Christmas Suggestions

Gag, Wanda: Millions of Cats, Harcourt. (3-6). "Cats here, cats there, cats and kittens everywhere," told about in funny black and white pictures by a well known artist. D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar D.: GeorgeWashington, Doubleday, $2.00. (4-8). The dashing colored illustrations and simple story make the "Father of his country" seem very real and human to small boys and girls.

Lattimore, Eleanor: Little Pear, Harcourt, $2.00 (5-8).

This delightful story of a little Chinese boy and his sister, by the daughter of Dartmouth's Professor Lattimore, is one of the outstanding children's books in years.

Newberry, Clare: Mittens, Harpers, $1.75.

Enchanting pictures of a kitten. Horn, Madeline: Farm on the Hill, Scribner, $2.00.

A story of life on the farm illustrated in color by Grant Wood.

Holme, Geoffrey: Children's Art Book, Studio, $2.50.

In spite of the title this is not an art history, but is an unusual attempt to show children what artists have been seeing and trying to portray. Text and drawings by the author plus examples of Western and Oriental art.

House, Homer D.: Wild Flowers, Macmillan, $3.95.

Not a children's book but the beautiful plates make it interesting to old and young. An addition to any family library.

Kelly, Eric P.: Trumpeter of Krakow, Macmillan, $2.50. (12-16).

A story of Poland in the 15th century by a well known Dartmouth Professor. This book won the Newberry award as the best children's book of its year.

Untermeyer, Louis: This Singing World, Harcourt, $3.00. (8-16).

This fine anthology contains a good proportion of modern poetry.

A few particular editions of the classics recommended.

Grahame, Kenneth: The Wind in theWillows, Scribner, $1.00 (9-11). Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, and Nora Archibald Smith, (Editors) Arabian Nights, Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Scribner, $1.50. (7-9).

Homer: The Odyssey, Houghton, $5.00. (13-on).

Prose translation by G. H. Palmer, and with colored illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.

Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers, Appleton-Century, $3.00 (11-on). Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. (These are incomparably the best pictures.)

Spyri, Johanna: Heidi, Ginn, $.84. (7-9) Interesting pictures made on the spot (Switzerland) by Margaret Dairs.