“It has been my experience that American children (the very young ones), if they were able to read the French books French children of the same age read, enjoyed them quite as much. The difference in national temperament develops later on. The American boy or girl grows up more rapidly than the French boy or girl; acquires the practical sense sooner; has a more real view of life. Perhaps this is due largely to the fact that the French child has little independence, and hence is unpractical. But there is a compensation somewhere, for the French child’s mind is subtler, and his imagination more vivid. I do not think we have any library system at present where children’s work is a specialty; in fact, our public libraries are mostly frequented by grown-up people. I have never seen children, as far as I can recollect, in any of our libraries.”--MLLE. EMILIE MICHEL, in a letter to the author. Both Brentano and Dryrsen & Pfeiffer (successors to Christern), as well as W. R. Jenkins Co., New York, issue complete catalogues, French and German, in which illustrated books, magazines, and series of special volumes are suggested. They differ so markedly in prices, that no uniformity can be reached. But except in the case of illustrated albums, it may be claimed, generally, that the prices are reasonable. ABOUT, EDMOND--Le Roi des Montagnes. L’Homme à l’oreille Cassée. CARRAUD, MME.--La petite Jeanne. Bibliothèque Rose. DAUDET, ALPHONSE--Tartarin de Tarascon. Tartarin sur les Alpes. Lettres de Mon Moulin. (Contes.) Le Petit Chose. DEFOE--La Vie et les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also in Bibl. des petits enfants, with “Gulliver’s Travels.”] DOMBRE, ROGER--Tante Rabat Joie. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN--Le conscrit de 1813. L’Ami Fritz. FLEURIOT, MLLE. Z.--Le petit chef de famille. Bibliothèque Rose. FLORIAN--Fables Illustrées par Vimar. Brentano, $2.70. FRANCE, ANATOLE--Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. [Crowned by the French Academy.] Le Livre de Mon Ami. [For adults.] GENLIS, MADAME DE--Bibliothèque Rose. Contes Moraux. _Vide_ p. 66. GRÉVILLE, HENRY (pseud. of Mme. Alice Durant)--Perdue. [_Vide_ entire list.] GRIMM--Contes Choisis. Bibliothèque Rose. JOB--Le grand Napoléon des Petits Enfants. (Ill. coloured.) Brentano, $3.00. LA FONTAINE--_Vide_ Boutet de Monvel. Picture-Book section. LA MOTTE-FOUQUE, BARON DE.--Undine and Sintram. [_Vide_ English version. Houghton.] MALOT, HECTOR--En famille. Sans famille. PERRAULT, CHARLES; MMES. D’AULNOY ET LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT--Contes de Fées. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Petite Bibliothèque Blanche, et ed. Perrault, ill. by many artists. Brentano, $2.70. _Vide_ p. 36.] PRESSENSÉ, MME. E. DE--La Maison Blanche et Histoire pour les écoliers. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Bibl. des Petits Enfants.] SANDEAU, JULES--La Maison de Penarvan. SÉGUR, MME. DE--L’Auberge de l’Ange-Gardien. Bibliothèque Rose.