Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
INToxIcANTs AND OPIUM IN ALL LANDS
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FOR YOUNG READERS.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
BY Margaret Sidney. Illustrated by Eugenie NJ.
Wireman. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Com
pany.
Mrs. Sidneys own explanation of why she
has written another Little Peppers book
is perhaps the most acceptable comment
that can be made upon this welcome new
conner:
There were so many interesting friends
of the Five Little Peppers. whose lives
were only the faintest of outlines in the
series ending when Phronsie was grown up,
that a volume devoted to this outer circle
has been written to meet the persistent de-
mand Herein the author records many
happenings that long ago Ben and Polly,
Joel and David told her. And even PhrOn-
sic whispered some of it confidentially into
the listening ear. Tell about Rachel, please,
she begged; and Margaret Sidney nodded
her head, and promised to write it all down
some day. And that day seems to have ar
rived in which 1t all should be recorded and
the promise fulfilled. For the Five Little
Peppers loved their friends very dearly,
and were loyal and true to them. And hand
in hand. the circle widening ever, they lived
and loved as this history records"
FAMOUS BATTLES OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY; as Described by Archibald Forbes.
George A. Henty, Major Arthur Grittiths and
Welsh, auhor of "a Bookseller Of the Last Cen
tury," &c. Illustrated. New Y ork: A. Vessels
Company. Washington: William Ballantyne &
Sons.
1t has been said that the fighting in the
nineteenth century did more to change the
political aspect Of the world than the strife
of any other hundred years This collec-
ton Of stories descriptive of some Of the
most famous of those conflicts is calculated
to whet the interest Of the reader in their
causes and effects and to lead to research
which will greatly expand the view. In
cidentally these is value in the work in that
1t offers in one volume examples Of the most
vivid descriptive writing. 1t Is to be re-
GREETED that at least one Of the battle-pic-
lures drawn in words by the late George w.
Stevens, the English newspaper CORE
spondent who died in Ladysmth during the
siege, was not included. His account of the
battle of Omdurman, which closed Lord
Kitchenef'S campaign in the Sudan, is
of the finest bits of war writing ever pro-
duced. The pictures which illustrate the
book are spirited.
THE ADVENTURES OF PINecCHIo By C. Col
lodi. Translated from the I tan by Walter s.
Cramp. With editorial revision by Sara z. H.
Lockwood. Illustrated by Charles Copeland.
/ Boston, CHM & Co.
Carlo Lorenzni Is the real name of the
Italian author of this delightful book for
young folks. which has become a classic
in his own country. Pinocchio, the hero, was
| little wooden fellow had other ideas for
| himself than to earn money for his maker
so ne away and had a series of won
| werful adventures, which are related most
amusingly. The book will undoubtedly
| prove treat to the little folks who love
| novelty and would like to know what the
| children of Italy are reading and laughing
| about
| COLONIAL sERIEs-oN THE TRAIL OF Pom
TIAC; or, the Pioneer Boys of the Ohio BY
inrtcn in the West" &C. Illustrated by A. B.
| Shute. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Washington
| c. c. Purcell
This volume tells of times in our country
Immediately after the war with France for
the possession of Canada. The tale is COM
| plete in itself, but in 1T are introduced a
number of characters which have already
| figured in this series. including Dave Nor
ris. his cousin. Henry, and their friends,
| Sam Barringford, the backwoodsman, and
| White Buffalo a chief of the Delawares
| Pontiac, the great chief of the Ottawas, is
| also leading figure, and much is told of
| his work in organizing that great conspi-
| racy against the whites which has few
| parallels in the history of the red men. The
| plot turns upon the establishing of trad
| ing post upon the Ohio river, and many
| hunting scenes and visits to Indian vii
| lagos are depicted The historical setting
| of the tale Is based upon facts.
| MAMMYS LII CHILLUNS Written and iIius
| trated by Clara Andrews Williams New York:
| Frederick A. Stokes Company. Washington:
BreBtano's.
| The author and Illustrator of this book
| believes that it is right to put the happy
| side of the life of the children of colored
| parents before her readers, to d.sabuse
| their minds of the notion that they are
poor, wretched little beings. Certainly her
verses and drawings go to show that they
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jokes are like those of the white children.
| The book is an interesting addition to the
| cfrildren's shelves regardless of any serious
purpose
/ AS THEY WERE AND AS THEY SHOULD HAVE
| BEEN. Drawn by Olga Morgan. New York:
| Frederick A. Stokes Company. Washington
| Brentanos.
Here Is book that ought to be closely
studied by every boy and girl in the land
| Besides being funny. 1t suggests many
i ways in which youngsters can be better
| hammered. Each page has two pictures,
/ one showing how two certain children did
1 behave. and the other showing how they
| should have conducted themselves. There
| is a marked difference In these pictures In
| each case.
| sNowLAND FOLK; the Eskiales the Bears. the
| Dogs the Musk oxen and other Dwellers In the
SsrhmsPd Over the Great and he
| Baby author OF Children OF the Arr.tic.' II
conmsnder Peary and Of drawings ~ VA Albert
operu. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
/ pany. Washington: Brentano's
| Whether Commander Peary ever reaches
1 the north pole or not. he has at the least
1 found materials up In the frozen lands
| from which he can manufacture stories of
rare interest. especially to the younger
readers. who are eager for anything au-