Evening star., 1927-05-21

the Use of Children i'm the South Par
sh of AndOver." sets before the lambs
under his care go pages of indigestible
food. consisting of questions on and
answers to the most abstruse meta
physical, philosophical and other con-
troversial ubjects-subjects still un-
solved today. Another item in his
collection is a pamphlet printed in
1717, entitled "A Legacy for Children.
being Some of the Last Expressions
and Dying Sayings of Hannah Hill,
Junr. of the City of Philadelphia.
Aged Eleven Years and near
Three Months" Little Hannah took
several days to die. during which she
claimed the undivided attention of
every member Of her family, giving
them moral advice and telling them
what they should and should not do
after she had departed. The Coun-
ell which she gave, to her Dear and
only Sister and Cousin. Lord Zachary,
whom she dearly loved, was very
grave and pithy"
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DR. Rosenbachs collection Of 500
early American Children's books.
which are dated from 1882 to 1910. is
now on. exhibition at the New York
Public Library. These books reveal
the change, not only in juvenile read
ing matter, but also the change from
the child of Puritan New England
to the child Of our own day--from
Nirtuous William. The Obedient Prem
tice and Patty Primrose to Tom Saw
yer, Huck Finn, Penrod and Rebecca
of SunnybrOOk Farm. The earliest
book in the collection is 'tThe Rule
of the NeWCreature. To be Prac-
ticed every day in all the Particulars
of which are Ten" which starts off
as follows: BE sensible Of thy Orig
inal Corruption daily, how it inclines
thee to evil, and indisposeth thee to
good; groan under it. and bewail it
as Paul did, Also take special
notice of your actual sins. or daily
infirmities, in Thought, Word, Deed.
Endeavor to make your peace with
God for them before you go to bed" !"
Another book. originally published in
England, an American edition of
which was printed by Benjamin
Franklin in 1149, was the Rev. James
Janeway's "A Token for Children,
being an Exact Account of the Con-
version, Holy and Exemplary Lives
and Joyous Deaths of several Young
Children" Since many editions were
published the author expresses the
opinion that 1t was the certain means
Of saving many children from hell
and damnation. Cotton Mather wrote
continuation of Janeway, entitled
"A Token for the Children of New
England, or some. Examples Of Chill
dren, in whom the Fear of God was
remarkably budding before they died;
in several parts Of New England.
Preserved and Published for the En-.
Of iatx in nt6
dren." In another book for children
publihed in 1714, DR.. Rosenbach
found embedded in a waste of theo-
logical discussion for infants the fol-
lowing: 30 Children of New England,
Poor Hearts; You are going to He'll
indeed: But will it not be dreadful
thing to go to Hell from New Eng
Iand?" Besides books on religion,
which seem to .predominate, the col
lection contains THE School Of Good
Manners Composed for the Help of
Parents in teaching their Children
how to carry it in their place during
their Minority" published in Boston
in 1872. Among the gems of etiquette,
under the heading Of Behaviour at
the Table, it admonishes: "Spit not,
cough not, nor blow thy nose at
table, If it may he avoided Be
haviour when in Company is not quite
SO strict: Spit not in the room,
but in the corner" For Behaviour
at School one must "Bawl not aloud
in making complaints" and Jog not
the table or desk on which another
writes"
Rhodes scholarships. the ever
growing flood of student:tourists and
the World War have all brought in
creasing knowledge to the public of
the United States about the educa-
tional institutions of England 1t is
no longer possible to say. as Charles
Astor Bristed said in 1873. when he
WOrte his book Five Years in an
English University: Very little is
accurately known in this country
about the English Universities" Or
is it, after all, still possible to say
that? Whatever the case, his book
is very interesting even now, and
much that he tells of English uni
Versity traditions then is still true,
so firm are the roots of oxford and
Cambridge in the past. Charles Astor
Bristed was five years at Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge, from 1910 to 1845,
and was graduated a foundation
scholar. The boat races. supper
parties, dinners in Hall. cricket and
diversions of the various College Clubs,
share attention with the tutorial
system. the Union Debating So
ciety, Examinations, the Mathematical
Tripos. the University Scholarship
and Commemoration. A chapter is
entitled THE Cantab Language" and
in it one may find definitions of
gownsman, don, tripos, siZings, bull
dogs, wrangler, senior optime. Other
terms defined are as familiar in
American college life as in English.
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The hostilities and changing for
tunes of Guelphs and Ghibellines in
the first part Of the fifteenth CEN
tury make a spirited historical back
ground for Rafael Sabatini's latest
romance, "Bellarion the Fortunate"
Most of Sabatini's heroes are for
tunate, as heroes OF orthodox ro-
nance should be. Bellarion, to be
sure, would hardly be called fortu-
nate in his birth. which took place
in the greatest squalor, but this only
made his later achievements the
more remarkab BILE. He became knight.
lord, prince. and fell in love with a
princess. The adventures by which
he rose make a plot full Of action.
Favored with much medieval history
Particular About Things.
From the Cleveland News.
Canada may lie wet, but she has her