Evening star., 1928-09-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TR4CEWELL.

! edition illustrated by Charles Rhead.
AS for Alice in Wonderland" that Is
the child classic of classics. Written by
an English mathematician for the
pleasure of his own children, it has
| come to be the pleasure Of the whole
wide world.
No matter how young child Is, or
! how old man is, he can get pleasure
and profit from this glorious story, and
from it's sequel, Alice Through the
Looking Glass"
Nonsense that has in its infinite wis
dom-that fairly describes Alice in
| Wonderland" Like most good things,
it gives one the feel of something more
than it says. For every reader this will
mean something different.
Alice in Wonderland" possesses a
certain gayety and charm alongside
subtle understanding of men and things
| that seems almost to have been put
! there with a wise wink to the adult
, reader.
Let no child be deferred from reading
about Alice because she is perpetuaily
! being burlesqued in prose for adults
| On the other hand, let no "groWn-up'
| fail to read about her because he did
not do it as child. If there is any one
story in the world that does not grow
|
Mary Mapes Dodge's Hans Brinker, or
the Silver Skates is commonly classi-
| fed AS girls book, but it is infinitely
| more. being a fine story for all ages
! and conditions. Dealing as it does with
| Holland, it brings a touch of that far
| and to us queer country. and at the
| same time helps build up in the reade.'
! the quality of sympathy. It is another
story every one should read.
X X X
The fairy tale by the Bruder Grimm
| and those more delicate ones by the
northern Hans Christian Andersen
easily come within the classification OF
| essential reading for children.
| A child may grow up without know
| ing these stories. but he should know
| them. The cruditieS of the GrimmS
| tales will roll off even improSSonablc
minds like water off ducks back. leav-
| ing behind only the hearty enjoyment
which imagination alone brings to little
ones. The stories of Andersen come
nearer being great writing. Their deli
| cacy is far more suitable to some chill
| dren than the roughness OF the Grlmms
| tales, and more of the former tales have
| passed into the everyday life OF the peo-
pie of every race.
AGSODS FdDltS Ill CLiCiL IVY
ought to be known to every child. Per-
haps every one knows the tale of the
greedy dog that snapped at his ref1ec-
ton in the water, thereby losing the
piece of meat he had in his mouth.
Many of the others are just as good.
For brevity, nothing in world literature
excels them.
The mother goose rhymes certainly
are essential to childhood, and with
| them might be included for good meas
ure the stories of THE Three Little
| Pigs" "Puss- ss-in-Boots," Red Riding
Hood" and THE Three Bears"
Children should have "Gulliver's
Travels" by all means. This is another
work loved by children for its story. and
by adults for its cleverness. In recent
years there has been decline in public
interest in this masterpiece, but 1t j.;
| Just as entertaining as ever, and will
| again come into its own.
We include Stevenson'S "Child'S Gar
den of Verse" not only because 1t is well
done and shows a modern child ideals
of conduct none too vigorously enforced
today. but chiefly because it is melodi-
Gus verse, something which children en-
| Joy primarily for musical reasons
With these 10 books in the home Ii
brary. a child may be started right on
the great book adventure.