ZIG-ZAG JOURNEYS.

ZIG-ZAG JOURNEYS IN THE LEVANT. By Hezekiah Butterworth. Fully Illustrated. Small 4to. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, $1.50; boards, $1.10.

The Zig-Zag books are well established in the favor of boys and girls. This year's volume records the knowledge acquired by two intimate friends, father and son, who journey through Egypt and the Holy Land. The personal experiences of the travelers are touched upon as lightly as possible, and form a slight frame-work upon which to hang the history, legends, and politics of the lands visited. The didactic purpose, though hardly disguised, is pleasantly managed, and a full supply of pictures help to a realization of the strangeness of

these far-off regions. The board cover is effective and appropriate, and the type and paper well-chosen, as is usual in the juvenile reading of the day.

sin Kate," Mrs. Courtenay Grey, who is the mother of three pretty girls, the eldest being about eighteen. Candace Arden is pretty and genuine and intelligent, but she has had no training in the ways of cultured people, and her first appearance at her cousin's dinner-table is marked by several little awkwardnesses, that bring a rude titter from one of her younger cousins, and causes Candace to melt into tears. This and many subsequent occasions serve as a text for Mrs. Grey to give a good deal of very excellent advice about social etiquette. The story outside of this instructive element is pleasant and cheerful and well put together.

Publishers' Weekly.

A LITTLE

COUNTRY

GIRL.

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A LITTLE COUNTRY GIRL. By Susan Coolidge (Miss Woolsey). 16 mo. trated. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, $1.00.

It has been several years since the young people have had a long story from "Susan Coolidge." They will find with the present one her pen has not lost its cunning. She tells of the experience of a little girl, raised in the Connecticut hills, who comes to Newport to spend the summer with "Cou

and from east to west; and, of course, tells about the early days of the Isthmus, the wonders of Peru, the buccaneers and the heroes of history; about the present condition of the countries, their products and trade; about the birds, animals, fish, and everything else that could attract the attention or interest of a party of wide-awake travelers. This information Mr. Knox gathers from personal observation, and from the best books of other travelers and scientific observers. He presents a full, realistic picture of South America. The Harper's have a store of illustra

tions, made for a large number of books or special articles, and these have been

used with the greatest abundance by Mr. Knox. This volume seems as useful and as interesting as any of the series, and is, perhaps, the best illustrated of them all. Boston Advertiser.

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY.

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY. By J. T. Meade. Illustrated. Square 12mo. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, $1.00.

A unique and fascinating story is The Autocrat of the Nursery. It deals with the pranks of a lot of spirited children, and no one is too old or too wise to enjoy reading it. Besides the fun, which is deliciously funny, there is a tender dignity of tone which raises this record of frolics above the level of the rollicking Helen's Babies. Nothing could be funnier, and yet nothing could be more sweet and tender. Buy it for your little ones, and then read it to them yourself. You will enjoy even more than they do the efforts of these fictitious little children to try and do something very brave. Perhaps the best of these efforts was the decision of the older boys to save their sister's life by burying her in the snow, and then coming to rescue her. They are led off before the rescue by

a desire to see some lop-eared rabbits, reconciling with their conscience poor Nell's additional time of waiting with the thought that she will be more like "a real dead one" when they do come back to save her.

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throwing into high relief the salient points of his stories. The narratives selected, too, are not such as have been worn threadbare by frequent iteration. Illustrations, cover design, and typography are all decidedly superior to those of most works of the class. Christian Union.

SUGAR AND SPICE.

SUGAR AND SPICE AND ALL THAT'S NICE. By Mrs. M. F. Tileston. 12mo. Illustrated. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, 90 cents.

Special favorites from the Mother Goose Melodies, some of the best-known jingles of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, with selections from Baby Ballads,

Mother Goose from Germany, and other popular nursery books, make up this attractive compilation. At the end are a few of the prose stories of the nursery. Mrs. Tileston, who is the editor of Quiet Hours, "has aimed to make a treasury of the favorite verses and stories little children like to hear over and over again," and she has also tried to keep out of her selections anything that could frighten or distress a sensitive child. Will please children from babyhood up to six years. Fully illustrated with many full-page pictures. The editor was unfortunate in selecting a title already used. A book called Sugar and Spice and All That's Nice, by J. K. and V. B., was published during the holiday season of 1881.

Publishers' Weekly.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

OUR YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. By William Shepard. 12mo. Illustrated. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, $1.75.

A good piece of work has been done in adding to the Young Folk's Plutarch and Josephus, William Shepard's Young Folks' History of the Roman Empire. The book contains a map of the Roman Empire and sixteen illustrations, but wants an index. The story of the Empire is told in plain English, for the special benefit of young people, and rests on the greater histories of Gibbon, Arnold, Thierry, Keightley, but steers clear of Germans. In fact, it is a history of

the Roman emperors rather than of the people whom they governed. It deals with countries as political possessions rather than with their condition and civilization. A little more might have been made of literature and engineering works. But young people will not need a better first book on the history of the Roman Empire. Beacon.

THE GOLDEN WEST.

THE GOLDEN WEST AS SEEN BY THE RIDGWAY CLUB. By Margaret Sidney. Fully illustrated. 4to. Sold by John Wanamaker, cloth, $1.25; boards, $1.00.

The Ridgway Club is made up of a party of ten people, who travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific in search of health for two of the members. At the start, Aunt Pen, the intelligent, energetic and lovable spinster, set the young people to methodical study combined with sight-seeing as they go along, till at length the informal club is evolved to carry out the same purpose. Many children are already familiar with the author's pleasant gifts of narrative, and besides the pleasure they. will have in reading about these travelers' haps and mishaps, can hardly fail to store up some valuable hints as to how to go to work to get information and to put their knowledge into such a shape that others as well as themselves may be informed thereby. Full illustrations and maps add to the interest and usefulness of the book. The good taste of the traveling party should have suggested something better than the gaudy tints of the

cover.

The Golden West.

What shall we ring

Unto our King

For a Christmas offering?

Ring out a chime

Through every clime,

To tell that this is Christ's own

time.

Julie Leonard.