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pictures lead our children of
the Western world most delightfully into this old land.
"He climbed up the candlestick, The little mousey brown, To steal and eat tallow, And he
couldn't get down. He called for his grandma, But his grandma was in town, So he
doubled up into a wheel And rolled himself down."
LEAR, EDWARD. (p. 37) *Nonsense Books. Little. 2.00
The nonsense classic, which should be among the first books secured for a child's library.
This edition contains all the Nonsense Books, with all the original illustrations.
"'How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,' Who has written such volumes of stuff! Some think

him ill-tempered and queer, But a few think him pleasant enough."
NORTON, C.E. (Editor). Heart of Oak Books. Volume I. Rhymes, Jingles, and Fables.
Heath. .25
"Mother Goose is the best primer. No matter if the rhymes be nonsense verses; many a
poet might learn the lesson of good versification from them, and the child in repeating
them is acquiring the accent of emphasis and of rhythmical form."--Preface.
SAGE, BETTY (Pseudonym of Mrs. E. (S.) Goodwin). Rhymes of Real Children.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Duffield. 1.50
These verses are written from the child's point of view, and are delightful alike to young
and old. Miss Smith never did better work than in these beautiful sympathetic pictures
and fascinating borders. The book is a large square one.
"If you could see our Mother play (p. 38) On the floor, You'd never think she was as old
As twenty-four. On Sunday, when she goes to church, It might be, But Tuesdays she is
just the age Of Joe and me."
UPTON, BERTHA. *The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. Illustrated
by Florence K. Upton. Longmans. 2.00
Children will like the funny, brightly colored pictures in this large oblong book, and will
be fascinated by the Golliwogg. The verses are not equal to the illustrations.

STORIES
President Thwing says: "Children rarely have but one object in reading, and that is to
amuse themselves"; and surely in this playtime of life this aim should be the chief one.
A.H. WIKEL.
CRAIK, G.M. (Mrs. G.M. (C.) May). So-Fat and Mew-Mew. Heath. .20
An account of two little animal friends, a cat and dog, which will please small children
who are outgrowing Mother Goose.
HOPKINS, W.J. The Sandman: His Farm Stories. Page. 1.50
Very simple and delightful narratives of the life of a little boy (p. 39) on a farm
seventy-five years ago. The atmosphere of the sketches is redolent of wholesome country
life. They were used as bedtime stories at home for several years before publication.
POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. Illustrated by the Author.
Warne. .50
The story of little Benjamin Bunny's visit to his cousin Peter Rabbit. A companion

volume to The Tale of Peter Rabbit. These colored pictures of the small bunnies seem to
the compiler the cunningest of this charming series.
POTTER, BEATRIX. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. Illustrated by the Author. Warne. .50
Telling how bad little Nutkin was rude and saucy to Old Brown the owl, and what came
of it. Very exciting, but not harrowing, even for tiny listeners. The pictures are in color.

SIX YEARS OF AGE (p. 40)
"Babies do not want," said he, "to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and
castles, and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds". Dr.
JOHNSON. Recorded by Mrs. Piozzi.

AMUSEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT
Happy hearts and happy faces, Happy play in grassy places-- That was how, in ancient
ages, Children grew to kings and sages. STEVENSON.
WALKER, M.C. Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends. Baker. 1.25
Suggestions for making charming dollies from fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The
illustrations, many in color, are attractive and explanatory, but the text must be read to the
children, as it is somewhat advanced for them.

GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION
Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, O! don't you
wish that you were me? . . . . . . . You have curious things to eat, (p. 41) I am fed on
proper meat; You must dwell beyond the foam, But I am safe and live at home.
STEVENSON.
ANDREWS, JANE. The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in
the Air. Ginn. .50
These simple stories, written for the girls and boys of a generation ago, have taken their
place among the charming and vivid descriptions of child-life in different lands.
The round ball is the earth, and the sisters are the tribes that dwell thereon. The little book
was conceived in a happy hour; its pictures are so real and so graphic, so warm and so
human, that the most literal and the