Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Jolly READING MATTER
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS

follow her career. is her group of sympa-
thizers.
COMES RIDING. By Annie Fellows
Johnston, author of The Little Col
onel Series" Illustrated py Ethel
dred B. Barry. Boston: L. .. Page
& Co. Washington: Brentanos.
Every boy and girl knows, or should,
the Little Colonial Series. Annie Fellows
Johnston knows how to charm. Betty
and the knight are happy people, and
Betty looked in the end just like one of
her own lilies.
THE YOUNG TRAILERs. a Story of
Early Kentucky By Joseph ~. Alt
shelter. New York: D. Appleton &,
Co.
Henry Ware was one of a pioneer band
20 remove into the wilderness of Ken
lucky The experiences of boy in from
tier life, dangers, pleasures and hard
work were his. The story is entertain
ingly told.
SANTA CLAUS TWIN BROTHER. BY
Frances Trego Montgomery. Illus
trations by Hugo Won Hofsten. Chi
cdSO. brewer, BdrSe d co.
Mrs. Montgomery has added a capital
volume to her Santa Claus series in
Santa Claus Twin Brother" 1t is a
story of the adventures of four little
children with Santa Claus and his roll
licking twin brother, Kris Kringle of the
southern seas. and two unique charac-
tiers in the persons of Auntie Santa Claus
and Auntie Kris K-ingle. They all take
a trip with the wonderful winged horse
and reindeer to the island where the
storks gather babies from huge bios
SONS. From there they go to Uncle Kris
kringle's southern palace and are taken
by Kris kringle to the inner world. This
trip, which is accomplished by means of
the Rainbow river. is full of lively ad-
ventures, the meeting of curious inner
world personages and other exciting cpl
sodes.
BILLY WHISPERS, JR.. AND HIS
CHUMS. By Frances Trego Mont-
gomery. Illustrations by Hugo Won
Hofsten. Chicago: Brewer Garse G.
Co.
Billy Whiskers' adventures have proved
so entertaining that this new chronicle
of his antics with his chums will furnish
fun from the start. 1t is not possible to
Vouch for the literal truth of all of these
goat episodes.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE ARABS: A
Story of Heroic Deeds in Africa By
Herbert Strang, author of Fighting
Charles NJ. Sheldon. India napolis
Inc Bobbs-Merrill Company.
This is a picture OF the last years of
Arab domination in Africa, when Tippu
Tbs hordes pursued their evil traffic in
hmm or,ifx- 7
"On the Trail of the Arabs" aims to
snow the native races at their best.
NAPOLEON's YOUNG NEIGHBoR. Bv
Helen Leah Reed, author of Brenda
Her School and Her Club" Boston:
Little, Brown 4 Co.
The captivating story of the warm
friendship between Napoleon and Betty
Balcombe, at whose house, THE Briars, -
the dethroned emperor spent the first
ten weeks of his life at st. Helena
LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
SWISS HEROES, JOSEPH HAYDN,
ERITHiOF SAGA; three volumes.
Translated by George P. Upton,
translator of Memories" ETC. Chi
cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
These are little books aimed to make
information popular and attractive for
children. They are clearly written and
p-ettily illustrated.
BUCK JONES AT ANNAPOLIS. BY
Richmond Pearson Hobson, author
OF The Sinking of the MeTrimac"
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
The frontispiece of Capt. Hobson's
story shows a bay in a storm at sea
The captis is land dashed the Stars
and Stripes to the fore lift" That note
of heroism, patriotism and the sea is
the dominant of fine tale.
TALES OF TROY AND GREECE, By
Andrew Lang. With fifteen Illustra-
lions by H. J. Ford and a map. New
YORK: Longmans, Green & Co.
Ulysses. Theseus, Meleager, Perseus
are the charmed names in these latest
and oldest and never-failing stories out
of Greece. The text has been made with
care in conformity with the latest ar
Genealogical research and are as safe in
information as they are charming in
manner.
BOUNTYVILLE BOYS. By III. Irving
Hancock. New York: D. APPLETON
& Co.
This is the story of a boys military
school. The life is full of enterprise.
The experiences of the young hero will
appeal to soldier-loving boys, and even
to others who are more sedate
CHATTERBOX FOR 1907. Founded by
]. Erskine E. Clarke, MA Boston
Dana Estes & Co.
Chatterbox is eternal. Our fathers
father read it as O boy. 1t is more than
book, 1t is an international institution
This year it surpasses it's usual standard
in stories and sketches and has more
than 200 full-page illustrations. many OF
which are in color.
DOGGEREL DODGERS: Designed fol-
Den Decoration. By Albertine Ran
dali Wheelan. New York: Paul
Elder & Co.
This half dozen den decorations ant
the doggerel dodger post cards. which
seem to be young relations to them, are
about as clever as any wall card evel
published. Even a clever line like "Thol
art so near and yet chauffeur has al
added grace in the color and humor OF
the illustration. All are good puns, witt
clever drawing and most agreeable color
Every one who sees them seizes them.
OZMA OF OF. BY L. Frank Baum, au-
thor of The Wizard of o." etc. H.
Illustrated by John r. Neill. Chicago
hn G., Rrif