Sage, Betty (Pseudonym of Mrs. E. (S.) Goodwin).
Rhymes of Real Children.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Duffield. 1.50
These verses are written from the child's point of view, and are delightful alike to young and old. Miss Smith never did better work than in these beautiful sympathetic pictures and fascinating borders. The book is a large square one.
"If you could see our Mother play
On the floor,
You'd never think she was as old
As twenty-four.
On Sunday, when she goes to church,
It might be,
But Tuesdays she is just the age
Of Joe and me."
Upton, Bertha.
*The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg.
Illustrated by Florence K. Upton.
Longmans. 2.00
Children will like the funny, brightly colored pictures in this large oblong book, and will be fascinated by the Golliwogg. The verses are not equal to the illustrations.
Stories
President Thwing says: "Children rarely have but one object in reading, and that is to amuse themselves"; and surely in this playtime of life this aim should be the chief one.