A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.
THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWER
By Melvin Hix. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.
This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.
HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYS
By Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.
This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.
Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang
| All Sorts of Stories Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | $1.60 |
| Animal Story Book | 2.00 | |
| Animal Story Book Reader | .50 | |
| Arabian Nights | 2.00 | |
| Blue Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Book of Princes and Princesses | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Book of Romance | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Book of Saints and Heroes | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Brown Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Crimson Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Green Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Grey Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Lilac Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| My Own Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Olive Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Orange Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Pink Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Red Book of Animal Stories | 2.00 | |
| Red Book of Heroes | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Red Book of Romance | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Red Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
| Red True Story Book | 2.00 | |
| True Story Book | 2.60 | |
| Violet Fairy Book | By Mail, $1.75; Net | 1.60 |
| Yellow Fairy Book | 2.00 | |
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., Publishers
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