Author Description

Prince Tip-Top. A Fairy Tale. By Marguerite Bouvet, author of "Sweet William" and "Little Marjorie's Love Story." Illustrated by Helen M. Armstrong. Miss Bouvet's book, "Prince Tip Top," is so utterly unlike either of her earlier ones as to give her readers a genuine surprise. Her first, "Sweet William," was a fresh, strong story of the old feudal days in Normandy, a story such as children always did and always will greatly enjoy; her second, "Little Marjorie's Love Story," was a touching and somewhat sad tale of modern French life. "Prince Tip Top" has nothing to identify its author with the author of these but that indefinable charm of manner which marks all her books. In this volume Miss Bouvet has given loose rein to a merry and rollicking humor. It is an impossible story; but children like impossibilities; and it is an entirely new departure in impossibilities. It is a jolly and healthy little bit of opera-bouffe for children, full of fun and go, with a happy adjustment of fairy machinery. In all its mirth it is delicate and refined, and it is sure to amuse the little ones vastly. This volume has numerous illustrations from the busy pencil of Helen M. Armstrong. -Literary News, Volume 13