rrand, _how_ they act!
But somehow I imagine you are better,
And you _try_ to go, and _cry_ to go, in fact!"

BURGESS, GELETT.
*More Goops and How Not To Be Them.
A Manual of Manners for Impolite Infants.
Illustrated by the Author.
Stokes. 1.50

A delightful companion volume of dreadful examples. With ninety-seven
illustrations.

"You who are the oldest,
You who are the tallest,
Don't you think you ought to help
The youngest and the smallest?

"You who are the strongest, (p. 36)
You who are the quickest,
Don't you think you ought to help
The weakest and the sickest?

"Never mind the trouble,
Help them all you can;
Be a little woman!
Be a little man!"

HEADLAND, I.T. (Translator).
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes.
Revell. 1.00

Mr. Headland, who is a professor in the Imperial University at Peking,
tells us: "There is no language in the world, we venture to believe,
which contains children's songs expressive of more keen and tender
affection.... This fact, more than any other, has stimulated us in the
preparation of these rhymes.... The illustrations have all been
prepared by the translator specially for this work."

The Oriental atmosphere of the book and the many Chinese pictures lead
our children of the Western world most delightfully into this old
land.

"He climbed up the candlestick,
The little mousey brown,
To steal and eat tallow,
And he couldn't get down.
He called for his grandma,
But his grandma was in town,
So he doubled up into a wheel
And rolled himself down."

LEAR, EDWARD. (p. 37)
*Nonsense Books.
Little. 2.00

The nonsense classic, which should be among the first books secured
for a child's library. This edition contains all the Nonsense Books,
with all the original illustrations.

"'How pleasant to know Mr. Lear,'
Who has written such volumes of stuff!
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But a few think him pleasant enough."

NORTON, C.E. (Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume I.
Rhymes, Jingles, and Fables.
Heath. .25

"Mother Goose is the best primer. No matter if the rhymes be
nonsense verses; many a poet might learn the lesson of good
versifica