Part 15

Im Märchenwalde.

Für brave Knaben.

Rübezahl. (Löwe); V.-Aug, (Löwe).

BECHSTEIN, L.--Märchenbuch. (Hendel).

BEEG, M.--Schulmädelgeschichten.

BEETZ, K. O.--Urd.; Deutsche Volksmärchen.

BLÜTHGEN, V.--Hesperiden. Märchen für jung und alt. Vollst. Ausg.

Lebensfrühling. Vier Erzählungen für Mädchen.

Der Märchenquell.

Der Weg zum Glück. Fünf Erzähl. f. Knaben.

CAMPE, J. H.--Robinson Krusoe von J. Hoffmann.

EMMY, TANTE--Märchen für grosse und kleine Kinder.

GRIMM, J. U. W.--Sämtl. Kinder-u. Hausmärchen. Mit Bildern v. L. Richter usw.

GUMPERT, TH. V.--Herzblättchens Zeitvertreib.

HAUFF, W.--Märchen. Ausw. f. d. Jugend. (Löwe).

HOFFMANN, FRZ.--Ausgew. Erzählungen. Bd. 1, 2, 3.

Das bunte Buch. Neue 150 moral. Erzählungen.

150 moralische Erzählungen.

Die Grossmutter.

Neuer deutscher Jugendfreund.

Märchen und Fabeln.

MÜLLER, K. A.--Rübezahl, der Herr des Riesengebirges.

MUSÄUS, J. K. A.--Märchen. Von K. A. Müller.

NIBELUNGENLIED--Für die Jugend, von A. Bacmeister.

OTTO, H.--Ilias, für die Jugend.

Nibelunge, für die Jugend. 2 Bdchn.

Sagen und Märchen für Achtjährige.

REICHENBACH--Buch der Tierwelt. Erzähl. u. Schildergn. a. d. Leben der Tiere. 2 Bde.

ROSEGGER, P.--Als ich noch der Waldbauernbub war. 3 Teile.

Waldferien.

SCHANZ, FR.--Heidefriedel.

Das Komtesschen und andere Erzählungen.

Rottraut u. Ilse.

Schulkindergeschichten.

Bunter Strauss. Märchen u. Erzählungen.

Unter der Tanne.

SCHANZ, P.--In der Pension u. anderes.

SCHOTT, CL.--Im Feenreich. Mit Bildern.

STEIN, A.--Mariens Tagebuch.

52 Sonntage.

Tagebuch dreier Kinder.

VILLAMARIA.--Elfenreigen. Nordische Märchen.

WILDERMUTH, O.--Aus Nord und Süd.

Aus Schloss und Hütte.

Jugendschriften. V.-A.; Inhalt s. Abt. Schriften für die reifere weibl. Jugend.

Kindergruss.

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CERVANTES--Don Quichote. Für d. Jugend v. Frz. Hoffmann; für Schule und Haus bearbeitet von Höller. (Schaffstein). Illustriert; Für die Jugend von P. Moritz. V.-Ausg.; (Weise).

COOPER, J. F.--Conanchet. Von Frz. Hoffmann.

Der rote Freibeuter. Von P. O. Höcker. (Löwe).

Lederstrumpf-Erzählgn. F. d. Jugend v. Kl. Bernhard; Für die Jugend v. O. Höcker. (Löwe); v. Frz. Hoffmann; v. Fr. Meister. Pr.-A.; Einzeln: Der Wildtöter; Der letzte der Mohikaner; Der Pfadfinder; Lederstrumpf; Der alte Trapper; v. P. Moritz. Gesamt-Ausg.; Einzeln: Der letzte Mohikaner; Der Pfadfinder; Lederstrumpf od. die Ansiedler; Der Wildsteller od. die Prärie; Der Wildtöter.

Die Prärie. Für die Jugend. (Weise.)

Der Spion. Für die Jugend von E. Benseler.

DAHN, F. U. TH.--Walhall. Germanische Götter-u. Heldensagen. Ausgabe mit Bildern.

HAUFF, W.--Lichtenstein. Für die Jugend. (Weise.)

LILIENCRON, D. V.--Gedichte. Auswahl für die Jugend.

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EBNER-ESCHENBACH, M. V.--Die arme Kleine.

GUMPERT, TH. V.--Töchter-Album.

HARTNER, E. (E. E. H. v. Twardowska.)--Pension und Elternhaus.

HEINZ, T. V. (Henny von Tempelhoff.)--Goldköpfchen.

Pension Velden.

Tante Sybille.

HELDERN, T. (Toni Lindner.)--Die Backfischpension.

RHODEN, E. V. (Emma Friedrich-Friedrich.)--Der Trotzkopf. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.

Trotzkopfs Brautzeit. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.

(Wildhagen), Aus Trotzkopfs Ehe. Mit Bildern; Billige Ausgabe.

(S. la Chapelle-Roobol), Trotzkopf als Grossmutter.

Der Trotzkopf. 3 Bde. Feine Ausg. in hell. Damastlnw. geb., in eleg. Hülse.

ROSEGGER, P.--Ernst u. heiter. Volksausg. f. Österreich.

SCHMIDT, H.--In Backfischchens Kaffeekränzchen.

WILDERMUTH, O.--Jugendschriften. Volks-Ausg. 22 Bde.

1. Ein einsam Kind. Die Wasser im Jahre 1824; 2. Drei Schulkameraden. Der Spiegel der Zwerglein; 3. Eine seltsame Schule. Bärbeles Weihnachten; 4. Eine Königin. Der Kinder Gebet; 5. Spätes Glück. Die drei Schwestern vom Walde; 6. Die Ferien auf Schloss Bärensprung. Der Sandbub oder Wer hat’s am besten?; 7. Cherubino u. Zephirine. Kann sein, ’s ist auch so recht; 8. Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. Der Einsiedler im Walde; 9. Der Peterli von Emmenthal. Zwei Märchen für die Kleinsten; 10. Krieg und Frieden. Emmas Pilgerfahrt; 11. Das braune Lenchen. Des Königs Patenkind; 12. Nach Regen Sonnenschein. Frau Luna. Das Bäumlein im Walde; 13. Die Nachbarskinder. Kordulas erste Reise. Balthasars Apfelbäume; 14. Die wunderbare Höhle. Das Steinkreuz. Unsere alte Marie; 15. Der kluge Bruno. Eine alte Schuld. Heb’ auf, was Gott dir vor die Türe legt; 16. Elisabeth. Die drei Christbäume. Klärchens Genesung. Das Feental; 17. Vom armen Unstern; 18. Es ging ein Engel durch das Haus. Des Herrn Pfarrers Kuh. Die erste Seefahrt; 19. Schwarze Treue; 20. Das Osterlied. Die Kinder der Heide; 21. Hinauf und Hinab; 22. Der rote Hof.

NATURE

ARNOLD, A. F.--The Sea-Beach at Ebb-Tide. Century, $2.40 net.

BOSTOCK, F. C.--The Training of Wild Animals. Century, $1.00 net.

BURROUGHS, JOHN--Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. (Ill. after Audubon.) Houghton, $1.00.

Wake Robin. Houghton, $1.00 net.

CHAPMAN, FRANK R.--Bird-Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds. (Ill., Seton.) Appleton, $2.00.

DOUBLEDAY, MRS. F. N. (pseud., Neltje Blanchan)--Bird Neighbors. Doubleday, $2.00. [American and local. _Vide_ same author’s “Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted,” $2.00.]

Nature’s Garden. Doubleday, $3.00 net.

DUGMORE, A. RADCLYFFE--Nature and the Camera. Doubleday, $1.35 net.

GIBSON, W. H.--Blossom Hosts and Insect Guests. Newson, $0.80.

Eye Spy. Harper, $2.50.

Sharp Eyes. Harper, $2.50.

HOLLAND, W. J.--Butterfly Book. Doubleday, $3.00 net. [_Vide_ same author’s “Moth Book,” $4.00 net.]

HORNADAY, WILLIAM T.--American Natural History. Scribner, $3.50 net. [_Vide_ same author’s “Two Years in a Jungle,” $2.50.]

KEELER, HARRIET L.--Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them. Scribner, $2.00 net. [_Vide_ also the “Tree Book.” Julia E. Rogers. Doubleday, $4.00 net.]

MILLER, OLIVE THORNE--The First Book of Birds. Houghton, $1.00. [There is a second book.]

MORLEY, MARGARET W.--The Bee People. McClurg, $1.25.

PARSONS, FRANCES THEODORA (formerly Mrs. Dana)--How to Know Wild Flowers. Scribner, $2.00 net. [_Vide_ also same author’s “According to the Seasons.” Scribner, $1.75 net.]

SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON--Biography of a Grizzly. Century, $1.50.

Wild Animals I have Known. Scribner, $2.00. [_Vide_ also same author’s “Lives of the Hunted.”]

SHALER, NATHANIEL S.--Story of the Continent. Ginn, $0.75.

First Book in Geology. Heath, $0.60.

SHARP, DALLAS L.--Wild Life Near Home. Century, $2.00. [_Vide_ also same author’s “A Watcher in the Woods.” Century, $0.84.]

THOREAU, HENRY D.--Walden. Houghton, $1.50 to $3.00.

TORREY, BRADFORD--Every-day Birds. (Ill. after Thoreau.) Houghton, $1.00.

WRIGHT, MABEL OSGOOD--Citizen Bird. Macmillan, $1.50 net.

BIOGRAPHY

ABBOTT, J. S. C.--Daniel Boone, and the Early Settlement of Kentucky. Dodd, $0.75.

David Crockett and Early Texan History. Dodd, $0.75.

Kit Carson, the Pioneer of the Far West. Dodd, $0.75.

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY--Life, Letters, and Journals. (Ed., E. D. Cheney.) Little, Brown, $1.50.

BARNES, JAMES--Midshipman Farragut. Appleton, $1.00.

BOLTON, MRS. S. K.--Poor Boys Who Became Famous. Crowell, $1.50. [This author has written many books of a similar character for boys and girls.]

BROOKS, E. S.--Historic Boys. Putnam, $1.25.

Historic Girls. Putnam, $1.25. [Same author wrote “Historic Dwarfs” for _St. Nicholas Magazine_. His facts have been challenged.]

Chivalric Days. Putnam, $1.25.

BUTTERWORTH, HEZEKIAH--The Boys of Greenway Court. [The Early Days of Washington. Many librarians would challenge this.] Appleton, $1.50.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN--Autobiography. Houghton, $0.75.

GARLAND, HAMLIN--Ulysses S. Grant. McClure, $2.50.

JOAN OF ARC--_Vide_ Boutet de Monvel. [Picture-book section.]

KELLER, HELEN--The Story of My Life. Doubleday, $1.50 net.

LEE, ROBERT E.--_Vide_ Beacon Biographies. Trent, W. P. [The Lives of Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson have yet to be treated satisfactorily for young people.]

NICOLAY, HELEN--Boys’ Life of Lincoln. Century, $1.50.

OBER, FREDERICK A.--Columbus; Pizarro; DeSoto. Harper, $1.00 net each. [This author’s style is picturesque.]

RIIS, JACOB A.--The Making of an American: An Autobiography. Macmillan, $1.50 net.

SCUDDER, HORACE E.--George Washington. Houghton, $0.75. [_Vide_ also E. E. Hale’s “Life of Washington.” Putnam, $1.75.]

SEAWELL, M. E.--Decatur and Somers. Appleton, $1.00.

Twelve Naval Captains. Scribner, $1.25.

Paul Jones. Appleton, $1.00.

SEELYE, ELIZABETH E.--The Story of Columbus. Appleton, $1.75.

SOUTHEY, ROBERT--Life of Nelson. [_Vide_ ed., Macmillan, Warne, Crowell, Dutton, Lothrop, etc.]

WISTER, OWEN--U. S. Grant. (Beacon Biography.) Small, $0.75 net. [This is the same series as referred to under Lee, in which Norman Hapgood has written on Daniel Webster.]

HISTORY

ALTON, E. (pseud, of Edmund Bailey)--Among the Law Makers. Scribner, $1.50.

BARNES, JAMES--Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. Macmillan, $1.50.

CALLCOTT, M. (D.)--Little Arthur’s History of England. Crowell, $0.60.

Little Arthur’s History of France. Crowell, $0.60. [Both volumes have a certain value in the history of children’s books.]

COFFIN, C. C.--Boys of ’76. Harper, $2.00. [Same author wrote “Boys of ’61.” Estes, $2.00.]

CREASY, E. S.--Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. Harper, $1.00.

DICKENS, CHARLES--Child’s History of England. Houghton, $1.00 to $2.50.

DOLE, C. F.--The Young Citizen. Heath, $0.45.

EGGLESTON, E. and SEELYE (MRS.), E. E.--Brant and Red Jacket. Dodd, $0.75.

FISKE, JOHN--He has written a United States History. (Houghton.) His larger contributions on periods are so excellent in their narrative style as to recommend themselves for young readers of high-school age. [_Vide_ also Edward Eggleston’s “Household History of the United States.” Appleton, $2.50.]

GRIFFIS, W. E.--Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us. Houghton, $1.25.

GREENWOOD, GRACE--Merrie England; Bonnie Scotland. [Out of print, but re-publication strongly advised by librarians. Miss Burnite, of the Cleveland Public Library, recently edited the “Ballads Retold.” Ginn, $0.50.]

Stories and Legends; Stories and Sights of France and Italy. [Also out of print.]

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL--Grandfather’s Chair. Containing also Biographical Stories. Houghton, $1.25.

JENKS, TUDOR--Our Army for Our Boys. (Ill. Ogden.) Moffat, Yard, $2.00 net. [Mr. Jenks is also the author of the lives of John Smith and Miles Standish (Century); of a series of historical and social studies for children, the first volume called “When America Was New” (Crowell.); and of another series, Lives of Great Writers (Barnes.).]

KIEFFER, H. M.--Recollections of a Drummer Boy. (A Civil War biographical story.) Houghton, $1.50.

MARSHALL, HELEN--An Island Story. [A history of England, written by an Australian. The book is in sumptuous _format_.] Stokes, $2.50 net.

MCDOUGALL, ISABEL--Little Royalties. Revell, $1.25.

PARKMAN, FRANCIS--The Oregon Trail. (Ill., Remington.) Little, Brown, $4.00; $2.00.

The Conspiracy of Pontiac. (2 vols.) Little, Brown, $3.00.

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, AND LODGE, HENRY CABOT--Hero Tales from American History. Century, $1.50.

SCOTT, SIR WALTER--Tales of a Grandfather. Macmillan, $2.00.

STOCKTON, FRANK R.--Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coast. Macmillan, $1.50.

TARBELL, IDA M.--He Knew Lincoln. McClure, $0.50 net.

YONGE, CHARLOTTE M.--Young Folk’s History of England. Lothrop, $1.50. [_Vide_ Miss Yonge’s “Book of Golden Deeds.” Macmillan, $1.00.]

HISTORICAL STORIES

AGUILAR, GRACE--The Days of Bruce. Appleton, $1.00. [She also wrote “A Mother’s Recompense” and “Home Influence.”]

ANDREWS, MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN--The Perfect Tribute. (A Story of Lincoln.) Scribner, $0.50.

BARNES, JAMES--For King or Country. Harper, $1.50.

BENNETT, JOHN--Master Skylark. (A Story of Shakespeare’s Time.) Century, $1.50.

Barnaby Lee. Century, $1.50.

BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD--Harold, the Last of the Saxons. (2 vols.) Little, Brown, $1.25 each.

Last Days of Pompeii. Little, Brown, $1.25.

Last of the Barons. (A Story of the Earl of Warwick.) [2 vols.] Little, Brown, $1.25 each.

DAVIS, M. E. M.--In War Times at La Rose Blanche. Lothrop, $1.25.

DOYLE, A. CONAN--White Company. (A 14th-century story.) Harper, $1.75.

Micah Clarke. (A 17th-century story.) Harper, $1.75.

EGGLESTON, GEORGE CARY--Signal Boys. Putnam, $1.25.

Southern Soldier Stories. Macmillan, $1.50.

Strange Stories from History. Harper, $0.60.

HALE, EDWARD E.--A Man Without a Country. Little, Brown, $0.50 to $1.25.

HENTY, G. A.--Lion of the North. (A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus.) Scribner, $1.50.

St. George for England. (A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers.) Scribner, $1.50.

With Clive in India. Scribner, $1 .50.

With Wolfe in Canada. Scribner, $1.50. [When one is read, the formula for all is discovered.]

KEARY, ANNIE--A York and Lancaster Rose. Macmillan, $1.00.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES--Westward Ho! Macmillan, $0.50 to $2.00. [This book, a tale of the 16th century, was recently debarred from one of the library centres in England.]

KNAPP, ADELINE--The Boy and the Baron. (Germany of feudal times.) Century, $1.00.

MARSHALL, BEATRICE--The Siege of York. (In the days of Thomas, Lord Fairfax.) Dutton, $1.50. [For older girls.]

MATTHEWS, BRANDER--Tom Paulding. (A story of New York and a treasure.) Century, $1.50.

PAGE, THOMAS NELSON--Two Little Confederates. Scribner, $1.50.

Among the Camps. Scribner, $1.50.

PORTER, JANE--The Scottish Chiefs. Dutton, $2.50. (Ill., T. H. Robinson. A Story of William Wallace. Miss Aguilar’s book, “In the Days of Bruce,” is considered a sequel.)

Thaddeus of Warsaw. [Various editions: Coates, Burt, Routledge, Warne.]

PYLE, HOWARD--Men of Iron. (A 14th-century story.) Harper, $2.00.

SCOTT, SIR WALTER--Ivanhoe. Macmillan, $1.25.

The Talisman. Macmillan, $1.25.

Quentin Durward. Macmillan, $1.25.

Rob Roy. Macmillan, $1.25. [As an introduction, these should lead the way to others.]

SEAWELL, M. E.--Little Jarvis. Appleton, $1.00.

STOWE, HARRIET B.--Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Houghton, $1.00. (Ill., Kemble, $4.00.) [This is reluctantly included; many are strongly in favor of keeping from children such partisan writing; the cause for sectional feeling has been removed to an extent.]

TOMLINSON, E. T.--Boy Officers of 1812. Lothrop, Lee, $1.25.

Search for Andrew Field. Lothrop, Lee, $1.25.

TWAIN, MARK (pseud, of Samuel L. Clemens)--The Prince and the Pauper. (16th century.) Harper, $1.75.

WALLACE, LEW--Ben Hur. (A Tale of the Christ.) Harper, $1.50 to $10.00.

YONGE, CHARLOTTE M.--The Lances of Lynwood, Lothrop, Lee, $1.00. [Miss Yonge on children’s reading is seen to great advantage.]

INDIAN STORIES

BAYLOR, FRANCES C. (Mrs. F. C. [B.] Belger.)--Juan and Juanita. Houghton, $1.50.

BROOKS, NOAH--The Boy Emigrants. Scribner, $1.25.

The Boy Settlers. (Early times in Kansas.) Scribner, $1.25.

CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL--Heroes of the Middle West. Ginn, $0.50.

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE--Deerslayer. Houghton, $1.00.

The Spy. Houghton, $1.00; Appleton, $1.50. [The entire Leatherstocking series should be read.]

The Last of the Mohicans. Houghton, $1.00.

CUSTER, MRS. E. B.--Boots and Saddles. Harper, $1.50. [An account of life in camp out West, and of her husband’s career. Campaigns against the Indians are described. A second book is called “Tenting on the Plains.” Harper, $1.50.]

DEMING, E. W.--Little Indian-Folk. Stokes, $1.25.

Little Red People. Stokes, $1.25. [_Vide_ the same author’s “Indian Child Life.” Stokes, $2.00.]

DRAKE, F. S.--Indian History for Young Folks. Harper, $3.00.

EASTMAN, CHARLES A.--Indian Boyhood. McClure, $1.60 net.

MUNROE, KIRK--The Flamingo Feather. (A tale of Huguenots and Spaniards.) Harper, $0.60.

STODDARD, W. O.--Little Smoke. (A tale of the Sioux.) Appleton, $1.50.

Red Mustang. Harper, $0.60.

Two Arrows. Harper, $0.60.

STORIES

ABBOT, ALICE BALCH--A Frigate’s Namesake. Century, $1.00.

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY--Eight Cousins. Little, Brown, $1.50.

Little Women. _Ibid._

Little Men. _Ibid._

Old Fashioned Girl. _Ibid._

ALDEN, W. L.--Cruise of the Canoe Club. Harper, $0.60.

ANDREWS, JANE--The Seven Little Sisters who Lived on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air. Lothrop, Lee, $1.00.

Ten Boys who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now. Lothrop, Lee, $1.00.

BARBOUR, RALPH--The Crimson Sweater. Century, $1.50. [The same author wrote “Captain of the Crew”; “For the Honor of the School.”]

BARRIE, JAMES M.--Peter Pan. (Ill., Arthur Rackham.) Scribner, $5.00.

BLACKMORE, R. D.--Lorna Doone. [For older readers.] Harper, $2.00.

BURNETT, F. H.--Little Lord Fauntleroy. Scribner, $1.25.

The Little Princess. [An enlarged “Sara Crew.”] Scribner, $2.00.

CHAMPNEY, E. W.--Howling Wolf. Lothrop, $1.25. Pierre and his Poodle. Dodd, $1.00.

Paddy O’Leary and his Learned Pig. Dodd, $1.00.

COOLIDGE, SUSAN (pseud., S. C. Woolsey.)--Eyebright. Little, Brown, $1.25.

DANA, RICHARD H., JR.--Two Years Before the Mast. Houghton, $1.00.

DE AMICIS, EDMONDO--Cuore: an Italian Schoolboy’s Journal. Crowell, $1.00.

DEFOE, DANIEL--Robinson Crusoe. (Ill., Rheid Brothers.) Russell, Harper, $1.50.

DICKENS, CHARLES--David Copperfield. Houghton, 2 vols., $3.00.

Tale of Two Cities. Houghton, $1.50. [_Vide_ also “Christmas Carol.” These should encourage the children to follow up one work with another.]

DODGE, MARY MAPES--Donald and Dorothy. Century, $1.50. [_Vide_ her “Baby-Days.”]

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. (New Amsterdam edition.) Scribner, $1.50.

DUNCAN, NORMAN--Adventures of Billy Topsail. Revell, $1.50. [This is a good example of an adventurous story, well told.]

EDGEWORTH, MARIA--Waste Not, Want Not. Heath, $0.20.

Popular Tales. Macmillan, $1.50.

Tales. (Ed., Austin Dobson.) Stokes, $1.50.

Early Lessons. Routledge, $1.00. [The Macmillans also publish “Moral Tales,” $1.00; Routledge, “Parent’s Assistant,” $1.00.]

EGGLESTON, GEORGE CARY--Big Brother. Putnam, $1.25.

Captain Sam. Putnam, $1.25.

EWING, MRS. J. H.--Jackanapes. Little, Brown, $0.50; Crowell, $0.60.

Story of a Short Life. Dutton, $1.00; Crowell, $0.75.

Timothy Shoes. [Short story.]

The Brownies. Young, $1.00; Burt, $0.75.

FAIRSTAR, MRS. (pseud. of Richard Hengist Horne).--Memoirs of a London Doll. Brentano, $1.25.

FLETCHER, R. H.--Marjory and Her Papa. Century, $1.00.

FRENCH, ALLEN--The Junior Cup. Century, $1.50. [_Vide_ the same author’s excellent legendary-historical tale, “Sir Marrok.” Century, $1.00.]

GASKELL, E. C. (S.)--Cranford. (For older readers.) Macmillan, $1.50.

GATES, ELEANOR (Mrs. Richard Walton Tully.)--Biography of a Prairie Girl. Century, $1.50.

GILSON, ROY ROLFE--Katrina. (For older readers.) Baker and Taylor, $1.50.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER--The Vicar of Wakefield. [Ill., Hugh Thomson. _Vide_ also Caldecott.] Macmillan, $1.50.

Goody Two Shoes. (Ed., Welsh.) Heath, $0.20. [_Vide_ also edition, Macmillan.]

GOULDING, FRANK--The Young Marooners. Dodd. No price stated. [There is a companion volume, “Marooner’s Island.” This Southern writer is little known.]

HALE, LUCRETIA P.--The Peterkin Papers. Houghton, $1.50. [There is another volume, “The Last of the Peterkins, with Others of Their Kin.”]

HARKER, L. ALLEN--Concerning Paul and Fiametta. Scribner, $1.25. [This book is delightfully human; some would consider it more a story _about_ children than _for_ children.]

HIGGINSON, THOMAS W.--Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic. Macmillan, $1.50.

HILL, C. T.--Fighting a Fire. [Stories of real life.] Century, $1.50.

HUGHES, RUPERT--The Lakerim Athletic Club. Century, $1.50.

The Dozen from Lakerim. Century, $1.50.

HUGHES, THOMAS--Tom Brown’s School Days at Rugby. Macmillan, $1.50; Houghton, $1.00. [For older readers, there is “Tom Brown at Oxford.”]

IRVING, WASHINGTON--Bracebridge Hall. (Ill., Caldecott.) Macmillan, $1.50.

Old Christmas. (Ill., Caldecott.) Macmillan, $1.50.

JACKSON, HELEN HUNT--Ramona. Little, Brown, $1.50.

Nelly’s Silver Mine. (A Story of Colorado life.) Little, Brown, $1.50.

Cat Stories. Little, Brown, $2.00.

JAMISON, MRS. C. V.--Lady Jane. Century, $1 .50.

Toinette’s Philip. Century, $1.50. [Descriptions of early New-Orleans life.]

JEWETT, SARAH ORNE--Betty Leicester. Houghton, $1.25.

JOHNSON, ROSSITER--Phaeton Rogers. Scribner, $1.50.

KING, CAPT. CHARLES--Cadet Days. Harper, $1.25.

KIPLING, RUDYARD--“Captains Courageous.” (A tale of the Gloucester fishermen.) Century, $1.50.

LAMB, CHARLES AND MARY--Mrs. Leicester’s School. Dent (ill., Winifred Green, in Kate Greenaway style). Macmillan, $2.25.

LA RAMÉE, LOUISE DE (Ouida)--Dog of Flanders. Lippincott, $1.50.

LUCAS, E. V. (ED.)--Old-Fashioned Tales. Stokes, $1.50.

(ED.) Forgotten Tales of Long Ago. Stokes, $1.50.

MARRYATT, FREDERICK--Masterman Ready. Macmillan, $1.50; Routledge, $1.25. [Some librarians would reject Marryatt as they would Ballentyne; others would include him as they would Ballentyne.]

MARTINEAU, HARRIET--The Crofton Boys. Routledge, $0.75; Heath, $0.30.

MATHEWS, MARGARET H.--Dr. Gilbert’s Daughters. Coates, $0.75.

MOFFETT, CLEVELAND--Careers of Danger and Daring. [Stories of real life.] Century, $1.50.

MOLESWORTH, MRS.--Two Little Waifs. Macmillan, $1.00.

Carrots. Macmillan, $1.50; Crowell, $0.75.

MUNROE, KIRK--Cab and Caboose. Tale published in _St. Nicholas_.

Derrick Sterling. Harper, $0.60.

MYRTLE, HARRIET--Country Scenes.

Man of Snow. [Out of print, but re-publication strongly advised by librarians.]

OLLIVANT, ALFRED--Bob, Son of Battle. Doubleday, $1.50. [Strongly recommended for its vigour and its vividness.]

OTIS, JAMES (pseud, of J. O. Kaler)--Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus. Harper, $0.60.

Mr. Stubbs’s Brother. Harper, $0.60.

PAULL, MRS. H. B.--Only a Cat. Whitaker, $1.25. [An excellent story.]

PIER, ARTHUR S.--Boys of St. Timothy’s. Houghton, $1.50.

PYLE, HOWARD--Jack Ballister’s Fortunes. Century, $2.00.

RICHARDS, LAURA E.--Captain January. Estes, $0.50.

SANDFORD, MRS. D. P.--The Little Brown House and the Children who Lived in It. Dutton, $2.00.

SAUNDERS, MARSHALL--Beautiful Joe. Am. Bap., $0.25.

SCUDDER, HORACE E.--Bodley Books. Houghton, 8 vols., $12.00 set; $1.50 each.

The Children’s Book. (Edited.) Houghton, $2.50.

SÉGUR, MME. S. (R.) DE--The Story of a Donkey. Heath, $0.20.

SEWELL, ANNA--Black Beauty. Page, $1.25.

SHARP, EVELYN--The Youngest Girl in School. Macmillan, $1.50.

SHERWOOD, M. M. (B.)--The Fairchild Family. Stokes, $1.50. [Recommended for historic value.]

SHAW, F. L.--Castle Blair. Little, Brown, $1.00.

SPYRI, J.--Story of Heidi. DeWolfe Fiske, $1.50; Ginn, $0.40.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS--Treasure Island. Scribner, $1.00. [“Kidnapped” is a sequel.]

Black Arrow. Scribner, $1.00. [A good “penny-dreadful.”]

STOCKTON, FRANK R.--A Jolly Fellowship. Scribner, $1.50.

STUART, RUTH MCENERY--The Story of Babette. Harper, $1.50. [_Vide_ the same author’s “Solomon Crow’s Christmas Pocket.” Harper, $1.25.]

TAGGART, MARION AMES--The Little Gray House. McClure, $1.25. [The author has unfortunately been persuaded to continue her story in a second volume.]

TRIMMER, SARAH K.--History of the Robins. Heath, $0.25. [Historic interest.]

TROWBRIDGE, JOHN T.--The Tinkham Brothers’ Tide-Mill. Lothrop, Lee, $1.25.

His Own Master. Lothrop, Lee, $1.25.

Jack Hazard and His Fortunes. Coates, $1.25. (In a series.)

TWAIN, MARK (pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens.)--Huckleberry Finn. Harper, $1.75.

Tom Sawyer. Harper, $1.75.

VAN DYKE, HENRY--The First Christmas Tree. (Ill., Pyle.) Scribner, $1.50.

The Story of the Other Wise Man. Harper, $1.00.

VERNE, JULES--A Tour of the World in Eighty Days. [_Vide_ various editions.]

Twenty Thousand leagues under the Sea. Coates, $0.75. [_Vide_ various editions.]

WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS--Half a Dozen House Keepers. Altemus, $0.75.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Houghton, $1.25.

The Bird’s Christmas Carol. Houghton, $0.50.

Timothy’s Quest. (Ill., Oliver Herford.) Houghton, $1.50.

Polly Oliver’s Problem. Houghton, $1.00.

WYSS, J. R. V. AND MONTOLIEU, BARONNE DE--Swiss Family Robinson. Warne, $2.50; Dutton, $2.50. [Cheaper editions.]

BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY--Story of a Bad Boy. (Ill., Frost.) Houghton, $2.00; $1.25.

EGGLESTON, EDWARD--The Hoosier School-Boy. Scribner, $1.00.

EWALD, CARL (Tr., DeMattos.)--My Little Boy. Scribner, $1.00.

GILSON, ROY ROLFE--Mother and Father. Harper, $1.25.

HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN--A Boy’s Town. (Told for _Harper’s Young People_.) Harper, $1.25.

HUTTON, LAURENCE--A Boy I knew and Four Dogs. Harper, $1.25.

LARCOM, LUCY--New England Girlhood. Houghton, $0.75. [_Vide_ various editions.]

MARTIN, EDWARD S.--The Luxury of Children. Harper, $1.75 net.

RICHARDS, LAURA E.--When I Was Your Age. Estes, $1.25.

WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY--Being a Boy. Houghton, $1.25.

WHITTIER, JOHN G. (ED.)--Child-Life in Prose. Houghton, $2.00.

ETHICS AND RELIGION

BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Ed., Mrs. Joseph Gilder; Bishop Potter.)--Century, $1.50; ed. de luxe, $3.00.

BUNYAN, JOHN--Pilgrim’s Progress. Century (Ill., Brothers Rhead.), $1.50; Scribner (Ill., Byam Shaw), $2.50 net.

FIELD, EUGENE--A Little Book of Profitable Tales. Scribner, $1.25.

GATTY, MRS.--Parables from Nature. Bell (2 vols.); Macmillan, $1.50; Dutton (Everyman’s Library.).

HOUGHTON, LOUISE SEYMOUR--Telling Bible Stories. Scribner, $1.25. [R. G. Moulton has edited for Macmillan a Children’s Scries of Bible Stories.]

PSALMS OF DAVID (Ill., Brothers Rhead.)--Revell, $2.50.

RUSKIN, JOHN--Sesame and Lilies. [_Vide_ editions, McClurg, Mosher, Crowell, etc.]

III. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

A few references of a miscellaneous character are here given:

BIBLE in Elementary Schools (J. G. Fitch)--_Nineteenth Century_, 36:817.

BOOK, The Child and His (Mrs. E. M. Field)--London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., 1891.

BOOK, The Child and the (Gerald Stanley Lee)--Putnam, 1907.

BOOK-PLATES, Modern, and their Designers (Gleeson White)--_The Studio_, 1898–99, Supplement 1.

BOOKS, Better, Some Means by Which Children May Be Led to Read (Clara W. Hunt)--_Library Journal_, 24:147.

BOOKS, Children’s (Caroline M. Hewins)--_Public Library_, 1:190.

BOOKS, Children’s, and Children (H. A. Page)--_Contemporary_, 11:7.

BOOKS for Boys and Girls, On Some (From _Blackwood_)--_Liv. Age_, 209:3.

BOOKS for Children, Illustrated (W. M. Thackeray)--_Fraser_, 33:495 (1846).

BOOKS for Children That Have Lived (C. Welsh)--_Library_ [London], n.s., 1:314.

BOOKS, The Best Hundred, for Children--_Liv. Age_, 225:132.

CARNEGIE Libraries, Giving (I. F. Marcosson)--_World’s Work_, 9:6092.

CULTURE, On a Possible Popular (T. Wright)--_Contemporary_, 40:25.

ENGLISH, On the Teaching of (Percival Chubb)--Macmillan, 1902.

GIRL, The Reading of the Modern (Florence B. Low)--_Nineteenth Century_, 59:278.

GIRLS Read, What (E. G. Salmon)--_Nineteenth Century_, 20:515.

HENTY Book, What You Can Get Out of a (Caroline M. Hewins)--_Wisconsin Library Bulletin_, Sept.-Oct., 1906.

LESSON-BOOKS, Our Ancestor’s (S. E. Braine)--_Liv. Age_, 222:522.

LIBRARIANA: An Outline of the Literature of Libraries (F. J. Teggart)--_Library Journal_, 25:223, 577, 625.

LIBRARIES, Home, for Poor Children (Frances J. Olcott)--_Chautauquan_, 39:374.

LIBRARIES, Public, in the United States: Their History, Condition, and Management. Bureau of Education, 1876.

LIBRARIES, Small, Hints to (M. W. Plummer)--Pratt Institute, 1902.

LIBRARIES, The Free Travelling, in Wisconsin. The Story of Their Growth, etc. _Wisconsin Free Library Commission_, Madison, 1897. [Interesting monograph.]

LIBRARIES, What Free, are doing for Children (Mary W. Plummer.)--_Library Journal_, _Vide_ vol. 22.

LIBRARY, The Free: Its History, etc. (John J. Ogle)--London, Allen, 1897.

LIBRARY Literature in England and in the United States During the Nineteenth Century (F. J. Teggart)--_Library Journal_, 26:257.

LIBRARY Movement in the South Since 1899 (Anne Wallace)--_Library Journal_, 32:253.

LIBRARY Work with Children (Arabella H. Jackson)--Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa. [Statistical.]

LIBRARY Work, Rational, With Children, and the Preparation For It (Frances J. Olcott)--Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh. Boston: A. L. A. Pub. Board. Reprint Series, No. 9, $0.05.

LISTS, Reading, Fallacies of--_Liv. Age_, 170:218.

LITERATURE, Cheap (Helen Bosanquet)--_Contemporary_, 79:671.

LITERATURE, Cheap, for Village Children--_Liv. Age_, 138:296.

LITERATURE, Children’s (Ellen M. Henrotin)--_National Magazine_ (Boston), 7:373.

LITERATURE for the Little Ones (E. G. Salmon)--_Nineteenth Century_, 22:563.

LITERATURE, Modern, Children and (H. Sutton)--_Liv. Age_, 192:287.

MUSIC, Public School (S. W. Cole)--_New Eng. Mag._, n.s., 13:328.

MUSIC in Schools, Teaching of (J. C. Hadden)--_Nineteenth Century_, 42:142.

MUSIC, The Introduction of the Study of, into the Public Schools of Boston and of America (J. C. Johnson)--_Boston_, 1:622.

NOVELS, Some, to Read (Caroline M. Hewins)--_Traveller’s Record_, Feb.-Mar., 1889.

PERIODICALS, Children’s Books and (Abby L. Sargent)--_Library Journal_, 25:64 [Conference, June 7–12, 1900.]

PICTURES in Library Work for Children, The Place of (Annie C. Moore)--_Library Journal_, 25:159.