Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-14
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"Nhnt Shall We Read 10 the Children {.
BY Clara w. Hunt. Houghtor
Miniin Co.

""h"t Shall We Read to the Chiidrens e
Miniin Co.
Ours is a age for chill
hood. Its phi ySical, mental aud spirit
ual needs are understood and provided
for as y before. There is no longer
excuse for Ignorance or carelessness q,
Ina experiment in rearing OF
teaching Il child. So alive, indeed, is
the public to the supreme im%portenc.
OF this subject that II would be diff.
icult for any II to escape some know
of II, even though that person
should be conceivably Indifferent to II
knowledge of IL is sown broadcast
We CLEAN Information from number
less sources. The press. popular lee
lures. visiting nurses spread it abroad
Childhood is now a science, Il CULTS
claims almost n religion.
We have physical directors for the
children. specialists for their ailments
experts for their teachers. their de-
partments in all well-equipped libra
ries.. and their own voluminous lit
erature.
Miss Hunt is a child's librarian. and
out of her wide experience. and her
enthusiasm for her work, has written
this exceedingly suggestive and val
uabi book. She is almost uncannily
en- report with the childish mind. di-
vininE It's point of view with wonder
ful wisdom and insight.
She urges that childish curiosity.
which is only another name for thirst
Tor knowledge. he encouraged and Ill
rected, and speaks at length or The
part which books play In fulfllins
that requirement. particularly the
books that are familiarized for The
first seven years of their lives.
Follows Il catalogue OF the hooks
mt she considers the best for this pur-
pose. She heads the list with poetry.
Every normal baby born into the world
brings with him a love for poetry, She
states, ana should have his precious
hcritaRe OF delight carefully fostcrcd
oN all the loreliest lullabics. hymns
;tnd swect,old songs. Next in import
;thce she ranks nature and travel books.
bibie and fairy stories, true stories.
BOOKS OF occupations and games. All
OF reading are capahly and
helptnily covered. Indeed the authur
proves herself r competent authorit,
ana sympathetic adviser in this i'm
branch of child t~raininr-hc
Sides onerinS a very rcadable and on
joyable little book.
Gods Remnants" BY Samuel Gordon.
Il. +. Dutton & Co.
y group of stories of The Jews in
many lands. Pitched In ii minor key.
the note OF sadness is sustained
throughout them all. but the underly-
theme tina is their groundwork is
the deep. %fervent. passionate racial in
stinct OF the Hebrews.
The study OF the chosen people has
hecolne or moro general interest since.
nave had for them interpreters OF
their own race. Delineatcd by n writer
Of such depth of sympathy and know
edge, they become moro real. thci,
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We have had heretofore
many tales of the Ghettos of New York
and other cities. but the scene of these
is laid in the countries Of E.u-
where oppression, injustice and
persecution have been the por-
ton of the Jew. 10 tho indelible re-
pr"ach and disgrace Of our civlliza-
Ion.
il j. III those lands that Gods rem
ave mos, jealousy preserved their
faith and traditions. aud IL
IS there that we fnd them existing
Ia their o!d-ti1ne integrity.
In the stories is run the whole gamut
Of human emotions. from the mighty
depicted in Black Flame"
through the pitiful tragedy of "The
10 the sordid. com
Monp!ace misery IN the Glover Heav-
They are pen pictures of patient
age. pathetic childhood. shadowed
sorrowful maturity: lightenod
here and there by h~opefulncss. heroism
even occasional humor.
The most impressive trait that we
hnd emphasized in this work is the
ilial picty OF the Jew, so deeply in
grained as TO become actual supcrsti-
ton. The next is their deep-seated
love Of home. the more pathetic since
are wonderers upon the earth,
forever seeking a peaceful and perma-
nent abiding place.
Not here" to quote the closing
words Of tho book, Sin these chill vast
OF gloom and fratricidal hate,
away In the distant homes OF lii.
rrty in the wide. warm-hearted land
of he Mastering Sum-
The author displays good literary
craftsmanship, aud Il fine and sympa.
understanding of the people To
he gives a title OF such revercnt
'Fhe Heifry.' By May Sinclair. Mac
milan.
The story Of Viola Thcisigsr is the
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