By "BlionVinorbeckes "SelSnes by Sehuf. Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai. $756.
Three bright little books in a bright case make Mrs, Thorbecke's contribution to Christmas Joy for the children, Importance is added by a sopors letter, on pink paper, from the author her readers, in which she explains hhow the books came to be written and illustrated. Decorating the letter are drawings of Mrs. Thorbecke, the illustrator (who, "she says, looks almost like Santa Claus), and 0 gentleman in a checked suit,'who, one imagines, must be Messrs. Kelly Walsh, for under his arm he is carrying away the books, while Mrs. Thorbeebe and Mr. Schiff throw their hands up in despair—for, alas, Mr. Schiff was only half through with his drawings. And so the readers, If they want fo see the pictures in their whole beauty, are asked to cooperate by completing them themselves, Fortunately Mr. Schiff had already numbered all the lines that was going to draw, and all the readers have to do is to follow the numbers—1 to 158 or whatever they happen to be—colour them very carefully—and rejoice in the masterly result.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.