The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-04
Roohs fer the YsunE

boOea fer TIE founE.
Though tho IAtihs in juvenile fiction
treat children in far different ways from
what s the Tsuton custom their young
atsrS are just a. charming and natural
The reader will bs glad to make the ao-
quaintance Of Gigino. the luckless little
hero Of Vamha's -CiOndOlinO, which has
been translated by Miss 3 ?. Woodruff a.
The Prince and His Ants Henry Holt
and Company Wanda 10 the pseudonym
Of Luigi Bertslh. 0igino was nicknamsd
CiondolinO on account Of an accident TO
his iniantils ruiment; he was naughty
enough 10 hate his lessons and 20 wish
he were an ant instead Of a little boy.
wish which was gratihed. Ne found out.
however. that the ants have 20 learn
many things, and that he himself must
learn besides q lot about them and bees
and other insects The accuracy Of this
information IL vOuohed for by Prof.
Vernon l.. Kellogg. II is conveyed 70
Italian youth a. accessory to GiGinO's
exciting adventures. and it h hoped will
be aocepted in the same way by young
Americans Il IL an interesting and
amusing hook with excellent pictures.
but Ne could spare much of the insect
lore for more Of Ggino a. naughty
little hoy
Another attempt ~ teach entomology
by means Of stories is made by Constance
NJ Foot in Insect Wonderland John
Lane Company. Tho stories are simpler
and lack thu dramatic qualities ~ the
tale of Gigino but each one tells about
one kind ~ insect The information i
put more conpactly and will probably be
assimilated better by the child who under
stands that Il 10 a nature book rather than
a story book that It is reading The PIC
lures are pFetty
4 lot Of nice and lively girls are gathered
together IN -Philppa a. Halcyon.- by
Katharine Holland Brown Charles Scrib-
ner's SOn-i. the heroine b-ing tho nicest
Zach h presented IN q chapter by herself
Tor the story 10 rather a succession ~
episodes. and in all their doinE- and fun
there h no trace Of the boisterous and
rather vulgar horaeplay initiated from
the boys colleges that passes for humor
in many tales 81 colleges for girls This
college. hy the way. h coeducational.
but the male part is Kept well In the hack
ground Much space is given n cOOpe-
rative housekeeping but the young women
are all healthy girls, are all ladyike. and
there h no vlllainy
Once upon a time II the skirts 81 girl
Of fourteen only reached her boot tOps or
were even shorter IL excited No comment
With the new generation described in
The Owls Of 81 Ursula's. by Jane Brew
stsr Reid Cthe Baker and Taylor Com
panyl. Il seems 10 call for en- explanation.
The manners of these young persons are
not an improvement on those II earlier
days and tho faults Of hateful little girla
are made much Of They seem rather
young IA be Interested In the boys ~ q
neighbOrinG academy
AiOrm Of college life not usually depicted
in Action IL the theme u The Passing
Of the Word by Helen Henshaw the
Torch Press. Cedar Rapids. la r.
describes the religious conversion ~
young woman, her efforts 20 convert
Others and the workings II the college
branch ~ the Young Women's Christian
Association
The enterprisinE young aeronAuts whom
n l. Sayler introduced % juvenile readers
in earlier books engage In an Arctic
adventure In The Airship Boys Due
North 1.-THE Reilly and Britton Company.
Chicago The complex nature ~ the
enterprise and tho descriptions Of their
aerial machine n wireless telegraphy
and other mechanical contrivanccs take
ND - much time that the dash 20 the
pole u hurried and the main part of tho
story IL deferred to a sequel.
The moral advantages " physical
culture and the pernioious effects ~
fratsrnities in preparatory Schools are
demonstrated In The Boys Of BrOokflelh
Academy. w Warren l. Eldrpd d.pthrop.
Lee and shepard Company. Bostpnl. The
reader may also study there the dulness !
a. henighted trustees and the evil that
boysAre ready O. do 10 other boys Basket /
ball h the athletic speciality and the tricks
of the bad boys are made to reooil upon
them
hunuf pffuoWluatea IN bNefeL J.
TOmlinsOn's -Four Boys and q Fortune
ds0thrOp. Lee and Shepard Company.
humor based chiefly on the Englishman's
inability 10 understand joke Andion the
assumption % utter ignorance about
foreign terms and offsets. which Mark
Twain brought into fashion. The young
men are sent 10 England. and though they
manage 20 So some sights spend most
Of their time In chasing one q their num-
bsr Who gets sntangled Ia kind Of
detective story intrigue.
Two young persons viait England In
Margaret WilliamsOns John and Betty's
History Wait 0sorhrop. Lee and Shepard |
They contrast English With |
American customs and acquire q fund |
Of useful information regarding London |
and other places Of interest They are
moro Sophisticated and less entertaining
han Rollo and Mr.. George
Two shllsrss's classics. CAsTlos and
Nary Lambs -Talas From Shaksgpsars'
nd Chagiss King1lsy's Water Babios.
ave hssB Illustrated In color and IN biack