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This is a crown octavo volume containing new versions of favorite fairy tales, especially suited to the home fireside with all the interest, charm, and sweetness of the stories retained, while savagery, distressing details, and excessive pathos have, to a larger degree, been omitted. It is a collection of favorite wonder tales of many nations, and includes such famous stories as The Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Blue Beard, Pied Piper, and The Babes in the Wood. For children seven to twelve.

As a fitting accompaniment in the same series can be found The Oak-Tree Fairy Book, The Birch-Trec Fairy Book and The Elm-Tree Fairy Book.

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Watercolors of Oxford. Dana Estes & Co., Boston. This book is not a history of Oxford, nor does it claim to be complete. It is simply a series of pictures, selected as samples of the many-sided interest and perennial charm of the university city, interleaved with brief notes.

To those who know and love Oxford, any attempt to portray her manifold attractions, whether by pen or pencil, must always seem inadequate. It is hoped that this collection, fragmentary though it really is, may not be without some value both as a souvenir for those to

whom Oxford is full of cherished memories, and as an inducement to others, who as yet know her only by name, to gain first-hand impressions by a personal visit.

Red Gauntlet. By Walter Scott. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia.

This book, revised for youthful readers by Alice F. Jackson, brings the work of this celebrated writer within the complete understanding of the young mind. None of the important details of the original plot are omitted, and a reading of the volume by young people will give them an adequate and clear idea of the style and force of an author which up to the present time his elders only have been able to enjoy. The book is brought out in holiday form and contains a number of colored illustrations by Monroe S. Orr.

The Wonder Workers, by Mary H. Wade, with illustrations from photographs, is a collection of true stories for children from 10 to 15. They tell of the eventful lives of real people who perform feats as marvelous as those of the story-book favorites. Edison, the magician of electricity; Burbank, the creator of new fruits and flowers; Helen Keller, Jane Addams, Judge Lindsey and Henry George all figure, and their wonderful achievements and lives are interestingly told. Price, $1.00 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

The Young Crusaders at Washington. By George P. Atwater. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

This is the second volume in The Young Crusaders Series, for boys 10 to 16, giving the exciting adventures in Washington of the boy soldiers who proved so enjoyable in the first book. The Boy Scouts especially will enjoy this book, and every young reader who glories in the part the boy has taken in the making of our country will read this volume with great pleasure.

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Old Four-Toes

It is safe to say that few American boys are unacquainted with the young easterner, Phil Macowan, and it is equally safe safe to

say that they will welcome meeting him again in Edwin L. Sabin's book, Old FourToes, or Hunters of the Peak s. Bearing in mind his lively adventures with the Bar B ranchers, the boy reader knows that as soon as this lucky fellow arrives in the far west for his annual vacation things are

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bound to happen. In this latest book of the Bar B Series, after Phil has shaken hands with his cowboy chum,

Chester Simms, they start off on a long-planned hunting trip among the passes, in the Lost Park country. Their guide is the veteran trapper, Grizzly Dan, pastmaster of everything pertaining to hunting, trapping and Indians. Grizzly Dan shares the honors of the book with another veteran of the wilds, "Old FourToes," a monster grizzly bear. Many old friends of the boys appear in the book, including the charming Cherry and her father, whom Old Dan and the boys rescue from some lawless Ute Indians. The whole story is stimulating, like the air of the mountains where the story is laid. The boys will want to add this book to their Bar B Series. Price, $1.50. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York.

The Arm Chair at the Inn, by F. H. Smith, is an absorbing story in which many of the incidents stand out with singular completeness and dramatic quality. The love story of Mignon and Gaston holds the reader throughout the book, and dominates the experiences of the marquise and her five men friends, artists, sculptors, explorers and engineers, whose tales of adventure and deeper personal experience illuminate the narrative, giving it a vanity, color, and freshness rare in many stories. A famous and charming old Normandy inn is the scene, and Mr. Smith's genial kindliness of expression and sympathetic understanding of all kinds and classes of human nature pervade the book

a wild chase across country, etc., furnish excitement enough for boy readers of 14 and upwards.

A Manual of Shoemaking. By William H. Dooley. 12mo. Price, $1.50 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Among books of a practical nature this work wili occupy a prominent place. Mr. Dooley covers exhaustively the great industry of shoemaking, and presents the history of footwear in a concise manner, showing its growth to the present admirable stage. Leathers are described, methods of tanning, the process of shoe manufacturing, together with the allied industries. This book is an excellent volume for the school readingtable.

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From The Arm Chair at the Inn, by F. Hopkinson Smith. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

and makes it a delightful background for many startling adventures. Price, $1.30 net. Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York.

Dave Morrell's Battery. By Hollis Godfrey. Illustrations by Franklin T. Wood. Price, $1.25 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

This is a capital story of the adventures and misadventures that befell the young invertor of a storage battery, and is the third volume in The Young Captains of Industry Series. A motor-boat race, a clever capture of a thief, an amusing encounter with an East Side "thug,"

From Dave Morrell's Battery, by
Hollis Godfrey.

Piebald, King of the Bronchos, by Clarence Hawkins, is an interesting story covering the life of a wild horse in the mountains of the west and cannot fail to interest the young reader. It gives a very accurate history of the large droves of wild horses which the pioneers found roaming about the western plains. "Piebald" is the hero of the story, and we are sure that all young readers will enjoy making his intimate acquaintance. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia.

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In John Hancock, the Picturesque Patriot, Mr. Lorenzo Sears presents an unusually acceptable holiday book to readers, and the volume will specially appeal to students of history. The frontispiece is a beautiful photogravure, which enhances the general attractiveness of the volume. The book details justly the career of John Hancock, as an important citizen of the Commonwealth, and gives an impartial estimate of the place he holds and rightly deserves in American history. 12mo. Price, $1.50 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

The Flowers and Their Story. By Hildreci Friend. Price, $2.00. Dana Estes & Co., Boston.

The author of this volume holds that young people are born with a love of nature, and that by the devel

opment of this taste the joy and usefulness of life may be greatly increased. It has been his pleasure for many years to give addresses and lectures to young people and to conduct botany class excursions and club rambles, and in various ways to foster in children's minds a love for the beautiful.

For many years his Flowers and Flower Lore has been a popular and standard work, and in the present volume the results of a long and patient study have been brought together. Such chapters as those on "Moss Troopers," "Balloons and Floats," "Flags and Banners," and "Steeple Jacks" can hardly fail to appeal to the schoolboy; while the girls in turn will find pleasure in those on "Lords and Ladies Among the Nobility," "The Flowers of Mary" and "In the Show Room." The author has made botany a pastime and seeks to store the young mind with the most useful and pleasing facts. Difficult names and hard words are either eschewed or explained, while the real fascination of the plant is kept always in view. The book is profusely illustrated because it is felt that the young will thus the more readily recognize the plants when seen in the field.

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porated in book form. The original poems by Burgess Johnson prove again that this young poet may well be said to have fallen heir to the mantle of Eugene Field. Each poem is a gem, and several of them are supposed to be spoken by the subjects themselves. He has put his best thought into what here appears in print for the first time, and the results are well worthy of the beautiful setting given by the publishers. The volume will be a gift to be praised by young mothers. The volume is handsomely bound and enclosed in an artistic case. Price, cloth, $3.00. Leather, $10.00. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York City.

The Bunnikins-Bunnies and the Moon King. By Edith B. Davidson. Price, 50 cents net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

This third book in Miss Davidson's delightful Bunnikins-Bunnies Series is sure to be eagerly read by the little ones, 4 to 8. In this new story, Mr. Bunnikins

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From Henley's American Captain, by Frank E. Channon

pole. There are three rescues, a race or two, a football game, and a kidnapping. The spirit is good and the boys are of the right sort, albeit of heroic temper, as is proper in this kind of tale.

When Christmas Came Too Early. Price, 75 cents net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

This delightful little Christmas Tale by Mabel Fuller Blodgett treats of a boy, Ben, who found fault because Christmas didn't come earlier, and talked in such a silly way about it that he was sent to bed without any supper. And then what surprising things happened! Christmas came too early and all the children were disappointed in their presents. Mrs. Blodgett tells a very delightful story that will appeal to children, 9 to 13.

Curiosity Kate. Price, $1.20 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

In this book Florence Bone tells a pleasing, natural story of an English girls' boarding-school called Coniston College that will delight all girls 12 to 16. Kate herself, a descendant of the famous Tudor family, finds that her whims and fancies and her much boasted of ancestry are of little consequence to the clever girls in her "form." Evelyn Lucas, the daughter of a poor London rector; Betty Lyle, whose father is a famous member of Parliament; Jean Anderson, from Edinborough, and Jacqueline Richmond, from America, form a group of schoolgirls hard to equal.

The Boys' Parkman. Compiled by Louise S. Hasbrouck, with a life of Parkman. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, De Cost Smith and other artists. Price, $1.00 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

The most thrilling and picturesque passages of Francis Parkman's historical writings are collected in this

book for the boy from 9 to 14. All of the chapters have to do, in one way or another, with Indians, their manners, customs, and characteristics. Mrs. Hasbrouck has supplied a brief life of Parkman.

Mr. Ralph Paine's interpretation of college life has always been of great interest to college students, and his new book, Campus Days, measures up to his past literary successes. In this new book he tells of grinds and sports, of athletes and loafers, their troubles and their triumphs, and their sentimental adventures and harebrained escapades, in a most interesting manner, which cannot fail to interest the reader of college tales. Illustrated. Price, $1.50 net. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

The Party Book. By Winnifred Fales and Mary H. Northend. Price, cloth, $2.00 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

This book is especially devoted to party-giving in which the hostess is shown how to adapt and apply general principles to specific conditions and occasions. The first part is devoted to luncheons and dinners, and contains chapters on the invitations, setting the table correctly, and formal and informal menus. Part II, dealing with table decorations, contains chapters on color schemes and center-pieces, candle-shades, placecards, decorated tables for holidays, weddings and wedding anniversaries, engagement and débutante luncheons, etc. Part III gives useful information regarding refreshments for evening parties, with chapters on new ways of serving ice-cream, beverages hot and cold, and cakes, salads, and sandwiches. Part IV gives information as to what to do for entertainment, including guessing contests, games new and old, etc.

The Hallowell Partnership, by Katharine Holland Brown, is the life story of a brother and sister whose partnership becomes a very real and vital one through their adventures together on a large engineering irrigation project in the West. It is a story full of live fun and danger as well as hard work, and introduces a number of likable people, both old and young, making a narration of interesting events which holds the attention of the reader from beginning to end and makes a most acceptable holiday gift. Price, $1.00. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

Folk Tales of East and West, by John Harrington Cox, will greatly interest the young lover of folk-lore. It is a collection of old folk tales, given in simple English for children 11 to 14. The tales are taken from various countries, such as Sweden, Japan, England in Chaucer's time, etc. A delightful book to be read by the little folks. Price, $1.00 net. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.

The Romance of a State Secret, by W. Trafford Taunton, will be eagerly read by all lovers of history, whether young or old. The story treats of the stirring events of England's history in the seventeenth century. Lord Rochester, the Duke of Buckingham, Monsieur de Rohan, and many other characters well known in history figure prominently in this narrative and the reader is given an intimate acquaintance with them all. The

work will add materially to a better understanding of the history of the period, and will undoubtedly enjoy a large acceptance. Price, $1.25 net. Dana Estes & Co., Boston.

Captain Quadring. By William Hay. Dana Estes & Co., Boston.

This story treats of England's convict colony at Manalia and is a story of unusual strength and fully equal to "Herridge of Reality Swamp" by the same author. The mutual hate of the brothers Andrew and Henry Fairservice, dating from their boyhood days, furnishes the basis for the tragedy of the story, and it is into this turmoil of human passion that Elizabeth Beckworth steps and gives the narrative its softer passages. We doubt if any reader will begin this book and lay it aside before finishing the story.

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Building an Airship at Silver Fox Farm. By James Otis. Price, $1.50. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. This is an unusually interesting story for boys. Mr. Otis has had a long experience in writing

for boys, and this story is fully up to the excellent standard which he has set in his previous books. A number of appropriate illustrations are contributed by Charles Copeland, which add much to the

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interest and attractiveness of the edition.

In Our Little Polish Cousin, by Florence E. Mendel, library edition, the author tells in her usual interesting style the life of the child in far-away Poland, and those who have had the pleasure of reading any of the Little Cousin Series will welcome this new story. There are some forty volumes in this attractive series, and one or all of them should be found in every school library. Illustrated. Price, 60 cents. L. C. Page & Co., Boston,

Mass.

To the lover of books of travel, L. C. Page & Co.'s two new books, The Spell of France and The Spell of England, will furnish most interesting reading. The author clearly describes in readable form all the places of interest in these two countries. Both volumes are profusely illustrated in color and halftones, and are handsomely bound in cloth. They will make a most acceptable holiday gift. Price, $2.50. L. C. Page & Co., Boston, Mass.

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The Unknown Quantity. By Henry Van Dyke. Price, $1.50 net. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

This new novel by Hen

ry Van Dyke im mediately commands the at

tention of a large body of enthusiastic readers. The audience which he gained by The Blue Flower, The Ruling Passion and

Days Off has

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year. His books are always full of life, and this new volume is his most important prose fiction. It contains a number of short, modern fables published serially as Half-Told Tales, and eleven longer short stories. They are French-Canadian mystery stories, such as The Wedding Ring, psychological stories, stories of the effect of music, and two stories of redemption. All have in common "the unknown quantity." The book contains several colored illustrations, which add greatly to the attractiveness of the volume. Price, $1.50 net. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

Uniform with the above volume by the same author, published, by Scribner's, are the following: Out of Doors in the Holy Land, Fisherman's Luck, The Blue Flower, and The Ruling Passion.

Nancy Porter's Opportunity, by Marion Ames Taggart, will most surely be welcomed by those who have followed The Doctor's Little Girl through the earlier years of her childhood. She continues in this new book to press the keynotes of optimism and good will. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. L. C. Page & Co., Boston, Mass.

Miss Will Allen Dronigoole is an author whose art has successfully held the interest of both men and women, and the brilliant southern writer has again accomplished this with success in The Island of Beautiful Things. Through the life of a small boy, a strong fighting man is led to again put his trust in humanity once more and in a woman. She has developed the story so sympathetically that the book and the people in it will linger a long time in the memory of the reader. Price, $1.25. L. C. Page & Co., Boston, Mass.

Our Presidents and Their Office. By William Estabrook Chancellor. With an Introduction by Champ Clark. 603 pages. Price, $3. The Neale Publishing Company, New York.

Dr. Chancellor is one of the few men actively engaged in school work who have won distinction in the field of historical research. His work as a writer on educational and pedagogical topics is too well known to require comment in any educational publication. His latest book, Our Presidents, adds new laurels to his achievements as an historian. While this book is intended for the general reader, it seems to us destined to fill an important place among school library books, and it is almost certain to be used as a text-book by many discriminating teachers of American history.

In his introduction, which, by the way, is a gem among introductions, Speaker Clark says: "As a rule, our presidents have been the leaders of men, and of the political thought of their respective parties, and ours is a government by parties, or perhaps, to speak more precisely, a government by majorities. As it has been, so it is now, and so let us hope it always will be. Some of us may not wish it so to be, but the principle is fixed in the very nature of Americanism. Consequently an adequate discussion of the Presidents is really a history of the government of our country under the Constitution. The more that history is studied by our people, the better for us all. An intelligent democracy is the finest of all societies of men."

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The general plan of the book is excellent. brief sketch is given of the life of each President. Certain uniform standards are then applied and each chief executive and his administration is measured by these standards. The relation of the President and his administration to the main forces of American history are then discussed, while throughout the book the development in the Presidency itself, which has been so noteworthy, is clearly brought out.

The entire book is written in the author's happiest style. It is interesting, instructive and impartial. The author calls attention to the fact that we are still too near even the first President to be able to say: "This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Far less may one say it of the Presidents of recent years.

Coming from the press, as it does, just at the close of a great presidential campaign, Dr. Chancellor's book is most timely. It will help thousands of readers to a better appreciation of the spirit of the Constitution and will aid many students of history to a better understanding of the problems and difficulties which confront the Chief Executive. It is a thought-stimulating book and it will take an important place among the books to be read and re-read.

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