Part 5
The story of a little Scotch girl, her doll, and her small dog. 6 to 8.
ÆSOP, FABLES OF, THE. Editions edited by Joseph Jacobs, and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. 6 to 12.
BEAUTIFUL JOE. By Marshall Saunders.
A fine dog story for children. 8 to 10.
“BED-TIME STORIES” SERIES. By Louise Chandler Moulton.
1. BED-TIME STORIES.
2. MORE BED-TIME STORIES.
3. NEW BED-TIME STORIES.
4. FIRELIGHT STORIES.
5. STORIES TOLD AT TWILIGHT.
An excellent set of stories to read to children. 6 to 8.
BLACK BEAUTY. By Anna Sewell.
The most popular horse story in print. 8 to 10.
CALDWELL’S BOYS AND GIRLS AT HOME.
An illustrated annual, the contributors to which are well-known authors and artists. 7 to 10.
CAT STORIES. By Helen Hunt Jackson.
Contains “Letters from a Cat”; “Mammy Tickleback”; and “Hunter Cats of Connorloa.” 6 to 8.
CHILDREN’S BOOK, THE. Edited by Horace E. Scudder.
One of the most comprehensive collections of stories, verses, and fables for children published. 6 to 10.
CHILD’S CHRISTMAS, THE. By Evelyn Sharp.
A good collection of short Christmas stories. 6 to 8.
CHINESE BOY AND GIRL, THE. Translated by Isaac T. Headland.
Nursery rhymes, finger plays, games, and folk tales of Chinese children. 8 to 10.
CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY. By William Dean Howells.
Tells what happens to a little child whose wish to have Christmas every day is fulfilled. 8 to 10.
CONDUCT STORIES. By F. J. Gould.
Moral tales that may be read by and to children with pleasure and profit. 8 to 12.
DAVY AND THE GOBLIN. By Charles E. Carryl.
The fantastic adventures of a little boy who didn’t believe in fairies and goblins. 8 to 10.
FLIPWING THE SPY. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
A bird story for children. 7 to 9.
GLUE SERIES, THE. By George A. and Clara A. Williams.
GAMES THAT GLUE PLAYED, THE.
FARM THAT GLUE MADE, THE.
RAILWAY THAT GLUE BUILT, THE.
FUN THAT GLUE MADE, THE.
STORIES THAT GLUE TOLD, THE.
HOUSE THAT GLUE BUILT, THE.
SHIPS THAT GLUE BUILT, THE.
CHILDREN’S STORE, THE.
The Glue books, which contain various things to be cut out and pasted on appropriate backgrounds, are popular with children. They give them something pleasant to do, and at the same time, unconsciously educate their fingers and eyes. 6 to 10.
GOLDEN WINDOWS. By Laura E. Richards.
A fine collection of fables which will appeal to grown-ups as well as to the young. 6 to 10.
HOLLOW TREE DEEP WOODS BOOK, THE. By Albert Bigelow Paine.
The adventures of the Hollow Tree folk, Mr. Coon, Mr. Possum, Mr. Crow, Mr. Rabbit, and their friends in the deep woods. Amusingly told; not in dialect. 6 to 10.
HOLLOW TREE AND SNOWED-IN BOOK, THE. By Albert Bigelow Paine.
Follows “The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book.” There is a new “Little Lady” and a new “Mr. Dog,” but otherwise it has the same characters and the same place. 6 to 10.
JUST SO STORIES. By Rudyard Kipling.
Tells how the camel got its hump and how the elephant got its trunk, etc. 7 to 10.
LISTEN TO ME STORIES. By Alicia Aspinwall.
These are not strictly fairy stories, but possess many of the attributes of that class, the imagined and the actual being closely woven together. 8 to 10.
LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Fantastic negro and animal stories. 8 to 10.
LULU’S LIBRARY. By Louisa M. Alcott.
A mixture of fairy tales and animal stories and adventures of various children. 8 to 10.
MR. RABBIT AT HOME. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Stories about animals. A companion book to “Little Mr. Thimblefinger.” 8 to 10.
MOUNTAIN-LAND. By Robert W. Chambers.
Adventures in the wild woods with animal friends. 6 to 8.
OLD ROUGH THE MISER. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
The lively story of an old water rat. 7 to 9.
“OZ” BOOKS, THE. By L. Frank Baum. 7 to 10.
WIZARD OF OZ, THE.
Dorothy, the heroine, lived with her uncle and aunt on a farm in Kansas. One day a cyclone carried the house, with Dorothy and the dog Toto in it, many miles away to the land of Oz. They alight on the wicked witch of the East, killing her. The Munchkins, the Scarecrow, The Great Oz, etc., are introduced, and Dorothy’s adventures are in full swing.
MARVELLOUS LAND OF OZ, THE.
Tells about the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Animated Saw-Horse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, the Gump, etc.
OZMA OF OZ.
Tells more about Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and introduces Tiktok, The Yellow Hen, The Nome King, and The Hungry Tiger.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ.
Dorothy and a little boy companion, Zeb, and Jim, the Cab Horse, are swallowed up in an earthquake, and reach a strange vegetable land, whence, by the aid of the Wizard of Oz, they escape to the Land of Oz. The new characters are Eureka, Dorothy’s pink kitten, and The Nine Tiny Piglets.
ROAD TO OZ, THE.
This book tells how to reach the Magic City of Oz over a road leading through lands of many colors, peopled with odd characters.
EMERALD CITY OF OZ, THE.
The last of the “Oz” books, in which all of the old and some new characters are assembled.
POLLY AND DOLLY. By Mary Frances Blaisdell.
Pleasant short stories for young children. 5 to 7.
SANTA CLAUS ON A LARK. By Washington Gladden.
A good collection of Christmas stories. 8 to 10.
SHORT STORIES FOR SHORT PEOPLE. By Alicia Aspinwall.
A good collection of humorous stories. 6 to 10.
SPARROW THE TRAMP. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
A fable for children. 7 to 9.
STORY OF AARON, THE. By Joel Chandler Harris.
The story of an Arab slave, in the telling of which animals figure prominently. 8 to 10.
WHY THE CHIMES RANG; AND OTHER STORIES. By Raymond Macdonald Alden.
A very successful collection of modern fairy tales. The story “Why the Chimes Rang” is especially good. 6 to 10.
WILDERNESS BABIES. By Julia A. Schwartz.
Contains a careful description of the young of sixteen mammals, ranging from the whale and the buffalo to the squirrel and the bat. 8 to 10.
_For Boys and Girls Ten to Twelve_
BIMBI STORIES. By Louisa de la Ramée (“Ouida”).
Contents: “The Nürnberg Stove”; “The Ambitious Rose Tree”; “Lampblack”; “The Child of Urbino”; “Findelkind.”
BIRDS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE. By Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Tells how Sarah Maud, Peoria, Cornelius, Baby Larry, and the rest of the nine little Ruggleses went to a Christmas dinner party.
CHRISTMAS ANGEL, THE. By Abbie Farwell Brown.
A very pretty Christmas fable, full of sweet sentiment.
DOG OF FLANDERS. By Louisa de la Ramée (“Ouida”).
A Christmas story of old Antwerp, a young artist and his faithful dog.
DONKEY JOHN OF THE TOY VALLEY. By Margaret W. Morley.
A very pretty story of the wooden-toy makers in an Austrian valley. “Donkey John” was so named because he excelled only in the making of wooden donkeys, and his work made him famous.
“JOLLY GOOD TIMES” SERIES, THE. By Mary P. W. Smith.
Delightful and wholesome “out-of-door” stories. 9 to 12.
1. JOLLY GOOD TIMES; OR, CHILD LIFE ON A FARM.
2. JOLLY GOOD TIMES AT SCHOOL.
3. THE BROWNS.
4. THEIR CANOE TRIP.
5. JOLLY GOOD TIMES AT HACKINATACK.
6. MORE GOOD TIMES AT HACKINATACK.
7. JOLLY GOOD TIMES TO-DAY.
8. A JOLLY GOOD SUMMER.
JUAN AND JUANITA. By Frances C. Baylor.
A story of two Mexican children who were captured by Indians.
JUNGLE BOOK, THE. By Rudyard Kipling.
A child, brought up by wolves, becomes their leader and the friend of the animals of the jungle. 8 to 12.
LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, THE. By Charles W. Moore.
Emphasis is laid on the boyhood and youth of Lincoln, his struggle for an education and a place in the world, and the chief events of his public life. 10 to 13.
LISBETH LONGFROCK. By Hans Aanrud. Translated from the Norwegian by L. E. Poulsson.
A splendid picture of Norwegian life.
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. By Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Shows how a little American boy won the love of his English grandfather.
MONKEY THAT WOULD NOT KILL, THE. By Henry Drummond.
The pranks of a mischievous monkey.
NEW TREASURE SEEKERS, THE. By E. Nesbit (Mrs. Bland).
A companion to “The Treasure Seekers.” The further adventures of the same family.
NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS. By Joel Chandler Harris.
The adventures of Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit.
PICTURES AND RHYMES. By Peter Newell.
A collection of fifty of Peter Newell’s characteristic drawings. Very humorous. 8 to 12.
QUEEN’S MUSEUM, AND OTHER FANCIFUL TALES, THE. By Frank R. Stockton.
A selection of this author’s most popular whimsical stories, well illustrated in colors by Frederic Richardson.
RAINY DAY SCRAP BOOK, THE. By E. L. and E. T. Shuman.
Contains leaves which are arranged to contain pasted pictures. On each leaf is a key to the proper picture, which is to be picked out of a portfolio containing them at the front of the book. The idea is to give children, by illustrating their own scrap book, some knowledge of the works of the masters of art and of the classic structures of the old world. 9 to 13.
SECOND JUNGLE BOOK, THE. By Rudyard Kipling.
The animals of the East Indian forest talk together and tell the secrets of the jungle.
SLOWCOACH, THE. By E. V. Lucas.
The “Slowcoach” is a caravan (a house on wheels), which was delivered to an English family, consisting of the mother and four children, much to their surprise. They utilize the gift, however, and have with it a very enjoyable tour. The story contains much good humor. 11 to 13.
STORIES FROM THE CHRONICLES OF THE CID. By Mary W. Plummer.
A connected narrative, strong and interesting.
SWEET WILLIAM. By Marguerite Bouvet.
The romantic story of a little Prince of Normandy, who was falsely imprisoned during the days of chivalry.
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, THE. By Johann Rudolph Wyss.
The adventures of a family shipwrecked on a desert island.
TREASURE SEEKERS, THE. By E. Nesbit (Mrs. Bland).
The adventures of a family of imaginative children.
UNCLE REMUS AND HIS FRIENDS. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Old plantation songs and stories.
UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Tales of Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit. Includes the “Tar Baby.” 8 to 12.
WOULDBEGOODS, THE. By Mrs. H. Bland (E. Nesbit).
A charming and amusing story of a family of children who are always unintentionally getting into trouble.
_For Boys and Girls Ten to Eighteen_
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Noah Brooks.
Deals particularly with Lincoln’s early life. 12 to 14.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By John G. Nicolay.
A short history, condensed from the larger work by Nicolay and Hay. Clear, concise, and dignified. 16 to 18.
ALHAMBRA, THE. By Washington Irving.
Legends and traditions that have been woven around the ruins of the beautiful Moorish palace. 15 to 18.
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE YACHT “SUNBEAM.” By Lady Anna Brassey.
An excellent description of a voyage round the world taken by Lord and Lady Brassey in their famous yacht. 14 to 17.
BEN-HUR. By Lew Wallace.
A classic story of the time of Christ. 16 to 18.
BOYS AND GIRLS FROM DICKENS. Edited by Broughton Scott.
Twenty of the most famous children from the works of Dickens told in the novelist’s own words. 11 to 13.
BOYS OF ’76. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
An interesting account of the battles of the Revolution. 12 to 14.
BUILDING THE NATION. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
Events in the history of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil War. 12 to 14.
CASTLE BLAIR. By Flora Louise Shaw.
The adventures of five children sent from India to live with an uncle in Ireland. 12 to 14.
CENTURY BOOK FOR YOUNG AMERICANS, THE. By Elbridge S. Brooks.
A party of boys and girls visit Washington and learn of the workings of the various departments of the Government. 10 to 13.
CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS, THE. By Elbridge S. Brooks.
A party of boys and girls travel from Boston to the Potomac and the Ohio and visit the homes of famous Americans. 10 to 13.
CHAPLET OF PEARLS, THE. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
A romance of the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. 14 to 16.
CHILDREN’S LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE. By M. Louise Putnam.
The story of Lincoln’s life combining entertaining narrative with accurate statement. 10 to 14.
CHILD’S ENGLISH LITERATURE, THE. By H. E. Marshall.
The life and personality of each author is given in outline, with enough quotation to afford an idea of what he wrote. The outlined historical background will enable the young reader to feel the connection between literature and the life of the time. 12 to 15.
CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, THE. By Charles Dickens.
From the Roman Conquest, B. C. 50, to the reign of William and Mary, A. D. 1688. Contains chapter on succeeding reigns. 12 to 16.
CHRISTMAS CAROL, A. By Charles Dickens.
A Christmas ghost story. 12 to 14.
CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, THE. By Charles Dickens.
A fairy tale, the chief characters in which are an old toy-maker and his blind daughter. 12 to 15.
DAVID COPPERFIELD. By Charles Dickens.
In his preface the author says that of all his books, he likes this one the best. Everyone knows of Little Em’ly, Barkis, and Mr. Peggotty. 14 to 16.
DON QUIXOTE. By Miguel de Cervantes.
The edition best suited for young people is that re-told by E. A. Parry, and illustrated by Walter Crane. The Dent edition is also recommended. 10 to 14.
DOVE IN THE EAGLE’S NEST. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
The story of a maid who grew up in the castle of a German robber baron of the fifteenth century. 14 to 16.
DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
The first period of the War of the Rebellion from its outbreak to the close of 1862. 12 to 14.
EIGHT COUSINS. By Louisa M. Alcott.
The doings of a fun-loving girl and her seven boy cousins. 12 to 14.
EMPIRE STORY, AN. By H. E. Marshall.
The story of the development of England’s great colonies. Includes India, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. 12 to 15.
FEATS ON THE FIORD. By Harriet Martineau.
The romance of a Norse peasant maid. 14 to 16.
FREEDOM TRIUMPHANT. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
The fourth period of the War of the Rebellion, from September, 1864, to its close. 12 to 14.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. By Horace E. Scudder.
One of the best lives of Washington for young readers. 12 to 16.
GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR; OR, TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
A splendid introduction to the history of New England from 1620 to 1803. 12 to 14.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. By Jonathan Swift.
A voyage to Lilliput and a voyage to Brobdingnag. 12 to 14.
HALF A HUNDRED HERO TALES. By various authors, including Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Greek and Roman mythological heroes whose stories are here collected are not covered in any other one volume. The arrangement gives the interest of connected narrative to the account of the fall of Troy, the Æneas stories, and the adventures of Ulysses. 11 to 13.
HAROLD, THE LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS. By Bulwer-Lytton.
The end of the Saxon rule and the conquest of England by the Normans. 15 to 18.
HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES. By Mary Mapes Dodge.
The skating trip of four boys from Amsterdam to The Hague. A very fine story. 12 to 14.
HEIR OF REDCLYFFE, THE. By Charlotte M. Yonge.
The story of an English country family of the nineteenth century. 14 to 16.
HELEN’S BABIES. By John Habberton.
A most amusing story of two mischievous and lovable children. Will appeal to fathers and mothers as well as to their children. 12 to 14.
HELMET AND SPEAR. By Rev. A. J. Church.
Tells about the wars of the Greeks and Romans. 14 to 16.
HERODOTUS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Edited by J. S. White.
A very attractive rendering for young people of this classic. 12 to 14.
HEROIC LEGENDS. Re-told by Agnes Grozier Herbertson.
Contains old legends, such as St. George and the Dragon, Valentine and Orson, Charlemagne and the Charcoal Burner, Richard and Blondel, etc. 10 to 13.
ISLAND STORY, AN. By H. E. Marshall.
An interesting and readable history of England. Well illustrated. 12 to 14.
JACK AND JILL. By Louisa M. Alcott.
A village story. 12 to 14.
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. By Mrs. D. M. Craik (Miss Mulock).
An eighteenth century story of a man of high principle. 16 to 18.
JO’S BOYS. By Louisa M. Alcott.
A sequel to “Little Men.” Tells how Aunt Jo’s boys and girls turned out. 12 to 14.
KING ARTHUR, STORIES OF.
Brooks, E. STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. 11 to 14.
Bulfinch, Thomas. AGE OF CHIVALRY, THE. 14 to 16.
Farrington, M. V. TALES OF KING ARTHUR. 8 to 10.
French, Allen. SIR MARROK. A TALE OF THE DAYS OF KING ARTHUR. 12 to 14.
Frost, W. H. COURT OF KING ARTHUR, THE. 10 to 14.
Frost, W. H. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, THE. 10 to 14.
Greene, F. N. LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS COURT. 10 to 12.
Lang, A. (Ed.) BOOK OF ROMANCE, THE. 12 to 14.
Lanier, Sidney. (Ed.) KNIGHTLY LEGENDS OF WALES; OR, THE BOYS’ MABINOGION. 12 to 16.
Lanier, Sidney. (Ed.) BOYS’ KING ARTHUR, THE. 12 to 16.
Lathrop, Henry B. MALORY’S KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. 14 to 16.
Macgregor, M. STORIES OF KING ARTHUR’S KNIGHTS. 8 to 10.
Macleod, Mary. BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS, THE. 12 to 14.
Pyle, Howard. STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS, THE. 12 to 14.
Pyle, Howard. STORY OF SIR LAUNCELOT AND HIS COMPANIONS, THE. 12 to 14.
Pyle, Howard. STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE, THE. 12 to 16.
Pyle, Howard. STORY OF THE GRAIL, THE. 12 to 16.
Senior, Dorothy. KING WHO NEVER DIED, THE. 12 to 14.
Sterling, M. B. STORY OF SIR GALAHAD, THE. 10 to 12.
KNICKERBOCKER’S HISTORY OF NEW YORK. By Washington Irving.
A humorous history of New York. 16 to 18.
KNIGHTS OF ART. By Amy Steedman.
Stories of the lives of the great Italian masters told for young folks. Well told and beautifully illustrated. 9 to 12.
LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. By Bulwer-Lytton.
A very entertaining description of life in Rome in the first century. 15 to 18.
LAST OF THE BARONS, THE. By Bulwer-Lytton.
A tale of the War of the Roses. Warwick the “Kingmaker” is the chief character. 15 to 18.
LAST OF THE PETERKINS, THE. By Lucretia M. Hale.
Amusing stories for unpractical children. Follows “Peterkin Papers.” 12 to 16.
LITTLE MEN. By Louisa M. Alcott.
Follows “Little Women,” and tells of the school for boys kept by one of the sisters. 12 to 14.
LORNA DOONE. By R. D. Blackmore.
A stirring romance of Exmoor (England) during the early part of the eighteenth century. 16 to 18.
MARCHING TO VICTORY. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
The second period of the War of the Rebellion, including the year 1863. 12 to 14.
MISS MINERVA AND WILLIAM GREEN HILL. By Frances Boyd Calhoun.
A story full of real fun and humor that will appeal to grown-ups and young folks equally. 14 to 18.
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, THE. By Charles Dickens.
The story of Little Nell and her grandfather, Dick Swiveller, and the Marchioness. 14 to 16.
OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
Sketches of the life in the colonies from the discovery and settlement of America to about 1760. 12 to 14.
OPTIMISM. By Helen Keller.
A remarkable creed of life by this deaf and blind girl. 16 to 18.
PARABLES FROM NATURE. By Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Splendid lessons drawn from nature. 12 to 18.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA. By Jacques Henri B. de Saint-Pierre.
A story of the Island of Mauritius. 16 to 18.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. By Frank R. Stockton.
Describes a tour through England, France, Italy, and the Low Countries. 12 to 14.
PETERKIN PAPERS. By Lucretia P. Hale.
Very funny stories of the efforts of a family to become wise. 12 to 16.
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, THE. By John Bunyan.
One of the world’s classics. Tells of the wonderful adventures of Christian. Editions recommended—Nister, Dent, Puritan, and Golden Treasury. 10 to 16.
PLUTARCH, BOYS’ AND GIRLS’, THE. Edited by J. S. White.
Realistic lives of the Greek and Roman heroes. 11 to 14.
PLUTARCH’S LIVES. Corrected from the Greek and revised by A. H. Clough.
The best text and editorship of this classic. 16 to 18.
PRINCE OF INDIA, THE. By Lew Wallace.
An historical romance, beginning in the year 1395. Describes the assault and sack of the old Byzantine capital by Mohammed II, and of his entry into Sancta Sophia. 16 to 18.
PUCK OF POOK’S HILL. By Rudyard Kipling.
An interweaving of fairy tale and historical romance of old England. 12 to 16.
RAB AND HIS FRIENDS. By John Brown.
A Scotch story, the chief actor in which is the noble dog Rab. In the persons of his friends, a remarkable woman and her husband, there is given a splendid character sketch. A beautiful and pathetic story. 14 to 16.
REDEEMING THE REPUBLIC. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
The third period of the War of the Rebellion, to September, 1864. 12 to 14.
REWARDS AND FAIRIES. By Rudyard Kipling.
A companion book to “Puck of Pook’s Hill.” Contains a rather remarkable poem—“If.” These two books will appeal to grown-ups also. 12 to 16.
RIP VAN WINKLE. By Washington Irving.
Legend of the Hudson Valley. The story of a man who slept for twenty years. 16 to 18.
ROSE IN BLOOM. By Louisa M. Alcott.
A sequel to “Eight Cousins.” 12 to 14.
ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE.
The twelve monthly numbers are bound up in two volumes, and always contain good serial stories for boys and girls, as well as short stories and verses, etc. 9 to 15.
SANTA CLAUS’ PARTNER. By Thomas Nelson Page.
A story of a lonely bachelor and a little girl. 12 to 14.
SCOTLAND’S STORY. By H. E. Marshall.
A history of the stirring events and gallant deeds with which the annals of Scotland are filled. Illustrated in colors. 12 to 15.
SCOTTIE AND HIS LADY. By Margaret Morse.
The story of a faithful and remarkably intelligent collie dog. 16 to 18.
SCOTTISH CHIEFS, THE. By Jane Porter.
The story of Robert Bruce, Sir William Wallace, and the Scottish struggle for independence during the twelfth century. 14 to 16.
STORY OF MARCO POLO, THE. By Noah Brooks.
A story of travel in Asia in the thirteenth century. 14 to 16.
STORY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. By Lucy C. Lillie.
The idea is to interest young students in music in the technique of their art, and in the associations amid which great masters have worked. 14 to 16.
STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN, THE. By Henry van Dyke.
A beautiful Christmas story. It tells of a fourth wise man who also set out to seek the manger-cradle at Bethlehem, but who found his King in deeds of love. 16 to 18.
STORY OF TONTY, THE. By Mary Hartwell Catherwood.
A fine story of French exploration in America. The hero is Tonty of the Iron Hand, the friend of La Salle. 12 to 15.
TALE OF TWO CITIES, A. By Charles Dickens.
One of Dickens’ best stories. It pictures the fierce passions of the first French revolution, and tells how a noble-minded castaway, Sidney Carton, gave his life for another. 14 to 16.
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. By Charles and Mary Lamb.