Tom Slade, Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer Part 25

THE EDITORS; AND WHAT THE CHILDREN'S CRIMSON SERIES OFFERS YOUR CHILD

In the first place, "The Children's Crimson Series" is designed to please and interest every child, by reason of the sheer fascination of the stories and poems contained therein.

To accomplish such an end, a vast amount of patient labor, a rare judgment, a life-long study of children, and a genuine love for all that is best in literature, are essential factors of success.

Kate Douglas Wiggin (Mrs. Riggs) and Nora Archibald Smith possess these qualities and this experience. Their efforts, as pioneers of kindergarten work, the love and admiration in which their works are held by all young people, prove them to be in full sympathy with this unique piece of work.

Let all parents, who wish their little ones to have their minds and tastes developed along the right paths, remember that once a child is interested and amused, the rest is comparatively easy. Stories and poems so admirably selected, cannot then but sow the seeds of a real literary culture, which must be encouraged in childhood if it is ever to exercise a real influence in life.

EDITED BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH

THE FAIRY RING: Fairy Tales for Children 4 to 8

MAGIC CAs.e.m.e.nTS: Fairy Tales for Children 6 to 12

TALES OF LAUGHTER: Fairy Tales for Growing Boys and Girls

TALES OF WONDER: Fairy Tales that Make One Wonder

PINAFORE PALACE: Rhymes and Jingles for Tiny Tots

THE POSY RING: Verses and Poems that Children Love and Learn

GOLDEN NUMBERS: Verses and Poems for Children and Grown-ups

THE TALKING BEASTS: Birds and Beasts in Fable Edited by Asa Don d.i.c.kinson

CHRISTMAS STORIES: "Read Us a Story About Christmas"

Edited by Mary E. Burt and W. T. Chapin

STORIES AND POEMS FROM KIPLING: "How the Camel Got Its Hump," and other Stories.

GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK