OUIDA (Pseudonym of Louise de la Ramé). Bimbi. Lippincott. 1.50 Louise de la Ramé wrote these stories in a way that charms alike grown people and children. Little August and his beloved Hirschvogel the great Nürnberg stove, Florentine Lolo and his faithful Moufflou, Raphael the child of old Urbino, and others, are vividly pictured. _TEN YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 92) _There comes a voice that awakes my soul. It is the voice of years that are gone, they roll before me with their deeds._ OSSIAN. AMUSEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT Where's the cook? is supper ready, the house trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept? SHAKSPERE. BENTON, C.F. A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl. Estes. .75 "But Margaret said, 'I don't want to wait till I'm big; I want to cook now; and I don't want to do cooking-school cooking, but little girl cooking, all by myself.'" So they gave her this simple cook-book on her birthday, and she learned to make all the different dishes before another birthday came. BENTON, C.F. Saturday Mornings. Estes. .75 Margaret loved housekeeping, and the big people taught her on Saturday mornings how to take care of the house and its contents, how to launder, to market, et cetera. The directions, given in story form, are very clear and simple, and girls greatly enjoy the book. In fact, work becomes as joyful as play. HALL, A.N. (p. 93) The Boy Craftsman. Lothrop. 2.00 The Boy Craftsman has been undertaken with a view of helping boys with their problems of earning money, as well as furnishing recreative and entertaining work, and to this end the first portion has been devoted to suggestions for the carrying on of a number of small business enterprises, and the second and third parts to outdoor and indoor pastimes for all seasons of the year.--_Preface._ The handling and care of tools, simple carpentry, printing, photography, the making of an outdoor gymnasium and a miniature theatre, are among the topics included. There are many illustrations. BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT "Here may we sit and converse hold With those whose names in ages old Were in the book of fame enrolled." BROOKS, E.S. The True Story of Christopher Columbus. Lothrop. 1.50 Columbus ... left a record of persistence in spite of discouragement and of triumph over all obstacles, that has been the inspiration and guide for Americans ever since his day.--_Preface._ The life of the great admiral is described in a simple and interesting manner. Many pictures are given.