Warne. .50

Telling how bad little Nutkin was rude and saucy to Old Brown the owl,
and what came of it. Very exciting, but not harrowing, even for tiny
listeners. The pictures are in color.

_SIX YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 40)

_"Babies do not want," said he, "to hear about babies; they like
to be told of giants and castles, and of somewhat which can
stretch and stimulate their little minds_".
Dr. JOHNSON. _Recorded by Mrs. Piozzi._

AMUSEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT

Happy hearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy places--
That was how, in ancient ages,
Children grew to kings and sages.
STEVENSON.

WALKER, M.C.
Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends.
Baker. 1.25

Suggestions for making charming dollies from fruits, vegetables, and
flowers. The illustrations, many in color, are attractive and
explanatory, but the text must be read to the children, as it is
somewhat advanced for them.

GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION

Little Indian, Sioux or Crow,
Little frosty Eskimo,
Little Turk or Japanee,
O! don't you wish that you were me?
. . . . . . .
You have curious things to eat, (p. 41)
I am fed on proper meat;
You must dwell beyond the foam,
But I am safe and live at home.
STEVENSON.

ANDREWS, JANE.
The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That
Floats in the Air.
Ginn. .50

These simple stories, written for the girls and boys of a generation
ago, have taken their place among the charming and vivid descriptions
of child-life in different lands.

The round ball is the earth, and the sisters are the tribes that
dwell thereon. The little book was conceived in a happy hour; its
pictures are so real and so graphic, so warm and so human, that
the most literal and the most imaginative of children must find
in them, not only something to charm, but also to mould pleasant
associations for maturer years.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES

And as with the toys, so with the toy-books. They exist
everywhere: there is no calculating the distance through whi