A Mother's List of Books for Children

by Gertrude Weld Arnold

H. E. Scudder.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

A Wonder Book.
Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Houghton. 3.00

No epoch of time can claim a copyright in these immortal fables. They seem never to have been made; and certainly, so long as man exists, they can never perish.--Preface.

Hawthorne wrote comparatively little for children. Let us be thankful that he did retell with such charm these Greek myths. The full-page pictures in color are worthy of the stories, which comprise The Gorgon's Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimæra.

Holbrook, Florence.

Northland Heroes.
Houghton. .60

For centuries the songs of Homer ... have delighted the children, young and old, of many lands. But part of our own heritage, and nearer to us in race and time, are these stories of the Danish Beowulf and the Swedish Fridthjof.--Preface.