Sperry, Charlotte Grace. Teddy Sunbeam. [**]$1. Elder.
Printed in large type upon Teddy Sunbeam’s own gold these “little fables for little housekeepers” point many homely morals. Teddy Sunbeam is wise, and he talks about Princess Lend-a-hand, gives dissertations upon microbes, tells how to sweep, and how to perform a number of other daily duties, but tells it all in such an attractive manner that little folks will be glad to listen. The book is copiously illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan.
“Is a nice little book for nice little girls.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 110w. |
[*] “A rather original series of little fables.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 767. D. ‘05. 130w. |
[*] Spielmann, Marion Henry, and Layard, George Somes. [Kate Greenaway.] [*]$6.50. Putnam.
“In half a hundred colored plates and many black-and-white pictures we find beauty and delicacy pre-eminent and child-loveliness rendered with sincerity and sympathy. Such pictures measure a sweet, true soul, and the story of Kate Greenaway’s life and the gentle revelations of her letters and her friendships (the correspondence with John Ruskin most notably) bear out the inference.” (Outlook.) “It is a visit to Miss Greenaway at her home, a view of an active mind at work, a conversation with authors and artists led and directed by one whom they all acknowledged as leader.” (N. Y. Times.)
[*] “The authors have felt to the full the quaint charm of this art, they do justice to the ‘sweet and fragrant perfume’ that floats about the name of Kate Greenaway.”
| + | Acad. 68: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 1420w. |