Evening star., 1923-11-18

acter, each in its special contribution
to modern life. and, indirectly, to the
substance of American life, Is set
out here in clear and easy run of
! story. Only outstanding features are
| admitted here, and only these should
. be-great men, great events in their
/ lives and enduring, influence come
into the story. A fine sense Of the
purpose of the outline in education.
a keenly intelligent seizure of the
substance of the outline and its ad-
and the uses of young students of
American history are the inviting
characteristics of this book.
JIBBY JONES. BY Ellis Parker But
ler, author of ''Swatty," etc. IL
Illustrations by Arthur G. Dorr.
Boston,. Houghton Miff1in Cor.-
pany.
Another Butler story of the things
that may go on along the banks of
the Mississippi, provided the old gang
of boys is on hand to help out the
natural powers and possibilities of
the big river itself. And they are all
here--Wampus and Tab and Skippy
and George. with the addition of Jibby
Jones. Jibby turns out to be the
prime mover in the no end of things
that happen every day and about
every hour of the day. Indeed, libby
Jones-looking as innocent as young
calf or any other very young thing
if this were Il grown-up adventure
might be called the hero of the tale.
Luckily for him he has not to bear the
burden of that. All he has to do is
merely to be Jibby Jones. With that
start things come along about once a
minute. Good fun, of the kind that
boys have come: to expect from Ellis
| Parker Butler.
PUZZLING PEPITA. BY Nina
Rhoades. Illustrated by Elizabeth
Wilmington. Boston,: Lothrop, Lee
& Shepherd Company.
Pepita was, at first, a bit puzzling
| to the other children of Concord. n.
H., where she came to live. Her
clothes were different, she said her
words differently, she made quick lit
| tie moves that the other children
We're unused to. All this, because
| Pepita was born across the water in
Seville, where she lived till she was
quite a girl. These differences from
! the other children made her very in
| tereSting to them, as she is sure to
| be to you. A perfectly natural little
girl, who adds greatly to the pleasure
of the young folks around her in any
number of situations that are sure
! not only to turn you into a real friend
to Pepita, but to almost any other
child besides who, seems a trifie down.
cast, now and then, because of the
strangenesS of everything and every
body around.
Z n
Richards. Illustrations by NJ. l..
Greer. Boston: Little, Brown x Co.
,, Another daughter of the Ravenel
| family. Caroline, the youngest, steps
out here into our acquaintance and
friendship. Just TO win our favor is
not at all in the mind of Miss Caro-
line. What she is doing is hunting a
career. That's what makes her inter-
esting. Unusual. too, that she does
not want to be an actress Instead she
goes in for writing plays, not for act
ing them. Luckily, her sister lives in
New York, so Caroline betakes her
self to the great town in quest of her
career. She finds it-not the one at
all that she claimed to be seeking.
An all right career, nevertheless,
upon the way to which Caroline and
her friends make no 'end of clever
entertainment for those of us who
have chance to share IL by way OF
this sparkling little account.