stament.
Macmillan. .50

The stories are in the language of Scripture, altered only by
omissions.... The Revised Version is used, with the frequent
substitution of the marginal renderings.... In the introductions
and notes I have carefully avoided any wording which might
insinuate doctrinal instruction.--_Preface._

MOULTON, R.G. (Editor).
Children's Series of the Modern Reader's Bible.
Bible Stories. Old Testament.
Macmillan. .50

The stories which make the text are in the language of Scripture,
altered only by omissions.... The volume is arranged according to
the natural divisions of Bible history.... Each period is
represented by its most important stories; the purpose of the
introduction and notes to each section is to weave all (p. 56)
together by indicating briefly the bearing of each story on the
general history.--_Preface._

SCIENCE, OUT-OF-DOOR BOOKS, AND STORIES OF ANIMALS

O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow;
You've powdered your legs with gold!
O brave marshmary buds, rich and yellow,
Give me your money to hold!

O columbine, open your folded wrapper,
Where two twin turtle-doves dwell!
O cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper
That hangs in your clear green bell!

And show me your nest, with the young ones in it--
I will not steal it away;
I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet--
I am seven times one to-day.
JEAN INGELOW.

ANDREWS, JANE.
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children.
Ginn. .50

Miss Andrews's books were the pioneers of the great crowd of
present-day nature-books for young children, and they still
compare favorably in dignity and true interest with their
successors.

Amber, coal, the work of water, and seeds, are among the objects
in regard to which Mother Nature told her stories.
PRENTICE AND POWER.

STORIES (p. 57)

We take it for granted that books for children belong to the easy
play rather than to the hard work of life, and that they are an
utter failure if they do not win their way by their own charms.
SAMUEL OSGOOD.

HOPKINS, W.J.
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