Chapter V: Editions of Standard Books (1)

"A precious treasure had I long possessed,
A little yellow canvas-covered book,
A slender abstract of the Arabian Tales;
And for companions in a new abode,
When first I learnt, that this dear prize of mine
Was but a block hewn from a mighty quarry--
That there were four more volumes, laden all
With kindred matter, 'twas to me, in truth,
A promise scarcely earthly." --WORDSWORTH.

WHAT edition of a book to buy is determined in about the same way as is the pattern of our clothes--by a compromise between our means and our likings. But in the case of our children it is a pretty well-known fact that their likings must be directed and the means at their disposal regulated--even in the purchase and reading of books. A boy left to himself will about as often fall into extravagant habits of taste as he will into extravagant habits in the use of his pocket money. He is no more able to judge of the good investment of knowledge than of the good investment of money. In the desire to appear as a good fellow among his companions he disregards either economy of time or economy of means. He needs to be shown the wisdom of saving along both lines. This can be done in no better way than by indicating to him an edition of a book that will require some sacrifice on his part to buy, and maybe to find time to read. This may all have to be done without regard to his tastes.

To let the mere notions of a boy determine the edition of a book to be bought and to estimate the merits of different editions by these same notions is foolish. This is neither directing nor cultivating tastes. The old plan of fencing in the pasture and of not letting the boy wander too far afield was many times a very good plan. Tastes need to be directed and boundaries fixed. Instead of permitting the boy to determine the merits of the illustrations and the binding, he should have pointed out to him repeatedly what good illustrations and good binding are, and whether they can both be afforded.

Both tastes and circumstances may lead to the buying of a cheap, modest-looking book. This may serve its owner well, and he may never miss what might be called the charm of a well-illustrated, well-printed, and well-bound edition--one pleasant to look into and to touch. He may be as little able to judge of the artistic make-up of a book as of the cut of his clothes or the quality of his food; what he wants is something to satisfy hunger and to cover nakedness, in whatever form it may be given. Because of this the boy can bury himself in the pages of an ill-made book if the words tell an enchanting story. But it is safe to say that most boys do like well-made books with good illustrations.

The pencil of the artist seems almost necessary to give the right touch to a child's book that is great literature. Not in that they enable the boy to get the story more easily are illustrations valuable, but in the fact that they lend an artistic touch to a thing that is of itself a work of art. A guess, however, at the kind of illustrations needed for children's books would be very arbitrary. No one could hold that the present-day coloured illustrations, with what is termed life in action instead of decoration and convention, are the only right ones for children. Nor are the old line-drawings in black and white to be discarded. We need woodcuts as well as the engraved colour-plate; we need Cruikshank, Tenniel, Greenaway, and Crane, as well as Brooke, Rackham, Parrish, and Smith, for each has added a charm to some of the great literature of childhood. May children's books continue to fare well at the hands of talented artists. No more enduring work can be wrought than that in which a keen and sympathetic imagination gives expression to a picture that was first put into words.

The work in hand for the teacher is to secure the buying of as good an edition of a book as the boy can afford. The fact should be kept before him at all times that he can usually get the good edition if he is willing to do so. If it should happen that in any particular year the boy cannot afford all of the books that might be bought in that year, the teacher should see that the one or two most valuable ones are secured. For example, if he is a sixth-grade boy, he must by some means manage to get "Robinson Crusoe" and "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." The teacher's own interest, enthusiasm, and good taste will successfully solve what is to be done. As an aid in this direction it is to be hoped that book stores will display a number of good editions of each title of the standard books for children in order that a more satisfactory choice may be made of any one title. And the stores could do a good turn by having well-informed and painstaking clerks to aid in the selection of the right edition.

In the list that follows, a few low-priced editions without illustrations are given as well as the more artistic and expensive ones. The teacher may not care to own the large illustrated edition that appeals to the boy. Nor does he want an abridged edition. He may have to depart from the list in order to get a complete copy of such great books as "Don Quixote." For this particular title the teacher may range from the single volume of Motteaux's translation in "Everyman's Library" (one of the best issues of standard books for the teacher to select from at a low price) to that of the excellent translation by Shelton issued in the expensive "Tudor Translations." So does he need some complete edition of Lane's translation of "A Thousand and One Nights" with Harvey's illustrations if possible, such as the three-volume edition imported by Scribner, the four-volume edition in "Bohn's Standard Library," or the six-volume edition in the "Ariel Classics." Then again, it may happen that an edition such as the two-shilling edition of Grimm translated by Taylor and illustrated by Cruikshank, issued by the Oxford Press, is as good for the teacher as for the boy. But the appended list will not include and designate editions suitable for teachers only. The working out of such a list by the teacher for himself will indicate his interest in the task that is before him.

The list is not intended as a guide in building up an extensive library for the use of children. Its chief merit, no doubt, is in the fact that it is a limited list. And its first good result must be in the practice of the boy's buying a few books that are good and that will be read and reread. But little comment will be offered here and there on the preference of one edition over another. All editions designated by a star are well worth owning. A guess at the age for reading a book has been made, but with considerable latitude because of the unequal reading ability among children. The age from six to ten years, the primary grades of public school, will be indicated by the letter "P" placed before the title; the age from ten to fifteen years, the grammar grades of school, will be indicated by the letter "G" placed before the title. Any suggestions on included editions found unsatisfactory by experience, or on good editions omitted, will be gladly received. The sole aim herein is to present a list that will be of help to the teacher and the boys under him in finding the best that publishers have to give of the enduring literature for children.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES

P--but must be learned even if done in the college class in English.

*"Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books." Any or all of the following are merrily done: "The House That Jack Built"; "Sing a Song of Sixpence"; "The Queen of Hearts"; "Hey Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting"; "Ride a Cock Horse"; "The Frog That Would a-Wooing Go." 4to. Picture wrappers, 25 cents each. Warne.

"The Baby's Opera: Old Rhymes with New Dresses, Set to Music." Walter Crane. Small 4to. Varnished boards, $1.50. Warne. A second volume is "The Baby's Bouquet."

*"Our Old Nursery Rhymes." The original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated in colour by H. Willebeek LeMair. 11 x 9. Cloth, $1.50. McKay. Thirty well-known rhymes with dainty and aristocratic illustrations of unusual beauty. A second volume is called "Little Songs of Long Ago."

"Thirty Old-time Nursery Songs." Arranged by Joseph Moorat and pictured by Paul Woodroffe. Large 4to. Boards, $2.00. Schirmer.

"Old Songs and Rounds." Decorated in full colour by Boutet de Monvel. Arranged to music by Wider. Cloth, $2.25. Duffield. Both English and French texts are given. There is nothing more charming in all the realm of picture books, according to The Nation.

*"Mother Goose; or, The Old Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway. 16mo. Decorated boards, 60 cents. Warne. Forty-four rhymes done with this artist's usual charm and nursery propriety.

"The Only True Mother Goose Melodies." An exact reproduction of the text and illustrations of the original edition printed in Boston in 1834 by Munroe and Francis. An introduction by Edward Everett Hale. 16mo. Cloth, 60 cents. Houghton.

*"The Nursery Rhyme Book." Collected by Andrew Lang and illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Warne. Well illustrated.

"National Rhymes of the Nursery." Collected by George Saintsbury and illustrated by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. A splendid introduction for a teacher to read.

"Big Book of Nursery Rhymes." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton.

"A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes." Edited by S. Baring-Gould. Illustrated and decorated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. McClurg.

"Mother Goose's Melodies for Children; or, Songs for the Nursery." Edited by William A. Wheeler. Illustrated by numerous woodcuts. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton.

*"Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Century. Fine for a child.

"Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour by Fanny Y. Cory. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Bobbs-Merrill.

"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Tenniel, Hardy, and others. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Mother Goose." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated in duo-tone with line cuts by Will Bradley and others. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"Nursery Rhymes." Chosen by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by F. M. B. Blaikie. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Stokes.

"Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Grace E. Wiederseim. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"The Complete Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Ethel Franklin Betts. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes." Collected by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by John Hassall. 6-1/2x9. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Our Nursery Rhyme Book." Edited by Letty and Frank Littlewood. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Favourite Rhymes of Mother Goose." Illustrated in colour by Maria L. Kirk. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Cupples.

*"Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes." Illustrated by E. Stewart Hardy. Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.25. Dutton.

"Mother Goose in Silhouettes." Cut by Katharine G. Buffum. 6x6. Cloth, 75 cents. Lathrop. Forty-one clever pictures to twenty-three old rhymes.

"Mother Goose Book of Nursery Rhymes and Songs." From Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, 35 cents; leather, 70 cents. Dutton.

*"Mother Goose: A Book of Nursery Rhymes." Collected by Charles Welsh. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood. 12mo. Cloth, 30 cents. Heath. A good cheap edition.

"Heart of Oak Books: Book I." Edited by Charles Eliot Norton. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 12mo. Cloth, 25 cents. Heath.

*"This Little Pig's Picture Book." Illustrated by Walter Crane. 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Lane. Contains also "The Fairy Ship and King Luckieboy's Party."

"Mother Hubbard's Picture Book." Illustrated by Walter Crane. 4to. Paper, $.25. Lane.

"April Baby's Book of Tunes, The." By the author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden." Col. Ill. by Kate Greenaway. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan.

"Jingle Book." By Carolyn Wells. (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

G--COLLECTIONS OF VERSE

*"The Children's Treasury of English Song." Selected by Francis Turner Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. This is the best collection that has yet been made for children. The publishers of this collection could do a great service by issuing a large, attractive, well-illustrated edition, adding to it a judicious selection from the great volume of verse covering the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

"The Children's Garland from the Best Poets." Selected by Coventry Patmore. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"The Blue Book of Poetry." Selected by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans.

"A Book of Famous Verse." Selected by Agnes Repplier. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents. Houghton. A good selection, especially for boys.

"One Thousand Poems for Children: A Choice of the Best Verse Old and New." Selected by Roger Ingpen. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Jacobs.

"Lyra Heroica: A Book of Verse for Boys." Selected and arranged by William Ernest Henley. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner.

"Our Children's Songs." Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Harper.

*"The Listening Child: A Selection from the Songs of English Verse, Made for the Youngest Readers and Hearers." Selected by Lucy W. Thatcher. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An edition at $.50.

"A Book of Verse for Children." Compiled by E. V. Lucas. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Holt.

"The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children." Selected by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Doubleday.

"Poems Children Love." Edited by Peurhyn W. Coussens. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dodge.

"Little Folks' Book of Verse." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.

"A Treasury of Verse for Little Children." Selected by M. G. Edgar. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by W. Pogany. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Crowell.

"The Golden Staircase." Selected by Louey Chisholm Illustrated in colour by M. Dibdin Spooner. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Putnam.

"A Child's Book of Old Verse." Selected and illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.

"The Treasure Book of Children's Verse." Edited by Mabel and Lillian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated in colour by M. Ethelred Gray. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Popular edition, $2.00.

*"The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyric Poems in the English Language." By Francis Turner Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. Before entering high school, the boy should own some edition of this great collection of verse.

"The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated by Hugh Thompson, W. Heath Robinson, and A. C. Michael. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Hodder. A good edition.

"The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.

"Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." Illustrated in colour by Anning Bell. Square 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton.

"The Oxford Book of English Verse." By Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.90; leather and India paper, $3.50. Oxford Press. A good substitute for "The Golden Treasury."

"The Boy's Percy." Being old ballads of war, adventure, and love, from Bishop Thomas Percy's "Reliques of Ancient Poetry." Edited for boys by Sidney Lanier. Illustrated from original designs by E. B. Bonsell. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Scribner. A capital book for any boy who is a real reader.

*"A Book of English Ballads." Collected by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Decorative illustrations by George Wharton Edwards. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"The Ballad Book." Katharine Lee Bates. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Sibley. A very good selection deserving a more attractive make-up.

"The Ballad Book." William Allingham. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

*"Robin Hood: His Deeds and Adventures." The original ballads illustrated in colour by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"Ballads of Famous Fights." Illustrated in colour by W. H. C. Groome, Archibald Webb, and Dudley Fennant. Large 4to. Decorated boards, $1.25. Doran.

"The Oxford Book of Ballads." Chosen and edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00; leather and India paper, $3.50. Oxford Press. Very complete and good for the high school age.

"English Narrative Poems." Selected and edited by Claude M. Fuers and Henry N. Sanborn. 24mo. (Pocket Classics.) Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Story Telling Poems." Edited by Frances J. Olcott. Narrow 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Houghton.

"Old English Ballads and Folk Songs." (Pocket Classics.) Edited by W. D. Armes. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Collection of Poetry for School Reading." By M. White. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"Another Book of Verses for Children." By E. V. Lucas. Col. Ill. 8vo. $1.50. Macmillan.

"Nature Pictures by American Poets." By Annie R. Marble. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"The Sunday Book of Poetry for the Young." Selected by C. F. Alexander. (Golden Treasury Series.) 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"English Poets, The. Selections." 4 vols. By T. Humphry Ward. Each, 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. For reference and for the use of the teacher.

"Treasury of Irish Poetry, A." (Globe.) By S. A. Brooke and T. W. Rolleston. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Macmillan.

INDIVIDUAL WRITERS OF VERSE

*P--"Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats." Written principally by a lady of ninety (Mrs. Sharp) and edited by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. 16mo. Cloth, 1_s._ Allen.

*P--"John Gilpin's Ride." By William Cowper. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. 4to. Paper, 25 cents. Warne.

*P--"Nonsense Songs." By Edward Lear. Illustrated in colour by Leslie Brooke. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Warne.

*P--"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." By Robert Browning. Illustrated in colour by Kate Greenaway. Post 4to. Varnished boards, $1.50. Warne.

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Illustrated in colour by Hope Dunlap. 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Rand.

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Margaret Terrant. 8vo. Decorated cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

*P--"A Child's Garden of Verses." By Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Florence Storer. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated in colour by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Bessie Collins Pease. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.00. Dodge.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated in colour. 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Harper.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents. McKay.

"A Child's Garden of Verses." Illustrated. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Limp leather, 75 cents. Putnam. Good for a teacher.

*P--"Songs of Innocence." By William Blake. Illustrated by Geraldine Morris. 16mo. Cloth, 50 cents; leather, 75 cents. Lane.

"Songs of Innocence." Illustrated in colour by Honor C. Appleton. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Songs of Innocence." In Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam.

*P--"Sing Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book." By Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. 16mo. Cloth, $.80. Macmillan.

*P--"Lullaby Land." By Eugene Field. Selected by Kenneth Graham and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

*P--"Poems of Childhood." By Eugene Field. Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner.

*G--"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated in colour by W. Pogany. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Crowell.

G--"Tales of a Wayside Inn." By Henry W. Longfellow. Edited by J. H. Castleman. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*G--"The Song of Hiawatha." By Henry W. Longfellow. Cover in colour by Maxfield Parrish, frontispiece in colour by N. C. Wyeth, and 400 text illustrations by Frederic Remington. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton. A good edition.

G--"Hiawatha." By Henry W. Longfellow. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Bobbs-Merrill.

G--"The Children's Longfellow." Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Houghton.

G--"Poetical Works." Sir Walter Scott. With a memoir by Palgrave. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. (New Globe Poets.) Macmillan.

G--"Lyrical Poems." Alfred Lord Tennyson. Edited by Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. (Golden Treasury Series.) Macmillan.

FAIRY STORIES

P--GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF FAIRY AND HOUSEHOLD STORIES

*"Puss in Boots" and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Illustrated by H. M. Brock. 10-1/2x9. Art boards, $1.00. Warne. Delightful!

*"Beauty and the Beast Picture Book." Done by Walter Crane. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.25. Lane. Contains also "The Frog Prince" and "The Hind in the Wood."

*"The Golden Goose Book." Illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Warne. Contains also "The Three Bears," "The Three Pigs," and "The History of Tom Thumb." A delightful volume.

*"The Cruikshank Fairy Book." Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00; a cheaper edition at $1.00. Putnam. Contains the famous stories of "Puss in Boots," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Hop o' My Thumb," and "Cinderella." Every child should own this book.

*"English Fairy Tales." Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by John D. Batton. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Putnam. Too entertaining to miss. The editor and illustrator have done almost as good work in "More English Fairy Tales," "Celtic Fairy Tales," and "More Celtic Fairy Tales."

"English Fairy Tales." Edited by Ernest and Grace Rhys. Illustrated by Anning Bell and Herbert Cole. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton. A few of the more common tales.

"Mother Goose Nursery Tales." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by E. Stewart Hardy and others. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Tales of Past Times." As written down by Perrault. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 16mo. Cloth, $.40; leather, $.60. Dutton.

"Perrault's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with colour plates by Honor C. Appleton. 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Dana.

"Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose." Edited by Charles Welsh and illustrated after Dore. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"Mother Goose Nursery Tales." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by A. E. Jackson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"The English Fairy Book." Edited by Ernest Rhys. Illustrated in colours. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Stokes. Uniform with this may be had well-selected, well-illustrated, and well-made volumes of Scottish and Italian fairy tales.

"Fairy Gold: A Book of Old English Fairy Tales." Chosen by Ernest Rhys and illustrated by Herbert Cole. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A cheap edition in Everyman's Library.

"A Child's Book of Stories." Edited by Peurhyn Wingfield Coussens. Illustrated in colour by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Quarto. Cloth, $2.25. Duffield. Eighty-seven well-known tales.

"The Big Book of Fairy Tales." Selected and edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Large 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Caldwell. Thirty well-known tales.

*"The Fairy Book." Edited by Dinah Maria Mulock. Illustrated with 36 plates in colour by Walter Goble. Large 8vo. Cloth, $5.00. Macmillan. An excellent edition of one of the best collections of fairy tales ever made. Dainty and artistic coloured plates.

"The Blue Fairy Book." Edited by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H. J. Ford and G. P. Jacont Hood. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans. The dozen colour fairy books are not all equally good, this being the best one.

"The Fairy Book." Collected by Dinah Maria Mulock. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Harper. Thirty-six familiar tales.

"The Oak Tree Fairy Book." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated from pictures by Willard Bonte. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Little. A half-hundred stories with all of the terrible taken out. There are more tree books.

"The Fairy Ring." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated by E. M. Mackinstry. 8vo. Cloth, $1.35. Doubleday. Other titles by the same editors are "Magic Casements," "Tales of Wonder," and "Tales of Laughter."

"Fairy Tales Old and New." With colour plates and text illustrations by Arthur Rackham and other artists. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Cassell.

"In Fairy Land: Tales Told Again." Edited by Louey Chisholm. Illustrated in colour by Katharine Cameron. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Putnam. Twenty-six familiar tales. A second volume is "The Enchanted Land."

"The Reign of King Oberon." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Dutton. A cheap edition in Everyman's Library. In uniform editions are "The Reign of King Cole" and "The Reign of King Herla."

"Household Tales and Fairy Stories." Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert and others. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Dutton.

"Forty Famous Fairy Tales." From Jacobs, Grimm, Perrault, and Andersen. Fully illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Putnam.

"Fairy Tales Children Love." Edited by Charles Welsh. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Dodge.

"The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French." Retold by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch. Illustrated in colour by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Contains "Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," and "Bluebeard," as well as a good introduction and artistic plates. Popular edition at $2.00.

"Old, Old Fairy Tales." Selected by Mrs. Valentine. Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75. Thirteen good tales.

"The Fairy Book." (Everychild's Series.) By Kate Forrest Oswell. 16mo. Ill. Cloth, $.40. Macmillan.

"The Twenty Best Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"Favourite Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper. Seventeen familiar stories.

"The Rose Fairy Book." Edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lillian A. Govey. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Where the Wind Blows: Being Ten Fairy Tales from Ten Nations." Collected by Katharine Pyle and illustrated by Bertha Corson Day, in colour. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Dutton.

"The Wild Flower Fairy Book." Compiled by Esther Singleton. Illustrated by Charles Buckles Falls. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Dodd. Twenty-five tales from all countries.

"Fairy Tales." Comtesse d'Aulnoy. Translated by J. R, Planche. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lydia F. Emmet. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. McKay.

"Fairy Tales." By Edward Laboulaye. Fully illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Fairy Tales." By William Hauff. Translated by L. L. Weedon. Fully illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"The Hungarian Fairy Book." Collected by Nander Pogany and illustrated in black and red by Willy Pogany. 12mo. Cloth, $1.35. Stokes. With all of the terrible left in.

"Folk Tales From Many Lands." Collected by Lillian Gask and illustrated by Willy Pogany. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

"Outlook Fairy Book for Little People." By Laura Winnington. Ill. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"Folk Tales of East and West." Collected by John Harrington Cox. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Little.

"The Book of Folk Stories." Rewritten by Horace E. Scudder. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Houghton. Good for a teacher.

"Fairy Tales." Selected and adapted by W. J. Rolf. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. American.

"Fairy Tales." Illustrated by Charles Copeland. 16mo. Cloth, 2 vols., $.35 each. Ginn.

"Six Nursery Classics." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by Ernest Fosbery. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath. Contains "Dame Wiggins of Lee" with the Greenaway pictures.

"Old World Wonder Stories." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by J. V. Hollis. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

*"The Children's Book." A collection of the best and most famous poems and stories in the English language, chosen by Horace E. Scudder. Illustrated in fifteen full-page plates and many text illustrations by Dore, Chruikshank, and others. Cover design by Maxfield Parrish. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton. In this book are ballads, fables, fairy stories from Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," and other sources, as well as "Goody Two Shoes," selections from "Gulliver's Travels," classic myths, and other well-known stories. The best single book for a child to own. Big and good.

"TALES OF A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS"

P and G--or any age. Lovers of a good tale, both
young and old, should be thankful for this work of
Queen Scheherazade, done as it was to prevent her
husband from cutting off her head. While kings are
yet in fashion could not some other one succeed as
well?

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." Retold by Gladys Davidson and illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 5_s._ Blackie. Eight tales for young children.

"The Arabian Nights." Selected and retold by Gladys Davidson. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Caldwell.

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." Edited by E. Dixon. Illustrated by John D. Batton. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dent. Sixteen of the better-known tales told for boys and girls. An attractive edition.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Longmans.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by W. H. D. Rouse. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Eight tales that are well known.

"The Arabian Nights: Their Best Known Tales." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner. Eleven tales.

"The Arabian Nights." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Rene Bull. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. Dodd.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." Retold by Laurence Houseman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, with 50 colour plates. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Six tales. Issued in an edition at $1.50.

"Arabian Nights." A six-volume edition from the Lane text with additions by Stanley Lane-Poole. 16mo. Leather, $.75 a volume. Putnam. In the Ariel Classics. Good for the teacher.

"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Translated by E. W. Lane. Edited by S. Lane-Poole. 4 vols. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00 each. Macmillan.

"Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Translated by Edward William Lane. Illustrated from the original Lane designs by eminent artists. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. McKay. Good for the teacher.

*"Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton. Everyman's Library.

"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Edited by George Tyler Townsend. Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Issued also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"The Arabian Nights." Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, Helen Stratton, and others. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

*"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Frances J. Olcott, from the Lane translation. Illustrated by Munro Orr. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Heath. A judicious selection of stories.

"The Arabian Nights." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated by Casper Emerson and Leon D'Elmo. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." Illustrated. 16mo. Half leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"Arabian Nights." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"The Arabian Nights." Selected and edited by Edward Everett Hale. 12mo. Cloth, $.45. Ginn.

"Stories from the Arabian Nights." 12mo. Cloth, $.60. American.

P--"FAIRY AND HOUSEHOLD TALES"

AS COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY JACOB AND WILHELM GRIMM

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales: Selected and Edited for Little Folks." Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 6_s._ Blackie. Fifteen tales well done.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Translated by L. L. Weeden. Illustrated in colour by Ada Dennis and black-and-white by E. Stewart Hardy. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Thirty-two tales illustrated for young children.

*"Household Stories." Translated from the German of the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane and done into pictures by Walter Crane. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Macmillan. In the New Cranford Series. "A lasting joy."

"Grimm's Household Tales." Translated by Marion Edwards. Illustrated by R. Anning Bell. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. Forty-nine tales.

"Grimm's Household Stories." Edited and illustrated by J. R. Monsell, in colour and black-and-white. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Cassell.

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales." From the Taylor translation with an introduction by John Ruskin. Illustrated in colour by Charles Folkard. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black. Fifty-six tales.

"Fairy Tales from Grimm." With an introduction by S. Barring-Gould and illustrations by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Forty-four tales.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." All of the best-known stories edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by Hope Dunlap. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott. Sixty-three tales.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales and Stories." A complete translation by Mrs. H. B. Paull. Fully illustrated in colour and black-and-white. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with colour plates by Noel Pocock. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran. Fifty-five tales.

"The House in the Woods and Other Fairy Stories." Illustrated in colour and pen-and-ink drawings by Leslie Brooke. Large 8vo. Boards, $1.35. Warne.

"Grimm's Animal Stories." Decorations and pictures in colour by John Rae. Small 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Duffield.

*"Gammer Grethel; or, Fairy Tales and Stories." The original stories as taken down from a peasant woman by Jacob Grimm. Illustrated with woodcuts after George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. In Bohn's Illustrated Library. Macmillan.

"The Popular Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm." A reprint of the first English edition, with notes and illustrations by George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton. Any one of the last three would be good for the teacher.

"Grimm's Household Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Half leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"Grimm's Tales." Translated by Lucy Crane. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Edited by J. H. Fassett. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Grimm's Fairy Tales." Illustrated with 50 colour plates and black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 7-1/2x10. Cloth, $6.00. Doubleday. An elegant edition. In cheaper form at $1.50.

P--"DANISH LEGENDS AND FAIRY TALES"

BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

*"Andersen's Fairy Stories for Youngest Children." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas and illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large 4to. Cloth, 5_s._ Blackie.

*"Wonder Stories Told for Children." Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Houghton.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by A. Duncan Carse. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas. Illustrated by Thomas, Charles, and William Robinson. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. Thirty-eight of the best-known tales.

*"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Translated by Mrs. E. Lucas. Illustrated with colour plates and line drawings by Maxwell Armfield. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. Forty-one tales.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by F. Pape. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." Translated by W. Angledorff. Illustrated by E. Stewart Hardy, in colour and black-and-white. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book. Twenty-nine tales.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Introduction by Edward Everett Hale. Illustrated by Helen Stratton. Large square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

"Fairy Tales from Hans Andersen." With an introduction by Edward Clodd and illustrations by Gordon Browne. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes. Twenty-five tales.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated by J. J. Mora. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Dana.

"Danish Legends and Fairy Tales." Fully illustrated by wood engravings. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In Bohn's Illustrated Library. Macmillan.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton. Either of the last two is convenient for the teacher.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Fully illustrated. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Translated by H. Oscar Sommer. Illustrated in colour by Cecile Walton. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales and Stories." Translated by H. L. Breakstead, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse and illustrations by Hans Tegner. Imperial 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Century. Forty-two stories.

"Stories from Hans Andersen." Illustrated with 28 colour-plates by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Doran. Six tales, including "The Snow Queen."

"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales." Illustrated in colour by W. Heath Robinson. 4to. Cloth, $3.50. Heath.

"The Snow Queen and Other Stories from Hans Andersen." Illustrated in colour-plates by Edmund Dulac. Small 4to. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"Danish Fairy Legends and Tales." By Hans Andersen. Trans, by Caroline Peachey and H. W. Dulcken. Introd. by Sarah C. Brooks. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

P--"THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES, OTHERWISE CALLED MRS. MARGERY TWO SHOES"

BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH

*"Little Goody Two Shoes." Illustrated by Marion L. Peabody after the woodcuts of the original edition of 1765. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"Little Goody Two Shoes." Illustrated by Jessie M. King. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Little Goody Two Shoes." Found in the second book of the "Heart of Oak Books." Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 12mo. Cloth, $.35. Heath.

P--"GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR AND ITS TALES OF FAIRY TIMES"

BY FRANCES BROWNE

*"Granny's Wonderful Chair and the Tales That It Told." Edited by M. V. O'Shea. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood after Mrs. Seymour Lucas. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Heath. Fairy tales of great merit.

"Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times." Illustrated in colour by W. H. Margetson. Square 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Doran.

"Granny's Wonderful Chair." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton.

P--"THE ROSE AND THE RING; OR, THE HISTORY OF PRINCE GIGLIO AND PRINCE BULBO

A FIRESIDE PANTOMIME FOR GREAT AND SMALL CHILDREN"

BY MR. M. A. TITMARSH (THACKERAY)

*"The Rose and the Ring." With an introduction by Edward Everett Hale and woodcuts after the originals by Thackeray. 12mo. Cloth, $.20. Heath.

"The Rose and the Ring." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"The Rose and the Ring." 16mo. Leather, $.75. In Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"The Rose and the Ring." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

*"The Rose and the Ring." The original illustrations with others in colour by J. R. Monsell. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

P--"ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND"

BY LEWIS CARROLL

*"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. It is hard to prefer any other edition to this one.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $.75. Putnam.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by John Tenniel with colour plates by Maria L. Kirk. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Stokes.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated by John Tenniel. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam. In the Ariel Classics. Good for the teacher.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $1.40. Doubleday. A fine edition.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Bessie Collins Pease. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and line by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. 8vo. Cloth, $1.10. Cassell.

"Alice in Wonderland." Pictures in colour by Millicent Sowerby. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Duffield.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour and line by W. H. Walker. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Lane.

"Alice in Wonderland." With an introduction by E. S. Martin and illustrations by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Harper.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Illustrated with 90 coloured plates by Henry Rosentree. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Nelson.

P--"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE"

BY LEWIS CARROLL

*"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $.75. Putnam.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. 16mo. Leather, $.75. In the Ariel Classics. Putnam.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated in colour and pen-and-ink sketches by Bessie Collins Pease. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Dodge.

"Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There." (Standard School Library.) 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated by Peter Newell. 8vo. Cloth, $.60. Harper.

"Through the Looking Glass." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Through the Looking Glass." Bound with "Alice in Wonderland." Illustrated in colour by Eleanore Plaisted Abbot. Original illustrations by Tenniel. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Jacobs.

P--"THE WATER-BABIES: A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY"

BY CHARLES KINGSLEY

"Water Babies." Illustrated in colour by Katherine Cameron. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Stokes.

*"Water-Babies." With an introduction by Rose G. Kingsley and illustrations in colour by Margaret W. Tarrant. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Dixon. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour by Ethel Everett. 12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.25. Little.

*"The Water-Babies." Illustrated by Linley Sanbourne. 12 mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

*"The Water-Babies." Illustrated by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $.80. Macmillan.

"Water-Babies." Illustrated in colour by Agnes Foringe. Square 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Doran.

"The Water-Babies." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Water-Babies, The." (Standard School Library.) Ill. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Macmillan.

G--"AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND"

BY GEORGE MACDONALD

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated in colour by Frank C. Pape and in black-and-white by Arthur Hughes. Large crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Caldwell.

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Dutton.

*"At the Back of the North Wind." With the original illustrations by Arthur Hughes and plates in colour by Maria L. Kirk. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

"At the Back of the North Wind." Illustrated in colour. 8vo. Cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._ Blackie.

FOUR WORTHIES

"AESOP'S FABLES"

P--This enduring form of literature may be read in
almost any grade. The edition is to be determined
largely by the grade for which it is designed. In
point of effectiveness in showing human
experiences and weaknesses by means of animal
action, the classic fable has never been equalled
by any other form of literature. He would be a
rash man who would claim that Lincoln owed to
Euclid more of his power to think out a question
and carry his point than he did to AEsop. Fables
are imaginative literature, and in that lies their
power rather than in their didactic assertion that
later became attached as a moral to be pointed.
They need but one moral, as G. K. Chesterton so
aptly observes; for nothing in this world has more
than one moral.

*"The Fables of AEsop." Selected and told anew by Joseph Jacobs. Illustrated by Richard Heighway. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In the New Cranford Series. Macmillan. Good for younger children, but should be printed without notes and advertisements.

*"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in colour-plates. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Doubleday. An attractive edition, except the poor binding, for older children. The introduction by G. K. Chesterton is very readable for grown-ups.

*"A Hundred Fables of AEsop." From the English version of Sir Roger L'Estrange with an introduction by Kenneth Grahame and illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lane. Good in its quaint English.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated by Boyd Smith. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Century.

"The Fables of AEsop." Illustrated with colour-plates by Edward Detmond. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Doran.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Harrison Weir. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"AEsop's Fables." Edited by Gordon Holmes and illustrated by Charles Folkard. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Black.

"Big Book of Fables." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Charles Robinson. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Caldwell.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by J. M. Conde. 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Moffat.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated in colour and line by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"The Book of Fables." Chosen and phrased by Horace E. Scudder. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Houghton. Good.

"AEsop's Fables." Translated from the original sources by the Reverend Thomas James. Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam. A useful old edition for the teacher and for the older boy who will read a dainty book done in red binding.

"AEsop's Fables." Illustrated. In the Chandos Classics. 12mo. Cloth, $.75. Warne. Good for the teacher.

"AEsop's Fables." Edited by J. H. Stickney. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.35. Ginn.

"The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom." Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Illustrated by Harold Nelson. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Doubleday. From AEsop, La Fontaine, Bidpai, and other sources.

*"Select Fables from La Fontaine adapted from the Translation of Elizier Wright for the Use of the Young." Illustrated in colour by Boutet de Monvel. 11 x 9. Cloth, $2.25. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. No better illustrations have yet appeared to any child's book.

G--"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD"

BY JONATHAN SWIFT

Though abridged texts are generally a presumption
and a blunder, there is little warrant for school
children's having more than the first two voyages,
to Lilliput and to Brobdingnag, of this remarkable
book. An expurgated edition is probably necessary
in an age accustomed to a cloak of conventional
insinuation in a story rather than to the blunt
frankness that obtained in the times of Swift.

*"Gulliver's Voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag." Illustrated in colour by P. A. Stozios. 8vo. Cloth, $2.25. Holt.

"Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"Gulliver's Travels." Adapted for the young by W. B. Scott. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by A. E. Jackson. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. A Nister book.

"Gulliver's Travels." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by C. Johnson. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated by Stephen de la Bere. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

*"Gulliver's Travels." With an introduction by Sir Henry Craik and illustrations by C. E. Brock. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. In the New Cranford Series. Macmillan. All of the voyages with old-fashioned spelling and capitalization that make it an attractive edition to the student.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Dutton. Good edition.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated in imitation of woodcuts by Louis Rhead. Introduction by William Dean Howells. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper.

"Gulliver's Travels." Reprinted from the first edition, expurgated and revised. Illustrated by Herbert Cole. Square 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Lane.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated by Gordon Browne. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Scribner.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The separate voyages each in a single volume. In the Ariel Classics. 16mo. Leather, $.75. Putnam.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Gulliver's Travels." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"Gulliver's Travels." The voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag only. Edited by T. M. Balliet. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Heath.

"Gulliver's Travels." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

G--"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FROM THIS WORLD TO THAT WHICH IS TO COME; DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM"

BY JOHN BUNYAN

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Frank C. Pape. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. A stately edition of both parts.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Fourteen etchings by William Strang. A new and cheaper reissue of the original plates. Large 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Dutton. A good edition.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." With an introduction by the Bishop of Durham. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour by Byam Shaw. Square 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner importation. A fine edition.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." With a life of the author by the Reverend John Brown. Illustrated in colour by James Clark. Super royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.40. Cassell.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Macmillan.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Introduction by the Reverend H. R. Haweis. Illuminated pages and 120 designs by the Brothers Rhead. Large 4to. Cloth, $1.50. Century. This attractive edition contains the first part only.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated by Harold Copping. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Revel. Has the authentic text with illustrations in Puritan dress.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. Houghton. In the Riverside School Library.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by Canon Venable and Mabel Peacock. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." 12mo. Linen boards, $.75. In the Chandos Classics. Warne.

*"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 16mo. Cloth, $.40. The first part only. Merrill.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

"The Pilgrim's Progress." Edited by D. H. Montgomery. 12mo. Cloth, $.30. Ginn.

G--"THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE OF YORK, MARINER, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF"

BY DANIEL DEFOE

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated with 24 separately mounted colour plates by Noel Pocock. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Hodder. A fine edition, including the first part only. The cover page, illustrated with nothing but a human footprint in the sand, could not have been more happily done.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated with over a hundred pen-and-ink drawings, head-and-tail pieces, and decorations done in old woodcut style by the Brothers Rhead. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Harper. The first part only. A good edition.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and with chapter headings by E. Boyd Smith. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Houghton. The first part only. Good.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour by W. B. Robinson. Large 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Stokes.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by Walter Jerrold and illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Archibald Webb. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dutton.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by H. Kingsley. Illustrated in colour. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Macmillan.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner importation.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour by Eleanore P. Abbott. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Jacobs.

"Robinson Crusoe." Edited with introduction and notes by Charles R. Gaston. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. The first part only. Merrill.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $1.40. Cassell. Both parts.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated in colour and line by J. A. Symington. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton. Both parts.

"Robinson Crusoe." Reprinted from the original edition of 1718 with an introduction by William Lee, Esq. Illustrated by Ernest Griset. Square crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.75. Warne. Also in the Chandos Classics at $.75.

"Robinson Crusoe." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

*"Robinson Crusoe." Reprinted from the edition of 1719. With an introduction by Edward Everett Hale and illustrations by C. E. Brock and D. L. Munro. 12mo. Cloth, $.60. Heath. The first part only.

"Robinson Crusoe." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. Dutton.

"Robinson Crusoe." 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Robinson Crusoe." 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Cassell.

BOOKS OF DISTINCTION MADE FROM OTHER BOOKS ON PURPOSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

"TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE"

BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMB

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by George Soper. Square 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Baker. An attractive edition.

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Byam Shaw. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An 8vo. edition at $2.50.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour by N. M. Price. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Scribner importation.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by twelve plates from the Boydell Gallery. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Scribner importation.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by Walter Paget. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. A Nister book. Dutton. With the original preface and with "Pericles" omitted.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Lippincott.

*"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Romney, Hamilton, Kauffman, and others, selected from the Boydell engravings. 12mo. Cloth, $.50. Oxford Press.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated. 16mo. Half-leather, $.60. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated by Homer W. Colby after Pille. 12mo. Cloth, $.40. Heath.

"Tales from Shakespeare." Illustrated. 12mo. Linen boards, $.75. In the Chandos Classics. Warne.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.70. In Everyman's Library. Dutton.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Tales from Shakespeare." 12mo. Cloth, $.25. Cassell.

"Lamb's Tragedies and Comedies." Edited by W. J. Rolfe. 12mo. Cloth, $.60. American.

"Lamb: Tales from Shakespeare." Edited by A. Ainger. (Pocket Classics Series.) 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

It might not be amiss to insert several other
volumes of tales from Shakespeare's plays at this
point. Among these the following have proved
themselves good:

"Shakespeare in Tale and Verse." By G. Louis Hufford. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan.

"The Shakespeare Story-Book." Told by Mary Macleod. With an introduction by Sidney Lee and illustrations by Gordon Browne. 8vo. Cloth, 6_s._ Gardner. Sixteen tragedies and comedies.

"Stories from Shakespeare." Told by Thomas Carter. Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"Shakespeare's Stories of the English Kings." Illustrated in colour by Gertrude Hammond. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell. This and the preceding volume are rich in excerpts from the plays. After Lamb has been appreciated, the reading of these stories will help the boy along toward the plays in the original text.

"Historic Tales from Shakespeare." Told by Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Scribner.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream." Edited by Ernest C. Noyes. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

"The Tempest." Edited by S. C. Newson. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

"The Merchant of Venice." Edited by Charlotte Underwood. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. (Pocket Classics.) Macmillan.

G--"THE WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS." "TANGLEWOOD TALES FOR GIRLS AND BOYS: A SECOND WONDER-BOOK."

BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

"Hawthorne's Wonder-Book." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by L. E. Wolfe. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

"Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales." (Pocket Classics Series.) Edited by R. H. Beggs. 24mo. Cloth, $.25. Macmillan.

*"A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." Illustrated in colour and decorated by Walter Crane. Square 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. Houghton. A fine edition.

*"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated and decorated by George Wharton Edwards. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton.

*"The Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by Maxfield Parrish. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield. A very good edition.

*"A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by H. Granville Fell. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Dutton. The pictures have a classic touch.

"A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys." Illustrated by F. S. Church. 4to. Cloth, $2.50. Houghton.

"A Wonder-Book." Illustrated in colour by Lucy Fitch Perkins. 4to. Cloth, $1.00. Stokes.

"The Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Jacobs.

"A Wonder-Book." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by Leo Winter. Large 8vo. Cloth, $1.20. Rand.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated in colour by George Soper. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Crowell.

*"A Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated 8vo. Half-leather, $.75. In the Riverside School Library. Houghton.

"Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales." In Everyman's Library. 12mo. Cloth, $.35; leather, $.75. Dutton.

"Wonder-Book." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

"Tanglewood Tales." Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, $.50. Crowell.

G--"THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES"

BY CHARLES LAMB