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Nuova, The New Bee, Vernon L. Kellog, 150 pgs.,15 full page 

 illustrations and drawings by Milo Winter, Houghton Mifflin Co. 



Before Dr. Vernon Kellogg helped Mr. Hoover feed hun- 

 dreds of thousands of French and Belgian sufferers in the war- 

 zone and before he was Secretary to the National Research Coun- 

 cil he was a Professor of entomology and wrote learned volumes 

 that will remain for all time as bulwarks in that vast section of 

 science. But he found time even then to write a volume of In- 

 sect Stories for children which for charm of style and interest 

 has few rivals. Now again he has given us "A Story for Child- 

 ren of Five to Fifty" equally well written and equally facinating; 

 and his talented, versatile wife has embellished it with happy 

 little songs. It is a story of a rebellious worker bee who found 

 the established Drder of things in the hive not at all to her liking. 

 The author is very careful to give accurately in every detail 

 the habits and wonderful activities of the bee -folk and only allows 

 his fancy to deal with the psychology and acts of the attractive 

 little rebel and with the successful outcome of her romance. 

 The illustrations by Milo Winter are fitting and charming. The 

 story of Nuova should be on the shelf of honor in every child's 

 library. 



Everyday Adventures, Samuel Scoville Jr., 241 pages, 24 full- 

 page illustrations from photographs. The Atlantic Monthly Press. 



Mr. Scoville is a lawyer and a city dweller but he lives his 

 real life in the fields and woods, and he has the power of reveal- 

 ing to us just the joy he experiences in his various excursions. 

 Hi? descriptions are so vivid and he has such a keen dramatic 

 sense that he takes us with him willy-nilly. His various excur- 

 sions are described under the following chapters; Zero Birds 

 Snow Stories, A Runaway Day, The Raven's Nest, Hidden Treas- 

 ure, Bird's Nesting, Treasure Hunt, Orchid Hunting, Marsh 

 Dwellers, Seven Sleepers, Dragon's Blood. 



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