The World’s Progress in Invention—Art—Music.
“Gabriel and the Hour Book,” by Evaleen Stein.
How a boy learned from the monks how to grind and mix the colours for illuminating the beautiful hand-printed books of the time and how he himself made books that are now treasured in the museums of France and England.
“Historic Inventions,” by Rupert S. Holland.
Stories of the invention of printing, the steam-engine, the spinning-jenny, the safety-lamp, the sewing machine, electric light, and other wonders of mechanism.
“A History of Everyday Things in England,” written and illustrated by Marjorie and C. V. B. Quennell. 2 Volumes.
A most fascinating book, profusely illustrated in black and white and in colour, giving a vivid picture of life in England from 1066-1799. It tells of wars and of home-life, of amusements and occupations, of art and literature, of science and invention. A book to be owned by every boy and girl.
“First Steps in the Enjoyment of Pictures,” by Maude I. G. Oliver.
A book designed to help children in their appreciation of art by giving them technical knowledge of the media, the draughtsmanship, the composition and the technique of well-known American pictures.
“Knights of Art,” by Amy Steedman.
Stories of Italian Painters. Attractively illustrated in colour from old masters.
“Masters of Music,” by Anna Alice Chapin.
“Story Lives of Men of Science,” by F. J. Rowbotham.
“All About Treasures of the Earth,” by Frederick A. Talbot.
A book that tells many interesting things about coal, salt, iron, rare metals and precious stones.
“The Boys’ Book of New Inventions,” by Harry E. Maule.
An account of the machines and mechanical processes that are making the history of our time more dramatic than that of any other age since the world began.
“Masters of Space,” by Walter Kellogg Towers.
Stories of the wonders of telegraphing through the air and beneath the sea with signals, and of speaking across continents.
“All About Railways,” by F. S. Hartnell.
“The Man-of-War, What She Has Done and What She Is Doing,” by Commander E. Hamilton Currey.
True stories about galleys and pirate ships, about the Spanish Main and famous frigates, and about slave-hunting expeditions in the days of old.