NEW BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Master Will of Stratford:
A Midwinter Night’s Dream
By LOUISE AYRES GARNETT
Cloth, 12mo, $.50
It seems peculiarly fitting that this, the tercentenary of Shakespeare’s death, should be marked by the publication of a Shakespeare play for children. And such this is. In a prologue, three acts and an epilogue, Mrs. Garnett has succeeded in telling a story of much charm, and a story, moreover, which children will delight to see and to act. The play centers around the boy Shakespeare in his home in Stratford, relating his remarkable experiences, in reality a dream, on New Year’s Eve. The characters which are introduced, in addition to Will, include Sir Thomas Lucy, Shakespeare’s mother, Queen Elizabeth, Oberon, Titania, and fairies and witches.
“A delightful play.”—The Independent.
“The chief delight of the drama is its delicate fancy, a certain misty dream quality which can only be the work of a person of fine imagination.”—Drama.
The Steadfast Princess
By CORNELIA L. MEIGS