The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19
Hooks for the YOUNG

3 Memories OF her earlier school '-achIng
days probably inspired Miss Marguerite
MerIng'on 10 write Holiday Plays
,Dutfirld and Company Their. ar. hv"
Of th-s. in, ended for school celehrat ions
For Thanksgiving We have Priscilla.
NyleS and John. for February -. a
Washing ons Bir-h dav Pegeani for
July :. The FRS, Flag, for February -.
Abe Lincoln and Littl" \ u - and for
Memorial Day. The DulC. DecoTum
Club Children are easily sat lsficd
The leap from Archirn"des and GalIla ,
to the eighteenth century and modern
times IL rapid IN Mr. Finer Ellswor' h
Burns The ~ ory Of Gr-a' Invention
iHarpersi hut the book tells clearly ana
entert aInipglv The main facts on which
modern discoveries rect The auihOr
does not confine himself to- pract cal mat e
tors. bur tells Of recent discoverias in
chemis; ~ and physIcs too WITHOUT
iGing technical language h" explains
thes. TO children inr.lligihlv and hir book
will he welcome. "" fancy. To tho-" crown
NJ people a we'll who hav. not oI "rnuCh
tim. To read up on Inv"n'ion~
Mr. Charles Mayor hs- oor,t riot ed var
OTIS influential and n'"rc = ,ng. II NOV
alway- To probable. L.. Ground IN"
cnildhnpd If Louis NV IN Inc L!trl"
King ,Macmillasl Dryas,iuN;.an SC
cIrary. however. = no r'lu-'" ~ hist 'r
ical fiction. and this book VIII doubtless
find y'"nty e readers
Six Of tn -tp-."- from Washington
Irvings Tales nl tn" Alhnmbra- nav"
been adapted for chi!ir"n- reading b.
Josephine Brewer ,Houghton VI, Min Com
k..l h.,
ANYTHING IN tn. contents or IN" English
Of Irving needed 20 b. altered but this
~ any aSr IN which the Greatest r"v"renc"
IL paid To- youth and prnhah lv tr"Fc - som.
poda gDgIcoI reason for ;hc Clrng".
4 capital addition 10 IN. child's stock
Of poetry will Ice found IN Stories from
the Chronicle Of tn" Cid hy Mar Wright
Plumm-r Henry Holt and Company
Tn" wonder IL that IN" collect on was not
mad. before though children Of an earlier
generation could get III" legends from
Lockhart and other books that their
elders did not fear - put in their hands
Tn. work has been done we'll and IN"
child who gets thI- lIrti" book will learn
all ha need know about = great national
hero IN very brief compass
tab. for tbs. very lirtl" ones - told by
G. II p helped ont with many pictures.
IN Tn. Lit'lr Gingerbread MAJ 40 T.
Putnam Sons, II ~ fics IN" mere,
i..-s instincts 81 infancy hr' ~" Tnririely
end 81 IN" hero. though matt seems
undiscovered
Randall Parrish story Don Mac-
Grarh- "a I Met burg and Company
deals with he. on IN" rIys-. with - mu-.. |
q hers. show boa n"h end t.l" liz.
The" ~ much ia IN. bo"a thu di-Tl7T-
th. aui hnr : fa;nIliarit; win the -""r"~ h."
Describes ~. recnun;- ia" adventures
nf a ..idna pp"d hoy II "n--rpri-- and
-pIrit
The many and gallant adv .ntur.- 81
an .nirrprI~ing boy III he battles and
-Iag,-- rha' followed ,h. death 81 King
John Of England ar" described ~ Tn"
Ru,r ~ 'h.. Foreigner a NnClurg
and Cp,nranv,. hy GIlr-ln. Ivllng.r Il
j. n - nv Tor h"v-
Many Amusing and attractive pI,iure-
'D..ther ~uh - Ori..- for small children
az. contained III the Mushroom tairi.r
IN. SallGcId Publishing Company
Akron. Ohin,, hv Adah Louie" sutton
III" adventures - an Interesting
family. winch include. -Irrirr..ls ~ prrl.
good breeding ~" told with accompany
ing lllu=' ~ ions IN The WALLPAPERS TN"
SaaIfeid Publishing t"mp"nvI by Ann"
Iiar"
The travels ~ an extraordinary goat
ar. described III Billy Nhl-k"r~' ,rh"
-aalf.Id I'ublishing' "mpanyI bv ranc,s
Tr"go Mont gDn"r".
DAYS measure ~ fun for children
who enJov using SCISSORS and ',Hsie -
supplied by -rh" RAINY Dav SCRAP BOO! ="
Reilly and BriTtOn. Chicagp,. prepared hy
Edwin l. and Emma ] Shuman
some Sew Fiction.
Those who read PA F1ickingrr'- Folks
and liked 'h" peopl" they met will b.
glad tn learn more about them in Opal
Nv Beasi- u Hoover lHarp~r-, We
cannot Hay that they hsv" advanced az
all the author having created her char