NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN BY SIDONIE MATZNER GRUENBERG (Author of "Sons and Daughters," "Your Child Today and Tomorrow," etc.) T It HERE are hundreds of books for boys and girls that sell themselves by means of an attractive jacket bearing a picture suggesting adventure or an interesting situation. is often true that these books are perfectly harmless stories, and serve a perfectly legitimate demand for excitement or entertainment. They may be taken for granted, like the latest new brand of talcum powder or the mechanical bulletin board. But when people take the trouble to go shopping for special occasions it is worth while to take pains to get something better than tolerable. The present list is in a sense a "white list" showing books for young people that are among the best now offered. Many excellent stories have been omitted because of careless or inferior writing. In three or four cases excellent texts were ruined by inartistic or poorly reproduced illustrations; and in about as many cases well-illustrated books are omitted because of the unsatisfactory reading matter. On the whole, the best books of the year show an encouraging advance since the depression brought about by war conditions. The tendency is toward a greater realism in the books for younger children, and there is less writing down to the supposed level of the children. In buying books for children many parents confine themselves exclusively to FAIRY TALES AND LEGENDS The Tree of Light. By James A. B. Scherer. $1.35. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. The story of how Christmas came to early England. Very interesting to the serious-minded Over 14. young person. Twenty-four Unusual Stories. By Anna C. Tyler. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York. $2. Good stories from Greek mythology, Indlan legends, etc. A valuable collection. 10-14. The Chinese Fairy Book. By Frederick H. Martens. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $2.50. A collection of the legends of the gods, tales of magicians, historic fairy tales, etc. Very interesting. 10-14. Attractive illustrations The Treasury of Myths. By Inez N. McFee. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. 75c. A good introduction to mythology for young children. Ten myths from the Teutonic and Greek. 8-12. Little Man with One Shoe. By Margery Bailey. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $2.25. Six fine tales with the quaint charm and simplicity of the best Irish stories, and six little songs with music. 8-12. A Treasury of Indian Tales. By Clara K. Bayliss. Illustrated. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. 75c. Representative nature myths and legends from various tribes, simply retold. 8-12. American Indian Fairy Tales. By W. T. Larned. P. F. Volland Co., Chicago. $1.35. Exceptionally attractive collection from authentic sources; beautifully illustrated in colors by John Rae. 8-12. The Swedish Fairy Book. By Clara Stroebe and Frederick H. Martens. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $2.50. Carefully selected tales from original sources of Swedish folk-lore. Nicely illustrated. 8-12. Welsh Fairy Tales. By William E. Griffis. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. $1.60. Fairy stories of Wales, attractively presented for young children. 8-12. The Laughing Prince. By Parker Fillmore. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York. $2.50. Jugoslav folk and fairy tales. Striking, characteristic illustrations. 8-12. the tried and true titles of a past generation, just as many others buy only the newest to be had. Both extremes indicate lack of discrimination or of confidence in criteria of value in books. The children are entitled to get their thrills in terms of the surging life going on around them-airplanes and radio, railways and submarines. But they are also entitled to the opportunity to form bonds of affection and sentiment with the past of the race. For the latter service there are available many reprints of older favorites in very attractive editions. The Dante celebration is represented in a volume introducing the young reader to the life and times of Dante, to his great work and the personalities presented in the "Divine Comedy." The interest in foreign lands, which became suddenly so marked in 1914, is represented by collections of fairy tales rather than by books of travel. In many cases, however, these foreign tales, instead of bringing out the characteristic thought and spirit of the various peoples, simply repeat the age-old fables with changes of names and costumes. The value of the fairy books listed here lies in their distinctive flavor. The youth of the race continues to find its inspiration in the same dreams and visions through the ages; changes in fashion affect but the outer form. The Ruby Story Book. By Penrnyn Coussens. Duffield & Co., New York. $2. Stories of life and adventure on the drawn from many sources, historical and legendary. 8-12. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles. By Padraic Colum. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. The Macmillan Co., New York. $2.50. A welcome addition to "The Adventures of Odysseus," by the same writer and artist. 10-14. FOR THE YOUNGEST READERS Picture Stories for Children. By Irmengarde Eberle. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. Five stories in which sketches take the place of words and add interest. Sandman's Good Night Stories. By Abbie Phillips Walker. Harper & Brothers, New York. 75c. Typical short animal and fairy stories. Above the average in merit. Here and Now Story Book. By Lucy Sprague Mitchell. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. $2. Experimental stories written for the children of the city and country school. An interesting contribution towards solving the problem of meeting the young child's literary needs. It points the way to a new approach in harmony with modern psychological ideas. The Teenie Weenie Man's Mother Goose. Illustrated by William Donahey. Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago. $2. "The most complete Mother Goose published in America." Wee Books for Wee Folks. Profusely illustrated. Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia. 50c each. Grunty Grunts and Smiley Smile Indoors. Little Bunnie Bunniekin. The Old Time Story of the Three Bears. The Little Puppy that Wanted to Know Too Little Mousie Mousiekin. The Long Ago Years Stories. Stories for the Seven Year Old. Selected by Louey Chisholm. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $1. An intelligent collection of stories and poems suitable for the youngest reader. Clear print, nice illustrations. Piffles' Mother Goose Dot Drawing Book. Henry Altemus & Co., Philadelphia, 75c. A line drawn from numbered points forms a picture. STORIES, TRAVEL, AND ADVENTURE Story of Doctor Dolittle. By Hugh Lofting. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $2.25. One of those rare conceits that one hails with delight. A charmingly humorous, original tale to be enjoyed by young and old. 10-14 and over. Book of Pirates. By Howard Pyle. Harper & Brothers, New York. Boxed, $6. All of this author's buccaneers and pirates assembled in one volume. 41 illustrations, 17 in full color. All by Howard Pyle. 10-14 and over. Cedric, the Forester. By Bernard Marshall. D. Appleton & Co., New York. $2.50. A romantic story of the adventures of a highminded youth of the thirteenth century. 14 or over-boys. The Boy with the United States Secret Service. By Francis Rolt-Wheeler, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston. $1.75. The thrill of varied mysteries and high-grade detective work, in connection with real problems of Government departments. 10-14 and overboys. The Young Wireless Operator as a Fire Patrol. By Lewis Theiss. W. A. Wilde, Boston $1.75. Thrilling adventures in strictly modern style and strictly modern situations. 10-14 and overboys. The Raid of the Ottawa. By D. Lange. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston. $1.50. Story of the French and Indian War. Gives a good picture of Indian life and characteristics in exciting situations. 12-14-boys. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories. Edited by F. K. Mathews. D. Appleton & Co., New York. $2.50. Collection of thrilling tales by well-known authors. 10-14-boys. The Bald Face. By Hal G. Evarts. A. A. Knopf, New York. $3. Nine stories of wild life. Splendidly told and beautifully illustrated. An unusually handsome What Happened to Inger Johanne. By Dikken Zwilgmeyer. Translated by Emilie Poulsson Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston. $175 Droll adventures of young people in every-day situations, breezily told by the resourceful Inger herself. 10-14. Sailing Under Sealed Orders. By Com. Thos. D. Parker. W. A. Wilde Co., Boston. $1.73. Exciting adventure story. Good picture of naval life. 10-14. The Frozen Barrier. By Belmore Browne. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. $1.75. Adventure story of the frozen North 10-14 Maida's Little House. By Inez Haynes Irwin. B. W. Huebsch, New York. $1.75. A pleasant tale for girls. Well written. A sequel to "Maida's Little Shop." 10-14. How Sing Found the World is Round. By Sydney Reid. P. F. Volland Co., Chicago. Toc. 8-12. Quaint, attractive Chinese. Toni, the Little Wood Carver. By Johanna Spyri. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. 90c An Alpine tale. The Joyous Travellers. By Maud Lindsay and Emilie Poulsson. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston. $2. Quaint tales and ballads. Unusually charming. Peggy in Her Blue Frock. By Eliza Orne White. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. $1.50. A typical little girl's book. fairly interesting. 8-12. China and Japan. John Finnemon. Pleasing and By Lena E. Johnson and Norway and Denmark. By Lieut.-Col. A. F.- Additions to the almost uniformly excellent series "Peeps at Many Lands." History, religion, customs, vegetation, etc., are taken up straightforwardly and interestingly. 8-12. The Great Quest. By Charles Boardman Hawes The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston. $2 A fine, imaginative, well-written tale. 14 and The Old Tobacco Shop. By William Bowen. The Macmillan Co., New York. $1.75. A ..whimsical, humorous tale that appeals equally to young readers and older ones-in fact, to all who find entertainment in such books as "Peter Pan" and "Alice in Wonderland." 10-14. NEW BOOKS FOR CHILDREN STORIES, TRAVEL, AND ADVENTURE (Continued) The Puritan Twins. By Lucy Fitch Perkins. $1.75. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. Good picture of the life of the early settlers. One of the best of the famous "Twin Series." 8-12. The Windy Hill. By Cornelia Meigs. The Macmillan Co., New York. $1.75. An interesting story by the author of "Master Simon's Garden" and "The Pool of Stars." 10-14. Diantha's Quest. By Emily B. Knipe, and Alden Arthur Knipe. The Macmillan Co., New York. $1.80. A tale of the Argonauts of '49, fully up to the high standard of the former historical tales by these authors. THE WORLD OF NATURE Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm. By Helen Fuller Orton. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $1.25. Simple stories of a horse and a dog and other farmfolks. Youngest readers. Woodland Tales. By Ernest Thompson Seton. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. $2. Delightful stories full of woodsy flavor. 8-12. How It Came About Stories. By Frank B. Linderman. Illustrations by Charles M. Boog. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50. The personified wood folks tell about their beculiar structure and habits in terms the young child can understand; accurate as to facts. -12. Little Friends in Feathers. By Inez N. McFee. Barse & Hopkins, New York. $2.50. A good introduction to the common birds. llustrated in color from the pictures of the Association of Audubon Societies. 8-12. A Treasury of Flower Stories. By Inez N. McFee. Illustrated. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. 75c. A collection of legends from various sources Fombined with interesting botanical lore. 8-12. Animal Life in Field and Garden. By Jean Henri Fabre. Century Co., New York. $2.50. A continuation of the classic conversations of Uncle Paul" about common insects, birds, and Ether animals. 8-12. ご ecrets of the Earth. By Chelsea C. Fraser. T. Y. Crowell Co., New York. $1.60. Valuable information well given. 10-14. he Wonder World We Live In. By Adam Gowans Whyte. A. A. Knopf, New York. $3. The foundations of science told in an intersting and romantic way. Good illustrations. 0-14. THE ASCENT OF MAN Katnar -Son of Pic. By George Langford. Illustrated by the author. Boni & Liveright, New York. $1.75. A continuation of the story of primitive man, ombining information of prehistoric conditions 10-14. rith absorbing adventures. Fork-a-Day Heroes. By Chelsea C. Fraser. 10-14. Illustrated by Florence Clivate and Elizabeth Curtis. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $2.50. Sixteen admirable, stories of every-day life mong the artisans of the Middle Ages, with a 10-14. erse or legend in rhyme for each one. ales of True Knights. By George P. Krapp. Century Co., New York. $1.75. A simply written collection of some of the est of the medieval legends and minstrel tales, 10-14. rith prefatory notes on their origin. Days of the Discoverers. By L. Lamprey. Illustrations by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $2.50. Stories of romance and adventure connected with the discoveries and early settlements of America from the Scandinavians to the seveneenth century. 10-14. Stories of American Inventions. By Inez N. The Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes. By Francis 3 Heroines of History and Legend. Stories and Poems. By Elva S. Smith. Lothrop, Lee & A good collection of legendary and historical heroine tales of all times and peoples. Girls, 10-14 and over. . Boys' Home Book of Science and Construction. By Alfred P. Morgan. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston. $2.50. Interests the boy and gives him wide range of scientific information through suggestions for practical experiments and construction. Boys, 10-14 and over. The Story of Mankind. By Hendrik W. Van Loon. Boni & Liveright, New York. $5. Following the method of the "History of Discovery"-a distinctive and vivid introduction to general history with characteristic illustrations; will appeal to intelligent and imaginative children. 10-14 and over. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines. By Clayton Edwards. Illustrated in Colors by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. F. A. Stokes Co., New York. $3.50. An attractive gallery of famous men and women from Buddha to Edith Cavell, and including a few from legend and fiction. 10-14 and over. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS THE COVER OF A "MODERN CLASSIC" Conquests of Invention. By Mary R. Parkman. Century Co., New York. $2. Interesting and stimulating accounts of the achievements of some twenty modern inventors. 10-14 and over. Boy Scout Life of Lincoln. By Ida M. Tarbell. The Macmillan Co., New York. $2. A good biography that will appeal to the idealism of young boys. 12-14. NEW EDITIONS Hero Tales of Ireland. By Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $2. Twelve hero tales reprinted in this edition. Valuable introduction to Irish thought and feeling. The stories abound in distinctive imagery and are full of human interest. 10-14 and over, FICTION The King of the Golden River. By John Ruskin. Old Time Stories. By Charles Perrault. The Children's Munchausen. Retold by John Wonder Tales from Russia. By Jeremiah Curtin. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $2. New editions of interesting folk tales collection, with illustrations by Maurice Day. 10-14. Rip Van Winkle. By Washington Irving. David McKay Co., Philadelphia. $2.50. With colored pictures and decorations by N. C. Wyeth. 10-14. Kidnapped. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Harper & Brothers, New York. $1.75. A good edition with many full-page illustrations and ornaments by Louis Rhead and Frank E. Schoonover. 10-14 and over. The Scottish Chiefs. By Jane Porter. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $3.50. A reprint of this favorite of a century of readers, attractively illustrated in colors by. N. C. Wyeth. 10-14 and over. A Tale of Two Cities. By Charles Dickens. Peter Pan and Wendy. POETRY AND DRAMA The Book of Fairy Poetry. Edited by Dora Owen. Illustrated with colored plates by Warwick Globe. Longmans, Green & Co., New York. $7. An anthology of fairy stories, songs, and love In verse, for the most part from the masters of English poetry. 10-14 and over. A Treasury of Plays for Children. By Montrose Moses. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $3. Unusually fine selection of fourteen plays. Wide range of interest. To be read as well as acted. Quaint, attractive illustrations by Tony 10-14 and over. THE NEW BOOKS. remember Kitty Bellairs, the lively and irrepressible heroine of other of the Castles' romances, will enjoy meeting her again in the company of her little milliner, Pamela, whose adventures form the plot of this tale. IN BLESSED CYRUS. By Laura E. Richards. D. Appleton & Co., New York. $2. A genial story of a little New England town with as many odd but usually lovable people as Mrs. Gaskell's "Cranford." It abounds in human nature, and its fun is genuine, simple, and contagious. PARTNERS OF CHANCE. By Henry Herbert Knibbs. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $1.75. Lovers of cowboy stories will remember "The Ridin' Kid from Powder River," which was notable among recent stories of this class because of its fresh spirit and animated narrative. This tale by the same author has the same qualities although it is somewhat slighter in plot and construction. TOPLESS TOWERS. By Margaret Ashmun. The Macmillan Company, New York. $2. The author has a clever story idea in placing her two "bachelor girls" in an apartment in uptown New York and making this district of Topless Towers produce the local color of the tale. As is often the case, there is friction and a little jealousy in the "marriage" of even such cultivated and fine girls as. are here depicted. The sketching of the women of the story is excellent; that of the men not so good. Altogether it is an agreeable piece of fiction on original lines and free from salient faults. We LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. By Herman G. James, Ph.D. D. Appleton & Co., New York. $2.50. The author of this volume has already published a number of books on civic functions. In the present work he describes the government of cities, counties, and minor political divisions. He surveys the local government systems of England and France and traces the history of local institutions in this country from colonial times to our own. have two kinds of local government, one urban in character and the other rural. There is also occasionally a third form, commonly known as the township, intermediate between the two. Throughout the book we are conscious of two things; first, an essential unity in the problems I of local government, and, second, the notable progress during the past decade in the movement for constitutional, municipal home rule. In this connection Dr. James intimates that urban administrations of communities of from ten thousand inhabitants up may well be that where public undertakings require the co-operation of two or more counties in order to insure harmonious action provision should be made for joint administration by representatives of the State government. TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION DOWN THE COLUMBIA. By Lewis R. Freeman. Illustrated. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. $3.50. A stirring account of an adventurous trip down the Columbia River from its source to its mouth. The author was, so far as known, the first traveler to accomplish this feat, and though it does not rank with the descent of the Colorado by Major Powell, or even with some trips on the Columbia itself by the early explorers, the achievement was noteworthy and well worth commemoration in the present entertaining volume. MORE ABOUT UNKNOWN LONDON. By Walter George Bell, F.R.A.S. Illustrated. The John Lane Company, New York. $2. Mr. Bell has a remarkable faculty for making old and dingy places bright with the romance of historical association. We lately spoke about his delightful small book on the Tower of London. In the present volume he wanders from spot to spot in old London, finding "a garden of memories," grim and stirring, in Tower Green, myths and traditions at the Guildhall where the giants Gog and Magog preside, and in queer little courts in Fleet Street and off it where Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson and other eighteenth century notables lived and talked, and so on in other places, always telling something that has the charm of personality as well as that of antiquity. PACIFIC TRIANGLE (THE). By Sydney Green-. bie. Illustrated. The Century Company, New York. $4. Here is a book about the problems of the Pacific as well as its lure to the voyager. It is quite unlike the semiromantic works on the Pacific that have had such wide circulation recently, and its record of travel, its interesting observations on racial characteristics, and its general discussion of international questions make it valuable to the serious reader as well as entertaining to the lover of "travelogues." ESSAYS AND CRITICISM SOME MODERN FRENCH WRITERS. A Study in Bergsonism. By G. Turquet-Milnes. Robert M. McBride & Co., New York. $2.50. We do not always connect some of the outstanding figures in present-day French literature with French philosophy. We shall do so, however, if we read the present volume. Barrès, Bourget, Anatole France, Claudel, Clermont, Moréas, Peguy, and Romains may be interpreted in terms of Bergsonism-at all events, the philosophy of Bergson has been a potent influence in their work. The inspiring feature in the author's estimate is found in Bergson's own words: "I doubt that the evolution of life will ever be explained by a mere combination of mechanical forces. Ob scend itself, to extract from itself more than there is-in a word, to create." In the same spirit M. Turquet-Milnes concludes: "The war will have served to show us . . . that action or thought is due to an automatism of adaptation or of education-that strength of soul and delicacy of heart, ardent force of patriot. ism, rapid intuitions of a Being which is superior to the world, heroic acts of sacrifice, are the most perfect product of our civilization." The foregoing excerpts would indicate the serious and suggestive character of the book. Its readers will be stimulated towards fur ther reading and will be helped by the bibliography which occupies no less than thirty-four pages at the close of the volume. WAR BOOKS FOLLY OF NATIONS (THE). By Frederick Palmer. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. $2 Major Palmer, as is well known, had unique facilities and opportunities to know the history of the Great War from the inside, for he represented the entire American press with the British army in France. Before that he served as correspondent in most of the wars in the last quarter century. This volume is not in the least a history; it is a collection of papers, some serious, others in lighter narrative vein, about phases and ques tions growing out of the last war and all Such subjects as "Nationalism," "Old Values," "The World's Sore Spot," and the like indicate in some measure the scope of the book. EDUCATIONAL SAFETY FOR THE CHILD. By Dorothea H Scoville, M.D., and Doris Long. Illustrated. The Republic Book Company, New York. $1 This excellent compendium of infor mation on the methods of protecting the lives of children contains many valuable suggestions for fathers, mothers, and communities to follow. Its chief emphasis is laid upon preventive measures which should be taken. SHEPHERD'S LIFE (A). By W. H. Hudson. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York Another collection of outdoor sketches, legends, and friendly talk by an author who has consistently grown in public appreciation year by year. His close observation, his interest in people as well as in animals and in nature at large, and the humor of the incidents he relates make this one of Mr. Hud son's most agreeable volumes. PORTRAITS. By William Rothenstein. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New The jacket of this volume is headed, "The Literary Gift Book of the Year." The characterization, if enthusiastic, is not wholly unmerited, for any one with the least liking for books or pictures should take delight in the vigorous and strongly individualized portraits of famous living Englishmen that are here presented. Among the portraits are those of John Galsworthy, Arnold Ben wholly distinct from county jurisdic- viously there is a vital impulse . . . nett, John Masefield, H. G. Wells, and tion. Again, as to intercounty work he makes the further excellent suggestion toward a higher and higher efficiency, something which even seeks to tran John Drinkwater. 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