The sun., 1910-11-05

to us" IN" host material At her dlspoasi
rom cnpyrixhi considerations
The SELECTION of pieces in A child .
Book - old N"r-.' hy I-ssis Wtllcox
smith Upufii"ld and Company. - A. ar
tt>itc a. ia" charming rolor~d pictures
with which sh. has adorned n. IL IL
d-'h shtful 10 find tn. little poems that
every child once anew bv heart presented
~ -uCh beautiful hook and tn see Ed
ward LEAR -id. hv SIDE with Or Watts.
"" may be hypcrcr,,iral with regard
ro on. poem. but Mr. Gilbert lay Of the
Nancy Bell ssrms a frifis hloodthirsty
for ,ntell-cts that ian enjoy Twinkle.
Twink ls Little star still we have had
experience of IN. frroc.ty Of bAbyhood.
pretty Christmas booS IA the collec-
ton NJ legends winch Eleanor Hammond
Brnadus has retold in A Book of the
Christ Cnild" iAppletons) The author
has not r,,strictssi h~rself Tn the Bib,s
narrative bui hals slso told several pretty
- orit.s from the lives Of the saints. Be-
t~-..n IN. ssor,= are appropriate sslsc-
tions IN verse from the mIracis plays
and the post~ The book ls illustrated
with many reproductions of famous
pictures Of the -Rambino These tho
tide yag, deC lares ARE m color but In the
COPY thaa has come 10 us they arc plain
process pictures
4 revival of an old form Of children .
booxs appears in .Boys and Girls Prom
Dickens .dited 10y BrouShton scott
The Maoaulay Company. New york).
Thnssn We r-coilect were intended IN har
row the feelings: Oliver Twist. Little
Nell. Paul Dombey. all the lachrymoas
young ones werr chosen. In this selec-
ton there IL this improvement, that we
meet the amusing children too. the Mar
chionass. Morlr-nn Krpwigs. Traddies.
Jenny Wren. The book u illustrated
with -even full page drawings and souse
smaller pictures by Joseph Clement Coli :
The artist has had the good tast. to hold
fast To the -Phiz- mosiels hut has not i'm
proved on them. Hi. best effort il rhe
D'ck sw,vell.r and tn. Marchione.ss on
the cover
An entertaining IittI. story OF the mis-
adventures Of a circus by =. Guigou. with
very cleves pictures IN color and IN tint
hv Nimar. has been translated from the
French by Edgar Mills with the title The
Animal Trainer IDuffield and Company
There ia plenty of innocent. childish fun
IN the little book. which il an interest
ing example Of the difference between
French and American books for children.
The children for whom the story ~ in
tended are much younger thnn ours
ever are
That sturdy PERENNIAL -t'hatterboX-
comes with ~ great variety Of pictures
and miscellaneous reading for the wear
1910 from Dana Estes and Company
Boston ih" copy night notice shows that
u has appeared for thirty three wears IN
America II ~ now the same -Chatt-rboS-
ws knew III our childhood with Its stories.
p'iZZi.Ns. verses and honest wooicuts
II was an -N"-'ll-n' idea for lIrl.
Brown and Company to publish ia a new
edition Helen Hunt Jacksons pretty
story for Young people -Nelly's Silver
Nin.. II has the distinction Of literary
> vie and may h. compared protiabIy
nv careful parents with IN. stories written
for the Young nowadays
Another classic - offered to modern
youth IN ! Fen,n'orr toor.r Tn. Last
NJ IN" MohlcanS m. first and host of
Indian stories Henry Holt and nnnpany ,
This hsndsom" edition IL illustrated with
rVC'll.nt pictures hv T. Boyd Smith