Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
FOR YOUNGER READERS.
COMEDIES AND LEGENDS FOR MARIoNErTEs

COMEDIES AND LEGENDS FOR MARIoNETTES;
Theater for Boys and Girls. By Georgiana
Goddard King. Ilnstra ted by Anna r. Giles.
New York The Macmillan Company. Wash
1ngton: BrentanOs.
The marionette theater is virtually obso-
lete In this country, although 1t is said that
there is now one at least doing a thriving
business before faithful Italian audience
in the city of New York Thus the average
American boy or girl is quite unfamiliar
with the destinations of this form of amuse-
ment, and consequently the book In hand
promises to open a wide field of enjoyment
to the young folks who meet with it and
are enterprising enough to adopt it's sug-
gestious. With little patience, ingenuity
and practice it should be possible for a
clever boy or girl to establish a home the
alter of wide range. The little plays given
by the author are her own composition, sub
stituted by her for those that came printed
with the toy theaterS she used to get as
a child They are delightful little comedies
and quaint religious legends, with a few
pantomimes to show the way to an endless
line of inventions. Practical directions for
making a marionette theater serve an
introduction.
CHATTERBoX FOR 1904 Founded by J. Erskine
Clarke, MA. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.
Chatterbox is an American institution, as
we'll established as the Bunker Hill monu-
ment. This familiar book for children has
been before the American people for nearly
a generation. and has steadily held its own
in popular favor This year it is fully up
to its high standard, containing six full
page colored plates, beside more than two
hundred other illustrations. and fascinat-
Ing miscellany of short and serial stories,
sketches, poems and anecdotes. 1t COM
prises great deal of useful informa ton
on travel. exploration and natural history.
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ment for boys and girls, as well as their
elders.
IRMA AND THE NAP; Story for Younger Girls
BY Helen Leah Reed. author of brenda. Her
School and Her Club" sc. illustrated by Clara
E. Atwood Boston Little. Brown Co.
A brightly written story about children
from eleven to thirteen years of age. who
live In suburban town. and attend a pub
lie grammar school The book is full of in
cident of school and home life. Trina and
Gertrude. the two girl characters, are con-
trasts in disposition. Nap, a pet dog. plays
an important part in the story. The book
deals with real life, and is told in the sim
pie and natural style which characterized
Miss Reeds popular Brenda stories.
THE BOY AND THE OUTLAW: Tale of John
J. T.. McManus Illustrated. New York: The
Grafton Press.
This Is an entertaining story concerning
what was seen by young boy of the events
surrounding the famous raid of John Brown
upon Harper's Ferry. Mr.. McManus has
drawn many interesting character sketches.
and his dialogue carries along a story that
is witty. humorous and pathetic He writes
from his own personal knowledge of the
subject as he lived within mile of Har-
per's Ferry at the time of the raid. and
was in the mountain school house when II
was captured by John Browns raiders.
LITTLE METACOMET; or. The Indian PLAYMATE
BY Hezekah ButterwortE. Illustrated New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
This latest book for children by the we'll
known writer, Hezekiah Butterworth, tells
an appealing story founded upon the early
history of New England-the period when
King Philip waged his bloody war upon
the pioneers, With all this bloodshed and
cruelty. however, the book has nothing to
do. Instead 1t chooses a pleasing side pic
ture of child life, and incidentally shows
King Philips better nature. Little Meta
comet. the son of Philip. begins a warm
friendship with a pioneer lad of his own
age, and the lads mother, s'Timid Susan"