Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08

drew the pictures for Miss Liljencrantz's
other Morse stories, have contributed a
series of excellent illustrations for this
one.
PRINCE HENRY's SAILOR BOY; Freely Adapted
Mary j. Stafford. Illustrated by George Alfred
Williams New York Henry Holt & Co. Wash
ington: William Ballantyne & Sons.
This tale of life in the German navy will
not enlist any recruits for the kaiser in
this country, but it will entertain and in
struct many an American lad who loves
the sea and has his ears always open for
stories about life on the deep waters. A
young German is picked up in the Baltic
by Prince Henry the commander-in-chief
of the German navy. while the prince is
yachting. He befriends the lad and places
hin on a training ship, from which he
passes to a man of war and is sent to for
eign waters. Japan, China and Africa fur
nish adventures and excitement for Claus
and finally the bright youngster gains
enough years and experience to become an
officer of the navy. The story is told in
way to keep the young eyes steadily at
work from the first page.
THE KING OF KINKIDDIE; and Other Fairy
Illustrated by Walter Bobbett. New York: E. L.
button & Co.
The only trouble in the realm of the King
Of Ainkiddie was that the royal mother-in-
law was nuisance, being devoted to her
lap-mule which was naturally somewhat of
a nuisance in the palace. So an expedient
was devised to get rid of the troublesome
old woman and her mule, which worked adj
mirably. and thenceforth there was nothing
to worry the ideal monarch of the ideal
kingdom. This is the first tale in the book
Then follow plenty of others, all bright and
with much that is new even in the way of
fairy stories, which, it might be suspected,
have all been told The princess who would
not be rescued and the wand that was out
or work are two of the best tales in the col
lection. 1t is book for little folks
with much amusement for the grown ups
as well.
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES; Geographi-
cal cal Reader By Harold wellnan FairSanks:
Earth" &c. Boston: ID. c. Heath & Co.
The western portion of this country has
passed through such remarkable expert
ences during the ages and bears today SO
many plain traces of them that this reader
is rather like story hook in its interest to
the young. Prof. Fairbanks. who has explor-
ed in all parts of the west, tells of the Won
derful formations and explains the reasons
for the present contour of the country en-
tertainingly and briefly. He describes the
Industries and the cities and pictures the
vast gorges AMI forests that indicate the
mysterious, unmeasurad forces of nature
THE BOY CAPTIVE OF OLD DEERFIELD. By
Mary P. Wells Smith author Of The Young
Puritans Series,'' &c. illustrated by l. J. Bridg-
man. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mrs. Smith has written many stories for
the young, and they have performed a more
valuable service than that of fishing
mere entertainment, for they have been
planned along lines of historical instruction
and so they instruct as well. Her Young
Puritans have had many adventures here
tofore and now they are to be shown dur
ing the attack on Deerfield by the French
and subsequent events.
THE WELL IN THE WOOD. BY Bert Lesion Tay-
lor Illustrat ted by F. Y. Cory. indianapolis:
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
When ''Buddie'' plucked a flower at the
edge of the wood and tucked it into her
hair not knowing that it possessed certain
magical qualities, she was surprised to find
that he knew of Many wonderful inhabit-
ants of the forest who were also gifted
with speech. Buddie goes with Colonel,
and they meet the LATEST Beaver, and the
rabbit that wanted to know why his nose
twitched, and the white blackbird, and the
musical donkey and others of rare charm
and interest. Most of these creatures had
some question to ask of the well of truth
such as that of the rabbit. Thus the dog
wanted to know why a yellow dog is not
considered as respectable as a dog of any
other color; the guinea pig why his eyes
fell out when he was held up by the tail;
the 'possum to know why he disliked the
taste of persimmons; the donkey wanted to
find out the best singing method. So when