Chapter IX: Preface: And General Introduction

SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Tappan, Eva March, _The Children's Hour_. 10 vols.

Neilson, William Patten, and others, _The Junior Classics_.
10 vols.

Sylvester, Charles H., _Journeys through Bookland_. 10 vols.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, and others, _The Young Folks' Library_.
30 vols.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, _After School Library_. 12 vols.

Scudder, Horace E., _The Children's Book_. [Best single-volume
collection for early grades.]

Barnes, Walter, _Types of Children's Literature_.

II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Darton, F. J. Harvey, "Children's Books," in _Cambridge History
of English Literature_, Vol. XI, chap. xvi. [Best brief account
of development in England. Elaborate bibliography.]

Tassin, Algernon, "Books for Children," in _Cambridge History of
American Literature_, Vol. II, chap. vii. [Best account of
American development. Extended bibliography.]

Field, Mrs. E. M., _The Child and His Book_. The history and
progress of children's literature in England. [Stops with
1826.]

Moses, Montrose J., _Children's Books and Reading_. [Deals
with both English and American side. Book-lists and
bibliographies.]

Ashton, John, _Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century_.

Halsey, Rosalie V., _Forgotten Books of the American Nursery_.

Welsh, Charles, _A Bookseller of the Last Century_. [John
Newbery.]

"Godfrey, Elizabeth," _English Children in the Olden Time_.

Earle, Florence Morse, _Child Life in Colonial Days_.

III. GUIDES IN TEACHING

1. SPECIFIC PEDAGOGY

Barnes, Walter, _English in the Country School_.

Carpenter, G. R., Baker, F. T., and Scott, F. N., _The Teaching
of English_. [Pp. 155-187, "Literature in the Elementary
Schools," by Professor Baker.]

Chubb, Percival, _The Teaching of English_.

Cox, John Harrington, _Literature in the Common School_.

Barron, Julia S., Bacon, Corinne, and Dana, J. C., _Course of
Study for Normal School Pupils on Literature for Children_.
[A syllabus.]

Hosic, James Fleming, _The Elementary Course in English_.

MacClintock, Porter Lander, _Literature in the Elementary
School_.

McMurry, Charles A., _Special Method in Reading in the Grades_.

Welch, John S., _Literature in the School: Aims, Methods, and
Interpretations_.

2. MORE GENERAL AND INSPIRATIONAL

Bates, Arlo, _Talks on the Teaching of Literature_.

Bennett, Arnold, _Literary Taste and How to Form It_.

Colby, J. Rose, _Literature and Life in School_.

Kerfoot, J. B., _How to Read_.

Lee, Gerald Stanley, _The Child and the Book_.

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur, _On the Art of Reading_. [Children's
Literature.]

Scudder, Horace E., _Literature in the Schools_.

Smith, C. Alphonso, _What Can Literature Do for Me?_

Woodberry, George E., _The Appreciation of Literature_. _The
Heart of Man._

3. GUIDES TO BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

Arnold, Gertrude W., _A Mother's List of Books for Children_.

Field, Walter Taylor, _Fingerposts to Children's Reading_.

Hunt, Clara W., _What Shall We Read to the Children?_

Lowe, Orton, _Literature for Children_.

Macy, John, _A Child's Guide to Reading_.

Moore, Annie Carroll, _Roads to Childhood_.

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, _The Children's Reading_.

_One Thousand Good Books for Children._ [Classified and graded
list prepared by National Congress of Mothers' Literature
Committee, Alice M. Jordan, Chairman. Issued by U. S. Bureau
of Education, Washington, D. C., as Home Education Circular
No. 1.]

Stevens, David Harrison, _The Home Guide to Good Reading_.

IV. BOOKS ON STORY-TELLING

Allison, S. B., and Perdue, H. A., _The Story in Primary
Education_.

Bailey, Carolyn Sherman, _For the Story-Teller_.

Bryant, Sarah Cone, _How to Tell Stories to Children_. _Stories
to Tell to Children._ [Introduction.]

Cather, Katherine D., _Educating by Story-Telling_.

Cowles, Julia D., _The Art of Story-Telling_.

Cross, Allen, and Statler, Nellie M., _Story-Telling for Upper
Grades_.

Forbush, William B., _Manual of Stories_.

Horne, H. H., _Story-Telling, Questioning, and Studying_.

Keyes, Angela M., _Stories and Story-Telling_.

Kready, Laura F., _A Study of Fairy Tales_. [Chap. iii, "The
Telling of Fairy Tales."]

Lindsay, Maud, _The Story-Teller for Little Children_.

Lyman, Edna, _Story Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It_.

McMurry, Charles A., _Special Method in Reading in the Grades_.

Moore, Annie C., Article "Story-Telling," _Cyclopedia of
Education_. [Ed. Monroe.]

Partridge, Emelyn N., and George E., _Story-Telling in the School
and Home_.

Shedlock, Marie L., _The Art of the Story-Teller_.

St. John, Edward Porter, _Stories and Story-Telling in Moral and
Religious Education_.

Wiltse, Sara E., _The Place of the Story in Early Education_.

Wyche, Richard Thomas, _Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them_.

V. ON DRAMATIZATION

Briggs, T. H., and Coffman, L. D., _Reading in Public Schools_.
[Chap. x, "Dramatic Reading," and chap. xxiii, "Dramatics."]

Curtis, Elnora W., _The Dramatic Instinct in Education_.

Finlay-Johnson, Harriet, _The Dramatic Method of Teaching_.

Gesell, Arnold L., and Beatrice C., _The Normal Child and Primary
Education_. [Chapter on "Dramatic Expression."]

Herts, Alice M., _The Children's Educational Theatre_.

Nixon, Lillian E., _Fairy Tales a Child Can Read and Act_.

VI. THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

Moulton, Richard Green, _A Short Introduction to the Literature
of the Bible_.

The simplest and best discussion for teachers
of the Bible as literature. The books that
follow are good sources for story material from
the Bible.

Baldwin, James, _Old Stories from the East_.

Hodges, George, _The Garden of Eden_. _The Castle of Zion._ _When
the King Came._

Houghton, Louise Seymour, _Telling Bible Stories_.

Moulton, Richard Green, _Bible Stories: Old Testament_. _Bible
Stories: New Testament._ [Two volumes of _The Modern Reader's
Bible for Children_. The only variations from the text are by
omissions.]

Olcott, Frances Jenkins, _Bible Stories to Read and Tell_.

Smith, Nora Archibald, _Old, Old Tales from the Old, Old Book_.

Stewart, Mary, "_Tell Me a True Story_."

VII. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF CHILDHOOD

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, _The Story of a Bad Boy_.

Du Bois, Patterson, _Beckonings from Little Hands_.

Gilson, Roy Rolfe, _In the Morning Glow_.

Grahame, Kenneth, _Dream Days_. _The Golden Age_.

Howells, William Dean, _A Boy's Town_.

Kelly, Myra, _Little Citizens_.

Larcom, Lucy, _A New England Girlhood_.

Loti, Pierre, _The Story of a Child_.

Martin, George Madden, _Emmy Lou, Her Book and Heart_.

Masters, Edgar Lee, _Mitch Miller_.

Pater, Walter, _The Child in the House_.

Shute, Henry A., _The Real Diary of a Real Boy_.

Smith, William Hawley, _The Evolution of Dodd_.

Stuart, Ruth McEnery, _Sonny_.

Walpole, Hugh, _Jeremy_.

Warner, Charles Dudley, _On Being a Boy_.

White, William Allen, _The Court of Boyville_.

VIII. SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND

Addams, Jane, _Youth and Our City Streets_.

Adler, Felix, _The Moral Instruction of Children_.

Antin, Mary, _The Promised Land_.

Cabot, Ella Lyman, _The Seven Ages of Childhood_.

Dawson, George E., _The Child and His Religion_.

Engleman, J. O., _Moral Education_.

Griggs, Edward Howard, _Moral Education_.

Hall, G. Stanley, _Youth_.

Henderson, C. Hanford, _Education and the Larger Life_.

Hoyt, Franklin Chase, _Quicksands of Youth_.

Oppenheim, Nathan, _The Development of the Child_.

Puffer, J. Adams, _The Boy and His Gang_.

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