Our country is the world; our countrymen are all mankind.
GARRISON.
FINNEMORE, JOHN.
England.
Macmillan. .75
London Town is described, there are two chapters on Father Thames, and
we are led through old Wessex, Warwickshire, the Broads and
Fen-country, and the beautiful Lakeland. Twelve plates in color are
given.
FINNEMORE, JOHN.
The Holy Land.
Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Macmillan. .75
This account of peasant homes and the life of the people throughout
the year makes many allusions in the Gospel story easily understood.
There are chapters on Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and one entitled (p. 122)
From Nazareth to Galilee. The volume contains twelve colored plates.
HOPE, A.R.
The World.
Macmillan. 1.50
Although from its nature and size this book can give only a glimpse of
each country, yet it does seem to convey, in moderate compass, a
general view of the world, and quite a vivid impression of the
different lands is absorbed from the colored pictures, which children
always enjoy. The plates are thirty-seven in number.
JUNGMAN, BEATRIX.
Holland.
Illustrated by Nico Jungman.
Macmillan. .75
A pleasant account of the manners and customs, the costumes and
feast-days, of Water land. The twelve colored plates add to the book's
attraction.
PELTIER, FLORENCE (Mrs. F. (P.) POPE).
A Japanese Garland.
Lothrop. 1.00
Charming accounts of the legends, stories, and customs, of the Flowery
Kingdom, related by a little Japanese boy to his child friends in
America.
STRANGE LANDS NEAR HOME.
Ginn. .25
This small volume contains a series of brief articles, by different
persons, on Mexico and South America. Some of the subjects touched (p. 123)
on are A Venezuelan Railway, The Land of the Llama, and The Argentine
Capital.
TOWARD THE RISING SUN.
Ginn. .25
This companion volume to Strange Lands Near Home tells us of life in
China, Japan, Korea, Borneo, and other Eastern countries. There is an
interesting chapter on Housekeeping in East India, by Sara Jeannette
Duncan.