Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-21
FOE YOUNGER READERS.

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rectly considers.
FOE YOUNGER READERS.
A CHII.D,s GARDEN OF VERSES. BY
Robert Louis Stevenson. With illus
trations by Jessie Wilcox Smith. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
From the Scribner press comes an edition
de luxe OF the Stevenson child verse, which
will for long time serve as standard
of the high art of juvenile bookmaking.
Indeed. 1t is questionable whether this vol
ume should be noted in this department or
in another as an art book. for Miss Smiths
twelve full-page color illustrations are OF
kind to deserve special consideration apart
from their setting, while the cover design
alone stamps the work as of the highest
grade. Miss Smiths sympathy with and
understanding OF the child nature is as acute
as Is that OF Stevenson himself. The verses
and the drawings blend into such harmonic
Gus relationship that it would seem as
though the poet were himself present. col
labonating In these delightful interpreta-
lions of his words. Such books cause a
feeling of despair. What can be done to
equal the pleasure that they give?
THE STORY BIBLE. By Margaret E.
Sangster. Illustrated by The Decora-
tive Designers. New York: Moffat,
Yard & Co.
Mrs. Sangster here tells the Bible stories
In a manner that appeals eloquently to the
child mind. Her purpose is to render the
full meaning of the Scriptures in a language
that will be fully understood by even the
youngest hearer or reader There are nearly
sixty Of the tales, arranged In their accus-
toner biblical sequence. so that they follow
the order Of the Old and New Testaments
There Is a quality about these renditions
Ing read aloud to a group of children. In
such circumstances there will be no flag
ging of interest. The twelve beautiful color
plates are clearly illustrative and add to
the attractiveness of the volume.
OCCUPATIONS FOR LITTLE FINGERS,
Manual for Grade Teachers, Mothers
and Settlement Workers BY Elizabeth
Sage and Anna M. Cooley, BIS, of the
domestic art department. Teachers
College. Columbia University. New
York With an Introductory note by
Mary Schenck Woolman, director of
domestic art department. Illustrations
by the authors. New York: Charles
ScribnerS Sons. Washington: William
Ballantyne & Sons.
This slim volume, filled with suggestive
pictures, is in a way an answer to the ever
lasting question of the mother and the
teacher, How can l keep the little fingers
occupied?" Those little fingers are prone to
go fidgeting into places where they do not
belong They make mischief if not directed.
Here are many practical suggestions of
ways and means of keeping them at work,
perhaps usefuily, at least entertainingly.
The book bridges the gap between the kin
dergarten and the manual training schools
and should prove boon to all teachers and
mothers who are now distracted by the lack
of ideas for the occupation Of the fidgety
fingers.
THE SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE WOODS.
BY A. G. Plympton, author of Dear
Daughter Dorothy &c. Illustrated by
Clara E. Atwood. Boston: Little,
Brown G. Co.
Miss Plympton's stories for young readers
have made her popular figure in the 1u-
venile book world, and her latest Offering
certainly increases her prestige. 1t tells the
story of group of youngsters who are led
to love nature and to know each other by
the kindly lessons of their elders ana the
hints of the wild life they study. The chill
dren who figure in its pages are delightfully."-
human and a spirit of thoughtfulness and
sweetness pervades the volume.
THE BOY PATHFINDER; Story of
the Oregon Trail By William c.
Sprague, author Of The Boy Courier
Of Napoleon &c. Illustrated by A. B.
ard Company.
Inc pldH VI MI Spl " dCccHt
portant periods in the history Of the de-
velopment of our country by series of
stories for boys was begun last year by
the first volume of the series, which told
the story of the Louisiana purchase This
year, with equal timeliness he has written
"The Boy Pathfinder, Story of the Oregon
Trail" In this his style lends fascination
to the romantic story of the Lewis and
Clark expedition. The hero is an actual
character, George Shannon who was the
only member Of the famous expedition not
of mature age. 1t is well established that
young Shannon was born in Pennsylvania,
but went with his parents to Ohio in early
boyhood, where his father died AT the
age of fourteen, the boy was sent back to
Pennsylvania to attend school in Pittsburg
and at seventeen left school to join with
Lewis and Clark. Mr.. Sprague follows
actual records of the party closely, thereby
making his story valuable without lessening
its interest.
DAVE PORTER SERIES-DAVE POR-
TER AT OAK HALL, or, The School
days of an American Boy. By Edward
Stratemeyer, author of Larry the
Wanderer," &c. illustrated by Harold
Matthews Brett. Boston: Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard Company.
Mr. Stratemeyer has entered upon a prom
Using series in his happy creation of a typi-
cal American school boy, whose fortunes
will in succeeding volumes take him to adj
ventures in distant lands, well as follow
his life a a popular boarding school. Never
was there a brighter more manly, thor
oughly up-to-date boy than Dave Porter
and all boys who read about him, and girls.
too, for the matter of that, will be sure to
love him from the start. How, as a green
country boy, he went to Oak Hall, how he
was hazed, and how he had to fight his way
through until he was voted jolly good
fellow. and given place the school
base ball team and helped to win great
game. is told with a naturalness that is
true to life.
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