vable, because she is
so absolutely real. She is just a bewitchingly
innocent, huggable little maid. The book is
wonderfully human.

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The Editors; and What the Children's Crimson Series Offers Your Child

In the first place, "The Children's Crimson Series" is designed to
please and interest every child, by reason of the sheer fascination of
the stories and poems contained therein.

To accomplish such an end, a vast amount of patient labor, a rare
judgment, a life-long study of children, and a genuine love for all that
is best in literature, are essential factors of success.

Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. Riggs) and Nora Archibald Smith possess these
qualities and this experience. Their efforts, as pioneers of
kindergarten work, the love and admiration in which their works are held
by all young people, prove them to be in full sympathy with this unique
piece of work.

Let all parents, who wish their little ones to have their minds and
tastes developed along the right paths, remember that once a child is
interested and amused, the rest is comparatively easy. Stories and poems
so admirably selected, cannot then but sow the seeds of a real literary
culture, which must be encouraged in childhood if it is ever to exercise
a real influence in life.

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EDITED BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

THE FAIRY RING: _Fairy Tales for Children 4 to 8_

MAGIC CASEMENTS: _Fairy Tales for Children 6 to 12_

TALES OF LAUGHTER: _Fairy Tales for Growing Boys and Girls_

TALES OF WONDER: _Fairy Tales that Make One Wonder_

PINAFORE PALACE: _Rhymes and Jingles for Tiny Tots_

THE POSY RING: _Verses and Poems that Children Love and Learn_

GOLDEN NUMBERS: _Verses and Poems for Children and Grown-ups_

THE TALKING BEASTS: _Birds and Beasts in Fable_
EDITED BY ASA DON DICKINSON

CHRISTMAS STORIES: "_Read Us a Story About Christmas_"
EDITED BY MARY E. BURT AND W. T. CHAPI