New Books for Holiday Trade Highlight 19th Century Reads
The Lowell Book and Laura E Richards Peggy dominate the holiday shelf. Grace Le Baron Upham and Nora Hopper receive notices for new works. Henry in the War and Grant Burton runaways receive praise for their boy friendly adventure and moral themes. The Reviewers covers fiction, essays, and guides from Boston publishers with Lowell sales and regional distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace le Baron Upham
Lowell
First Unitarian Sunday School
Laura E. Richard
Peggy
Dana, Estes& Co
Boston
Attractive New Juveniles Peggy and More in 1899 Catalog
In a 1899 catalog note Laura Riards presents Attractive New Juveniles Peggy and Little Tony's Mission by E B Barry with vivid reviews. The listings promote We Two American Boys in Hawaii and Captain Tom the Privateersman of the Armed Brig Chasseur with illustrations, cloth bindings and prices from $1.25 to $2.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribar’'s Magazine
C. Yohn
Waler Appleton Clark
Ernest Seton Thopson
H. C. Christy
Peggy
Laura E. Riards
E.B. Barry
Margaret
B. Barry
Youth’s Companion
Wide Awake
Crippy
G. Waldo Browne
Royal
Tom
James Otis
Tom Boyle
New Historical Books for Boys and Stories of the Spanish American War
New historical volumes for young readers feature The Minute Boys of Bunker Hill by Edward Stratemeyer and The Boys of 98 by James Otis, with illustrations and notes. Also On Fighting Decks in 1812 by F H Costello, and When Dewey Came to Manila and Santiago with Sampson by James Otis, all promoted by Estes and Co for sale through booksellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stratemeyer
Minute Boys
J. W. Kennedy
Bunker Hill
Boston
Cambridge Tribune
James Otis
Frank T. Merrill
J. Steepie Davis
Courier
Boston Transcript
San Francisco Chronicle
F. H. Costello
Maine
Java
J. Steeple Davis
Boston Courier
Dewey
Manila
L. J. Bridgman
New girl books and military tales in circulation
Mary G Darling presents We Four Girls a wholesome summer story with four protagonists guided by a teacher and a gentle romance. Nicholas Paine Gilman offers Dividend to Labor a labor relations study. Adele E Thompson debuts Beck's Fortune a strong fiction for older girls. Edward Stratemeyer continues Old Glory with Under Otis in the Philippines featuring Ben Russell and Larry in a Manila bound adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
George C. Prince & Son
Mary G. Darling
Siris
Nicholas Paine Gilman
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Lowce
Price
Gilman
Beck
Adele E.thompson
Lee & Shepin
Boston
Lewells
Adele M. Thompson
Otis
Philippines
Edward Stratemeyer
Lee & Shepard
Tropics
Ben Russell
Leutenant
Cuba
Larry
Manila
Olympia
Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Malolos
Told Under the Cherry Trees and Other Highlights
A vintage review notes Grace Le Baron’s Told Under the Cherry Trees as a charming tale set in a village noted for cherry orchards. It follows Willie Merten as he befriends Miriam Burnham, saves lives on a perilous train, and navigates class and love through a guardian’s care and seminary life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace le Baron
Willie Merten
Miriam Burnham
Miriam
Little
Willie's Charge and the Mystery Fountain
The excerpt discusses Frances Hodgson Burnett's In Connection with the De Wollough by Claim and notes its origins, plus details on Mrs. Burnett's earlier works and Alice Morse Earle's Child Life in Colonial Days. It mentions plot elements about Willie Merton, a mysterious village fountain, and a dog story, with publication notes and editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Osnond
Tom de Willoughby
de Wolloughby
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Alice Morse Earle
MacMillan Company
Poetic Scrapbook "For Love's Sweet Sake" by G G Herbert Westley
A Boston published volume by Lee and Shepard and Lowell edition by George C Prince & Son offers a four part collection of love poems. Westley, a poet and scholar, compiles poems in Love's Morning Noontide Love's Evening and Love's Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Burton
W. Gordon Parker
Lie and Shepard
Boston
George C. Prince & Son
Gordon Parker
Parker
Phillips Andover Academy
Manly
Greyhound Club
Henry
O. O. Howard
Lee & Shepard
Lowell
Depits
West Point
Bull Run
Donald
Henry Wood
Lee and Shepard
England
Australia
Shanghai
St. Lawrence
Everett T. Tomlinson
Tee & Shepard
Tomlinson
Hovses
Ethan
Cof
Parkman
Cartier
Yourg
G. G. Herbert Westley
Tursae
G. Herbert Westley
Love
The House with Sixty Closets and other Christmas tales
A long review extols Frank Samuel Childs The House with Sixty Closets for Christmas readers and notes J Randolph Browns illustrations. It also discusses Oliver Optics An Undivided Union completed by Edward Stratemeyer and praises the modern book store scene at Prince and Son Merrimack Street highlighting gift books, classic editions, and affordable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Optic
Edward Stratemeyer
Lee and Shepard
Boston
Lowell
George C. Prince & Son
Riverlawn Cavalry
Tennessee
Chickamauga
Lyons
Lowell Book and Stationery Headquarters Promises Wide Selection
A verbose Lowell ad touts the most complete stock of books, stationery, and novelties with bargain prices. It highlights notable titles like David Harum and Prisoners of Hope, cheap Bible editions, and a large line of inkstands, pens, paper goods, and toy books. The store emphasizes value, fashion in stationery, and low prices, urging customers to visit now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince & Son
Merrimel Street
Dickens
Scott
Irving
Emerson
Eliot
Holmes
Whittier
Lowell
Browning
Dayit Harum
Richard Carvel
Janice Meredeth
David Harum
Richard Arvel
Prisoners of Hope
J*nice
Meredith
Mriscellaneous
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Unitarian Church
W. P. Brazer & Co
Ellingwood & Co
Theodore ¥. Reed
Reed
Boys In Blue
Ogilvie Publishing Company
Nora Hopper
North American Review
Scrooby
Ruth Hall
Beeston
Mary G. Dartine
Hawaii
Minute Boys of
Oif Santiago With
Sampson
Fa, Estes & C
BOS
Colonies
Europe
America
George C. Prince & Co
Stannard
Bee
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Thomas H. Lawler
Dana Estes & CO
Finley Peter Dunne
Willie
Mr. Burnham
Blouzgs
Willie Merton
Frank Samuel Child
Ruth
J. Randolph Brown
Sherman
Pairfield
Conn
Judge Sherman
Roger Sherman
Dresden
Bibles
Stationery
Lawler
Hurd
Marcus Ward
Whiting
Hurlburt
Juvenile Books
G. A. Henry
Horatio Alger
Harry Castleman
Edward Ellis
Feiorias
Aefaay PO
Fashionable Stationer & Bookseller
Merrimack
John Sts
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