Little five-year-old Ann is made the bound girl of Samuel Wales, of Braintree. After some hard experiences Ann tries to run away, but in time she learns to love the really kind-hearted people to whose care she has fallen, and in the end becomes the adopted daughter of Mrs. Polly Wales. The Squire's Sixpence is a simple school story of long-ago days. _FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 198) _"God gives thee youth but once. Keep thou The Childlike heart that will His kingdom be; The soul pure-eyed that, wisdom-led, e'en now His blessed face shall see."_ AMUSEMENTS AND HANDICRAFT Let them freely feast, sing and dance, have their puppet-plays, hobby-horses, tabors, crowds, bagpipes, etc., play at ball, and barley-breaks, and what sports and recreations they like best. BURTON'S _Anatomy of Melancholy_. ADAMS, J.H. Harper's Indoor Book for Boys. Harper. 1.75 This volume contains directions for work much of which is beyond the capacity of a boy of fourteen, but it is well for him to have something to which he can look forward. Instructions are given in wood-carving, metal-work, clay-modelling, bookbinding, and other occupations. The making of simple household articles and the use of paints are taught. There are many working diagrams. ADAMS, J.H., and Others. Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys. Harper. 1.75 An excellent handybook which provides the necessary information for making many worthwhile articles in which boys delight, such as (p. 199) windmills, water-wheels, aeroplanes, boats, rafts, toboggans, and snow-shoes; illustrated with working diagrams. There are also directions for camping out. The compiler of this List hopes that the article on trapping small animals may be passed over, as the little creatures so often suffer in boyish attempts to catch them. BLACK, ALEXANDER. Photography Indoors and Out. Houghton. .75 This book is addressed particularly to those amateurs who, while they acquire their chief pleasure from the pictures as pictures, have sufficient respect for the study and a strong enough purpose toward good work to seek real knowledge of the elements of photography.--_Preface._ Mr. Black gives a brief history of the development of the art, and much thorough information for those ambitious to learn. The text is perhaps somewhat advanced for young people of fourteen. BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee Our love and toil in the years to be, When we are grown and take our place, As men and women with our race.