GIFT BOOKS FOR BABIES.
The Little One's Own Wood Block (S.P.C.H., 2s. 6d. net) is per- haps more of a toy than a book, but whether its proper home is a cupboard or a shelf it will be a welcome plaything, with its bright and attractive pictures of familiar objects.-" Dean's Rag Books" are a never-ending joy to a baby, and this year several new ones have been added to the series. All Sorts of Things and Kitty Kato, at 6d.; Pussy Cats A B C and Mother Goose Rhymes, at is.; Tiny Mites A B C and Bo Peep's Rhyme Book, at 2s. ; The House that Jack Built, 2s. 6d.; The Funny A B 0, 38. (id., which is "a long vmy after" Mr. Lear's "Nonsense Alphabets"; and another Mother Goose at 6s. Two long strips about six inches wide of Trains and Mother Goose's Visitors at is. might be made into a brilliant nursery decoration.
Mrs. Herbert Strang is the editor, and Miss Millicent Sowerby the illustrator, of a series published by Messrs Henry Frowdo and Hodder and Stoughton called Baby's Books (6d.). They are intended to pave the way to learning in an agreeable manner, beginning with pictures, and going on to nursery rhymes and stories, and ending with some easy spelling.-The Maisie Daisie Book and The Georgie Porgie Book (T. Nelson and Sons, is.) consist of pretty pictures and rhymes about familiar things, while in The History of the Hoppers (W. and B,. Chambers, 3s. 6d. net) B. and N. Parker take us to Australia, to make merry in the company of kangaroos, Dog Dingo, wallabies, and other strange creatures.-The Peek-a-Boo's Holiday (Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.) is what we might expect from a previous acquaintance with these queer and cheerful people.-Kaptain Kiddo and Puppo, written by Margaret G. Hays and pictured by Grace G. Wiederseim (W. and R. Chambers. 3s. 6d. net), is of rather unwieldy oblong shape, but full of funny, brightly coloured pictures. The "reading" part is in baby American dialect, and a little practice will be needed for reading it aloud with a suitably dramatic emphasis.
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