We chose this title — THE HORNBOOK — because of its early and honorable place in the history of children’s literature, but in our use of it we are giving it a lighter meaning, as Mr. Caldecott’s three jovial huntsmen on the cover suggest. Just as they are so full...

You probably haven’t noticed Alice-Heidi. She has been in The Bookshop for a good many years, except for temporary absences to have her hair recurled or dressmaking done. She has been a silent watcher of all The Bookshop activities ever since December 1916, when, as a story which appeared in...