Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23

lR. CINNAMON BEAR. BY Sara Tdw-
ney Lefferts. Pictures from life by
Louise Baquet. New York: Cupples
& Leon Co.
Little Miss Dorothy yandevare
viii be at home IL the day Is fair
And she wishes to have your company
Precisely at the hour of three
I-sasurs do her the honor to come. and prepare
To meet her friend Mr.. Cinnamon Bear.
Well. everybody came, of course. Dor
othy was a very popular little girl and
her invitations weren't scorned or sighted.
Quite the~contrary. So there was real
gathering. Old Towser, SNOWFALL. the
Duchess. Jacquelin Mittens, the Dachs-
hund. Matilda Jones and some other aris-
tocratic folks, who had never been used
to associating with bears. German, Gin
namon or otherwise, and who weren't
careful to be polite. had the very best
kind of a time-among themselves. But
as Dorothy had given the tea In honor
of Mr.. Cinnamon Bear she was dread
fully cross, and a fearful social war near
ly started then and there. But 1t all
came out all right in the end.
Mr.. Cinnamon Bear is delightfully."-
written. charmingy illustrated little
and, making its appearance just now, in
these halcyon days of the Teddy bear
for Mr.. Cinnamon Bear was a really,
truly Teddy" who hadn't been chris
tened yet awhile-wil undoubtedly prove
as popular as 1t should. And nothing
nicer than that could possibly be said.
Not tot that loves Teddy bear but
will love this little book that tells of
the Columbus of brains, this Mr.. Cinna-
mon Bear, who came first to America,
L1<, lov, - . a,1 xx,bn INT de n
stay here, with every one of his de-
scendants. For Mr.. Cinnamon Bear
couldn't talk English when he first came
over, and was too bashful to speak Ger
man. But here's what he said after he'd
been here a while:
] would like to speak" said the German Bear.
'1m glad the good Queen Isabel
Sold the Jewels she loved so well
That sent Columbus across the sea.
In glad that WASHINGTON 81 m, = made a you free
America is nv country now;
My service here at her command.
Though dearly love my fatherland."
THE SANTA CLAUS CLUB. 1'y L. J.
Bridgman. Boston: H. NJ. Caldwell
& Co. Washington: Ballantyne G.
Sons.
The slogan of this very natural club
is. Santa Claus for President There
is no suggestion that this jolly candi-
date for governmental honors has
pledged himself against a trust of toys.
The idea has the Endorsement Of sew
eral million young ones.
THE STORY Of JOSEPH: AS Told in
the Old Testament. With an intro
duction by Fletcher Harper Swift,
author of THE Most Beautiful Thing
in the World" and descriptive essay
and Illustrations by George Alfred
Williams. New York: The Baker &,
Taylor Company. Washington: Bal
lantyne & Sons.
Mr.. Williams has in the famous story
of Joseph excellent material for his art
illustrations. Color and line both
subtly make vivid the Hebrew-Egyp-
tian romance.
OUR PICTURE BOOK. New York: E.
p. Dutton & Co.
This is one of the gayly illustrated
Mister books of London. which bring joy
to the very little folks. Cows and kittens,
dogs and horses are all here with good
stories In rhyme.
LET'S PRETEND. Illustrated by Edith
A. Cubitt. Verses by Clifton BinE-
ham. New York: E. P. Dutton &
What can be more enhancing in the
back yard than to be Punch and Judy or
play railroad. or race track, or gypsles.
or hunters, or soldiers, or. band of
pirates, highwaymen or kings. Nothing,
unless 1t be to be Indians. All these glori-
Gus pretendings ara here. rhymed nicely
and colored gayly. and what a noise!
MORE ABOUT THE ROOSEVELT
BEARS; Being Volume II: Depict
Ing Their Purther Travels and "A, Ad,
Ppfr). Illustrate id by r. h. Culver.
PhNadslphia: Edward Stern & Co.
TeddSAB" and Teo.y &c" require no
introduction. They first came upon the
stageSin 1PO5. and these new exploits are
of me same nature which made their
original so entertaining. AS
Hong as Teddies charm these bears will
L be the leaders.
eHRISTMAsSE TYDE. A Collection of
SeasonSbfe Quotations. Chosen and
arranged by Jennie Day Haines.
New York: Paul Elder & Co.
At Christmas play snd make good cheer.
kof Christmas comes but once year.
Thia fine volume Is a rich repository of
beavtfful holiday sentiment. With its ex-
quisite letter press, a delightful variant
OF the old English. and the general artis-
tic makeup. characteristic of the pub
Usher, this book has rare charm.
JESSE BEN DAVID. A Shepherd of
Befhlehem. BY NJ. Ludlow, author
Of Tho Captain of the Janizaries,"
etc. Illustrated by s. NJ. Palmer.
New York: Fleming H. ReVell Com
pany.
What the shepherd told the wise men
concerning THE star of all ages is here
retold with a wealth of artistic imagery
anu literary finish. The mystic charm
and light of the Bethlehem star in this
story OF the first Christmas has touched
l.udl0WS ALWAYS graceful His
work has been set in true oriental colors
by the artist, affording a rare presenta-
ton of the story of the ever blessed BIRTH
day.
THE VOYAGE OF THE WISHBONE
BOAT. By Alice c. d. Riley. Illus
trated by l.. J. Bridgman. Boston:
II. M Caldwell Company. Washing
ton: Ballantyne & Sons.
The little princess and her court jester
travel through Toyland and have adven-
lures. With humor of text and charm
of illustration this edition of a proven
favorite comes as an old friend.
TWO CHILDREN In THE WOODS. BY
Rosalind Richards. Illustrated by
Edith Francis Foster. Boston: Dana
Estes G. Co.
These young ones are not the Babes in
the Wood whom the kind sparrows buried
in the leaves. The story is bright win
ming account of the doings of two very
real children. told with artistic simplicity
ct Cha nI.