THE BOY TRAVELLERS ON THE CONGO is another of Col. T. W. Knox's capital books for young people, and is a condensation of Stanley's Through the Dark Continent, that author admitting that he had neither the time nor the experience for juvenile writing, and begging Colonel Knox to undertake the task. Like his other books in the same series, this is profusely illustrated, and is written in the racy style that captivates boys. Books of this character are the best possible antidote against trashy reading. [Harper & Bros. $3.00.]-One rarely sees anything more attractive in the way of a holiday book for bos and girls than TANGLEWOOD TALES, Hawthorne's second Wonder Book. The stories, taken from Greek mythology, are told in the author's inimitable style, half real, half fanciful, and the illustrations, several of them full page, are genuine works of art. LITTLE ONES' ANNUAL, Vol. 6, [Price $1.75, Estes and Lauriat, Boston. For sale by E. C. Eastman] is a charming book for the children. It is illustrated with 376 original designs by the best American artists, and the text is from the pens of many well known writers, among whom we note the names of Marian Douglas, Florence B. Hallowell, Emily Huntington Miller, Helen M. Lathrop, Mrs. Clara Joty Bates, Rev. Edward A. Rand. It will be a charming present for some little one about Christmas time. ever before for the exercise of her well known literary talent, and she has been ably assisted by "Champ's " facile pencil and brush in making and illustrating a fascinating narrative of early Colonial life. It is whispered that this is the first volume of a series of historical romances of the same period in different countries. BOSTON Estes & Lauriat. Cloth. 8vo, $2.50. 66 CHATTERBOX FOR 1887. 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