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stanzas 85-91), "The Death of Greece" (_The Giaour_, lines 68-141), "The Isles of Greece" (_Don Juan_, canto in), and "The Colosseum" (_Childe Harold_, canto iv, stanzas 140-145).

Clough, A. H. _Columbus_.

Coleridge, S. T. _Kubla Khan_.

Domett, Alfred. _A Christmas Hymn_

Drayton, Michael. _The Battle of Agincourt._

Dryden, John. _Alexander's Feast._

Jonson, Ben. _Hymn to Diana._

Keats, John. _Ode on a Grecian Urn._

Kingsley, Charles. _Andromeda and The Red King._

Landor, W. S. _Orpheus and Eurydice._

Longfellow, H. W. "The Saga of King Olaf" (_Tales of a Wayside Inn_) and _The Skeleton in Armor._

Lowell, J. R. _Rhoecus_ and _The Shepherd of King Admetus._

Macaulay, T. B. _Lays of Ancient Rome_ ("Horatius," "Virginia," "The Battle of Lake Regillus," and "The Prophecy of Capys"), _The Armada_, and _The Battle of Ivry._

Miller, Joaquin. _Columbus._

Milton, John. _Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity._

Praed, W. M. _Arminius._

Rossetti, D. G. _The White Ship._

Schiller, Friedrich. _The Maid of Orleans, William Tell, Maria Stuart_, and _Wallenstein._

Scott, (Sir) Walter. "Flodden Field" (_Marmion_, canto vi, stanzas 19-27, 33-35).

Shakespeare, William. _Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, King John, Richard the Second, Henry the Fourth,_ parts i and ii, _Henry the Fifth, Henry the Sixth_, parts i, ii, and iii, _Richard the Third, Henry the Eighth_, and _The Merchant of Venice._

Shelley, P. B. _To the Nile, Ozymandias, Hymn of Apollo, Arethusa_, and _Song of Proserpine._

Tennyson, Alfred. _Ulysses, Oenone, The Death of Oenone, Demeter and Persephone, The Lotus-Eaters, Boadicea, St. Telemachus, St. Simeon Stylites, Sir Galahad_, and _The Revenge: a Ballad of the Fleet._

Thackeray, W. M. _King Canute._

Wordsworth, William. _Laodamia._

SOURCES

Full information regarding the best translations of the sources of ancient, medieval, and modern history is to be found in one of the Reports previously cited--_Historical Sources in Schools_, parts ii-iv. The use of the following collections of extracts from the sources will go far toward remedying the lack of library facilities.

Botsford, G. W., and Botsford, Lillie S. _Source Book of Ancient History_ (N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.30).

Davis, W. S. _Readings in Ancient History_ (Boston, 1912, Allyn and Bacon, 2 vols., $2.00).

Duncalf, Frederic, and Krey, A. C. _Parallel Source Problems in Medieval History_ (N. Y., 1912, Harper, $1.10).

Fling, F. M. _A Source Book of Greek History_ (N. Y., 1907, Heath, $1.12).

Munro, D. C. _A Source Book of Roman History_ (N. Y., 1904, Heath, $1.12).

Ogg, F. A. _A Source Book of Medieval History_ (N. Y., 1907, American Book Co., $1.50).

Robinson, J. H. _Readings in European History_ (Abridged ed., Boston, 1906, Ginn, $1.50).

Thallon, Ida C. _Readings in Greek History_ (Boston, 1914, Ginn, $2.00).

Thatcher, O. J., and McNeal, E. H. _A Source Book for Medieval History_ (N. Y., 1905, Scribner, $1.85).

Webster, Hutton. _Readings in Ancient History_ (N. Y., 1913, Heath, $1.12).

_Readings in Medieval and Modern History_ (N. Y., 1917, Heath, $1.12).

_Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History_ (N. Y., 1894-1899, Longmans, Green, and Co., 6 vols., each $1.50).

MODERN WORKS

Most of the books in the following list are inexpensive, easily procured, and well adapted in style and choice of topics to the needs of immature pupils. A few more elaborate and costly volumes, especially valuable for their illustrations, are indicated by an asterisk (*). For detailed bibliographies, often accompanied by critical estimates, see C. K. Adams, _A Manual of Historical Literature_ (3d ed., N. Y., 1889, Harper, $2.50), and the _Bibliography of History for Schools and Libraries_, parts iii-v.

GENERAL WORKS

Carlyle, Thomas. _On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History_ (N. Y., 1840, Dutton, 35 cents).

Creasy, E. S. _The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo_ (N. Y., 1854, Dutton, 35 cents).

Gibbins, H. De B. _The History of Commerce in Europe_ (26. ed., N. Y., 1897, Macmillan, 90 cents).

Herbertson, A. J., and Herbertson, F. D. _Man and His Work_ (3d ed., N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, 60 cents). An introduction to the study of human geography.

Jacobs, Joseph. _The Story of Geographical Discovery_ (N. Y., 1898, Appleton, 35 cents).

Jenks, Edward. _A History of Politics_ (N. Y., 1900, Dutton, 35 cents). A very illuminating essay.

Keane, John. _The Evolution of Geography_ (London, 1899, Stanford, 6s.). Helpfully illustrated.

Myres, J. L. _The Dawn of History_ (N. Y., 1912, Holt, 50 cents).

Pattison, R. P. B. _Leading Figures in European History_ (N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.60). Biographical sketches of European statesmen from Charlemagne to Bismarck.

Reinach, Salomon. _Apollo; an Illustrated Manual of the History of Art throughout the Ages_, translated by Florence Simmonds (last ed., N. Y., 1914, Scribner, $1.50). The best brief work on the subject.

Seignobos, Charles. _History of Ancient Civilization_, edited by J. A. James (N. Y., 1906, Scribner, $1.25).

_History of Medieval and of Modern Civilization_, edited by J. A. James (N. Y., 1907, Scribner, $1.25).

PREHISTORIC TIMES

Clodd, Edward. _The Story of Primitive Man_ (N Y., 1895, Appleton, 35 cents). Generally accurate and always interesting.

_The Childhood of the World_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, $1.25).

Elliott, G. F. S. _Prehistoric Man and His Story_ (Philadelphia, 1915, Lippincott, $2.00).

Holbrook, Florence. _Cave, Mound, and Lake Dwellers_ (N. Y., 1911, Heath, 44 cents).

Mason, O. T, _Woman's Share in Primitive Culture_ (N. Y., 1900, D. Appleton, $1.75). The only work on the subject; by a competent anthropologist.

* Osborn, H. F. _Men of the Old Stone Age_ (N. Y., 1915 Scribners, $5.00). An authoritative, interesting, and amply illustrated work.

* Spearing, H. G. _The Childhood of Art_ (N. Y., 1913, Putnam, $6.00). Deals with primitive and Greek art; richly illustrated.

Starr, Frederick. _Some First Steps in Human Progress_ (Chautauqua, N. Y., 1895, Chautauqua Press, $1.00). A popular introduction to anthropology.

Tylor, (Sir) E. B. _Anthropology_ (N. Y., 1881, Appleton, $2.00). Incorporates the results of the author's extensive studies and still remains the best introduction to the entire field.

ORIENTAL HISTORY

Baikie, James. _The Story of the Pharaohs_ (N. Y., 1908, Macmillan, $2.00). A popular work; well illustrated.

* Ball, C. J. _Light from the East_ (London, 1899, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 15s.). An account of Oriental archaeology, with special reference to the Old Testament.

Banks, E. G. _The Bible and the Spade_ (N. Y., 1913, Association Press, $1.00). A popular presentation of Oriental archaeology.

* Breasted, J. H. _A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1909, Scribner, $5.00). The standard work on Egyptian history.

Clay, A. T. _Light on the East from Babel_ (4th ed., Philadelphia, 1915, Sunday School Times Co., $2.00).

* Erman, Asolf. _Life in Ancient Egypt_ (N. Y., 1894, Macmillan, $6.00).

* Handcock, P. S. P. _Mesopotamian Archaeology_ (N. Y. 1912, Putnam, $3.50).

Hogarth, D. G. _The Ancient East_ (N. Y., 1915, Holt, 50 cents). "Home University Library."

* Jastrow, Morris, Jr. _The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria_ (Philadelphia, 1915, Lippincott, $6.00). A finely illustrated work by a great scholar.

Macalister, R. A. S. _A History of Civilization in Palestine_ (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, 35 cents). "Cambridge Manuals."

Maspero, (Sir) Gaston. _Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria_ (N.Y., 1892, Appleton, $1.50). Fascinating and authoritative.

Ragozin, Zénaïde A. _Earliest Peoples_ (N. Y., 1899, Harison, 60 cents). A well-written, fully-illustrated account of prehistoric man and the beginnings of history in Babylonia.

_Early Egypt_ (N. Y., 1900, Harison, 60 cents).

GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY

Abbott, Evelyn. _Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens_ (N. Y., 1891, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Baikie, James. _The Sea-Kings of Crete_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.75). A clear and vivid summary of Cretan archaeology.

Blümner, Hugo. _The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks_, translated by Alice Zimmern (3d ed., N. Y., 1910, Funk and Wagnalls Co., $2.00).

Bulley, Margaret H. _Ancient and Medieval Art_ (N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, $1.75). An elementary treatment, particularly designed for schools.

Church, A. J., and Gilman, Arthur. _The Story of Carthage_ (N. Y., 1886, Putnam, $1.50). "Story of the Nations"

Davis, W. S. _The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome_ (N. Y., 1910, Macmillan, $2.00). An interesting treatment of an important theme.

_A Day in Old Athens_ (Boston, 1914, Allyn and Bacon, $1.00).

_An Outline History of the Roman Empire_ (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, 65 cents). Covers the period 44 B.C.-378 A.D.

* Dennie, John. _Rome of To-day and Yesterday; the Pagan City_ (5th ed., N. Y., 1909, Putnam, $3.50).

Fowler, W. W. _Rome_ (N. Y., 1912, Holt, 50 cents).

_The City-State of the Greeks and Romans_ (N. Y., 1893, Macmillan, $1.00). The only constitutional history of the classical peoples intelligible to elementary students.

_Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero_ (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, 50 cents). In every way admirable.

_Julius Caesar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1897, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

* Gardner, E. A. _Ancient Athens_ (N. Y., 1902, Macmillan, $3.50).

Gayley, C. M. _The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art_ (2d ed., Boston, 1911, Ginn, $1.60). Of special importance for the illustrations.

Goodyear, W. H. _Roman and Medieval Art_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1897, Macmillan, $1.00).

Grant, A. J. _Greece in the Age of Pericles_ (N. Y., 1893, Scribner, $1.25).

Gulick, C. B. _The Life of the Ancient Greeks_ (N. Y., 1902, Appleton, $1.40).

* Hall, H. R. _Aegean Archeology_ (N. Y., 1915, Putnam, $3.75). A well- written and well-illustrated volume.

Hawes, C. H., and Hawes, HARRIET B. _Crete, the Forerunner of Greece_ (N. Y., 1909, Harper, 75 cents).

How, W. W. _Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage_ (London, 1899, Seeley, 2_s_.).

Jones, H. S. _The Roman Empire, B.C. 29-A.D. 476_ (N. Y., 1908, Putnam, $1.50). "Story of the Nations."

* Lanciani, Rudolfo. _The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome_ (Boston, 1898, Houghton Mifflin Co., $4.00).

Mahaffy, J. P. _Old Greek Life_ (N. Y., 1876, American Book Co., 35 cents).

_What have the Greeks done for Modern Civilization?_ (N. Y., 1909, Putnam, $1.50).

Mahaffy, J. P., and Gilman, Arthur. _The Story of Alexander's Empire_ (N. Y., 1887, Putnam, $1.50). The only concise narrative of the Hellenistic period.

* Mau, August. _Pompeii: its Life and Art_, translated by F. W. Kelsey (N. Y., 1899, Macmillan, $2.50).

Morris, W. O'C. _Hannibal and the Crisis of the Struggle between Carthage and Rome_ (N. Y., 1897, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Oman, Charles. _Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic_ (N. Y., 1902, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.60). A biographical presentation of Roman history.

Pellison, Maurice. _Roman Life in Pliny's Time_, translated by Maud Wilkinson (Philadelphia, 1897, Jacobs, $1.00).

Pickard-Cambridge, A. W. _Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom_ (N. Y., 1914, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Powers, H. H. _The Message of Greek Art_ (N. Y., 1913, Macmillan, 50 cents).

Preston, Harriet W., and Dodge, Louise. _The Private Life of the Romans_ (N. Y., 1893, Sanborn, $1.05).

Robinson, C. E. _The Days of Alcibiades_ (N. Y., 1916, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.50), A picture of Greek life and culture in the Age of Pericles.

* Seymour, T. D. _Life in the Homeric Age_ (N. Y., 1907, Macmillan, $4.00).

* Stobart, J. C. _The Glory that was Greece: a Survey of Hellenic Culture and Civilization_ (Philadelphia, 1911, Lippincott, $7.50).

_The Grandeur that was Rome: a Survey of Roman Culture and Civilization_ (Philadelphia, 1912, Lippincott, $7.50).

Strachan-Davidson, J. S. _Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic_ (N. Y., 1894, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Tarbell, F. B. _A History of Greek Art_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1905, Macmillan, $1.00).

Tozer, H. F. _Classical Geography_ (N. Y., 1883, American Book Co., 35 cents). A standard manual.

Tucker, T. G. _Life in Ancient Athens_ (N. Y., 1906, Macmillan, $1.25). The most attractive treatment of the subject.

_Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul_ (N. Y., 1910, Macmillan, $2.50).

* Walters, H. B. _The Art of the Greeks_ (N. Y., 1900, Macmillan, $6.00).

* ------ _The Art of the Romans_ (N. Y., 1911, Macmillan, $5.00).

* Weller, C. H. _Athens and its Monuments_ (N. Y., 1913, Macmillan, $4.00).

Wheeler, B.I. _Alexander the Great and the Merging of East and West into Universal History_ (N. Y., 1900, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Wilkins, A. S. _Roman Antiquities_ (N. Y., 1884, American Book Co., 35 cents).

MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Adams, G. B. _The Growth of the French Nation_ (N. Y., 1896, Macmillan, $1.25). The best short history of France.

Archer, T. A., and Kingsford, C. L. _The Crusades_ (N. Y., 1894, Putnam, $1.50).

Baring-Gould, Sabine. _Curious Myths of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1869, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.25).

Bateson, Mary. _Medieval England_ (N. Y., 1903, Putnam, $1.50). Deals with social and economic life. "Story of the Nations."

Cheyney, E. P. _An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England_ (N. Y., 1901, Macmillan, $1.40). The best brief work on the subject.

Church, R. W. _The Beginning of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1877, Scribner, $1.00).

Cutts, E. L. _Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages_ (London, 1872, De La More Press, 7s. 6d.). An almost indispensable book; illustrated.

Davis, H. W. C. Medieval Europe (N. Y., 1911, Holt, 50 cents).

_Charlemagne, the Hero of Two Nations_ (N. Y., 1899, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

Emerton, Ephraim. _An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages_ (Boston, 1888, Ginn, $1.10). The most satisfactory short account, and of special value to beginners.

Foord, Edward. _The Byzantine Empire_ (N. Y., 1911, Macmillan, $2.00). The most convenient short treatment; lavishly illustrated.

* Gibbon, Edward. _The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_, edited by J. B. Bury (N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, 7 vols., $25.00). The best edition, illustrated and provided with maps, of this standard work.

* Green, J. R. _Short History of the English People_, edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate (N. Y., 1893-1895, Harper, 4 vols., $20.00). A beautifully illustrated edition of this standard work.

Guerber, H. A. _Legends of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1896, American Book Co., $1.50).

Haskins, C. H. _The Normans in European History_ (Boston, 1915, Houghton Mifflin Co., $2.00).

Hodgkin, Thomas. _The Dynasty of Theodosius_ (N. Y., 1899, Oxford University Press, American Branch, $1.50). Popular lectures summarizing the author's extensive studies.

Jessopp, Augustus. _The Coming of the Friars, and Other Historic Essays_ (N. Y., 1888, Putnam, $1.25). A book of great interest.

* Lacroix, Paul. _Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance_ (London, 1880, Bickers and Son, out of print).

Lawrence, W. W. _Medieval Story_ (N. Y., 1911, Columbia University Press, $i.50). Discusses the great literary productions of the Middle Ages.

Mawer, Allen. _The Vikings_ (N. Y, 1913, Putnam, 35 cents).

Munro, D. C., and Sellery, G. C _Medieval Civilization_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1907, Century Co., $2.00). Translated selections from standard works by French and German scholars.

Rait, R. S. _Life in the Medieval University_ (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, 35 cents). "Cambridge Manuals."

Synge, M. B. _A Short History of Social Life in England_ (N. Y., 1906, Barnes, $1.50).

Tappan, Eva M. _When Knights were Bold_ (Boston, 1912, Houghton Mifflin Co., $2.00). An economic and social study of the Feudal Age; charmingly written.

Tickner, F. W. _A Social and Industrial History of England_ (N. Y., 1915, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.00). Very simply written and well illustrated.

* Wright, Thomas. _The Homes of Other Days_ (London, 1871, Trübner, out of print). Valuable for both text and illustrations.

TRANSITION TO MODERN TIMES

Cheyney, E. P. _European Background of American History, 1300-1600_ (N. Y., 1904, Harper, $2.00).

Creighton, Mandell. _The Age of Elizabeth_ (13th ed., N. Y., 1897, Scribner, $ 1.00). "Epochs of Modern History."

Fiske, John. _The Discovery and Colonization of North America_ (Boston, 1905, Ginn, 90 cents).

Gardiner, S. R. _The Thirty Years' War_ (N. Y., 1874, Scribner, $1.00).

Goodyear, W. H. _Renaissance and Modern Art_ (N. Y., 1894, Macmillan, $1.00).

Hudson, W. H. _The Story of the Renaissance_ (N. Y., 1912, Cassell, $1.50). A well-written volume.

Hulme, E. M. _The Renaissance, the Protestant Revolution, and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe_ (rev. ed., N. Y., 1915, Century Co., $2.50). The best work on the subject by an American scholar.

* Joyce, T. A. _Mexican Archaeology_ (N. Y., 1914, Putnam, $4.00).

_South American Archaeology_ (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, $3.50).

Kerr, P. H., and Kerr, A. C. _The Growth of the British Empire_ (N. Y., 1911, Longmans, Green, and Co., 50 cents).

Oldham, J. B. _The Renaissance_ (N. Y., 1912, Dutton, 35 cents).

Seebohm, Frederic. _The Era of the Protestant Revolution_ (N. Y., 1875, Scribner, $1.00). "Epochs of Modern History."