi with atevenaon In 1800, of Interest to all lovera ot sterenaon. ESSAYH POLITICAL AND IHSTOIUCAL. Uf Charlemagne Tower. In theao engrossing ea rays on national and International aubjecta, the former Mlnlater of the United Statei to Auatrla-JIunsary and Ambassador to Buaala and Germany tells much bearing on the pres ent world crlala. TBEITBCHKn. A translation from the Ger man of the writings of the historian whose philosophy han Influenced German thought. In which he traces the origin nf Uerman "kul tur' and develops his Pan-Germnn theories. THB UNKNOWN OUE8T. lly Maurice Maeter . Ilnek. "The unknown truest" Is your psychlo self. Maeterlinck, In his exquisite way, tells nf the llnrenllzorl .v,r.nr.inl tranffr.f rteftri. Otm PIlILADKLI'HiA. By Elizabeth Robins -ennen. illustrated ny josepn renneu. A charming account of tha Uvea of the famotih author and artist In our city. The drawings by Mr. Pennell rank among Ih'o finest exam- pies cu mis Kina oi ariisiic wora. A Discovery in "An American Crusoe," by A. Hyatt Verrill Dodd, Mead. tnko nn Intimate vlow of that wondrous period, with what n peculiar Joy wo linger upon each delicious sentence. But now wo have tho youth histories of tho groat all In a single volume, "When They Were Children," by Amy Stcodman (F. A. Stokes Company, New York). Strangely enough and regrettably, we feol Cellnl nnd Mark Twain nre both left out of tho book, whllo chapters are given to others whose stories nre a hun dred times less Interesting. Yet those solected nro treated' with such uniform excellence that perhaps we can forglvo the omissions. Some of the best nre those of Joan of Arc, Michael Angclo, George Washington, Mozart, Nnpolcon. Lincoln and Stevenson. Thcso names give nn Idea of tho wldo scope of tho work thcro nro 45 In all. The Scarlet Wagon "The Scarlet Wagon" waa the vehicle In which Mrs. Scarlet and her son Hob rodo to town back of old Blacklo. It wns like tho famous one-hoss snay In many respects, but, not having been used for quite tho allotted 100 years, the author, Claude M. -Girardeau, refrains from having it fall to pieces, nnd when tho book ends, the venerable wagon Is still In tho running,' or Jogging, If you will. The story a quaint, homely tale ot plain folks Is partly about life In Philadelphia .and partly about the odd doings at tho seashore home of the Scar lets. There Isn't much adventure In It, but there's lots of good, wholesome character drawing, ami Kome'very whole-' some love-making. Henry Holt & Co., New York, aro the publishers. Ho, for the Castaway Ono significant fcaturo Is woven Into all tho stories of castaways that wo can recall, from "Iloblnson Crusoo" down to the productions of tho present period. Every ono of them managed to save from tho shipwreck useful articles, food, cloth ing nnd ammunition. Now, how would thcso characters havo fared If they hnd been cast upon a deserted Island With nono of the comforts or necessities of llfwlth nothing, let us suppose, except a Jack-knlfo? This Is tho question which A. Hyatt Verrill put to himself one flno day, and directly went about determining by his personal experience Just whnt would real ly happen. 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