Children may well be grateful to the forgotten people who, long ago, first invented fairy tales. Mr. Wells confesses, in the preface to this book, that he has a very tender regard for the "Little People," as fairies used to be called in those days, and now he has given us, under the title of "Witchery Ways," some fairy tales of his own which will prove a never-ending delight to every reader. Cloth, ornamental, illustrated, 50 cents SONNY BOY By SOPHIE SWETT Sonny Boy was ten years old. His name was Peter, but his mother thought that too large a name for a small boy. Aunt Kate, one of the "right kind," is lonesome in her new house without any young people, and borrows Sonny Boy for six months. The lad has a happy visit and many pleasant experiences, learning the while some helpful lessons. Delightedly one reads of Otto and the white mice; Lena and the parrot, the wild man of the circus, and Sonny Boy's ambition to command the Poppleton Guards, but Miss Swett tells the story, and when that is said, nothing remains but to enjoy the book. Cloth, ornamental, handsomely illustrated, 50 cents HENRY ALTEMUS CO., PHILADELPHIA A GOURD FIDDLE By GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE A little colored boy, the sole orphaned remainder of a long line of masters of the violin, alone of the army of negroes who had borne the family name, is left to wait upon the old mistress and Miss Patrice at the "Great House." Miss Patrice teaches Orphy to sing the chants and anthems in the service of the little church where he was baptized, and with her voice new airs for his violin. Plantation songs he knew and rendered with a pleasing coloring. After the death of his teacher Orphy falls upon hard times, but eventually his talent is recognized by a professor of music who takes him to Europe, and there, under peculiar circumstances, he plays on his home-made gourd fiddle before no less a personage than Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. Cloth, ornamental, handsomely illustrated, 50 cents BUMPER AND BABY JOHN By ANNA CHAPIN RAY PICTURES BY CURTIS WAGER-SMITH An irresistibly humorous relation of the haps and mishaps of the homeliest, yet most dependable dog in the world, and a delightful red-haired and freckled child, whose united ages did not exceed seven years. But apart from the humor of the book, it is alive with human interest, and there is pathos as well. And this is not to forget the artist in praise of the author; the illustrations could not have been confided to a better hand. Cloth, ornamental, illustrated, 50 cents A LITTLE ROUGH RIDER By TUDOR JENKS Author of "Galopoff, the Talking Pony," "Gypsy, the Talking Dog," etc. PICTURES BY REGINALD B. BIRCH