Why the Chimes Rang; and Other Stories. By Raymond Macdonald Alden.

A very successful collection of modern fairy tales. The story “Why the Chimes Rang” is especially good. 6 to 10.

Wilderness Babies. By Julia A. Schwartz.

Contains a careful description of the young of sixteen mammals, ranging from the whale and the buffalo to the squirrel and the bat. 8 to 10.

For Boys and Girls Ten to Twelve

Bimbi Stories. By Louisa de la Ramée (“Ouida”).

Contents: “The Nürnberg Stove”; “The Ambitious Rose Tree”; “Lampblack”; “The Child of Urbino”; “Findelkind.”

Birds’ Christmas Carol, The. By Kate Douglas Wiggin.

Tells how Sarah Maud, Peoria, Cornelius, Baby Larry, and the rest of the nine little Ruggleses went to a Christmas dinner party.

Christmas Angel, The. By Abbie Farwell Brown.