PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Catalogue of Books
Suitable for Pupils of
Grades I.-IX.
Reference Books for School Library
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SEPTEMBER, 1923
PREFACE.
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hese lists have been prepared under the direction of the Public Library Commission of British Columbia as a help in the buying of books for school libraries. Text-books have not been included in the lists. In the section on science certain attractively illustrated manuals have been preferred to the frequently over-simplified, over-sentimentalized “nature story” as better calculated to encourage a lasting interest in birds and beasts and flowers and rocks. Also, the list on travel is not a children’s list at all, and may not be adapted to the use of public schools. But in the books examined the original narratives of the staunch old navigators seemed usually to have more virility and more appeal than the sterilized, made-to-order sort of thing produced for children.
The grading is suggestive only and is done on the basis of a normally thoughtful child from a home with a reading tradition. In general, “Junior” covers the first three years of public-school life; “intermediate,” the next three or four; and “Senior,” the last one or two and the first year of high school.
Prices are uncertain. Where possible they have been checked with 1923 publishers’ catalogues, but this could not always be done. In listing Dent’s Everyman edition the reinforced binding is the only one recommended.
A good deal of work had been already done toward making these lists the best possible for the use of British Columbia schools, and some thousands of books taken from some dozens of different lists have been examined and compared. But they are still very far from complete. The General section especially is largely suggestive rather than selective, and while more care has been taken with the graded parts, even here there has not been time to examine and compare all the books available under the different headings; nor has it been practicable to gather together for examination at this time all the editions of even the recognized children’s classics in order that the very best might be selected. Moreover, the point of view in all educational effort has changed so radically in the last few years that the establishing of a satisfactory basis for selection is the greatest difficulty of all.
The committee therefore regards these lists as tentative only, and asks for criticism and suggestion from teachers, librarians, parents, and all who are interested in children’s reading, since only by such co-operative effort can a really good selection be made.
BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
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JUNIOR (GRADES I., II., III.).
MYTHOLOGY.
Greece and Rome.
Francillon, R. E. Gods and heroes; or, The kingdom of Jupiter. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 68c.
(Excellent collection for younger children.)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Wonder book and Tanglewood tales. 2 vols. in 1. Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. (Boston), Wayside edition, $1.75; Holiday edition, $3. Illustrated by Walter
Crane, $4. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Duffield & Co., (New York), $3.50; Oxford
University Press, 4s.
(Contents: Minotaur; Pigmies; Dragon’s teeth; Circe’s palace; Pomegranate seeds; Golden fleece; Gorgon’s head; Golden touch; Paradise of children; Three golden apples; Miraculous pitcher; Chimæra.)
Kingsley, Charles. Heroes; or, Greek fairy tales for my children. Many editions, some of
which are: Macmillan (Toronto), pocket edition, 2s.; larger, 6s.; Ginn & Co. (Boston),
school editions, 64c.; Dent, J. M., & Sons (London), Everyman edition, $1; Longmans &
Co. (London), 56c.
(Contents: Perseus; Argonauts; Theseus. “Kingsley’s versions of Greek myths, where
they parallel Hawthorne’s, are vastly to be preferred.”—J. R. Colby.)
Northern.
Brown, A. F. In the days of giants, a book of Norse tales. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.50.
LEGENDS.
Scudder, Horace E. Book of legends told over again. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.
(Contents: St. George and the dragon; The flying Dutchman; Seven sleepers of Ephesus; Wilhelm Tell; Legend of St. Christopher, and others.)
Robin Hood.
Gilbert, Sir Henry. Robin Hood and his merry men. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Nelson
& Sons (London), $2.25; abridged edition (with 8 in place of 16 plates, and 6 instead of 12
chapters), 85c.
Pyle, Howard. Some merry adventures of Robin Hood. Scribner’s Sons (New York),
school edition, 64c.
(Taken from his larger book, “Merry adventures of Robin Hood.”)
FOLK TALES.
Babbitt, E.C. Jataka tales retold. Century Publishing Co. (New York), $1.25; school edition,
65c.
------- More Jataka tales. Century Publishing Co. (New York), $1.25.
(“The Jataka tales, regarded as historic in the 3rd century B.C., are the oldest collection
of folk-lore extant.”)
Grimm Bros. Fairy tales. Translated by Mrs. Lucas; illustrated by Rackham, Lippincott
(Philadelphia), $1.50; Constable & Co. (London), 3s. 6d.; larger edition, 15s. Illustrated by
Louis Rhead. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
------- Household stories. Translated by Lucy Crane; illustrated by Walter Crane. Macmillan
(New York), Cranford edition, $1.75.
(There are many editions of the Grimm tales, but those listed above are among the best.)
Jacobs, Joseph. English fairy tales. Illustrated by J. D. Batten. Putnam’s (New York),
$1.75; Burt & Co. (New York), $1.25.
------- More English fairy tales. Illustrated by J. D. Batten. Putnam’s (New York), $1.75.
(“The former president of the English Folklore Society has unearthed for the children a
perfect treasure-trove of fairy tales, and has done for the British Isles a service similar to that
of the Brothers Grimm for Germany.”)
Lang, Andrew. Blue fairy book. Illustrated. Longmans & Co. (London), $1.50; Burt & Co.
(New York), $1.25.
(Contains many of the standard fairy tales. Others in the series, Red fairy book, Yellow
fairy book, etc., gather together less familiar stories from the ends of the earth.)
Perrault, Chas. Fairy tales. (Tales for children of many lands.) Illustrated by Chas.
Robinson. Dent & Sons (London), 75c.
Rhys, Ernest. Fairy gold. Illustrated by Herbert Cole. Dent & Sons (London), $1.50.
------- English fairy book. Illustrated by F. C. Witney. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. (London), 6s.
(Some of the better-known stories repeated in each of above nine collections.)
Thorne-Thomsen, Mrs. G. East o’ the sun and west o’ the moon. Row, Peterson & Co.
(Chicago), 75c.
(Twenty-two Norwegian folk-tales carefully chosen.)
Wilson, G. L. Myths of the red children. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 55c.
Zitkala-Sa. Old Indian legends. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 76c.
Mother Goose.
Greenaway, Kate. Mother Goose; or, The old nursery rhymes. 48 illustrations. Warne &
Co. (London), 2s. 6d.
Lang, Andrew. Nursery rhyme book. Illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Warne & Co.
(London), 7s. 6d.; 5s.
O’Shea, M. V. Six nursery classics. Heath & Co. (Boston), 20c.
FABLES.
Æsop.
Jacobs, Joseph. Æsop’s fables. Illustrated. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), $1.75.
Jones, V. S. V. Æsop’s fables. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Heinemann (London), 7s. 6d.
Scudder, Horace E. Fables and folk stories. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), 56c.
La Fontaine. A hundred fables of La Fontaine; with pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. Lane
(London), 6s.
FAIRY TALES.
Andersen, Hans C. Fairy tales. Translated by Mrs. Lucas; illustrated by T. C. & W.
Robinson. Dent & Sons (London), $2; 7s. 6d. Illustrated by Rhead Bros. Harper Bros.
(New York), $1.75. Riverside Literature Series. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), 56c.;
not illustrated.
Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan. Hodder & Stoughton (London), $2.50.
------- Peter and Wendy. Hodder & Stoughton (London), $2.50.
Brock, H. M. Old fairy tales No. 1, comprising Puss in boots and Jack and the beanstalk.
Warne (London), 4s. 6d.
(A most satisfactory picture book.)
Brooke, Leslie. Golden goose book; Three little pigs; Johnny Crow’s garden; Johnny
Crow’s party. Warne (London), each 5s.
(Separate books, each illustrated with admirable drawings in black & white and colour;
full of action and humour.)
Browne, Frances. Granny’s wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times. Dent & Sons
(London), Everyman edition, $1. Edited by O’Shea. Heath & Co. (Boston), 36c.
(“A fairy book of unusual merit.”—Pittsburgh.)
Caldecott, Randolph. Picture Book No. 1; Picture book No. 2; Hey diddle diddle
picture book; Panjandrum picture book. Warne (London), each 6s.
(Veritable classics in illustrated books.)
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass and what
Alice found there. 2 vols. in 1. Illustrated by Tenniel. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), $1.75.
Craik, Mrs. D. M. Adventures of a Brownie. Macmillan & Co. (London), 3s. Harper Bros.
(New York), 75c.
------- Little lame prince. Harper Bros. (New York), 75c.; Heath & Co. (Boston), 75c.
Illustrated by Hope Dunlap. Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago), $1.50.
Darton, F. J. H. Wonder book of beasts. Gardner, Darton & Co. (London), 6s.
(“Twenty-seven animal tales, including a number of old favourites, viz.: Reynard the
Fox; Three bears; Chicken-licken; Wolf and the seven goslings; and stories from the works
of Mary Howitt, H. C. Andersen, R. Reinecke, Mary Frere, and the Grimm Bros.
Illustrations charming.”—A.L.A. book-list.)
France, Anatole. Honey Bee, the princess of the dwarfs. Lane (London), 7s. 6d. Dent &
Sons (London), King’s Treasuries Series, 2s.
Gibbon, J. M. Old King Cole. Illustrated. Dent & Sons (London), Everyman edition, $1.
Ingelow, Jean. Mopsa the fairy. Dent & Sons (London), Everyman edition, $1.
Kingsley, Chas. Water babies. Illustrated by Warwick Goble. Macmillan (London), 6s.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Constable & Co. (London), 6s. Illustrated by Jessie
Wilcox Smith. Hodder & Stoughton (London and Toronto), $3.50.
Kipling, Rudyard. Just so stories. Macmillan & Co. (London), 6s.; Doubleday, Page &
Co. (Garden City, New York), $1.90.
Lagerlof, Selma. Wonderful adventures of Nils. A. F. Bird (London), 5s.; Doubleday,
Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $1.90.
------- Further adventures of Nils. A. F. Bird (London), 5s.; Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden
City, New York), $1.90.
Lorenzini, G. Pinocchio, the adventures of a marionette. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 64c.; Dent
& Sons (London), 75c.; $1.25; $2.
Macdonald, George. At the back of the North Wind. Blackie & Sons (London), 7s. 6d.;
Burt & Co. (New York), $1.
------- Princess and the goblins. Blackie & Sons (London), 7s. 6d.
------- Princess and Curdie. Blackie & Sons (London), 7s. 6d.
Nyblom, H. Jolle Calle and other Swedish tales. Dent & Sons (London), $1.50.
Ruskin, John. King of the Golden River. Chatto & Windus (London), 2s.; F. Unwin & Co.
(London), 2s.; Ginn and Co. (Boston), 52c.
Williston, T. P. Japanese fairy tales retold. Illustrated. Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago),
$1.
STORIES OF OTHER LANDS AND OLDEN DAYS.
Aanrud, Hans. Lisbeth Longfrock. Translated by L. E. Poulsson. Ginn & Co. (Boston),
64c.
(“Best picture we have for children of Norwegian farm life.”—A.L.A.)
Baldwin, James. Fifty famous stories retold. American Book Co. (New York), 52c.
(“Legends and historical tales from the literature of many lands.”)
Baylor, F. C. Juan and Juanita. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $2.50.
(The adventures of two little Mexican children lost on the Texas plains.)
Brown, A. F. John of the woods. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
(“A boy tumbler who escapes from cruel masters and lives with a hermit in the forest
making friends with the wild beasts.”)
Burnett, F. H. Little Lord Fauntleroy. Warne (London), 6s.; Scribner’s (New York), $1.65.
Crichton, Mrs. F. E. Peep-in-the-world. Longmans & Co. (London), $1.25.
(“Story of an imaginative little English girl’s year at her Uncle’s castle in Germany, told
with simplicity and charm.”—A.L.A.)
Dix, Beulah M. Merrylips. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
(Adventures of a little girl of Cromwell’s time who escaped from the Round-heads
disguised as a boy. Captures well the spirit of the time.)
Drummond, Henry. Monkey that would not kill. Dodd, Mead & Co. (New York), $1.
(“Pranks of a mischievous monkey who ‘won’t drown, won’t hang, won’t shoot.’”)
Ewing, Mrs. Jackanapes. Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 4s. 6d.
------- Lob-lie-by-the-fire. Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 4s. 6d.
------- Six to sixteen. Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 4s. 6d.
Haskell, E. G. Katrinka, the story of a Russian child. Dutton & Co. (New York), $1.25.
Husted, Mary H. Stories of Indian children. Public School Publishing Co. (Bloomington,
Ill.), 60c.
Macdonald, Mrs. E. A. Colette in France. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston) (Little people
everywhere series), 90c.
Molesworth, Mrs. Cuckoo clock. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), $1.
Morley, Margaret. Donkey John of Toy Valley. McClurg & Co. (Chicago), $1.35.
(Good picture of the life of the toy carvers in the valley of the Tyrol.)
Perkins, Lucy F. Dutch twins. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.75; School edition,
88c.
(Perhaps one of the best of a long series of Twin books, most of which cannot be
recommended.)
Seaman, A. H. When a cobbler ruled the king. Sturgis, $1.75.
(Story of the “lost dauphin” Louis XVII., and the reign of terror.)
Segur, Sophie. Story of a donkey. Heath & Co. (Boston), 35c.
Shaw, Flora L. Castle Blair. Routledge & Sons (London), 2s. 6d.; Little, Brown & Co.
(Boston), $1.75.
(Adventures of five children sent from India to live with an uncle in Ireland.)
(“The best description of a lovely child that I ever read, and nearly the best description
of the next best thing—a noble dog.”—Ruskin.)
Spyri, Johanna. Heidi. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 68c.; Dent & Sons (London), 7s. 6d.
(Excellent story of a little Swiss girl living with her grandfather in the Alps.)
------- Moni the goat boy. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 64c.
Steel, Flora Annie. Adventures of Akbar. Heinemann (London), 6s.
(Story of a boy who became an Indian Emperor. Manners and customs of the people of
India vividly portrayed.)
Stein, Evaleen. Gabriel and the hour book. Page & Co. (Boston), $1.50.
(A French peasant boy who learns from the monks how to illuminate books.)
Wells, Margaret. How the present came from the past. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto),
$1.60.
(Not fiction, but history. Traces the growth of civilization.)
Wiggin, Kate D. Bird’s Christmas carol. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), 90c.; $2.
Wyss, Johann D. Swiss family Robinson. Illustrated by Rhead Bros. Harper Bros. (New
York), $1.75.
Zwilgmeyer, D. Johnny Blossom. Translated by E. Poulsson. Pilgrim Press (Boston), $1.25.
------- what happened to Inger Johanne. Translated by E. Poulsson. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co. (Boston), $1.50.
(Interesting and sympathetic stories of life in Norway.)
A FEW ANIMAL STORIES.
Bertelli, Luigi. Prince and his ants. Holt & Co. (New York); $.135.
Billinghurst, P. J. One hundred anecdotes of animals. Lane (London), 6s.
Hudson, W. H. Little boy lost. Duckworth & Co. (London), 5s.; Knopf (New York), $1.50.
Lang, Andrew. Animal story book. Longmans & Co. (London), $1.50.
------- Red book of animal stories. Longmans & Co. (London), $1.50.
(The first contains a collection of famous animal stories, and the second a compilation
of true stories of animals and legends.)
Miller, Olive T. Children’s book of birds: 16 colour plates and other illustrations.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $3.
(Not a story at all, but interesting and accurate descriptions of common birds.)
Noel, Maurice. Buz, the life and adventures of a bee. Holt & Co. (New York), $1.25.
Pyle, Katherine. Stories of humble friends. American Book Co. (New York), 75c.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Krag and Johnny Bear. Scribner’s (New York), 72c.
(From “Lives of the hunted.” For other stories by Seton see Intermediate list.)
Slivitski, A. Baby Mishook; or, Adventures of a Siberian cub. Translated from the Russian.
Dodge, $1.
(For Poetry, Nature-study, and Books on Amusements and Handicrafts, see Intermediate and General lists.)
INTERMEDIATE (GRADES IV., V., VI.).
MYTHOLOGY.
Greece and Rome.
Buckley, E. F. Children of the dawn, old tales of Greece. Illustrated by F. C. Pape. Gardner,
Darton & Co. (London), 6s; Stokes & Co. (New York), $2.50.
(Admirable versions. Contents: Riddle of the sphinx; Eros and Psyche; Hero and
Leander; Sacrifice of Alcestis; Hunting the Calydonian boar; Curse of Echo; Sculptor and
the image; Divine musician; Flight of Arethusa; Winning of Atalanta; Paris and Œnone.)
Colum, Padriac. Children’s Homer: Adventures of Ulysses and the tale of Troy.
Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Macmillan (Toronto), $2; Harrap & Co. (London), 7s. 6d.
(Attractive illustrations and a text which preserves in great measure the flavour of the
time.)
Cox, Sir G. W. Tales of the gods and heroes. Paul & Co. (London), 3s. 6d.; Dent & Sons
(London), Everyman edition, $1; McClurg & Co. (Chicago), $1.50; Nelson & Son
(Toronto), $2.
(Excellent renderings, but none of the editions attractive.)
Hutchinson, W. M. L. Golden porch, a book of Greek fairy tales. Longmans & Co.
(London), $1.50; Arnold (London), 5s. 3d. Illustrated.
------- Sunset of heroes; last adventures of the takers of Troy. Dent & Sons (London), 7s. 6d.
(Golden porch contains stories from Pindar, “full of colour and exquisite descriptions.”
Sunset of heroes “a spirited retelling in simple, dignified English of the story of Hector’s
death to the return of Agamemnon.”—A.L.A.)
Lang, Andrew. Tales of Troy and Greece. Illustrated by H. J. Ford. Longmans & Co.
(London), $1.50.
Northern.
Asbjornsen, P. C. Fairy tales from the far north. S. Low, Marston & Co. (London), 3s. 6d.;
Burt & Co. (New York), $1.
Keary, A. and E. Heroes of Asgard; tales from the Scandinavian mythology. Revised by C. H.
Morse. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), 48c. Edited by Earle. Macmillan, (London), 1s. 6d.
Mabie, H. W. Norse stories retold from the Eddas. Rand, McNally (Chicago), 75c.
LEGENDARY HEROES.
King Arthur.
(See also editions listed in Senior Divisions.)
Gilbert, Sir Henry. King Arthur’s knights. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Jack, Ltd.
(London), $2; abridged edition containing half the stories, Jack, Ltd. (London), 85c.
Clay, Beatrice. Story of King Arthur and his Round Table. Illustrated by Dora Curtis.
Dent & Sons (London), $1.50.
Macleod, Mary. Book of King Arthur and his noble knights. Illustrated by A. G. Walker.
Stokes & Co. (New York), $2.50.
Hiawatha.
Longfellow, H. W. Song of Hiawatha. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), Riverside
literature series, 56c. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
(Boston), $2.50.
Rip Van Winkle.
Irving, W. Illustrated by Robinson. Stokes (New York), $1. Macmillan pocket classics,
Macmillan & Co. (London), 3s. Illustrated by Rackham. Heinemann (London), 6s.
Robin Hood.
Pyle, Howard. Merry adventures of Robin Hood. Scribner’s (New York); $3.
Rhead, L. J. Bold Robin Hood and his outlaw band. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
General.
Darton, F. J. H. Wonder book of old romance. Illustrated by G. Walker. Gardner, Darton &
Co. (London), 6s.; Stokes (New York), $2.50.
(Contents: William and the werewolf; King Robert of Sicily; Sir Clerges and the
cherries; Sir Gowan and the green knight; Fair unknown; King Horn; Seven wise masters;
Sir Degore and the broken sword; Guy of Warwick; Ash and the hazel; Floris and
Blanchefleur; Amys and Amylion; Havelock the Dane.)
Lang, Andrew. Book of romance. Longmans & Co. (London), $1.50.
(Some of the Arthur stories, the Battle of Roncevalles, the tales of Wayland the Smith
and Grettir the Strong, and a few of Robin Hood’s adventures.)
Mabie, H. W. Legends every child should know. Grosset & Dunlap Co. (New York), 75c.
(Contents: Hiawatha; Beowulf; Childe Horn; Sir Galahad; Rustem and Sohrab; Seven
sleepers of Ephesus; Guy of Warwick; Chevy Chase; Fate of the children of Lir; Beleagured
city; Prester John; Wandering Jew; King Robert of Sicily; Life of the Beato Torello da
Poppi; Lorelei; Passing of Arthur; Rip van Winkle; Gray champion; Legend of Sleepy
Hollow.)
FOLK TALES.
Asbjornsen, P. C. Norse fairy tales adapted and selected by Sir G. W. Dasent.
(Also called Yule tide stories.) Lippincott & Co. (Philadelphia), $1.75.
D’Aulnoy, Mme. Fairy tales. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Dutton (New York), $3;
McKay (Philadelphia), $1.50; Routledge & Sons, Ltd. (London), 5s.
Grinnell, G. B. Blackfeet Indian stories. Scribner’s (New York), $1.75.
Harris, Joel Chandler. Nights and Uncle Remus. Illustrated by Frost. Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $2.50.
------- Uncle Remus, his songs and sayings. Illustrated by Frost. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
(Boston), $2.50.
Jacobs, Joseph. Celtic fairy tales. Putnam’s Sons (New York), $1.75; Burt & Co. (New
York), $1.25; Nutt, 6s. (publications transferred to Simpkins, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent &
Co., London).
------- More Celtic fairy tales. Putnam’s Sons (New York), $1.75.
------- Indian fairy tales. Putnam’s Sons (New York), $1.75. (Drawn from the Jatakas.)
Laboulaye, E. R. L. Fairy book; fairy tales of all nations. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
------- Last fairy tales. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
Macmanus, Seumas. Donegal fairy stories. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New
York), $1.75.
Macmillan, Cyrus. Canadian wonder tales. Lane (London), $4.
Steel, Flora Annie. Tales from the Punjab. Cranford edition. Macmillan (London), 6s.
Stephens, James. Irish fairy tales. Illustrated by Rackham. Macmillan (London), 7s. 6d.;
$2.50; more illustrations, $4.
Wilson, R. Russian story book. Illustrated by Frank Pape. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.25.
Arabian Nights.
Many editions available, some good ones being:—
Dixon, E., ed. Fairy tales from the Arabian nights. Illustrated by J. D. Batten. Putnam’s Sons
(New York), $2.
Lang, Andrew. Arabian nights entertainments; selected and edited. Longmans & Co.
(London), $1.50.
Olcott, F., ed. Arabian nights entertainments, based on a translation from the Arabic by E.
W. Lane. First series illustrated by Munro Orr; second series illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Holt Co. (New York), each $1.50.
Rhead, Louis, editor and illustrator. Arabian nights. Harper Bros. (New York), $.175.
Riverside edition. Stories from the Arabian nights. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston),
Riverside literature series, 56c.
Robinson and Stratton, editors and illustrators. Constable & Co. (London), 6s.
Wiggin, K. D., ed. Arabian nights, their best known tales. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Scribner’s (New York), $3.50.
STORIES.
Alcott, Louisa M. Little women. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
------- Jo’s boys. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $.175.
------- Little men. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
Amicis, E. de. Cuore, an Italian schoolboy’s journal. Holt & Co. (New York), $1.25.
Atkinson, Mrs. E. Greyfriars Bobby. Burt & Co. (New York), 75c.
(“The touching story, mainly true, of a faithful little terrier.”)
Ballantyne, R. M. Coral Island. Nelson & Sons (London), $1. Dent & Sons (London),
Everyman edition, $1.
(Shipwreck in the south seas.)
Bennett, J. Master Skylark; a story of Shakespeare’s time. Century Co. (New York), $1.90.
Benson, E. F. David Blaize. Doran Co. (New York), $1.35.
Black, William. Four Macnichols. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.
(Four boys who make their living in the Hebrides.)
Bunyan, John. Pilgrim’s progress. Illustrated by Rhead Bros. Harper Bros. (New York), $3.
(Also a great many other editions.)
Catherwood, M. H. Romance of Dollard. Century Co. (New York), $1.75.
(Story of the “Canadian Thermopylæ.”)
Clemens, S. L. (“Mark Twain”). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Harper Bros. (New York),
$2.25.
------- Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Harper Bros. (New York), $2.25.
------- Prince and the pauper. Harper Bros. (New York), $2.25.
------- Personal reminiscences of Joan of Arc. Harper Bros. (New York), $2.25.
Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Illustrated by Rhead Bros. Harper Bros. (New York),
$1.75.
(Also many other editions.)
De la Ramee, Louisa. Dog of Flanders. Nelson (London or Toronto), 50c.
------- Moufflou. Nelson. (London or Toronto), 50c.
Dix, Beulah M. Little captive lad. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
------- Merrylips. (Also on Junior list.) Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
Dodge, Mary M. Hans Brinker; or, The silver skates. Scribner’s (New York), $1.
(Old-fashioned, but giving a good view of life in Holland.)
Dragoumis, J. D. Under Greek skies. Dent & Sons (London), 4s. 6d.; Dutton & Co. (New
York), $1.50.
Duncan, Norman. Adventures of Billy Topsail. Revell & Co. (New York), $1.75.
------- Billy Topsail and Company. Revell & Co. (New York), $1.75.
------- Dr. Luke of the Labrador. Revell & Co. (New York), $1.75.
(Thrilling tales of experiences of the fisher folk of Labrador and Newfoundland.)
Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld. Prize edition. Longmans & Co. (London),
$1.75.
(“Adventures of a remarkable dog, giving a faithful picture of the heroic days of the
Bushveld and of South Africa, the country, natives, and animal life.”–A.L.A.)
Duncan, Sara J. Story of Sonny Sahib. Appleton & Co. (New York), $1.75.
(“An English child rescued from the Cawnpore massacre is brought up at a native court
in North India. Excellent story and picture of life in the East.” – N. Y. City.)
French, H. W. Lance of Kanana; a story of Arabia. Century Co. (New York), $1.75.
Gordon, Chas. Wm. Glengarry school days. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(“The simple country life of pioneer boys and girls in a backwoods school in Ontario,
by Ralph Connor.”)
Grahame, Kenneth. Wind in the willows. Methuen & Co. (London), 6s.
(“Unusually attractive tale of animal adventure told with rare charm.” – Jordan.)
Grenfell, W. T. Adrift on an icepan. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), 48c.
(“A thrilling escape from the Labrador sea.” – Pratt.)
Henty, G. A. Cat of Bubastes. Blackie & Son (London), 3s. 6d.
(Story of ancient Egypt.)
------- With Clive in India. Blackie & Son (London), 3s. 6d.
(Many other interesting stories by the same author, but not of sufficient importance to
mention in a list of this length.)
Huntington, H. S. His Majesty’s sloop “Diamond Rock.” Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
(Boston), $1.75.
(“English occupation and defence by the French fleet of Diamond Rock, which rises
600 feet from the sea at Fort-de-France in Martinique.”–Cleveland.)
Jewett, Sarah Orne. Betty Leicester. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.50.
(“A girl of 15 and her summer with two old aunts in a New England village.”—Utica.)
Kipling, Rudyard. Captain courageous. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New
York), $2.
------- Jungle book. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $2.
------- Second jungle book. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $2.
Kipling, Rudyard. Puck of Pook’s Hill. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New
York), $2.
------- Rewards and fairies. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $2.
(First gives the experiences of a spoiled boy on the fishing banks of Newfoundland; the
jungle books are about Mowgli the foster child of the wolves, and his companions the
animals; the last two are English history fairy stories told to Dan and Una, ranging from
prehistoric times to Napoleon.)
Lamb, Chas. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated by Rackham. Dent & Sons (London),
$2.75. Geo. Bell (illustrated by Byam Shaw), ?; Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston) (not
illustrated), $1.75; Harper Bros. (New York) (illustrated by Rhead), $.175.
(Also many other editions.)
Leighton, Robert. Golden galleon. Blackie & Sons (London), 4s.
------- Olaf the Glorious. Blackie & Sons (London), 4s.
(Both stories of sea fighters, the first under Sir Richard Grenville off Flores, and the
second in the Viking age.)
Luca, Edward V. Slowcoach. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
(“Jolly story of the adventures of seven interesting children on their travels in a caravan
through the Shakespeare country. Happily illustrated.”—N.Y. State.)
Marryat, Capt. F. Children of the new forest. Macmillan (London), 5s.; Dent & Sons
(London), Everyman edition, $1.
(“Fortunes of a Royalist family near Lymington.”—Baker.)
------- Masterman Ready. Macmillan (London), 5s.; Dent & Sons (London), Everyman edition,
$1.
(Family wrecked on a desert island.)
------- Mr. Midshipman Easy. Macmillan (London), 5s.; Dent & Sons (London), Everyman
edition, $1.
(“Full of thrilling episodes, rich in salt-water character, full also of yarns which
Munchausen might have fathered.”—Baker.)
Masefield, John. Jim Davis. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(“A story of the Devonshire coast and smugglers 100 years ago.”—Hewins.)
------- Lost Endeavour. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
(A boy and his school master kidnapped and sold in Virginia as slaves.)
------- Martin Hyde, the duke’s messenger. Gardner Darton (London), 6s.; Little, Brown & Co.
(Boston), $1.50.
(Story of Monmouth’s Rebellion.)
Munro, Kirk. At war with Pontiac. $1.
(“Story of the siege of Detroit by Pontiac in 1763, and of a boy who seeks his sister, a
captive among the Indians.”—N.Y. City.)
Murai, Gensai. Kibun Daizin. Century Co. (New York), $1.50.
(“How a beggar lad became the leading merchant of Japan.”—Pittsburgh.)
Ollivant, Alfred. Bob, son of Battle. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York),
$1.50.
(“One of the best dog stories ever written.”—N.Y. City.)
Pyles, Howard. Men of iron. Harper Bros. (New York), $.190.
(“Story of the training of an English knight in the time of Henry IV. of England.”— N.Y. City.)
------- Otto of the silver hand. Scribner’s (New York), $2.
(“Boy’s life in the days of the robber barons of Germany.”—Pittsburgh.)
Raspe, R. E. Travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen. Heath & Co. (New
York), 30c. Retold by John Martin; illustrated in colour by Gordon Ross. Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $2.25.
(“Amusing and absurdly impossible feats and adventures.”—Baker.)
Saunders, Marshall. Beautiful Joe. American Baptist Publishing Society (Philadelphia),
$1; $1.50.
Schultz, J. W. Quest of the fish-dog skin. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
(A trip by a white boy and two Indians across the Rockies, through the territory of
hostile Indians, in search of a sealskin. “With the Indians in the Rockies” is the first story of
which this and Sinopah are sequels.)
Schultz, J. W. Sinopah, the Indian boy. School edition. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston),
$1.
(The writer has lived with the Blackfeet Indians, and describes well their habits and
customs.)
Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe. Jack, Ltd. (London), illustrated, $2.
------- Talisman. Jack, Ltd. (London), illustrated, $2.
Seaman, A. H. Jacqueline and the carrier pigeons. Sturgis, $1.75.
(Holland, the siege of Leyden.)
Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty. Dent & Sons (London), 10s. 6d.; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
(Boston), $1.50, etc.
Stevenson, R. L. Treasure Island. Jack, Ltd. (London), $2; Harper Bros. (New York),
$1.75, etc.
------- Kidnapped. Jack, Ltd. (London), $2; Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75, etc.
------- Catriona. Jack, Ltd. (London), $2; Harper Bros. (New York), $.175, etc.
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s travels. Illustrated by Rackham. Dent & Sons (London),
$2.25; Macmillan (Toronto), Cranford edition, $1.75; also Everyman edition, Dent & Sons
(London), $1, etc.
Van Dyke, Henry. First Christmas tree. Scribner’s (New York), 75c.
(St. Boniface and the introduction of Christianity into Germany, a.d. 722.)
Verne, Jules. 20,000 leagues under the sea. Burt & Co. (New York), $1; Everyman edition,
Dent & Sons (London), $1.
White, Stewart E. Magic forest. Macmillan (Toronto), $1.25.
(“Adventures of a little boy among friendly Indians in a Canadian forest.”)
Zollinger, G. Widow O’Callaghan’s boys. McClurg & Son (Chicago), $1.35.
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SENIOR (GRADES VII., VIII., IX.).
LEGENDS, ETC.
King Arthur.
(See also Intermediate list.)
Lanier, Sidney. Boy’s King Arthur. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Scribner’s (New York),
$3.50.
(A rearranged and simplified form of Malory, very attractive in type and illustration, but
too expensive for general use.)
Malory, Sir Thomas. (Too difficult in original.)
Pyle, Howard. Story of King Arthur and his knights.
------- Story of Sir Lancelot and his companions.
------- Story of the champions of the Round Table.
------- Story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur.
(Each of the above edited and illustrated by Pyle, and published by Scribner’s (New
York) at $3.50. As a rule the text follows Malory and is admirable done. Illustrated in black
and white.)
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Idylls of the King. In poems, or separately published by
Macmillan (Toronto), Golden Treasury series, $1.75, etc.
Charlemagne.
Baldwin, James. Story of Roland. Scribner’s (New York), $2.
Bulfinch, Thomas. Legends of Charlemagne. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. (Boston), $1.75.
Church, Alfred John. Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve peers of France. Seeley,
Service & Co. (London), 7s.
(Perhaps the most satisfactory of the three for this grade.)
Cuchulain.
Gregory, Lady Augusta. Cuchulain of Muirtheme. Translated by Lady Gregory. The story
of the men of the Red branch of Ulster. Murray (London), 6s. 3d.
(A new edition, extremely well done, but more useful in a large rather than a small
collection.)
Firdusi.
Story of Rustem and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi, by E. D. Renninger. Scribner’s
(New York), $.165.
Wilmot-Buxton, E. M. Stories of Persian heroes. Crowell Co. (New York). (Also under
title “Story of Rustem.” Harrap & Co. (London), 2s. 6d.
(See also poem by Matthew Arnold, “Sohrab and Rustum.”)
Homer.
(See also Intermediate list.)
Iliad.
Church, A. J. Children’s Iliad. Seeley, Service & Co. (London), 7s.
Lang, Andrew; Leaf, Walter; and Myers, Ernest. Iliad of Homer done into English prose.
Macmillan (London), 4s. 6d.
Odyssey.
Church, A. J. Children’s Odyssey. Seeley, Service & Co. (London), 7s.
Lamb, Charles. Adventures of Ulysses, adapted from Chapman’s translation. Longmans &
Co. (London), 80c.; Ginn & Co. (Boston), 64c., etc.
(One of the most spirited translations.)
Lang, Andrew, and Butcher, S. H. Odyssey of Homer done into English prose. Macmillan
(London), 4s.
Indian Legends.
Carmichael, Alfred. Indian legends of Vancouver Island. Illustrated by J. Semeyn. Musson
(Toronto), $.175.
Johnson, E. Pauline. Legends of Vancouver. Thomson (Vancouver), $1.25; $2.
Siegfried.
Baldwin, James. Story of Siegfried. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Scribner’s (New York), $2.
General.
Irving, Washington. Old Christmas. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Hodder & Stoughton
(London), 6s. Illustrated by Caldecott. Macmillan (Toronto), Cranford edition, $2.
(Descriptions of old English Christmas from the “Sketchbook.”)
Spenser, Edmund.
Macleod, Mary. Stories from the Faerie Queene, Illustrated by A. G. Walker. Gardner
Darton & Co. (London), 6s.; Stokes (New York), $2.50.
Royde-Smith, N. G. Una and the Red Cross Knight, and other tales from Spenser’s Faerie
Queene. Illustrated by T. H. Robinson. Dent & Sons (London or Toronto), $2.25.
Lang, Jeanie. Stories from the Faerie Queene. Dent & Sons (London), Told to the children
series, 75c. (Only 8 stories.)
STORIES.
Allen, James Lane. Kentucky cardinal. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan
(London), 8s.
(Exquisite little study of personality. The title refers to the cardinal bird.)
Austen, Jane. Pride and prejudice. Macmillan (London), 4s. 6d.
------- Northanger Abbey. Edited with introduction by Austin Dobson; illustrated by Hugh
Thomson and C. E. Brock. Macmillan (London), 4s. 6d.
Barrie, James Matthew. Little minister. Illustrated by W. Hole. Cassell (London),
Library edition, 7s.
------- When a man’s single. Hodder & Stoughton (London), 3s. 6d.
------- Window in Thrums. Illustrated by A. C. Michael. Hodder & Stoughton (London), 6s.
Blackmore, R. D. Lorna Doone, a romance of Exmoor in Stuart times. Grosset & Dunlap
(New York), 75c.
(Many other editions.)
Borrow, George H. Lavengro. Murray (London), 6s.; 2s. 6d.
------- Romany Rye. Murray (London), 6s.; 2s. 6d.
(“Lavengro and its sequel Romany Rye are the sacred books of those who confess the
true gospel of vagabondage.”—Baker.)
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Hodder & Stoughton (London), 6s.
Bronte, Emily J. Wuthering Heights. Hodder & Stoughton (London), 6s., etc.
(“A weird drama of love, hate, and revenge laid amid the sombre dales and fells of
moorland Yorkshire.”—Baker.)
Brown, John. Rab and his friends. Illustrated. Foulis (Edinburgh), 2s. 6d.; Dent & Sons
(London), Everyman edition, $1.
(Scotch story of a noble dog and his friends.)
Buchan, John. Greenmantle. Nelson (London), 6s.
(An absorbing adventure story of a British major sent by his government to investigate
the sources of a holy war said to be organizing in the East.)
------- Prester John, or the Great Diamond pipe. Nelson (London), 6s.; 4s. 6d.
(A South African romance.)
------- Salute to adventurers. Nelson (London), 4s. 6d.
(“A young Scotchman who goes out to Virginia when it was a British colony to engage
in trade, finds himself in the middle of a series of thrilling adventures in which intrigue,
Indian warfare, and the love of a lassie each plays a part.”)
Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote, retold by Judge Parry. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Lane (New York), $2.50.
(An excellent edition.)
Chesterton, G. K. Innocence of Father Brown. Cassell & Co. (London), 2s.
(A Chestertonian detective story.)
Churchill, Winston. Richard Carvel. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(An autobiographical story dealing with the time of the American revolution.)
Clemens, Samuel L. (“Mark Twain”). Innocents abroad. Harper Bros. (New York),
$2.50.
(“A satire on the ‘high-falutin’’ American globe-trotter.”—Baker.)
------- Yankee at the court of King Arthur. Harper Bros. (New York), $2.25.
Collins, W. Wilkie. Moonstone. Chatto & Windus (London), 5s.; 3s. 6d.
(“The theft of a celebrated jewel and its quest and restitution by devoted Hindoo priests,
after an Iliad of adventures, to the idol from whose forehead it had been wrenched.”—
Baker.)
Copper, James Fenimore. Last of the Mohicans. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $2.
(One of the best of the Indian stories. The other volumes of the Leatherstocking tales,
four in number, can also be recommended.)
Craik, Dinah Mulock. John Halifax, Gentleman. Melrose (London), 2s. 6d.; Nelson
(London), 3s. 6d.; Dent & Sons (London), $1.75; Harper Bros. (New York), $1.50.
(“The author’s full-length portrait of an ideal man. By faithfulness and courage he rises
from extreme poverty to wealth, and marries a girl of gentle family.”—Baker.)
Dana, Richard H. Two years before the mast. Macmillan (Toronto), $1.50; Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $2.
(“Classical account of seafaring in a merchant sailing vessel of the old days.”—Baker.)
Dickens, Chas. Christmas books.
------- David Copperfield.
------- Nicholas Nickleby.
------- Oliver Twist.
------- Pickwick papers.
------- Tale of two cities, and any or all of his other titles. Many editions; e.g., Chapman & Hall
(London), each 6s.; Macmillan (London), each 4s. 6d.; Nelson (Toronto), $.175, etc. Also
attractive illustrated editions; e.g., Chimes, illustrated by C. E. Brock; Dent & Sons
(London), 3s. 6d. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Hodder & Stoughton (London), 6s.
Christmas carol, illustrated by C. E. Brock; Dent & Sons (London), 3s. 6d. Illustrated by A.
C. Michael; Hodder & Stoughton (London), $2.50.
Doyle, A. Conan. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Burt & Co. (New York), 75c.; Smith
Elder (incorporated with John Murray, London), 3s. 6d.
------- Micah Clarke. Longmans & Co. (New York), $2.
------- Sir Nigel. Smith Elder (incorporated with John Murray, London), 4s. 6d.; McClurg & Co.
(Chicago), $2.
------- White Company. Illustrated. Harper Bros (New York), $2.25; Grosset & Dunlap (New
York), 75c.
Dumas, Alexandre. Count of Monte Cristo. Walter Scott Publishing Co. (London), 2s.
6d.
------- Three musketeers. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
------- Twenty years after (Sequel). Routledge & Co. (London), 3s., etc.
Eliot, George. Mill on the Floss. Blackwood & Sons (Edinburgh), 4s. 6d.; Little, Brown &
Co. (Boston), $2.
------- Silas Marner. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan (Toronto), $2, etc.
Gaskell, Mrs. Cranford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan (London), Cranford
edition, 6s.
Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Macmillan
(London), 6s.
Hemon, Louis. Maria Chapdelaine, a tale of the Lake St. John country. Macmillan
(Toronto), $2.
(Idyll of French Canadian life.)
Hughes, Thos. Tom Brown’s schooldays. Illustrated by Louis Rhead. Harper Bros. (New
York), $1.75; Macmillan (Toronto), Cranford edition, $2.
Janvier, Thos. A. Aztec treasure house. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.90.
Kipling, Rudyard. Day’s work.
------- Kim.
------- Stalky & Co., and any other titles. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City,
New York), at $1.90 each.
Kirby, William. Golden dog. Illustrated. Page & Co. (Boston), $1.90.
(A Canadian romance of the time of Louis XV.)
Kingsley, Chas. Hereward the Wake, the last of the English. Macmillan (London), 4s.
------- Westward ho! Macmillan (London), 4s. 6d., etc.
Laboulaye, E. R. L. Quest of the four-leaved clover, a story of Arabia, adapted from the
French by W. T. Field. Ginn & Co. (Boston), 68c.
La Motte Fouque, Baron de. Undine. Illustrated by Rackham. Heinemann & Co.
(London), 10s. 6d.; Heath & Co. (Boston), School edition, 56c.
(“Undine, the water sprite, loved a mortal, and through love and suffering acquired a
soul.”—N. Y. City.)
London, Jack. Call of the wild. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(“Dog story of the Klondyke.”)
Lytton, Bulwer. Harold, the last of the Saxon kings. Routledge & Co. (London), 5s.
------- Last days of Pompeii. Routledge & Co. (London), 5s.
------- Last of the Barons. Routledge & Co. (London), 5s.
Mason. A. E. W. Four feathers. Smith Elder (incorporated with J. Murray), 6s.; Macmillan
(Toronto), $2.50.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick; or, The white whale. Page & Co. (Boston), $.190.
(“A realistic story of whale-fishing in the Pacific.”)
------- Typee. Page & Co. (Boston), $.190.
(Romantic tales of adventure among the Pacific isles.)
Parker, Gilbert. Seats of the mighty. Methuen & Co. (London), 6s.; Harper Bros. (New
York), $2; Copp, Clark Co. (Toronto), $1,50 and 85c.
------- When Valmond came to Pontiac. Methuen & Co. (London), 6s.; Harper Bros. (New
York), $2; Copp, Clark Co. (Toronto), $.125 and 85c.
Poe, Edgar Allen. Gold bug. Rand, McNally Co. (Chicago), Golden classics, 50c.
Porter, Jane. Scottish chiefs. Crowell & Co. (New York), $3. Illustrated by Wyeth.
Scribner’s (New York), $3.50.
Reade, Chas. Christie Johnstone. Chatto & Windus (London), 3s. 6d.
(“A blasé nobleman goes among the fishing folk of a town on the east coast of Scotland,
and learns charity from their rough but sincere and hearty character.”—Baker.)
------- Cloister and the hearth. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. W. & R. Chambers (Edinburgh),
10s. 6d.
(“One of the finest novels of the middle ages, taking the hero from the Netherlands
through Germany and France to Italy and Rome, and depicting the state of all these
countries.”)
Roberts, Chas. G. D. Heart of the ancient wood. Page & Co. (Boston), $1.90.
(“With this romance are interwoven the life histories of the wild creatures of the
wood.”–Pittsburgh.)
Russell, Wm. Clark. Wreck of the Grosvenor. Low, Marston & Co. (London), 3s. 6d.
(Exciting story of a mutiny and its consequences. Melodramatic.)
Saintine, Joseph X. B. Picciola. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), Riverside classics, $1.35.
(“A young nobleman, imprisoned by Napoleon for political offences, finds a little plant
growing between the paving stones of his court, and is gradually regenerated by its
revelation to him of natural and divine law.”—N. Y. City.)
Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe. Illustrated by R. Wheelwright. Harrap & Co. (London), 10s. 6d.
Illustrated by C. E. Brock. Dent & sons (London), $1.75.
------- Kenilworth. Illustrated by H. Ford. Jack (London),
------- Quentin Durward.
------- Rob Roy.
------- Talisman, and any other titles. Published in many editions; e.g.; Macmillan (London),
each 7s. 6d.; A. & C. Black (London), each 5s.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. In desert and wilderness. Translated from the Polish. Little, Brown &
Co. (Boston), $2.
(“Adventures in Africa of a resourceful Polish boy and a delicate English girl who have
been kidnapped by treacherous natives.”–N. Y. State.)
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Black arrow. Illustrated by H. M. Paget. Cassell & Co. (London),
7s.; 6s.
------- Catriona, a sequel to Kidnapped. Cassell & Co. (London), 6s.
------- Kidnapped. Illustrated by W. R. S. Stott. Cassell & Co. (London), 6s. Illustrated by W.
Hole; Cassell & Co. (London), 7s. Illustrated by Wyeth; Scribner’s (New York), $3.50.
------- Master of Ballantrae. Illustrated by W. Paget. Cassell & Co. (London), 7s.
------- Treasure Island. Illustrated by John Cameron. Cassell & Co. (London), 6s. Illustrated by
W. Paget, 7s. Illustrated by Wyeth. Scribner’s (New York), $3.50.
(First, a Yorkist story of the Wars of the Roses. Catriona and Kidnapped, the
adventures of David Balfour in the Highlands of Scotland after the ’45. Master of
Ballantrae, also a story of the Jacobites; and Treasure Island, a story of piracy and concealed
treasure in the middle of the 18th century; a masterpiece among romances for boys.)
Steel, Flora Annie. On the face of the waters, a story of the Indian mutiny. Heinemann
(London), 7s.; Macmillan (Toronto), $2.50.
(“Accurate, full of terrible scenes, like the massacre at Meerut and the storming of the
Delhi gate.”—Baker.)
Stockton, Frank. Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine. Century Co. (New York),
$1.75.
(“Absurd Crusoe adventures of two prosaic matrons on a desert island.”—Baker.)
Stowe, Harriet B. Uncle Tom’s cabin. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.50; $2.
(“An historic exposure of the barbarities of slavery. Highly emotional.”)
Tarkington, Booth. Penrod. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
Thackeray, Wm. M. Henry Esmond, a Colonel in the service of Her Majesty Queen Anne.
Illustrated by F. D. Bedford. Dent & Sons (London), $.175. Illustrated by Thomson,
Macmillan (London), 6s.
------- The Newcomes, memoirs of a most respectable family. Smith Elder (incorporated with J.
Murray, London), 10s. 6d.; Macmillan (London), 4s 6d., etc.
Trollope, Anthony. Barchester Towers. Illustrated by Tilney. Routledge & Co. (London),
6s.
Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur, a tale of the Christ. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(“Long and gorgeously coloured romance of Oriental life in the first century, abounding
in florid scenes of pageantry.”—Baker.)
Waterloo, Stanley. Story of Ab, a tale of the time of the Cave man. Doubleday, Page & Co.
(Garden City, New York), $1.50.
(“A lively reconstruction of the Stone Age and the life of the Cave man.”—Baker.)
Wells, Herbert George. First men in the moon. Macmillan (London), 6s.
------- Food of the gods. Macmillan (London), 6s.
------- Time machine. Heinemann & Co. (London) 2s.
------- War of the worlds. Heinemann & Co. (London), 6s.
------- History of Mr. Polly. Nelson (London), 3s. 6d.
(And any of the other works desired. The above, with the exception of Mr. Polly, are
fantastic tales which, like those of Jules Verne, have a scientific background.)
White, Stewart Edward. Blazed trail. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
(“Realistic account of logging or timber-getting in Michigan.”—Baker.)
Wister, Owen. Virginian, a horseman of the plains. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
Vachell, H. A. The Hill. Murray (London), 6s.; Dodd, Mead & Co. (New York), $2.
(“A Harrow story, natural in its presentment of the ways and talk and the very thoughts
of healthy boyhood.”—Baker.)
Verne, Jules. Mysterious Island. Burt & Co. (New York), $1.
------- Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar. Burt & Co. (New York), $1.
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GENERAL.
The following lists are ungraded, but books especially suitable for younger children are asterisked.
HISTORY.
General and Prehistoric.
Wells, Herbert George. Short history of the world. Macmillan (Toronto), $4.
(This is the children’s edition of his “outline of History” and is profusely illustrated in
black and white. The illustrations in the original edition, however, published by Newnes
(London) in 24 parts at 1s. 2d. each, are more attractive for school purposes that those of
subsequent editions.)
*Van Loon, Hendryk W. Ancient man. Boni * Liveright (New York), large edition with
coloured illustrations, $3; Modern library edition, 75c.
------- Story of mankind. School edition. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.20.
(The latter “traces briefly the important steps in the advance of civilization from
prehistoric times to the present, bringing out clearly the characteristics of different peoples
and the peculiar quality of civilization in each successive period.” The former ends with the
Phœnicians, is fuller for the prehistoric and ancient history, and is better adapted for young
children.)
*Wells, Margaret E. How the present came from the past. 2 vols. Macmillan (Toronto),
each 88c.
Elliot, G. F. Scott. Romance of early British life, from the earliest times to the coming of the
Danes. Library of Romance. Seeley, Service & Co. (London), 5s.
(Not as comprehensive nor as easily used as the foregoing.)
Quennell, Marjorie and C. H. B. Everyday life in the new stone, bronze, and early iron ages.
Batsford, Ltd. (London), 16s. 6d.; also in 2 small vols. at 5s. each. Putnam’s Sons (New
York), $2.50.
(Treated with imaginative simplicity and great care in detail, although not as successful
as the earlier volume of these writers.)
Stories.
Waterloo, Stanley. Story of Ab.
Dawn of History.
Myers, John Linton. Dawn of history. Home University Library. Williams & Norgate
(London), 2s. 6d.
(A little difficult, but suggestive. Not illustrated.)
Baikie, James. Ancient Assyria. Peeps series. Macmillan (Toronto), 65c.
------- Ancient Egypt. Peeps series. Macmillan (Toronto), 65c.
Gosse, A. Bothwell. Civilization of the ancient Egyptians. “Through the eye” series. Nelson
& Co. (London), $1.75.
(Unusually excellent illustrations.)
Bible. Old Testament.
(A good edition is Moulton’s Modern Reader’s Bible. Bible stories, Old Testament.
Macmillan (London), 2s. 6d.
Stories.
Henty, G. A. Cat of Bubastes.
Van Dyke, H. First Christmas tree.
Greece and Rome.
(See Mythology in Senior and Intermediate lists.)
*Church, Alfred J. Three Greek children. Seeley, Service & Co. (London), 4s.
(“A tale of the Peloponnesian war.”)
*------- Young Macedonian in the army of Alexander the Great. Seeley, Service & Co.
(London), 4s.
MacGregor, Mary. Story of Greece. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Nelson (London), $3.75.
(“Well written and interesting, devoting over one-fifth of the space to the stories of gods
and heroes, and covering pure history from the earliest times to the Roman conquest.”— A.L.A.)
------- Story of Rome. Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe. Nelson (London), $3.75.
(“A vivid history down to the times of Augustus.”)
Plutarch. Plutarch’s lives for boys and girls, retold by W. H. Weston. Illustrated. Nelson
(London), $2.25.
(“A free but consistent rendering.”)
Macaulay, Thos. Babington. Lays of ancient Rome. Many editions; e.g., Longmans (New
York), $1.25; Pocket classics, Macmillan (Toronto), 48c.; Heath & Co. (Boston), 45c.
Stories.
Lytton, E. Bulwer. Last days of Pompeii.
Wallace, L. Ben Hur.
Middle Ages–Legend and Chivalry.
(See legendary heroes in Junior, Intermediate, and Senior lists.)
Darton, F. J. Harvey. Tales of the Canterbury pilgrims. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Gardner Darton Co. (London), 6s.
(Chaucer’s characters, admirably presented by both editor and illustrator, give an
excellent picture of Mediæval England.)
Froissart, J. Froissart’s chronicles of England, France, Spain, etc. Illustrated by Herbert Cole.
Dent & Sons (London), $2.25; Everyman edition, $1.
Grierson, Eliz. W. Children’s tales from Scottish ballads. Black (London),
Quennell, Marjorie and C. H. B. History of everyday things in England, 1066-1799.
Batsford & Co. (London), 16s. 6d.
(Interestingly told, well illustrated, accurate, and attractive.)
Tappan, Eva March. When knights were bold. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $3.
(“Spirited and interesting account of life in castles and manors, monasteries and towns
during the middle ages.”—N.Y. State.)
Joan of Arc.
Monvel, Boutet de. Joan of Arc. Century Co. (New York).
(Too expensive, and not too difficult to obtain, but on account of its illustrations, one of
the very best records of the time.)
Wilmot-Buxton, E. M. Jeanne D’Arc. Heroes of all time series. Harrap & Son (London), 2s.
Stories.
Cervantes. Don Quixote. (Retold by Judge Parry.)
*Clemens, S. L. Personal recollection of Joan of Arc.
------- Yankee at the court of King Arthur.
Doyle, A. Conan. Sir Nigel.
------- White Company.
Lytton, E. Bulwer. Harold, the last of the Saxon kings.
------- Last of the barons.
Porter, Jane. Scottish Chiefs.
*Pyle, Howard. Men of iron.
*------- Otto of the silver hand.
Reade, Chas. Cloister and the hearth.
Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe.
------- Quentin Durward.
------- Talisman.
Age. Of Discovery.
Brooks, Noah. Story of Marco Polo. Century Co. (London), $1.75.
Buchan, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. Nelson (London).
Gilliat, Edward. Heroes of the Elizabethan age. Seeley, Service & Co. (London), 7s.
Hyamson, Albert M. Elizabethan adventures upon the Spanish main. (Adapted from the
voyages of Richard Hakluyt.) Routledge & Co. (London).
*Lamprey, L. In the days of the guilds. Harrap (London), 5s.
(Stories of the period of Henry II.)
Prescott, Wm. H. Conquest of Mexico.
------- Conquest of Peru. Many editions; e.g., Harrap (London), each 3s. 6d.; Dent & Sons
(London), Everyman edition, each $1. Better, perhaps, however, as retold by Henry Gilbert
in his “Conquerors of Mexico” and “Conquerors of Peru,” which are illustrated and
attractive. Harrap (London).
Synge, M. B. Book of discovery. Nelson (London), $3.75.
(Fascinating account of the world’s famous explorers, in which many tell their own
story in their own words. Contains reproductions of primitive maps and the ‘joyous charts’
of the middle ages, and curious illustrations from old woodcuts, drawings, and paintings,
and miniatures.”–Pittsburgh. Should be in every school library.)
Stories.
*Bennett, J. Master Skylark.
Dumas, Alexandre. Three musketeers.
*Clemens, S. L. Prince and the pauper.
Janvier, T. A. Aztec treasure house.
Kingsley, Chas. Westward ho!
*Leighton, R. Golden galleon.
Reade, Chas. Cloister and the hearth.
Scott, Sir Walter. Kenilworth.
*Seaman, A. H. Jacqueline and the carrier pigeons.
Great Britain.
Edgar, J. G. Heroes of England. Dent & Sons (London), Everyman edition, $1.
(Biographical sketches of historical characters.)
Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. American Book Co. (New York), $2.
Marshall, H. E. Island story. Nelson (London), $3.75.
------- Scotland’s story. Nelson (London), $3.75.
Walters, Charlotte M. Short economic history of Englad. Vol. 1, from the conquest to the
middle of the 18th century. Oxford University Press (London), 5s. 6d.
Stories.
Blackmore, R. D. Lorna Doone.
*Dix, Beulah M. Merrylips.
*------- Little captive lad.
Doyle, A. Conan. Micah Clarke.
Huntington, H. S. His Majesty’s sleep Diamond Rock.
Kingsley, Chas. Hereward the wake.
*Kipling, Rudyard. Puck of Pook’s Hill.
*------- Rewards and fairies.
Marryat, F. Children of the New Forest.
Masefield, J. Jim Davis.
------- Martin Hyde.
------- Lost Endeavor.
Stevenson, R. L. Catriona and Kidnapped.
Thackeray, W. M. Henry Esmond.
Miscellaneous.
Buchan, John. Book of escapes and hurried journeys. Nelson (London), 5s.
(“True stories ranging in time from the escape of King Charles after Worcester in 1651
to the 4,000-mile air flight of Lieuts. Parer and McIntosh in 1920, and in variety from the
ride of the obscure Dick King in South Africa to the flight of Marie Antoinette.”)
Bowman, Isaiah. The new world. Problems in political geography 1922. World Book Co.
(New York), $10.
(This is a reference book of the changed Europe of post-war days, which will be
unusually useful.)
*Canton, William. Child’s book of saints. Illustrated. Dent & sons (London), Everyman
edition, $1.
*Canton, William. Child’s books of warriors. Illustrated by Herbert Cole. Dent & Sons
(London), $2.25; Everyman edition, $1.
*Lang, Mrs. Andrew. Book of saints and heroes. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
*Lang, Andrew. Book of princes and princesses. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
*------- Red book of heroes. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
*------- Red true story book. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
*------- True story book. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
MacGregor, Mary. Story of France. Nelson & Co. (London), $3.75.
Stories.
Buchan, John. Greenmantle.
Dickens, Chas. Tale of two cities.
Canada and the New World.
Chronicles of Canada; edited by Wrong. 32 vols. Glasgow Publishing Co. (Toronto).
(A very useful set; the volumes as a rule well written.)
Grant, W. L. History of Canada. Heinemann (London), 1916 edition, 4s. 6d.
Explorers, Etc.
Haworth, Paul Leland. Trailmakers of the Northwest. Harcourt, Brace & Co. (New York),
$2.50.
Laut, A. C. Story of the trapper. Appleton & Co. (New York), $2.
------- Pathfinders of the west. Macmillan (London), illustrated edition, 12s.
------- Vikings of the Pacific. Macmillan (London), 8s. 6d.
Locke, Geo. H. When Canada was New France. McBride Co. (New York), $1.50.
Long, Morden H. Knights errant of the wilderness. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
Parkman, Francis. Works. Popular edition. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), 12 vols., each $2.
The whole set is useful, but where impracticable, the following might be chosen:–
Conspiracy of Pontiac. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $2; Dent & Sons (London), 2 vol.
Everyman edition, $2.
Edgar, Pelham. Romance of Canadian history, edited from the writings of Francis
Parkman. Macmillan (Toronto), $1.
Hasbrouck, L. S. Boy’s Parkman. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $1.50.
Romance of the world series. Early days in Canada; stories of discovery and conquest.
Oxford University Press (London), 5s.
Wallace, W. S. By star and compass; tales of the explorers of Canada. Oxford University
Press (London), 5s.
(Much of the same material is given in Haworth, Laut, Long, and Wallace, although
each serves a special purpose. Perhaps of the four, Laut is the most interesting.)
Stories and Indian Sketches.
*Catherwood, M. H. Romance of Dollard.
Catlin, George. Boy’s Catlin; my life among the Indians. Edited M. G. Humphreys.
Scribner’s (New York), $2.
Cooper, J. F. Last of the Mohicans. (And all the Leatherstocking tales.)
Kirby, William. Golden dog.
Laut, A. C. Heralds of Empire.
*Munroe, Kirk. At war with Pontiac.
Parker, Gilbert. Seats of the mighty.
Roberts, C. G. D. Sister to Evangeline.
*Schultz, J. W. Quest of the fish-dog skin.
*------- Sinopah, the Indian boy.
BIOGRAPHY.
(A few useful collections.)
Holland, Rupert S. Historic inventions. Jacobs (Philadelphia), $1.50.
Mabie, Hamilton Wright. Heroes every child should know. Grosset & Dunlap (New York),
75c.
------- Heroines every child should know. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
Newbolt, Sir Henry. Book of the long trail. Longmans & Co. (New York), $2.25.
Ponsonby, Arthur and Dorothea. Rebels and reformers. Holt & Co. (New York), $1.60.
Quiller Couch, Sir A. T. Roll call of honour. Nelson (London), $1.35.
SOME GREAT BOOKS OF TRAVEL.
(And some not so great.)
(These may be considered too difficult for children, but the original narratives have a virility which retelling seems to squeeze out.)
Bates, Henry Walter. A naturalist on the river Amazon. Abridged by F. A. Bruton. Dent &
Sons (London), Everyman edition, $1.
Borrow, George. Bible in Spain. Nelson (London), 1s. 6d.; Dent & Sons (London),
Everyman edition, $1.
Bullen, Frank T. Cruise of the Cachelot round the world after sperm whales Burt & Co.
(New York), $1; Appleton (New York), $1.75.
Darwin, Chas. Voyage of the “Beagle”; journal of researches into the natural history and
geology of the countries visited. John Murray (London).
Du Chaillu, Paul. In African forest and jungle. Scribner’s (New York), $2.
------- Lost in the jungle. Harper Bros (New York), Books for boys, $1.75.
------- Stories of the gorilla country. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
(And other titles.)
Landor, Arnold Henry Savage. An explorer’s adventures in Thibet. Illustrated. Harper
Bros. (New York).
Livingstone, David. Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. Murray (London), 2s.
6d.; Dent and Sons (London), Everyman edition. $1.
Lubbock, A. Basil. Round the Horn before the mast. Murray (London), 2s.
Milton, W. W. F., Viscount, and Cheadle, W. B. North-west passage by land, being the
narrative of an expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific undertaken with a view to
exploring a route across the continent to British Columbia. Cassell & Co. (London).
(Trip taken before the days of the C.P.R.)
Pike, Warburton. Barren ground of northern Canada. Dutton (New York).
Ponting, Herbert. Great white south, being an account of experiences with Captain Scott’s
South Pole expedition, and of the nature of life of the Atlantic. McBride & Co. (New York),
$6.
Maitland, E. M. Log of H.M.A. R. 34 journey to America and back. (A trip in a dirigible.)
Hodder & Stoughton (London), $2.50.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Arctic prairies; a canoe journey of 2,000 miles in search of caribou.
Scribner’s (New York), $2.50.
Stockton, F. R. Buccaneers ad pirates of our coasts. Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
POETRY—COLLECTIONS.
A. M. Anthology of modern verse. Methuen & Co. (London), 2s. 6d.
Blake, William. Songs of innocence. Illustrated by Robinson. Dent & Sons (London), 5s.
------- Pied piper of Hamelin. Illustrated by Hope Dunlap. Rand, McNally & Co. (Chicago),
$1.50.
(Worth buying this edition for the illustrations.)
Chisholm, Louey, editor. Golden staircase, poems and verses for children. Illustrated by M.
Dibden Spooner. Jack (London), $2.25.
De La Mare, Walter. Peacock pie. Illustrated by W. H. Robinson. Constable & Co.
(London), 12s.
------- Down-a-down-derry. Constable & Co. (London), 15s.
(See also Selections from De la Mare in King’s Treasuries series. Dent & Sons
(London), 2s.)
Grahame, Kenneth, editor. Cambridge book of poetry for children. Cambridge University
Press (London), 6s.
Lang, Andrew, editor. Blue poetry book. Longmans & Co. (New York), $1.50.
Longfellow, H. W. Song of Hiawatha. Riverside literature series. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
(Boston), 50c.
Lucas, E. V., editor. Book of verses for children. Gardner, Darton & Co. (London), 6s.
------- Another book of verses for children. Gardner, Darton & Co. (London), 6s.
Oxford book of English verse. Oxford University Press (London), 8s. 6d.
Oxford book of Victorian verse. Oxford University Press (London), 8s. 6d.
Oxford book of Canadian verse. Oxford University Press (London), 5s.
Palgrave, F. T. Children’s treasury of songs and lyrics. Macmillan (Toronto), $1.40.
Repellier, Agnes, editor. Book of famous verse. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
Rossetti, Christina. Sing song. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. Macmillan (Toronto), $1.25.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Child’s garden of verses. Illustrated by Robinson. Lane (London),
3s. 6d. Illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith, Scribner’s (New York), $3, etc.
(Also individual poets.)
NATURE-STUDY—SCIENCE.
Thomson, John Arthur. Outline of science. 20 parts. Newnes (London), 1s. 2d. and 1s. 6d.
each. 4 vols. Putnam’s (New York), $18.
(A unique work, presenting all the sciences in familiar language from the modern point
of view. The illustrations are numerous and excellent, the style clear, the compilation of the
highest type. Should be in every school, even the smallest.)
Animals.
Berridge, W. S. Marvels of the animal world. Thornton, Butterworth (London), 7s. 6d.
------- Wonders of animal life. New edition. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London,
5s.
Brearly, Henry C. Animal secrets told; a book of “why’s.” Stokes (New York), $1.75.
Burroughs, John. Squirrels and other fur-bearers. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), School
edition, 92c.
Coupin, H., and Lea, John. Romance of animal arts and crafts. Seeley, Service & Co.
(London), 5s.
(Much the same in style and material as the two Berridge books.)
Fabre, Jean Henry. Story book of birds and beasts. Hodder & Stoughton (London), $2.50.
Ingersoll, Ernest. Life of mammals. Illustrated in black and white and 14 colour plates.
Macmillan (Toronto), $2.
(Short descriptions of a great variety of animals, with quotations concerning them, from
the works of other writers.)
Lydekker, Richard. Wild life of the world. Illustrated by Waite. Warne (London), in 12
parts, 72s.; in 3 vols., £4 4s.
(A standard work by one of the best known of British naturalists, well illustrated,
accurate, and readable, although too expensive for any but a large school, and in the three-
volume edition too heavy for children to use freely.)
Nelson, E. Wild animals of North America. National Geographic Magazine (New York), $3.
Nature Library. 17 volumes published by Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York),
at $5 each. The whole set is valuable for school use, but especially:—
Blanchan, Neltje. Bird neighbors, $4.
------- Nature’s garden (Flowers).
Holland, W. S. Butterfly book.
Jordan, D. S. American food and game fishes.
Stone and Cram. American animals.
(A number of the above volumes were reissued in 1917 as “The little nature library” at
$1.60 per volume.)
Birds.
Bailey, Mrs. Florence Merriam. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including
the great plains, great basin, and the Pacific slope. Revised edition. Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. (Boston), $5.
(Short scientific descriptions and black and white illustrations. A usable reference
book, and one of the few giving most of the B.C. birds.)
Burroughs, John. Bird stories from Burroughs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.
Canada Government. Geological Survey. Birds of Eastern Canada. By P. A. Taverner,
Memoir 104, Ottawa.
Chapman, F. M. Bird life, a guide to the study of our common birds. 75 full-page illustrations
in colour by E. Thompson Seton. Appleton (New York), $4.
(One of the best books, but devoted to Eastern birds.)
------- What bird is that? A pocket museum of the land birds of eastern United States, arranged
according to season. Appleton (New York), $1.50.
(Very usable.)
Henshaw, H. W. Book of birds. National Geographic Magazine (New York), $2.
Hudson, W. H. Birds in town and village. King’s Treasury series. Dent & Sons (London), 2s.
*Nuttall, T. Popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States. New and revised
edition by Montague Chamberlain; 110 illustrations in colour and many in black and white.
Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $5.
(Standard work, comprehensive, scientific, and interesting. As good as any available
for reference purposes, but gives only eastern birds.)
Nature library. (See above.)
*Blanchan, N. Bird neighbors.
------- Birds that hunt and are hunted.
Dugmore. Bird nests.
*Also, compiled from above: Birds worth knowing. Little Nature Library. Doubleday, Page
& Co. (Garden City, New York), $1.60. (48 coloured illustrations reduced in size;
interesting descriptions. A book to be recommended.)
*Miller, Olive Thorne. Children’s book of birds. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $3.
Trafton, G. H. Methods of attracting birds. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Boston), $1.75.
Weed, C. M., and Dearborn, Ned. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic
ornithology for the U.S. and Canada. Second edition illustrated. Lippincott & Co.
(Philadelphia), $2.50.
Insects.
Fabre, Jean Henry. (Called the Homer of the insect.) All his books are charming and should
be available for use. Especially recommended are:–
Life of the spider.
Life and love of the insect world.
Life of the fly.
Wonders of instinct. Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London) at $2.50 each. Not
illustrated.
Nature library. (See above.)
Howard, L. O. Insect book.
Holland, W. J. Butterfly book.
------- Moth book.
Weed, Clarence M. Butterflies worth knowing. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New
York), $2.
Fish, etc.
Arnold, A. F. Sea beach at ebb tide. New edition; 600 illustrations. Century Co. (New York),
$4.50.
Duncan, F. Martin. Wonders of the seashore. Illustrated by 100 original photographs. Nelson
(London), $1.25.
(No text; the book composed entirely of illustrations, with descriptive material under
each one.)
Jordan, D. S. American food and game fishes. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New
York), $5.
Ward, Francis. Marvels of fish life as revealed by the camera. Cassell & Co. (London).
Stories about Animals.
(See Junior, Intermediate, and Senior lists.)
Roberts, Chas. G. D. Hoof and claw.
------- Kindred of the wild.
------- Neighbors unknown.
------- Secret trails, etc.
------- House in the water. Macmillan (Toronto), each $1; illustrated, $2.
Seton, Ernest Thompson. Animal heroes. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
------- Lives of the hunted. Scribner’s (New York), $2.50.
------- Rolf in the woods. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
------- Wild animal ways. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York).
------- Wild animals at home. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
------- Wild animals I have known. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
Flowers and Trees.
Canada Government: Department of the Interior. Native trees of Canada. By B. R.
Morton and R. G. Lewis. Illustrated. Ottawa.
Rogers, Julia E. Canadian trees worth knowing. Little nature library, new edition. Doubleday,
Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $2.
Some illustrated books of wild flowers are:—
Blanchan, N. Nature’s garden. (See Nature library.) (Eastern.)
Brown, Stewardson. Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Illustrated with
water-colour drawings and photographs by Mrs. Chas. Schaffer. Putnam’s (New York),
$3.
Clements, F. E., and Clements, E. S. Rocky Mountain flowers; an illustrated guide for
plant-lovers and plant-users. 25 plates in colour and 22 plates in black and white. W.
W. Wilson Co. (New York), $3.75.
Henshaw, Julia W. Wild flowers of the Rocky Mountains. McBride & Co. (New York),
$3.50. (Coloured illustrations and black and white.)
Some technical manuals and keys applicable to B.C.:—
Frye, T. C., and Rigg, G. B. Elementary flora of the Northwest. American Book Co. (New
York), 88c.
Henry, J. K. Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island, with many
references to Alaska and Northern species. Gage & Co. (Toronto).
Howell, Thomas. Flora of Northwest America, containing brief descriptions of all the
known indigenous and naturalized plants growing without cultivation north of
California, west of Utah, and south of British Columbia. Privately printed, Portland.
Piper, Chas. V., and Beattie, R. Kent. Flora of the Northwest coast, including the area west
of the summit of the Cascade mountains from the 49th parallel south to the Calapooia
mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon. New Era Printing Co., $2.50.
Rocks.
(Excellent charts and illustrations are issued by the Geological survey of Canada in their memoirs and reports. Each school should get those at least of its own locality.)
Fairbanks, H. W. Stories of rocks and minerals. Educational Publishing Co., $1.
Hall, Chas. A. Romance of the rocks. Illustrated. Black (London), $1. (English)
Trueman, A. E., and Westell, W. P. Every boy’s book of geology; and introductory guide to
the study of rocks, minerals, and fossils of the British Isles. Religious Tract Society
(London), $2.25.
(For general science see John Arthur Thomson’s “Outline of science” and the books
recommended at the end of each section.)
Chamberlain, T. C., and Salisbury, R. D. College text-book of Geology. Holt & Co. (New
York), $3.50.
(Recommended for illustrations.)
A FEW BOOKS ON HANDICRAFTS AND AMUSEMENTS.
Moffett, Cleveland. Careers of danger and daring. Century Co. (New York) $2.
Hall, A. Neely. Handicraft for handy boys. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (Boston), $2.50.
*Adams, John D. When Mother lets us carpenter. Moffat, Yard & Co. (New York), $1.
*Beard, Dan. Boat building and boating. Illustrated. Grosset & Dunlap (New York), 75c.
Patterson, H. W. Small Boat building. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), $1.
(Technical book with plans and charts.)
Seton, F. Thompson. Book of woodcraft and Indian lore, with over 500 drawings by the
author. Doubleday, Page & Co. (Garden City, New York), $2.
Kephart, H. Camping and woodcraft. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), 2 vols. in 1, $3.
Bullivant, C. H. Home fun. Jack (London).
Bancroft, J. H. Games for the playground, home, school, and gymnasium. Macmillan & Co.
(Toronto), $2.40.
Corson, C. H. At home in the water. Association Press (New York), $1.
*Duncan, Frances. When mother lets us garden. Moffat, Yard & Co. (New York), $1.
*Adams, Helen M. When mother lets us model. Moffat, Yard & Co. (New York), $1.
Forman, S. E. Stories of useful inventions. Century Co. (New York), $1.50.
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REFERENCE BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Encyclopædias.
Chambers’ Encyclopædia. New edition, 1922-23. 10 vols.; buckram. W. & R. Chambers
(London), &75.
New International Encyclopedia. Second edition, 1914-16. 23 vols. Dodd, Mead & Co. (New
York), Library edition, $1.20.
Dictionaries.
Webster’s New International Dictionary. 1918 edition. Merriam (Springfield, Mass.), cloth,
$16.
Standard Dictionary. Funk & Wagnalls (New York), $16.
Smaller Dictionaries.
Webster’s Collegiate. Merriam (Springfield, Mass.), buckram, $5.
College Standard Dictionary. Buckram, $5.
Concise Oxford Dictionary. Fowler, editor. Fourth imp. 1914. Clarendon Press (Oxford),
cloth, $2.75.
Synonyms, etc.
Crabb, George. English synonyms explained. New edition. Harper Bros. (New York), $1.75.
Roget, P. M. Thesaurus of English words and phrases. New edition 1911. Longmans & Co.,
(London), $2.
Yearbooks, Almanacs, etc.
Canada yearbook, annual. Dominion Government, Ottawa, $1.
Canadian almanac, annual. Copp, Clark & Co. (Toronto), $3.50.
Whitaker’s almanac, annual. Whitaker (London), 3s. 6d.
World almanac, annual. “World” Publishing Co. (New York), paper, 50c.
Statesman’s yearbook, annual. Macmillan & Co. (Toronto), $6.
Wrigley’s directory of British Columbia, annual. $10.
Literature, etc.
Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations. Tenth edition. Little, Brown & Co. (Boston), $4.50.
Brewer, Ebenezer C. Readers’ handbook of familiar allusions, Chatto & Windus (London) or
Lippincott (Philadelphia), $3.
(Also listed under title “Readers’ handbook of facts, characters, plots, and references.”)
Bulfinch, Thos. Age of fable. Everyman edition. Dent & Sons (London), $1; Lothrop, $1.75.
Chambers, W. & R. Cyclopædia of English literature. 1922 edition. 3 vols.; cloth. Chambers
(London), 60s.
Drinkwater, John, and Orpen, Sir William. Outline of literature and art, to be complete in
24 fortnightly parts. Newnes (London), each 1s. 8d.
(Will probably be published in book form later, but with the paper covers of each part
reinforced, is quite usable and much less expensive in this edition.)
Edwards, Marian. Dictionary of non-classical myths. Everyman edition. Dent & Sons
(London), $1.
Garvin, John W. Canadian poets. 1916. McClelland & Stewart (Toronto).
Marquis, Thos. Guthrie. English-Canadian literature. (Taken from “Canada and its
Provinces,” excellent sketch. Publisher’s Association (Toronto).
Phyfe, Wm. H. P. 5,000 facts and fancies. Putnam’s (New York), $3.75.
Walsh, Wm. S. Curiosities of popular customs. Lippincott (Philadelphia), $3.50.
(For other subjects see also General list.)
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