Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-08

Friends which is even more clever than
any OF the previous titles, covering as It
does the friends of Billy Whlskers-the
COW, the horse, the chickens. the dog and
numerous other characters likely to come
into the friendship of a well-regulated billy
goat. Billy Whiskers' original place OF
residence was Boston, where Billy Whlskers,
jr.. was born. The youngster moved west
into the state of Missouri, there TO grow
up with the country, and in the new volume
Billy. ST., and his wife, Mamie, decide
to make their son a visit in this far-on
country. This they do and their expert
ences form the basis of a most thrilling
and exciting story.
TWILIGHT FAIRY TALES. BY Maud
Bailington Booth, author of Sleepy
Time Stories" Illustrated. New York:
q. p. Putnam's Sons. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Little eyes cannot grow dull and sweet
little mouths get pulled down at the cor
ners by an overweight of lessons if be-
tween times there are tales like these to
charm them. Bright, CHEEKY stories these
are, that have the sanction of real little
girl, for they have been tried on the writer
little daughter and found as other little
ones Will find them, thoroughly fairylike.
THE COURT JESTER. BY CorneIia
Baker, author of The Queens Page
With illustrations by Margaret Ely
d1anapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany.
THE Court Jester is fascinating tale Of
two high-bred little ladies of the sixteenth
century, the Duchess Anne of Brittany and
the Princess Marguerite of Austria. These
two girls are real children, with a love of
dolls and pets and stories and knack Of
getting themselves and other people into
amusing trouble. Strangely mingled with
their fortunes is a famous court jester,
witty and impudent, but a true friend
Again Mrs. Baker proves how gay and en-
tertaining the historical romance may be
made for children. There is something
rarer than day in June. And that Is a
good juvenile. There is something rarer
than a good juvenile. And that is two of
them. Mrs. CorneEa Baker has written
two good juveniles this year. The other is
Young People in Old Places"
YOUNG PEOPLES STORY OF ART. BY
Ida Prentice Whitcomb author Of
Heroes of History" illustrated. New
York: Dodd, Mead Co Washington:
Brentanos.
To acquaint young people in simple and
interesting manner with the masterpieces
of the worlds artists in architecture, sculp-
ture and painting is a noble act, and the
profuse illustrations and short stories of
make clear what are the best statues, the
most famous pictures and the most beauti-
full buildings. From the times of ancient
Egypt to the period of Corot and Burne
Jones no important school or nation has
been omitted, and the manner of treat
meTt must make the book at once compre-
hensive and entertaining. 1t must do much
to make the beautiful in art evident to
those who have not yet learned to see and
to make them appreciate it.
THE CRIMSON SWEATER. By Ralph
Henry Barbour, author of The Half
back" With Illustrations by c. NJ.
Relyea. New York: The Century Co.
Full of the spirit of sport. the story APP
peals not to boys only, but the girls of the
family as well, for it is the record of tho
healthy comradship of Roy, a manly fell
low, much more interested in foot ball
than in algebra, and Harry, the daughter
of the head master of the school. Roy's
ideas of right and fair play have much to
do with the adventures and misadventures
of the school. which afford tale of whole
some interest without a dull page.
THE BOYS LIFE OF ABRAHAM LIN
colin. By Helen Nicolay. With illus
trations by Jay Hambdge and others.
New York: The Century Co.
The possession of an adequate idea of the
life and character Of Abraham Lincoln as
an inspiration for living is becoming more
and more a need not to men and women
merely, but every boy and girl in the land.
Miss Nicoay, with her intimate knowledge
,of the great President through her father,
John @. Nicolay, and John Hay, Lincoln's
secretaries. is particularly qualified to pre-
sent an authoritative version to the young.
She tells the story with marked simplicity
and her book must become a permanent
aid in attracting the people to the great
American.
THE FAIRY RING. Edited by Kate
Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald
Smith. editors of THE Posy Ring
New York: Mcclure Phillips & c.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
"Old-fashioned Fairy Tales" Fairy Tales
From Afar" and other fairy tales from La
boulaye, Dasent, Andrew Lang, from the
Swedish, from Fairy Life and from Seu-
mas MacManus, make up this magic circlet
of golden fairy lore. They are all special
tales which no properly informed child can
afford to be ignorant of, and which once
read will certainly become a lasting prop
erty and constant treasure.
THE BIRCH-TREE FAIRY BOOK; Fa
vorfte Fairy Tales. Edited by Clifton
Johnson. Illustrated by Willard
Bonte Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
The stories of this book like those of its
companion volume The Oak Tree Fairy
Book" have been carefully edited for home
reading. 1t is remarkable that so wide a
collection of stories from simple folk-tales
TO the more ambitious romances can have
been treated for the ears of the Young and
still made to retain their imperisha BILE
charm. Here also a number of perfect
tales not generally known, and all are illus
trated with great felicity.