d the big people taught her on Saturday
mornings how to take care of the house and its contents, how to
launder, to market, et cetera. The directions, given in story form,
are very clear and simple, and girls greatly enjoy the book. In fact,
work becomes as joyful as play.

HALL, A.N. (p. 93)
The Boy Craftsman.
Lothrop. 2.00

The Boy Craftsman has been undertaken with a view of helping boys
with their problems of earning money, as well as furnishing
recreative and entertaining work, and to this end the first
portion has been devoted to suggestions for the carrying on of a
number of small business enterprises, and the second and third
parts to outdoor and indoor pastimes for all seasons of the
year.--_Preface._

The handling and care of tools, simple carpentry, printing,
photography, the making of an outdoor gymnasium and a miniature
theatre, are among the topics included. There are many illustrations.

BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT

"Here may we sit and converse hold
With those whose names in ages old
Were in the book of fame enrolled."

BROOKS, E.S.
The True Story of Christopher Columbus.
Lothrop. 1.50

Columbus ... left a record of persistence in spite of
discouragement and of triumph over all obstacles, that has been
the inspiration and guide for Americans ever since his
day.--_Preface._

The life of the great admiral is described in a simple and interesting
manner. Many pictures are given.

BROOKS, E.S. (p. 94)
The True Story of George Washington.
Lothrop. 1.50

One of the best of modern Americans, James Russell Lowell, who
was born on the same day of the month as Washington, February
twenty-second, wrote, shortly before his death, to a school-girl
whose class proposed noticing his own birthday: "Whatever else
you do on the twenty-second of February, recollect, first of all,
that on that day a really great man was born, and do not fail to
warm your hearts with the memory of his service, and to brace
your minds with the contemplation of his character. The rest of
us must wait uncovered till he be served."

This is a good text for those boys and girls who may be led to
read