Reading Standard Etc 12-1914

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ad,~i~ion
fOle b,,; ,;';,,;;v'to' ~come out of safe 'really absorbmg
int....,stinri
'the bpy. of Eng~
Clrl. of
. 8tir~Dg ta.les' of her ham.
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f~'tght and ,~OD: 80 many ful

8e.~fil!ht 1& lNelsOD-& da.y.
Mr: shil'e
never been fully told~ !ages
of the )Battle of Trafalgar, ed
boon told

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Lang'" po en of' diacoverillg
nil Bortr. an kirids or of rl>-tellsnch an e.., et boa" , nl, st,,!e,
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. He never
iled a
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good tale in t telling. .
of it, but ever ' ade it,
however old. i ~igbtI
be,

full. of

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.....on .by this well-known pu~~shin~' ·lffi!)'··I·
Novels, nature " books. ' poetry', I cbiJdren!i.J ,

books (and other8~ be found

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lin riclt pro',"'1' I , _

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object

All. By ElJen Velvin. ~21~
of tbe author~'to get 'chil n '
I thoroughly inter6lilted in na ural.historYJ
!there is no doubt that she
set about' it in
I the Tight way.
She bas w~ven'''Btonee of an
attractive sDd, iD.tereating ~d ~bout all sorts
'of wild creatures from 1,'oD8, tigers ·~o.nd
bears~own to 8ll'l..k~ owls", squirrels and
\dogs, and their, CbIjous adv.entures a1-e very ,
happ' and well iUuBtratecHin many. exooUe~t ''pictutjes . . 8ol"e of the talW!' are trne and. all
are founded 00 fiLct~ while they 'a re 'told in an
lea.y Ilively style ·entirely I suited to, Young .
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i'From "A TALE OF ,O~D JA
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F~m the list of D,e~~1r8:J10W rhein iss\loo
by Me~.1'8, Ward. L!ii>\< 'and Co, "e may ' apooi- . ,
I aUy
men't ion a ~e~ltich fairly ~eJ)re~l£t

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are all Borta of I!ltone8 can

Nur....y Rhymes, with '48 colour¢d ple.tes
by Morgaret W, ,T an:ant , (3/6, net~
: )-Her~
is · a , complote collection of old nursery I
rhymei; this bOo~:"~lontain.s 9 ver fo r .b.undred of them. ID~, the. editor migr.t cUiJh
that this is'the stanaard vol1!.g:ae on th ,S' enter-

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,', taif'n;tg subiect" !or n'~n9 'o~ O~918 'old ,favour' ItI.i but 1fi.nds a place 10 tbls banjl80me hook, .

gathered in1to tbis vol.. !
. fl)e .and l ·M'f... H. J,:
ord's . illQstratlons,.
hoth in dolour and
black and white, add

' Tho Qea~tiful ijlus¥ations in colour
\lone and many bf them rich1y
', 18 t~&Ml.~ ·trove for many 8
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pictorial- interest . of
fine quality. It ja Mrs.

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This

co."i ~ .'.\1'0',id4iri.

!!Lang

who iclualJ:f '
tells the Btori88 and

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~e writ.. them oliarm:. ~
ingly, ' This is jnst the

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mixture" to '

lie tallen'" hefore b'ed- "
time, and
~oys,

t~re'

are no

or girls we-know

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of who -will dG other
than welcome · each.r&cprring dose'of &0 pIe&sant ' a mellicitie. . All
history has' ·been ran·
saCked for $oice and
amusing . Rories, and
none of .them is .more
ent;e.rtaining than, that

concernin'~ "LHij;lo

General , onk H who
eve:o.tg.aIl
I.toalt I' n9
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hf,\
~ma .pa ' .1D t . T<>:
.torat,on ,o~ Chari..,
ll, 'We can oply , say
that if it is not trU~ i"t
t . I
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qut of the, w;n~o~
I _6~aJl seo tha~ t
nurse commg." So spoke
a . .. toddler," fiat.tening
bet! nose · a.gaiMt Ith~
windaw~pli.ne \ at
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King ·8-roa~.
Reading)
' !.Tba.t nqr~" had bee;':P
& be\pet; at lthe Suffr~]
giata.' ,Diy "N urkery a.nd ·

o~, TwlOO'

,Three II 8Ix. ·I, V~!'"f'es I by B.
Parker.
llliistDllteli ,by N,
Parker, (4/6 net,)-It i. easy',
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to imnmn. the ' _houts of wei-' , h
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,!l 1.. -greet
et
amv"l of this Wind~rfUIIY

-C0D!-e

!~IQusirig book, with

s 'simple'

W. aR-'m.\MD.ERS'
,r~.l;,mo. ,and,its m~~it . de o~ f~..
, .ClDatlD~ 801m ..1 plctur.., , MISS

bad lelt tbe d~y below l.
-to join a. :Hospital unit

IIAre famous · for·~ the Pa.rker 8 anImal dra.wm~ IS full
.6.~e · qu'ali~ ~f ·,'their of r&8:1. ~rtistry ~nli · fu~. and ~o
publicatiVn's, anil we ·ma,n,Y · ot ~e lIttle, ones tqls '
strongly commend gfonol}s pIC ur~booK. ' ~ll of
l, ca.n
the .~ 6.n9 books • .. fine,· v~ry brelY,P1PPl88 a.nd flttens,
bbth- in matter and in WIll ~e. a lOY: ~or (Qany , a. l~ng
style of ,producf!ion; day. N 0 ~ Chrlst~as stockmg
which '. they ~ are pub- can ~onceal so bl~ a. treasure.
li8hiDg~ a. tbis BelLsoH b,:,t It ~ould be ·a fine or;nament J
to fdelig6~ tbe heartB . on any ~rea~f""t table, . , '
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of ,t he boys and girlsl· A Christmas aara!. ,By
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Handsomely
boundl · Charles DickelL\'. I (2/6 net'.)-.
printed ·. and. bea.utiruUy mu'strated~ .It .
thought on the
books
attract .... host' of' bapp~.·
"Chamber;' to rO'

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Outlaw.

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going to,IFrance.
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demand for: "that nurse.~}
is-'a demand at the
present time for . help of
all kinds, not onlY. ac~
the <Thanuel. but th ~
aide of it, too; a.nd sure;

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of 'ill the various'
wbrka being undertaken

ELt the ptesent ;time, none
greater claim thall
of t,he children{

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from a. great!

ev~r-<l~lightful

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Byl EJcott Lyn, (ll/-,)
~A very bea.utiful~ bi8torical romance Of the ·,
far.olf~ find litt)... known times of Egbert, ~he
first .of our grtlat j Bnl\lish E;ings and ,~he

th~ geDlua 01

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"P·EREZ THE MOUSE."
(John Lane.) ,t, I
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moment comea vllicn!

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in apiteJJf self·sacrifice o~
the part bf the parentl! ~
the children feel ' thQ

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While tlie historical
t"!'. to
fac~" ·
'&t:andfo.ther
of -a yetsetting
greateris King,
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<Mr. Lyil has built upon that setttn~ a storr
( ' iJy ~,ury; New! full of adven~ure ,-and J]OIP!,nooi an fi~l'SfI" :
net,)-Boys of &II ages-for none whl\. to the hl$tonan ""I' dIm Shad.. he ba,
old for th& readin,g of Ii. Qook like '. with IDS I magician's wand brouSit..~ore. u~
Tin
revel in these sto~1l!' ,of t~9 gre!\t , .... livingj aP.d ,vigoreil!!, pe~so~ ltl08, , Mr '. o~ t~e
of NohMm1lJld 'of t~" Bpt(riblN~l'Y
1 1"hile ' Cntlibertl.son's .Uust\"tlons In cOlour at:e ex- ! ghristmaUsW21'1~P,
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affected b~ :the war aro

too keep their pia El6 in

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go to tlulir work

they know th,eir babies aloe at
, " It would ha.vo made dil~e"en'''.
had bee~ a. place like
Sonning," sa.id one ~el~b,t:.e'~I ,."m'~~!
the same story froof

~rown?

'only. bu~ the doctors

.lJ.re delighted with the

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need a. ch'a nce

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big doctob:. He waa
~ho, bad come lin
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