Part 40 (1/2)

SANDYS. TRAPPER JIM. By Edwyn Sandys. 12mo. Ill.u.s.trated. ix + 441 pages.

A book which will delight every normal boy. Jim is a city lad who learns from an older cousin all the lore of outdoor life--trapping, shooting, fis.h.i.+ng, camping, swimming, and canoeing. The author is a well-known writer on outdoor subjects.

s.e.xTON. STORIES OF CALIFORNIA. By Ella M. s.e.xton. 12mo. Ill.u.s.trated.

x + 211 pages.

Twenty-two stories ill.u.s.trating the early conditions and the romantic history of California and the subsequent development of the state.

SHARP. THE YOUNGEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOL. By Evelyn Sharp. 12mo.

Ill.u.s.trated. ix + 326 pages.

Bab, the ”youngest girl,” was only eleven and the pet of five brothers.

Her ups and downs in a strange boarding school make an interesting story.

SPARKS. THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION: AN OUTLINE OF UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1776 TO 1861. By Edwin E. Sparks. 12mo. Ill.u.s.trated. viii + 415 pages.

The author has chosen to tell our history by selecting the one man at various periods of our affairs who was master of the situation and about whom events naturally grouped themselves. The characters thus selected number twelve, as ”Samuel Adams, the man of the town meeting”; ”Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution”; ”Hamilton, the advocate of stronger government,” etc., etc.

THACHER. THE LISTENING CHILD. A selection from the stories of English verse, made for the youngest readers and hearers. By Lucy W. Thacher.

12mo. x.x.x + 408 pages.

Under this t.i.tle are gathered two hundred and fifty selections. The arrangement is most intelligent, as shown in the proportions a.s.signed to different authors and periods. Much prominence is given to purely imaginative writers. The preliminary essay, ”A Short Talk to Children about Poetry,” is full of suggestion.

WALLACE. UNCLE HENRY'S LETTERS TO THE FARM BOY. By Henry Wallace. 16mo.

ix + 180 pages.

Eighteen letters on habits, education, business, recreation, and kindred subjects.

WEED. LIFE HISTORIES OF AMERICAN INSECTS. By Clarence Moores Weed. 12mo.

Ill.u.s.trated. xii + 272 pages.

In these pages are described by an enthusiastic student of entomology such changes as may often be seen in an insect's form, and which mark the progress of its life. He shows how very wide a field of interesting facts is within reach of any one who has the patience to collect these little creatures.

WELLS. THE JINGLE BOOK. By Carolyn Wells. 12mo. Ill.u.s.trated. viii + 124 pages.

A collection of fifty delightful jingles and nonsense verses. The ill.u.s.trations by Oliver Herford do justice to the text.

WILSON. DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN GRAMMAR GRADES. A Reader. By Lucy L. W.