The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-12

edition" with eight full page COL
ored reproductions of oil paintings
by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Another beautiful edition is Lewis
CAROLS Alice In Wonderland" and
Through the Looking Glass" Gilt
tie Brown & Co., publishers.
Boston,. These charming stories are
among the most popular ever written
for children and even grown ups"
revel gloriously in the whimsical
nonsense and great beauty of the
stories.
Thornton w. Burgess. whose
stories for children are read the wide
world over in his "Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse" (Little, Brown & Co..
publishers, Boston, is the
story of the most timid of all the lit
tie animals of the woods and his ex-
citing adventures will prove delight
full to children.
Fair Tales from Far and Near"
by Katherine Pyle Gittle, Brown &
Co., publishers, BOSTON, and
Winter Tales from Thibet." by
Eleanore Myers Jewett (Little. Brown
& Co.. publishers, Boston,, are
wonderfully attractive reading for
children.
An interesting book for girls of IL
and upward is Leila Horn Richards
Caroline at College" (Little. Brown
& Co., publishers, Boston). 1t
is a vivid story OF Coed" college
life with group ofTattractive young
and self-respecting.
Boys Books
Among the most interesting of the
recent contributions to literature for
boys, college boys, will be found
Tiger. Cd. Appleton & Co.. pub
fishers. New York city,; Cox
swain of the Eight" by Ralph Henry
Barbour ID. Appleton g. Co., pub
fishers, New York city,; and The
Hilsdale High" by Earl Reed Silvers
Cd. Appleton & Co.. publishers. New
York city,.
All boys who find pleasure In out
of-doors sports will enjoy perusing
the pages of these healthy. normal
and unusually interesting stories.
Another attractive book for boys
Is 1.-The Boy Scouts Year Book"
edited by Franklin X. Matthews,
chief scout librarian of the Boy
Scouts of America ID. Appleton &
Co.. publishers. New York city,.
Inc DOCK Is dllTdcllVely IL
Illustrated" and has a collection of
stories gathered together by the
editor which cannot fail to please
the boy Scouts" among them
being Stories OF Boy Scouts"
Popular Adventure Stories:" Funny
Stories;" Tales or Adventure"
wild Animals at Home::" and
What Scouts Do" Sports Handi-
craft and Hobbies"
Two New Editions Of ssDOn QuixOte"
The popularity OF Don Quixote" is
unexcelled as excellent reading for
children and this is exemplified in
THE History of Don Quixote,"
by Miguel de Cervantes- Saavedra,
arranged by A. a. Methley. F. II.
G. S.. and illustrated by Gordon
Browne. (Frederick A. Stokes COM
pany, publishers, New York city,. The
other is The Story of Don Quixote,"
by Arvld Paulson and Clayton Ed
wards. with illustrations" in color
by Florence Choate and Elizabeth
Curtis (Frederick A. Stokes company,
publishers. New York city,.
Nothing more attractive has ever
been published exploiting the strange
and wonderful adventures of Don
Quixote de la Mancha" than these
two beautifully illustrated and well
edited editions. Don Quixote, Rosin-
ante. Sancho Panza and the Fair
Dulcinea are all picturedmost at
tractively and the doughty Don's
search after Adventure and wind
mills" and his many amusing esca-
pades are well delineated by the
authors.
A wonderfully attractive book for
children is a new edition Of THE
Arabian Nights Entertainments"
with q preface" by frederick Taber
Cooper and twelve illustrations In