| Show r r ca Urchins of the t h lea 1 I n I b 0 I MRS O 0 CORBIN The Successful ul Writer For 8 r 0 t D Im k 1 Jj oer dr WJ the Interest ot of children a 1 To writer must mUNt have both Imagination and 1111 humor Rarely indeed are the these qualities found In combination but when they are their owner III s tale to orne II sooner or later In an ob object beet ot of time the deepest interest to youthful readers A Je Lewis II Carroll a Louisa Alcott Al AI cott or a Palmer CoX la II a rare rara avis in III inthe th the literary world worl and every I Ila er Into time field tlell of childrens literature le la carefully scatted by critics and nd pub out on the lookout fur a budding genius I IFor For those who ran can III please the children i there walls not only honor but mont money anti and appreciation Ot Of the th hooks of the year none lIone hall hac been more I I favorably received than han the Urchins I Ibin or of the Sea flea ot of Mrs Ira Overton Car Cor Carbin bin the wIfe ot of a New w York lawyer and the daughter dau or of Major Otter U Overton Sr of the United State Stat ann annIra army Mrs Ira Corbins urchins ot of the sea aea are unique IIer Idea l t ot of Copulating UI the ocean Olan with elves the wa way for a vast amount or of entertaining i The urchins ot of the sea Ilea are a creation not an adaptation for they Lher ire are quite fulle different front the species ot 01 halt known as sea Ifa urchin ins Corbins home is I In New pw York but for a number of oC summers she hit hu has the season MIlliOn at Nantucket l Island land It eras there that It prat os CG to her to write the tory story of time the of at the sea A All along the alo Lon at certain limes the beach larh is II covered I with little brown figures known van varl vanI I a as Neptune or mermaids purses To Ir CorbIn these thelt little ob were trout first sight Irresistibly Irre tuna funn suggesting tiny Uny elves or goblins with theIr plump lithe bodies and thin projections Many people have noticed these thle little leather forms forme rut cast up by b the and have hae wonder td d what they the were Scientists Ja say these theM leathery shells are nothing more Inore than skates eggs Rom whIch the tiny Asides have hae made their escape With R a taw skillful Il strokes ot of II a brush filled with white paint n a comical face may be outlined on n the empty shell After a few exper f e J Egypt to th the present pr nt and hl historic lork Irl ons and famous residence ate ar In a I lion that covers one side of Mr M TI Cor bins drawing room Among three these 1 keys e Ii I are n representatives from the palace of f th the on one from Albrecht Dv Du house hUUM In Nuremberg one OM from Kenilworth abbey another from the Tower of London one from Sorro Morro Cs Caa tie lie and keys for tor th the gates ratel ot of San Ian Juan The histories of these keys kYI are many of them most malt romantic The collection Ito I Ito to be th the subject of a forthcoming mil mag magaline aline article Mrs Corbins Corbin education was at private school Like most mOlt army of her father r was al constantly move may lag Ing from station to station so 10 that each earh of Mss brothers brother and lind clusters there ware five De children In the Overton family was wal born In a different nt part Pitt ut III th the country Ira Ids Corbins was wa Rochester N Y T She has h always had a taste lUte for literature and has hae dope a great art deal ot of wilting al although though the Urchin ot of the tho sal Sa b I her herAnt Ant book Mrs Ire Corbin and r have ha now ready for the press prell U a companion vol volume volume ume to Urchins of the Rea a It deals wIth the further adventura of at their queer little IItti marine marin characters and is II b 10 they think quite u AI as AI Ih the 1 Introductory volume t t I a ti f ti tir a at r t 1 t h fir M a I t j J t MRS MARIE OVERTON CORBIN Mrs Irl Corbin found that ehu he could make out of at the bIt of brown leather an flIt elf that no child could see I without coveting When she returned home In the winter she took with her a number ot of the brown mer mermaids maid I purees and then began her preparation ot of th thu book It wu was first t Illustrated iii colon I When hen submitted t to a In this form hI be objected to It as a toe ripen I sly Iv for publication Then time the illustrations were changed to black and White II sod the took book wu was Issued to be greeted b by sit n almost ue chorus ot of praise on the Slut part ut of the I The charming lea jingle as al I Ir follows I II r and aDd I tad Jim I Their bod bodies were II ht aM aid their h s wen dim dimAnd And nd their Hess were ere pue a sad dell Iud amid guar It If feu ro go dory is Ie dm as II seat r look II burp rp when whee you I shag Ute pI OU will 11 as more I 11 hest t u a Ilk like Ih them u as 11 Ills ea tag be 11 Tie urchins urchiN that kee is ia tile the ma maIn I I II I In addItion to the hie tar star charar 1 Fops OPY I Pudgy and Wobbled Jim Jimm I 1 m number of oe others are introduced and for them entertaining adventures are I Invented n 1111 Id Time Tile story I t not only olly a tune fill iii but an amusing Ole ammo ammoIna I Ina 1111 Corbin the originator of the urchins was wal assisted In her work urk hy by Mr Ir harlea Buxton Going She moo mad attributes much of the success of the book 10 II hit his help belp for this II 1 her tIt first il appearance In hl book form while hI he ha has had tin th experience o of publishing a 11 sue I t rul volume of verses Mr r Going Is known to the scientific world all as ed edItor d ot of The and andle III le an alumnus ot of Columbia university I Hr Hf is I a native of New York Yolk city Although she has haa no little on ones of her I own Mrs tra Corbin as a one might Imar imag In Ins la is 1 a great favorite with She la is a young and aDd pretty prett woman oman plump lump and anet dimpled t d with to an i fal fare ot of the type to which no photo photograph graph tines doea justice nr ller water home is II In one of the handsome apart art mint houses overlooking Central park The Th writing ot of verses vernl U II tiN Mrs Corbins Corbin serious interest but her sd le II the collection ot of Iter keys She has ha a at amet met t of them gathered from aU all parts ot of he world by herself lt and by liar her friends W know no her partiality for lor them Among th these keys lire are those represent representing I In ing ever every period of thae from that ot of |
