Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-25
Editors Table

LLAMA Oh BfldfCIlIIe, Nv tlOTSUCS
Scott Bernard; picture jacket in COL
ors: illustrated.
1t was almost too great test for
any girl that came to Diana Lynn.
To have kind lady Of wealth. won
by the girls personality. take her
from the Anthony Flower Home for
Orphans. fit her out sumptuously and
send her to college seemed like a
fairy tale come ne, and might we'll
turn her head, as it did-for a time.
But the best part of it-and what
makes this story worth while-is
that Diana did not give Up. Thrown
on her own resources, she developed
character and won success that could
never have been hers had not sup
port been withdrawn from her. and
she triumphenty redeems herself
with her patroness. No hackneyed
plot in this story. and no Law figures.
All are bright and alive. For girls
from fourteen to sixteen.
Publishers. Lothrop. Lee & Shep-
ard Co., Boston.
THE Young Crusader" How Rich
ard of Devon Served Richard the
Lion Hearted. by Walter Scott
Story; illustrated by Frank T. Mer-
rilI.
No matter how literary fashions
may change, there is always a gem
Grafton Of boys to love stirring
historical story. No better setting
could be found than the Third Cru
SADIE, when the great .C9ur de Lion
forced a truce with Saladin only to
fall into the hands OF his enemy. the
Duke Of Austria, while on his way
home Closely following history and
D,Al, .,,I 81 q. hero
made to succeed his father. the
Baron OF Darby, when a mere youth.
He enthusiastically follows King
Richard throughout the Crusade, en-
dears himself to him by his min
strelsy as we'll as by his mastery Of
arms. and renders a great service to
his royal leader. The pages glow
with sustained interest. like those OF
'Ivanhoe." For boys from twelve
TO sixteen.
Publishers. Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard Co, Boston.
"Whist!ing Rock" by Edna 4.
Brown, author OF The Silver Bear"
The Chinese Kitten" etc. Picture
Jacket, end-leaves and illustrations
in eolors by Antoinette Inglis.
Loveday Blair was seven years old.
ana as IOnk as SHo
she had heard Daddy talk about
Whistling Rock Island. So she
thought it worth while to have the
measles when they meant a whole
summer spent there. The story tells
how she met Teddy. and how they
PLAYED on the beach and visited
Grandma Penworthy, who lived at
the Light. Then there are the twins,
Bat and Basheera, little playmates
in black fur. fitting through the
pages like frolicsome shadows. Love
day watched the boats 50 out when
the hrst maekerel came; she visited
the tender which brought supplies Tor
the Light, and she woke in the dark
to see its great beams wheel around
the horizon. She went to the home
Of the Cavern King and saw the
slave he had sent to catch a fish for
his dinner. Though intended FOR lit
lie girls. the story has such charm
and originality that 1t will be en-
loved by older children.
Publishers, Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard Co., Boston.
"The Adventures of the Ink Spots"
by Ruth o. Dyer. author OF That
Whv stories" "What Happened
Then Stories etc. With frontis-
piece in colors and pen -ano-lnK-
drawings in red and black for every
page by L. ]. Bridgman.
Here is the jolliest showlest, most
whimsical, and most entertaining
book for little children that can be
irnagined-one Of the kind that all
ages delight in getting hold OF. we
cannot tell how tie two families OF
Ink Spots, red and black, escaped
from the Professors ink-bottles.
reached the wonderful Mother Goose
Garden, had a picnic and fair with
ali the bestowed Mother Goose peo-
pie, and came safely back again pc
fore winter 1T in-you must look IN
the book for that. and you Will be
glad you had the chance. Author
and artist have happily worked TO-
gether in way to make all glad III
renewed acquaintance with the char-
acters Of wise nonsense that are
part of every ones right to joyous
childhood For all children from six