an unfailing source of
delight, alike to childhood and to youth, and that are at the
same time not without interest to the adult. The King of the
Golden River is one of these.... Its lessons are not obtruded;
the reader is really not explicitly conscious of them at
all.--_Introduction._

STOCKTON, F.R.
Fanciful Tales.
Scribner. .50

Mr. Stockton had a wise, humorous style of his own. In this small
volume, which contains some of his best writing for children, will be
found Old Pipes and the Dryad, The Bee-Man of Orn, and The Clocks of
Rondaine.

STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
Houghton. .60

From centuries and peoples almost as different from those we know
as the North and the South Poles are far apart, through the
overthrows of dynasties and the movements of whole races of men,
by the work of Arabian scholars when printing was unknown, and by
the labors of Europeans almost in our own day, these stories have
survived to transport us into a world of splendor and
magic.--_Introduction._

A carefully edited selection of thirteen of these famous tales, with
which, of course, every child should be familiar.

THACKERAY, W.M. (p. 104)
The Rose and the Ring.
Edited by E.E. Hale.
Illustrated by the Author.
Heath. .25

But in the meanwhile, and for a brief holiday, let us laugh and
be as pleasant as we can. And you elder folks--a little joking
and dancing and fooling will do even you no harm. The author
wishes you a Merry Christmas, and welcomes you to the Fireside
Pantomime.
M.A. TITMARSH.

This fairy extravaganza--Thackeray's only production for children--was
written for a little sick girl.

POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM
GREAT AUTHORS.

Children are lucky to be children nowadays, for the idea is
pretty well disseminated that the very choicest from all the
garnered riches of the great world of literature should be given
them, that they may early be possessed of thoughts and feelings
that are true and large, sweet and beautiful.
RICHARD BURTON.

GAYLEY, C.M., and M.C. FLAHERTY (Editors).
Poetry of the People.