"Parables. Laws of Nature and Life, or Science applied to Character," by Louisa Parsons Hopkins. Lee & Shepard. 15 cents. Brief and suggestive. "Stories of the Saints," by Mrs. C. Van D. Chenoweth. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00. Supplies a want which should be more "felt" than it is. Is it not as important that our children should know the story of Christian saints and martyrs as that of Greek gods and heroes? "Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks," by Sara E. Wiltse. Ginn & Co. 212 pp., 75 cents. "Stories for Kindergartens and Primary Schools," by Sara E. Wiltse. Ginn & Co. 50 cents. "A Brave Baby and Other Stories," by Sara E. Wiltse. Ginn & Co. 50 cents. These three books are storehouses of inspiration and models of story-telling. "Child Stories from the Masters," by Maude Menefee. Kindergarten Literature Co., Chicago. $1.00. An excellent selection of themes from poets, dramatists, and the Bible. The teacher will do well to study the originals and try to improve upon the stories given. "Child's Christ-Tales," by Andrea Hofer. Woman's Temple, Chicago. $1.00. Choice illustrations from the masters. Suggestive tales and parables. "The Kindergarten Sunday-School," by Frederika Beard. Kindergarten Publishing Co., Woman's Temple, Chicago. An attempt to solve the infant class problem. Three series of lessons, each having sequence and unity. Suggestive in its plan, and likely to help teachers to improve upon the models given. _Books to be Read for the Sake of a Better Understanding of Child Nature._ "Study of Child Nature," by Elizabeth Harrison. Chicago Kindergarten Training School. $1.00. "Children's Rights," by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00. "A Boy's Town," by W. D. Howells. Harper & Bros., New York. $1.25. "Being a Boy," by Charles Dudley Warner. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25. "The Story of a Bad Boy," by T. B. Aldrich. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25. "The Mill on the Floss," by George Eliot. Harper & Bros. Popular ed. 75 cents. "Cuore, An Italian Schoolboy's Journal," by Edmondo de Amicis. N.Y. Crowell. Illustrated edition. $1.50. _Pictures and Books from which Pictures may be Culled._ "The Life of Christ as Treated in Art," by F. W. Farrar, D.D., F.R.S. Macmillan & Co. $8.00, $5.00. "The Christ Child in Art," by Henry Van Dyke. Harper & Bros. $4.00. "Sacred and Legendary Art," by Mrs. Anna Jameson. Longmans, Green & Co. 2 vols., 16mo. $2.50. "The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art," by Mrs. Anna Jameson. Illustrated. 2 vols. Longmans, Green & Co. $8.00. All the above are standard works and are excellent. "The Earthly Footprints of Our Risen Lord," by Fleming H. Revell. 4to. $1.50. A continuous narrative of the four gospels according to the revised version, illustrated by numerous half-tone pictures. The selection is not so choice as one could wish, yet many of the pictures are by the best artists, and present a consecutive pictorial story of the life of Christ.