The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14
For Reading Aloud

For Read
The lives of heroes have their recog-
nized inspirational uses as literary
fare for the young, and when served
In equal portions of idealized myth
ology and actual history they com
plement one another quite adequately
serve, in fact, as inspiration with
brake on. Two new Juvenile books
"A Treasury of Hero Tales" By Alice
C. Bryant Ct. Y. CrowelD, and Lit
tie People Who Became Great" by
Laura A. Large CIV. A. Wilde)-make
suitable example of this ratio of
dreams and achievement. The one
offers Sir Galahad, the other George
Washington. Siegfried and Mozart
Perseus and Ulysses S. Grant, and so
on through the corridors of history
and the dream heights from which
the ancients drew their examples of
the crusaders of the ideal.
More heights--this time the Alps
story of the Bernese Overland,
"roni. the Little Wood Carver" by
Johanna Spyri ct. Y. CrowelD. 1t is
a pastoral tale Of a little shepherd
who carved beautiful animals in .his
Alpine solitude.
"Us and the Bottleman," oy Edith
Ballinger Price Century, leaves all
heights-historical, NEUROLOGICAL, topo-
graphical--and takes one to the sea.
It'll n
desert isle. have some remarkable cor
respondence with an unknown via "a
bottle. Then follows action-lots of 1t.
lisa L. Wright takes children on
Trails to Wonderland" (Houghton.
Mifflin). Such places as they visit,
too, where old whales with toothaches
abound, where there are tin roosteSs
and magical whistles and palaces of
a thousand delights.
princess White Flame" (Dutton).
100, is the creature of a magical king
dom, with Gertrude Crownfield as the
good guide who takes wide eyed girl
readers to the remote reaches of the
fairy realm. where they become ac-
alities of King Red Flame. Queen
Glow, Prince Radiance and all the
other effulgent regal persons.
In "Stories for Good Children" Git
tie. Brown Lora 3. Peck has brought
together in single volume folk
stories from China. from India. from
Japan, from Ireland. from all corners
OF the world ana has retold them for
the child of eight or nine These
twenty-five stories which have been
retold here have been found to be
popular when presented orally, and
the simplicity and skill with which
the talking fish fand the magic tea
kettle and the fairy huntsmen are
presented here are n guarantee of its
enthusiastic reception by readers Of
eight or nine.
1.-THE w. Chuck Family" (Houghton
Minlin), by Pauline Stoddard Howard,
takes up the fortunes of family of
woodchuoks and relates in IN engag-
ing way the ups and downs of the
whole family from Grandpa Chuck
down. The y. Wow Dog and the l.. f.
Plant and Sarah Mud Turtle Ill come
into the story, but the Chucss and
their philosophy are given most Of the
Space This story has exceptionally
appealing illustrations by Herman
Druclxlieb.
Thornton W. Burgesss latest book
is "Old Granny Fox" little. firown).
In his dedication Mr. Burgess gives
a hint that the story 10 follow Is 20 BE
In some measure vindication Of the
fox by showing the boys aud girls
from four to twelve. for wnom the
story was written. that foxes should
not he condemned without hearing
Besides Reddy Fox ana old Granny
Fox. Quhcker the Duck and Farmer
Browns Boy are IN the story. The H.
lustrations are by Harrison Cady. who
docs as much Co make foxes interest
ing os lie has done for caterpillars
and lightning bugs.
4-4-4
"Thc Magic Whistle" by ". Gordon
Browne Dodd. Mead oontnina two
long stories ana more than r. dozen
shorter ones suitable for Younger
lNhu'iH' Nv HtVIN thdl blftA lne
book It's title is n story out of the
East and should have for children all
tho charm that the Thousand and
one Nights" have had. The book is
illustrated in color by Florence Ander-
SON
The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Gittle. Brown. by Loretta Ellen
Brady. contains a wen original fairy
otorioa an "a ,yt1o k.,syc az ,,,tfr,t.