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countless recipes for the construction
Of toys and useful things from to-
boggans. aeroplanes and motors to
toy balloons and fitting corks. II Is
less a biography than an ccoun of
his inventions and achievements that
Francis Rolf Wheeler gives in
"Thomas Alva Edison" (Macmillans),
one of the most interesting OF the
"Great Americans series. even If the
author has gone a little TOO deeply
into the explanation Of the various
co%ntrivances that Edison has brought
into general use. The dramatic in
stincts of children and those who d.
rect them are gratifed by the dozen
short plays. some accompanied by
lyrics, which Elsie Hobart Carter of
fers in christmas Candles" Henry
Holt and Company. The plots are
simple and varied. Musical demands
Of the very young are satisfied by a
pretty and artistic volume OF THE
Most Popular Mother Goose Songs"
blinds. Noble and Eldredge, New
York;, Illustrated in color by Mabel
Betsy Hill, after the model Of the
charming Boutet de Monvel books; a
more successful approximation than
might be expected. In the short talks
to children contained IN ~"Children's
Missionary Story-Sermons" (Fleming
II. Revell Company DR.. Hugh 7.
Kerr relates interesting anecdotes OF
men INC m who became mission
aries and some Of native converts.
The best known book preaching
kindness to animals, Anna Sewell's
BLACK Beauty" is issued in a hand
some holiday edition with illustrations
by Lucy Kemp WEIGH 81. NJ. Dent
and Sons: L. =. Dutton and Company.
The coloring and the horses In most
Of the twenty-four colored plates are
very good, though some Of the pic
lures seem to be taken from photo
graphs. The line drawings are ever
better, so that the book appears in as
attractive "A shape as any horse lover
can desire. II is a pity to present TO
children great stories or great poems
in a simplified form before they are
ready to appreciate the originals, but
It 10 perhaps better that they should
know them In such form rather than
not at all. The selection made by NJ,
Dorothy Belgrave and Hilda Hart IN
"Children's Stories from the Poets"
tRaphael Tuck and Sons) Is very
catholic. ranging from the old ballads
to Browning and the Rossettis. There
are many illustrations by Frank
Adams. twelve in color. A miscellany
for the Christmas season. "Dutton's
Holiday Annual ernest Mister; +. p.
DuttOn and Company, appears for
the twenty-elghth time. 1t is intended
for the very little ones. with plain and
colored pictures, stories and rhymes
that they can understand.
Stories for boys OF all ages. especial
ly those In series, are abundant. In
Ross Grant, Tenderfoot" THE Penn
Publishing Company, Philadelphia)
John Garland begins a series with tn,
clear comprehension that a juvenile
audience Is more critical than one OF
grown up people. lie takes a deter
mined youth with some medical train
ing into the mining region Of Mon
tana and puts him through adventures
which are exciting and at the same
time natural. That veteran trainer.
Walter Camp, makes his youthful hero
enter Yale In Danny, the Freshman"
(Appletons), and subjects him to moral
ordeals as well as athletic training
There is football. OF course, but base
ball predominates. J. Raymond Elder
dice's facetious hero continues IN his
comical aspirations for athletic honors