Evening star., 1901-12-14
BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLKS.

DEAR DAYS; Story of Washington School Life.
By Armour Strong Philadelphia: Henry T.
Coates & Co.
Young Washington girls will delight in
this story, which. tells Of the scenes they
themselves know so well, and of characters
who are SO clearly drawn that they seem
like real young people. The school girls in
this story are wholesome, hearty young
women, with their own ideals and peculiar
views of life. They enjoy their experiences
at the capital and are greatly instructed by
their life at the seat of government To
those unfortunate girls who have had no
chance to spend months in Washington
the book will assuredly prove irresistibly
attractive, and it should be the means of
persuading parents that Washington is the
ideal place for the education Of their daugh-
ters.
Little Women" etc. Boston: Little, Brown
Co. Illustrations by Reginald B. Birch.
Miss Alcott's great stories for boys and
girls are assuredly immortal They have
survived many editions and are as well
come to young readers now as they were
years ago, when they first appeared. This
is an unusually handsome edition Of Lit
tie Men, with Mr.. Birch's pictures bring
ing back to life the familiar characters of
whom the elders of the present day read
when they were little men and women"
THE STORY OF THE LIVE DOLLS. By Josephine
Scribner Gates Illustrated by Virginia Keep.
Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Company.
On the morning of the 4th Of June all the
dolls in the village of Cloverdale became
alive and began to act Just like people.
They talked and cried, sang and danced,
ate and cooked. They made much fun, of
course, for the grown-ups Of all sizes, es-
pecially when their feet and arms had by
chance been put on backward and their
heads were twisted. The adventures of the
live dolls and their mistresses afforded SO
much entertainment that book was writ
ten to tell all about 1t. 1t is one of the
brightest and most attractive books for lit
tie ones which has been printed this year.
DREAM CHILDREN. Edited and Illustrated by
Elizabeth B. Brownell. Introduction by Clara
E. Laughlin. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill
Company.
Throughout the best literature runs a
thread Of warm appreciation for childhood.
Even SO rugged a thinker as Thomas Car
lyle found it in his heart to express a ten
der sentiment for a child asleep. The pur-
pose Of this book is to present with camera
and by means Of selections from the poets
and story tellers of the years an idea Of
how childhood is regarded in letters, the
dream children Of books. 1ae selections
are in good taste and the illustrations are
beautiful. Among the contributors to this
symposfum-through their well-knoWn
works-are Riley, Lamb. Whittier, Hans
Andersen, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Eugene
Field, Lewis Carroll, Whittier. Mrs. Brown
Ing. Hugo, Dickens, Goethe, George Eliot
Holmes. Jean Ingelow and Stevenson.
AN ANIMAL O. Illustrated by Harry B.
Nelson. London: Blackie & Son, New York:
Imported by Charles Scribners Sons Wash
ington: William Ballantyne & Sons
RESCUED BY PRINCE; Story of Adventure
for Boys. By Clement Edridge Captain Nau-
tilus), author Of ''The Boy Captain" etc.
Akron, O.: The Saalfeld Publishing Company
WAR CHIEF SERIES; Number 3-RED EAGLE; a
Tale Of the Frontier. By Edward s. Ellis au-
thor of Boy Pioneer Series" etc. PhiIadel-
phia: Henry T. Coates and Company.
A NEST OF GIRLS; or, Boarding School Days
By Elizabeth Westyn Timlow author Of "Dor-
othy Dot" etc. New York: e. P. Dutton &
Co. Illustrated.
THE coLBURN PRIZE; Story for Girls. By
Gabrielle e. Jackson. author Of Pretty Polly
Perkins," etc. New York: ]. E. Taylor Co.
TESTERS LUCK; Story for Boys. By Horatio
Alger. 1r., author Of Ragged Dick Series,"
etc. Philadelphia: Henry r. Coates & Co.
THE KINGS RUBiEs; Story for Boys and
Girls By Adelaide Fuller Bell. Philadelphia:
Henry T. Coates Co.