CHAPTER V

EDITIONS OF STANDARD BOOKS

"A precious treasure had I long possessed, A little yellow canvas-covered book, A slender abstract of the Arabian Tales; And for companions in a new abode, When first I learnt, that this dear prize of mine Was but a block hewn from a mighty quarry-- That there were four more volumes, laden all With kindred matter, 'twas to me, in truth, A promise scarcely earthly." --WORDSWORTH.

WHAT edition of a book to buy is determined in about the same way as is the pattern of our clothes--by a compromise between our means and our likings. But in the case of our children it is a pretty well-known fact that their likings must be directed and the means at their disposal regulated--even in the purchase and reading of books. A boy left to himself will about as often fall into extravagant habits of taste as he will into extravagant habits in the use of his pocket money. He is no more able to judge of the good investment of knowledge than of the good investment of money. In the desire to appear as a good fellow among his companions he disregards either economy of time or economy of means. He needs to be shown the wisdom of saving along both lines. This can be done in no better way than by indicating to him an edition of a book that will require some sacrifice on his part to buy, and maybe to find time to read. This may all have to be done without regard to his tastes.

To let the mere notions of a boy determine the edition of a book to be bought and to estimate the merits of different editions by these same notions is foolish. This is neither directing nor cultivating tastes. The old plan of fencing in the pasture and of not letting the boy wander too far afield was many times a very good plan. Tastes need to be directed and boundaries fixed. Instead of permitting the boy to determine the merits of the illustrations and the binding, he should have pointed out to him repeatedly what good illustrations and good binding are, and whether they can both be afforded.

Both tastes and circumstances may lead to the buying of a cheap, modest-looking book. This may serve its owner well, and he may never miss what might be called the charm of a well-illustrated, well-printed, and well-bound edition--one pleasant to look into and to touch. He may be as little able to judge of the artistic make-up of a book as of the cut of his clothes or the quality of his food; what he wants is something to satisfy hunger and to cover nakedness, in whatever form it may be given. Because of this the boy can bury himself in the pages of an ill-made book if the words tell an enchanting story. But it is safe to say that most boys do like well-made books with good illustrations.

The pencil of the artist seems almost necessary to give the right touch to a child's book that is great literature. Not in that they enable the boy to get the story more easily are illustrations valuable, but in the fact that they lend an artistic touch to a thing that is of itself a work of art. A guess, however, at the kind of illustrations needed for children's books would be very arbitrary. No one could hold that the present-day coloured illustrations, with what is termed life in action instead of decoration and convention, are the only right ones for children. Nor are the old line-drawings in black and white to be discarded. We need woodcuts as well as the engraved colour-plate; we need Cruikshank, Tenniel, Greenaway, and Crane, as well as Brooke, Rackham, Parrish, and Smith, for each has added a charm to some of the great literature of childhood. May children's books continue to fare well at the hands of talented artists. No more enduring work can be wrought than that in which a keen and sympathetic imagination gives expression to a picture that was first put into words.

The work in hand for the teacher is to secure the buying of as good an edition of a book as the boy can afford. The fact should be kept before him at all times that he can usually get the good edition if he is willing to do so. If it should happen that in any particular year the boy cannot afford all of the books that might be bought in that year, the teacher should see that the one or two most valuable ones are secured. For example, if he is a sixth-grade boy, he must by some means manage to get "Robinson Crusoe" and "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." The teacher's own interest, enthusiasm, and good taste will successfully solve what is to be done. As an aid in this direction it is to be hoped that book stores will display a number of good editions of each title of the standard books for children in order that a more satisfactory choice may be made of any one title. And the stores could do a good turn by having well-informed and painstaking clerks to aid in the selection of the right edition.

In the list that follows, a few low-priced editions without illustrations are given as well as the more artistic and expensive ones. The teacher may not care to own the large illustrated edition that appeals to the boy. Nor does he want an abridged edition. He may have to depart from the list in order to get a complete copy of such great books as "Don Quixote." For this particular title the teacher may range from the single volume of Motteaux's translation in "Everyman's Library" (one of the best issues of standard books for the teacher to select from at a low price) to that of the excellent translation by Shelton issued in the expensive "Tudor Translations." So does he need some complete edition of Lane's translation of "A Thousand and One Nights" with Harvey's illustrations if possible, such as the three-volume edition imported by Scribner, the four-volume edition in "Bohn's Standard Library," or the six-volume edition in the "Ariel Classics." Then again, it may happen that an edition such as the two-shilling edition of Grimm translated by Taylor and illustrated by Cruikshank, issued by the Oxford Press, is as good for the teacher as for the boy. But the appended list will not include and designate editions suitable for teachers only. The working out of such a list by the teacher for himself will indicate his interest in the task that is before him.

The list is not intended as a guide in building up an extensive library for the use of children. Its chief merit, no doubt, is in the fact that it is a limited list. And its first good result must be in the practice of the boy's buying a few books that are good and that will be read and reread. But little comment will be offered here and there on the preference of one edition over another. All editions designated by a star are well worth owning. A guess at the age for reading a book has been made, but with considerable latitude because of the unequal reading ability among children. The age from six to ten years, the primary grades of public school, will be indicated by the letter "P" placed before the title; the age from ten to fifteen years, the grammar grades of school, will be indicated by the letter "G" placed before the title. Any suggestions on included editions found unsatisfactory by experience, or on good editions omitted, will be gladly received. The sole aim herein is to present a list that will be of help to the teacher and the boys under him in finding the best that publishers have to give of the enduring literature for children.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES

P--but must be learned even if done in the college class in English.

*"Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books." Any or all of the following are merrily done: "The House That Jack Built"; "Sing a Song of Sixpence"; "The Queen of Hearts"; "Hey Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting"; "Ride a Cock Horse"; "The Frog That Would a-Wooing Go." 4to. Picture wrappers, 25 cents each. Warne.

"The Baby's Opera: Old Rhymes with New Dresses, Set to Music." Walter Crane. Small 4to. Varnished boards, $1.50. Warne. A second volume is "The Baby's Bouquet."

*"Our Old Nursery Rhymes." The original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated in colour by H. Willebeek LeMair. 11 x 9. Cloth, $1.50. McKay. Thirty well-known rhymes with dainty and aristocratic illustrations of unusual beauty. A second volume is called "Little Songs of Long Ago."

"Thirty Old-time Nursery Songs." Arranged by Joseph Moorat and pictured by Paul Woodroffe. Large 4to. Boards, $2.00. Schirmer.

"Old Songs and Rounds." Decorated in full colour by Boutet de Monvel. Arranged to music by Wider. Cloth, $2.25. Duffield. Both English and French texts are given. There is nothing more charming in all the realm of picture books, according to The Nation.

*"Mother Goose; or, The Old Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway. 16mo. Decorated boards, 60 cents. Warne. Forty-four rhymes done with this artist's usual charm and nursery propriety.

"The Only True Mother Goose Melodies." An exact reproduction of the text and illustrations of the original edition printed in Boston in 1834 by Munroe and Francis. An introduction by Edward Everett Hale. 16mo. Cloth, 60 cents. Houghton.

*"The Nursery Rhyme Book." Collected by Andrew Lang and illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Warne. Well illustrated.

"National Rhymes of the Nursery." Collected by George Saintsbury and illustrated by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. A splendid introduction for a teacher to read.

"Big Book of Nursery Rhymes." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton.

"A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes." Edited by S. Baring-Gould. Illustrated and decorated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. McClurg.

"Mother Goose's Melodies for Children; or, Songs for the Nursery." Edited by William A. Wheeler. Illustrated by numerous woodcuts. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton.

*"Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Century. Fine for a child.

"Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour by Fanny Y. Cory. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Bobbs-Merrill.

"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Tenniel, Hardy, and others. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Mother Goose." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated in duo-tone with line cuts by Will Bradley and others. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"Nursery Rhymes." Chosen by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by F. M. B. Blaikie. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Stokes.

"Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Grace E. Wiederseim. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"The Complete Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Ethel Franklin Betts. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes." Collected by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by John Hassall. 6-1/2x9. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Our Nursery Rhyme Book." Edited by Letty and Frank Littlewood. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Favourite Rhymes of Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour by Maria L. Kirk. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Cupples.

*"Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated by E. Stewart Hardy. Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.25. Dutton.

"Mother Goose in Silhouettes." Cut by Katharine G. Buffum. 6x6. Cloth, 75 cents. Lathrop. Forty-one clever pictures to twenty-three old rhymes.

"Mother Goose Book of Nursery Rhymes and Songs." From Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, 35 cents; leather, 70 cents. Dutton.

*"Mother Goose: A Book of Nursery Rhymes." Collected by Charles Welsh. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood. 12mo. Cloth, 30 cents. Heath. A good cheap edition.

"Heart of Oak Books: Book I." Edited by Charles Eliot Norton. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 12mo. Cloth, 25 cents. Heath.

*"This Little Pig's Picture Book." Illustrated by Walter Crane. 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Lane. Contains also "The Fairy Ship and King Luckieboy's Party."

"Mother Hubbard's Picture Book." Illustrated by Walter Crane. 4to. Paper, $.25. Lane.

"April Baby's Book of Tunes, The." By the author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden." Col. Ill. by Kate Greenaway. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Jingle Book." By Carolyn Wells. (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

G--COLLECTIONS OF VERSE

*"The Children's Treasury of English Song." Selected by Francis Turner Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. This is the best collection that has yet been made for children. The publishers of this collection could do a great service by issuing a large, attractive, well-illustrated edition, adding to it a judicious selection from the great volume of verse covering the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

"The Children's Garland from the Best Poets." Selected by Coventry Patmore. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"The Blue Book of Poetry." Selected by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans.

"A Book of Famous Verse." Selected by Agnes Repplier. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents. Houghton. A good selection, especially for boys.

"One Thousand Poems for Children: A Choice of the Best Verse Old and New." Selected by Roger Ingpen. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Jacobs.

"Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys." Selected and arranged by William Ernest Henley. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner.

"Our Children's Songs." Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Harper.

*"The Listening Child: A Selection from the Songs of English Verse, Made for the Youngest Readers and Hearers." Selected by Lucy W. Thatcher. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An edition at $.50.

"A Book of Verse for Children." Compiled by E. V. Lucas. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Holt.

"The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children." Selected by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Doubleday.

"Poems Children Love." Edited by Peurhyn W. Coussens. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dodge.

"Little Folks' Book of Verse." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.

"A Treasury of Verse for Little Children." Selected by M. G. Edgar. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by W. Pogany. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Crowell.

"The Golden Staircase." Selected by Louey Chisholm Illustrated in colour by M. Dibdin Spooner. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Putnam.

"A Child's Book of Old Verse." Selected and illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.

"The Treasure Book of Children's Verse." Edited by Mabel and Lillian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated in colour by M. Ethelred Gray. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Popular edition, $2.00.

*"The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyric Poems in the English Language." By Francis Turner Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. Before entering high school, the boy should own some edition of this great collection of verse.

"The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated by Hugh Thompson, W. Heath Robinson, and A. C. Michael. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Hodder. A good edition.

"The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.

"Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated in colour by Anning Bell. Square 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton.

"The Oxford Book of English Verse." By Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.90; leather and India paper, $3.50. Oxford Press. A good substitute for "The Golden Treasury."

"The Boy's Percy." Being old ballads of war, adventure, and love, from Bishop Thomas Percy's "Reliques of Ancient Poetry." Edited for boys by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated from original designs by E. B. Bonsell. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Scribner. A capital book for any boy who is a real reader.

*"A Book of English Ballads." Collected by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Decorative illustrations by George Wharton Edwards. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"The Ballad Book." Katharine Lee Bates. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Sibley. A very good selection deserving a more attractive make-up.

"The Ballad Book." William Allingham. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

*"Robin Hood: His Deeds and Adventures." The original ballads illustrated in colour by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"Ballads of Famous Fights." Illustrated in colour by W. H. C. Groome, Archibald Webb, and Dudley Fennant. Large 4to. Decorated boards, $1.25. Doran.

"The Oxford Book of Ballads." Chosen and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00; leather and India paper, $3.50. Oxford Press. Very complete and good for the high school age.

"English Narrative Poems." Selected and edited by Claude M. Fuers and Henry N. Sanborn. 24mo. (Pocket Classics.) Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Story Telling Poems." Edited by Frances J. Olcott. Narrow 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Houghton.

"Old English Ballads and Folk Songs." (Pocket Classics.) Edited by W. D. Armes. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Collection of Poetry for School Reading." By M. White. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Another Book of Verses for Children." By E. V. Lucas. Col. Ill. 8vo. $1.50. Macmillan.

"Nature Pictures by American Poets." By Annie R. Marble. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"The Sunday Book of Poetry for the Young." Selected by C. F. Alexander. (Golden Treasury Series.) 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"English Poets, The. Selections." 4 vols. By T. Humphry Ward. Each, 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. For reference and for the use of the teacher.

"Treasury of Irish Poetry, A." (Globe.) By S. A. Brooke and T. W. Rolleston. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Macmillan.

INDIVIDUAL WRITERS OF VERSE

*P--"Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats." Written principally by a lady of ninety (Mrs. Sharp) and edited by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. 16mo. Cloth, 1_s._ Allen.

*P--"John Gilpin's Ride." By William Cowper. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. 4to. Paper, 25 cents. Warne.

*P--"Nonsense Songs." By Edward Lear. Illustrated in colour by Leslie Brooke. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Warne.

*P--"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." By Robert Browning. Illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway. Post 4to. Varnished boards, $1.50. Warne.

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Illustrated in colour by Hope Dunlap. 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Rand.

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Margaret Terrant. 8vo. Decorated cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

*P--"A Child's Garden of Verses." By Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Florence Storer. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated in colour by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Bessie Collins Pease. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.00. Dodge.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated in colour. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Harper.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents. McKay.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Limp leather, 75 cents. Putnam. Good for a teacher.

*P--"Songs of Innocence." By William Blake. Illustrated by Geraldine Morris. 16mo. Cloth, 50 cents; leather, 75 cents. Lane.

"Songs of Innocence." Illustrated in colour by Honor C. Appleton. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Songs of Innocence." In Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam.

*P--"Sing Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book." By Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. 16mo. Cloth, $.80. Macmillan.

*P--"Lullaby Land." By Eugene Field. Selected by Kenneth Graham and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

*P--"Poems of Childhood." By Eugene Field. Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner.

*G--"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated in colour by W. Pogany. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Crowell.

G--"Tales of a Wayside Inn." By Henry W. Longfellow. Edited by J. H. Castleman. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*G--"The Song of Hiawatha." By Henry W. Longfellow. Cover in colour by Maxfield Parrish, frontispiece in colour by N. C. Wyeth, and 400 text illustrations by Frederic Remington. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton. A good edition.

G--"Hiawatha." By Henry W. Longfellow. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Bobbs-Merrill.

G--"The Children's Longfellow." Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Houghton.

G--"Poetical Works." Sir Walter Scott. With a memoir by Palgrave. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. (New Globe Poets.) Macmillan.

G--"Lyrical Poems." Alfred Lord Tennyson. Edited by Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. (Golden Treasury Series.) Macmillan.

FAIRY STORIES

P--GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF FAIRY AND HOUSEHOLD STORIES

*"Puss in Boots" and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Illustrated by H. M. Brock. 10-1/2x9. Art boards, $1.00. Warne. Delightful!

*"Beauty and the Beast Picture Book." Done by Walter Crane. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Lane. Contains also "The Frog Prince" and "The Hind in the Wood."

*"The Golden Goose Book." Illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Warne. Contains also "The Three Bears," "The Three Pigs," and "The History of Tom Thumb." A delightful volume.

*"The Cruikshank Fairy Book." Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00; a cheaper edition at $1.00. Putnam. Contains the famous stories of "Puss in Boots," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Hop o' My Thumb," and "Cinderella." Every child should own this book.

*"English Fairy Tales." Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by John D. Batton. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam. Too entertaining to miss. The editor and illustrator have done almost as good work in "More English Fairy Tales," "Celtic Fairy Tales," and "More Celtic Fairy Tales."

"English Fairy Tales." Edited by Ernest and Grace Rhys. Illustrated by Anning Bell and Herbert Cole. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton. A few of the more common tales.

"Mother Goose Nursery Tales." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by E. Stewart Hardy and others. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Tales of Past Times." As written down by Perrault. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 16mo. Cloth, $.40; leather, $.60. Dutton.

"Perrault's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with colour plates by Honor C. Appleton. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose." Edited by Charles Welsh and illustrated after Dore. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"Mother Goose Nursery Tales." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by A. E. Jackson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"The English Fairy Book." Edited by Ernest Rhys. Illustrated in colours. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Stokes. Uniform with this may be had well-selected, well-illustrated, and well-made volumes of Scottish and Italian fairy tales.

"Fairy Gold: A Book of Old English Fairy Tales." Chosen by Ernest Rhys and illustrated by Herbert Cole. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A cheap edition in Everyman's Library.

"A Child's Book of Stories." Edited by Peurhyn Wingfield Coussens. Illustrated in colour by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Quarto. Cloth, $2.25. Duffield. Eighty-seven well-known tales.

"The Big Book of Fairy Tales." Selected and edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Large 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Caldwell. Thirty well-known tales.

*"The Fairy Book." Edited by Dinah Maria Mulock. Illustrated with 36 plates in colour by Walter Goble. Large 8vo. Cloth, $5.00. Macmillan. An excellent edition of one of the best collections of fairy tales ever made. Dainty and artistic coloured plates.

"The Blue Fairy Book." Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford and G. P. Jacont Hood. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans. The dozen colour fairy books are not all equally good, this being the best one.

"The Fairy Book." Collected by Dinah Maria Mulock. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Harper. Thirty-six familiar tales.

"The Oak Tree Fairy Book." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated from pictures by Willard Bonte. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Little. A half-hundred stories with all of the terrible taken out. There are more tree books.

"The Fairy Ring." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated by E. M. Mackinstry. 8vo. Cloth, $1.35. Doubleday. Other titles by the same editors are "Magic Casements," "Tales of Wonder," and "Tales of Laughter."

"Fairy Tales Old and New." With colour plates and text illustrations by Arthur Rackham and other artists. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Cassell.

"In Fairy Land: Tales Told Again." Edited by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated in colour by Katharine Cameron. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Putnam. Twenty-six familiar tales. A second volume is "The Enchanted Land."

"The Reign of King Oberon." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Dutton. A cheap edition in Everyman's Library. In uniform editions are "The Reign of King Cole" and "The Reign of King Herla."

"Household Tales and Fairy Stories." Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert and others. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Dutton.

"Forty Famous Fairy Tales." From Jacobs, Grimm, Perrault, and Andersen. Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Putnam.

"Fairy Tales Children Love." Edited by Charles Welsh. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Dodge.

"The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French." Retold by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch. Illustrated in colour by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Contains "Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," and "Bluebeard," as well as a good introduction and artistic plates. Popular edition at $2.00.

"Old, Old Fairy Tales." Selected by Mrs. Valentine. Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75. Thirteen good tales.

"The Fairy Book." (Everychild's Series.) By Kate Forrest Oswell. 16mo. Ill. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"The Twenty Best Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"Favourite Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper. Seventeen familiar stories.

"The Rose Fairy Book." Edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lillian A. Govey. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Where the Wind Blows: Being Ten Fairy Tales from Ten Nations." Collected by Katharine Pyle and illustrated by Bertha Corson Day, in colour. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Dutton.

"The Wild Flower Fairy Book." Compiled by Esther Singleton. Illustrated by Charles Buckles Falls. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Dodd. Twenty-five tales from all countries.

"Fairy Tales." Comtesse d'Aulnoy. Translated by J. R, Planche. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lydia F. Emmet. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. McKay.

"Fairy Tales." By Edward Laboulaye. Fully illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Fairy Tales." By William Hauff. Translated by L. L. Weedon. Fully illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"The Hungarian Fairy Book." Collected by Nander Pogany and illustrated in black and red by Willy Pogany. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Stokes. With all of the terrible left in.

"Folk Tales From Many Lands." Collected by Lillian Gask and illustrated by Willy Pogany. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"Outlook Fairy Book for Little People." By Laura Winnington. Ill. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"Folk Tales of East and West." Collected by John Harrington Cox. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Little.

"The Book of Folk Stories." Rewritten by Horace E. Scudder. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Houghton. Good for a teacher.

"Fairy Tales." Selected and adapted by W. J. Rolf. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. American.

"Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Charles Copeland. 16mo. Cloth, 2 vols., $.35 each. Ginn.

"Six Nursery Classics." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by Ernest Fosbery. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath. Contains "Dame Wiggins of Lee" with the Greenaway pictures.

"Old World Wonder Stories." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by J. V. Hollis. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

*"The Children's Book." A collection of the best and most famous poems and stories in the English language, chosen by Horace E. Scudder. Illustrated in fifteen full-page plates and many text illustrations by Dore, Chruikshank, and others. Cover design by Maxfield Parrish. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton. In this book are ballads, fables, fairy stories from Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," and other sources, as well as "Goody Two Shoes," selections from "Gulliver's Travels," classic myths, and other well-known stories. The best single book for a child to own. Big and good.

"TALES OF A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS"

P and G--or any age. Lovers of a good tale, both young and old, should be thankful for this work of Queen Scheherazade, done as it was to prevent her husband from cutting off her head. While kings are yet in fashion could not some other one succeed as well?

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." Retold by Gladys Davidson and illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 5_s._ Blackie. Eight tales for young children.

"The Arabian Nights." Selected and retold by Gladys Davidson. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Caldwell.

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." Edited by E. Dixon. Illustrated by John D. Batton. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dent. Sixteen of the better-known tales told for boys and girls. An attractive edition.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by W. H. D. Rouse. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Eight tales that are well known.

"The Arabian Nights: Their Best Known Tales." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner. Eleven tales.

"The Arabian Nights." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Rene Bull. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. Dodd.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." Retold by Laurence Houseman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, with 50 colour plates. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Six tales. Issued in an edition at $1.50.

"Arabian Nights." A six-volume edition from the Lane text with additions by Stanley Lane-Poole. 16mo. Leather, $.75 a volume. Putnam. In the Ariel Classics. Good for the teacher.

"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Translated by E. W. Lane. Edited by S. Lane-Poole. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00 each. Macmillan.

"Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Translated by Edward William Lane. Illustrated from the original Lane designs by eminent artists. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. McKay. Good for the teacher.

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton. Everyman's Library.

"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Edited by George Tyler Townsend. Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Issued also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"The Arabian Nights." Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, Helen Stratton, and others. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

*"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Frances J. Olcott, from the Lane translation. Illustrated by Munro Orr. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Heath. A judicious selection of stories.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated by Casper Emerson and Leon D'Elmo. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." Illustrated. 16mo. Half leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"Arabian Nights." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"The Arabian Nights." Selected and edited by Edward Everett Hale. 12mo. Cloth, $.45. Ginn.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." 12mo. Cloth, $.60. American.

P--"FAIRY AND HOUSEHOLD TALES"

AS COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY JACOB AND WILHELM GRIMM

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales: Selected and Edited for Little Folks." Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 6_s._ Blackie. Fifteen tales well done.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Translated by L. L. Weeden. Illustrated in colour by Ada Dennis and black-and-white by E. Stewart Hardy. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Thirty-two tales illustrated for young children.

*"Household Stories." Translated from the German of the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane and done into pictures by Walter Crane. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. In the New Cranford Series. "A lasting joy."

"Grimm's Household Tales." Translated by Marion Edwards. Illustrated by R. Anning Bell. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. Forty-nine tales.

"Grimm's Household Stories." Edited and illustrated by J. R. Monsell, in colour and black-and-white. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Cassell.

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales." From the Taylor translation with an introduction by John Ruskin. Illustrated in colour by Charles Folkard. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black. Fifty-six tales.

"Fairy Tales from Grimm." With an introduction by S. Barring-Gould and illustrations by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Forty-four tales.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." All of the best-known stories edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by Hope Dunlap. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott. Sixty-three tales.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales and Stories." A complete translation by Mrs. H. B. Paull. Fully illustrated in colour and black-and-white. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with colour plates by Noel Pocock. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran. Fifty-five tales.

"The House in the Woods and Other Fairy Stories." Illustrated in colour and pen-and-ink drawings by Leslie Brooke. Large 8vo. Boards, $1.35. Warne.

"Grimm's Animal Stories." Decorations and pictures in colour by John Rae. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Duffield.

*"Gammer Grethel; or, Fairy Tales and Stories." The original stories as taken down from a peasant woman by Jacob Grimm. Illustrated with woodcuts after George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. In Bohn's Illustrated Library. Macmillan.

"The Popular Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm." A reprint of the first English edition, with notes and illustrations by George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton. Any one of the last three would be good for the teacher.

"Grimm's Household Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Half leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"Grimm's Tales." Translated by Lucy Crane. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Edited by J. H. Fassett. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with 50 colour plates and black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 7-1/2x10. Cloth, $6.00. Doubleday. An elegant edition. In cheaper form at $1.50.

P--"DANISH LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES"

BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

*"Andersen's Fairy Stories for Youngest Children." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas and illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 5_s._ Blackie.

*"Wonder Stories Told for Children." Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Houghton.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by A. Duncan Carse. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas. Illustrated by Thomas, Charles, and William Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. Thirty-eight of the best-known tales.

*"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas. Illustrated with colour plates and line drawings by Maxwell Armfield. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. Forty-one tales.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by F. Pape. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Translated by W. Angledorff. Illustrated by E. Stewart Hardy, in colour and black-and-white. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Twenty-nine tales.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." With an introduction by Edward Clodd and illustrations by Gordon Browne. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Twenty-five tales.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated by J. J. Mora. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Dana.

"Danish Legends and Fairy Tales." Fully illustrated by wood engravings. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In Bohn's Illustrated Library. Macmillan.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton. Either of the last two is convenient for the teacher.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Translated by H. Oscar Sommer. Illustrated in colour by Cecile Walton. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Stories." Translated by H. L. Breakstead, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse and illustrations by Hans Tegner. Imperial 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Century. Forty-two stories.

"Stories from Hans Andersen." Illustrated with 28 colour-plates by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Doran. Six tales, including "The Snow Queen."

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by W. Heath Robinson. 4to. Cloth, $3.50. Heath.

"The Snow Queen and Other Stories from Hans Andersen." Illustrated in colour-plates by Edmund Dulac. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Danish Fairy Legends and Tales." By Hans Andersen. Trans, by Caroline Peachey and H. W. Dulcken. Introd. by Sarah C. Brooks. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

P--"THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES, OTHERWISE CALLED MRS. MARGERY TWO SHOES"

BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH

*"Little Goody Two Shoes." Illustrated by Marion L. Peabody after the woodcuts of the original edition of 1765. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"Little Goody Two Shoes." Illustrated by Jessie M. King. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Little Goody Two Shoes." Found in the second book of the "Heart of Oak Books." Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 12mo. Cloth, $.35. Heath.

P--"GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR AND ITS TALES OF FAIRY TIMES"

BY FRANCES BROWNE

*"Granny's Wonderful Chair and the Tales That It Told." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood after Mrs. Seymour Lucas. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Heath. Fairy tales of great merit.

"Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times." Illustrated in colour by W. H. Margetson. Square 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Doran.

"Granny's Wonderful Chair." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton.

P--"THE ROSE AND THE RING; OR, THE HISTORY OF PRINCE GIGLIO AND PRINCE BULBO

A FIRESIDE PANTOMIME FOR GREAT AND SMALL CHILDREN"

BY MR. M. A. TITMARSH (THACKERAY)

*"The Rose and the Ring." With an introduction by Edward Everett Hale and woodcuts after the originals by Thackeray. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"The Rose and the Ring." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"The Rose and the Ring." 16mo. Leather, $.75. In Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"The Rose and the Ring." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

*"The Rose and the Ring." The original illustrations with others in colour by J. R. Monsell. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

P--"ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND"

BY LEWIS CARROLL

*"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. It is hard to prefer any other edition to this one.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $.75. Putnam.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by John Tenniel with colour plates by Maria L. Kirk. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Stokes.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by John Tenniel. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam. In the Ariel Classics. Good for the teacher.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $1.40. Doubleday. A fine edition.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Bessie Collins Pease. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and line by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $1.10. Cassell.

"Alice in Wonderland." Pictures in colour by Millicent Sowerby. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Duffield.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and line by W. H. Walker. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Lane.

"Alice in Wonderland." With an introduction by E. S. Martin and illustrations by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Harper.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated with 90 coloured plates by Henry Rosentree. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Nelson.

P--"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE"

BY LEWIS CARROLL

*"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $.75. Putnam.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 16mo. Leather, $.75. In the Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated in colour and pen-and-ink sketches by Bessie Collins Pease. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There." (Standard School Library.) 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $.60. Harper.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Through the Looking Glass." Bound with "Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour by Eleanore Plaisted Abbot. Original illustrations by Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Jacobs.

P--"THE WATER-BABIES: A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY"

BY CHARLES KINGSLEY

"Water Babies." Illustrated in colour by Katherine Cameron. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"Water-Babies." With an introduction by Rose G. Kingsley and illustrations in colour by Margaret W. Tarrant. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour by Ethel Everett. 12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25. Little.

*"The Water-Babies." Illustrated by Linley Sanbourne. 12 mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

*"The Water-Babies." Illustrated by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $.80. Macmillan.

"Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour by Agnes Foringe. Square 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Doran.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Water-Babies, The." (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

G--"AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND"

BY GEORGE MACDONALD

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated in colour by Frank C. Pape and in black-and-white by Arthur Hughes. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Caldwell.

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Dutton.

*"At the Back of the North Wind." With the original illustrations by Arthur Hughes and plates in colour by Maria L. Kirk. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._ Blackie.

FOUR WORTHIES

"AESOP'S FABLES"

P--This enduring form of literature may be read in almost any grade. The edition is to be determined largely by the grade for which it is designed. In point of effectiveness in showing human experiences and weaknesses by means of animal action, the classic fable has never been equalled by any other form of literature. He would be a rash man who would claim that Lincoln owed to Euclid more of his power to think out a question and carry his point than he did to AEsop. Fables are imaginative literature, and in that lies their power rather than in their didactic assertion that later became attached as a moral to be pointed. They need but one moral, as G. K. Chesterton so aptly observes; for nothing in this world has more than one moral.

*"The Fables of AEsop." Selected and told anew by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Richard Heighway. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In the New Cranford Series. Macmillan. Good for younger children, but should be printed without notes and advertisements.

*"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in colour-plates. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Doubleday. An attractive edition, except the poor binding, for older children. The introduction by G. K. Chesterton is very readable for grown-ups.

*"A Hundred Fables of AEsop." From the English version of Sir Roger L'Estrange with an introduction by Kenneth Grahame and illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lane. Good in its quaint English.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated by Boyd Smith. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Century.

"The Fables of AEsop." Illustrated with colour-plates by Edward Detmond. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Harrison Weir. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"AEsop's Fables." Edited by Gordon Holmes and illustrated by Charles Folkard. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black.

"Big Book of Fables." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Caldwell.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by J. M. Conde. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Moffat.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and line by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"The Book of Fables." Chosen and phrased by Horace E. Scudder. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Houghton. Good.

"AEsop's Fables." Translated from the original sources by the Reverend Thomas James. Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam. A useful old edition for the teacher and for the older boy who will read a dainty book done in red binding.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated. In the Chandos Classics. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Warne. Good for the teacher.

"AEsop's Fables." Edited by J. H. Stickney. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.35. Ginn.

"The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated by Harold Nelson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Doubleday. From AEsop, La Fontaine, Bidpai, and other sources.

*"Select Fables from La Fontaine adapted from the Translation of Elizier Wright for the Use of the Young." Illustrated in colour by Boutet de Monvel. 11 x 9. Cloth, $2.25. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. No better illustrations have yet appeared to any child's book.

G--"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD"

BY JONATHAN SWIFT

Though abridged texts are generally a presumption and a blunder, there is little warrant for school children's having more than the first two voyages, to Lilliput and to Brobdingnag, of this remarkable book. An expurgated edition is probably necessary in an age accustomed to a cloak of conventional insinuation in a story rather than to the blunt frankness that obtained in the times of Swift.

*"Gulliver's Voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag." Illustrated in colour by P. A. Stozios. 8vo. Cloth, $2.25. Holt.

"Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"Gulliver's Travels." Adapted for the young by W. B. Scott. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by A. E. Jackson. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Gulliver's Travels." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by C. Johnson. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated by Stephen de la Bere. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

*"Gulliver's Travels." With an introduction by Sir Henry Craik and illustrations by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In the New Cranford Series. Macmillan. All of the voyages with old-fashioned spelling and capitalization that make it an attractive edition to the student.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton. Good edition.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated in imitation of woodcuts by Louis Rhead. Introduction by William Dean Howells. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"Gulliver's Travels." Reprinted from the first edition, expurgated and revised. Illustrated by Herbert Cole. Square 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Lane.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated by Gordon Browne. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Scribner.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The separate voyages each in a single volume. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Gulliver's Travels." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag only. Edited by T. M. Balliet. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Heath.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

G--"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME; DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM"

BY JOHN BUNYAN

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Frank C. Pape. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. A stately edition of both parts.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Fourteen etchings by William Strang. A new and cheaper reissue of the original plates. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. A good edition.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." With an introduction by the Bishop of Durham. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour by Byam Shaw. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner importation. A fine edition.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." With a life of the author by the Reverend John Brown. Illustrated in colour by James Clark. Super royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.40. Cassell.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Introduction by the Reverend H. R. Haweis. Illuminated pages and 120 designs by the Brothers Rhead. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Century. This attractive edition contains the first part only.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated by Harold Copping. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Revel. Has the authentic text with illustrations in Puritan dress.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by Canon Venable and Mabel Peacock. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." 12mo. Linen boards, $.75. In the Chandos Classics. Warne.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 16mo. Cloth, $.40. The first part only. Merrill.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by D. H. Montgomery. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Ginn.

G--"THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE OF YORK, MARINER, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF"

BY DANIEL DEFOE

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated with 24 separately mounted colour plates by Noel Pocock. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Hodder. A fine edition, including the first part only. The cover page, illustrated with nothing but a human footprint in the sand, could not have been more happily done.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated with over a hundred pen-and-ink drawings, head-and-tail pieces, and decorations done in old woodcut style by the Brothers Rhead. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper. The first part only. A good edition.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and with chapter headings by E. Boyd Smith. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton. The first part only. Good.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour by W. B. Robinson. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Archibald Webb. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by H. Kingsley. Illustrated in colour. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner importation.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour by Eleanore P. Abbott. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Jacobs.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited with introduction and notes by Charles R. Gaston. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. The first part only. Merrill.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $1.40. Cassell. Both parts.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and line by J. A. Symington. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton. Both parts.

"Robinson Crusoe." Reprinted from the original edition of 1718 with an introduction by William Lee, Esq. Illustrated by Ernest Griset. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Reprinted from the edition of 1719. With an introduction by Edward Everett Hale and illustrations by C. E. Brock and D. L. Munro. 12mo. Cloth, $.60. Heath. The first part only.

"Robinson Crusoe." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

"Robinson Crusoe." 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Robinson Crusoe." 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Cassell.

BOOKS OF DISTINCTION MADE FROM OTHER BOOKS ON PURPOSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

"TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE"

BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMB

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker. An attractive edition.

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Byam Shaw. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An 8vo. edition at $2.50.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour by N. M. Price. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner importation.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by twelve plates from the Boydell Gallery. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Scribner importation.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton. With the original preface and with "Pericles" omitted.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Romney, Hamilton, Kauffman, and others, selected from the Boydell engravings. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Homer W. Colby after Pille. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Heath.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated. 12mo. Linen boards, $.75. In the Chandos Classics. Warne.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Cassell.

"Lamb's Tragedies and Comedies." Edited by W. J. Rolfe. 12mo. Cloth, $.60. American.

"Lamb: Tales from Shakespeare." Edited by A. Ainger. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

It might not be amiss to insert several other volumes of tales from Shakespeare's plays at this point. Among these the following have proved themselves good:

"Shakespeare in Tale and Verse." By G. Louis Hufford. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"The Shakespeare Story-Book." Told by Mary Macleod. With an introduction by Sidney Lee and illustrations by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Gardner. Sixteen tragedies and comedies.

"Stories from Shakespeare." Told by Thomas Carter. Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"Shakespeare's Stories of the English Kings." Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell. This and the preceding volume are rich in excerpts from the plays. After Lamb has been appreciated, the reading of these stories will help the boy along toward the plays in the original text.

"Historic Tales from Shakespeare." Told by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

"The Tempest." Edited by S. C. Newson. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

"The Merchant of Venice." Edited by Charlotte Underwood. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

G--"THE WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS." "TANGLEWOOD TALES FOR GIRLS AND BOYS: A SECOND WONDER-BOOK."

BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

"Hawthorne's Wonder-Book." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by L. E. Wolfe. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by R. H. Beggs. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." Illustrated in colour and decorated by Walter Crane. Square 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Houghton. A fine edition.

*"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated and decorated by George Wharton Edwards. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton.

*"The Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield. A very good edition.

*"A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by H. Granville Fell. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. The pictures have a classic touch.

"A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." Illustrated by F. S. Church. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton.

"A Wonder-Book." Illustrated in colour by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"The Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Jacobs.

"A Wonder-Book." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by George Soper. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated 8vo. Half-leather, $.75. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Wonder-Book." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

G--"THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES"

BY CHARLES LAMB

It is strange that educators and publishers have not recognized the merits of this work and that it has not been issued in a well-illustrated form. Lamb's own estimate of it in a letter to a friend is right: "Chapman is divine and my abridgement has not quite emptied him of his divinity."

*"The Adventures of Ulysses." Edited by W. P. Trent and illustrated after Flaxman. 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Heath.

"The Adventures of Ulysses." 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Ginn.

*"The Adventures of Ulysses." With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Square 8vo. Cloth, $.50. Longmans.

"The Heart of Oak Books." Book IV. Illustrations after Flaxman, Turner, and Burne-Jones. 12mo. Cloth, $.45. Heath.

P--"THE HEROES; OR, GREEK FAIRY TALES FOR MY CHILDREN"

BY CHARLES KINGSLEY

"Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children." Illustrated in colour by T. H. Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

*"The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children." Illustrated in colour and line by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

*"The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"Greek Heroes." Illustrated. 16mo. Limp leather, $.75. In the Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"Greek Heroes." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

*"Greek Heroes." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Greek Heroes." Edited by John Tetlow. 16mo. Cloth, $.30. Ginn.

"Kingsley's Heroes: Greek Fairy Tales." Edited by C. A. McMurry. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Kingsley's Heroes." American edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

G--"THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA"

BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA

*"Don Quixote of the Mancha." Retold for children by Judge Parry from Shelton's translation. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Crane. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lane. A delightful volume that will entertain royally any boy who has a sense of humour. The right one to own.

"Don Quixote." Adapted for the young from Motteaux's translation. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Paul Hardy. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Dutton.

"The Adventures of Don Quixote." Translated and abridged by Dominick Daly. Illustrated in colour by Stephen de la Bere. Square 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black.

*"Don Quixote." Edited by Clifton Johnson. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Macmillan.

"Don Quixote de la Mancha." Abridged from the translation of Duffield and Shelton by Mary E. Burt and Lucy Leffingwell Cable. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Scribner.

"Don Quixote of La Mancha." Abridged and edited by Mabel E. Wharton. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Ginn.

"Don Quixote for Young People." Rewritten by James Baldwin. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. American.

"Adventures of Don Quixote." Translated by D. Daly and illustrated in colour by S. B. de la Bere. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan. For the teacher.

MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND STORIES OF ROMANCE FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

G--ROBIN HOOD

*"The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire." Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Scribner. A capital book for any boy.

"Robin Hood and His Adventures." Written by Paul Cheswick and illustrated by T. H. Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton.

*"Robin Hood." Written by Henry Gilbert. Illustrated in colour by Walter Crane. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"The Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men." Told by John Finnemore and illustrated in colour by Allen Stewart. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band." Penned and pictured by Louis Rhead. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"Robin Hood." Told by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated by Bonte. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.

*"Life in the Greenwood." Edited by Marion Florence Lancing and illustrated by Charles Copeland. 16mo. Cloth, $.35. Ginn. For very young children.

"Robin Hood: His Book." Told by Eva March Tappan. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Little.

G--KING ARTHUR

*"The Boy's King Arthur." Edited by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by Alfred Kepper, Alfred Fredericks, and E. B. Bonsell. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Scribner. The boy should also read the author's "Knightly Legends of Wales."

"The Story of King Arthur and His Knights." Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Scribner. The author has these volumes to his credit. "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table," "The Story of Sir Lancelot," "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur."

"King Arthur's Knights." Told by Henry Gilbert and illustrated in colour by Walter Crane. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: Stories from Sir Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur." Told by Mary Macleod and illustrated by A. G. Walker. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Tales of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table." Told by Margaret Vere Farrington. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam.

"The King Who Never Died." By Dorothy Senior. Illustrated in colour plates. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights." Compiled from Malory by Sir James Knowles. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Lancelot Speed. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Warne.

"Malory's King Arthur and His Knights." Version by B. H. Lathrop. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

*"Page, Esquire, and Knight." Told by Marion Lancing and illustrated by Charles Copeland. 16mo. Cloth, $.35. Ginn. For young children.

*"The Age of Chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur." By Thomas Bulfinch. Edited by J. Loughran Scott. Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. McKay. This is about as good a telling as the studious boy can find. But if he has a taste for pure literary form, he will surely come to know Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" and prefer it to any prose version.

"Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Text of Caxton." (Globe.) 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Macmillan.

"Malory's Morte d'Arthur Selections." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by D. W. Swiggett. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

G--CLASSIC MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME

*"The Age of Fable; or, the Beauties of Mythology." Told by Thomas Bulfinch. Edited by J. Loughran Scott. Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. McKay. Every boy should own this or some other edition of this great work.

"The Age of Fable; or, the Beauties of Mythology." Edited by W. H. Knapp. Fully illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Altemus.

"The Age of Fable; or, the Beauties of Mythology." Edited by Edward Everett Hale. Fully illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Lathrop.

"The AEneid for Boys and Girls." By Alfred J. Church. Illustrated in colour. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

*"A Story of the Golden Age." Told by James Baldwin and illustrated by Howard Pyle. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner. Ends where the Iliad begins.

"The Greek Heroes: Stories Translated from Niebuhr." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Cassell.

"The Boy's Iliad." Told by Walter C. Perry. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"The Boy's Odyssey." Told by Walter C. Perry. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

*"Story of the Iliad." Told by Alfred John Church. With illustrations after Flaxman. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An edition in colour plates at $1.50.

"Story of the Odyssey." Told by Alfred John Church. With illustrations after Flaxman. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An edition in colour plates at $1.50.

"Heroes of Chivalry and Romance." By A. J. Church. Ill. in colour plates by G. Morrow. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Macmillan.

"Heroes of the Olden Time." By Pamela M. Cole. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Story of the Golden Apple." By Pamela M. Cole. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

*"Adventures of Odysseus." By F. S. Marvin and others. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Dutton. An easy telling done with attractive pictures.

"The Odyssey Translated into English Prose." By George H. Palmer. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Houghton. A complete story that will be a little difficult for the child to read, but well worth his while.

"Half-a-Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and the Men of Old." Edited by Francis Storr and illustrated by Frank C. Pape. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Holt.

"Gods and Heroes; or, the Kingdom of Jupiter." By Robert Edward Francillion. The authorized American edition. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Ginn.

*"Stories of Old Greece and Rome." By Emilie Kip Baker. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. A very good combination of literature and mythology. An edition with pronouncing index at $1.00.

G--NORSE MYTHS

*"Norse Stories Told from the Eddas." By Hamilton Wright Mabie. Illustrated in colour and decorated by George Wright. 8vo. Cloth, $1.80. Dodd.

"In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales." By Abbie F. Brown. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.10. Houghton. Easier to read than the one above.

"Stories of the Norse Heroes." Retold from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. Illustrated by J. C. Donaldson. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"One for Wod and One for Lok." Told by Thomas Cartwright. Illustrated in colour. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton.

*"Heroes of Asgard." By A. and E. Keary. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"Brave Beowulf." Told by Thomas Cartwright. Illustrated in colour by Patten Wilson. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton.

"Beowulf." Told by John Harrington Cox. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Little.

"Popular Tales from the Norse." By Sir George Webb Dasent. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Putnam. A collection of folk-tales.

"Out of the Northland." By E. K. Baker. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Stories from Northern Myths." By E. K. Baker. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

G--FROM CHAUCER

*"Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims." Told by F. J. H. Darton. With an introduction by F. J. Furnival and illustrations by Hugh Thompson. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"The Chaucer Story Book." By Eva March Tappan. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton.

"Canterbury Chimes; or, Chaucer Tales Retold to Children." By Francis Storr and Hawes Turner. 12mo. Cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._ Kegan Paul.

"The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Modern Version in Prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales." By Percy MacKaye. Illustrated in colour by Walter Appleton Clark. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.

"Stories from Chaucer." By J. W. McSpaden. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Chaucer's Prologue to the Book of the Tales of Canterbury." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by A. Ingraham. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

G--"_The Faerie Queene_"

*"Stories from the Faerie Queene." Told by Mary Macleod. Illustrated by A. G. Walker. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Well done.

"Fairy Queen and Her Knights, The." By Alfred J. Church. Col. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Stories from the Faerie Queene." Told by Lawrence Dawson. Illustrated by Gertrude D. Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"Una and the Red Cross Knight and Other Tales from Spenser's Faerie Queene." By N. G. Royde-Smith. Illustrated in colour and decorated by T. H. Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

G--OTHER LEGEND AND ROMANCE

*"Book of Legends." Gathered and rewritten by Horace E. Scudder. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Houghton. Such tales as "St. George and the Dragon," "The Wandering Jew," and "The Flying Dutchman."

"Heroic Legends." By Agnes Grazier Herbertson. Illustrated in colour by Helen Stratton. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Caldwell. Stories of "Valentine and Orsen," "St. George and the Dragon," "Christopher," and others.

*"Wonder-Book of Old Romance." Told by F. J. H. Darton and illustrated by A. G. Walker. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Stories such as "Guy of Warwick," "King Horn," and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

"Stories from Old French Romance." Told by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Stokes. Stories such as "Ogier the Dane" and "Aucassin and Nicolete."

"Heroes of Chivalry and Romance." By A. J. Church. Illustrated in colour by Grace Morrow. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Macmillan.

"The Story of Roland." Told by James Baldwin and illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

*"A Chevalier of Old France." The Song of Roland translated and adapted from Old French texts by John Harrington Cox. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Little.

"Book of Romance." By Andrew Lang. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by H. J. Ford. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.60. Longmans. The stories of King Arthur, Robin Hood, Roland, and others.

"Stories of Persian Heroes." Told by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton. Illustrated and decorated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"Children's Tales from Scottish Ballads." Told by E. W. Grievson and illustrated in colour by A. Stewart. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

"Book of Ballad Stories." Told by Mary Macleod. With an introduction by Edward Dowden and illustrations by A. G. Walker. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. "Robin Hood," "Patient Griselda," "Sir Cauline," and many other romantic tales.

"Almost True Stories." Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Putnam. Among others are found "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Paradise of Children," "The Lady of Shalot," and "Cupid and Psyche."

"Great Opera Stories." By M. S. Bender. (Everychild's Series.) Ill. 16mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Thirty Indian Legends." By Margaret Bemister. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Stories from the Classic Literature of Many Nations." Edited by Bertha Palmer. (Standard School Library.) 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

*"Children's Book of Celtic Stories." By E. W. Grievson. Illustrated in colour by A. Stewart. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

G--A FEW LONG STORIES OF ROMANTIC ADVENTURE

"TREASURE ISLAND"

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

*"Treasure Island." Illustrated in colour by N. C. Wyeth. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner. An excellent edition.

*"Treasure Island." Illustrated in colour by John C. Cameron. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Cassell.

"Treasure Island." Illustrated by Walter Paget. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner.

"Treasure Island." Small 12mo. Cloth, $1.25; limp leather, $1.50. Small.

"Treasure Island." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Jacobs.

"Treasure Island." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

*"Treasure Island." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Treasure Island." 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Scribner.

"Stevenson's Treasure Island." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by H. A. Vance. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

The boy who has read this capital story of adventure must of necessity have more of Stevenson and had better try "Kidnapped" next. He may sometime become absorbed in the wonderful tales of a favourite of Stevenson himself, Dumas. Listen to the testimony of Thackeray about the great French story-teller as it was written in the essay, "On a Lazy, Idle Boy": "What was the book in the hands of my lad as he stood by the river shore? Do you suppose that it was Livy, or the Greek grammar? No: it was D'Artagnan locking up General Monk in a box, or the prisoner of the Chateau d'If cutting himself out of the sack fifty feet under water and swimming to the island of Monte Cristo. Be assured the lazy boy was reading Dumas; and as for the tender pleadings of his mother that he should not let his supper grow cold--I don't believe the scapegrace cared one fig. No! Figs are sweet, but fictions are sweeter."

G--"THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS"

BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

*"Last of the Mohicans." Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Holt.

"Last of the Mohicans." Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam.

"The Last of the Mohicans." Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"The Last of the Mohicans." Illustrated. 2 vols. 16mo. Cloth, $3.00. Macmillan.

*"The Last of the Mohicans." Illustrated by H. M. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $.80. Macmillan.

"The Last of the Mohicans." Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Half-leather, $.70. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Last of the Mohicans." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

*"Last of the Mohicans." 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Heath.

"Last of the Mohicans." 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

If the boy does not own, he should at least read, the other four volumes of the Leather Stocking Tales as well as one or two of Cooper's sea tales, such as "The Pilot," and "The Red Rover."

G--"IVANHOE: A ROMANCE"

BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

"Ivanhoe." Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Lippincott.

"Ivanhoe." Illustrated by H. M. Eaton. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"Ivanhoe." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Appleton.

"Ivanhoe." Fully illustrated. Post 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. In the Andrew Lang edition. Dana.

*"Ivanhoe." Fully illustrated. Post 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. In the Heather edition. Harper.

"Ivanhoe." Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Half-leather, $.70. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"Ivanhoe." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton. Everyman's Library.

*"Ivanhoe." Illustrated by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Heath.

*"Ivanhoe." Illustrated in colour by E. Boyd Smith. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton.

"Ivanhoe." 12mo. Cloth, $.60. Ginn.

"Ivanhoe." 12mo. Cloth, $.40. American.

"Ivanhoe." 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Ivanhoe." (Dryburgh Edition.) 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

This introduction to Scott should certainly be followed by a reading of "Quentin Durward," "Rob Roy," "The Talisman," and "Guy Mannering."

G--"LORNA DOONE: A ROMANCE OF EXMOOR"

BY RICHARD D. BLACKMORE

*"Lorna Doone." Illustrated in colour by Christopher Clarke. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Crowell. A very good edition.

*"Lorna Doone." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Gordon Browne. 4to. Cloth, $4.20. Stokes.

"Lorna Doone." Illustrated with photogravures. 2 vols. 16mo. Cloth, $2.50; limp leather, $3.00. Putnam.

"Lorna Doone." Illustrated by plates printed in sepia. 2 vols. 12mo. Cloth, $3.00; leather, $5.00. Rand.

*"Lorna Doone." Illustrated by Mrs. Catharine Weed Ward. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Harper.

"Lorna Doone." Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"Lorna Doone." Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam.

"Lorna Doone." Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Rand.

"Lorna Doone." Illustrated. Post 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Scribner.

*"Lorna Doone." 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

The great field of realistic fiction will later open up to the boy, but he must be in no hurry to enter it. When he does enter it, however, see that he selects well, and urge him to read in moderation. He might well start with such books as "David Copperfield" and "The Mill on the Floss," leaving Thackeray untouched for a few years until he can better appreciate him. With a taste once formed for any one of these great novelists, he will stand in little danger from the almost countless current stories that are always getting in his way.

G--TRAVEL, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY

*"Two Years Before the Mast." By Richard H. Dana, Jr. Illustrated in colour by E. Boyd Smith. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton.

"Two Years before the Mast." By Richard H. Dana, Jr. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Half-leather, $.70. Houghton.

"Two Years before the Mast." By Richard H. Dana, Jr. 12mo. Cloth, $.60. Crowell.

*"Two Years before the Mast." By Richard H. Dana, Jr. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"The Oregon Trail." By Francis Parkman. Fully illustrated by Frederic Remington. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Little. A fine edition to own.

"The Oregon Trail." By Francis Parkman. Four illustrations by Remington. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Little.

*"Parkman's Oregon Trail." Edited by C. H. J. Douglas. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"The Oregon Trail." By Francis Parkman. 18mo. Cloth, $.35. Crowell.

"Boys of Other Countries." By Bayard Taylor. Illustrated in colour by Frederick Simpson Coburn. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Putnam.

"The Cruise of the Catchelot around the World after Sperm Whales." By Frank T. Bullen. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Appleton.

*"Plutarch for Boys and Girls." Edited by John S. White. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Putnam.

*"The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks." Edited by F. J. Gould with an introduction by William Dean Howells. Illustrated by Walter Crane. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Harper. "Tales of the Romans" uniform with the above at the same price.

"Plutarch's Lives." Retold by W. H. Weston and illustrated in colour by W. Ramey. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

"Plutarch's Lives." Edited by Edward Ginn. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.45. Ginn.

"Plutarch. Lives of Caesar, Brutus, and Anthony." Edited by Martha Brier. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair." Edited by H. H. Kingsley. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Grandfather's Chair and Biographical Stories." By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth. $.70. Houghton.

"Tales of a Grandfather." By Sir Walter Scott. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Macmillan.

"Tales of a Grandfather." By Sir Walter Scott. Selected by Edward Ginn. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Ginn.

*"Life of Lord Nelson." By Robert Southey. Illustrated by engravings. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. In Bohn's Illustrated Library.

"Life of Lord Nelson." By Robert Southey. 12mo. Boards, $.75. Warne. In the Chandos Classics.

*"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." The unmutilated and correct version by John Bigelow. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam. In the Ariel Classics at $.75.

"Franklin's Autobiography." Edited by D. H. Montgomery. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Ginn.

"Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography." With a chapter completing the story of his life. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.75. Houghton.

"Franklin's Autobiography." 24mo. (Pocket Classics.) Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"A Child's History of England." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Patten Wilson. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"A Child's History of England." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

*"The Boy's Parkman." Compiled by Louise C. Hasbrouck. Illustrated by Howard Pyle and others. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Little. The passages in Parkman's words have to do with the manners, customs, and characteristics of the Indians.

*"Stories from Froissart." By Henry Newbolt. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. Also in a $.50 edition.

"The Boy's Froissart." By Sidney Lanier. Illustrated by Alfred Kappes. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Scribner.

G--OLD FAVOURITES

"Mrs. Leicester's School." By Charles and Mary Lamb. Illustrated in colour and pen-and-ink by Winifred Green. Small 4to. Decorated cloth, $1.50. Dutton. "One of the loveliest things in the language."--_The Nation._

"Mrs. Lester's School." By Charles and Mary Lamb. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Tales from Maria Edgeworth." With an introduction by Austin Dodson and illustrations by Hugh Thompson. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Parent's Assistant." By Maria Edgeworth. Illustrated by Chris Hammond. 12mo. Cloth, $.80; leather, $1.25. Macmillan.

"Old-Fashioned Tales." Collected by E. V. Lucas and illustrated by F. D. Bedford. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Stories from Thomas Day, Mary Lamb, Peter Parley, and others.

"Stories Grandmother Knew." Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Putnam. From Goldsmith, Edgeworth, Sinclair, and others.

"Old Time Tales." By Kate Forrest Oswell. (Everychild's Series.) Ill. 16mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Stories Grandmother Told." By Kate Forrest Oswell. (Everychild's Series.) Ill. 16mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"The Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Folkard. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

*"The Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. With an introduction by William Dean Howells. Illustrated from drawings made by Louis Rhead. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

"The Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. Illustrated by E. Prater. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"The Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"The Swiss Family Robinson." By J. R. Wyss. Illustrated by T. H. Robinson with 25 colour-plates. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Little Lame Prince." By Mrs. Dinah Mulock Craik. (Boy's and Girl's Series.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Macmillan.

"The Child's Rip Van Winkle." Illustrated in colour by Maria L. Kirk. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow." By Washington Irving. Photogravures and text cuts. 2 vols. 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. Putnam. Also in the Ariel Classics at $1.50.

*"Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow." By Washington Irving. Illustrated by George Boughton. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. In the New Cranford Series. Some day the child should own an edition of Irving.

"Rip Van Winkle." By Washington Irving. Illustrated with 50 colour-plates by Arthur Rackham. 7x10. Cloth, $5.00. Doubleday.

*"Old Christmas." By Washington Irving. Illustrated by R. Caldecott. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. (Cranford Series.) Also in an $.80 edition. Macmillan.

"The Alhambra." By Washington Irving. Illustrated by J. Pennell. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. (Cranford Series.) Macmillan. Also in an $.80 edition.

"Irving's Alhambra." Edited by A. M. Hitchcock. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Irving's Sketch Book." (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"A Christmas Carol." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated in colour by A. C. Michael. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Dickens' Christmas Carol." Edited by J. M. Sawin and Ida N. Thomas. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"A Christmas Carol." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated in colour and line by George Alfred Williams. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Baker.

"A Christmas Carol." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated with photogravures by F. S. Coburn. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Putnam.

"A Christmas Carol." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated in colour by Ethel Everett. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"A Christmas Carol." Illustrated in colour by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Dutton.

"A Christmas Carol." By Charles Dickens. Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. Houghton.

"Westward Ho!" By Charles Kingsley. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Also in an $.80 edition illustrated by C. E. Brock. Macmillan.

"Tom Brown's School Days." By Thomas Hughes. Edited by F. Sedgwick. Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, $3.25. Putnam.

"Tom Brown's School Days." By Thomas Hughes. Illustrated by Louis Rhead. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

*"Tom Brown's School Days." By Thomas Hughes. Illustrated by E. J. Sullivan. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In the New Cranford Series. Macmillan.

"Tom Brown's School Days." By Thomas Hughes. Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. Houghton.

"Quentin Durward." By Sir Walter Scott. Edited by A. L. Eno. 24mo. (Pocket Classics.) Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Little Women." By Louisa May Alcott. Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Little.

"Madam How and Lady Why." By Charles Kingsley. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. (Standard School Library.) Macmillan.

*"The Sundering Flood: A Romance." By William Morris. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.25. Longmans.

*"Tales from the Travels of Baron Munchausen." Edited by Edward Everett Hale. Illustrated by H. P. Barnes after Dore. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath. For a boy with a sense of humour this will afford a rare treat.

"The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." Illustrated. 16mo. Limp leather, $.75. In the Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"Girls and Boys." By Anatole France. Illustrated in charming colour-plates by Boutet de Monvel. 4to. Boards, $2.25. Duffield.

G--MORE RECENT BOOKS

*P--"The Prince and the Pauper." By Mark Twain. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Harper. A capital story.

P--"Uncle Remus and Bre'r Rabbit." By Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated in colour by J. A. Conde. Oblong 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"Uncle Remus and the Little Boy." Illustrated by J. M. Conde, in colour. 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Small.

*"Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings." By Joel Chandler Harris. Fully illustrated by A. B. Frost. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Appleton. Charming folk-lore to read aloud to children.

"The Jungle Book." By Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. A. Drake and others. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Century.

*"The Jungle Book." Illustrated in 16 full-page coloured plates by Maurice and Edward Detmold. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Century. A fine book for a child to own.

*"The Second Jungle Book." By Rudyard Kipling. Decorated by J. Lockwood Kipling. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Century.

*P--"Just-So Stories." By Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated in full colour by J. M. Gleason. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Doubleday. There is a cheaper edition illustrated by the author at $1.25.

"Red Cap Tales." By S. R. Crockett. Illustrated in colour plates by S. H. Vedder. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan. An edition at $.50.

*"Men of Iron." Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. Post 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Harper. A romantic story of the England of Henry IV. As popular with girls as with boys.

"The Wonder Clock." Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Harper. Twenty-four good tales. Equally as good are "Twilight Land" and "Pepper and Salt," delightful fairy tales.

"Stevenson's Kidnapped." Edited by John Thompson Brown. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Pinocchio Under the Sea." Translated from the Italian by Carolyn Della Chiesa. Edited by John W. Davis. With numerous illustrations and decorations in colours and black-and-white, by Florence Rutledge Abel Wilde. 12mo. Dec. cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"Peter Pan Picture Book, The." By Alice B. Woodward and Daniel O'Connor. Fourth Edition. Col. Ill. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Peter Pan: The Story Of." By Daniel O'Connor. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Macmillan.

"Voyage of the Hoppergrass." By Edmund Lester Pearson. Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Macmillan.

"Children of the Wild." By Charles G. D. Roberts. Ill. 12mo. Dec. cloth, $1.35. Macmillan.

"Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse." By Eugene Field. Illustrated by Florence Storer. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"Christmas Every Day." By William Dean Howells. Illustrated and decorated in colour. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.75. Harper.

"Fairies--Of Sorts." By Mrs. Molesworth. Illus. by Gertrude Hammond. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Magic Nuts, The." By Mrs. Molesworth. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"The Queen's Museum and Other Fanciful Tales." By Frank R. Stockton. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Frederick Richardson. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner.

"Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic." By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Ill. by Albert Herter. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Captains Courageous." By Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Taber. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Century.

THE HOLY BIBLE

"The Child's Bible." Arranged from the Authorized Version with an introduction by Bishop Doane. Illustrated with 100 full-page plates by modern artists. 4to. Cloth, $3.50. Cassell.

*"The Bible for Young People." Arranged from the Authorized Version by Mrs. Joseph B. Gilder. Illustrated with engravings from paintings by the old masters. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Century. For children under twelve years.

"The Old, Old Story-Book." Arranged from the Authorized Version by Eva Marsh Tappan. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton.

"Bible Story Retold for Young People." By W. H. Bennett and W. F. Adeney. 2 parts: I. Old Testament Story. II. New Testament Story. Maps. Ill. 12mo. Each $.60; in one vol., $1.00. Macmillan.

"Bible Stories." (Children's Series of the Modern Reader's Bible.) By R. G. Moulton. 2 vols.: I. Old Testament; II. New Testament. 16mo. Cloth, each, $.50. Macmillan.

*"Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature." (Modern Reader's Bible.) Edited by R. G. Moulton. 24mo. Cloth, $.50; leather, $.60. Macmillan.

It is doubtful if Bible stories in simple language form are of much value to the boy. If he is too young to read the language on his own account, the stories had better be read aloud to him from the Authorized Version. Then as early as possible let him cultivate the habit of learning this wonderful book first hand. Nothing in the field of literature will serve him better than will this reading habit.

*"Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with Former Translation Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command." 8vo. Cloth, $1.30. Self-pronouncing in long primer type. Oxford Press.

INDEX TO FIRST LINES OF POEMS

PAGE A great while ago the world began 58 A life on the ocean wave 130 As I in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow 85 At Flores in the Azores, Sir Richard Grenville lay 122 A wet sheet and a flowing sea 86 Bless the Lord, O my soul 152 Blow, blow, thou winter wind 98 Boats sail on the rivers 38 Boot, saddle, to horse and away 93 By the rude bridge that arched the flood 134 Call for the robin redbreast and the wren 70 Come, dear children, let us away 73 Come follow, follow me 64 Come unto these yellow sands 57 Dainty little maiden, whither would you wander 49 Do you ask what the birds say? the sparrow, the dove 59 Entreat me not to leave thee 55 Faintly as tolls the evening chime 105 Fair Daffodils, we weep to see 89 From gold to gray 119 From Oberon, in fairy land 91 Full fathom five thy father lies 67 God of our fathers, known of old 141 Good-bye, good-bye to Summer 60 Hark, hark, the dogs do bark 33 Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings 68 Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 120 He clasps the crag with crooked hands 131 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high 113 How sleep the brave who sink to rest 130 Hush thee, my babby 35 Hush! the waves are rolling in 49 I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers 116 I come from haunts of coot and hern 82 I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me 46 In winter I get up at night 40 I saw a ship a-sailing 36 I saw you toss the kites on high 56 I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he 108 It was the schooner Hesperus 100 I wandered lonely as a cloud 135 Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way 58 Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving 54 Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep 35 Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn 34 Little Lamb, who made thee 51 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place 132 Minnie and Winnie lived in a shell 50 Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold 140 My heart leaps up when I behold 70 Now fades the last long streak of snow 107 Of speckled eggs the birdie sings 37 Oh, hush thee, my babie! thy sire was a knight 63 Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh-ho 44 O Lord, our Lord 79 O Mary, go and call the cattle home 104 Over hill, over dale 69 O wedding-guest! this soul hath been 106 Pack, clouds, away, and welcome day 71 Pease porridge hot 33 Pibroch of Donuil Dhu 117 Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been 33 Queen and huntress, chaste and fair 84 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky 65 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness 137 Sleep, baby, sleep, our cottage vale is deep 34 Sleep, baby, sleep, thy father is tending the sheep 41 Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king 53 Sweet and low, sweet and low 47 The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold 111 The cock is crowing 72 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day 146 The friendly cow, all red and white 39 The gorse is yellow on the heath 97 The heavens declare the glory of God 94 The king sits in Dunfermline town 142 The Lord is my shepherd 42 The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year 99 The Northern Star sailed over the bar 96 The rain is raining all around 37 The splendour falls on castle walls 81 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh 65 The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing 90 The world is so full of a number of things 37 The year's at the spring 67 This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign 136 Three mice went into a hole to spin 34 Under the greenwood tree 88 Up the airy mountain 52 Up, up, ye dames, ye lasses gay 73 Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town 35 What does little birdie say 41 When cats run home and light is come 58 When children are playing alone on the green 61 When daffodils begin to peer 58 Whenever the moon and stars are set 39 When icicles hang by the wall 68 When I was sick and lay a-bed 45 When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy 62 Where lies the land to which the ship would go 87 Where the bee sucks, there suck I 57 Whither, 'midst falling dew 139 Who has seen the wind 38 Who is Sylvia? what is she 121 Who would true valour see 115 You spotted snakes with double tongue 47

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 219, "millionnaire" changed to "millionaire" (quickly made millionaire)

Page 247, "Wyth" changed to "Wyeth" (N. C. Wyeth, and)

Page 256, "Abrabian" changed to "Arabian" (from the Arabian)