STORIES FOR CHILDRENTWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS(Just Published)Adapted and revised byMelvin HixandWalter L. Hervey. Illustrated. 95 pp. 30 cents.Snappy and Spitfire are a dog and a cat who become dissatisfied with their surroundings and decide to run away. Their various adventures make an amusing and interesting book for children. It was designed particularly to be used at that important stage when children are ready to begin the independent practice of the most delightful of all arts, the art of finding stories in books. The simplicity of plot and general content are admirably suited to the needs and abilities of six-year-old readers.INDIAN SKETCHESByCornelia Steketee Hulst. Illustrated. 120 pages. 60 cents.New material, drawn from the beautiful and heroic stories of the Northwest Territory, has been worked up with the aim of presenting the Indian in a much pleasanter and fairer light than is usual in literature. Social and racial customs, the dances of the various seasons, etc., are described. Parents and teachers of younger children will find these “Sketches” interesting and historically accurate.IN OLDEST ENGLANDByGeorge Philip Krapp. Illustrated. 173 pp. 60 cents.A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWERByMelvin Hix. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYSByLouise E. TuckerandEstelle L. Ryan. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang.All Sorts of Stories BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net$1.60Animal Story Book2.00Animal Story Book Reader.50Arabian Nights2.00Blue Fairy Book2.00Book of Princes and PrincessesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Book of RomanceBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Book of Saints and HeroesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Brown Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Crimson Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Green Fairy Book2.00Grey Fairy Book2.00Lilac Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60My Own Fairy Book2.00Olive Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Orange Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Pink Fairy Book2.00Red Book of Animal Stories2.00Red Book of HeroesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Red Book of RomanceBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Red Fairy Book2.00Red True Story Book2.00True Story Book2.00Violet Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Yellow Fairy Book2.00LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PublishersFourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York
TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS(Just Published)Adapted and revised byMelvin HixandWalter L. Hervey. Illustrated. 95 pp. 30 cents.Snappy and Spitfire are a dog and a cat who become dissatisfied with their surroundings and decide to run away. Their various adventures make an amusing and interesting book for children. It was designed particularly to be used at that important stage when children are ready to begin the independent practice of the most delightful of all arts, the art of finding stories in books. The simplicity of plot and general content are admirably suited to the needs and abilities of six-year-old readers.INDIAN SKETCHESByCornelia Steketee Hulst. Illustrated. 120 pages. 60 cents.New material, drawn from the beautiful and heroic stories of the Northwest Territory, has been worked up with the aim of presenting the Indian in a much pleasanter and fairer light than is usual in literature. Social and racial customs, the dances of the various seasons, etc., are described. Parents and teachers of younger children will find these “Sketches” interesting and historically accurate.IN OLDEST ENGLANDByGeorge Philip Krapp. Illustrated. 173 pp. 60 cents.A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWERByMelvin Hix. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYSByLouise E. TuckerandEstelle L. Ryan. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang.All Sorts of Stories BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net$1.60Animal Story Book2.00Animal Story Book Reader.50Arabian Nights2.00Blue Fairy Book2.00Book of Princes and PrincessesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Book of RomanceBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Book of Saints and HeroesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Brown Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Crimson Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Green Fairy Book2.00Grey Fairy Book2.00Lilac Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60My Own Fairy Book2.00Olive Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Orange Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Pink Fairy Book2.00Red Book of Animal Stories2.00Red Book of HeroesBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Red Book of RomanceBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Red Fairy Book2.00Red True Story Book2.00True Story Book2.00Violet Fairy BookBy Mail, $1.75;Net1.60Yellow Fairy Book2.00LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PublishersFourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York
TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS(Just Published)Adapted and revised byMelvin HixandWalter L. Hervey. Illustrated. 95 pp. 30 cents.
Snappy and Spitfire are a dog and a cat who become dissatisfied with their surroundings and decide to run away. Their various adventures make an amusing and interesting book for children. It was designed particularly to be used at that important stage when children are ready to begin the independent practice of the most delightful of all arts, the art of finding stories in books. The simplicity of plot and general content are admirably suited to the needs and abilities of six-year-old readers.
INDIAN SKETCHESByCornelia Steketee Hulst. Illustrated. 120 pages. 60 cents.
New material, drawn from the beautiful and heroic stories of the Northwest Territory, has been worked up with the aim of presenting the Indian in a much pleasanter and fairer light than is usual in literature. Social and racial customs, the dances of the various seasons, etc., are described. Parents and teachers of younger children will find these “Sketches” interesting and historically accurate.
IN OLDEST ENGLANDByGeorge Philip Krapp. Illustrated. 173 pp. 60 cents.
A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.
THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWERByMelvin Hix. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.
This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.
HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYSByLouise E. TuckerandEstelle L. Ryan. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.
This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.
Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang.
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PublishersFourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York