Part 38 (1/2)

THE ISLAND IMPOSSIBLE. By Harriet Morgan. Ill.u.s.trated by Katharine Pyle.

What Frank Stockton has done for older people, Harriet Morgan does for boys and girls.--_Commercial Advertiser._

MADAM MARY OF THE ZOO. By Lily F. Wessel-hoeft, author of ”Sparrow the Tramp,” ”Torpeanuts the Tomboy,” etc. With pictures by L. J. Bridgman, and from photographs.

A delightful story of animals in and outside of the Zoo, and of a little girl who is their friend.--_The Outlook._

The amusing way in which the elephant and the other big animals, as well as the little ones, are brought in is sure to charm the childish mind.--_Denver Times._

THE IRON STAR, AND WHAT IT SAW IN ITS JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES FROM MYTH TO HISTORY. A Wonder Story for Girls and Boys. By John Preston True.

Ill.u.s.trated by Lilian Crawford True.

A capital idea, worked out in the best possible manner. ”The Iron Star”

does not fall far short of being a work of genius.--_Church Standard_, Philadelphia.

A FLOWER OF THE WILDERNESS. By A. G. Plympton, author of ”Dear Daughter Dorothy,” etc. Ill.u.s.trated by the author.

A most delightful story.--_Denver Times._

Merits nothing but praise.--_Springfield Republican._

THE YOUNG PURITANS IN CAPTIVITY. By Mary P. Wells Smith. Ill.u.s.trated by Jessie Willc.o.x Smith.

The reader will be for the nonce a Puritan, and will follow the adventures of the children taken captive by the Indians, feeling that he is a partic.i.p.ant in the scenes so well portrayed. He will sleep in the Indians' wigwam and breathe the odor of the pines.--_Sacramento Bee._