Experiences in the lives of five boys, whose respective homes were Sweden, Egypt, Iceland, Germany, and Russia. The purpose of the author, of course, was to give a glimpse of the habits and customs of these countries. MYTHOLOGY, FOLK-LORE, LEGENDS, AND FAIRY TALES It would be hard to estimate the amount of gentleness and mercy that has made its way among us through these slight channels. Forbearance, courtesy, consideration for the poor and aged, kind treatment of animals, the love of Nature, abhorrence of tyranny and brute force--many such good things have been nourished in the child's heart by this powerful aid. It has greatly helped to keep us ever young, by preserving through our worldly ways one slender track, not overgrown with weeds, where we may walk with children, sharing their delights. DICKENS. ANDERSEN, H.C. Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Illustrated by Thomas, Charles, and William Robinson. Dutton. 2.50 Most truly rendered in the edition by Mrs. E. Lucas, (p. 99) illustrated by the Robinsons. Mrs. H.L. ELMENDORF. Mrs. Lucas is well fitted for her office of translator, although there are a number of tales in this selection which, in the opinion of the compiler of this List, might well have been omitted because of their horrible character. The pictures are so remarkable that in them the stories live again. BALDWIN, JAMES. A Story of the Golden Age. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Scribner. 1.50 Mr. Baldwin's object, as he tells us, has been to pave the way to the enjoyable reading of Homer. He has depicted for us the boyhood and youth of Odysseus, taking the various legends relating to the causes of the Trojan War, and weaving them into one continuous narrative, ending where Homer begins. CHAPIN, A.A. The Story of the Rhinegold. Harper. 1.25 A little volume intended for the use of children who may be taken to hear the operas of Richard Wagner. It gives briefly, in an interesting manner, the great myth upon which Wagner based his famous production, the Ring of the Nibelungs, following the lines of the operas. The musical motifs accompany the text. CHAPIN, A.A. (p. 100) Wonder Tales from Wagner. Harper. 1.25 This companion to The Story of the Rhinegold relates the legends of the Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, and the Mastersingers of Nuremberg. The musical motifs accompany the text. DIXON, E. (Editor). Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights. Illustrated by J.D. Batten. Putnam. 2.50