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beside you.--Kate Greenaway to Ruskin.

RELIGION AND ETHICS
Little Jesus, wast Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? And what did it feel like to be Out of Heaven, and just like me? Didst Thou sometimes think of there,
And ask where all the angels were? (p. 47) I should think that I would cry For my house all made of sky; I would look about the air, And wonder where the angels were; And at waking 'twould distress me-- Not an angel there to dress me!
Hadst Thou ever any toys, Like us little girls and boys? And didst Thou play in Heaven with all The angels, that were not too tall, With stars for marbles? Did the things Play Can you see me? through their wings? FRANCIS THOMPSON.
THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Century. 1.50
This careful chronological arrangement of Bible history, from the King James version, is very satisfactory. The book is a large one, with full-page illustrations from the Old Masters.

STORIES
It is enough fame for any author to be loved by children, generation after generation, long after he himself has left the scene. W.A. JONES. 1844.
ABBOTT, JACOB. A Boy on a Farm. Edited by Clifton Johnson. From Rollo at Work and Rollo at Play. Introduction by Dr. Lyman Abbott. American Book. .45
Few books axe remembered with greater affection by persons (p. 48) who were children in the middle of the last century than those written by Jacob Abbott.... The educational effect of Jacob Abbott's stories, both mental and moral, was very great.... The insistence, however, with which these virtues were proclaimed and emphasized, constitutes a weakness in the books as we view them now.--Preface.
Here we have the very saturnalia of common-sense.... These works are invaluable to fathers; by keeping always one volume in advance of his oldest son, a man can stand before the household, an encyclop?dia of every practical art. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator). Goody Two Shoes. Lane. .25
The text of this famous tale, attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, is perhaps somewhat beyond the easy comprehension of children of six years, but they will enjoy the interesting pictures of Margery and her animal friends.
SCUDDER, H.E. (Editor). The Children's Book. Houghton. 2.50
If a child could have but one story-book, a better choice could scarcely be made than this storehouse of fables, wonder tales, myths, songs, and ballads. Selections from Andersen, The Arabian Nights, Gulliver, and Munchausen, are included. There are many illustrations.
TRIMMER, S. (K). (p. 49) The History of the Robins. Edited by E.E. Hale. Heath. .20
Small people like to hear about this father and mother robin and their four babies.
Mrs. Sarah Trimmer ... was a woman of more than the average education and accomplishment of her day, and enjoyed the friendship of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and nearly all of the more celebrated English authors and painters of that time. She wrote a great many books.... They are now nearly all of them dead and forgotten; but one of them at least has lived, and has been the delight of thousands of children for over three-quarters of a century.--Introduction.
WIGGIN, K.D. (S.), and N.A. SMITH. The Story Hour. Houghton. 1.00
These fourteen little stories include some about children and some about animals. They are just the sort of narratives that small folks love, and are designed for retelling in the kindergarten and home. There are, in addition, three adaptations of well-known tales: Moufflou, Benjy in Beastland, and The Porcelain Stove, and a poem by Mrs. Wiggin.

SEVEN YEARS OF AGE (p. 50)
To go sailing far away To the pleasant Land of Play; To the fairy land afar Where the Little People are. STEVENSON.

AMUSEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT
So many, and so many, and such glee. KEATS.
WHITE, MARY. The Child's Rainy Day Book. Doubleday. 1.00
This fully illustrated little volume gives clear directions for making simple toys and games, weaving baskets, working with beads, clay, et cetera. There is a good chapter on Gifts and How to Make Them.

GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION
Where shall we adventure, to-day that we're afloat, Wary of the weather and steering by a star? Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat, To Providence, or Babylon, or off to Malabar? STEVENSON.
ANDREWS, JANE. Each and All. Ginn. .50
A companion volume to The Seven Little Sisters, telling more of (p. 51) these happy children and their common bond of loving friendship.

MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES
This is fairy gold, boy, and 't will prove so. SHAKSPERE.
BROWNE, FRANCES. Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times. Dutton. .35
A series of delightful wonder stories, through which runs a vein of true wisdom. Miss Browne was blind from infancy, and her writings stand as the accomplishment of a brave and unselfish woman.
HOLBROOK, FLORENCE. The Book of Nature Myths. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. Houghton. .65
The subject-matter is of permanent value, culled from the folk-lore