Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19

work to recognize the value Of living
people and save them from extinction.
In a quoted reference to the folly of the
Spaniards who made bonfires Of Next
can hieroglyphics, the author adds his
own opinion that 1.-The native arts and
customs of the Pueblos and their individu-
atty as people have suffered more
in the last decade or two of Washington
than during the whole three centuries -
Spanish domination The charm and
practical value of the volume are enrich
ed with forty-eight illustrations, a map
and directions for travelling in the Pueblo
country.
THE BIRDS CHRISTMAS CAROL. By
Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated
by Katharine r. Wireman. Boston:
Houghton Mif1n Company.
It was twenty-six years ago that Mrs.
Wiggin presented to a delighted public
her charming story, 1.-THE Birds Christ
mas Carol" 1t was an immediate sue
cess and has passed through several edi-
tons. Now it appears in the most beau
tiful dress Of all, with large. easily read
text, Illuminated initials and finals and
a series Of illustrations in color that
wildly reflect the spirit Of this exquisite
little tale. No more gratifying gift book
can be conceived than this volume and
the publishers are to be thanked for CIV
Ing to so appropriate and satisfactory an
expression. A new generation has come
since 1.-THE Birds Christmas Carol was
written. and now 1t will make new friends
while delighting old ones.
DICKENS CHILDREN, Ten Draw
ings. BY Jessie Wilcox Smith. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Charles Dickens introduced a number
Of children in the course Of his stories
who have lived to be almost the DOM
mating characters Of that remarkable
series of tales. In fact, Dickens chill
dren are to some readers of these i'm
mortal works their chief charm. Miss
Smith has taken ten Of these and pre-
sented them in character with faithful
reference to and guidance by the text,
and these pictures are now reproduced
in this artistic book, with a bit Of the
text itself as an accompaniment. The
ten subjects chosen are: Tiny Tim and
Bob Gratchit on Christmas Day., from
field and Peggoty by the Parlor Fire.
from David Copperfeld"; paul Dombey
and Florence on the Beach at Brighton" -.
from ''Dombey and Son.; Little Nell
from THE Old Curiosity Shop; Pip and
tons: Jenny Wren, the Little Dolls
Dressmaker," from Our Mutual Friend" !;
divers First Meeting With the Artful
Dodger," from '.Oliver Twist: Mrs. Ken
from nicholas Nickleby'; The Run
away Couple" from christmas Stories,''
and Little Emily" from David Cop
perfield." Thus is added another rich
contribution to the books that delight the
eye.
BOLD ROBIN HOOD AND HIS OUT
LAW BAND; Their Famous Exploits
In Sherwood Forest. PEN Penned and
York: Harper & Brothers.
The story of Robin Hood has been told
in many forms and given many appro-
pirate settings, but none that has ever
been given before has more efficiently re-
fiected the spirit of the tradition or more
wildly reproduced the conditions that
prevail in England when this merry
band" took toll in Sherwood Forest. Mr..
Rhead has both written the text and
drawn the pictures. In his rendition of
the tradition he has as far as possible
grouped the incidents in the career of
Robin Hood and his men in the logical
and connected them as init
mately as could be with the customs and
manners Of the age in which it is sup
posed this robber chieftain lived, the lat
ter part of the twelfth century. He has
devoted close study to the subject, and
has rendered a work of real value that
will be appreciated by not only the chill
dren who read Robin Hood as a diver
sion but by their elders, who recognize
the story as a transcript of social con-
dition that has long since ceased. AS a
gift book this edition of Robin Hood is
THE MIKE BUNNY SERIES-NIXIE
BUNNY IN MANNERS-LAND. By
Joseph c. Sindelar Illustrations by
Helen Geraldine Hodge. Music by
Alys E. Bentley, director of music,
Washington, D. c. Chicago: Beck
ley-Cardy Company.
Mike was a mischievous little rabbit
who lost his way while pranking, and in
trying to reach home got over into Man.
ners-Land, where he had some singular
and learned some valuable
lessons. In pictures, in text and in verse
this little story is altogether charming.
Occasional music introduced by Miss
Bentley gives the work quality Of local
Interest.
THE ROCKET BOOK. By Peter
Newell. New York: Harper &
Brothers.
First came 1.-THE Hole Book" one of
those quaint conceits that have given
Peter Newell's works their great value
as entertainments. Then this was Sue
ceeded by 1.-The Slant Book printed
on the bias" with its series Of incompara-
bly, funny incidents accompanying the
course Of a runaway baby carriage. Now
1.-The Rocket Book has arrived. A small
boy in the basement of tall apartment
house finds a rocket, "snugly hid beneath
the window easement He set it off,
and up goes the rocket through fiat after
fat, doing damage in every case, upset
ting families frightening a burglar ar