luenced by good pictures, it is a pity to
give them any but the best, among which Walter Crane's certainly
stand. Attention is drawn to the designs of the cover-pages of the (p. 22)
books of this series, which are quite as attractive as the text
illustrations.

The drawings for Mother Hubbard are among Mr. Crane's most successful
efforts. Tiny folk will be entranced with the pictures of this
marvellous white doggie.

"This wonderful Dog
Was Dame Hubbard's delight,
He could sing, he could dance,
He could read, he could write."

CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator).
This Little Pig.
Lane. .25

Let us travel to Piggy-land for a few moments, with the baby, and it
will probably be the first of many trips, with these gay pictures to
guide us.

_THREE YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 23)

_A dreary place would be this earth,
Were there no little people in it;
. . . . . . . . . .
Life's song, indeed, would lose its charm,
Were there no babies to begin it._
WHITTIER.

PICTURE-BOOKS

What an unprejudiced and wholly spontaneous acclaim awaits the
artist who gives his best to the little ones! They do not place
his work in portfolios or locked glass cases; they thumb it to
death, surely the happiest of all fates for any printed book.
GLEESON WHITE.

BANNERMAN, HELEN.
*The Story of Little Black Sambo.
Stokes. .50

Written and illustrated by an Englishwoman in India for her two small
daughters, Little Black Sambo, with its absurd story, and funny crude
pictures in color, will delight young children of all lands.

CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH (Illustrator).
The Farmer's Boy.
Warne. .25

These delicately colored prints, with their atmosphere of English
country life, well accord with the old cumulative verses which they
accompany. Mr. Caldecott has charmingly illustrated this and the (p. 24)
following picture-books. Some of the illustrations in each book are in
color and some in black and white.

The Caldecott toy-books,
They fix for all time
The favorite heroes
Of nursery rhyme.

The Caldecott toy-books--
We never shall find
A gracefuller pencil,
A merrier mind!
L.

CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH (Illustrator).