| Show TSE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR ' SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 12 1933 page Six Shadows Have Marseilles SOME NEW BOOKS FOR READERS Great Time in This Old Book From the list of new faU book we have selected four to review in this special book week issue of The Tribune Junior These four are all fine books and offer a variety of entertainment and knowledge that should appeal to all our readers First is a book for our older readers — "Sons Known to Fame" by Lena C Ahlers published by Albert Whitman & Co Chicago As tha name suggests this is a group of biographical sketches of famous men Sixty famous "sons” from all occupations and alt walks of life and all countries have been selected for this volume Among these are such little known heroes as Americus Vespucius who gave our country its name but who ia scarcely mentioned in moat history books Mark Twain whom you ail know and love David Livingstone the pioneer missionary Richard Wag- Gulliver traveled a lot Mr ' He alwaya kept on the go And alwaya wrote exactly what He thought you’d Ilka to know — Shadow Song So the giant’a name waa Gulliver I ‘The five shadow children with the turnedrabout name: MIJ Flor Hanld Yam and Knarf repeated the name several times to themselves Where had they heard tha name before? The shadows you see were inside the book which they had happened to find open on the desk the ether 'night alter their masters and mis- tresses had gone off to bed They instantly found themselves in a tiny AG at country named LUliputia once lust as they were wondering how terribly tiny all the houses and trees and flowers were a little boy not much bigger than the dot over thla "1”) rame running up to them The boy cried that unless the shadows gave him a strong piece of rope the giant named Gulliver would escape and destroy everything jn sight Tha Giant Breaks Lmm “Where is the giant now?" Knarf naked the little boy So the little boy said: "AG right Follow me and Til show you where he's lying But be careful when he breaks loose I'm warning you" - They followed the little boy Soon they began to hear excited voices Then at last they came to a field And here just as the little boy had said was the giant all tangled up In pieces of cord and rope (or rather thread) -"Why!" the shadows exclaimed ah soon as they saw the giant "That isn't a giant at alt It’s just a man!" ‘ ''Indeed that’s ail that the giant was a man Only he looked like a because all the people around giant htnr-werlills-ewtaysTbey a ner the Seems Living For the little folks we have choeen the delightful “Nancy” by Ruth Alexander Nichols published by the Macmillan Co New York This is a picture book like Peter and Polly which we reviewed for you a year ago It ia made up of actual photographs of an adorable Nancy who saws nails sews cooks reads and does all the other intriguing things a three-yea- r old finds to do You will love Nancy yourself and any youngster to whom you give the book will not only adore th little heroine but you also for your thoughtfulness And speaking of picture books we want to insert a word— not a review but just a word— to remind you that the Second Picture Book of Animals is ready now published by Macmillan Picture Book Romance adventure' a constant excitement these are always part and parcel of a great International seaport But when beauty of surroundings is added then the seaport becomes a’ wonder land a place In which to tarry a place of which to dream Such a port Is Marseilles familiar to every world traveler and known to through Dumas’ famous “Count of Monte Crlato" Marseilles the wonder port with ships and sailors from every point of the world Marseilles with its sunshine Notre end its glorious cathedral Damp de la Garde This church picturesque flambuoyant in its architecture is the sentinel of the blue Mediterranean and beloved shrineof the sailors who fare forth from along the coast the last glimpse of the mainland that they see as they sail away the first tidings of home as they composer The illustrations are by Benny Larsen and are Ink portraits of the va- nous characters The book will be of great help to you in social science history and such scla&es and offers fine supplementary material for your various reports The second book is a most unusual volume one that appeals especially to those who love words and what they mean but will be of great assistance to those who have never been able to glide to NANCY It Is a follow-u- p port The Cannebiere Is the principal street of Marseilles It runs through the city right down to the edge of the old port The old port a bats wherein Phoenician ships once docked is now the harbor for the smaller freighters and tramp ships that sail the seven seas A magnificent bridge the Pont Transbordeur crosses the outer entrance of the old port The Cannebiere itself is - a marvelous street a street of adventure where anything may happen and usually does The narrow winding streets of the old quarter are the streets of mystery of dark adventure But in i to the First Picture -- Book of Animals published a year ago in which you found aQ your old familiar friends the pigHhe dog the ' dtorae andi w book has stranger and wilder animals e e The fourth book for this column must be a reel favorite —so we chose the yearly Os book So many of our readers have been following the Wizard and the Tin Woodman and Ozma for years that now even though they are quite past caring what happens in the strange land of Oz they etiU like to peep into the next books just to “see" This year’s story "Ojo in Oz" Introduces Ojo an interesting boy and Une Nunkie The gypsies come to Oz and kidnap Ojo to turn him over to the Magician Moo) Snufferbox the dancing bear is the only one to befriend the boy and in his cunning way he does what he can Meanwhile Dorothy the Cowardly ’ Lion and many Oz set out of our old friends soon in need to rescue Ojo but of rescue themselves Then the Wonderful Wizard’s magic straightens out everything and the book ends happily as all Oz books should do The Oz books are written by Ruth Plumly Thompson and are published by Reilly and Led New York HEAD -- U'i i tht wcyd lead This b buy hod k‘ fun te Kt how suny othtf hndfc thint Cm you think ol any other Lind of hadi Mute you turn the pyt! pity wick be ‘ "Let me ep!" the giant reared putians you know "Let me up let me up!” the “giant" roared "I won’t hurt you" And with that be burst a few more threads "My name is Gulliver and I’ve traveled ail over the world but I’ve never been so badly treated as I am nowl" the giants comprehend the fine shades of difference between words This book is "The Play Book of Words" by Prescott Lecky with more than 200 illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader It is published by the Frederick A Stokes Co New York This strange book makes a game of words telling you how to play with them how to twist them this way and that way and how to get the exact shade of meabing into what you say It shows the wonderful romance of words and their wonderful usee and characteristics If you just look at the book you might think “Ah phsawi Wordsl” But if you-si- t down and begin to play with them you’U find they are more fun than you imagined k The waterfront Marseilles the blazing sunshine of Marseilles it is difficult to think of dark doings or sensational episodes Marseilles is the oldest town in France a flourishing harbor even before the Christian era It is proud of its historic place but claims its share in the modern world of commerce as is evidenced by the' busy Fort Saint-JeaBeyond Fort Saint-Jea- n is the shimmering bay dotted with many little islands among them yoared again Suddenly the giant burst ail the threads and sprang to bis feet The n Lilliputian soldiers fired their arrows neeat him (or perhaps they were scat- ’ dles) but all the other people tered like mustard seeds in tha wind crying: “Gulliver will destroy us aGv Did he? Didn’t he? If you really want to know what the "giant" GullU ver did to the Lilliputians you’d bet-- i ’ter look at Gullivers book It’s called "Gulliver’s Travels" (Copyright 1933 K F S Inc) t MAX TRELL Tribune Junior Recipe ‘ The carrot is one of our most com- vegetables' We have it during ' Send us some of the clever things your small brothers and sisters say Twenty-fiv- e points are awarded lor each one published My little friend Georgia had a cute little cat for a pet Because it was brown he called it Sandy Richardson The kitten got sick and died One Georgia was looking at a picture ' day said he of it and thoughtfully: "I guess Sandy is in hesven now eating liver the peck” by KEITH EDGAR MONTAGUE Salt Lake irvon - the winter so often that we grow tired of it even though it is pro pared ia a great many differmlwaya They are so good lor us that I am aending a recipe for carrot loaf that - Is very tasty: L 1 cup ground carrots 1 cup ground peanuts " 1 cup bread crumbs ' cup tomatoes " tablespoon butter ' 4 eggs ' Mix the carrots peanuts and bread add butter and tomatoes crumbs Heat the eggs untl foamy and add to the other mixture Bake ia greesed breadpan in moderate oven for no 1 1 ' ' ' " ’ ‘ hour till RLE Y IRENE GIBBS age t Salt Lake i -- he Delta- Murray One evening our family was going for a ride to cool' off and we took Evelyn Brown and another little neighbor along On the way Evelyn began to talk about her dog — "He Is surely dirty" she said "but X am afraid to give him a bath as hp caught cold last time I bathed him"-“Wh- y don’t you use the vacuum cleaner on him?" asked the neighbor - - ’ ’ book DOROTHY CHEGWIDDEN - My friend’s little brother went to the zoo When he ctone home weasked him what he saw there “Oh" he said "I saw a canteiope" PAGE LUCILLE GARDNER My little cousin aells magazines and one day he got a dollar bonus for his work His mother showed him where to indorse it He took great pains to do it neatly Then he went Into the ' living room where his sister was sitting and said "Well that big Job’s i donet" "What big Job Is that?" she asked "Oh I’ve just divorced my check" he answered solemnly ' PAGE LUCILLE GARDNER -- i “ Delta child ESQUIRE PHYLLIS MADDOCK Ogden - e a- ' - My little cousin Jerry age 2 years was watching his mother prepare din- ner She opened a can of milk "Who makes the milk mama?" he - queried "The creamery made It” she answered “No they didn’t" he retorted "The cow made it The cows eat their heads off too” ESQUIRE MARY DE LA MARE Age 11 Salt Lake City 4 Is the island that is the focal spot of many who make the voyage especially to Marseilles the island of thd famed Chateau d’lf the place that makes of Marseilles a living story One day mother bought some loganberry juice Wheq we were drinking it later my sister Lynette aged 8 said: “Gee! I sure do like this Ogden berry juice" i 1 "Man la the Iren Mask" Before you take the little boat at the Viuex Port read again the magic "Monte Cristo" Then dip into your history book and refresh yourself about such people as Mirabeau the Man in the Iron Mask Then make your way to the Chateau d’lf and explore the dungeons You’ll get a thriU that you will always remember You will be shown the ceils that were believed to have been occupied by the Abbe Faria and Edmond Dantes And you will forget that these are creations of fiction so real have they become It is related that when Dumas visited Marseilles some years after the publication of his famous book a guide not knowing him showed him the very cells in which Dantes hid been in car-cerated also the quayside shipping office of MoreL Then be was taken to the Catalan quarter and the home of Mercedes was pointed out to him so real had his created characters become Marseilles is some 536 miles from Paris a route that takes one through Provence and along the Loire to Lp one passing Avignon and Orange bet fore reaching Paris 4 fa s a |
