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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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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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