Of all the fairy stories of Italian literature this is the (p. 64) best known and the best loved.... The Florentines call it a literary jewel, and as such it should be known to all young readers.--_Preface._ Though children can but dimly comprehend this charming allegory, they will recognize its truth. Pinocchio, the wayward and mischievous marionette, through his kindly actions grows to be a real little boy, with an unselfish loving heart. There are many attractive drawings. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (Illustrator). The Cruikshank Fairy Book. Putnam. 2.00 Puss in Boots, Jack and the Bean-Stalk, Hop-o'-my-Thumb, and Cinderella, are the four famous fairy tales pictured by this famous illustrator. JUDD, M.C. Wigwam Stories. Ginn. .75 The book is divided into three parts: Sketches of Various Tribes of North American Indians; Traditions and Myths; and Stories Recently Told of Hiawatha and Other Heroes. It is interesting and informing. There are three sketches by Angel de Cora, and many illustrations from photographs. LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. La Fontaine's Fables. Translated by Edward Shirley. Illustrated by C.M. Park and Rene Bull. Nelson. 1.50 An acceptable selection in verse. There are illustrations in color (p. 65) as well as in black and white. "These fables are much more than they appear-- The simplest animals are teachers here. The bare dull moral weariness soon brings; The story serves to give it life and wings." LANG, ANDREW (Editor). The Blue Fairy Book. Longmans. 2.00 This first volume of Andrew Lang's colored fairy books contains the better known tales from the folk-lore of many nations, and is, like the others of this series, attractively illustrated. And when the cuckoo clamours six We put away our games and bricks And hasten to the shelf where hang The books of Mr. Andrew Lang. . . . . . . . . . And when we read the Red, the Blue, The Green--small matter what's the hue Since joy is there in black and white-- Remember him who cared to write, For little ones, tales old and sweet, And ask the fairies (when you meet) To always keep unharmed and well From ogre's maw and witch's spell, From genie's clutch and dragon's fang, The kind magician, Andrew Lang! ST. JOHN LUCAS. MULOCK, D.M. (Mrs. D.M. (M.) CRAIK). (p. 66) The Adventures of a Brownie. Harper. .60 "Only I think, if I could be a little child again, I should exceedingly like a Brownie to play with me. Should not you?" We should all say yes, after reading this charming modern fairy story. MUSSET, PAUL DE. Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. Illustrated by Charles Bennett. Putnam. 2.00