“Only for the boy who understands sailing and nautical terms. Nicely printed and illustrated.”

+ Booklist 17:124 D ’20

“The story has the quality of an old skipper’s talk.” A. C. Moore

+ Bookm 52:262 N ’20 50w

SMITH, CORINNA HAVEN (PUTNAM) (MRS JOSEPH LINDON SMITH), and HILL, CAROLINE R. (MRS WILLIAM HILL). Rising above the ruins in France. il *$3.50 Putnam 914.4

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“Observations in the devastated regions of France, made since the armistice, by two American women who have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the work for ‘the children of the frontier.’ By the use of pen and camera these women undertake to show us in America something of the destruction that the north of France has undergone and something of the brave spirit with which the population has sought to rebuild its devastated homes.”—R of Rs


“The authors’ pictures of the re-awakening of life are simply and impressively sketched.”