. The recollections of a drummer-boy . esent. The moral influence is admirable, and thelanguage pure and elegant. It is well adapted to children of ten or twelve years old; but, withal, veryinteresting to other readers. It is a remarkably interesting account of a growing boy and girl, with their tempta-tions and victories or defeats, and the patient wisdom of their motlier, at once consoler,adviser and inspiring leader. Tlie book is not so didactic as to recall many solemn failuresof past days, in the line of improving literature for the young, wbich have been sooverweighted with priggishness
. The recollections of a drummer-boy . esent. The moral influence is admirable, and thelanguage pure and elegant. It is well adapted to children of ten or twelve years old; but, withal, veryinteresting to other readers. It is a remarkably interesting account of a growing boy and girl, with their tempta-tions and victories or defeats, and the patient wisdom of their motlier, at once consoler,adviser and inspiring leader. Tlie book is not so didactic as to recall many solemn failuresof past days, in the line of improving literature for the young, wbich have been sooverweighted with priggishness as to bore their readers and hearers out of all patience orinterestr Little Helpers, on the other hand, is full of snap and go, with immenselydroll stories, and bits of homely pathos and tenderness. The movement is rapid, andadventure succeeds adventure so trippingly that eveiy reader, old or young, cannot choose but follow the narrative. • Sent, postimia, on receipt of price hy the lUihlislierrt, a?icic:tTo:E^ &c co., JUAN AND JUANITA. By FRANCES COURTENAY BAYLOR. Author of On Both Sides, etc. 1 vol. Square 4to. With many illustrations $ Miss Baylors charming and ower true tale has formed {though only given in part) the chief attrac-tion of the St. Nicholas for a year, and in its present and complete form will be heartily welcomed,most of all by those who have already learned to love its little hero and heroine, and will eagerly look forthe full story of their adventures. The locale of these events, amid the romantic scenery of Northern Mexico and Western Texas, isbrilliantly and accurately described, with the ways and habits of the Texans, Mexicans, and Indians. Withthese are the records of the young hero and heroine, in and beyond the Canon of Roses, and their numerousBtrange and diverting adventures, making a volume of rare and permanent interest for young or old.
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