Summer fading, winter comes--
Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,
Window robins, winter rooks,
And the picture story-books.
. . . . . . . .
All the pretty things put by,
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books.
STEVENSON.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator).
The Baby's Own Alphabet.
Lane. .25
The A B C, accompanied by old English rhymes. There are three or four
illustrations to a page.
FRANCIS, J.G.
*A Book of Cheerful Cats and Other Animated Animals.
Century. 1.00
Funny verses and even funnier animal pictures. A delightful book for
old and young, because of the ability shown in the illustrations.
POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM
GREAT AUTHORS (p. 29)
The mother sits and sings her baby to sleep; here is one of the
very best opportunities for the right literature at the right
time.
Mrs. H.L. ELMENDORF.
LANG, ANDREW (Editor).
The Nursery Rhyme Book.
Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Warne. 1.50
An exceptional collection of the ancient rhymes, songs, charms, and
lullabies, accompanied by interesting pictures.
"In Mr. Halliwell's Collection, from which this volume is
abridged, no manuscript authority goes further back than the
reign of Henry VIII, though King Arthur and Robin Hood are
mentioned.... Thus our old nursery rhymes are smooth stones from
the book of time, worn round by constant friction of tongues long
silent."
STEVENSON, R.L.
A Child's Garden of Verses.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Scribner. 2.50
It is generally admitted that no one has comprehended and written from
the child's point of view as did Stevenson. This volume should be
among the first to be put into the hands of our little ones. (p. 30)
Besides the black and white text illustrations there are twelve
full-page pictures in color, all by Jessie Willcox Smith.
STEVENSON, R.L.
A Child's Garden of Verses.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Scribner. 1.50
There are some who will prefer this small edition, beautifully
illustrated in black and white.
WELSH, CHARLES (Editor).
A Book of Nursery Rhymes.
Heath. .30
Mr. Welsh has arranged this excellent collection of Mother Goose in
accordance with the child's development, placing the rhymes in four
divisions: Mother Play, Mother Stories, Child Play, and Child Stories.