cles, by different
persons, on Mexico and South America. Some of the subjects touched (p. 123)
on are A Venezuelan Railway, The Land of the Llama, and The Argentine
Capital.

TOWARD THE RISING SUN.
Ginn. .25

This companion volume to Strange Lands Near Home tells us of life in
China, Japan, Korea, Borneo, and other Eastern countries. There is an
interesting chapter on Housekeeping in East India, by Sara Jeannette
Duncan.

HYGIENE

That man has a liberal education who has been so trained in youth
that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with
ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is
capable of.
HUXLEY.

JEWETT, F.G.
Good Health.
Ginn. .40

A clear statement of facts concerning the body and the attention that
should be given to it. There are chapters on fresh air, eyesight, the
ear, the care of the nails, hair, and teeth, and valuable information
about tobacco and alcohol, and their effects on animals as well as
people.

MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES

So it is; yet let us sing
Honour to the old bowstring!
Honour to the bugle-horn!
Honour to the woods unshorn!
Honour to the Lincoln green! (p. 124)
Honour to the archer keen!
Honour to tight little John,
And the horse he rode upon!
Honour to bold Robin Hood,
Sleeping in the underwood:
Honour to Maid Marian,
And to all the Sherwood clan!
Though their days have hurried by
Let us two a burden try.
KEATS.

BALDWIN, JAMES.
The Story of Roland.
Scribner. 1.50

This romance tells of the great Charlemagne, and of his warriors,
Roland and Oliver and Ogier the Dane, all companions in arms. As James
Baldwin states, Roland is unknown to history, yet he is the typical
knight, the greatest hero of the Middle Ages. The story is culled from
the song-writers and poets of five centuries and of as many languages.

BALDWIN, JAMES.
The Story of Siegfried.
Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Scribner. 1.50

From the many versions, Elder and Younger Edda, Volsunga Saga, and
Nibelungen Lied, including modern sources, Mr. Baldwin has reshaped
this ancient tale. Though he sometimes draws material from his own
imagination, the essential