. The Argonaut . not or will notdispense with. Childe Harold, who has done so manyamusingly infantile things for grown-ups,presents a book in his well-known vein forchildren. It is called A Childs Book ofAbridged Wisdom (75 cents), and the pic-tures and verses are genuinely clever. Love (50 ents) is the comprehensivetitle of a little booklet, compiled by PaulElder, in which he has gathered from thegreatest poets and writers quotations on asubject of universal interest The frontis-piece is that admirable drawing of Toul-mouch of a mother and child. The JokeBook Note Book (75 cents), which hasbe
. The Argonaut . not or will notdispense with. Childe Harold, who has done so manyamusingly infantile things for grown-ups,presents a book in his well-known vein forchildren. It is called A Childs Book ofAbridged Wisdom (75 cents), and the pic-tures and verses are genuinely clever. Love (50 ents) is the comprehensivetitle of a little booklet, compiled by PaulElder, in which he has gathered from thegreatest poets and writers quotations on asubject of universal interest The frontis-piece is that admirable drawing of Toul-mouch of a mother and child. The JokeBook Note Book (75 cents), which hasbeen invented by Ethel Watts Mumford,is something quite new. Marginal drawingsindex the pages for all subj ects on whichjokes are commonly made, and blank pagesare furnished wherein to record are also several pages labeled Un-printable. The arrangement is as clever asthe idea is original. The excellent manner in which these booksare printed, decorated, and bound, is worthyof another word of Multiplication. Illustration from The Matri-monial Primer. Published by PaulElder cr Co. more than its description, a medley ofquotations, conveys, for Jennie Day Haines,who compiles it, has collected apt quotationson all subj ects as they apply to the twosexes. The contrasts and contradictions aremost amusing. Gordon Ross has made ad-mirable decorations and a most attractivefrontispiece. Emily Foster Day has discovered some in-teresting little people whom she calls TheMenehunes (75 cents), and relates the ad-ventures of this new tribe of Lilliputians forthe little people we call children, who aresure to be delighted with them. The cleverillustrations, in an original style, are by Spen-cer Wright. The binding is lappa volume has been added to the101 series of recipe books by May This time it is 101 Entrees The Popular Books at the five books most in demand duringthe week at the Mechanics, Mercantile, andPublic Libraries, of th
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