Stevenson, Burton E., and Elizabeth B., comps. Days and deeds; a book of verse for children’s reading and speaking. **$1. Baker.
Significant poetry relating to American holidays and to great Americans has been grouped in this volume for use in schools and in the family. To this have been added a short anthology of the seasons, and eight lyrics that every child should know, including “The chambered nautilus,” Kipling’s “L’envoi,” “Abou Ben Adhem,” etc.
“This should prove a very useful book for schools.”
+ Dial. 41: 43. Jl. 16, ’06. 110w. Nation. 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 30w.
Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret Isabella (Balfour). Letters from Samoa, 1891–1895, ed. and arranged by Marie Clothilde Balfour. *$2. Scribner.
“The second and last instalment of these letters written by the mother of Stevenson during her journeys to Samoa and her life in his household there up to her return home after his death. All lovers of the man will be interested in them from their connection with the last years of his life, and no less for their personal charm and wit combined with sterling commonsense. They show that mother and son were in many respects alike—in their patience and fortitude in suffering as well as in their intellectual qualities and tastes.”—Critic.
“This last batch of letters is always interesting, although Vailima was but a little world and life there much of a muchness day after day. Nor is anything described in these letters that is new to us.”
+ Acad. 70: 426. My. 5, ’06. 790w.