Judge — February 3, 1923 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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If, like me, you have supposed that the adventures of this extraordinary ientist are only for the very young, get er the idea at once, throw aside what- ever novel or « ive story you are reading, and set sail with the most versa- tile, learned, and altogether delightful naturalist of the nineteenth century. (The doctor was a contemporary of Charles Darwin, but proper recognition of his talents has been belated.) T am told by parents that their fascinated off- spring regard the Doolittle exploits records of fact, not as whimsical fancy the implication being that the parents them: do not regard these records as fact. Nonsense! They are all unques- tionably true. I've just sat up till 1 A.M. reading the latest account of the doctor's exploits, and I believe eve word of it. Take, for instance, the trial of Luke the Hermit, for murder. Nobody saw the deed but Luke's bulldog, Bill, who knew that the killing was in self- defense. Dr. Doolittle, who understood the language of animals and birds, saw that the only hope for Luke was to per- suade the judge to put Bill on the stand. The judge said he'd do it, if the doctor f° | could prove that he understood dog talk. | So the judge | the doctor was told to brought in, and scertain what the judge had for dinner the night before. dog wa | Dr. Doolittle talked with the dog a long while, breaking into chuckles, while the court waited. “Here, here, you'v what I had for dinne finally. “I found that out at once,” the doctor answered. “He's telling me now what you did afterwar Of course, the doctor demonstrated his ability, and Bill was put on the stand with Doolittle as interpreter, and told his The prosecuting attorney pro- tested that the witness was prejudiced, d time to learn said his Honor | but when invited by the judge to cross- | question Bill, he sat down in baffled rage. Luke was acquitted on the first ballot. If anybody doesn’t believe this, he never had a dog. As for Dr. Doolittle’s adventure in the bull ring, when he bested the greatest toreadors by whispering directions to thi bulls—well, really, you owe it to yourself, as well as to your children, to buy the book. There is no use in comparing it to “Alice in Wonderland” or any other tale of that sort, because it doesn’t in the least resemble any of them. It is much more like “Robinson Crusoe,” in fact. But it isn’t in the least like that, either. “Rootabaga Stories.” By Carl Sand- burg. Harcourt, Brace & Co. I DON'T KNoW any parents who have tried Carl Sandburg’s “Rootabaga Stories” on their young, but if I were a child I'm sure I should resent their man- nered style, their self-conscious attempts to be fairylike, their utter lack of logic and simplicity, as much as I used to resent being called “my little man,” or “Bubby.” Also, as a user of the English language, I resent the publication of any book which offers this sentence to the young of our already none-too-gram- like he had come If Carl Sandburg wants to splash around in such uncouth and vulgar speech when writing poetry for adults, I have no objection. Nobody has to read it. But the poor little children who get read to are not free agents. A reputable writer, in a reputable book, issued by a reputable publishing house, has no busi ness to inflict such horrible English as this on the infant mind. Heaven knows our rising generation is illiterate enough as it is, from reading movi otions. If not even our poets, in their fairy stories, can use the mother tongue, the outlook for the future is gloomy, indeed. Still this sentence is on page 163. ‘The little dears may be asleep by that time. “Rainbow Gold.” By Sara Teasdale. The Macmillan Co. a small boy, my favorite wes Iw poem Tom Mooi ‘Go Wher Glory Waits Thee.” It always made m« Her Father—Mary, was it you who called for help? 20 comichooks.