The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
WHAT YOU CAN GIVE
Helpful Christmas Present Sug-
geStionS for Those Who
Are Puzzled.
Unabridged Dictionary VIII Be Appre
ciated by Children of kindergarten
Age-Other Suitable Gifts for
Young and Old.

~ the following:
Among the many attractive gift
books for very little boys might be
mentioned Professor Rausmissen's s
analogy Between the Homogeneous
Protoplasm and the Silurian Mole
cule" We can think of no book that
would be a greater source Of delight
| to the child that is not yet out OF
short dresses. 1t tells in easy words
| of eight and ten syllables Of the
| sports and pastimes Of the protoplas.
| mic family and draws beautiful moral
| lessons from the corpuscles OF the
carboniferous era. 1t is handsomely
| agile animalcule and will be sure to
| delight the heart of the little boy or
| girl who finds it in his or her stock
| ing, as the case may be.
Another dainty idea for a child OF
| three or four years is the Unabridged
Dictionary. The simplicity of style
observed in this interesting narrative
| recommends it at once for children
who have reached the kindergarten
age. The plot is not so complex and
the characters are sufficiently varied
to hold the unflagging interest of the
| little ones. We have in mind gen.
| tleman who gave his little son die
| tionary last Christmas, and he as
sures us that the lad simply devoured
| the book.
A pretty present for child is the
| clinical report of the county hospital.
This comes nicely printed on clean
white paper, with bizarre illustrations
showing the rise and fall of the tenn
perature, amount of protoids eaten,
official count of the germs, statistics
as to microbes and many other anus
| ing and entertaining ideas. A rare
source Of pleasure with this book is
to have the little fellows pronounce
the long words first the way they are
spelled and then read them backward
and see what difference, If any, there
is in the sound Some boys would
rather do this than go skating.
In the line of pure romance there
is nothing more entertaining from
Prof. T. L. Escopex's How the Spec
trum Caught On in Saturn" This
highly original historical tale tells
how the spectrum revealed the secret
of Saturn's rings, showing that the
planet was warm and dry and that the
| two rings were for ice water 1t
comes in four large volumes, with %
pages Of logarithmic calculations that
are sure to delight young and old.
AS a gift book for member of a
temperance family there is nothing
pleasanter than "The Complete Bar.
keeper" This tells exactly what goes
| into the stuff that men put In their
mouths to steal away their brains,
| and will be of valuable assistance to
| any person who wishes to apply sat
| isfactory tests and determine whether
| or not he has been equipped with
brains and would inspire larceny.
| "One Thousand Ways to Cure q
Cold" by Burton Bales, is beautiful.
| ly written book, giving all the reoe
dies for cold that were suggested to
| its author in one day. There are SO
variations of the quinine and whisky
treatment, and the other Oil rene
dies consist of the same. prescription
without the bitter quinine. This Is
a good book to have in any house.
"The Servant Question and Its An.
swer" will deceive many people, but
It might do for gift to young mar.
ried couple. The answer is quantity
given: Board"
WILBUR q. NESBiT.