+ + + Spec. 95: 977. D. 9, ’05. 1830w.
Butler, Alford A. Churchman’s manual of methods: a practical Sunday school handbook for clerical and lay workers. $1. Young ch.
A practical handbook compiled wholly from the author’s experience as Sunday school teacher, superintendent, clergyman and professor of religious pedagogy.
Butler, Ellis Parker. [Incubator baby.] [+]75c. Funk.
The author of “Pigs is pigs” writes an incubator baby’s comments upon the change from her “paradise” to the big uncongenial world presided over by her indifferent father and mother.
“Here we have gentle satire at its best. It is a delightful story and will be enjoyed by old as well as young, though it will be especially pleasing to the little people.”
+ Arena. 36: 684. D. ’06. 240w. Lit. D. 33: 513. O. 13, ’06. 80w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 670. O. 13, ’06. 140w.
“The satire is relieved by an abundance of sentiment and common sense.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 120w.