ming Birds," Scratching Birds," "Wading Birds," 'Birds of Prey,' "Cat Family," and "Cow Family."

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS have only one juvenile publication for this season-"Little Mook, and other Fairy Tales," viz.: " 'Long Nose the Dwarf;" "The Caliph Turned Stork;" "The Adventures of Said;""The Stone-cold Heart," in two parts; and "The Story of the Silver Florin," by William Hauff-but that is a little gem both in reading matter and illustrations. Hauff is one of the standard writers in Germany for the young. His stories rank with those of the brothers Grimm, and they are equally as popular. They are not only rich in poetry and sentiment, but full of odd conceits and humorous situations and characters, which make them exceedingly popular even to the gray.

the "Susy Books," said to be most interesting and delightful.

ROBERTS BROTHERS have several new juveniles, excellently available for gift purposes on holidays or birthdays. H. H. has a fresh cat story," Mammy Tittleback and her Family," which is said to be "a true story of seventeen cats," and has illustrations by Addie Ledyard. Susan Coolidge, a great favorite with young people, has skilfully adapted several myths of "Mother Goose,' namely, "Cross Patch" (which gives name to the book), "Little Tommy Tucker," "Hark Hark," "Miss Jane," "The Old Woman who Lived in the Shoe." and "Simple Simon." These with 45 pictures make a book to gladden little folks with. Rev. E. E. Hale has collected and arranged" Stories of Adventure," mostly as told by the advent

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urers themselves, a book like his "Stories of War" and "Stories of the Sea," which have proved very popular. "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances," by Juliana Horatio Ewing, author of "Jan of the Windmill," "Six to Sixteen," with ten illustrations; The Two Cabin Boys," a story of adventure by Louis Rousselet; and Hector," by Flora L. Shaw, the author of "Castle Blair," are books to be examined before Christmas. One of the most inviting of Roberts' new books for young folks is "Around the Hub," a boys' book about Boston, by Samuel Adams Drake, who knows all there is to be known concerning the famous old city, and who has made a most instructive and entertaining volume of it,

novel in plan and subject. "The History of a Ship from the Cradle to the Grave" will tell boys all about the building of that great mystery, a ship; "Things In-Doors and Out-Doors" tells by questions and answers everything one wants to know about common objects in everyday life-articles of food, industry, art, science, trees, flowers, buildings, and all trades and businesses or objects of interest found out-doors. Each subject too is elucidated by an illustra tion in the margin of the page. "Eminent Sailors," by W. H. Davenport Adams, is a series of biographies of great naval commanders, including an historical sketch of the British Navy from Drake to Collingswood. They have new editions of Prof. Hoffmann's

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS have one book that child or grown person will covet just as soon as they get their eyes upon it. This is "Mother Goose; or, The Old Nursery Rhymes," illustrated by Kate Greenaway. It is offered in an English and in an American edition, both equally desirable. It consists of little gems of pictures printed in colors; they are of exquisite delicacy and beauty of execution, and full of a charming humor. "Little Dignity" is a new book of pictures and rhymes of olden times, by Virginia Gerson. Every page is a design, sometimes plain and sometimes in colors. "Randolph Caldecott's Collection of Pictures and Songs" brings together in one volume Mr. Caldecott's popular series of eight picture-books. For boys and girls they have some new books by popular writers, very attractively illustrated and gotten up, and quite

fireside amusements; they are called "Parlor Amusements and Evening Party Entertainments," "Modern Magic," and Tricks with Cards." Of course "Little Wide-Awake for 1882" is in the market, with its wealth of illustrations and a bright colored frontispiece by Kate Greenaway. A tiny little book, uniform with Kate Greenaway's "Birthday-Book" of last season, and one that goes directly to the hearts of those who love the military and the marines, is Lieut. Col. Seccombe's "Army and Navy Birthday-Book," with characteristic illustrations for every day in the year-and for each month in colors.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS have added a new volume this year to the series of boy's classics of history and legend begun so auspiciously by the late Mr. Sidney Lanier with his "Boy's Froissart," and 'Boy's King Arthur." It is called the 46 Boy's Mabinogion," and was also

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edited by Mr. Lanier. It is a collection of Welsh legends, which are supposed to contain the germ of the Arthurian romances, hence should be owned by every one interested in King Arthur and his court. It is illustrated by Alfred Fredericks and promises to be quite as popular a holiday book as its companion volumes. "The Floating Prince" embraces a number of fairy tales by Frank R. Stockton that have been delighting the young readers of

plain, and illuminated illustrations, and "Margaret, the Moonbeam" is a story for the young, by Cecelia Lushington, as is also "The Three Frights," by Sarah Tytler. "Stories of the West," from Herodotus, by Rev. Alfred J. Church, author of "Stories from Home," is a book for boys classically inclined. It has illustrations in colors from ancient frescos and sculptures. The new Aunt Louisa book is entitled Pinafores, Red Coats, and Blue

St. Nicholas during the past year. They are written in Mr. Stockton's happiest vein, and are imbued with a delicate irony and original fancy that make them very charming reading. They have full-page and letterpress illustrations, which are very humorous, and really embellish the book. Phaeton Rogers" is a capital boy's book published recently. Rossiter Johnson is the author, and he has struck quite a new line in it-a boy with an inventive genius whose experiments furnish both smiles and sighs for his friends and relatives. "The Quartet," by William O. Stoddard, is a sequel to "Dab Kinzer," and is full of fun and frolic, based upon the doings of "Dab" and his friends at college.

SCRIBNER & WELFORD have a number of beautiful imported English juvenile books in colors: "The Cruise of the Walnut Shell," written and illustrated by André; "The Story of Androclus and the Lion;""Eva's Mulberry Tree," and "A Winter Nosegay." These are all quartos with full-page illustrations. "Comic Insects" is an amusing book with colored,

Jackets." It is a handsome bound volume with 150 colored and tinted pictures.

HENRY A. SUMNER & Co., Chicago, call attention to their pretty fairy story, "Little Zee," by Julia Daniels Mosely, which, though not new this year, will no doubt be acceptable to the many who last year came too late. The volume, which is issued in two styles bound in cloth and in boards, has twelve unique and original illustrations, engraved especially for

MARCUS WARD & Co., Philadelphia, offer the children this year a new and superbly printed art-book, entitled "At Home," which is admitted to be one of the most beautiful gift-books of the season. Its illustrations are of a character to bring delight to the heart of every boy or girl who may be fortunate enough to receive

one.

WHITE & STOKES have in their prize paintingbook, "Good Times," by Dora Wheeler, one of the leading juveniles of the season. It is not only charmingly artistic, but combines instruction and entertainment for restless little ones