The New York herald., 1922-04-23
The Child of Yesterday and To-day

what do you read about?" THE
siege of Troy"
What is a siege and what is Troy?"
Whereat
He. piled up chairs and tables for a
town,
Set me atop for Priam. called our cat
Helen, enticed away from home
Che said)
By wicked Paris who couched some
where close.
AS a result of which:
So far l rightly understood the case
At five years old: a huge delight IL
proved
And still proves-thanks to that in
structor sage
My father, who knew better than
turn straight
Learning's full flare on weak-eyed
ignorance,
Or, worse yet, leave weak eyes to
grow sand blind,
Content with darkness and yacuity.
Education. If it amounts to any
thing, fits one to come as near as
humanity has thus far managed to
come to understanding the natural
and social environment in which one
is placed. It's task that is going to
take good deal of time and patience
(see "The Education of Henry
Adams'). and il one happens to come
to care especially about becoming
educated he'll be greatly obliged to
his parents for having given him an
early start in the right direction.
Ill.
The careful parent, looking over
the spring offering OF children's
books. win be pleased to note the al
most complete absence of such ro-
mantle nonsense as he very likely
was fed upon when he was too young
to know better. In the list he will
observe that there is nothing very
harmful at any rate. and much thai
is good as we'll as likely to prove in
teresting to youngsters. What the
| fiction magazines might call the boob
length novel predominates, and the
subject matter is largely the narura.
world. This has to be learned about
scme time, and the sooner the better
The stories of outdoor life. sea voy.
ages and animals are, on the whole
scientifically accurate. The list is 8
remarkably good one.
kidnapping Clarence" takes yol
into the depths of the Canadian
woods, among the animals of pre-,
there met being pair of kidnapers
Clarence Is a self-sufficient boy ant
proves quite able to take care O
himself even in such adverse circum
stances. Other animals that appear
fortunately not altogether in tn
guise of victims for the destructive
| impulses of men, but as interesting
beings TO be studied and understood
are moose. deer. minks, muskrats
squirrels. Clarence is no paragon
but a regular fellow in whom boy
may well be and doubtless will be in
terested. Embellished with excellen
illustrations by James Calvert Smith
the book is one to be commended.
Further to the west, in the will
and beautiful Canadian Rocky Noun
tain country, are the scenes of "Ren
frew of the Royal Mounted" 1t is
series of adventures which membe
, of the famous Northwest Police rt
lates to admiring youths who eventu
! ally get, in his company, taste {
the same thing in reality. TIL
, stories are well told. There is onl
one Objectionable element. In IL
final episode. when the boys ar
their idol are encamped in the wood
there is a strike at a nearby mi
There is violence and the striker
appear in a very bad light. I'll
events are typical of industrial col
flicts: strikers (and police, publ
and private) often are responsib
for disorder in such circumstance
This story is told. however. Who'll
from the police point of view: the
is no suggestion as 10 the ultima
cause of the conflict and therefore
the violence save the remark TIL
the workmen are getting too his