yle her "Infanta." The story of the girl's life is
charmingly told, and eventually, her father, a man who, despite some
failings, is generous and well-meaning, reappears in the character of a
wealthy mine owner, and brings the story to an unlooked for and happy
termination.
Cloth, ornamental, illustrated, 50 cents
WITCHERY WAYS
By AMOS R. WELLS
PICTURES BY L. J. BRIDGMAN
Children may well be grateful to the forgotten people who, long ago,
first invented fairy tales. Mr. Wells confesses, in the preface to this
book, that he has a very tender regard for the "Little People," as
fairies used to be called in those days, and now he has given us, under
the title of "Witchery Ways," some fairy tales of his own which will
prove a never-ending delight to every reader.
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SONNY BOY
By SOPHIE SWETT
Sonny Boy was ten years old. His name was Peter, but his mother thought
that too large a name for a small boy.
Aunt Kate, one of the "right kind," is lonesome in her new house
without any young people, and borrows Sonny Boy for six months. The lad
has a happy visit and many pleasant experiences, learning the while
some helpful lessons. Delightedly one reads of Otto and the white mice;
Lena and the parrot, the wild man of the circus, and Sonny Boy's
ambition to command the Poppleton Guards, but Miss Swett tells the
story, and when that is said, nothing remains but to enjoy the book.
Cloth, ornamental, handsomely illustrated, 50 cents
HENRY ALTEMUS CO., PHILADELPHIA
A GOURD FIDDLE
By GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE
A little colored boy, the sole orphaned remainder of a long line of
masters of the violin, alone of the army of negroes who had borne the
family name, is left to wait upon the old mistress and Miss Patrice at
the "Great House."
Miss Patrice teaches Orphy to sing the chants and anthems in the
service of the little church where he was baptized, and with her voice
new airs for his violin. Plantation songs he knew and rendered with a
pleasing coloring.
After the death of his teacher Orphy falls upon hard times, but
eventually his talent is recognized by a professor of music who takes
him to Europe, and there, under peculiar circumstances, he plays on his
home-made gourd fiddle before no less a personage than Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria.
Cloth, ornamental, handsomely illustrated, 50 cents
BUMPER AND BABY JOHN
By ANNA CHAPIN RAY
PICTURES BY CU
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