Part 15
STORY OF THE RHINEGOLD--Chapin.
WAGNER STORY-BOOK--William Henry Frost. New York.
_Vocal Music_
BABY’S BOUQUET--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge.
BABY’S OPERA--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge; Warne.
BOOK OF RHYMES AND TUNES--Compiled by Margaret P. Osgood [from German and English]. Boston, 1880.
BOOK OF OLD RHYMES SET TO MUSIC--Walter Crane. Warne, $1.20.
CHILD’S GARDEN OF SONG--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. Chicago, 1895.
CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES--12 Songs by Stevenson. Music by Mary Carmichael. London.
CHILD’S GARLAND OF SONGS [From a Child’s Garden of Verses.]--R. L. Stevenson. Music by C. Villiers Stanford. London, 1892.
CHILDREN’S SINGING GAMES--Eleanor Withey Willard. Grand Rapids, 1895.
CHILDREN’S SOUVENIR SONG BOOK--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. New York, 1893.
CHRISTMAS (A) DREAM--School Operetta--Moffat. London, Novello.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS ANCIENT AND MODERN--Wm. L. Tomlins. New York, 1897.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD--Bramley and Sir John Stainer. Novello; Routledge.
GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG--(English folk songs.) Arranged by S. Baring Gould and H. F. Sheppard. London, 1895.
KINDERGARTEN CHIMES--Kate Douglas Wiggin. Boston (cop.), 1887.
KINDERLIEDER--Von Carl Reinecke. Leipzig; New York, Schirmer.
KINDER- UND JUGEND-LIEDER (50)--Von Hoffman, V. Stuttgart.
KINDERLIEDER (24)--Gustav Fischer. New York.
KINDERLIEDER-ALBUM--Amalie Felsenthal. Leipzig.
MAY-DAY REVELS (Operetta, Old English style.)--Hawkins and West. London.
MUSIK-BEILAGE ZU KINDERFEST--J. Fischer. Berlin, Bloch.
NATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, AND TYPICAL AIRS OF ALL LANDS, with Copious Notes--John Philip Sousa. Philadelphia, 1890.
OLD MAY DAY (Operetta.)--Shapcott Wensley and F. C. Wood. London.
OLDE ENGLYSHE PASTIMES--F. W. Galpin. (Dances and sports, old music.) London.
SINGING (A) QUADRILLE, SET TO NURSERY RHYMES, for Pianoforte and Voices--Cotsford Dick.
SINGING VERSES FOR CHILDREN--Lydia Coonley and others. New York, 1897.
SMALL SONGS FOR SMALL SINGERS--W. H. Neidlinger. (Coloured ill., Bobbett.) New York, Schirmer.
ST. NICHOLAS OPERETTAS. Century.
ST. NICHOLAS SONGS. Century.
SONGS OF CHILDHOOD--Eugene Field. Music by Reginald de Koven and others. New York, 1896.
STEVENSON SONG BOOK--Music by various composers. New York, 1897.
THREE OPERETTAS (THREE LITTLE KITTENS; SEVEN OLD LADIES OF LAVENDER TOWN; BOBBY SHAFTOE)--H. C. Bunner and Oscar Weil. New York, 1897.
_Instrumental Music_
HAYDN’S KINDER-SYMPHONIE--For Piano and Violin and Toy Instruments.
OUR FAVORITES (UNSERE LIEBLINGE). [Piano gems arranged by Carl Reinecke.] New York, Breitkopf and Hartel.
SCHUMANN, ROBERT--Album for Young Pianists. Op. 68.
Kinderball. (Dances, four hands, for Piano.) Op. 130.
Kinderscenen. (Piano.) Op. 15.
SCIENCE AND INVENTION
BAKER, RAY STANNARD--Boy’s Book of Inventions. McClure, $2.00. [There is a second volume, $1.60.]
BALL, SIR ROBERT STAWELL--Starland. Ginn, $1.00.
DARWIN, CHARLES R.--What Mr. Darwin Saw in His Voyage Round the World in the Ship “Beagle.” Harper, $3.00.
ILES, GEORGE--Flame, Electricity, and the Camera. Doubleday, $2.00 net.
MEADOWCROFT, W. H.--A B C of Electricity. Empire Publishing Co., $0.50.
NEWCOMB, SIMON--Astronomy for Everybody. McClure, $2.00 net.
SANTOS-DUMONT, ALBERTO--My Air-Ships. Century, $1.40 net.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY: OR, THE CAMP AT WILLOW CLUMP ISLAND--A. Russell Bond. Munn and Co., $2.00.
SERVISS, GARRETT P.--Astronomy with an Opera-Glass. Appleton, $1.50. [This book has been challenged.]
SLOANE, T. O’C.--Electric Toy-making.--Henley, $1.00. (_Vide_ also St. John, T. M.--Three books on electricity. Scribner.)
TRAVEL
BOYESEN, H. H.--Boyhood in Norway. Scribner, $1.25.
The Modern Vikings. Scribner, $1.25.
BRASSEY, LADY A. (A.)--Around the World in the Yacht “Sunbeam.” Holt, $2.00; Longmans (condensed), $0.75; Burt.
DU CHAILLU, P. B.--The Land of the Long Night. Scribner, $2.00.
Land of the Midnight Sun. Harper, 2 vols., $5.00.
JANVIER, THOMAS A.--The Aztec Treasure House. (Narrative.) Harper, $1.50.
JENKS, TUDOR--Boys’ Book of Explorations. Doubleday, $2.00.
KENNAN, GEORGE--Tent Life in Siberia. Putnam, $0.50 to $1.25.
KNOX, THOMAS W.--Boy Travellers in Russia. Harper, $2.00.
Boy Travellers in South America. Harper. $2.00. [In these volumes there is a large amount of information which would have been more graphic, relieved of the artificial conversational style.]
LUMMIS, CHARLES F.--Some Strange Corners of Our Country. Century, $1.50.
NANSEN, FRIDTJOF--Farthest North: Record of a Voyage of the Ship “Fram.” Harper, 2 vols., $4.00.
PEARY, MRS. J. D. AND M. A.--Children of the Arctic. Stokes, $1.20 net.
Snow Baby. Stokes, $1.20 net.
SLOCUM, JOSHUA--Sailing Alone Around the World in the Sloop “Spray.” Whole edition, Century, $2.00; school edition, Scribner, $0.50.
STANLEY, HENRY M.--In Darkest Africa. Scribner, 2 vols., $7.50. [_Vide_ also “My Dark Companions, and Their Strange Stories.” Scribner, $2.00.]
TAYLOR, BAYARD--Boys of Other Countries. Putnam, $1.25.
FRENCH
“The collection of books which we call ‘Bibliothèque Rose’ (the paper bound edition has a pink cover; perhaps that is the reason why we call it Bibliothèque Rose) includes the most charming stories a child can wish for, especially those of Mme. de Ségur’s and Zénaïde Fleuriot’s. In this collection as well as in the Bibliothèque des Petits Enfants, and in the large illustrated albums, much will be found of interest to children of from six to ten years.
“For older boys and girls (10–15), I would recommend Bibliothèque des Mères de Famille. At the present time the only thing I remember about this collection is that there were in it a number of books translated from the German by Emmeline Raymond, and which used to give me much pleasure.
“As far as I can judge, girls and boys of this age enjoy Jules Verne,* Charles Wagner, H. Gréville, H. Malot, E. About, Erckmann-Chatrian,* Anatole France, Daudet, and La Fontaine, the two I have starred being special favourites with boys. Of course, I would not recommend for children everything by these authors. I have suggested many books in the Bibliothèque Rose; there are other writers in that collection, such, for example, as Mme. Cazin, Mlle. J. Gouraud, Maistre, Mayne-Reid, Mme. Pape-Carpantier, Mme. de Stolz, and Mme. de Witt,--all of whom have done some excellent juvenile work. But a parent should not be satisfied with a recommendation; personal judgment is the surest test.
“Regarding poetry, there are many short pieces by Mme. Tastu, well adapted for very young children. In the anthologies which are published you are most likely to find such pieces as Victor Hugo’s ‘L’enfant,’ ‘Pour les pauvres,’ ‘Après la bataille’; Lamartine’s ‘L’automne,’ ‘Milly’; extracts from Corneille and Racine; and Chateaubriand’s well-known ‘Combien j’ai douce souvenance.’ Then there are a number of Coppée’s poems; Bérenger’s ‘Les souvenirs du peuple,’ and ‘A mon habit’; André Chénier’s ‘La jeune Captive’; Hégésippe Moreau’s ‘La Voulzie’; Brizeux’s ‘La pauvre fille’; Theuriet’s ‘La Chanson du Vannier’; and poems of Mme. Desborde-Valmore. This will give some idea of how rich the field of poetry is, which, with La Fontaine alone, would supply children with untold enjoyment.
“The educational value in most of the books which I have suggested consists chiefly in the attractive manner in which they are written; there is no ‘leçon de morale’ in disguise in the style, yet such books are more than well-written stories. Children read Mme. de Ségur’s books with much more pleasure than they do the old-fashioned Berquin’s, which are ‘ennuyeux.’ Such stories as Mme. de Ségur writes make a deep impression, since they teach agreeably to love the qualities which we grown-ups wish to see in children, and to dislike those faults which we would blame in them, even if, sometimes, the naughty child in the story _is_ made attractive.
“You will see, we have no special books of animal stories, such as you publish in England and in America--unless you consider, of course, La Fontaine’s fables, which do not give any practical knowledge of animal life. Books which appeal to the heart, or to the imagination, are very popular with French children, who are naturally sensitive and imaginative; but, after all, is it not so with every child, French or English or American?
“It has been my experience that American children (the very young ones), if they were able to read the French books French children of the same age read, enjoyed them quite as much. The difference in national temperament develops later on. The American boy or girl grows up more rapidly than the French boy or girl; acquires the practical sense sooner; has a more real view of life. Perhaps this is due largely to the fact that the French child has little independence, and hence is unpractical. But there is a compensation somewhere, for the French child’s mind is subtler, and his imagination more vivid. I do not think we have any library system at present where children’s work is a specialty; in fact, our public libraries are mostly frequented by grown-up people. I have never seen children, as far as I can recollect, in any of our libraries.”--MLLE. EMILIE MICHEL, in a letter to the author.
Both Brentano and Dryrsen & Pfeiffer (successors to Christern), as well as W. R. Jenkins Co., New York, issue complete catalogues, French and German, in which illustrated books, magazines, and series of special volumes are suggested. They differ so markedly in prices, that no uniformity can be reached. But except in the case of illustrated albums, it may be claimed, generally, that the prices are reasonable.
ABOUT, EDMOND--Le Roi des Montagnes.
L’Homme à l’oreille Cassée.
CARRAUD, MME.--La petite Jeanne. Bibliothèque Rose.
DAUDET, ALPHONSE--Tartarin de Tarascon.
Tartarin sur les Alpes.
Lettres de Mon Moulin. (Contes.)
Le Petit Chose.
DEFOE--La Vie et les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also in Bibl. des petits enfants, with “Gulliver’s Travels.”]
DOMBRE, ROGER--Tante Rabat Joie.
ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN--Le conscrit de 1813.
L’Ami Fritz.
FLEURIOT, MLLE. Z.--Le petit chef de famille. Bibliothèque Rose.
FLORIAN--Fables Illustrées par Vimar. Brentano, $2.70.
FRANCE, ANATOLE--Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. [Crowned by the French Academy.]
Le Livre de Mon Ami. [For adults.]
GENLIS, MADAME DE--Bibliothèque Rose. Contes Moraux. _Vide_ p. 66.
GRÉVILLE, HENRY (pseud. of Mme. Alice Durant)--Perdue. [_Vide_ entire list.]
GRIMM--Contes Choisis. Bibliothèque Rose.
JOB--Le grand Napoléon des Petits Enfants. (Ill. coloured.) Brentano, $3.00.
LA FONTAINE--_Vide_ Boutet de Monvel. Picture-Book section.
LA MOTTE-FOUQUE, BARON DE.--Undine and Sintram. [_Vide_ English version. Houghton.]
MALOT, HECTOR--En famille.
Sans famille.
PERRAULT, CHARLES; MMES. D’AULNOY ET LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT--Contes de Fées. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Petite Bibliothèque Blanche, et ed. Perrault, ill. by many artists. Brentano, $2.70. _Vide_ p. 36.]
PRESSENSÉ, MME. E. DE--La Maison Blanche et Histoire pour les écoliers. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Bibl. des Petits Enfants.]
SANDEAU, JULES--La Maison de Penarvan.
SÉGUR, MME. DE--L’Auberge de l’Ange-Gardien. Bibliothèque Rose.
Un Bon Petit Diable.
Le Général Dourakine.
Mémoires d’un Ane.
Les Bons Enfants.
VERNE, JULES--Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant.
Cinq Semaines en Ballon.
Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours.
[All in the Bibliothèque Rose.]
WAGNER, CHARLES--Jeunesse.
Vaillance.
GERMAN
In the preparation of the following German list, the author begs to acknowledge in a general way his indebtedness to many sources. An authority on the subject is Wolgast, who is the author of “Vom Kinderbuch” (Leipzig, Teubner). One of the committee recommends the inclusion of all the stories by Johanna Spyri; another emphasises the importance of the work done by Ottilie Wildermuth, and appends the following interesting account in a letter: “‘She was the wife of a professor in Tübingen, Swabia, and was born in 1817. She died in 1877. Long before she thought of writing for publication, she charmed a wide circle of friends and acquaintances with her talent for narrating the simple events, memories, and experiences of Swabian life. Most of her works must be considered, not as mere fiction, but as true pictures of the culture of that time, and as such will be of permanent value.’ The same may be said of her children’s books, although these are more fanciful and varied in their subject-matter, and appeal strongly to the imagination.”
The Germans illustrate their A-B-C Bücher, their Nursery Rhymes, their Bilderbücher, and their Erzählungen in the most attractive fashion. Reference is particularly made to Herr Richter. Fairy Tales are read extensively by German children--and also by adults. Grimm, Hauff, Musäus, are about the best. Schmitt’s Geschichten u. Erzählungen (of which there are perhaps from one to two hundred volumes) are excellent for boys and girls between ten and fifteen years. The Germans have paid such special attention to the selection and grading of juvenile literature, that their library lists are recommended to readers. The volumes here mentioned are not presented with any intention of making them definitive. Brentano will send, on application, “Verzeichnis einer Auswahl Vorzüglicher Bücher--Miniatur-Katalog.--Stilke, Berlin.”
The reader is further referred to “Verzeichnis empfehlenswerter Jugendlektüre. Herausgegeben vom Wiener Volksbildungs-Verein, 1904.”
ÄSOP--Fabeln. Mit 6 Buntbildern. Löwe.
AUS DEM LEBEN DER ZWERGE--Humorist. Bilderbuch.
BILDERBÜCHER. (Löwensohn.)
Der D-Zug Kommt. Eisenbahnbilderb. auf Papyrolin; auf Papier.
Für unsere A B C-Schützen.
Grimms Märchen.
Hänsel und Gretel.
Heerschau üb. d. Kriegsvölker Europas.
Hertwig, R., Eduard und Ferdinand. [_Vide_ Catalogues.]
BILDERBÜCHER. (Scholz.)
LIEBE MÄRCHEN.
Dornröschen; Marienkind.
Aschenputtel; Rotkäppchen.
Hänsel und Gretel; Schneewittchen.
HEY-SPECKTER, W.--Fünfzig Fabeln f. Kinder. Jub.-Ausg.
Noch fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder. Jub.-Ausg.
Fabeln. 2 Bde. Schul-Ausgabe; 2 Bde. Feine Ausgabe.
THUMANN, P.--Für Mutter und Kind. Alte Reime mit neuen Bildern.
WIEDEMANN, F.--Hundert Geschichten für eine Mutter und ihre Kinder.
WILDERMUTH, O.--Aus der Kinderwelt.
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ANDERS, H.--Gesammelte Märchen von Rübezahl.
ANDERSEN, H. C.--Sämtl. Märchen. Pr.-A. (Abel & Müller); V.-Ausg. (Abel & Müller); Pr.-Ausg. (Wartig).
Märchen. (Hendel); Löwe; Billige Ausgabe. (Weise.)
Ausgewählte Märchen. (Abel & Müller); Hrsg. v. Hamb. Jugendschr.-Ausschuss.
ARNDT, P.--Es war einmal. Märchen, Sagen u. Schwänke.
Im Märchenwalde.
Für brave Knaben.
Rübezahl. (Löwe); V.-Aug, (Löwe).
BECHSTEIN, L.--Märchenbuch. (Hendel).
BEEG, M.--Schulmädelgeschichten.
BEETZ, K. O.--Urd.; Deutsche Volksmärchen.
BLÜTHGEN, V.--Hesperiden. Märchen für jung und alt. Vollst. Ausg.
Lebensfrühling. Vier Erzählungen für Mädchen.
Der Märchenquell.
Der Weg zum Glück. Fünf Erzähl. f. Knaben.
CAMPE, J. H.--Robinson Krusoe von J. Hoffmann.
EMMY, TANTE--Märchen für grosse und kleine Kinder.
GRIMM, J. U. W.--Sämtl. Kinder-u. Hausmärchen. Mit Bildern v. L. Richter usw.
GUMPERT, TH. V.--Herzblättchens Zeitvertreib.
HAUFF, W.--Märchen. Ausw. f. d. Jugend. (Löwe).
HOFFMANN, FRZ.--Ausgew. Erzählungen. Bd. 1, 2, 3.
Das bunte Buch. Neue 150 moral. Erzählungen.
150 moralische Erzählungen.
Die Grossmutter.
Neuer deutscher Jugendfreund.
Märchen und Fabeln.
MÜLLER, K. A.--Rübezahl, der Herr des Riesengebirges.
MUSÄUS, J. K. A.--Märchen. Von K. A. Müller.
NIBELUNGENLIED--Für die Jugend, von A. Bacmeister.
OTTO, H.--Ilias, für die Jugend.
Nibelunge, für die Jugend. 2 Bdchn.
Sagen und Märchen für Achtjährige.
REICHENBACH--Buch der Tierwelt. Erzähl. u. Schildergn. a. d. Leben der Tiere. 2 Bde.
ROSEGGER, P.--Als ich noch der Waldbauernbub war. 3 Teile.
Waldferien.
SCHANZ, FR.--Heidefriedel.
Das Komtesschen und andere Erzählungen.
Rottraut u. Ilse.
Schulkindergeschichten.
Bunter Strauss. Märchen u. Erzählungen.
Unter der Tanne.
SCHANZ, P.--In der Pension u. anderes.
SCHOTT, CL.--Im Feenreich. Mit Bildern.
STEIN, A.--Mariens Tagebuch.
52 Sonntage.
Tagebuch dreier Kinder.
VILLAMARIA.--Elfenreigen. Nordische Märchen.
WILDERMUTH, O.--Aus Nord und Süd.
Aus Schloss und Hütte.
Jugendschriften. V.-A.; Inhalt s. Abt. Schriften für die reifere weibl. Jugend.
Kindergruss.
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CERVANTES--Don Quichote. Für d. Jugend v. Frz. Hoffmann; für Schule und Haus bearbeitet von Höller. (Schaffstein). Illustriert; Für die Jugend von P. Moritz. V.-Ausg.; (Weise).
COOPER, J. F.--Conanchet. Von Frz. Hoffmann.
Der rote Freibeuter. Von P. O. Höcker. (Löwe).
Lederstrumpf-Erzählgn. F. d. Jugend v. Kl. Bernhard; Für die Jugend v. O. Höcker. (Löwe); v. Frz. Hoffmann; v. Fr. Meister. Pr.-A.; Einzeln: Der Wildtöter; Der letzte der Mohikaner; Der Pfadfinder; Lederstrumpf; Der alte Trapper; v. P. Moritz. Gesamt-Ausg.; Einzeln: Der letzte Mohikaner; Der Pfadfinder; Lederstrumpf od. die Ansiedler; Der Wildsteller od. die Prärie; Der Wildtöter.
Die Prärie. Für die Jugend. (Weise.)
Der Spion. Für die Jugend von E. Benseler.
DAHN, F. U. TH.--Walhall. Germanische Götter-u. Heldensagen. Ausgabe mit Bildern.
HAUFF, W.--Lichtenstein. Für die Jugend. (Weise.)
LILIENCRON, D. V.--Gedichte. Auswahl für die Jugend.
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EBNER-ESCHENBACH, M. V.--Die arme Kleine.
GUMPERT, TH. V.--Töchter-Album.
HARTNER, E. (E. E. H. v. Twardowska.)--Pension und Elternhaus.
HEINZ, T. V. (Henny von Tempelhoff.)--Goldköpfchen.
Pension Velden.
Tante Sybille.
HELDERN, T. (Toni Lindner.)--Die Backfischpension.
RHODEN, E. V. (Emma Friedrich-Friedrich.)--Der Trotzkopf. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.
Trotzkopfs Brautzeit. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.
(Wildhagen), Aus Trotzkopfs Ehe. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.
(S. la Chapelle-Roobol), Trotzkopf als Grossmutter.
Der Trotzkopf. 3 Bde. Feine Ausg. in hell. Damastlnw. geb., in eleg. Hülse.
ROSEGGER, P.--Ernst u. heiter. Volksausg. f. Österreich.
SCHMIDT, H.--In Backfischchens Kaffeekränzchen.
WILDERMUTH, O.--Jugendschriften. Volks-Ausg. 22 Bde.
1. Ein einsam Kind. Die Wasser im Jahre 1824; 2. Drei Schulkameraden. Der Spiegel der Zwerglein; 3. Eine seltsame Schule. Bärbeles Weihnachten; 4. Eine Königin. Der Kinder Gebet; 5. Spätes Glück. Die drei Schwestern vom Walde; 6. Die Ferien auf Schloss Bärensprung. Der Sandbub oder Wer hat’s am besten?; 7. Cherubino u. Zephirine. Kann sein, ’s ist auch so recht; 8. Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. Der Einsiedler im Walde; 9. Der Peterli von Emmenthal. Zwei Märchen für die Kleinsten; 10. Krieg und Frieden. Emmas Pilgerfahrt; 11. Das braune Lenchen. Des Königs Patenkind; 12. Nach Regen Sonnenschein. Frau Luna. Das Bäumlein im Walde; 13. Die Nachbarskinder. Kordulas erste Reise. Balthasars Apfelbäume; 14. Die wunderbare Höhle. Das Steinkreuz. Unsere alte Marie; 15. Der kluge Bruno. Eine alte Schuld. Heb’ auf, was Gott dir vor die Türe legt; 16. Elisabeth. Die drei Christbäume. Klärchens Genesung. Das Feental; 17. Vom armen Unstern; 18. Es ging ein Engel durch das Haus. Des Herrn Pfarrers Kuh. Die erste Seefahrt; 19. Schwarze Treue; 20. Das Osterlied. Die Kinder der Heide; 21. Hinauf und Hinab; 22. Der rote Hof.
NATURE
ARNOLD, A. F.--The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide. Century, $2.40 net.
BOSTOCK, F. C.--The Training of Wild Animals. Century, $1.00 net.
BURROUGHS, JOHN--Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. (Ill. after Audubon.) Houghton, $1.00.
Wake Robin. Houghton, $1.00 net.
CHAPMAN, FRANK R.--Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds. (Ill., Seton.) Appleton, $2.00.
DOUBLEDAY, MRS. F. N. (pseud., Neltje Blanchan)--Bird Neighbors. Doubleday, $2.00. [American and local. _Vide_ same author’s “Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted,” $2.00.]
Nature’s Garden. Doubleday, $3.00 net.
DUGMORE, A. RADCLYFFE--Nature and the Camera. Doubleday, $1.35 net.
GIBSON, W. H.--Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests. Newson, $0.80.
Eye Spy. Harper, $2.50.
Sharp Eyes. Harper, $2.50.
HOLLAND, W. J.--Butterfly Book. Doubleday, $3.00 net. [_Vide_ same author’s “Moth Book,” $4.00 net.]
HORNADAY, WILLIAM T.--American Natural History. Scribner, $3.50 net. [_Vide_ same author’s “Two Years in a Jungle,” $2.50.]
KEELER, HARRIET L.--Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them. Scribner, $2.00 net. [_Vide_ also the “Tree Book.” Julia E. Rogers. Doubleday, $4.00 net.]
MILLER, OLIVE THORNE--The First Book of Birds. Houghton, $1.00. [There is a second book.]
MORLEY, MARGARET W.--The Bee People. McClurg, $1.25.
PARSONS, FRANCES THEODORA (formerly Mrs. Dana)--How to Know Wild Flowers. Scribner, $2.00 net. [_Vide_ also same author’s “According to the Seasons.” Scribner, $1.75 net.]
SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON--Biography of a Grizzly. Century, $1.50.
Wild Animals I have Known. Scribner, $2.00. [_Vide_ also same author’s “Lives of the Hunted.”]
SHALER, NATHANIEL S.--Story of the Continent. Ginn, $0.75.
First Book in Geology. Heath, $0.60.
SHARP, DALLAS L.--Wild Life Near Home. Century, $2.00. [_Vide_ also same author’s “A Watcher in the Woods.” Century, $0.84.]
THOREAU, HENRY D.--Walden. Houghton, $1.50 to $3.00.
TORREY, BRADFORD--Every-day Birds. (Ill. after Thoreau.) Houghton, $1.00.
WRIGHT, MABEL OSGOOD--Citizen Bird. Macmillan, $1.50 net.
BIOGRAPHY
ABBOTT, J. S. C.--Daniel Boone, and the Early Settlement of Kentucky. Dodd, $0.75.
David Crockett and Early Texan History. Dodd, $0.75.
Kit Carson, the Pioneer of the Far West. Dodd, $0.75.
ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY--Life, Letters, and Journals. (Ed., E. D. Cheney.) Little, Brown, $1.50.
BARNES, JAMES--Midshipman Farragut. Appleton, $1.00.
BOLTON, MRS. S. K.--Poor Boys Who Became Famous. Crowell, $1.50. [This author has written many books of a similar character for boys and girls.]
BROOKS, E. S.--Historic Boys. Putnam, $1.25.
Historic Girls. Putnam, $1.25. [Same author wrote “Historic Dwarfs” for _St. Nicholas Magazine_. His facts have been challenged.]
Chivalric Days. Putnam, $1.25.
BUTTERWORTH, HEZEKIAH--The Boys of Greenway Court. [The Early Days of Washington. Many librarians would challenge this.] Appleton, $1.50.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN--Autobiography. Houghton, $0.75.
GARLAND, HAMLIN--Ulysses S. Grant. McClure, $2.50.
JOAN OF ARC--_Vide_ Boutet de Monvel. [Picture-book section.]
KELLER, HELEN--The Story of My Life. Doubleday, $1.50 net.
LEE, ROBERT E.--_Vide_ Beacon Biographies. Trent, W. P. [The Lives of Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson have yet to be treated satisfactorily for young people.]
NICOLAY, HELEN--Boys’ Life of Lincoln. Century, $1.50.
OBER, FREDERICK A.--Columbus; Pizarro; DeSoto. Harper, $1.00 net each. [This author’s style is picturesque.]
RIIS, JACOB A.--The Making of an American: An Autobiography. Macmillan, $1.50 net.
SCUDDER, HORACE E.--George Washington. Houghton, $0.75. [_Vide_ also E. E. Hale’s “Life of Washington.” Putnam, $1.75.]
SEAWELL, M. E.--Decatur and Somers. Appleton, $1.00.
Twelve Naval Captains. Scribner, $1.25.
Paul Jones. Appleton, $1.00.
SEELYE, ELIZABETH E.--The Story of Columbus. Appleton, $1.75.
SOUTHEY, ROBERT--Life of Nelson. [_Vide_ ed., Macmillan, Warne, Crowell, Dutton, Lothrop, etc.]
WISTER, OWEN--U. S. Grant. (Beacon Biography.) Small, $0.75 net. [This is the same series as referred to under Lee, in which Norman Hapgood has written on Daniel Webster.]
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