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Books of Travel

It is not important that travel books should be written especially
for young readers. Almost all records of travel contain some pages
of interest, whatever the remainder may be like. The fact that a
book describes wanderings in a far country is enough.

But the books by Commander Robert E. Peary and his wife deserve
mention.

Snowland Folk.
The Snow Baby.
Children of the Arctic.

The Treatment of Library Books

On this page is given a copy of the book mark which a clergyman, Mr.
Henry Maxson, prepared for the use of the readers in the children's
section of a library in Wisconsin.

BOOK MARK

Once upon a time a Library Book was overheard talking to a
little boy who had just borrowed it. The words seemed worth
recording, and here they are:--

"Please don't handle me with dirty hands. I should feel
ashamed to be seen when the next little boy borrowed me.

"Or leave me out in the rain. Books can catch cold as well as
children.

"Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil. It would spoil
my looks.

"Or lean on me with your elbows when you are reading me. It
hurts.

"Or open me and lay me face down on the table. You wouldn't
like to be treated so.

"Or put in between my leaves a pencil or anything thicker
than a single sheet of thin paper. It would strain my back.

"Whenever you have finished reading me, if you are afraid of
losing your place, don't turn down the corner of one of my
leaves, but have a neat little Book Mark to put in where you
stopped, and then close me and lay me down on my side, so
that I can have a good, comfortable rest.

"Remember that I want to visit a great many other little boys
after you have done with me. Besides, I may meet you again
some day, and you would be sorry to see me looking old and
torn and soiled. Help me to keep fresh and clean, and I will
help you to be happy."

APPENDIX

_In making a book of this kind, it is impossible to think of all the
things that ought to be mentioned. Every reader is certain to know of
some game or pastime that has been left out. In order that you may
yourself bring this collection nearer completeness, the following
Appendix of blank pages has been added. Some reference to everything
that is written in the Appendix ought to be m