Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26

historical information. Captain Dick who
accompanies the boys to Ticonderoga. 10
stocking, and his touching love and hero
worship for General Stark amounts to
religion. The story has it's william In the
sreaking Tory, Zenas TORY. who receives
punishment after the most approved tradi-
tons of poetic justice.
BIppY's EPISODES. By Mrs. A; .. 7; Whitney
Boston: Houghton, siiff1in d 60. Wasnlngton'
William Balantyne Sons
Mrs. Whitney celebrated her eightieth
birthday anniversary by publishing new
book. as successful story as any OF her
earlier works. For forty years or SO this
remarkable woman has been entertaining
and instruotng the girls of this country
with her stories. and there is good reason
to hope that 'rBiddys Episodes may not
close the series 1t is novel portraying
type of girlhood essentially American
self-reliant, independent, restless, but
earnest. sympathetic. and always interest
ing 1t is bright, amusing story and
loses none of its charm by contrast with
Mrs. WhitneyS earlier work
THE LITTLE COLONEL IN ARIZONA. By Annie
Fellows Johnston author OF The Little Col
onel." &c. Illustrated by Ethedred b. Barry.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Washington: VIII
lam Ballantyne & Sons.
The stories of the little colonel" Joyce
Ware, have proved exceptionally popular,
and Justly so. for there is In them a strong
quality of sympathetic interest which at
tracts all readers The little colonel has
had many experiences prior to those re-
counted in this book, which carries her and
the other members of her family to Ari-
IONA and shows them in a new environ
ment. strong story construction gives the
various Wares a chance to display their
characteristics, and Joyce develops some
new winning qualities in her new home in
the southwest. There is a wholesomeness
about these stories that merits their pre-
scription for youthful readers by all pa
rents and teachers.
JEWELS STORY BOOK. BY Clara Louise Burn
ham. Illustrated Boston: Houghton. Mif1in &
Co. Washington: Woodward Lothrop.
Mrs Burnhams Jewell a story of
Christian Science attracted wide attention
last season not only because of it's treat
ment of that especial theme from the
child's point of view, but because of the
charming quality of the tale itself and the
winning personality of the little girl
around whom it conferred. She has now
produced a sequel which treats of Jewel In
her plays and with her companions. Her
mother makes story book for her and
there is rare joy in the reading of the
tales 1t contains, tales which are certain
rever to disappoint, for they were written
for the little daughter out of love, as
Jewel herself said. 1t is book to hold
and to win new OF eS.
DENsLow's sCARECRow AND THE TIN-MAN;
and Other Stories. By W. w. Densow New
York: G. W. Dillingham; Company.
One afternoon the Scarecrow and the Tin
Man were resting after their performance
in the Wizard of o." and they decided
that it was time they had a vacation. So
they walked out of the theater and got into
a lot of trouble, being thrown off street
car smashing a fruit stand, running Off
with an automobile, the Scarecrow getting
on fire, and the two of them plunging into
a fountain. Then they were arrested and
taken to court, and sentenced to another
year of hard labor at the theater. Mr..
DenSlow has told the story of this adven-
ture with both text and pictures, and has
followed It with several other tales of
kind to make a child's eyes grow big with
wonder.
WHEN THE KING CAME; Stories from the Four
Gospels. BY George Hodges. Boston: Hough-
ton Miflin & Co. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
For ten years these stories, written by
Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological
School at Cambridge, were read to chill
dren and proved their worth by remaining
prime favorites. They are now offered to
a wider circle In book form. They give
the narrative of the gospels, arranged in
chronological order. according to the best
conclusions of modern scholarship so as to
give a clear view of the events and teach
ings of the life of Christ. The purpose of
this book is to bring the past into the pres
ent, and to make it all alive and real.