Chapter I: Front Matter

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BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF

_A Practical Plan of Character Building_

COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES

I Fun and Thought for Little Folk II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales III Famous Tales and Nature Stories IV Things to Make and Things to Do V True Stories from Every Land VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II IX Earth, Sea, and Sky X Games and Handicraft XI Wonders of Invention XII Marvels of Industry XIII Every Land and its Story XIV Famous Men and Women XV Bookland--Story and Verse, Part I XVI Bookland--Story and Verse, Part II XVII Graded and Classified Index

THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
INCORPORATED
_New York_

BOYS AND GIRLS
BOOKSHELF

_A Practical Plan of Character Building_

Little Folks' Section

Prepared Under the Supervision of
THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY

Volume I
FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK

THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
INCORPORATED
_New York_

Copyright, 1920, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

Copyright, 1912, 1915, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

_Manufactured in the U. S. A._

THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

_General Editor_: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D.
Author of "The Boy Problem"

_Technical Editor:_
HERBERT TREADWELL WADE
Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia

_Literature Editor:_
ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D.
Editor of "Little Classics"

_Music Editor:_
WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC.
Secretary of The National Academy of Music

_Associate Editor:_
DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER
Editorial Director of the Edison Industries

_Office Editor:_ JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK
Editor of "The Children's Own Library"

_PARTIAL LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS_

JOSEPH H. ADAMS,
Editor of "Harper's Practical Books for Boys"

T. GEORGE ALLEN,
Curator of the Oriental Museum, University of Chicago

MARY W. ARTOIS,
Traveler and Writer

ROGER W. BABSON,
Author of "Central America"

GRACE GERTRUDE BARDEN,
Teacher of Domestic Science

HARRY K. BEASLEY,
Electrical Engineer and Author