Clearwater Republican., 1922-04-21

ny deep IN African wildS wrote me
hey were anxious to read it, and
lave not been able to find it, Maybe
'ou have a copy YOU have read that
'ou are willing to send her? AS stop.
gap | sent viii N. Harbin's novel,
The Triumph" a Civil war story
with strong character drawing and
vivid, interesting pictures of life in
the South in reconstruction days
Gould yoN guess who | mean, | won
der, if should tell you l am thinking
of one OF the most famous old men in
the country. who has lived on farm
since 1874 devoting his time to fruit
culture and literature? Somebody is |
sure to suggest Burbank" Wrong;
though it is nearly right, for Burbank
lived on farm in his boyhood, and
his big experimental plots in Califor~
MIA might readily be called farm
| was thinking of another naturalist,
chum of his, IL years older than he,
who besides his genius with plants
and animals, is a writer of great
charm. My associations with one of
his bird books, Wake Robins are
tivated voice matching the happy con
tent and strength of her sweet face
with its crown of silver hair The re-
turn of birds in the spring the mi.
grants in the hemlock boughs, the
very words birds nests" bring pleas
ant memories not of Burroughs book
alone, but of Miss Smell, the freight
on her face, the book in her hand, en-
/ joying both. Suppose you get father
or mother, favorite aunt or uncle, OF
! some one of the dear "old folks" to
read one of Burroughs books with you
You will both enjoy it, not only now,
but long time afterward.
If you like dogs better than birds,
you might read "Stickeen"* by John
Muir another grand old man." who
discovered the great Muir Glacier in
Alaska. The little dog "Stickeen'
went with him on many difficult and
dangerous tramp across the noun
tains and terrible crevasses. DR.. s.
Hall Young, Muir's exploring com
panion, calls the slim book "the
worlds greatest dog classic"
I've asked dozens of people who
Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone was
and though not one of them had the
slightest notion, and said they hat
never heard of him before, I'll wage
you about them. 1t is book he wrot,
fifty years ago to stimulate interest il
birds among his readers. At Corval
lis, Oregon, lived with DR.. Margare
Smell, founder of the home economic.
department of o. A. c. She fount
Wake Robin" in my bookcase, ant
proposed that we read it together. 81
every morning she came and sat b,
my fireplace and read aloud from 1
until breakfast time, her gentle, cul
you could tell me in a second II
quote a couple of lines of the poetr,
that has made him famous:
Il turn the leaves of fancy, till il
shadowy design
| find the smiling features of an OLE
sweetheart of mine"
Why, yes, of course. James Whit
comb Riley. His first book came on
under the pen name of Benj F. John
son of Boone. You are probably ac
quainted with his Child World,"'
which has for introduction an orchart
description with apple trees that re
mind you, in their happy reality, o
the description of the blind boy Davit
among the apple bins on the winter
night In Bitter Sweets telling b!
the fragrance Of each what variety /
Is. and where it grew In the orchard
There Is also the STORYTELLING aroun,
the fire, till
Each little jacket
Is now a packet
or murderous thoughts and fancies,
when Joseph relates the old tale oi
Blue Beard in thrilling manner.
learned the Is verses of it when
was ten years old to speak at school
and I've often used it since to enter
tain groups of children.
Two excellent. practical books for
the housewife recommended by the
domestic science teachers of the state
college are Feeding the Family" by
Rose Mary Schwartz, published by the
Macmillan Co, and "The American
Home Diet" by f. " McCollum and
Nina Simmonds. published by Fred.
erick c. Matthews Co. of Detroit,
Mich. The latter is said to be IAN an
swer to the ever-present question,
What shall we have for dinner?"
'Hought6n, Mifflin & Co.. New York
tBowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, In
diana.
tFleming II. Revell CO.. Chicago
sThe Ronald Press Co, New York
City.
Some New Books.
| Old Trails and Ned Borders, by Ed