Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHILDREN'S ROOM-NORSE TALES
--LATEST ADDITIONS NOTED.

| The children's room at the Public Library
| is considered one of the most important OF
| it's departments and all are cordially en-
couraged to use it. Although it is primar-
| lily childrens library, in which the chill
| dren feel at home, and where every boy
and girl who comes is welcome, parents and
teachers are invited to pay frequent visits
| both to advise and to consult the children !
| librarians.
| The children come because they delight
in it, not because they must. Here they
find mental recreation as well as help with
| their studies. They have free access to
| the open shelves. which contain books On
| all subjects for all ages. Their books are
| carefully selected, no book being purchased
| until it has been read and approved. There
| is endeavor to make conspicuous the best
| literature, and to. help each child choose
| correctly, SO that when he reaches the
| broader latitude of the adult department
! he may know how to take care of himself.
Stories are told AS means of introduce
| ing children TO books which would possibly
| never have appealed to them otherwise.
There is a story hour on Monday at 4:lJ
pm. for boys over ten, on Tuesday at 4:1I
| for girls over ten and on Wednesday at
4:15 for younger children. y club takes
| the place of the story hour for the older
boys and girls.
| This winter the stories for the youngest
| children are simple tales from Scandina-
Wan folklore. list of stories told to
| children over ten. selected from Morse
Mythology and the Niebelungen-lied fol-
| lows:
How Odin Lost His Eye ;. The Magic
| Apples t. 'Sif's Hair ), The Dwarf S
| Gifts" 6. ''Thor's Visits to the Giants Z,
How Thor Went Fishing s. Death of
line. al fl,, Iv1rg
| 10, THE Curse of Gold" II. THE Punish
ment of Loki;" II, The Forging of the
Sword 13, THE Staying of the Dragon
a. TT The AVA Awakening Of Brynhild;'
| Staying of Siegfried;'' H. The Twilight OF
the Gods"
| Interest in the books is developed also by
special lists in connection with picture ex-
hibits. This is illustrated by the George
Washington pictures and lists at present
displayed on the bulletin boards in the
chldren's room in celebration of the 22d of
February.
The children's room is open for reading
and the circulation of books from II noon
until pm. on school days, and from 10
| am until pm. on Saturdays and all the
school vacations except Sundays and legal
holidays.
a list of the library's recent additions fol-
lows:
Religion and Ethics.
The Beginnings of Christianity. Paul
Wernle. CC-W496E
The Human Nature of the Saints George
Missions and Modern History. r. E
Speer DS-Sp337m
Routine and Ideals. L. B. R. Briggs TX
Humanism; Philosophical Essays. F. c.
S. Schiller. B-Sch355
Biography.
Life of Beau Brummell. William Jesse.
Famous Women as Described by Famous
Writers. Esther Singleton. E-9SiG45
Blue Badge of Courage. II II. Hadley.
E-H113
Memoir of Rosamond Davenport-Hil E
E. Metcalfe E-H554S
Life of Father Taylor the Sailor Preach
er. Russell and Haven. E-T2126
Life and Times of Samuel Bowles. G. S.
Merriam. E-B6S3
History and Travel
The Fairfax Correspondence Memoirs of
the Reign of Charles the First. G. w
Johnson. F4752-J622
Dumas Paris. Francis Miltoun. G39P-
M646
Venice. Gustav PAUL.. W35v-Pos5E
Handbook to Agra and the Tai. Z. B.
Havell. G6923A-H296
Arbitration and the Hague Court. J. w,
Foster. JXAR-FS13
Historians History of the World. (Ref-
erence books. II. S. Williams. F-W676
Venice. NJ. and D. Menpes C55v-M526
Die ferelnlSIen StaaIen Won NOrUamerlkl.
Otto HotZsch. FS3-H19S
Rurther India; Being the Story of Ex-
ploration from the Earliest Times in Burma.
Malaga Siam and lndo-C China. H. e. Cliff
ford. G69-C613
Switzerland Picturesque and Descriptive
Joel Cook G3s-C775
State of Missouri Walter Williams
GSS4- W616
Science.
Heat Treated Experimentally. Linnaeus
Cumming. LL-C9l6
Practical Notes on the Cyanide Process
F. L. Bosqui. RF-B657
The Metallurgy of Iron. Thomas Turner
RF-TSJ7
Engineering Chemistry. H. ]. Phillips
LOC-P544
Engineers and Their Triunphs. F. NJ.
Holmes. SH733
Art and Amusement
The Story of Art Throughout the Ages
Solomon Reinaeh W-R210 e
Raphael. Edgcumbe Staley. W10-R1Ss
Marks of American Potters. E A. Bar
Der. -B23m
Story of the Violin. Paul Stoevlng vXU-
St63S
Dancing as an Art and Pastime Edward
Scott. VQ-Sco3s
Driving for Pleasure. F. T. Underhill
VJ-Un237
Photography for the Sportsman Natural
ist L. w Brownell. WR-BS1S
Our Big Game; Book for Sportsmen and
Nature Lovers. D. w. Huntington. We
H925
Modern Musical Drift W. J. Henderson.
VV-H3S3m
The Country Home. E. p Powell. RFY-
PS73
Six Portraits. Mrs. 8. Van Rensselaer,.
W1O-9V3J7