THE END.
Sunbeam Stories and Others.
BY
ANNIE FLINT.
_With cover design by Dora Wheeler Keith, and seven full-page ill.u.s.trations by Dora Wheeler Keith, Meredith Nugent and Izora C. Chandler._
"There is a touch of pure poetic fancy in each of the tales, and the sunbeams here invested with life and tiny human forms, are lovable and mirth-provoking imps.... The children, too, are real children, and there is no mawkish sentimentality, but an unforced, tender pathos in the story of little Tom Riley, who was "mos twelve," but who had a heart big enough for a man, and so skilfully is it told that a child may read and miss much of the sadness of it. In and out and everywhere play the sunbeams, as merry, mischievous and kindly a set of sprites as any in the realms of fairyland."--_The Sun_, New York.
In these stories, the Sunbeams are made to talk and laugh and play, just like children. They are delightful. Sometimes when they are naughty, Father Sun shuts them up in a cloud all day, where it is wet and rainy, and then they get good and promise not to tease and be bad any more. And then he lets them out, and they come down among the flowers and children and make everything bright and happy. The fancy is pretty, and we are sure the little children will thoroughly enjoy the little Sunbeams. Pretty pictures and fine press-work and paper, make it a beautiful book.--_Christian Observer_, Louisville, Ky.
"The stories are fascinating--rivalling the best works of imagination. For purity and simplicity of style and diction, they are cla.s.sic."--LOCKE RICHARDSON.
BONNELL, SILVER & CO., PUBLISHERS, 24 West 22d Street, New York.
The Log of the Lady Gray.
BY
LOUISE SEYMOUR HOUGHTON.
The "ship"s company" that embarked one May morning for a holiday cruise on the "cat-boat" _Lady Gray_, consisted according to "the log," of the skipper, two cabin-boys, one ship"s clerk, one small child, and two supernumeraries. The ship"s clerk, who kept "the log," was a young girl, the small child was a much younger girl, and the supernumeraries were two dolls, who came in for a fair share of adventure, although they did not, like the others, suffer from "short commons," or join in the welcome meal of "hoe cake and sorghum," with difficulty obtained from the half famished "company." The story is one for young people; it is pleasantly told, and will be appreciated, especially by those who are interested in good books for children.
The "Log of Lady Gray" is a bright little record of the cruise of a party in a cat-boat with enigmas, riddles, and other verbal amus.e.m.e.nts to give variety.--_Public Opinion._
The book abounds in fun and frolic, and suggestions of a sweet and happy daily life.--_The Evangelist._
The book is full of sprightly good things.--_Herald and Presbyter._