The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-09-15

BY ALICE LINDSEY WEBB.
Questions gladly answered. Write
me In care Of the editor.)
Among the Hints on Mental Gull
lure In Lyttons ''Caxtonia" is the
Following sage advice: In science,
read by preference the newest works:
IN literature. the oldest. The classic
literature is always modern.
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Swiss Family Robinson is recog-
nlzed as classic, and is properly one
OF the most famous books ever written
Tor children, though it is equally en-
Joyed by grown-ups who like adveh-
ture. l nave found another delight
fully illustrated edition, this time one
OF the famous color book series of A.
e Z. Black, London, for whom the
Macmillan Co., are the American
agents. Harry Rountree has furnished
| eight illustrations from his brilliant
paintings. One shows Fritz catching
the young eagle on the cliff, with the
waves breaking beneath him; another
the raft making for the shore with
the rescued cattle swimming behind,
buoyed by casks; still another the
training of the ostrich as a horse.
How do you suppose the artist pur-
suaded any one to pose for the picture
where. poor Ernest is being chased by
two huge bears? But any pretty girl
would be glad to be the model for the
picture of the charming Emily in her
FUR clothing. The book, like many
English volumes, is remarkably light
and easy to hold for SO large a one.
have number of Blacks color books
in my little library: one on Bonnie
Scotland" with Sutton Palmer's won
derful landscapes, and graceful, hum
orous descriptions by A. r. Hope Mon
crieff. Another is book on Perthshire
by the same two, and still another is
ems" by Mary G. Maxwell. For Christ
mas, birthdays, and other gift times
Sir Herbert Maxwells collection of
exquisite pastels of Scottish Gard
land, France, Italy, Spain and other
places, all with wonderful color illus
trations.
l got dear little book the other
day for my small godson in Portland.
1t is one of David Corys Little Jack
Rabbit" books, about Little Jack
Rsbbit and Uncle John Hare" (Gres-
set & Dunlap) Uncue John Hare
takes Little Jack Rabbit to Turnip
City in the Bunnymobile. They give
Red Riding Hood lift, and the wick
ed wolf follows them. So Uncle John
Hare throws the Wicked Wolf big
gum drop. big as baseball, which
sticks the VOLTS teeth together so he
can't bite. They meet the Ragged Gil
ant Rabbit and fool him. They have a
call from Little Jack Sprite, and also
from Woodland Elf, in the middle
of the night. H. s. Barbour has made
some lively coloured pictures for the
book. All together there are 80 adven-
lures shared by the laughing old
Uncle and the excited little Jack Rab-
bit.
Poverty is no barrier to success. It
usually develops ambition and ner-
vous people to action. Life at best has
much OF struggle, and we need to be
cheered and stimulated by the car
GERS of those who have overcome OBJ
stacles, says Sarah X. Bolton, in the
careers Of those who have overcome
obstacles" says Sarah X. Bolton in
the Introduction to the new edition Of
her book on Lives Of Poor Boys Who
Became Famous, just issued by the
| Crowell Co. ($2) 1t should be an in
spiration to any boy with spark Of
ambition, for 1t tells, with the utmost
regard for fact but in a beautifully
smooth flowing and entertaining
style, what was accomplished by some
IS boys who started with absolutely
nothing but their bare hands, the
courage to overcome obstacles, and
the determination to BE somebody and
DO something. (Not, as recent after
dinner speaker at the college said:
do somebody and BE something's
In this new edition the original work
has been thoroughly revised and chap
tiers added. 1t now includes Franklin,
Peter Cooper, Linneaus, Grant, STAN
ley. Rockefeller and Carnegie, in ad-
ditionl to the original list Of inventors,
authors, statesmen, merchants, ex-
plorers. and others who have contrib
uted to the sum of inspired person.
alities in modern history. To give a
boy new interest in history at school
can think of no quicker way than
to introduce this book as supple
mentary reader, the various biogra-
plies being brought in at the apprO-
pirate points. The same thing might
be done for girls with Mrs. Bottoms
Lives of Girls who Became Famous.
On September Is, Mrs. Bolton would
have been 81 II she had lived, (she
died February q. 1916). Since her
first book was published in 1864, a
volume of poems, she has been the
author of something like 40 volumes
Of biography, travel, fiction and verse.
She spent two years in Europe, travel
ing and studying literature, and
schools. and what employers were do
ing to help their workmen while she
was still young girl. It was not at
all a usual thing then for girls to be
so interested in public matters of that
sort. She married a doctor, and be-
came, at various times, associate ed
| itor Of the Congregationalist: assist
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