New-York tribune., 1911-12-09

| quent estrangement OF his FAMILY Inc
child is imaginative, she has her dreams,
| however practical her opinion OF large
| families on limited means. And she has
temperament, wherefore she makes an
impression on the reader. Emily Cal
vim Blake has made her early progress
| I'm a hard world well worth the reading.
FAIRY TALES AND NURSERY BOOKS
OF course, the old fairy tales are best.
| Still, occasionally a modern storyteller
adds to the treasury bit Of fancy with
| a charm OF It's own, imbued with the
| old. old spirit. Such tale is Miss Alice
! Prown's THE Gradual Fairy" ono OF
! bakers dozen Of Inventions contained in
| her one Footed Fairy, and Other Stor-
| les" (Houghton Mifflin & Coz. In fact,
this book, with its dainty Illustrations In
| black and white, contains several de-
lightful tales, including a humorous ac-
count of the last days Of THE Hippo
| griff and the Dragon" grown old and
neglected in a skeptical age Mr.. Will
! lam Dana Orcutts Princess Kallisto,
and Other Tales If the Fairies (Harper
& Bros.) are based, SO he assures US in
his preface, on Froebers educational the
ories. Each tale has its didactic purpose,
| but ii is not obtrnded. Harriette Ans
den has furnished attractive colored
illustrations and drawings in black and
81. loo 90
den Harrison. her fifth, is THE Glitter
ing Festival CA. G. McClurg & Coz. in
| which the queen OF the Earth summons
all living things. flowers and plants as
well as the animals Of the earth and the
waters beneath &, to appear before her
in order TO explain why they exist and
what they havo done TO beautlfy her
kingdom. The glitter of the festival lies
more in its descriptions than IN the eX-
plantations. which arc not always con-
yincing, but then, this is book for the
entertainment Of tie nursery. not for its
instruction. Clara Powers Wilson'S col
cred illustrations are highly decorative.
THE Quean OF the City Of M!rth,' by
Elbrdge II. Sabin George W. Jacobs &
COZ is the circu;nstantial and highly en-
tertaining account OF sick little girls
dream, in which she flies away with the
mournful griffin, finds the tree knot doll
encounters The inquisltive pig, visits the
Land OF Contrary, and ultimately helps
the Queen TO find the Cloudmaker, who
restores her lost domain TO her. And
he RI ayva lrpG GOlOrp0
drawings are oy Elenore Plaisted Abbott
and Helen Alden Knife.-"The Witch's
Kitchen" by Gerald Young IT. Y. Gro
well e. Coz is Il variant Of "Hansel and
Gretel" so far as its main idea is con-
cerned, but in this case the children have
the companionship Of q boy turned into
q toad, and Of their older brother, who
becomes car when the witch's spell
transforms them into mice. Also, there
is the wltchs baby, a dsagreesble brat,
as one can readily imagine. The deus
ex machina," al irdia rubber man, is
the least felicitous of the authors in
ventions. Willy Pogany's black and
white drawings are far better than his
colored ones.-A Magic Aeroplane" was
about due. Here it is, the adventures Of
its little owner Tommy, his playmate
Helen, the toy clown Hoop-la, and the
cat and the pigeon in moonland, sun
land toyland and the home of Santa
Claus being told by Mrs. L. r. S. Hen
derson and pictured in colors by Emile
4. Nelson (ChicaSo: The Reilly q Brit
ton Company. but why did not the
moon people, or the sun people or Santa
Claus tell Tommy that Gee" is very
common expression?
Mr.. +. G. Hill tells us some new things
in THE Truth About Old King Cole"
0'rcdcrick Warne & Coz, Mr.. L. Leslie
Brooke confirming his statements in
attractive illustrations. The merry old
soul being disposed OF. the author turns
10 other matters concerning all kinds OF
delightful animals. He lisps In numbers:
In the island of Mauritius
I'm the far-off Southern seas,
Where the climate is delicious
And it's never known to freeze,
Where it's very good for growing
Coffee, sugarcane and spice
fFhOugh when hurricanes are blowing
'Tisn't nice)-
In the middle of the island.
" here the forests dark and close;
ON the highest of the highland.
Where the traveller seldom goes,
Cause there isn't any road (oh,
Yes. the way Is very rough)
Lived solitary Dodo
Old and tough.
Mr.. l.. Frank Baum OF Wizard OF
or fame, has not lost his knack Of
telling entertaining stories In fact, his
new book, THE Sea Fairies" Chicago:
The Reilly & Britton Company. is as
good piece OF work as any of its many
predecessors. and Mr.. John r.. Neil has
brought graceful fancy To bear on the
possibilities OF its illustrations
Songs for Little People" and Little
Plays for Little People" (Hodder Il
Stoughton). selected By Githa Gowerby
and daintily pictured in colors by MILL
cent GoWerDy. contain. the first. a num-
Der of the familiar nursery songs, such
as the Song OF Sixpence," Little Bo-
peep" and Three Blind Mice" with
simple musical rotation, and the other.
six brief plays. among them being King
! Cophetua and The Beggar Maid."-Chloc
Prcstons "Thc Peek-a- Boos" (Hodder
a. Stoughton) remind one In drawing
and coloring OF the hugely successful
"GOllywogs" OF some years ago-"The
/ Jaunts of Junior" Harper & BrosD.
| pictured by Arthur Il. Phelan, with
verses by Lillian Il. Hunt, should win the
] r.ini Il In