For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. Boston
THE SLEEPY-TIME STORY-BOOK
By RUTH O. DYER
With Frontispiece by Alice Barber Stephens and Fifty-four Pen-and-ink Illustrations by Bertha Davidson Hoxie Decorative End-leaves and Title-page
Price, Net, $1.00; Postpaid, $1.10
Intelligent mothers have learned better than to spoil the restful sleep of a child, and probably exert an unfortunate influence upon his disposition and character, by tales of ogres, dark woods, and savage beasts. They know he cannot rest well with his mind excited and his blood quickened by tales of adventure, but are at a loss to answer the natural plea for a bed-time story in a way that shall interest and yet soothe. The simple nature-stories in this attractive book are the prescription of an expert for all such cases. Using familiar objects, they, with words adapted to a lulling tone of voice, will hold the attention of a child until refreshing drowsiness comes to bring healthful rest.
"A unique and delightful volume of restful stories by which the mother may put her little child to bed. They meet not only the need of the mother who thinks she does not know how to tell stories, but their slow cadences must be almost magical in the way of lulling a child to refreshing drowsiness."—Bulletin of the American Institute of Child Life.