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Hindu Stories by Teresa Pierce WillistonAdvocate of Peace through Justice, Vol. 87, No. 12 (DECEMBER, 1925), p. 694Published by: World Affairs InstituteStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20661106 .

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Page 2: Hindu Storiesby Teresa Pierce Williston

694 ADVOCATE OF PEACE December

Here is a reference book of world scope. It gives information on the various laws

affecting the welfare of the child and the

institutions and societies dealing with child

care. It is alphabetically arranged by names

of the major States, with subordinate divi

sions as subheads. Supra-national laws and

organizations are given. Comparative tables

of statistics, a bibliography by countries, and

an index complete the value of this desirable

reference work.

THE ETHICAL BASIS OF THE STATE. By Nor

man Wilde. Princeton University Press, 1924. Pp. 227. Price, $2.50.

This review of the principles of political

obligation by Professor Wilde, of the Univer

sity of Minnesota, has the virtue of clearing the subject for untechnical folk. Political

theory is, nowadays, of interest to almost

everybody who reads at all or who watches

the developments of the times.

The book is divided into two parts, of

which one is historical; the other a discus

sion of the problems of the state. The seven

chapters in the latter division are all vital, but those dealing with Liberty, and the Final

Loyalty are especially so.

One sentence in Professor's Wilde's con

cluding paragraph should be circulated

widely among reformers : "If our ultimate

loyalty, then," he says, "is to the ideal com

munity, we must remember that our only

point of contact with that ideal is in the

present, and the only means of realizing it is

through loyal co-operation with the forces

already instinct with it."

International Reading for Children

At the approach of the Christmas season

publishers are putting out a bewildering ar

ray of stories for children. The books are

of many sorts and in beautiful dress. The

best artists and designers are contributing to

their attractiveness. But which, among them

all, will develop the boy or girl along lines

of sane thinking and kindly feeling? Chil

dren's books must entertain. They must be

real. But surely there is a choice, even

among good or harmless books, for the parent who wishes to contribute toward a just and

broad-minded next generation. Children who enjoy the same stories in

youth are likely to find points in common

later in life ; therefore we recommend some

of the good translations from stories of other

lands.

Two of the most charming of these this

year are from the French.

THE PoPE's MULE. Translated from Alphonse Daudet. Pp. 78. Macmillan Co., New

York, 1925. Price, $1.00.

This gives us Daudet in a delightful mood

of light nonsense. In the "Grashopper's

Library," where, flat on his back, he read a

"sky-blue manuscript which smelt of laven

der and had threads of gossamer for book

marks," he professes to have found the story to explain the old saying, "The Pope's mule

kept her kick for seven years." Those who

know Avignon will recognize the grashopper as the symbol of the town. They will find

other local allusions. The old French round

and children's game, "On the bridge at Avig

non, They are dancing, they are dancing," is

recalled by the dancing on the bridge at the

beginning and end of the story.

THE ADVENTURES OF REMI. By Hector Malot, Translated by Philip S. Allen. Pp. 492.

Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1925.

This is the English name given to the

translation of Malot's &ans Famille. It is a

large, beautiful book, illustrated in color. It

tells. in the first person, a dramatic story of a foundling child in France. The plot, as

well as the time of the tale, has a certain

flavor of Dickens. The simple, direct man

ner of the original is well preserved in the

translation.

HINDU STORIES. Retold by Teresa Pierce

Williston. Pp. 111. Rand, McNally & Co.,

Chicago, 1925.

The author of Japanese Fairy Tales, pub lished last year, has here gathered together some of the old folk-tales of India. She tells

them in language suitable for little children.

The book is daintily illustrated with many

pictures, whose color and drawing are pecul

iarly Indian in feeling.

LITTLE PICTURES OF JAPAN. Edited by Olive

Beaupr4 Miller. Pp. 191. Book House for

Children, Chicago, 1925.

"Oh winds of Heaven, pray, A moment calm your tumult,

For the poppies bloom today."

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