Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-13
AUTHORS WHO KNOW WHAT
BOYS AND GIRLS LIKE
They Hare ruen Lot Of Entertaining Exciting and
Instructive Stories for the Parents Buy

Elizabeth =. Stork has added de-
lightful translation of "Cornelli" to the
'Storics All Children Love" series. And
Maria L. Kirk has illustrated it beau
tifully and appropriately in colors. This
Is the first English version of another
story By the celebrated author of
Heidi" Johanna Spyri. The heroine
is winsome yet sensitive girl who suf
tcrS from an unjust suspicion, but all
comes right IA the end.
Honor Bright" will be greatly rel
ished by the many readers If the Hide
garde and Margaret Books. Laura Il.
Richards has an outdoors girl for a
heroine in this absorbing story. Mrs.
Richards has some Of the quality and
tang OF Mss Alcott in her writings for
growing girls.
Alice Turner Curtis again turns to
historical fields in her two new books
for girls. "A Little Maid of Old
Maine is new and welcome volume
in the Little Maid Stories" which
have presented girlhood under the vari-
Gus periods of American history. In
this case it is the time of the Revolution
and the heroine and her friend hevc
many adventures.
The other book, "a Yankee Girl at
Fort SUMTER tells Of conditions in the
South just prior to the Civil War. In
both these books the author presents ac-
curate pictures of the ways and Gus
toms and manners of the periods and
much valuable authentic information,
but without actually teaching or preach
ing. The adventures of her characters
also are plausible and free from the
sensational.
John Baring's House." by Elsie
Singmaster, who has written several fine
Civil War stories, is vivid narrative
of Gettysburg days. How Herbert and
Elizabeth Scott clear their grandfather's
name from the stain of treason makes
the most vividly written and absorbing
of Miss Singmaster' juvenile stories.
Kathleen Burke. who served during
the world war with the British Red
Cross, has written book for both girls
and boys in Little Heroes of France"
In it are collected stories of the young
heroes and hcroines of France whose
deeds will inspire children for all time
to come. They are stories Of courage
and of patience, of self sacrifice, of sheer
audacity and love of country that nre
told in the straightforward manner of
the eyewitness who makes no attempt
to add wordy embellishments.
Grace May North writes the second
Of the Adele books in adele Doring
on a Ranch" The seven girls of the
"Sunnyside Club" led by Adele, thir-
teen years old, bright and unspoiled,
were instant favorites from California
where the story was written--to Maine.
One of many deeds of kindness led to
wonderful visit paid by Adele and her
brother Jack to Eva Dearman. once an
i'll treated dependent. but now idolized
in thp homo nf hn, pppln tb,.
ranch owner in Arizona. At the close
of vacation the entire ''Sunnyside
Cub have brief but merry reunion in
this strange land, where there are many
exciting scenes, but where friendship,
courage. nnd unse' 'fishncss bring happi-
ness, rs they always do.
The third of Bertha Currier porter's
series of wholesome stories about Trudy
and Timothy appears in time for filling
the Christmas stocking of some for
tunatc Youngsters. The book this year
is called "Trudy and Timothy and the
Trees. 1t is the story of Aunt Teresa
IIinton's splendid pine trees at Todd's
Ferry and how she was tempted to sell
them to some lumbcrmen when she
needed money, and how Trudy and
Timothy saved them for her. Boys and
! girls from seven to twelve years old
will be delighted with it. as they have
been delighted with its predecessors, and
their parents can safely let them have
it, for it is wholesome reading.
Archibald Marshall, author of "Exton
Manor" and several other satisfying
novels of British life. has demonstrated
in Peggy in Toyland" that he knows
as much about the characters and dis
positions of dolls as about the psy
chology of men and women. Peggy is
/ IS lnn tnt,
one to bed with her every night along
with her Teddy Bear. One night Won
dcrful things happen. The Teddy Bear
arrives in her room with an automobile
and announces tha1 he is going to take
her to Toyland to meet the queen. Then
follows a delightfully."- fantastic and
entertaining tale of life among the toys
in which there are plots and counter
plots against the gracious queen, all
ending with the restoration of the queen
70 her throne and the punishment Of
the conspirators by forgiveness.
Successful novelists seldom write
books for children. When they do the
children and their parents should be
grateful because the book is likely to
be much better than the general run
of juvenile literature. This book by
Mr.. Marshall is likely to hold the in
terest of every little girl who reads 1t
or to whom it is read.
CoRNELLI by Johanna Epyri. Philadel-
phia: j b. Llppincott Co.
HONOR BRIGHT. ny Laura j. Becharas.
A YA%KEE GiRL At FORT SUMTER.
FErn FL Nr Publishing Co, U.s. ''N''''N'
A iirTLE MAID OF OLD MAINE. BY
Alice TurncT Curtis. Philadelphia Penn
1IrT,.E TT1.i HEROES or FRANCE. BY Kath-
lyen Eurke. New York: Doubleday. Page
Co.
John RARING'S HOUSE. BY Elsie Sing
master. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
ADELE DORING ON 4 RANCH. by Grace
North; RGstGn; LUihTop Lee 4 SHEPARD:
by Bertha Curricr Porter. Philadelphia:
Penn Publishing Co.
PEGGY IN TOYLAND. BY Archibald Mar
! shall. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co.