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Library News
New Juvenile Books.

Among the new juvenile books are four
by Ralph Henry Barbour, who is favor
tie writer for all boys and most girls.
Full Back Foster, Guarding His Goal
The Play That Won, are stories of base
ball, football and hockey.
Fortunes of War, written by H. p
Hole, tells of Maine boy and his pare
ner who purchase schooner, hire crew
and attempt to take cargo of lumber
to France through the submarine zone.
The little people will be much inter
ested in Thornton W. Burgess's bird book
for children, Jenny Wren, who is a great
gossip, tells Peter Rabbit many thing
regarding the dress. food and habits of
her neighbors The colored illustrations
done by Mr.. Fuertes are accurate and
beautiful. Mrs. Peter Rabbit is another
book by the same author.
Uncle Remus and the Little Boy is the
| last Uncle Remus book by Joel Chand-
| Ter Harris and contains ID stories about
Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Baar and
, others.
Indian Legends Retold, by Elaine G
Eastman Folk tales collected from In
dian tribes scattered over North
America. They tell of the time whel
birds, animals, rivers and mountains
could talk and had magical powers.
| Tales of Folk and Fairies, by RATHER
inc Pyle TRANSACTIONS of fairy tales
rom Russia, Serbia, Persia, India, Scan
dinavia and other places.
The Girl Who Sat by the Ashes, b,
Padraic Column. In writing of Cinderell,
Mr.. Column has woven the several yer
sions of the story into one in a quain
|, and beautiful way that will appeal t,
many children.
Neptune's Son, by Holland. Adven
lures of jim Burgess on the schoone
,, Barnacle bound for San Francisco from
Boston by way of Cape Horn.
Watty & Co., by Edward Hall Putnam
Three boys preparing for Yale spend
summer alone on an island off tn
: Maine Coast.
Bob Thorpe, Sky Fighter in Lafayett
Flying Corps, by Austin Bishop. TIL
author spent two years as aviator pilo
!, on the French and Italian fronts, and La
! written an exciting story full of accurat
: information on the subject of flying.
The Dragon Flies, by Donal Hamilto
Haines, is another story of the fyin
lservice.
) The Raisin Creek Exploring Club, b
Ernest Ingersol. Incidentally many il
teresting facts about the woods al
woven into this exciting mystery stor,
4 The Shawnee's Warning-A Story
the Oregon Trail, by ID. Lange. Durin
i the migration from the Missouri river [
!, Oregon in 1913 two young men and tw
boys are separated from the main car,
van and have to make the journey alon
II Winona's Way, by Margaret Wilde
mer, continues the story of Winona an
her Camp Fire friends
Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds, b
William J. Lawrence. The authors ow
u experiences on canoe trip up the MAJ;
z rum river in South America.
q The Ragged Inlet" Guards, by Dillo
4 Wallace. Story of adventure in Labr;
y dor including the capture of Germa
!, wireless station.
"a Cornelia, by Lucy Fitch Perkins. A d,
= lightful story for girls by the author I
u the Dutch Twins, the Irish Twins, etc.
- Plays and Pageants of Democracy,
H. +. Ursula Payne. Six plays and pa!
! eants written in verse. The necessal
- costumes for each are carefully d
. scribed.
Steam Shovel Man, by Ralph d. Pain
A l7-year- old boy goes to Panama
find work on the Big Ditch.
Freight Fairy Tales, by Henry b. Be
ton. A book of new and charming fail
tales.
Slipper Point Mystery, by seamo
~ Two girls discover secret passage on
I'd point of land down the river.