By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, The sports of children satisfy the child. GOLDSMITH. THE GAMES BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Dutton. 2.50 Indoor and outdoor games, tricks and puzzles, the making of various articles, and the care of home pets, are some of the subjects treated in this volume of old and new pastimes. BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT The use of history is to give value to the present hour and its duty. EMERSON. BOUTET DE MONVEL, L.M. Joan of Arc. Illustrated by the Author. Century. 3.00 In these truly remarkable pictures, instinct with spirit, dignity, and pathos, the peasant girl of Domrémy, martyr and patron saint, lives (p. 60) for children. The book is a large oblong one with full-page illustrations in color. While the text is somewhat advanced for children of eight years, the pictures really tell, the story. EGGLESTON, EDWARD. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans. American Book. .40 A collection of many noted tales with which all of our children should be familiar. It includes Franklin's Whistle, Putnam and the Wolf, and Daniel Boone and his Grapevine Swing. MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES Even John Locke (1632-1704), in his Thoughts on Education (1693), recommends, besides the Psalter and the New Testament, Æsop and Reynard the Fox, as good food for infant minds. This was an excellent basis to start upon. MONTROSE J. MOSES. ADVENTURES OF REYNARD THE FOX. Edited by W.T. Stead. Review. .05 There is no entirely satisfactory edition, for children, of this classic. The language of one edited by Jacobs seems to the compiler of this list somewhat unsuited to small people, and E.L. Smythe in her version substitutes an entirely different ending for that of the (p. 61) original. This very inexpensive little book has more than a hundred interesting small pictures, and children will love to read of bad Reynard, who is told about in diverting fashion. ÆSOP. The Fables of Æsop. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Richard Heighway. Macmillan. 1.50 It is difficult to say what are and what are not the Fables of Æsop.... In the struggle for existence among all these a certain number stand out as being the most effective and the most familiar. I have attempted to bring most of these into the following pages.--_Preface._ Children cannot read an easier, nor men a wiser book. THOMAS FULLER. BROWN, A.F. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts. Houghton. 1.25