MAGIC PICTURES OF THE LONG AGO By Anna Curtis Chandler With some forty illustrations. $1.30 net
These stories grew out of Miss Chandler's popular Story Hours for Children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Each recounts the youth and something of the later life of some striking character in art, history, or literature, and is made very vivid by reproductions of famous pictures, etc.
THE DOGS OF BOYTOWN
By Walter A. Dyer
Author of "Pierrot, Dog of Belgium," etc.
Illustrated. $1.50 net
New York Sun: "It takes the cake—in this case, of course, a dog biscuit. . . . It is the most unusual book of its kind. . . . Dyer enters a new field for boys . . . all boys will want to know about Dogs—their ways and habits, their histories and origins. . . . Threaded through this wonderful textbook on dogs is the story of adventures of two boys . . . shows the reader where to find out about everything from bench shows and the care of puppies to fleas . . . illustrated with photographs and excellent pen sketches. . . ." BLUE HERON COVE By Fannie Lee McKinney Author of "Nora-Square-Accounts."
Illustrated. $1.35 net
Tells how Blue Heron Island and its seafaring folks change "a little German countess in white satin" into "a real, authentic American girl."
THE GUN BOOK
By Thomas H. McKee
Profusely illustrated. $1.60 net
A book about guns for boys of all ages. The history is accurate; boys will remember the anecdotes; and the technical parts are sensibly adapted to show "just how it works."
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
