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AROUND THE YULE LOG.

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ONE of the most pleasant and Christmasy books that will delight the younger people this year is published by Dodd, Mead & Co., under the timely title of "Around the Yule Log"-a title that at once suggests all the good things of Christmas. "Herein," says Mr. Richard Markham, the author, on his title-page, "are recorded the Doings of Five Boys and Five Girls on a Visit to the Sea at Christmastide; together with many Stories and Ballads for Young Patriots." The ten children are no sooner together in their holiday home than story-telling begins, and of course Jack chooses first a story" about Indians," which good-natured Mr. Longwood at once gives. Then comes skating for the out-of-doors sport in the daytime, and the next evening Will's story, not so much of Indians, but of the Pilgrim Fathers, who, just about Christmas time two centuries and a half ago, settled down among the Indians "to stay." The next day the children are delighted with an old skipper they meet on the beach, who tells them all about fishing; and at

night they get at their story-telling and history again, with the stirring scenes of Revolutionary days, when the patriots in New York burned the Governor's effigy, and in Boston threw the tea into the harbor. Of course the next day's entertainment is a snow-storm, and that gives text for learning about lumbering and life in the winter wood-camps. Captain John Smith and his adventures furnish the entertainment for that evening. The day following there is a violent gale, and wrecks and the fishes of the deep sea furnish a topic. And thus the days and the evenings, all too short, go on, fun and history pleasantly sandwiched together; the early history of New York and the campaigns in Canada furnishing more stories, until the holidays are over. These historical topics furnish excellent opportunities for illustration, which have been admirably carried out, as the cuts herewith but imperfectly suggest. The historical pictures and those of Indians are particularly good. Kappes has made the binding design, rich in gold brilliantly set out with bright colors, and altogether the book is a happy boon to the children.

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AROUND THE YULE LOG.

ONE of the most pleasant and Christmasy books that will delight the younger people this year is published by Dodd, Mead & Co., under the timely title of "Around the Yule Log"-a title that at once suggests all the good things of Christmas. "Herein," says Mr. Richard Markham, the author, on his title-page, "are recorded the Doings of Five Boys and Five Girls on a Visit to the Sea at Christmastide; together with many Stories and Ballads for Young Patriots." The ten children are no sooner together in their holiday home than story-telling begins, and of course Jack chooses first a story "about Indians," which good-natured Mr. Longwood at once gives. Then comes skating for the out-of-doors sport in the daytime, and the next evening Will's story, not so much of Indians, but of the Pilgrim Fathers, who, just about Christmas time two centuries and a half ago, settled down among the Indians

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night they get at their story-telling and history again, with the stirring scenes of Revolutionary days, when the patriots in New York burned the Governor's effigy, and in Boston threw the tea into the harbor. Of course the next day's entertainment is a snow-storm, and that gives text for learning about lumbering and life in the winter wood-camps. Captain John Smith and his adventures furnish the entertainment for that evening. The day following there is a violent gale, and wrecks and the fishes of the deep sea furnish a topic. And thus the days and the evenings, all too short, go on, fun and history pleasantly sandwiched together; the early history of New York and the campaigns in Canada furnishing more stories, until the holidays are over. These historical topics furnish excellent opportunities for illustration, which have been admirably carried out, as the cuts herewith but imperfectly suggest. The historical pictures and those of Indians are particularly good. Kappes has made the binding design, rich in gold brilliantly set out with bright colors, and altogether the book is a happy boon to the children.

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