this occasion, theyalways let an artificial bird fly with fire through the church. Thisfestival would most likely have been celebrated even in our day had notsome changes taken place recently.
But if it be true, as many hold, that the bearers of sacred fire whohave lived in Florence and have made the city one of the most gloriouson earth, have taken Raniero as their model, and have thereby beenencouraged to sacrifice, to suffer and endure, this may here be leftuntold.
For what has been done by this light, which in dark times has gone outfrom Jerusalem, can neither be measured nor counted.
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THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Compiled by Burton E. Stevenson, Editor of "The Home Book of Verse."
With cover, and illustrations in color and black and white by WILLY POGANY. Over 500 pages, large 12mo. $2.00 net.
Not a rambling, hap-hazard collection but a vade-mecum for youth fromthe ages of six or seven to sixteen or seventeen. It opens with NurseryRhymes and lullabies, progresses through child rhymes and jingles tomore mature nonsense verse; then come fairy verses and Christmas poems;then nature verse and favorite rhymed stories; then through the trumpetand drum period (where an attempt is made to teach true patriotism) tothe final appeal of "Life Lessons" and "A Garland of Gold" (the greatpoems for all ages).
This arrangement secures sequence of sentiment and a sort of cumulativeappeal. Nearly all the children's classics are included, and along withthem a body of verse not so well known but almost equally deserving.There are many real "finds," most of which have never before appeared inany anthology.
Mr. Stevenson has banished doleful and pessimistic verse, and has dwelton hope, courage, cheerfulness and helpfulness. The book should serve,too, as an introduction to the greater poems, informing taste for themand appreciation of them, against the time when the boy or girl, growninto youth and maiden, is ready to swim out into the full current ofEnglish poetry.
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LIFE-STORIES FOR THE YOUNG
Dean Hodges' SAINTS AND HEROES: To the End of the Middle Ages.
Illustrated. $1.35 net.
Biographies of Cyprian, Athanasius, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Jerome,Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, Columba, Charlemagne,Hildebrand, Anselm, Bernard, Becket, Langton, Dominic, Francis,Wycliffe, Hus, Savonarola.
Each of these men was a great person in his time, and represented itsbest qualities. Their dramatic and adventurous experiences make thestory of their lives interesting as well as inspiring and suggestive.
Church history and doctrine are touched upon only as they develop in thebiographies.
"Here is much important history told in a readable and attractive manner, and from the standpoint which makes history most vivid and most likely to remain fixed in memory, namely, the standpoint of the individual actor."--Springfield Republican.
Dean Hodges' SAINTS AND HEROES: Since the Middle Ages
Illustrated. $1.35 net.
The new volume includes biographies of Luther, More, Loyola, Cranmer,Calvin, Knox, Coligny, William the Silent, Laud, Cromwell, Fox, Wesley,Bunyan and Brewster.
John Buchan's SIR WALTER RALEIGH
With double-page pictures in color; cover linings. Square
12mo. Price, $2.00 net.
A life of Raleigh told in eleven chapters. Each chapter covers someimportant scene in his life and is told by some friend or follower as ifseen with his own eyes. Some of the characters are invented, but allthat they tell really happened.
The narrative has spirit, color, and atmosphere, and is unusually wellwritten.
America figures largely in the story, and American boys will enjoy thisbook.
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STORIES FOR GIRLS
THE CINDER POND Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and thenturning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The factorywas abandoned, and following the habits of small towns, the spacebetween the dock and the shore became "The Cinder Pond." Jean startedlife in the colony of squatters that came to live in the shanties on thedock, but fortune, heroism, and a mystery combine to change her fortunesand those of her friends near the Cinder Pond.
THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH Illustrated by Ada C. Williamson. $1.25 net.
A tale of five girls and two youthful grown-ups who enjoyedunpremeditated camping.
DANDELION COTTAGE Illustrated by Mmes. Shinn and Finley. $1.50.
Four young girls secure the use of a tumbledown cottage. They set uphousekeeping under numerous disadvantages, and have many amusements andqueer experiences.
"A capital story. It is refreshing to come upon an author who can tell us about real little girls, with sensible ordinary parents, girls who are neither phenomenal nor silly."--Outlook.
THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIE A sequel to "Dandelion Cottage." Illustrated by Mrs. Shinn. $1.50.
The little girls who played at keeping house in the earlier book,enlarge their activities to the extent of playing mother to a littleIndian girl.
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THE GIRLS OF GARDENVILLE Illustrated by Mary Wellman. 12mo. $1.50.
Interesting, amusing, and natural stories of a girls' club.
"Will captivate as many adults as if it were written for them.... The secret of Mrs. Rankin's charm is her naturalness ... real girls ... not young ladies with 'pigtails,' but girls of sixteen who are not twenty-five ... as original as amusing."--Boston Transcript.
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BOOKS FOR GIRLS By BEULAH MARIE DIX
BETTY-BIDE-AT-HOME Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net.
A story of family life. Betty is just ready for college, her brother isstudying medicine, her sister is almost able to make her own way in theworld, when a sudden catastrophe compels Betty to choose between her ownambitions and her mother's happiness. Betty stays at home and learnsmany things, among them the fact that duty and success can be combined.The account of her literary ventures will help girls who want to write.
Betty is a spirited, energetic, lovable girl. The style and atmosphereof the story are both better than is usually the case in girls' stories.
FRIENDS IN THE END Illustrated by Faith Avery. 12mo. $1.25 net.
An out-of-door story for girls which tells how Dorothea Marden went,under protest, from the city to spend the summer at a farm in the NewHampshire mountains; how she met Jo Gifford from South Tuxboro, who hadred hair, and knew she shouldn't like her, but did; how Dorothea and Jo,at the farm, fell out with the young folks close by at Camp Comfort; howthey carried on the war, with varying success, and how they were sorrythat they did so, and how they were glad in the end to make pea
ce.
"Will attract boys and girls equally and be good for both."--Outlook.
"More than the usual plot and literary completeness."--ChristianRegister.
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BY ALICE CALHOUN HAINES For Young Folks from 9 to 16 Years old.
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PARTNERS FOR FAIR With illustrations by Faith Avery. $1.25 net.
A story full of action, not untinged by pathos, of a boy and hisfaithful dog and their wanderings after the poorhouse burns down. Theyhave interesting experiences with a traveling circus; the boy is thrownfrom a moving train, and has a lively time with the Mexican Insurrectos,from whom he is rescued by our troops.
THE LUCK OF THE DUDLEY GRAHAMS Illustrated by Francis Day. 300 pp., 12mo.