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PREACHING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

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From "Hans Brinker"

topher Robin's animal friends, the humor of the bear, the pig, and the donkey as drawn by Shepard adds unforgetable zest to the impression. These two have done it again, to the infinite enrichment of the nursery. Shepard is quaint. Sometimes he has the quality of Calde

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cott about him. He has decorated a Charles Dickens volume called "The Holly-Tree, and Other Christmas Stories," and has put into his pictures the best sentiment of the text.

The new school of illustration, therefore, prospers under the new freedom.

Artists help to renew interest in old books. Who would not find added pleasure in "Hans Brinker" as illustrated by George Wharton Edwards; or Bulwer Lytton's "The Last Days of Pompeii" as pictured by F. C. Yohn? The Scribner's "Illustrated Classics for Young People," with Rackham, Wyeth, Parrish, and others, have done much to abet good reading. And other publishers have followed their example until there is for the buyer infinite material to select from. I was drawn to "The Treasure Ship" by a frontispiece of "Ye Pirate Bold;" somehow pirates are still in my veins. But I was bound to the book further by Barrie's "The Blot on Peter Pan," which shows that whimsy still runs strong in his system. And I was tempted still further by Hilaire Belloc's "A Reproof of Gluttony," which in its moral force and irresistible fun would put to blush those old-time catechisms of "Table Manners for the Perfect Little Gentleman."

There is, of course, a danger in the freedom given the artist when he illustrates the classics; he is tempted to make them suitable for the library table; he gives them a stage set that is confusing to young eyes, even though children are willing, yea, eager, to go through a maze of color and detail, picking out here and there the things understood. There is no more beautiful holiday book than Kay Nielsen's "Hansel and Gretel," pale symbols that melt into paler backgrounds; planes of action, successive stages of one idea bordering on expressionism. Everywhere therein the imagination is active. Do you remember your old volume of Grimm, of the "Arabian Nights"-crude woodcuts and fine print? Publishers, under advisement, have long ago deserted such book making; the nursery door is jeweled and nursery eyes wander in fields of large type. This "Hansel and Gretel" is a model of print. And so is "Skazki: Tales and Legends of Old Russia," with its brilliant end papers of mosques and its golden kings and princesses. The artist has given us the Russian flavor of things here, just as in the splendid "Epic of Kings" the ancient heroes of Persia come to life again in a text that may prove hard reading to some and in pictures full of royal purple and bold black that serve to enhance interest.

All of these books, it is to be noted, are exceptionally manufactured; they show that an art mind has entered the press-room, that some one realizes the value of feeling in the mechanical layOne of the irresistible out of books. charms of the Macmillan "Little Library

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Gay picture and story books. Just the thing to read aloud to children under ten. Legend, magic, and myths

ELIZA AND THE ELVES. By Rachel Field

Ill. by Elizabeth MacKinstry. (6-8) $2.00 Eliza had elf locks and an elfish disposition. Read Eliza's story and other fascinating ones about "The Fairy Gentleman and His Dumpling Wife" and "The Elfin Pup." THE TALE OF THE GOOD CAT JUPIE. By Neeley McCoy Introd. by James Stephens. Pictures in line and color by the author. (5-8) $1.75 Jean was a merry little girl who kept house for a big, black cat. All the details of this housekeeping are unusual and adventurous, both for Jean and for Jupie.

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In the Jungle of British Guiana lived Arauta. Here is the story of his friends, his
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THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. By C. Collodi

Pictures by Attilio Mussino. Trans. by Carol della Chiesa. $5.00 The gayest story book of all, with pictures on every page. Something is happening all the time, and the pictures help tell the story. This wonder edition of a children's favorite was printed in English in Florence.

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Series" is the way in which artist and publisher lure us, though the titles selected are always tempting. Who would not read again Ruskin's "The King of the Golden River" or George MacDonald's "The Light Princess"? But the cnd papers drive us on. Such books snuggle close to the child heart.

Now it may be sentiment that makes me single out such reissues as Miss Alcott's "An Old-Fashioned Girl" and Frances Courtenay Baylor's "Juan and Juanita" in their really excellent new dresses. I read them long ago. But my own seven-year-old partner drew me on, fired by the pictures, and I found the stories still alive with human interest, and in their style commendable. And the artist did much to enliven our interest in "The Flying King of Kurio," an imaginative story in which airplanes and New York and foreign potentates somehow get mixed up in a general mêlée of imaginative adventure. When artist and author are one, then we are sure to be caught. For many years Lucy Fitch Perkins has challenged our interest. And now we are in partnership, Seven-YearOld advises me to say how excellently "Mr. Chick" fulfills its dual origin.

All told, therefore, it is my opinion that the artist not only has vivified the books of the season, but revivified the books of the past. Such a conquest as that made by Mr. Daugherty in "Daniel Boone" suggests a new principle of education. For, if history could be taught as he draws it (and as Van Loon outlines it), we would know more of the moral stuff of which citizenship is made. Our intentions haven't changed since the days manners were prim. But, instead of abasing themselves through a literature that abased them, our children are seeing farther and more clearly through a literature and a type of illustration that treats them as human. Thus spake the old voice of childhood:

Soon, and before the Mercy seat,Spirits made perfect, we shall meet. Thee with what transport shall I greet, My father!

The writer to-day wouldn't countenance this attitude; the illustrator might cartoon it. And I'm afraid that the Boy Scout would exclaim, "Banana oil!"

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An Old-Fashioned Girl. By Louisa May Illustrated by Elenore Abbott. (Beacon Hill Bookshelf.) Little, Brown & Co., Boston. $2.

The Treasure Ship: A Book of Prose and Verse. Edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50. Juan and Juanita. By Frances Courtenay Baylor. Illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. (Riverside Bookshelf.) Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $2.

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Rose Benét. Illustrated by Janet Smalley. The George H. Doran Company, New York. $2.

The Last Days of Pompeii. By Bulwer Lytton. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50.

The Holly-Tree, and Other Christmas Stories. By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50.

Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates. By Mary Mapes Dodge. Illustrated by George Wharton Edwards. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $2.50.

Eliza and the Elves. By Rachel Field. Illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry. The Macmillan Company, New York. $2.

Hansel and Gretel, and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. The George H. Doran Company, New York. $5.

The Tale of the Good Cat Jupie. Written and Illustrated by Neeley McCoy. The Macmillan Company, New York. $1.75.

Winnie-the-Pooh. By A. A. Milne. Drawings by E. H. Shepard. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. $2.

Mr. Chick: His Travels and Adventures. Narrated and Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $2.

The King of the Golden River. By John Ruskin. Pictures by May Lott Seaman. The Macmillan Company, New York. $1. (The Little Library Series.) To the same series belongs The Light Princess. By George MacDonald. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by G. B. Cutts. Harper & Brothers, New York. $2.50.

Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout. By Stewart Edward White. Illustrations by James Daugherty. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, New York. $3.50.

Tales of Laughter. By Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated by Elizabeth MacKinstry. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, New York. $3.

Skazki: Tales and Legends of Old Russia. Told by Ida Zeitlin. Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen. The George H. Doran Company, New York. $5.

The Epic of the Kings: Hero Tales of Ancient Persia. Retold from Firdusi's Shah Nameh. By Helen Zimmern. Rediscovered and Illustrated by Wilfred Jones. The Macmillan Company, New York. $2.50.

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PLATO. LYSIS, SYMPOSIUM, GORGIAS. Translated by W. R. M. Lamb. (Loeb Classical Library.) G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. EPICTETUS.

THE DISCOURSES. Translated

by W. A. Oldfather. 2 vols. Vol. I. (Loeb Classical Library.) G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

ESCHYLUS. Translated by Herbert Weir Smith. 2 vols. Vol. I. (Loeb Classical Library.) G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

CASE STUDIES FOR TEACHERS OF RELIGION. By Goodwin B. and Gladys H. Watson. The Association Press, New York.

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DISPLAY advertisement of the Lincoln automobile reads: "A distinctive Sedan for five passengers of Dietrich design with two 'occasional' seats which completely disappear when not in use." Perhaps some of our readers know of "five passengers of Dietrich design with two 'occasional' seats which completely disappear when not in use."

The conductor on the Frisco branch tells the Lyons "News" man of a trip he took to the Ozarks. He came across a house built on the side of a steep hill. Under the house was a pig-pen. "Well, well, pigs under the house," he said to the owner. "Yep, a fine place, ain't it?" was the reply. "Kinda unhealthy, isn't it?" asked the conductor. "Nope," decidedly. "Ain't lost any shoats fer years."

During the war an Austrian colonel was transferred to a new command. On reaching his depot he found stacks of useless documents accumulated in the archives by his predecessors, so he wired to headquarters for permission to burn them. The answer came back: "Yes, but make copies first."

A survey just completed by the "Editor and Publisher" discloses the fact that out of 750 applications for journalistic positions on the New York "Herald Tribune" only eleven found jobs, and these positions were especially created for them. Statements from city editors of other New York dailies make it plain that there is little opportunity for employment as a reporter in New York City.

From "London Opinion:"

Bill wrote the following note to his dear

one:

"Sweetness, apple of my eye, I would do anything for you; swim the Atlantic, go through fire and hell for you, and would face the most terrible storm or hurricane for your sake.

"And, by the way, I will come over tonight if it doesn't rain too hard."

Two young American doughboys, early volunteers, entirely ignorant of warfare, arrived at the front and, as the only thing they did know was how to drive an automobile, were placed in charge of a large truck with the duty of conveying ammunition to the front.

It so happened that the very first trip out the two lads ran into one of the very worst sort of German bombardments. Shells were literally bursting all about. They were scared to death, and, stopping the loaded truck by the side of the road, crawled under it-a delightful place to be in case anything happened.

They had hardly gotten themselves ensconced when along came a very elegant French army officers' limousine car, which was stopped near them and they were beckoned to come out. They were questioned as to their names and the company to which they belonged, and this information was duly set down by a subordinate officer. It may be readily surmised that our two American lads were scared to death, believing that nothing less than a court martial was awaiting them.

It so happened that nothing hit them, and, the barrage ceasing, they went on, delivered their load of ammunition, and returned to camp, you may be sure making no mention of the incident, but expecting daily some terrible retribution.

Two weeks passed, and finally one morning the names of the two lads were called out at inspection, and they were ordered to headquarters, and there informed that they were expected at the headquarters of some

French general a few miles away that evening. Much depressed, the two lads prepared to depart, feeling sure that they were probably going to be shot in the morning.

Much to their surprise, they were received with evident marks of respect, and that evening at dress parade called to the front and the French officer himself pinned upon the breast of each one of them a Medal of Honor, "For extreme bravery in repairing an ammunition truck during a very severe barrage."

"How is it that I never see you in Sunday school, little girl?"

"Oh, please, ma'am, I'm taking music lessons, and my mother doesn't want me to take up religion until later."

According to a clipping mailed to this department, the Omaha "Daily News" prints obituary notices under the heading "Omahahas." Not our idea of a "haha."

Radio has begun to pay high prices for its talent. Eddie Cantor received $2,000 for - his recent broadcast of twenty minutes, or $100 per minute. The Eveready Battery Company, which footed the bill, state that they had 20,000 requests for Cantor's photograph from that one broadcasting appearance.

The National Broadcasting Company is Isaid to have paid Mary Garden and Will Rogers $2,500 each for their fifteen-minute periods at the microphone for the opening program.

From the "American Legion Weekly:" Efficiency expert: "You are wasting too much time on your personal appearance."

Stenographer: "It's not wasted. I've only been here six months, and I'm already engaged to the junior partner."

A clipping from Chicago states that bootleggers in Rock Island are now permitted to pay their fines on the installment plan. One defendant in the Rock Island courts is reported to have been fined $2,000 for peddling liquor. He made a cash payment of $100, and has been trusted to pay the rest off from time to time, reads the clipping. Another defendant was fined $5 for a violation of the Volstead Act. He pleaded poverty, and a court attendant paid the fine for him.

A dramatic criticism which expresses a great deal in one line reads: "Mr. Blank acted Hamlet last night at the Theater. He acted it until twelve o'clock."

From "Punch:"

Departing cook (after a week's stay): "Should any letters come for me, p'rhaps you'll kindly send 'em on."

Lady: "Certainly, if there's any room on the envelope for any more addresses."

From the "Progressive Grocer:" "What's the trouble, Mrs. Barr?" the grocer asked the young bride who had stormed into his store.

"I've been cheated," was the reply. “I ordered macaroni for dinner, and all the delivery boy brought me was a lot of empty stems!"

The "Arkansas Gazette" thinks that we have almost reached the point where we consider a signal victory has been won by justice if a criminal admits he's sorry.

What is it that we don't want when we don't have it; don't want to love it when we have it; and when we get it we no longer have it? Answer next week.

Answer to last week's puzzle: "TOBACCO."