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THE OXFORD EngIisI'îDictionary in '13 Volumes. Beautffully Bound I25: DICTIONARY in 2 Volumes, $18 IChaudiers Fountuin Square, Evansfon. trated book is Matthew Merian' s Jllusirated Bible, edited and anno- tated by William Lyon Pbelps (M or- row).ý On eacb. page of this b~ook is one of tbe quaint and ofien. amus- ing illusîtationis from tbe original Bible wiîb four lines of equally quaint verse and a descriptive note by.the editor. Althougb the art is s uperior 10 tbe arcbaeology,, it is an excellent book for ;a cbild. * ** Two small volumes of interest are% Char- les H. 'Grandgént's Imitation (Har-ý yard). There are very few writers of the familiar essay lefI in Ibis bur- ried world. Grandgefit is -one of tbe best. and Ibis-collection is tboroughly cb; aateristic. of bis work.*** Closer to criticism ,and scbolarsbip is the volume edited by HI J. C. Grier- son,' Edinburgh Essays on ScotF Lit- drature (Oliver & Boyd, London). ,We note Ibis book particulariy 'be- cause it contains 'a study of Robert Henryson, one of the best inedie-val poets, whose work bas dropped ouI of notice because it was written ini Scots instead of tbe more familiar Englisb of Chaucer. * * * From tbe Harvard Press also comes an ex- tremely useful book for students and readers of the lSth century, The Clubs of Augustan London, by Rob- ert J. Allen. It is a careful account. of such famous clubs as Tbe Kit- Kats. The Mohocks. The Fictitious LJuIF&4as ana lJiub&Wqj i nrTuTq/fii Ages, by joseph B. Mounds (Wind- ward House) full of curious infor- mation and anecdotes and interest- ingly illustrated; also a very useful guide 10 the use of leisure in New 'York called Spend Your, Time 'pub- lisbed by tbe Lincoln Scbool at Teacbers, coilege. It is- a bibiiogra- pby of museums, municipal planits of ail kinds, libraries, scbools, athlet.c. opportunities, historic bornes. Ruth Sunderlini Freerman, in, col- laboration with ber hiusband, Dr. G. LaVerne Freeman of Northwestern University, bas written "The Child's First Piclure Book" and "The Cbi! and Hiis Picture Book," volumes re- cently pùblisbed by, the Nortbwesteril University Press.-The " Picturé Book" bas been termedl "an epoch-mnak',11. sîep in planning picture books for young children." Its companion %o.- umie is a valuable aid to teacbcêrs and p arents in the sélection of èfbldren*s books. Dr. Freeman is a. professor of ex- perimental psycbology at N ortbwest- ern uni ver sity. Mrs. Freeman bas. bad uinusual-ly wide expérience in teacbing nursery scbool cbildren. It would be bard to find two persons better suited. by training and expérience to makeé a book for cbildren. After, examining tbe Picture Book and then reading of the making of, Ibat book in tbe second volume, wbicb is for aduits, one is convinced that bere is tbe per- fect 'approch to the probfrrn of find- ing suitable picture books for smali cbildren. The authors bhave done a courage- ous thing. They have .cared not aI al what adulîs may think of tbeir p- tures. Tbey bave. madethtem for chiîdren f rom 25a12 to4y2 years old in nursery schools in Winnetka and Ev- anston. Their work is "the first con- trolled investigation of the factors wbicb make a picture. book accep- table to the nursery cbild." Patty Hill Smith in lier introduction 10 the Pic__ Book calis it "an epoch-rnakiîig step in planning picture books for young cbldren." Edna Dean B3aker says, "The Child and His Picture Book: affords a valuable guide to teacbers and parents of nursery scliool chidren in the selection of picture books." Many interesting tbings developed from the. expérimentation. Cbildren' love pictures of- many higbiy -saturaI- ed colors and tbey prefer simple to complicated designs. Some of tbc ex- quisitely detailed pictures so pleasing ininese iays UG engi V tis.ai" : lions point to Hlllywood and il:(- mnovies, it is with a quickened se.nse of promised pleasure t bat we learni that Jo and lier sisters, Amny, *Meg, and Belli bave "made the movies"- Jo who 50 deariy.loved to write, di- rect, and act in. thriiling inelodranias In the barn. of the Alcott home in' Concord- Most girls know (whether or ii't they have _read LittleWrc > that Jo is L ouisa May Alcott h -erseil. aid thaï the book inw.hich she tells about the work and frolics of the ltt1e women,. was based, on bier own ie and that of ber thrce sisters. Evei if you d idni't' know this, as- you read the book, you must bave guessed t lat it is a -true story," so charmingiy buman-tem'pestuous, fun-loving, geii- tle, selfisb, courageous,, and yes -- at times-naughty--are, the four girls. It was suggested to Miss Alcoît by ber publ.isher, Mir. 'I bomas Nuies, that sle write a book -that girls will enjoy"; she repiied flatly in bier de- cided way, "Why, 1 cant write a book for girls-I know nothing about them!"; Mr. Nules let the malter drop - at tbe -lime; thougb .evenits, proved that lie bad 'not dropped i from his thoughts. Later, when.Miss Alcott was approacbed again- for a book for girl readers, sbe consentcd ~beçause ýier. faniily was in uttle Mjjfinancial straits thian usual) a*itWiî many miisgivinigs, she sat down to write about somne of thie ~bapshè and lber sisters did when they were young. Afîer severai nionthis of intensivcý work on lber part, the mns. wasifin- isbed and turned over to Mr. Niles; he skimimed it. and said 10 himseif that there wa s nothing that would appeal 10 girls; however, ble was,,a bachelor, and admitted, bonestly that' beddnot knoWwhwat young ladies enjoyed; so before, passing judgment, lie, turned the dlosely -written pages over to bis niiece; lier opinion was prompt andl entbisiastic-it was a grand book! Several other girls wlîi read the ms. agreed witb ber-anti relying on their jucigment Mr. Nules Drinted it. immed n fact, t witb fi suc- Miss r. 1 n 8724 Orrington Ave. Gr.. 0227 Orringlon Motel Dldg, Evansion of Frank J. Nevins, valuation engin- struggle bo obtain lèisure for ber fa- eer of the Rock Island railroad. This ther, security for ber mother, a home, new novel has just been publisbed by for ber older sister, art for the sec- O'Sullivan. The hero of the story is a ond sister, and niedical attention for young civil engineer in the pioneer- the youngest and for berself, only ing days of the railroads wbicb the satisfaction of knowing that,tbey pened up the wesî. were happy. s