in this most uncomfortable country.

TAYLOR, BAYARD.
Boys of Other Countries.
Putnam. 1.25

Experiences in the lives of five boys, whose respective homes were
Sweden, Egypt, Iceland, Germany, and Russia.

The purpose of the author, of course, was to give a glimpse of the
habits and customs of these countries.

MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES

It would be hard to estimate the amount of gentleness and mercy
that has made its way among us through these slight channels.
Forbearance, courtesy, consideration for the poor and aged, kind
treatment of animals, the love of Nature, abhorrence of tyranny
and brute force--many such good things have been nourished in the
child's heart by this powerful aid. It has greatly helped to keep
us ever young, by preserving through our worldly ways one slender
track, not overgrown with weeds, where we may walk with children,
sharing their delights.
DICKENS.

ANDERSEN, H.C.
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen.
Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.
Illustrated by Thomas, Charles, and William Robinson.
Dutton. 2.50

Most truly rendered in the edition by Mrs. E. Lucas, (p. 99)
illustrated by the Robinsons.
Mrs. H.L. ELMENDORF.

Mrs. Lucas is well fitted for her office of translator, although there
are a number of tales in this selection which, in the opinion of the
compiler of this List, might well have been omitted because of their
horrible character. The pictures are so remarkable that in them the
stories live again.

BALDWIN, JAMES.
A Story of the Golden Age.
Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Scribner. 1.50

Mr. Baldwin's object, as he tells us, has been to pave the way to the
enjoyable reading of Homer. He has depicted for us the boyhood and
youth of Odysseus, taking the various legends relating to the causes
of the Trojan War, and weaving them into one continuous narrative,
ending where Homer begins.

CHAPIN, A.A.
The Story of the Rhinegold.
Harper. 1.25

A little volume intended for the use of children who may be taken to
hear the operas of Richard Wagner. It gives briefly, in an interesting
manner, the great myth upon which Wagner based his famo