The Spectator., 1914-12-15
Helpful Christmas Present Sug- gestions for Those Who
 Are Puzzled.
Unabridged Dictionary VIII Be Appre- eiated by Children of Kindergarten Age-Other Suitable Gifts for
 Young and Old.

E@l SWerS to InelT QueTlSS III
 V the following:
 Among the many attractive gift books for very little boys might be mentioned Professor Rausmissen'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. It 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. It is handsomely illustrated with representations of the 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 child of | three or four years is the Unabridged Dictionary. The simplicity of style observed iu 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 unfiagging interest of the little ones. We have in mind gen | tleman who gave his little son a die | tionary last Christmas, and he as- sures us that the lad simply devoured | the book
 1 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 l 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 22 pages of logarithmic calculations that | fn dnlioht D1A
 As a gift book for a member of a temperature 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 assist nee 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 a Cold" by Burton Bales, is beautiful ly written book, giving all the reme- dies for cold that were suggested to its author in one day. There are S9 variations of the quinine and whisky treatment, and the other 911 reme- 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 a gift to young mar ried couple. The answer is quaintly given: Board"
 WILBUR D. NES6lr.
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