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ADDITIONS—FEBRUARY 1913 95
Young People's Books
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen. j 398 A7gfa
The fairy world; folk and fairy tales; tr. by H. L. Brskstad, with an
introduction by E. W. Gosse. De Wolfe.
Norwegian fairy stories.
Partial contents: The man who was going to mind the house.—The pancake.—The
three billy goats who went up into the hills to get fat.—The lad and the North Wind.—
East of the sun and west of the moon.—An evening in the squire's kitchen.—Hans who
made the princess laugh.
Baldwin, James. j 904 Bigf
Fifty famous people; a book of short stories. 1912. Amer. Book Co.
Stories of Lincoln, Edward Everett, Paul Revere, Benjamin West, King Alfred,
Cyrus the Great, Coriolanus, St. Francis, Robert Bruce, the seven wise men of Greece,
and many other famous people. For the younger children.
Beard, Daniel Carter. j 796 B34b
The boy pioneers; Sons of Daniel Boone. 1909. Scribner.
Directions for organizing and carrying on a Boy Pioneers or a Daniel Boone club.
Tells how to initiate new members, how to make the costumes, a fort, a Mandan councilhouse,
etc. and how to celebrate pioneer days, Crockett's, Kit Carson's, Audubon's and
others. There are additional chapters on camping, games and sports.
Blaisdell, Etta Austin, & Dalrymple, Julia. j 914.1 B52
Donald in Scotland. 1912. Little. (Little people everywhere.)
Donald Fraser, a boy of 14, is sent to spend a few weeks on a lonely Highland croft.
When he returns to his home in the city the Highland lad and lassie go with him and
the children visit Edinburgh and Glasgow and have a motor trip to the Trossachs and
Loch Katrine.
Blaisdell, Etta Austin, & Dalrymple, Julia. j 914.6 B52
Josefa in Spain. 1912. Little. (Little people everywhere.)
Account of a little Spanish girl who lives with the gipsies in the caves of Granada.
She rides to Seville in the gipsy caravan, dances at the great fair there and later travels
with the family of a rich Spanish don .to Cadiz, Malaga and Madrid.
Bourne, Henry Eldridge, & Benton, E.J. j 973 B65
Introductory American history. 1912. Heath.
"References for teachers," p.253-258.
Introductory part of a course in American history embodying the plan of study
recommended by the Committee of eight of the American Historical Association. Beginning
with the story of Greece, traces the various world movements for conquest or
colonization which lead up to American history and gives an account of American discovery
and exploration.
Brooke, Leonard Leslie. 3 B772t
The tailor and the crow; an old rhyme with new drawings by L. L.
Brooke. Warne.
Brown, Abbie Farwell. j B784t
Their city Christmas; a story for boys and girls. Houghton.
"The Hodges twins from Maine" spend a happy Christmas vacation in the city and
form a cooking club and a fun club.
Browne, Edith A. i 9*4-6 B79
Spain, with illustrations in colour by Trevor Haddon and E. T. A.
Wigram. 1910. Black. (Peeps at many lands series.)
About the home life, manners and customs of the Spanish people, with descriptions
of some of the interesting places. Contains a sketch map of Spain and full-page colored
pictures of the Alhambra, the mosque at Cordova, a Spanish patio and other scenes.