Part 14

GRIMM, J. L. AND W. K.--Fairy Tales of the Brothers. (Tr., Mrs. Edgar Lucas; ill., Arthur Rackham.) Lippincott, $2.50; $1.50. [Editions also ill., Cruikshank; intro., Ruskin,--Chatto and Windus, 6s.; Macmillan, ill., Walter Crane, $1.50; Contes Choisis; Bibliothèque Rose; _vide_ German section.]

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER--Uncle Remus and His Friends. (Ill., Frost.) Houghton, $1.50.

Nights with Uncle Remus. (Ill., Church.) Houghton, $1.50.

Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings. (Ill., Frost.) Appleton, $2.00.

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL--A Wonderbook for Girls and Boys. (Ill., Walter Crane.) Houghton, $3.00.

Tanglewood Tales. (Ill., G. W. Edwards.) Houghton, $1.00; $2.50.

HORNE, RICHARD HENGIST--The Good-Natured Bear. [Out of print, but re-publication is strongly recommended by librarians.]

INGELOW, JEAN--Mopsa, the Fairy. Little, Brown, $1.25.

IRVING, WASHINGTON--Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Macmillan, $1.50. [Expensive illustrated editions issued by Putnam and Doubleday.]

JACOBS, JOSEPH--English Fairy Tales. Putnam, $1.25.

The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox. Macmillan, $1.50.

Book of Wonder Voyages. Macmillan, $1.50.

Celtic Fairy Tales. Putnam, $1.25.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES--The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children. (Ill., T. H. Robinson.) Dutton, $2.50. [_Vide_ also editions Crowell; Harper, $2.50.]

The Water Babies. Macmillan, $1.25. [Cheaper Editions.]

KIPLING, RUDYARD--Just-So Stories. Doubleday, $1.20 net. [There is also a “Just-So Song Book,” $1.20 net.]

Jungle Book. (First and second series.) Century, $1.50 each.

Puck of Pook’s Hill. (Ill., Arthur Rackham.) Doubleday, $1.50.

LABOULAYE, E. R. L. DE--Fairy Tales. Routledge, $1.25; Harper, $2.00.

The Last Fairy Tales. Harper, $2.00.

LA FONTAINE--Selected Fables. (Ill., Boutet de Monvel.) Young, $2.50.

LANG, ANDREW (ED.)--The Red Fairy Book. Longmans, $2.00.

The Blue Fairy Book. Longmans, $2.00.

The Book of Romance. Longmans, $1.60 net.

LANIER, SIDNEY--The Boy’s King Arthur. Scribner, $2.00. [Lanier bases his narrative on Mallory. _Vide_ Howard Pyle’s “Story of King Arthur and His Knights.” Scribner, $2.50.]

The Boy’s Froissart. Scribner, $2.00.

Knightly Tales of Wales; or, The Boy’s Mabinogion. Scribner, $2.00.

The Boy’s Percy. [Full introduction and the ballads based on original.] Scribner, $2.00.

MABIE, H. W.--Norse Stories. Dodd, $1.80 net.

MACDONALD, GEORGE--At the Back of the North Wind. Routledge, $1.25; Burt, $1.00.

MULOCK-CRAIK, DINAH M.--The Fairy Book. Macmillan, $1.00.

The Adventures of a Brownie. Harper, $0.60; Page, $0.50.

The Little Lame Prince. Harper, $0.60.

MUSSET, PAUL DE--Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. Putnam, $2.00. [_Vide_ Petite Bibliothèque Blanche.]

PERRAULT, CHARLES--Fairy Tales. Macmillan, $0.40 net. [_Vide_ p. 36.]

PYLE, HOWARD--Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Scribner, $3.00. [An excellent version of the ballad has been issued by Stokes, ill., Lucy Fitch Perkins.]

RUSKIN, JOHN--King of the Golden River. Ginn, $0.25; Page, $0.50.

SCUDDER, HORACE E. (COMPILER.)--Book of Legends. Houghton, $0.50.

STOCKTON, FRANK R.--The Queen’s Museum and Other Fanciful Tales. Scribner, $2.50. [_Vide_ former edition, “Clocks of Rondaine and other stories.” Scribner, $1.50.]

THACKERAY, W. M.--The Rose and the Ring. Putnam, $0.50, $1.00. [_Vide_ other editions.]

POETRY AND VERSE

ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM--The Ballad Book. Macmillan, $1.00.

BLAKE, WILLIAM--Songs of Innocence. (Ill., Geraldine Morris.) Lane, $0.50 net.

BROWNING, ROBERT--The Pied Piper of Hamelin. (Ill., Kate Greenaway.) Warne, $1.50.

BURGESS, GELETT--Goops and How to be Them. (Several volumes.) Stokes, $1.50.

CARY, ALICE AND PHŒBE--Ballads for Little Folks. Houghton, $1.50.

CHILD, LYDIA MARIA--Flowers for Children; New Flowers for Children. [Out of print, but re-publication is strongly recommended by librarians.]

DODGE, MARY MAPES (ED.)--Baby Days. Century, $1.50.

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS. (Ed., Sargent-Kittredge, from Francis James Child’s collection, Cambridge edition.) Houghton, $3.00.

FIELD, EUGENE--Poems of Childhood. (Ill., Maxfield Parrish.) Scribner, $2.50.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER--The Deserted Village. (Ill., E. A. Abbey.) Harper, $3.00. [Abbey also illustrated “She Stoops to Conquer,” $5.00.]

HENLEY, W. E. (COMPILER)--Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verses for Boys. Scribner, $1.25.

HOLMES, OLIVER W.--Poems. (Complete ed., Cambridge.) Houghton, $2.00, $1.50. [_Vide_ “The One Hoss Shay,” ill., Howard Pyle, $1.50.]

JERROLD, WALTER (ED.)--The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes. Dutton, $3.00.

LAMB, CHARLES AND MARY--Poetry for Children. (Ill., Winifred Green; pref., I. Gollancz.) Dent, 2s. 6d. net. [_Vide_ in same edition “Mrs. Leicester’s School,” 5s. net.]

LANG, ANDREW (ED.)--The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans, $2.00.

LEAR, EDWARD--Nonsense Books. Little, Brown, $2.00. [_Vide_ also Warne edition.]

LONGFELLOW, HENRY W.--Poems. (Complete ed., Cambridge.) Houghton, $2.00. [_Vide_ also “Hiawatha,” ill., Remington, $4.00.]

LOWELL, JAMES R.--The Vision of Sir Launfal. Houghton, $1.50.

LUCAS, E. V. (ED.)--A Book of Verses for Children. Holt, $2.00. [There is a school edition.]

MACAULAY, T. B.--Lays of Ancient Rome. Longmans, $1.25. [_Vide_ editions Houghton, Putnam.]

MATTHEWS, BRANDER--Poems of American Patriotism. Scribner, $1.50. [_Vide_ “English History Told by English Poets.” Ed., Bates and Coman. Macmillan, $0.60 net.]

MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES (Ill., Tenniel, Crane, etc.)--Dutton, $1.50. [_Vide_ Nister ed., Routledge, etc.]

MOTHER GOOSE’S MELODIES--Houghton, $1.50.

NORTON, C. E. (ED.)--Heart of Oak Books. Heath, 7 vols., from $0.25 to $0.60. [Collection of Rhymes, Poems, Stories, etc.]

PALGRAVE, F. T.--The Children’s Treasury of English Song. Macmillan, $1.00.

PATMORE, COVENTRY (ED.)--Children’s Garland from the Best Poets. Macmillan, $1.00.

REPPLIER, AGNES (ED.)--Book of Famous Verse. Houghton, $0.75 and $1.25.

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB--Rhymes of Childhood. Bobbs-Merrill, $1.25.

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G.--Sing-Song. Macmillan, $1.50.

SCOTT, SIR WALTER--Marmion; The Lay of the Last Minstrel. (Ed., W. J. Rolfe.) Houghton, $0.75 each.

SHUTE, KATHARINE H. AND DUNTON, LARKIN (COMPILERS)--The Land of Song. Silver, 3 vols., $0.36 to $0.54.

STEVENSON, ROBERT L.--A Child’s Garden of Verses. Scribner. (Ill., Robinson, $1.50; ill., Jessie W. Smith, $2.50.) [An excellent, inexpensive edition, Rand, McNally, $0.75.]

TAYLOR, JANE AND ANN--Little Ann and Other Poems. (Ill., Kate Greenaway). Warne, $1.00. [_Vide_ also edition, ed., E. V. Lucas. Stokes, $1.50. Including verses of Adelaide O’Keeffe; ill., F. D. Bedford. _Vide_ “Greedy Dick and Other Stories in Verse,” by the Taylors, $0.50.]

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD--Selected Poems for Young People. (Ed., W. J. Rolfe.) Houghton, $0.75. [Children should be made acquainted with parts of the “Idylls of the King.”]

WATTS, ISAAC--Childhood Songs of Long Ago. Wessels, $0.75. [_Vide_ English editions.]

WELSH, CHARLES--Book of Nursery Rhymes. (Edited and graded.) Heath, $0.30. [In Home and School Classics.]

WIGGIN, K. D., AND SMITH, N. A. (EDS.)--Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth. McClure, $2.00 net.

Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children. McClure, $1.25 net. [The same editors have gathered together a book of nursery rhymes.]

CLASSICS

CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE--Don Quixote of the Mancha. (Retold by Judge E. A. Parry; ill., Walter Crane.) Lane, $1.50.

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY--Canterbury Tales. (Retold by Percy MacKaye; ill., W. Appleton Clark.) Duffield, $2.50.

Canterbury Chimes; or, Chaucer Tales Retold to Children. Storr, Frances and Turner, Hawes. Kegan, Paul, 3s. 6d.

Chaucer for Children. Mrs. H. R. Haweis. Scribner, $1.25.

CHURCH, A. H.--Lords of the World. (Pictures from Roman Life and Story). Appleton, $1.50.

HERODOTUS--Wonder Stories from. Told by Boden, G. H., and D’Almeida, W. B. Harper, $2.50.

HOMER--Iliad. (Tr., W. C. Bryant.) Houghton, $1.00 to $9.00. [_Vide_ also tr., Lang, Leaf, Myers.]

LAMB, CHARLES--The Adventures of Ulysses. Harper, $2.50. [_Vide_ also ed., E. V. Lucas, Putnam.]

ODYSSEUS, ADVENTURES OF--(Retold by Marvin, F. S., and others; ill., Charles Robinson.) Dutton, $1.50. [_Vide_ also ed., G. H. Palmer and W. C. Perry.]

PLUTARCH--Lives. [Full ed.; also J. S. White’s “Boys’ and Girls’ Plutarch.” Putnam, $1.75.]

SHAKESPEARE--Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines. Mary Cowden Clarke. (Ill., Sir John Gilbert.) Scribner, $3.00.

Tales from. Charles and Mary Lamb. Macmillan, $1.00. (Ed., Ainger.) [_Vide_ also ed., E. V. Lucas, Putnam; ed. ill., Norman M. Price, Scribner; ed. Nister. Quiller Couch has treated the historical tales in the same manner. Scribner.]

SWIFT, JONATHAN--Gulliver’s Travels. Macmillan, $1.25 net.

TOWRY, M. H.--Spenser for Children. Scribner, $1.25.

“HOW TO DO THINGS”--AMUSEMENTS

ALCOTT, L. M.--Little Women Play. (Adapted from the story by E. L. Gould.) Little, Brown, $0.50.

BEARD, DAN--The Field and Forest Handy Book. Scribner, $2.00.

The Jack of All Trades. Scribner, $2.00.

The American Boy’s Handy Book. Scribner, $2.00.

BEARD, L. AND A.--Things Worth Doing and How to Do Them. Scribner, $2.00.

Handicraft and Recreation for Girls. Scribner. $2.00.

BLACK, ALEXANDER--Photography Indoors and Out. Houghton, $1.25.

BOYS, C. V.--Soap Bubbles and the Forces Which Made Them. Gorham, $0.75.

CUTTER, MRS. S. J. (COMPILER.)--Conundrums, Riddles, Puzzles, and Games. Hansauer.

GAMES BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Dutton, $2.50. (_Vide_ Nister.)

KELLEY, L. E.--Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do. Estes, $1.75.

KING, G. G.--Comedies and Legends for Marionettes. Macmillan, $1.50.

LEWIS, A. J. (Prof. Hoffman.)--Magic at Home. Cassell, $1.25. [_Vide_ also “Modern Magic.” Routledge, $1.50.]

LUCAS, E. V. AND ELIZABETH--What Shall We Do Now? Stokes, $2.00.

NEWELL, PETER--Topsys and Turvys. Century, $1.00 net.

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON--The Wild Animal Play. Doubleday, $0.50.

SYRETT, NETTA--Six Fairy Plays for Children. Lane, $1.00 net.

WHITE, MARY--How to Make Baskets. Doubleday, $1.00 net. [The same author has written a second volume. Many workers prefer “Cane Basket Work.” Annie Firth. London: Gill; New York: Milton Bradley.]

MUSIC

In the preparation of this music bibliography, it is a rare privilege to be able to include a list which was compiled by the late Miss Mary L. Avery, of the music department of the Lenox Library, New York; and which was used in a lecture delivered by her before the Pratt Institute Library School on January 12, 1900. To this, the following supplementary list, based upon recommendation, may be added. Prices vary.

BRAINARD, H. L. (music), AND SAGE, BETTY (words)--Four Childhood Rhymes. Schirmer; The Boston Music Co.

COOLIDGE, ELIZABETH--Fifteen Mother Goose Melodies. Schirmer. (Music somewhat difficult.)

FISHER, WILLIAM ARMES--Posies from A Child’s Garden of Verses. Ditson.

GAYNOR, JESSIE L. (music), AND RILEY, C. (words)--Songs of the Child World. Nos. 1, 2. The John Church Co.

JENKS, HARRIET S., AND RUST, MABEL--Song Echoes from Child Land. Ditson.

JORDAN, JULES--A Life Lesson. (Words by Riley.) Schmidt.

MCLAUGHLIN, JAMES M., AND GILCHRIST, W. W.--Educational Music Course. Teachers’ Edition for Elementary Grades. Ginn.

MOTHER GOOSE SET TO MUSIC. (Elliott, J. W.) Novello. [An edition is published by Houghton, $1.50.]

RILEY, GAYNOR, BEALE--Songs for Children. John Church Co.

TAUBERT, WILHELM--Klänge aus der Kinderwelt. Schirmer.

In addition, such names as Eleanor Smith and Harvey Worthington Loomis should not be omitted, as composers who recognise successfully the requirements of children’s voices. These requirements cannot be too often reiterated. In a letter to the author, the following was underscored: “A child’s song must be written almost entirely in the middle register of the voice--neither too high nor too low. Then there must be a distinct melody for the child’s ear to catch readily. And the words must interest the child’s mind.” In this last respect music-teachers are most emphatic. They appeal for verses that stimulate the imagination, they wish words carefully chosen; in the teaching, they seek for purity of diction, for proper valuation of vowels, consonants, and word-endings.

_Miss Avery’s Music List. Music in Children’s Libraries_

BREITKOPF EDITION CATALOGUE--Breitkopf and Hartel. New York.

MUSICAL, THE, INTERESTS [tastes] OF CHILDREN--Fanny B. Gates. West. Springfield, Mass., 1898. [Reprinted from the _Journal of Pedagogy_, October, 1898.]

NOVELLO’S SCHOOL MUSIC CATALOGUE (OPERETTAS, ETC.)--[Descriptive.] London.

SCRIBNER’S MUSICAL LITERATURE LIST--New York.

_Literature of Music_

LETTERS FROM GREAT MUSICIANS TO YOUNG PEOPLE--Alathea E. Crawford and Alice Chapin. New York, 1897.

MUSICIANS IN RHYME FOR CHILDHOOD’S TIME--Crawford and Sill. New York, Schirmer.

STORY OF MAJOR C AND HIS RELATIVES: LESSONS IN HARMONY--Grace S. Duff. New York, 1894.

STORY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS--Lucy C. Lillie. New York.

STORY OF THE RHINEGOLD--Chapin.

WAGNER STORY-BOOK--William Henry Frost. New York.

_Vocal Music_

BABY’S BOUQUET--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge.

BABY’S OPERA--(Old songs.) Ill., Walter Crane. Routledge; Warne.

BOOK OF RHYMES AND TUNES--Compiled by Margaret P. Osgood [from German and English]. Boston, 1880.

BOOK OF OLD RHYMES SET TO MUSIC--Walter Crane. Warne, $1.20.

CHILD’S GARDEN OF SONG--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. Chicago, 1895.

CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES--12 Songs by Stevenson. Music by Mary Carmichael. London.

CHILD’S GARLAND OF SONGS [From a Child’s Garden of Verses.]--R. L. Stevenson. Music by C. Villiers Stanford. London, 1892.

CHILDREN’S SINGING GAMES--Eleanor Withey Willard. Grand Rapids, 1895.

CHILDREN’S SOUVENIR SONG BOOK--Arranged by Wm. L. Tomlins. New York, 1893.

CHRISTMAS (A) DREAM--School Operetta--Moffat. London, Novello.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS ANCIENT AND MODERN--Wm. L. Tomlins. New York, 1897.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD--Bramley and Sir John Stainer. Novello; Routledge.

GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG--(English folk songs.) Arranged by S. Baring Gould and H. F. Sheppard. London, 1895.

KINDERGARTEN CHIMES--Kate Douglas Wiggin. Boston (cop.), 1887.

KINDERLIEDER--Von Carl Reinecke. Leipzig; New York, Schirmer.

KINDER- UND JUGEND-LIEDER (50)--Von Hoffman, V. Stuttgart.

KINDERLIEDER (24)--Gustav Fischer. New York.

KINDERLIEDER-ALBUM--Amalie Felsenthal. Leipzig.

MAY-DAY REVELS (Operetta, Old English style.)--Hawkins and West. London.

MUSIK-BEILAGE ZU KINDERFEST--J. Fischer. Berlin, Bloch.

NATIONAL, PATRIOTIC, AND TYPICAL AIRS OF ALL LANDS, with Copious Notes--John Philip Sousa. Philadelphia, 1890.

OLD MAY DAY (Operetta.)--Shapcott Wensley and F. C. Wood. London.

OLDE ENGLYSHE PASTIMES--F. W. Galpin. (Dances and sports, old music.) London.

SINGING (A) QUADRILLE, SET TO NURSERY RHYMES, for Pianoforte and Voices--Cotsford Dick.

SINGING VERSES FOR CHILDREN--Lydia Coonley and others. New York, 1897.

SMALL SONGS FOR SMALL SINGERS--W. H. Neidlinger. (Coloured ill., Bobbett.) New York, Schirmer.

ST. NICHOLAS OPERETTAS. Century.

ST. NICHOLAS SONGS. Century.

SONGS OF CHILDHOOD--Eugene Field. Music by Reginald de Koven and others. New York, 1896.

STEVENSON SONG BOOK--Music by various composers. New York, 1897.

THREE OPERETTAS (THREE LITTLE KITTENS; SEVEN OLD LADIES OF LAVENDER TOWN; BOBBY SHAFTOE)--H. C. Bunner and Oscar Weil. New York, 1897.

_Instrumental Music_

HAYDN’S KINDER-SYMPHONIE--For Piano and Violin and Toy Instruments.

OUR FAVORITES (UNSERE LIEBLINGE). [Piano gems arranged by Carl Reinecke.] New York, Breitkopf and Hartel.

SCHUMANN, ROBERT--Album for Young Pianists. Op. 68.

Kinderball. (Dances, four hands, for Piano.) Op. 130.

Kinderscenen. (Piano.) Op. 15.

SCIENCE AND INVENTION

BAKER, RAY STANNARD--Boy’s Book of Inventions. McClure, $2.00. [There is a second volume, $1.60.]

BALL, SIR ROBERT STAWELL--Starland. Ginn, $1.00.

DARWIN, CHARLES R.--What Mr. Darwin Saw in His Voyage Round the World in the Ship “Beagle.” Harper, $3.00.

ILES, GEORGE--Flame, Electricity, and the Camera. Doubleday, $2.00 net.

MEADOWCROFT, W. H.--A B C of Electricity. Empire Publishing Co., $0.50.

NEWCOMB, SIMON--Astronomy for Everybody. McClure, $2.00 net.

SANTOS-DUMONT, ALBERTO--My Air-Ships. Century, $1.40 net.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY: OR, THE CAMP AT WILLOW CLUMP ISLAND--A. Russell Bond. Munn and Co., $2.00.

SERVISS, GARRETT P.--Astronomy with an Opera-Glass. Appleton, $1.50. [This book has been challenged.]

SLOANE, T. O’C.--Electric Toy-making.--Henley, $1.00. (_Vide_ also St. John, T. M.--Three books on electricity. Scribner.)

TRAVEL

BOYESEN, H. H.--Boyhood in Norway. Scribner, $1.25.

The Modern Vikings. Scribner, $1.25.

BRASSEY, LADY A. (A.)--Around the World in the Yacht “Sunbeam.” Holt, $2.00; Longmans (condensed), $0.75; Burt.

DU CHAILLU, P. B.--The Land of the Long Night. Scribner, $2.00.

Land of the Midnight Sun. Harper, 2 vols., $5.00.

JANVIER, THOMAS A.--The Aztec Treasure House. (Narrative.) Harper, $1.50.

JENKS, TUDOR--Boys’ Book of Explorations. Doubleday, $2.00.

KENNAN, GEORGE--Tent Life in Siberia. Putnam, $0.50 to $1.25.

KNOX, THOMAS W.--Boy Travellers in Russia. Harper, $2.00.

Boy Travellers in South America. Harper. $2.00. [In these volumes there is a large amount of information which would have been more graphic, relieved of the artificial conversational style.]

LUMMIS, CHARLES F.--Some Strange Corners of Our Country. Century, $1.50.

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF--Farthest North: Record of a Voyage of the Ship “Fram.” Harper, 2 vols., $4.00.

PEARY, MRS. J. D. AND M. A.--Children of the Arctic. Stokes, $1.20 net.

Snow Baby. Stokes, $1.20 net.

SLOCUM, JOSHUA--Sailing Alone Around the World in the Sloop “Spray.” Whole edition, Century, $2.00; school edition, Scribner, $0.50.

STANLEY, HENRY M.--In Darkest Africa. Scribner, 2 vols., $7.50. [_Vide_ also “My Dark Companions, and Their Strange Stories.” Scribner, $2.00.]

TAYLOR, BAYARD--Boys of Other Countries. Putnam, $1.25.

FRENCH

“The collection of books which we call ‘Bibliothèque Rose’ (the paper bound edition has a pink cover; perhaps that is the reason why we call it Bibliothèque Rose) includes the most charming stories a child can wish for, especially those of Mme. de Ségur’s and Zénaïde Fleuriot’s. In this collection as well as in the Bibliothèque des Petits Enfants, and in the large illustrated albums, much will be found of interest to children of from six to ten years.

“For older boys and girls (10–15), I would recommend Bibliothèque des Mères de Famille. At the present time the only thing I remember about this collection is that there were in it a number of books translated from the German by Emmeline Raymond, and which used to give me much pleasure.

“As far as I can judge, girls and boys of this age enjoy Jules Verne,* Charles Wagner, H. Gréville, H. Malot, E. About, Erckmann-Chatrian,* Anatole France, Daudet, and La Fontaine, the two I have starred being special favourites with boys. Of course, I would not recommend for children everything by these authors. I have suggested many books in the Bibliothèque Rose; there are other writers in that collection, such, for example, as Mme. Cazin, Mlle. J. Gouraud, Maistre, Mayne-Reid, Mme. Pape-Carpantier, Mme. de Stolz, and Mme. de Witt,--all of whom have done some excellent juvenile work. But a parent should not be satisfied with a recommendation; personal judgment is the surest test.

“Regarding poetry, there are many short pieces by Mme. Tastu, well adapted for very young children. In the anthologies which are published you are most likely to find such pieces as Victor Hugo’s ‘L’enfant,’ ‘Pour les pauvres,’ ‘Après la bataille’; Lamartine’s ‘L’automne,’ ‘Milly’; extracts from Corneille and Racine; and Chateaubriand’s well-known ‘Combien j’ai douce souvenance.’ Then there are a number of Coppée’s poems; Bérenger’s ‘Les souvenirs du peuple,’ and ‘A mon habit’; André Chénier’s ‘La jeune Captive’; Hégésippe Moreau’s ‘La Voulzie’; Brizeux’s ‘La pauvre fille’; Theuriet’s ‘La Chanson du Vannier’; and poems of Mme. Desborde-Valmore. This will give some idea of how rich the field of poetry is, which, with La Fontaine alone, would supply children with untold enjoyment.

“The educational value in most of the books which I have suggested consists chiefly in the attractive manner in which they are written; there is no ‘leçon de morale’ in disguise in the style, yet such books are more than well-written stories. Children read Mme. de Ségur’s books with much more pleasure than they do the old-fashioned Berquin’s, which are ‘ennuyeux.’ Such stories as Mme. de Ségur writes make a deep impression, since they teach agreeably to love the qualities which we grown-ups wish to see in children, and to dislike those faults which we would blame in them, even if, sometimes, the naughty child in the story _is_ made attractive.

“You will see, we have no special books of animal stories, such as you publish in England and in America--unless you consider, of course, La Fontaine’s fables, which do not give any practical knowledge of animal life. Books which appeal to the heart, or to the imagination, are very popular with French children, who are naturally sensitive and imaginative; but, after all, is it not so with every child, French or English or American?

“It has been my experience that American children (the very young ones), if they were able to read the French books French children of the same age read, enjoyed them quite as much. The difference in national temperament develops later on. The American boy or girl grows up more rapidly than the French boy or girl; acquires the practical sense sooner; has a more real view of life. Perhaps this is due largely to the fact that the French child has little independence, and hence is unpractical. But there is a compensation somewhere, for the French child’s mind is subtler, and his imagination more vivid. I do not think we have any library system at present where children’s work is a specialty; in fact, our public libraries are mostly frequented by grown-up people. I have never seen children, as far as I can recollect, in any of our libraries.”--MLLE. EMILIE MICHEL, in a letter to the author.

Both Brentano and Dryrsen & Pfeiffer (successors to Christern), as well as W. R. Jenkins Co., New York, issue complete catalogues, French and German, in which illustrated books, magazines, and series of special volumes are suggested. They differ so markedly in prices, that no uniformity can be reached. But except in the case of illustrated albums, it may be claimed, generally, that the prices are reasonable.

ABOUT, EDMOND--Le Roi des Montagnes.

L’Homme à l’oreille Cassée.

CARRAUD, MME.--La petite Jeanne. Bibliothèque Rose.

DAUDET, ALPHONSE--Tartarin de Tarascon.

Tartarin sur les Alpes.

Lettres de Mon Moulin. (Contes.)

Le Petit Chose.

DEFOE--La Vie et les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also in Bibl. des petits enfants, with “Gulliver’s Travels.”]

DOMBRE, ROGER--Tante Rabat Joie.

ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN--Le conscrit de 1813.

L’Ami Fritz.

FLEURIOT, MLLE. Z.--Le petit chef de famille. Bibliothèque Rose.

FLORIAN--Fables Illustrées par Vimar. Brentano, $2.70.

FRANCE, ANATOLE--Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. [Crowned by the French Academy.]

Le Livre de Mon Ami. [For adults.]

GENLIS, MADAME DE--Bibliothèque Rose. Contes Moraux. _Vide_ p. 66.

GRÉVILLE, HENRY (pseud. of Mme. Alice Durant)--Perdue. [_Vide_ entire list.]

GRIMM--Contes Choisis. Bibliothèque Rose.

JOB--Le grand Napoléon des Petits Enfants. (Ill. coloured.) Brentano, $3.00.

LA FONTAINE--_Vide_ Boutet de Monvel. Picture-Book section.

LA MOTTE-FOUQUE, BARON DE.--Undine and Sintram. [_Vide_ English version. Houghton.]

MALOT, HECTOR--En famille.

Sans famille.

PERRAULT, CHARLES; MMES. D’AULNOY ET LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT--Contes de Fées. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Petite Bibliothèque Blanche, et ed. Perrault, ill. by many artists. Brentano, $2.70. _Vide_ p. 36.]

PRESSENSÉ, MME. E. DE--La Maison Blanche et Histoire pour les écoliers. Bibliothèque Rose. [_Vide_ also Bibl. des Petits Enfants.]

SANDEAU, JULES--La Maison de Penarvan.

SÉGUR, MME. DE--L’Auberge de l’Ange-Gardien. Bibliothèque Rose.

Un Bon Petit Diable.

Le Général Dourakine.

Mémoires d’un Ane.

Les Bons Enfants.

VERNE, JULES--Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant.

Cinq Semaines en Ballon.

Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers.

Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours.

[All in the Bibliothèque Rose.]

WAGNER, CHARLES--Jeunesse.

Vaillance.

GERMAN

In the preparation of the following German list, the author begs to acknowledge in a general way his indebtedness to many sources. An authority on the subject is Wolgast, who is the author of “Vom Kinderbuch” (Leipzig, Teubner). One of the committee recommends the inclusion of all the stories by Johanna Spyri; another emphasises the importance of the work done by Ottilie Wildermuth, and appends the following interesting account in a letter: “‘She was the wife of a professor in Tübingen, Swabia, and was born in 1817. She died in 1877. Long before she thought of writing for publication, she charmed a wide circle of friends and acquaintances with her talent for narrating the simple events, memories, and experiences of Swabian life. Most of her works must be considered, not as mere fiction, but as true pictures of the culture of that time, and as such will be of permanent value.’ The same may be said of her children’s books, although these are more fanciful and varied in their subject-matter, and appeal strongly to the imagination.”

The Germans illustrate their A-B-C Bücher, their Nursery Rhymes, their Bilderbücher, and their Erzählungen in the most attractive fashion. Reference is particularly made to Herr Richter. Fairy Tales are read extensively by German children--and also by adults. Grimm, Hauff, Musäus, are about the best. Schmitt’s Geschichten u. Erzählungen (of which there are perhaps from one to two hundred volumes) are excellent for boys and girls between ten and fifteen years. The Germans have paid such special attention to the selection and grading of juvenile literature, that their library lists are recommended to readers. The volumes here mentioned are not presented with any intention of making them definitive. Brentano will send, on application, “Verzeichnis einer Auswahl Vorzüglicher Bücher--Miniatur-Katalog.--Stilke, Berlin.”

The reader is further referred to “Verzeichnis empfehlenswerter Jugendlektüre. Herausgegeben vom Wiener Volksbildungs-Verein, 1904.”

ÄSOP--Fabeln. Mit 6 Buntbildern. Löwe.

AUS DEM LEBEN DER ZWERGE--Humorist. Bilderbuch.

BILDERBÜCHER. (Löwensohn.)

Der D-Zug Kommt. Eisenbahnbilderb. auf Papyrolin; auf Papier.

Für unsere A B C-Schützen.

Grimms Märchen.

Hänsel und Gretel.

Heerschau üb. d. Kriegsvölker Europas.

Hertwig, R., Eduard und Ferdinand. [_Vide_ Catalogues.]

BILDERBÜCHER. (Scholz.)

LIEBE MÄRCHEN.

Dornröschen; Marienkind.

Aschenputtel; Rotkäppchen.

Hänsel und Gretel; Schneewittchen.

HEY-SPECKTER, W.--Fünfzig Fabeln f. Kinder. Jub.-Ausg.

Noch fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder. Jub.-Ausg.

Fabeln. 2 Bde. Schul-Ausgabe; 2 Bde. Feine Ausgabe.

THUMANN, P.--Für Mutter und Kind. Alte Reime mit neuen Bildern.

WIEDEMANN, F.--Hundert Geschichten für eine Mutter und ihre Kinder.

WILDERMUTH, O.--Aus der Kinderwelt.

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ANDERS, H.--Gesammelte Märchen von Rübezahl.

ANDERSEN, H. C.--Sämtl. Märchen. Pr.-A. (Abel & Müller); V.-Ausg. (Abel & Müller); Pr.-Ausg. (Wartig).

Märchen. (Hendel); Löwe; Billige Ausgabe. (Weise.)

Ausgewählte Märchen. (Abel & Müller); Hrsg. v. Hamb. Jugendschr.-Ausschuss.

ARNDT, P.--Es war einmal. Märchen, Sagen u. Schwänke.