A Mother's List of Books for Children

by Gertrude Weld Arnold

The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.
Illustrated by the Author.
Houghton. 2.50

The brief pathetic life of Powhatan's daughter is well portrayed. This large oblong volume contains full-page pictures in color.

Stone, G. L., and M.G. Fickett.

Every-Day Life in the Colonies.
Heath. .35

These short sketches of colonial life picture the first New England Christmas and a Puritan Sabbath. They also tell of the use of the hornbook and the sun-dial, describe the making of soap and candles, and so forth.

Wright, H. C.

Children's Stories in American History.
Scribner. 1.25

Although we learn about our country from prehistoric days to the time of Washington, most of the book is devoted to the early exploration and settlement of North and South America. The second chapter contains an account of the Mound-builders.