Life — December 9, 1915 — page 41: what you’re looking at

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The Holiday Books “PEACE on earth and mercy mild, books for man and books for child.” About six feet, linear measure, of them. At one end of the row, a five- dollar folio in green and gold “ The Art Treasures of Great Britain fty-six first-water, full-page, photogravure and colored reproductions of paintings and sculpture, of porcelains, enamels, ivories and goldsmith’s work, edited by C. H. Collins Baker and published in this coun- try by E. P. Dutton. At the other end of the row, the most stirringly simple- syllabled baby book of the year, “ The Story of Tibby and Tabby” (Duffield), by Ada M. Skinner. At which end should one begin? At the man end or the child end? At gorgeousness or goo-go0? We'll begin in the middle. We'll begin with “Treasure Island"—that oppor- tunity that knocks but once at every boy's door. Here is fine, clean-typed, pen-and- ink illustrated edition of it (Harper, $1.50). And here—the supreme romance of reality as a contrast to that of the imagination—is the story of “ The Voy- ages of Captain Scott,” retold with effective directness from the official pub- lications. We'll put Bacdeker’s double star opposite this, if you please. (Dodd, Mead, $2.00.) And here—for nice, non- piratically-minded little boys who always use their nail-brushes mornings — is Frances Hodgson Burnett's “ The Lost Prince” (Century, $1.35). And, as an offset to that, Elmer Russell Gregor's tale of boy Indians among the buffalo, “ The Red Arrow” (Harper, $1.00). And here is a quartet of encores—“In Morgan's Wake" (Holt, $1.35), by A. Hyatt Ver- rill, tells of another voyage of the yacht Cormorant, “Left Tackle Thayer” (Dodd, Mead, $1.25) is a new Brimfield Academy story by Ralph Henry Barbour. “Mark Tidd in Business" (Harper, $1.00) is a jolly account of that stutter- ing fat boy as a bazaar proprietor, by Clarence B, Kelland. While in “Tom that will be appreciated by Sportwman Motorist, Traveler or Tourist. | REP imo your dealer's (Optician, Droggist, Stnof/rrowens st Price never greater than it Soorting Goods), ask to see the Leedawi—tne Shy Earahiced. jewelied comps at $00 © Ceebyanite, $1.00 Meradial. $2 $230—0 may be made direct if dealer them, ior Compass Folder C-13 of 10:. for Ths, Compass, the Sige Post of YOUR FLOWERS Fresh ent delivered anywhere in U. 8. less than2t hours old. from you to yours, ANYWHERE mo: y CS Nlahtea. Booklet free, tes further details. fas means flowers—Onder Dow. Xx NATIONAL FLORAL CORPORATION, 220 Broadway, New York Or lish, Oyster. Lobsters Crabs and Hot and Colg Meats visioners. NLIKE other sauces in this:—while most sauces ’ disguise the natural flavor of the oyster or steak on which they are served—Beech-Nut Oscar’s Sauce brings out the natural flavor by means of its piquant contrast. The viewpoint of its originator accounts for this — Oscar of the Waldorf invented his sauce for those who regard dining as a fine art. ‘Today at the request of its originator, the famous condiment is prepared by the Beech-Nut Company—a new Beech-Nut Delicacy. Now people everywhere who appreciate flavor are enjoying Beech-Nut Oscar’s Sauce with their favorite cuts and sea foods. Beech-Nut Oscar’s Sauce is now available at most good pro- Makers of America’s Most Famous Bacon—Beech-Nut Bacon BEECH-NUT PACKING COMPANY CANAJOHARIE, N. Y. Send 10 cents in stamps for the newest, most fascinat! **Gotn Barct"—amusing and ae : astractive and Sure to interest the whole family. Strong Junior” (Holt, $1.25) the son of Alfred Bishop Mason's Tom Strong car- ries on his father’s habit of being mixed up in early American history. Girls? Yes, “equal rights” are recog- nized among the holiday books. “ The Boarded-up House” is a delightfully goose- fleshy story about two girls that “ dasted ” to go into it after a dog. Augusta Huiell Seaman wrote it. (Century, $1.25.) “ Two Little Women” (Dodd, Mead, $1.00) is a brand new Carolyn Wells. And girls’ stories are the left bower in Miss Wells's deck. “The Cinder Pond” (Holt, $1.25) is an ugly-duckling tale of fun, pluck and good fortune in a Lake Superior settle- ment, by Carroll W. Rankin, And “ The Fun of Cooking”—there’s a foxy title for you!—is a fiction-coated cook-book in which the steel trap of efficiency is baited with adventure (Century, $1.50). Now the next station stop for this re- view is the nursery department. But, cn route, let us note two anthologies that deserve particularly well of holiday shop- pers. One is called “The Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories” (Double- day, Page, $1.23), and contains thirty-odd