DOI Heft:
No. 105 (December, 1901)
DOI Artikel:Reviews
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19874#0234
Reviews
books which he so
deservedly enjoys.
Queen Mab's Fairy
Realm (London :
George Newnes), is a
collection of stories
from the literature of
England, Germany,
France, and Spain,
with numerous illus-
trations by H. R.
Millar, Reginald
Savage, Herbert Cole,
Garth Jones, and
Arthur Rackham.
The collection of
stories is an excellent
one, and contains
many new to England.
Round ihe World to
Wympland (London:
John Lane) is a book
of original tales of un-
usual merit, the pic-
torial embellishment
of which has been
worthily carried
out by Alice B.
Woodward. The
Boy's Odyssey, by
Walter C. Perky
(London : Macmil- fSgS™ \W^fc^Zi^\«^^W:.s '*'B&V^/^^^#^^^^€^\
lan), is inspired by, f/ijBik lAr \w LJ? ? 'LJSs/ / &zJM^' JlJ
and partly founded on V W^^^HC -tfl/ifrv ^^fib^M"^ ^<^^W^^f^^ttf>^ vJ
the translation of the l*^^^^^^^^^^!
Odyssey of Homer, by T"1 ^-^^Iferrrr-^^g^
Messrs. Butcher & drawing by harold nelson from "a real queen's fairy book" (newnes)
Lang, and to which
the author hopes it
will serve as a stepping-stone. Mr. Jacomb Hood's also secured the services of two of the most
drawings are characteristically good. God Save accomplished wiiters for children in England
King A/f/ed, by the Rev. E. Gilliat, M.A. —L. T. Meade and Mrs. Molesworth, and
London: Macmillan) is a story taken in part from the results of their labours are in every way suc-
the " Saxon Chronicle," which should help to revive cessful. Cosy Corner, by the former, is well illus-
the interest in the great King of Wessex, whose trated by Percy Farrant, while the short stories con-
millenary has been celebrated this year. The illus- tained in Mrs. Molesworth's "My Pretty" and Her
trations by Gutzon Borglum add to the value of Brother " Too " are rendered additionally attractive
the book and help to make it an acceptable by a number of pen-and-ink drawings by that
present to a boy. A Nest of Girls (London and accomplished illustrator, Mr. Lewis Baumer. 77/e
Edinburgh: Chambers) is a story of boarding- Soul of a Cat, by Margaret Benson (London:
school days in America, by E. Westyn Timlow. Heinemann), is a charming collection of stories of
It is thoroughly bright and healthy in tone and cat-life strung together in a pleasant fashion,
deserves to be equally popular on both sides of The illustrations in pen-and-ink, by Henrietta
the Atlantic. Messrs. W. & R. Chambers have Ronner, are quite fascinating little studies,.
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books which he so
deservedly enjoys.
Queen Mab's Fairy
Realm (London :
George Newnes), is a
collection of stories
from the literature of
England, Germany,
France, and Spain,
with numerous illus-
trations by H. R.
Millar, Reginald
Savage, Herbert Cole,
Garth Jones, and
Arthur Rackham.
The collection of
stories is an excellent
one, and contains
many new to England.
Round ihe World to
Wympland (London:
John Lane) is a book
of original tales of un-
usual merit, the pic-
torial embellishment
of which has been
worthily carried
out by Alice B.
Woodward. The
Boy's Odyssey, by
Walter C. Perky
(London : Macmil- fSgS™ \W^fc^Zi^\«^^W:.s '*'B&V^/^^^#^^^^€^\
lan), is inspired by, f/ijBik lAr \w LJ? ? 'LJSs/ / &zJM^' JlJ
and partly founded on V W^^^HC -tfl/ifrv ^^fib^M"^ ^<^^W^^f^^ttf>^ vJ
the translation of the l*^^^^^^^^^^!
Odyssey of Homer, by T"1 ^-^^Iferrrr-^^g^
Messrs. Butcher & drawing by harold nelson from "a real queen's fairy book" (newnes)
Lang, and to which
the author hopes it
will serve as a stepping-stone. Mr. Jacomb Hood's also secured the services of two of the most
drawings are characteristically good. God Save accomplished wiiters for children in England
King A/f/ed, by the Rev. E. Gilliat, M.A. —L. T. Meade and Mrs. Molesworth, and
London: Macmillan) is a story taken in part from the results of their labours are in every way suc-
the " Saxon Chronicle," which should help to revive cessful. Cosy Corner, by the former, is well illus-
the interest in the great King of Wessex, whose trated by Percy Farrant, while the short stories con-
millenary has been celebrated this year. The illus- tained in Mrs. Molesworth's "My Pretty" and Her
trations by Gutzon Borglum add to the value of Brother " Too " are rendered additionally attractive
the book and help to make it an acceptable by a number of pen-and-ink drawings by that
present to a boy. A Nest of Girls (London and accomplished illustrator, Mr. Lewis Baumer. 77/e
Edinburgh: Chambers) is a story of boarding- Soul of a Cat, by Margaret Benson (London:
school days in America, by E. Westyn Timlow. Heinemann), is a charming collection of stories of
It is thoroughly bright and healthy in tone and cat-life strung together in a pleasant fashion,
deserves to be equally popular on both sides of The illustrations in pen-and-ink, by Henrietta
the Atlantic. Messrs. W. & R. Chambers have Ronner, are quite fascinating little studies,.
22 1