Arizona republican., 1921-12-06
Christmas Books For Children
 Mark New Standard in Artistry

tots to those for advanced children, will attract and hold the attention of any lover of the beautiful. The mat ter of the books is also exceptional, for it is tie Volland ideal that books for children should contain nothing to cause fright suggest fear, glorify mischief eXtenuate malice or condone cruel-.. That is why they are called books good for children" and are considered leaders among the juve- niles.
 The contents of these books, es- pecially in the advanced volumes, are out of the-ordinary, to say the least. Particularly so are the collection of Indian fairy tales, which have been written in a charming style and which, with the colored illustrations accompanying them. make gifts which cannot be equalled.
 Then there is the well-known Milton Bradley series of juveniles, and the ''E. C. s. K. 2 series of books of birds, fairy tales, famous stories. hymns, legends, myths, natural his tory, poems, pictures, sings, trees, wild animals flowers and a number of other things that children should know.
 In this same class of books are those famous publications of Jean Hneri Fabre on the insect world books which amazed even the scien- t!fic world when they appeared, and which added a new and beautiful and fascinating department to the world literature. Among these volumes. caught in a cursory glance. are The Hunting Wasps" The Mason Wasps," ''The Mason Bees" The Life of the Fly The Life of the Grass hopper 'The Rumble Bee" ''Field, Forest and Farm" Animal Life in Field and Garden" 'The Story Book of Science" ''The Sacred Beetle. The Life of the Spider" and The Life of the Caterpillar"
 Of another type, but of equal worth, are this years editions of such stand ard books as Don Quixote," Jules Verne's Mysterious Island" Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho!", Scot tish Chiefs Sidney Lanier's Boys King Arthur" "The Last of the Mo hicans." and a number of others. l These volumes all have the Wyeth it. l lustrations and particularly attractive l in literature for his children. One particular book, concerning 1 which no description is necessary be- | cause of the wide knowledge of it | throughout the reading world, Is 1 Rice's Adventures of Raphael Puni- l pelly," in a special edition for boys. ! No mistake can be made in purchas- | ing this for any youngster-or for ! any oldster. either.
 | Outside the children's books there
 are this week two bits of information | which book-lovers will welcome. The first is that a single volume edition
 of H. G. Wells Outline of History
 is off the press and is for sale in this city. The first edition of the Out
 line" was in two volumes. selling al 1 $1O.50, and this has been revised | slightly, printed on thinner paper, and offered at s5. Throughout the United l States its sale has been phenomenal 1 and even in Phoenix it is being pur- chased eagerly.
 In describing this edition to Russell Freeman in a personal letter the pub fishers say:
 Tn the one volume you will find
 a fairly complete presentation of tho
 entire subject. It contains all tho
 material and illustrations found in thu
 original volumes except chapter or
 climate and minor sections of unim'
 portant or debatable natter
 Every library worth the name vii
 have one of these volumes, which