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.
Read, Some Things a Boy of Seventeen Should Have Had an Opportunity to (H. L. Elmendorf)—R. of Rs. (N. Y.), 28:713.
Reader, The Modern Child as a (Tudor Jenks)—Book-Buyer, 23:17.
Reading for Boys and Girls (E. T. Tomlinson)—Atlantic, 86:693.
Reading for Children (H. V. Weisse)—Contemporary, 79:829.
Reading, On (Georg Brandes)—Internal. Quar., 12:273.
Reading, On the Pleasure of (Sir John Lubbock)—Contemporary, Feb., 1886.
School, The Novel and the Common (Charles Dudley Warner)—Atlantic, 65:721.
Schools, School-books, and School-masters. A Contribution to the History of Educational Development in Great Britain (W. Carew Hazlitt)—London, 1888.
Schooldays of Eminent Men (John Timbs)—London, 1870.
Shakespeare for Children (Charles Welsh)—Dial (Chicago), May 16, 1907, in answer to Shakespeare, Reading, to Children (Walter Taylor Field)—Dial (Chicago), May 1, 1907.
Stories to Children, How to Tell (Sara Cone Bryant)—Houghton, $1.00 net.
Story-Books, Children’s (F. Maccuun)—Liv. Age, 241:746.
Story-Tellers, About Old (Donald G. Mitchell)—Scribner.
Women’s Clubs, How, May Help the Library Movement (E. G. Browning)—Library Journal, 24:—suppl. C. 18. [Conference, May 9–13, 1899.]