New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-02

under the title Talks with Parents,
the MAN of the series is presented at
length in systematic manner put'
lacking that volume, the reviewer can
only say. for the present. that the hrst
one progresses from the we'll known
nursery rhymes TO the equally well
known nursery tales. together Win INC
best of the modern classics of Stevenson
and Field An occasional explanatory
note suggests, however. the method 10
be employed IN later volumes. with olner
children. for the purpose OF awakening
,heir interest and sharpening their IN
teligence.
Chemistry is one of those sciences In
which the average boy takes but slight
interest; others there be, however who
are born with prediction for It's Won
ders, and to them Mr.. Tudor Jenkss
chemistry for Young People" (The f. A.
Stokes Company may be heartily rec
commended Mr. jerks treats an ex-
ceedingIy difficult subject with crafty
ing ease and simplicity. He does not at
tempt too much Uhe stumbling stone OF
SO many popuiarizers of the sciencesD,
but, on the other hand, does not shlfh
intricacies; he overeomes them with the
clearness of his explanations. He begins
with the modern ideas of matter and It's
laws, and then takes up the broad pria-
cinIes governing all chemical actions.
The eonlmoner elements. their qualities
and uses, are next taken up, leading 10
a more detailed consideration OF the
principles that underlie their action
upon one another. Organic chemistry IS
briefly but informingly dealt with. the
book closes with history of chemistry
and it's relation to human progress
There are numerous illustrations, and,
of course. tables of the elements. Mr..
Tenks. be il added IN final eneenium,
does not tempt the young enthusiast
into the making of horrible or danger
Gus messes under the guise OF expert
naents.
And now for the three stories. MAZDA
Little Shop" by Inez Haynes Gilmore
rR w. Huebsch). is a tale of the invalid
child of a multi millionaire. Why not
keep him and his millions out or our
chiidren's literature, they are sure 10
hear SO much of him and them In later
life? The chiid's fading interest In lite
is revived by the little shop. through
which. fer the first time in her shielded
life. she comes to know other children
the other half The story has a health
ful tone. and it's little moral lessons are
delightfully."- conveyed. Clara Louise Burn
hams "Ffutterf1y' CThe Houghton Milf
fin Company IS still another new fairy
tale to be added to the old, tale OF
lonely little princess with a stern father
unhappy i'm the loneliness of her exalted
station. which forbids her to play with
other children. So she breathes her wish
for a rescuing prince upon the frosted
pane of her room, and behold, the frosted
landscape expands, and through 1t she
escapes to find strange adventures. An
imaginative little story, prettily told.
Provided with an introduction by DR..
William Elliot Griffis and with illustra-
tions bv George Wharton Edwards,
Augusta Aurell Seaman's "Jacqueline OF
the Carrier Pigeons" (The Sturgis & Wal
ton Company is brave tale of the siege
of Leyden by the Spaniards and Its renef
by the Beggars of the Sea. some or the
historic incidents of that famous siege
are woven into the fiction, but where is
Rurgomaster Van der Werfs offer or ms
hodv for food accompanying his refusal
m listen to the burghers who insisted on
immediate surrender? And why is the
noet soldier. Van der Does, ignored VINO
put into a couplet. still current In the
Netherlands, the refusal of surrender
The Spanish commanders Latin WORD OF
farewell to his abandoned siegeworks is
here and so is the pot of "hutspot' found
there which Is still on exhibition-ths
mt that is, not its contents-in the
towns museum. The story bears per-
haps unavoidable resemblance IN 'hs
material of which II is constructed TO d
IA NOUS Dutch children's story OF this
siege. Which is, after all, perhaps the
hest evidence of its historical reliability.