Ginn. .50

Poems illustrative of the history and national spirit of England,
Scotland, Ireland, and America.--_Title-Page._

The compilers have given us a volume of verse chosen from that (p. 105)
which is "most simple, most hearty, most truly characteristic of
the people, their tradition, history, and spirit; ... poetry sometimes
by, and sometimes not, but always for, the people; poems that were
household words with our fathers and mothers, and lay close to the
heart because _of_ the heart."

HAWEIS, M.E. (Mrs. H.R. HAWEIS).
Chaucer for Children.
Illustrated by the Author.
Scribner. 1.25

Mrs. Haweis begins with an account of Chaucer's life and the London of
his day. Portions of a number of the Tales follow, the original and
the modern text being given in parallel columns, with prose
abridgments connecting the selections. There are eight full-page
colored pictures and a number of small woodcuts. Though possibly only
an exceptional child will enjoy the book, it helps to bring the
youthful reader closer to the time of Chaucer than any other version
for children.

RASPE, R.E.
*Tales from the Travels of Baron Munchausen.
Edited by E.E. Hale.
Heath. .20

"Some travellers are apt to advance more than is strictly true;
if any of the company entertain a doubt of my veracity, I shall
only say to such, I pity their want of faith."

Raspe was scholar enough to mix up with the real Munchausen's (p. 106)
amusing burlesques, exaggerations and fancies which are centuries
older, and which can be cited now from the crabbed language of
the Middle Ages.--_Note._

SWIFT, JONATHAN.
Gulliver's Travels.
Educational. .40

His voyage to Lilliput, his stay with the little people, and his
adventures later among the giants of Brobdingnag, are classic. Written
as a political satire, the narrative has served a gentler purpose than
its original one. The littleness of the Lilliputians and the greatness
of the giants appeal strongly to children.

And lo! the book from all its end beguiled,
A harmless wonder to some happy child.
BULWER-LYTTON.

SCIENCE, OUT-OF-DOOR BOOKS, AND STORIES OF ANIMALS

In that forest to and fro
I can wander, I can go;
See the spider and the fly,
And the ants go