Let it be understood that all I have attempted to do is to tell a well-known story in print, as one who loves it would seek to tell it in words to those around his own fireside; in the hope that some may gather from this story that there is a vast storehouse of humour and wisdom awaiting them in the book itself.--_Preface._ HOLMES, O.W. (p. 128) *The One Hoss Shay, and Companion Poems. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Houghton. 1.50 How the Old Horse Won the Bet, and The Broomstick Train, are the other poems. "You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once-- All at once, and nothing first-- Just as bubbles do when they burst." MacLEOD, MARY. Stories from the Faerie Queene. Illustrated by A.G. Walker. Stokes. 1.50 Do we not most of us belong to the group "who at present know nothing or next to nothing of what is certainly one of the masterpieces of English literature"? The tale of Spenser's great poem is simply related in acceptable prose. NORTON, C.E. (Editor). Heart of Oak Books. Volume IV. Fairy Stories and Classic Tales. Heath. .45 The imagination is the supreme intellectual faculty, and yet it is of all the one which receives least attention in our common systems of education.--_Preface._ RELIGION AND ETHICS (p. 129) The Bible itself did not begin in the dry letter, but was a rich and various life with Nature and among men before it was made into a book. SAMUEL OSGOOD. THOMAS, E.L. The Early Story of Israel. Longmans. .60 This small volume presents a general view of the early history of the Jews, in accordance with the results of the best Biblical and historical criticism. In addition to the maps and illustrations, there are six full-page plates from famous paintings. SCIENCE, OUT-OF-DOOR BOOKS, AND STORIES OF ANIMALS When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear; My soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. HABINGTON. BALL, R.S. Starland. Ginn. 1.00 The Royal Institution of Great Britain each year provides at Christmas-time a course of lectures for children. In 1881 and 1887 Sir R.S. Ball gave talks on astronomy, and on them the present volume (p. 130) is founded. BLANCHAN, NELTJE (Pseudonym of Mrs. N.B. (DeG.) DOUBLEDAY.) Bird Neighbors. With an introduction by John Burroughs. Doubleday. 2.00