The sun., 1916-11-25

An excellent idea has been carried
out admirably BY Edith Emerson
Forbes In 1aOovttes Of q Nvvseyy Of
ssVs~ty Yesrs AGO (Houghton Mifiin
Company. She has collected the
poetry and some Of the stories on
which the children Of q past genera.
ton were brought up. verses that
were found onos In every school
reader. and that are hard 20 and In
these days Of vocational. hygisnio and
Otherwise s~pecialissd primers and that
have dropped ou& Of sven the most
catholic r~epertor4es Of poetry. They
lineer all the same Ia the memory of
elderly people. who will enjoy this
book as much " the little ones, for
the old familiar wood cuts are re-
produced with the verses. Jane and
n Taylor are drawn upon freely
and the cautions about good behavior
and The School Of Manners" and
"Struwwelpeter' as well as the nur-
ssry jlngies and ballads. A delightful
book that Will please normal children
and will bring back old times to their
parents. (s:).
For older children Kenneth Ora
hams. who has written some Of the
most poetic books about children Of
his generation. has picked out with
great care in The Cam bridge Book Of
Poorly for Children "a. p. Putnam's
Sons) many poems that they already
like and many more that are intended
10 refine their taste. Older readers
may learn much by studying the
collection and noticing especially the
omissions. The selection will make
young people familiar with the names
OF the great poets Of the eighteenth
century. 1t is good TO fnd Eugene
Field in Mr.. Grahame's catalogue
Of worthless. His selections show his
OWE exquisite taste.
The illustrations that r. Opper drew
for Mother Goose u. B. Lippincott
Company were original and humorous
IN q way that children could thor
oughly appreciate. We arc glad to
note the reissue OF this attractive
edition (S1.bo).
Holiday Editions.
TAe book that Louis Rhead has
chosen To illustrate this season u The
Arabian Nt0htS Entertainments Char.
pers). and the Oriental subjects give
him full scope for the exercise OF his
imagination a. well az his remrak-
able skill in drawing. Tho number Of
illustrations Is over 100; the stories
are those best known to youth, Sind
had. Aladdin. All Baba and the Forty
Thieves. and so on. 0l.50.)
Oefoe's text 10 respected in the sdi-
ton Of Robinson Crusoe that John
Williamson illustrates in color q. b.
Appincott Company. The whole first
part the book that boys have read for
three hundred years. u here; and the
rather tedious sequel IL omitted.
(S1.25)
A book that every American boy
should read, a life that Is more inter-
est!ng than fiction, the Autobiography
Of Benjamin Franklin has been Illus
trated by z. Boyd Smith and 10 pub
lished in very attractive typographical
dress by Henry Holt 4 Co. Appended
are a few interesting articles by
Franklin. 02.)
Adapted for Yosth.
The edition OF Charles KinGsley's
charming Wafer-Bdbics iMacmillans),
that has been taken In hand by Clifton
Johnson, has been improved a. q story
by the editors cutting out discussions
and digressions and other Irrelevant
matter. To make UP for II he writes IN
interesting sketch OF Kingsley. Thu
illustrations are by Frank A. Nan.
lfivell. S1.50.)
The manne in which Clifton John.
son has handled Sir Thomas Mallory
10 far more drastic. He does not Try
10 use or 10 modify the original text
but contents himself In Hing Arthur
and the Kni0hts Of the Round Table
fMacmillans), to tell in his Own word,
with much abridgement many of the
stories told In the "Morte d'Arthur.'
In this form the tales will be more at.
tractive. doubtless, to the great ma
ior!ty Of young readers. Hl.50.)
As history seems too solid food FOL
the modern boy we have the story ol
Cortez's conquest Of Mexico retold II
simplifed language and with the diff