| + | Dial. 39: 388. D. 1, ‘05. 170w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] Sadlier, Anna Theresa. Wayward Winifred. $1.25. Benziger.
A story of Ireland in which an American finds Wayward Winifred, a mysterious child who lives in an out of the way castle with a blind old woman, and takes her to America to be educated in a Catholic school. In New York the child by chance meets her father and what seemed a great mystery turns out to be a very little mystery after all and the child and the father both return to Ireland to do honor to their old Irish name and restore their old Irish estate.
[*] Sage, Elizabeth, and Cooley, Anna M. Occupations for little fingers: a manual for grade teachers, mothers and settlement workers. [**]$1. Scribner.
“This little manual illustrates and describes simple forms of handwork; including cord and raffia-work, coarse sewing, paper-cutting and folding, clay modelling, furniture and upholstery for a doll’s house, and crocheting and knitting. The writers are teachers who have worked out with their classes the things of which they write. Their models are simple and useful articles that will interest the child and give his work practical connection with the world about him.... They give with each lesson the necessary cost.”—Nation.
| * | + | Nation. 81: 450. N. ‘05. 140w. |
[*] “This is eminently a practical book of instruction and suggestion.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 190w. |
St. John, J. Allen. Face in the pool. [**]$1.50. McClurg.
A delightful fairy tale of mystery and gallant chivalry. The hero, a young prince, is rewarded for kindness to the King of the Gnomes by the privilege of beholding in the pool the face of a fair princess. He seeks this much beleaguered Astrella, and wins her after many a conflict with a wicked fairy. The illustrations are the author’s own and include full page colored plates besides a number of pen and ink drawings.