,,literature ,,for ,,children  ,,by     
,,orton ,,lowe  ,,assistant             
,,superintendent ,,of ,,the ,,allegheny 
,,county ,,pennsylvania1 ,,public       
,,schools            ,new ,york         
,,the ,,macmillan ,,company             
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,,printed ,,in ,,the ,,united ,,states  
,,of ,,america            ,,copyright1  
#aiad1           ,,by ,,the ,,macmillan 
,,company4            ,set up and       
electrotyped4 ,published ,june1 #aiad4  
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,,preface   ,,this book is about books  
of literature4 ,its excuse for being at 
all is in the over-reading of books that
 are not literature4 ,confusion and     
hurry confront both child and teacher in
 the land of books4 ,the hope is held   
that something can be done to lead the  
child out of this confusion4  ,there is 
no greater possibility existing in the  
child's educational life than the       

possibility of self-cultivation in the  
reading of great books4 ,nor has there  
ever been a greater need for the quiet  
reading of such books than in a time of 
wonderful mechanical invention4 ,shall a
 boy fly or shall he read8 ,it seems    
both fair and possible to say that he   
may fly but he must read4 ,whatever be  
the line of work he chooses to follow1  
he will have spare hours4 ,his          
contribution to the life of his         
community and the rounding out of his   
individual life are dependent very      
largely on the wise use of these spare  
hours4 ,some spare hours may be given to
 music or the theatre1 some to social   
entertainment1 some to outdoor sports1  
some to church aid work2 but some must  
surely be given to the reading of great 
books4  ,the following pages attempt to 
set the boy on the right trail1 so that 
when he reaches man's estate he will of 
his own accord devote a just portion of 
his spare hours to books of literature4 
,to do this1 attention needs to be given

 to these practices3 the learning of a  
little choice poetry by heart1 the      
learning of a few fairy stories and     
myths through the ear1 the reading and  
rereading of a few great books1 the     
saving of money to build up a small but 
well-selected private bookshelf1 the    
practice of reading aloud by the        
fireside or in the schoolroom4 ,the     
chances are that a boy so directed will 
find reading a pleasure and will turn to
 what is really worth while4 ,the       
attempt by parents and teachers to bring
 about an abiding love for books of     
power is a most commendable attempt2    
and1 if successful1 the best            
contribution to a refined private life4 
,to all such attempts these pages aim to
 contribute4  ,the preparation of these 
pages has been made easier and surer by 
the generous aid of ,mr4 ,fred ,l4      
,homer1 of the ,central ,high ,school of
 ,pittsburgh1 and ,mr4 ,homer ,l4       
,clark1 a business man of ,cleveland1 in
 reading a greater portion of the       

manuscript2 by ,miss ,emily ,beal1 of   
the ,carnegie ,library of ,pittsburgh1  
in information on illustrated editions  
of children's books2 and by ,mr4 ,ernest
 ,c4 ,noyes1 of the ,peabody ,high      
,school of ,pittsburgh1 in reading the  
proof4  ,for kind permission to use     
copyright material the author thanks    
,mr4 ,rudyard ,kipling and ,messrs4     
,doubleday1 ,page and ,company for      
,recessional2 ,professor ,richard ,g4   
,moulton for the arrangement of the     
selections of ,hebrew poetry2 ,houghton1
 ,mifflin and ,company for the          
selections from ,longfellow1 ,holmes1   
,emerson1 and ,whittier2 and ,the       
,macmillan ,company for the selections  
from ,tennyson1 ,browning1 ,arnold1     
,clough1 and ,rossetti4                 
,,orton ,,lowe4            ,,pittsburgh1
 ,,pennsylvania1           ,may1 #aiad4 
,,contents                              
,,page   ,,preface                      
v    ,,part ,i4 ,,introduction          
,,chapter     ,i4 ,,the ,,value ,,of    

,,good ,,books                          
#c    ,,ii4 ,,books ,,and ,,literature  
,,in ,,elementary ,,schools             
#aa   ,,iii4 ,,the ,,learning ,,of      
,,lyric ,,poetry ,,by ,,heart           
#ah    ,,part ,,ii4 ,,selections ,,for  
,,memorizing        ,,first ,,year      
#cc        ,,second ,,year              
#dd        ,,third ,,year               
#ef        ,,fourth ,,year              
#fg        ,,fifth ,,year               
#ha        ,,sixth ,,year               
#if        ,,seventh ,,year             
#aae        ,,eighth ,,year             
#acd    ,,part ,,iii4 ,,sources ,,of    
,,standard ,,prose ,,for ,,children     
,i4 ,,fairy ,,tales1 ,,household        
,,tales1 ,,and ,,other ,,fanciful       
,,tales  #aei    ,,ii4 ,,classic ,,myths
 ,,in ,,literature                      
#agf   ,,iii4 ,,books ,,to ,,be ,,owned1
 ,,to ,,be ,,read ,,and ,,reread        
#ahh    ,,iv4 ,,on ,,the ,,purchase     
,,and ,,care ,,of ,,books               
#bai     ,v4 ,,editions ,,of ,,standard 

,,books                                 
#bcb    ,,bibliography                  
#bci     ,,part ,i   ,,introduction     
,,literature ,,for ,,children           
,,chapter ,i  ,,the ,,value ,,of ,,good 
,,books            ,the cloak that ,i   
left at ,troas with ,carpus1 when       
thou comest bring with thee1 and the    
books1 but           especially the     
parchments4   ,,the man who believes    
that education and books are designed   
for the imparting only of useful        
information had better read no farther  
than this sentence2 for if he does1 he  
will be irritated many a time by what he
 regards as ideal and foolish and       
unworthy of a practical age4 ,but if he 
believes life to be something more than 
meat and the body something more than   
raiment1 and that he needs his books as 
well as his cloak brought into          
,macedonia1 he may with patience and    
sympathy follow the guesses herein at   
the ways and means by which good books  
may be brought into the life of a boy4  

,for in the living out of the great     
story of securing shelter and food and  
raiment1 the boy who has never felt the 
charm of a great book in chimney-corner 
days1 or the man who has never pored    
over a midnight darling by candlelight1 
has missed one of the most refined and  
harmless pleasures of life4 ,the very   
books themselves are refining because   
they make up the art of literature1 an  
art that is in its highest sense an     
expression and interpretation of life4  
,this art deals with the beautiful4 ,its
 appeal is primarily to the feelings4   
,its basis is truth whether actual or   
hoped for4 ,it is this very nature of   
literature itself that at the start     
brings up the question whether the      
investment put into it is really worth  
while4 ,how far has education a right to
 develop a sense of the beautiful8 ,what
 abiding pleasures and tastes1 if any1  
should the boy of school age seek and   
cultivate8 ,just what equipment for life
 does a boy need1 anyhow8  ,these are   

big questions2 they are knotty          
questions4 ,they have never been settled
 because they cannot be answered in a   
way satisfactory to all4 ,they are      
rather questions of temperament than of 
logic4 ,to attempt an investigation into
 the claims of literature in a scheme of
 education1 and to draw from such claims
 a logical conclusion1 is beyond the    
ability1 knowledge1 or inclination of   
the writer2 only personal impressions   
will be attempted in the chapters that  
follow4 ,and besides1 such an           
investigation1 if it could be made1     
would be so out of fashion among        
schoolmasters at the present time that  
it might bring nothing but reproach on  
the one attempting it4 ,the very        
convenient plan is to assume a certain  
educational specific as true and from   
that assumption to go straight to a     
favourable conclusion4 ,in accordance   
with this fashion it seems the easiest  
way to take the privilege of the day and
 without more ado assume that books of  

literature are necessary in the         
education of a boy1 and conclude        
therefrom that a principal business of  
the teacher is to train the boy to read 
books intelligently and to form a       
substantial taste for them4 ,and why    
should not a schoolmaster who dotes on a
 few old favourites have an unshaken    
faith in his assumption and go merrily  
on to the business of the literature    
itself and what may be done toward      
developing among school children a taste
 for it8  ,the late ,professor ,norton  
pointed out that a taste for literature 
is a result of cultivation more often   
than a gift of nature4 ,the years of the
 elementary school seem to be the time  
in which cultivation is easiest and the 
one in which the taste takes deepest    
root4 ,vigorous and tactful effort will 
go far to develop pure taste and abiding
 taste for books4  ,the present age is  
more concerned about pure food than     
about pure books--maybe an              
exemplification of ,john ,bright's wish 

that the working-men of ,england eat    
bacon rather than read ,bacon4 ,the     
bulky1 coarse food of the last century  
has been displaced by the sealed package
 of condensed food done according to a  
formula1 and a mystery to the man who   
eats it4 ,so is it in our books4 ,we do 
not have the frankness and vulgarity of 
the eighteenth century2 but instead1 we 
have the most studied forms of          
insinuation1 the harm of which was not  
approached by the coarseness of former  
times4 ,many a present-day story makes  
the ordinary course of life seem        
uninteresting1 a dangerous thing for a  
book to do1 according to ,ruskin4 ,the  
conduct portrayed has in it too much of 
personal freedom arising out of caprice1
 breaking too much with traditional     
right through what a critic once        
designated as debauching innuendo and   
ill favoured love4 ,the book is often   
spectacular or sullen in tone4 ,it may  
be melodramatic1 leaving the reader     
rebellious or with a weakened sense of  

responsibility4 ,or again1 it may be    
given to boisterous laughter over       
situations based on personal misfortune 
or bad manners--the way of the comic    
supplement4 ,and worst of all1 it may   
become the fashion2 that is1 a best     
seller4 ,its name and some of its       
motives will probably get to the        
children through the talk of the        
parents4 ,then to persuade the reading  
public that the pure taste for the      
healthful story is much more worth while
 will try the resources of the teacher4 
,yet that is exactly what should be     
expected of him--a ,herculean task and a
 most thankless one4  ,to secure a      
stable as well as a pure taste for      
things worth while in books should be an
 aim of the teacher4 ,he must do this in
 an age when the vaudeville idea is     
deep-rooted4 ,variety takes the place of
 sustained attention4 ,this begets the  
mood for profligacy4 ,something new and 
good is expected to turn up in the shape
 of a book4 ,in this mood there is      

nothing to inspire to steady purpose4   
,and it seems that the best thing left  
for the teacher to do is to come out    
strong on a few good books4 ,through    
fortune and misfortune such books will  
be permanent possessions to their       
reader4  ,the responsibility for        
securing this pure and abiding taste    
rests primarily with the teacher4 ,he   
needs to know and to appreciate the good
 books which he desires the boy to read4
 ,he needs to know the poem or story at 
first hand1 not criticism about it4 ,if 
the teacher has real appreciation for a 
piece of literature1 the boy will       
discern it in his face4 ,then the boy   
can be put on the right scent and left  
to trail it out for himself1 as ,scott  
long ago suggested4 ,time must be taken 
to do this3 a few good things must be   
done without fuss or hurry4 ,it is      
foolish to have a taste surfeited as    
soon as cultivated4 ,here is truly a    
place to be temperate as well as        
enthusiastic4  ,a teacher should be able

 to read aloud from a book with good    
effect4 ,the voice can bring out the    
finer touches that are likely to be     
missed by the eye4 ,no explanation in   
reading is so good as is adequate vocal 
expression4 ,in fact1 as a rule1 the    
less explaining the better4 ,if there is
 a single thing that for the last dozen 
years has stood in the way of boys' and 
girls' appreciating good literature1 it 
is the so-called laboratory method4 ,of 
all the quack educational specifics that
 have been advanced1 the laboratory     
method1 with a poem or an imaginative   
story1 has been the most presumptuous   
and absurd4 ,who cares to treat fancies 
and fairies according to formulae8 ,one 
might as well apply the laboratory      
method to his faith and his hopes in his
 religion4  ,in this struggle to bring  
good books into the life of the boy1    
many opposing forces must be met with   
tact and with patience4 ,censorship of  
books1 like inspection of foods1 may be 
highly desirable2 but by no means is it 

efficacious4 ,the worthless book will   
continue to obtrude itself at all times 
and on all occasions4 ,then there are   
the reading habits of the community1 the
 notions of parents about what the child
 should read1 and the child's own       
natural or acquired tastes1--these must 
all be reckoned with4 ,here are a few of
 the opposing forces to be encountered  
in every community3  ,the juvenile      
series--the hardest problem to handle   
from the book side of the question4 ,the
 series is always awful long1 all of the
 volumes are cut to the same pattern1   
they are always in evidence1 and they   
are all equally stupid4 ,the themes     
range from boarding school proprieties  
to criminal adventure2 and they are all 
equally false to the facts of real life 
or the longings for true romance4 ,what 
shall be done with them8  ,the ease of  
access of the child to the daily paper  
with headlines inviting attention to the
 doings of police courts and clinics4   
,the eagerness with which children read 

the comic supplement and even ask at the
 public library if books of that class  
of humour cannot be had4  ,the low-grade
 selection that is many times given the 
child by the school reader as           
subject-matter from which to learn the  
great art of reading4  ,the prejudice of
 parents and even of communities against
 fairy tales and all forms of highly    
imaginative literature--the hardest     
thing to meet from the reading side of  
the question4 ,librarians are requested 
not to give fairy books to children4    
,such books are thought to be bad4 ,the 
demand is for true books4 ,parents have 
not discovered the existence of the     
imagination and the part it has played  
in the intellectual1 artistic1 and      
spiritual progress of man4 ,but must    
school teachers not first recognize the 
truth of this last statement before     
parents are expected to do so8  ,the    
impression that books of information are
 real literature and that they ought to 
be sufficient subject-matter for any    

child's reading4  ,the belief that books
 should teach facts and point morals    
rather than entertain and refine and    
inspire4  ,the early acquired taste of  
boys and girls for stories of everyday  
life2 boys turning to the athletic story
 and girls to the school story4         
,excessive reading and reading done at  
the suggestion of a chum4  ,lack of     
ownership of books and of the rereading 
of great books4  ,the passing of the    
practice of reading aloud about the     
fireside4  ,the teacher will surely need
 to summon his judgment1 courage1 and   
perseverance if he is to succeed        
measurably in the effort for good       
reading4 ,let him not forget that his   
most enduring work will not be seeking  
to cut off from the child the book that 
is not good1 nor yet convincing the     
parents that this or that book is good  
or bad2 but it will be getting the      
interest and confidence of the child    
himself4 ,when the teacher comes to     
consider that a boy naturally loves a   

hero1 and like ,tom ,sawyer longs to die
 temporarily1 or that a girl is         
naturally curious to open the forbidden 
door of the closet as was ,fatima1 he   
cannot but see that this is good ground 
where the right seed will spring up many
 fold4 ,here then is the place for the  
teacher to sow with care4 ,for him1 the 
pages that follow are designed as       
something of a guide in the field of    
children's books1 if1 whilst working as 
a husbandman therein1 by chance he feels
 the need of a fellow labourer4         
,,chapter ,,ii  ,,books ,,and           
,,literature ,,in ,,elementary ,,schools
            ,he hath not fed of the     
dainties that are bred in           a   
book2 he hath not eat paper1 as it were2
 he hath           not drunk ink2 his   
intellect is not replenished2           
he is only an animal1 only sensible in  
the duller           parts4             
--,,sir ,,nathaniel4   ,,the place of   
literature in the primary and grammar   
grades of schools needs neither a       

defence nor an apology4 ,being a part of
 that branch called reading1 it is      
fundamental in the course4 ,the claims  
set up by branches other than that of   
reading and speaking ,english do not    
concern us here4 ,we assume that the    
first portion of time in a programme is 
allotted to this4 ,the object may be    
dramatic expression in the lower grades1
 getting the exact thought from a       
printed page and reproducing it in the  
upper grades1 drill in the mechanical   
details of the language1 such as        
spelling and pronunciation2 or it may be
 that rare growth of personality that   
comes1 say1 through the skilful reading 
of poetry aloud4 ,without a fair degree 
of mastery of the elements of reading   
and speaking ,english by the time he    
completes the grammar grade work1 the   
boy will enter a secondary school or    
turn to earning a living1 ill-equipped  
either to organize and express his own  
thoughts1 or to find profit and pleasure
 in gathering the thoughts of another   

from a printed page--the greatest       
accomplishment that a school can give to
 any one4 ,it is rather common to hear a
 high school student say that he cannot 
get the story by reading ,the ,lady of  
the ,lake4 ,this inability is a positive
 discredit to what should be normal     
mental vigour2 and such a student will  
be found inefficient for the serious    
business of life or the refined pleasure
 of the fireside4  ,now it behooves     
teachers to put on their thinking caps  
and devise ways and means that will help
 students to get the thought from       
reading1 to tell this thought1 and to   
appreciate the excellencies of good     
,english books4 ,and they must do this  
single-handed and alone in the day      
school1 for but little help can be      
looked for from the ,sunday school1 from
 many public libraries1 and from the    
home as it is now governed4 ,the child  
is turned over to the teacher to train1 
and in that child lurk two tendencies of
 ,american social life3 the hope of     

getting something for nothing and the   
passion for constant variety4 ,and these
 tendencies are unchecked by any        
exercise of that old-time positive      
authority in the home1 that had much    
salutary influence on young barbarians4 
,but through a foolish tolerance1 the   
boy drifts into many habits that do not 
include the exemplary ones of sustained 
attention1 industry1 thrift1 and        
self-reliance1--habits that make for    
efficient life4 ,a royal road to        
knowledge is expected1 and travel       
thereon is to be unrestricted by respect
 either for age or for authority4 ,his  
hay must always be sugared4 ,he becomes 
a creature of whims1 and with this      
creature the teacher finds his task in  
hand4 ,what are the reading habits and  
tastes that he brings from his home1 and
 how can the teacher best improve them8 
,it is clear to even a casual observer  
that children leave the public school   
without the groundwork for a course of  
reading either for pleasure or for      

profit through life4 ,it is also clear  
that they will get little help in this  
line from places other than the public  
school as things now obtain4 ,and it is 
equally clear that the reading habits   
formed before the age of fourteen years 
are the habits and tastes that last4 ,if
 then1 according to his natural gifts1  
the student is to be led to gather the  
fullest measure from the field of       
literature1 it is the special duty and  
privilege of the teacher to direct that 
gathering4 ,to this attempt to develop a
 taste for good literature1 some one may
 raise the objection that it will not   
fit all children--and the objection is  
well taken4 ,the appeal of literature is
 not universal4 ,there are a few persons
 who find its counterpart in a study and
 appreciation of the beauties and       
wonders of nature4 ,then again there are
 many who1 instead of taking themselves 
to the art of books1 find pleasure in   
perhaps the greatest of all arts1 the   
art of social intercourse--an art that  

is universal enough to reach from       
vagabondia to the very exclusive set4   
,however1 there is a vast class devoted 
to a subdued and refined domestic life1 
and here it is that good books will bear
 good fruit many fold4 ,with this class 
the teacher must work4 ,what then is to 
be given to the children8  ,of course it
 is understood that we are to deal with 
the enduring literature of childhood1   
the literature of power4 ,and it is also
 to be understood that reading is to be 
done in moderation and with care4 ,then 
again it is evident that a certain      
amount of reading must be prescribed and
 thoroughly mastered4 ,reading must be  
from what is standard down to the point 
of appeal1 lest the point always hold   
the boy to the earth earthy4 ,after a   
taste for onions has once been          
developed1 little hope can be           
entertained of making the boy a judge of
 the delicate flavour of grapes--they   
will hang high4 ,the teacher must assert
 a bit of that healthful positive       

authority that sets many an urchin on   
the right path4 ,a limited choice from  
books that are classics may be given in 
good time4 ,all the chords of life have 
been struck in great literature1 and a  
fair knowledge and good judgment can    
reach almost any disposition1 even the  
most whimsical4  ,the thing of first    
importance to be prescribed is learning 
classical poetry by heart until its     
music has taken a hold on the learner4  
,introduce the boy to the varied field  
of lyric poetry and you have put before 
him one of the rarest and most abiding  
pleasures of life4 ,here his troubled   
heart may always find consolation4      
,nothing will bring him to a sense of   
his own personality with such a deft    
touch as a perfect lyric coming to him  
through his own voice4 ,the next thing  
to look to is a right that is a fixed   
right of childhood and one that it is   
positively vicious to suppress1 the     
right to the land of fairy life4 ,a free
 range here will be meat and drink to   

any boy4 ,much sordidness and much      
selfishness in old age come to the man  
or woman who has not a cultivated       
imagination4 ,logic and cold facts are  
of precious little value in the fireside
 life of a family4 ,the best things of  
that life are not reasoned out2 but they
 are felt out and wondered out4 ,again1 
the great field of mythology that is so 
fundamentally linked to that of         
literature1 and that is a capital mark  
of culture1 should be open to the boy   
that he may roam about and wonder at its
 mysteries4 ,then he may as certainly   
come to own an ,age of ,fable as he must
 own a ,golden ,treasury4 ,and what a   
pair are these6  ,from these three      
fields the step will be to a knowledge  
and classification of books and their   
authors1 what books to own1 and how to  
take care of them4 ,and to this working 
grasp of poetry and stories may be added
 a little of what is possible in        
history1 biography1 and personal essay4 
,in this age of cheap and spurious      

book-making the reader must know        
standard editions without abridged and  
garbled texts4 ,even editors of hymn    
books do not hesitate to mutilate great 
hymns to suit their particular notions4 
,this freedom may be a form of that     
exaggerated idea of personal privilege  
that was the gift of democracy in the   
past century4 ,a good knowledge of      
fables and proverbial wisdom will       
certainly temper that notion4 ,such are 
some of the things that might be        
prescribed by the teacher and learned by
 the student4 ,the field as thus given  
is limited1 but the friends therein are 
dear friends4 ,nor are they to be       
exchanged for the new friends that may  
come through the advertising appeal1    
founded on the unsubstantial instinct   
for constant variety4  ,if enough idea  
of authority can ever be driven into the
 head of the ,american boy to put him   
into the attitude of a willing learner1 
good things may be looked for in habits 
of reading--provided the teacher be     

equal to the responsible task that is   
laid upon him4 ,the habits of reading   
that measure the use of spare time1 and 
in that way the character of the        
individual1 will work for a more sane   
and less showy home life and through    
that for a community given to other than
 obtrusive and frivolous social life4   
,what bundle of habits will serve its   
slave better than will this bundle8 ,or 
where is keener and more subdued        
pleasure to be found8 ,though books are 
a bloodless substitute for life1 as     
,stevenson has well pointed out1 we need
 some substitute in our hours of ease1  
and a good book does passing well for   
such a substitute2 and this is          
especially true if the book be our      
favourite from the wonderful ,waverley  
series and with it we can square about  
to the fire1 snuff the candle1 and let  
the rest of the world go spin4          
,,chapter ,,iii  ,,the ,,learning ,,of  
,,lyric ,,poetry            ,these      
verses be worthy to keep a room in every

           man's memory3 they be        
choicely good4                          
--,from ,the ,complete ,angler4   ,,the 
teacher who is a workman skilled in his 
craft looks upon a few educational      
practices as being of intrinsic         
merit--through and through in an age of 
veneer and cheap imitation4 ,of these   
practices the one most fruitful under   
cultivation1 when done with care and in 
moderation1 is that of learning good    
poetry by heart4 ,the sense of having   
truly learned a thing by heart1 of      
having completely mastered it1 is a most
 pleasant sense to have4 ,and when the  
thing learned is one of the many perfect
 lyrics from the field of ,english      
poetry1 a far-sighted judge who has     
lived and considered what is of most    
value to the individual is led to say3  
,that is well and good4 ,in some        
mysterious way this possession of a few 
choice poems makes for a rarer          
personality and gives that touch which  
can come only through a perfect work of 

art4 ,by sheer force of intellect a man 
may become a cold1 designing man of     
action and set plans on foot for the    
time being2 but the power that is back  
of all great movements for civilization 
and culture is one that is grounded in  
feeling and constructive imagination4   
,the proverbial songs of a nation are a 
greater force than are its laws4 ,in one
 of his most entertaining essays1 ,de   
,quincey points out that1 when the      
intellect sets itself up in opposition  
to the feelings1 one should always trust
 to the feelings4 ,normal instincts are 
worth more than syllogisms4 ,the man who
 has attuned himself to the moods and   
impulses of lyric poetry is a safe man  
in action4 ,yet he is more than this2 he
 has in him that which is the groundwork
 of fireside pleasures and of the joys  
of companionship4 ,in other words1 he is
 a man of cultivated imagination1 and he
 can play in many moods4  ,here it may  
not be amiss to mention the claim of the
 imagination to consideration as a      

faculty of the mind and inquire to what 
extent it should be cultivated in our   
schools2 for if its claim be not good1  
there is no warrant for using any of the
 literature of power as subject-matter  
for education4 ,bearing on this question
 is the following excellent remark by   
the late ,charles ,eliot ,norton1 who   
did so very much to raise the standard  
of culture in ,american education3 ,the 
imagination is the supreme intellectual 
faculty1 and it is of all the one that  
receives least attention in our common  
system of education4 ,the reason is not 
far to seek4 ,the imagination is of all 
faculties the most difficult to control1
 it is the most elusive of all1 the     
rarest in its full power4 ,but upon its 
healthy development depend not only the 
sound exercise of the faculties of      
observation and judgment1 but also the  
command of the reason1 the control of   
the will1 and the growth of the moral   
sympathies4 ,the means for its culture  
which good reading affords is the most  

generally available and one of the most 
efficient4 ,in the same discussion      
,professor ,norton has this to say of   
poetry as the highest expression of the 
imagination3 ,poetry is one of the most 
efficient means of education of the     
moral sentiment1 as well as of the      
intelligence4 ,it is the source of the  
best culture4 ,a man may know all       
science and yet remain uneducated4 ,but 
let him truly possess himself of the    
work of any one of the great poets1 and 
no matter what else he may fail to know1
 he is not without education4  ,to the  
evident truth of these quotations the   
humanist will readily assent2 and so    
will the true scientist whose earnest   
and frank devotion to truth makes it    
clear to him that nothing great in his  
field has ever been done without a      
constructive imagination4 ,the loss of  
artistic imagination through years of   
painstaking investigation will be a     
source of regret to any one devoted to  
science1 as was the loss of the ability 

to appreciate the charm of great poetry 
,darwin's old age regret4 ,the taste for
 this great poetry is grounded on       
healthful and normal instincts1 and it  
is the part of wisdom to see that this  
taste be developed in youth4 ,the boy   
who has nurtured his youthful           
imagination on the magic of great verse 
will waken up some morning to find      
himself among the competent ones of his 
generation4 ,his life will be bounded by
 that restraint which can come only     
through an inability to solve the       
mysteries and wonders that his          
imagination is constantly conjuring up4 
,he wants much that he cannot understand
 and reason out2 and the deeper things  
of life1 things which touch him most    
vitally as a living creature1 he looks  
on with reverence4 ,if his imagination  
is alive to the experiences of great    
poetry1 he cannot scoff at things felt  
in the soul but impossible of           
explanation4 ,to him there are sacred   
things in the fireside life and at the  

altar that are not to be laid bare by   
the curiosity of the reasoner in his    
search for truth4 ,and when the twilight
 of the gods falls about him he is not  
curious to know1 but he trusts and      
fears4 ,a song is worth more to him than
 a proof4 ,on this he is satisfied to   
throw himself4  ,the music of the       
cathedral organ that ,milton could hear 
daily as a boy stirred his imagination1 
and in later years he brought forth     
verse that for the grandeur and scope of
 its imagination has never been         
excelled4 ,in a minor but far more human
 key the songs and balladry of ,scotland
 awakened in ,burns the imagination     
which has made him the idol of his      
native land and loved wherever ,english 
poetry is known4 ,artistic imagination  
for the creation or appreciation of     
poetry is contagious4 ,what is true of  
the poet himself is also true of the    
reader of great poetry2 its wonderful   
music causes him to feel and live poems 
that he has not the gift to write down4 

,it is with this feeling of poems1 this 
appreciation of the great work of poets1
 that we have to do4 ,to awaken feelings
 a teacher must have an imagination     
afire with a little verse that is       
choicely good1 must have at least felt  
the pure serene a time or two4 ,this    
same passion for verse1 be it ever so   
limited1 can be handed over to the boy  
through a judicious use of the reading  
voice4 ,that is the teacher's work in   
hand4  ,what kind of verse is to be     
handed over to the boy1 and how much is 
there to be of it8 ,to the latter       
question the only safe answer is this3  
not too much4 ,talents and tastes vary4 
,every student can be made to get by    
rote a certain amount of verse2 but as  
for learning it by heart1 feeling and   
appreciating its music1 that is a       
different thing4 ,the greatest and most 
painstaking of all anthologists of      
,english verse1 ,francis ,turner        
,palgrave1 claims that there ought to be
 more than a glimpse into the ,elysian  

fields of song4 ,in the best collection 
that has yet appeared for the teacher or
 student1 ,the ,children's ,treasury of 
,english ,song1 ,professor ,palgrave has
 this to say in the introduction3 ,the  
treasures here collected are but a few  
drops from an ocean1 unequalled in      
wealth and variety by any existing      
literature4 ,but the hope is held that  
it may prove a pleasure and gain to the 
dear ,english and ,english-speaking     
children1 all the world over1--yet the  
editor will hold his work but half      
fulfilled1 unless they are tempted by it
 to go on and wander1 in whatever       
direction their fancy may lead them1    
through the roads and winding ways of   
this great and glorious world of        
,english poetry4 ,he aims only at       
showing them the path1 and giving them a
 little foretaste of our                
treasures4--',to-morrow to fresh woods  
and pastures new4' ,that hope is to be  
the hope of the teacher2 and it needs   
back of it the mastering of a few choice

 lyrics1 after which the boy is to be   
sent forth to browse alone to his       
heart's desire4  ,on the question of the
 kind of verse to give to the boy1      
,professor ,palgrave has made the       
following remark3 ,the standard of      
'suitability to childhood' must exclude 
many pieces that have 'merit as poetry'3
 pictures of life as it seems to middle 
age--poems coloured by sentimentalism or
 morbid melancholy1 however attractive  
to readers no longer children--love as  
personal passion or regret 7not love as 
the groundwork of action7--artificial or
 highly allusive language--have1 as a   
rule1 been held unfit4 ,the aim has been
 to shun scenes and sentiments alien    
from the temper of average healthy      
childhood1 and hence of greater         
intrinsic difficulty than poems         
containing unusual words4 ,the          
limitations of verse for children1 as   
stated in the remark just quoted1 are   
reasonable and something of a guide to  
teachers4 ,but they are not always easy 

to follow4 ,however1 nothing must be    
given to the child unless it has real   
merit as poetry1 no matter how it may   
strike the fancy at first reading4 ,nor 
is any poem that would be otherwise     
good1 to be excluded because it is      
feared the child may not completely     
grasp it4 ,he may read plenty of verse  
that is beyond him somewhat and be all  
the better for having done so4 ,the     
thing to be avoided is poetry that is   
not poetry4 ,he may be allowed to read  
verse at times that would not be        
suitable for learning by heart4 ,but    
what he learns thoroughly must be       
through and through great poetry4 ,and  
it matters little what form it may have3
 ballad1 song1 fairy poem--he will learn
 to know it and to love it4 ,nor is it  
to be always within the reach of his    
intellect2 his feelings will carry him  
safely beyond the narrow range of       
understanding4  ,if he would reach the  
boy1 the teacher must find a point of   
contact between the home life and the   

altogether new life in the school4 ,this
 point is without doubt the nursery     
rhymes4 ,wise indeed are parents who    
have taught these melodies before the   
school age has been reached1 for the    
teacher can start at once with the poems
 he intends to have learned4 ,but where 
these rhymes have not been mastered in  
the home1 it is imperative on the part  
of the first-grade teacher to have them 
mastered in the first school year4 ,for 
the teacher who hesitates about the     
advisability of using the ,mother ,goose
 melodies1 it may be well to state their
 claim by a quotation from ,charles     
,welsh in his modest but most excellent 
collection called ,a ,book of ,nursery  
,rhymes3 ,the direct simplicity1        
dramatic imagination1 and spontaneous   
humour of the nursery rhymes of ,mother 
,goose will probably never be excelled  
by any modern verse4 ,they will for the 
most part doubtless remain for all time 
'the light literature of the infant     
scholar4' ,although some fragments of   

what has been written since the         
collection was first made may go to     
swell the volume of this inheritance    
from past ages1 the selection of any    
permanent addition will be made finally 
by the mother and the child4 ,the choice
 will be by no means a haphazard one1   
for it will be founded on basal elements
 of human character1 and it will1 for   
the very same cause1 be an absolutely   
autocratic choice4 ,experience has      
proved these old rhymes and jingles to  
be best fitted for the awakening        
intelligence of the child4 ,the appeal  
to the imagination by evoking a sense of
 wonder accounts for the abiding place  
which these rhymes and jingles have in  
the literature of the nursery4 ,the     
truth of these words is so evident that 
the teacher who would make the learning 
of poetry by heart a pleasure must      
surely recognize such rhymes as the     
hitching-on place between the literature
 of the home and that of the school4    
,next in simplicity1 directness1 and in 

the interest of its appeal is verse in  
the ballad form4 ,it is the easiest of  
all poetry to learn1 for it tells a     
dramatic tale in a simple way4 ,but     
there are few short ballads in the      
language suited to the grammar grades1  
and there is not sufficient time for    
learning the longer ones by heart4 ,many
 of the best old ,english ballads have  
difficulties for the child in the number
 of obsolete words that they contain4   
,these two things make it difficult to  
use this absorbing field of poetry as   
subject-matter for learning by heart4   
,it is probably best to have the boy    
come to know the stories of the ballads 
by hearing a frequent reading of them   
aloud by the teacher4 ,of the ballads   
selected for such reading the teacher   
must go to the old ,english field to get
 the greater number2 but the modern     
field must not be neglected1 for no     
teacher could omit that powerful yet    
simple work of genius1 ,the ,rime of the
 ,ancient ,mariner4 ,its charm in       

holding the hearer is as great as was   
the charm of the old mariner's eye      
itself when telling the tale4 ,if such a
 poem has been listened to in the       
elementary school1 it can be taught with
 greater ease in the secondary school4  
,the same thing is true of many poems4  
,the greater number of selections that  
follow these two simple and direct      
types1 the nursery rhyme and the ballad1
 must be classic lyrics1 fairly well    
suited to the boy1 and it matters little
 whether the form be song1 sonnet1 ode1 
elegy1 or that of ,hebrew verse4 ,in    
making these selections poems of a      
martial nature are not to be altogether 
neglected2 but they must have fire1 for 
without it a war ode is one of the most 
obsolete works of the human intellect4  
,an objection may be raised to the      
effect that this type of poem is not    
suited to girls4 ,to this objection the 
answer may be made1 that what is good   
literature for a boy ought to be good   
literature for a girl4 ,will not a girl 

appreciate that great poem of a sea     
fight1 ,the ',revenge'8 ,it seems unwise
 to put in a list of poems to be learned
 by heart an example of nonsense verse4 
,this verse evidently has a definite    
place in the intellectual equipment of  
the child1 and he may pick it up later  
of his own accord4 ,no one would        
knowingly1 however1 deprive him of ,the 
,owl and the ,pussy ,cat1 or ,the       
,jabberwocky2 even grown-ups dote on    
,little ,billee1 as ,thackeray doubtless
 did himself4 ,we must all fool more or 
less--even in verse4  ,some teachers    
will ask how poetry is to be taught4 ,to
 that question the absolute answer is3  
through the ear4 ,all poetry is to be   
read aloud and well read4 ,the          
dry-as-dust fellow who wants to read it 
merely as prose should be indicted for a
 crime against art4 ,poetry must be read
 musically and with a natural time and  
swing4 ,at this point it should be      
understood that part of the work of a   
teacher is to develop a good reading    

tone of voice4 ,the present-day         
tendencies toward shrieking and a       
mouthing of words are most deplorable   
tendencies4 ,let the teacher first      
master the poem and then teach it by    
word of mouth1 and teach it as music4   
,it will finally impress itself on the  
child4 ,now this reading by which the   
poem is to be taught is to be merely a  
good natural reading--not the affected  
and exaggerated one of the elocutionist4
 ,let the child get the idea that he    
must say the poem over and over until it
 has become his own4 ,there is much     
pleasure in saying poetry aloud when one
 is walking by himself--a rare luxury in
 modern city or suburban life4 ,it does 
not matter if passers-by look on this   
practice as a sort of lunacy1 for it is 
a most commendable kind of lunacy to    
have and one that all persons are not so
 lucky as to possess4  ,so much is      
inviting us that no claim is made that  
the included list is by any means the   
best one hundred poems4 ,but it is one  

that the experience of some years of    
schoolroom work has proved passing good4
 ,at least it is good enough for the    
teacher who has not made a thorough     
study of the subject4 ,this1 that1 and  
t'other substitute might be offered2 but
 when all is said1 the selections as    
they stand1 if well mastered1 will be   
something of a king's treasury to the   
boy4  ,for the convenience of the       
teacher the selections are given        
complete4 ,with but few exceptions the  
poems are unabridged and under the      
original titles4 ,when an extract has   
been made from a longer poem1 the first 
verse of the selection has generally    
been given as a title4 ,all poems might 
be remembered by first verses rather    
than by titles1 and every anthology     
should have an alphabetical index to    
first verses4 ,the poems as given below 
will vary in their appeal largely       
according to the mood of the teacher and
 his natural temperament2 but he can    
teach no poem well unless he has        

mastered it himself and has come to     
appreciate it4 ,there are a few         
selections1 however1 as ,the ,fairy     
,life1 ,the ,forsaken ,merman1 and ,i   
,wandered ,lonely as a ,cloud1 that are 
so wholly delightful that the teacher   
may hold them as favourite children of  
the imagination4 ,let the teacher master
 the selections given below1 and if he  
so choose tear out the pages containing 
them and then throw the rest of the book
 away2 for if he truly knows these poems
 by heart1 he will no longer be a       
stranger to literature of power1 and the
 purpose of this book will have been    
fulfilled4     ,,part ,,ii  ,,selections
 ,,for ,,memorizing     ,,first ,,year  
,,mother ,,goose ,,songs  ,i            
,hark1 hark1                 ,the dogs  
do bark1           ,the beggars are     
coming to town2                 ,some in
 tags1                 ,some in rags1   
,and some in velvet gowns4  ,,ii        
,pease porridge hot1                    
,pease porridge cold1           ,pease  

porridge in the pot1 nine days old4     
,some like it hot1                 ,some
 like it cold1           ,some like it  
in the pot1 nine days old4  ,,iii       
,pussy cat1 pussy cat1 where have you   
been8           ,i've been to ,london to
 look at the ,queen4           ,pussy   
cat1 pussy cat1 what did you there8     
,i frightened a little mouse under a    
chair4  ,,iv            ,three mice went
 into a hole to spin2           ,puss   
passed by and ,puss looked in3          
,what are you doing1 my little men8     
,weaving coats for gentlemen4           
,please let me help you to wind off your
 threads4           ,ah1 no1 ,mistress  
,pussy1 you'd bite off our heads4  ,v   
,little ,boy ,blue1 come blow your horn1
           ,the sheep's in the meadow1  
the cow's in the corn4                  
,where's the boy that looks after the   
sheep8           ,he's under the        
haycock1 fast asleep4           ,will   
you wake him8 ,no1 not ,i2              
,for if ,i do1 he'll be sure to cry4    

,,vi                  ,sleep1 baby1     
sleep6                 ,our cottage vale
 is deep3           ,the little lamb is 
on the green1           ,with snowy     
fleece so soft and clean4               
,sleep1 baby1 sleep6                    
,sleep1 baby1 sleep6                    
,thy rest shall angels keep3            
,while on the grass the lamb shall feed1
           ,and never suffer want or    
need4                 ,sleep1 baby1     
sleep6  ,,vii                  ,hush    
thee1 my babby1                 ,lie    
still with thy daddy1           ,thy    
mammy has gone to the mill1             
,to grind thee some wheat               
,to get thee some meat1           ,and  
so1 my dear babby1 lie still4           
,,viii            ,wee ,willie ,winkie  
runs through the town1                  
,upstairs and downstairs1 in his        
nightgown1           ,rapping at the    
window1 crying through the lock1        
,are the children in their beds8 now    
it's eight o'clock4   ,,little          

,,bo-,,peep            ,little ,bo-peep 
has lost her sheep1             ,and    
can't tell where to find them2          
,leave them alone and they'll come home1
             ,and bring their tails     
behind them4            ,little ,bo-peep
 fell fast asleep1             ,and     
dreamt she heard them bleating2         
,but when she awoke she found it a joke1
             ,for still they all were   
fleeting4            ,then up she took  
her little crook1                       
,determined for to find them2           
,she found them indeed1 but it made her 
heart bleed1             ,for they'd    
left all their tails behind 'em4        
--,,mother ,,goose4   ,i ,,saw ,a ,,ship
 ,a-,,sailing            ,i saw a ship  
a-sailing1             ,a-sailing on the
 sea2           ,and1 oh6 it was all    
laden             ,with pretty things   
for thee4            ,there were comfits
 in the cabin1             ,and apples  
in the hold2           ,the sails were  
made of silk1             ,and the masts

 were made of gold4            ,the     
four-and-twenty sailors                 
,that stood between the decks           
,were four-and-twenty white mice1       
,with chains about their necks4         
,the captain was a duck1                
,with a packet on his back2             
,and when the ship began to move1       
,the captain said1 ,quack6 quack6       
--,,mother ,,goose4   ,,three ,,happy   
,,thought ,,songs            ,i         
,the world is so full of a number of    
things1           ,i'm sure we should   
all be as happy as kings4               
,,ii            ,the rain is raining all
 around1             ,it falls on field 
and tree1           ,it rains on the    
umbrellas here1             ,and on the 
ships at sea4            ,,iii          
,of speckled eggs the birdie sings      
,and nests among the trees2             
,the sailor sings of ropes and things   
,in ships upon the seas4            ,the
 children sing in far ,japan1           
,the children sing in ,spain2           

,the organ with the organ man           
,is singing in the rain4                
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4         
,,boats ,,sail ,,on ,,the ,,rivers      
,boats sail on the rivers1              
,and ships sail on the seas2            
,but clouds that sail across the sky    
,are prettier far than these4           
,there are bridges on the rivers1       
,as pretty as you please2           ,but
 the bow that bridges heaven            
,and overtops the trees1           ,and 
builds a road from earth to sky1        
,is prettier far than these4            
--,,christina ,g4 ,,rossetti4   ,,who   
,,has ,,seen ,,the ,,wind8              
,who has seen the wind8                 
,neither ,i nor you2           ,but when
 the leaves hang trembling              
,the wind is passing through4           
,who has seen the wind8                 
,neither you nor ,i2           ,but when
 the trees bow down their heads         
,the wind is passing by4                
--,,christina ,g4 ,,rossetti4   ,,the   

,,friendly ,,cow            ,the        
friendly cow all red and white          
,i love with all my heart2              
,she gives me milk with all her might1  
,to eat with apple tart4            ,she
 wanders lowing here and there1         
,and yet she cannot stray1              
,all in the pleasant open air1          
,the pleasant light of day4             
,and blown by all the winds that pass1  
,and wet with all the showers1          
,she walks among the meadow grass       
,and eats the meadow flowers4           
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4         
,,windy ,,nights            ,whenever   
the moon and stars are set1             
,whenever the wind is high1             
,all night long in the dark and wet1    
,a man goes riding by4           ,late  
in the night when the fires are out1    
,why does he gallop and gallop about8   
,whenever the trees are crying aloud1   
,and ships are tossed at sea1           
,by1 on the highway1 low and loud1      
,by at the gallop goes he4           ,by

 at the gallop he goes1 and then        
,by he comes back at the gallop again4  
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4   ,,bed 
,,in ,,summer            ,in winter ,i  
get up at night           ,and dress by 
yellow candle light2           ,in      
summer1 quite the other way1            
,i have to go to bed by day4            
,i have to go to bed and see            
,the birds still hopping on the tree2   
,or hear the grown-up people's feet     
,still going past me in the street4     
,and does it not seem hard to you1      
,when all the sky is clear and blue1    
,and ,i should like so much to play1    
,to have to go to bed by day8           
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4   ,,what
 ,,does ,,little ,,birdie ,,say8        
,what does little birdie say1           
,in her nest at peep of day8            
,let me fly1 says little birdie1        
,mother1 let me fly away4               
,birdie1 rest a little longer1          
,till the little wings are stronger4    
,so she rests a little longer1          

,then she flies away4            ,what  
does little baby say1           ,in her 
bed at peep of day8           ,baby     
says1 like little birdie1           ,let
 me rise and fly away4           ,baby1 
sleep a little longer1           ,till  
the little limbs are stronger4          
,if she sleeps a little longer1         
,baby too shall fly away4               
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,a      
,,slumber ,,song                        
,sleep1 baby1 sleep4               ,thy 
father is tending the sheep3            
,thy mother is shaking the dreamland    
tree1           ,and down comes a little
 dream on thee4                 ,sleep1 
baby1 sleep4                  ,sleep1   
baby1 sleep4               ,the large   
stars are the sheep3           ,the     
little stars are the lambs1 ,i guess1   
,and the bright moon is the shepherdess4
                 ,sleep1 baby1 sleep4   
,sleep1 baby1 sleep4               ,our 
,saviour loves ,his sheep3           ,he
 is the ,lamb of ,god on high1          

,who for our sakes came down to die4    
,sleep1 baby1 sleep4                    
--,from the ,german by ,,caroline       
,,southey4   ,,psalm ,,xxiii        ,the
 ,lord is my shepherd2       ,i shall   
not want4    ,he maketh me to lie down  
in green pastures3   ,he leadeth me     
beside the still waters4   ,he restoreth
 my soul3   ,he leadeth me in the paths 
of righteousness for his name's sake4   
,yea1 though ,i walk through the valley 
of the shadow of death1   ,i will fear  
no evil3   ,for thou art with me2   ,thy
 rod and thy staff they comfort me4     
,thou preparest a table before me       
,in the presence of mine enemies3       
,thou anointest my head with oil2       
,my cup runneth over4      ,surely      
goodness and mercy shall follow me all  
the days of my life3   ,and ,i will     
dwell in the house of the ,lord forever4
                                        
--,,king ,,david4     ,,second ,,year   
,,the ,,light-,,hearted ,,fairy         
,oh1 who is so merry1 so merry1 heigh   

ho6           ,as the light-hearted     
fairy8 heigh ho1                        
,heigh ho6                   ,he dances 
and sings                   ,to the     
sound of his wings           ,with a hey
 and a heigh and a ho4            ,oh1  
who is so merry1 so airy1 heigh ho6     
,as the light-headed fairy8 heigh ho1   
,heigh ho6                   ,his nectar
 he sips                   ,from the    
primroses' lips           ,with a hey   
and a heigh and a ho4            ,oh1   
who is so merry1 so merry1 heigh ho6    
,as the light-footed fairy8 heigh ho1   
,heigh ho6                   ,the night 
is his noon                   ,and his  
sun is the moon1           ,with a hey  
and a heigh and a ho4                   
--,,unknown4   ,,the ,,land ,,of        
,,counterpane            ,when ,i was   
sick and lay a-bed1           ,i had two
 pillows for my head1            ,and   
all my toys beside me lay           ,to 
keep me happy all the day4              
,and sometimes for an hour or so        

,i watched my leaden soldiers go1       
,with different uniforms and drills1    
,among the bed-clothes through the      
hills2            ,and sometimes sent my
 ships in fleets           ,all up and  
down among the sheets2            ,or   
brought my trees and houses out1        
,and planted cities all about4          
,i was the giant great and still        
,that sits upon the pillow-hill1        
,and sees before him1 dale and plain1   
,the pleasant land of counterpane4      
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4   ,,my  
,,shadow            ,i have a little    
shadow that goes in and out with me1    
,and what can be the use of him is more 
than ,i can see4           ,he is very1 
very like me from the heels up to the   
head2           ,and ,i see him jump    
before me when ,i jump into my bed4     
,the funniest thing about him is the way
 he likes to grow--           ,not at   
all like proper children1 which is      
always very slow2           ,for he     
sometimes shoots up taller like an      

india-rubber ball1           ,and he    
sometimes gets so little that there's   
none of him at all4            ,he      
hasn't got a notion of how children     
ought to play1           ,and can only  
make a fool of me in every sort of way4 
,he stays so close beside me1 he's a    
coward you can see2           ,i'd think
 shame to stick to nursie as that shadow
 sticks to me4            ,one morning1 
very early1 before the sun was up1      
,i rose and found the shining dew on    
every buttercup2           ,but my lazy 
little shadow1 like an arrant           
sleepy-head1           ,had stayed at   
home behind me and was fast asleep in   
bed4                                    
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4         
,,sweet ,,and ,,low            ,sweet   
and low1 sweet and low1                 
,wind of the western sea2               
,low1 low1 breathe and blow1            
,wind of the western sea4               
,over the rolling waters go1            
,come from the dying moon1 and blow1    

,blow him again to me2           ,while 
my little one1 while my pretty one1     
sleeps4            ,sleep and rest1     
sleep and rest1             ,father will
 come to thee soon2           ,rest1    
rest on mother's breast1                
,father will come to thee soon2         
,father will come to his babe in the    
nest1           ,silver sails all out of
 the west             ,under the silver 
moon2           ,sleep1 my little one1  
sleep1 my pretty one1 sleep4            
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4           
,,lullaby ,,for ,,titania  ,first ,fairy
            ,you spotted snakes with    
double tongue1             ,thorny      
hedgehogs1 be not seen2           ,newts
 and blind-worms1 do no wrong2          
,come not near our fairy queen4         
,chorus                    ,philomel1   
with melody                   ,sing in  
our sweet lullaby2           ,lulla1    
lulla1 lullaby2 lulla1 lulla1 lullaby3  
,never harm1                            
,nor spell1 nor charm1                  

,come our lovely lady nigh2             
,so1 good night1 with lullaby4   ,second
 ,fairy            ,weaving spiders1    
come not here2             ,hence1 you  
long-legg'd spinners1 hence2            
,beetles black1 approach not near2      
,worm nor snail1 do no offence4         
,chorus                    ,philomel1   
with melody                   ,sing in  
our sweet lullaby2           ,lulla1    
lulla1 lullaby2 lulla1 lulla1 lullaby3  
,never harm1                            
,nor spell1 nor charm1                  
,come our lovely lady nigh2             
,so1 good night1 with lullaby4          
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,an ,,old 
,,gaelic ,,cradle ,,song                
,hush6 the waves are rolling in1        
,white with foam1 white with foam6      
,father toils amid the din2             
,but baby sleeps at home4               
,hush6 the winds roar hoarse and deep4  
,on they come1 on they come6            
,brother seeks the lazy sheep2          
,but baby sleeps at home4               

,hush6 the rain sweeps o'er the knowes1 
,where they roam1 where they roam2      
,sister goes to seek the cows2          
,but baby sleeps at home4               
--,,unknown4   ,,child-,,songs  ,i      
,,the ,,city ,,child            ,dainty 
little maiden1 whither would you wander8
             ,whither from this pretty  
home1 the home where mother dwells8     
,far1 and far away1 said the dainty     
little maiden1           ,all among the 
gardens1 auriculas1 anemones1           
,roses and lilies and ,canterbury-bells4
            ,dainty little maiden1      
whither would you wander8               
,whither from this pretty house1 this   
city-house of ours8           ,far and  
far away1 said the dainty little maiden1
           ,all among the meadows1 the  
clover and the clematis1                
,daisies and kingcups1 and              
honeysuckle-flowers4  ,,ii  ,,minnie    
,,and ,,winnie            ,minnie and   
,winnie               ,slept in a shell4
           ,sleep1 little ladies6       

,and they slept well4            ,pink  
was the shell within1                   
,silver without2           ,sounds of   
the great sea               ,wander'd   
about4            ,sleep1 little ladies6
               ,wake not soon6          
,echo on echo               ,dies to the
 moon4            ,two bright stars     
,peep'd into the shell4           ,what 
are they dreaming of8               ,who
 can tell8            ,started a green  
linnet               ,out of the croft2 
,wake1 little ladies1               ,the
 sun is aloft6                          
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,the   
,,lamb            ,little ,lamb1 who    
made thee8           ,dost thou know who
 made thee8           ,gave thee life1  
and bade thee feed           ,by the    
stream and o'er the mead2               
,softest clothing1 woolly1 bright2      
,gave thee such a tender voice1         
,making all the vales rejoice2          
,little ,lamb1 who made thee8           
,dost thou know who made thee8          

,little ,lamb1 ,i'll tell thee4         
,little ,lamb1 ,i'll tell thee4         
,he is called by thy name1              
,for ,he calls ,himself a ,lamb3--      
,he is meek1 and ,he is mild2           
,he became a little child3           ,i1
 a child1 and thou1 a lamb1             
,we are called by ,his name4            
,little ,lamb1 ,god bless thee2         
,little ,lamb1 ,god bless thee4         
--,,william ,,blake4   ,,the ,,fairies  
,up the airy mountain1                  
,down the rushy glen1           ,we     
daren't go a-hunting               ,for 
fear of little men2           ,wee folk1
 good folk1               ,trooping all 
together2           ,green jacket1 red  
cap1               ,and white owl's     
feather6            ,down along the     
rocky shore               ,some make    
their home3           ,they live on     
crispy pancakes               ,of yellow
 tide-foam2           ,some in the reeds
               ,of the black mountain   
lake1           ,with frogs for their   

watch-dogs1               ,all night    
awake4            ,by the craggy        
hill-side1               ,through the   
mosses bare1           ,they have       
planted thorn-trees               ,for  
pleasure here and there4           ,is  
any man so daring               ,as dig 
them up in spite1           ,he shall   
find their sharpest thorns              
,in his bed at night4            ,up the
 airy mountain1               ,down the 
rushy glen1           ,we daren't go    
a-hunting               ,for fear of    
little men2           ,wee folk1 good   
folk1               ,trooping all       
together2           ,green jacket1 red  
cap1               ,and white owl's     
feather6                                
--,,william ,,allingham4   ,,spring     
,spring1 the sweet spring1 is the year's
 pleasant king2   ,then blooms each     
thing1 then maids dance in a ring1      
,cold doth not sting1 the pretty birds  
do sing1     ,cuckoo1 jug-jug1 pu-we1   
to-witta-woo6    ,the palm and may make 

country houses gay1   ,lambs frisk and  
play1 the shepherds pipe all day1   ,and
 we hear aye birds tune this merry lay1 
,cuckoo1 jug-jug1 pu-we1 to-witta-woo6  
,the fields breathe sweet1 the daisies  
kiss our feet1   ,young lovers meet1 old
 wives a-sunning sit1   ,in every street
 these tunes our ears do greet1         
,cuckoo1 jug-jug1 pu-we1 to-witta-woo6  
,spring1 the sweet ,spring6             
--,,thomas ,,nash4   ,,lady ,,moon    ,i
 love the moon and the moon loves me2   
,god bless the moon and ,god bless      
me4--,old ,song4    ,lady ,moon1 ,lady  
,moon1 where are you roving8            
,over the sea4   ,lady ,moon1 ,lady     
,moon1 whom are you loving8             
,all that love me4    ,are you not tired
 with rolling1 and never                
,resting to sleep8   ,why look so pale  
and so sad as forever                   
,wishing to weep8    ,ask me not this1  
little child1 if you love me2           
,you are too bold4   ,i must obey the   
great ,father above me1             ,and

 do as ,i'm told4                       
--,,lord ,,houghton4   ,,song ,,to      
,,naomi            ,entreat me not to   
leave thee1               ,or to return 
from following after thee2              
,for whither thou goest1 ,i will go2    
,and where thou lodgest1 ,i will lodge2 
,thy people shall be my people1         
,and thy ,god my ,god2           ,where 
thou diest1 will ,i die1                
,and there will ,i be buried2           
,the ,lord do so to me1           ,and  
more also1               ,if aught but  
death part thee and me4                 
--,,ruth ,,the ,,moabitess4     ,,third 
,,year   ,,the ,,wind            ,i saw 
you toss the kites on high              
,and blow the birds about the sky2      
,and all around ,i heard you pass1      
,like ladies' skirts across the grass2  
,o wind1 a-blowing all day long1        
,o wind1 that sings so loud a song6     
,i saw the different things you did1    
,but always you yourself you hid4       
,i felt you push1 ,i heard you call1    

,i could not see yourself at all3       
,o wind1 a-blowing all day long1        
,o wind1 that sings so loud a song6     
,o you that are so strong and cold1     
,o blower1 are you young or old8        
,are you a beast of field and tree1     
,or just a stronger child than me8      
,o wind1 a-blowing all day long1        
,o wind1 that sings so loud a song6     
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4         
,,ariel',s ,,songs  ,i            ,where
 the bee sucks1 there suck ,i3          
,in a cowslip's bell ,i lie2            
,there ,i couch when owls do cry4       
,on the bat's back ,i do fly            
,after summer merrily4                  
,merrily1 merrily1 shall ,i live now1   
,under the blossom that hangs on the    
bough4  ,,ii            ,come unto these
 yellow sands1               ,and then  
take hands3           ,court'sied when  
you have1 and kiss'd               ,the 
wild waves whist1--           ,foot it  
featly here and there2           ,and1  
sweet sprites1 the burden bear4         

,hark1 hark6                   ,bow-wow4
               ,the watch-dogs bark3    
,bow-wow4               ,hark1 hark6 ,i 
hear           ,the strain of strutting 
chanticleer           ,cry1             
,cock-a-diddle-dow6                     
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,songs    
,,of ,,good ,,cheer  ,i            ,when
 daffodils begin to peer1               
,with heigh the doxy over the dale1     
,why then comes in the sweet o' the     
year3               ,for the red blood  
reigns in the winter's pale4  ,,ii      
,jog on1 jog on1 the foot-path way1     
,and merrily hent the stile-a3          
,a merry heart goes all the day1        
,your sad tires in a mile-a4  ,,iii     
,a great while ago the world began1     
,with heigh-ho the wind and the rain3   
,but that's all one1 our play is done1  
,and we'll strive to please you every   
day4                                    
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,the ,,owl
            ,when cats run home and     
light is come1               ,and dew is

 cold upon the ground1           ,and   
the far-off stream is dumb1             
,and the whirring sail goes round1      
,and the whirring sail goes round2      
,alone and warming his five wits1       
,the white owl in the belfry sits4      
,when merry milkmaids click the latch1  
,and rarely smells the new-mown hay1    
,and the cock hath sung beneath the     
thatch               ,twice or thrice   
his roundelay1               ,twice or  
thrice his roundelay2                   
,alone and warming his five wits1       
,the white owl in the belfry sits4      
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,answer
 ,,to ,a ,,child',s ,,question    ,do   
you ask what the birds say8 ,the        
sparrow1 the dove1   ,the linnet1 and   
thrush1 say1 ,i love and ,i love6   ,in 
the winter they're silent--the wind is  
so strong4   ,what it says ,i don't     
know1 but it sings a loud song4   ,but  
green leaves1 and blossoms1 and sunny   
warm weather1   ,and singing1 and       
loving1--all come back together4   ,but 

the lark is so brimful of gladness and  
love1   ,the green fields below him1 the
 blue sky above1   ,that he sings1 and  
he sings2 and forever sings he--   ,i   
love my ,love1 and my ,love loves me6   
--,,samuel ,,taylor ,,coleridge4        
,,robin ,,redbreast                     
,good-bye1 good-bye to ,summer6         
,for ,summer's nearly done2             
,the garden smiling faintly1            
,cool breezes in the sun2           ,our
 thrushes now are silent1               
,our swallows flown away1--             
,but ,robin's here with coat of brown1  
,and ruddy breast-knot gay4             
,robin1 ,robin ,redbreast1              
,o ,robin dear6               ,robin    
sings so sweetly                 ,in the
 falling of the year4            ,bright
 yellow1 red1 and orange1               
,the leaves come down in hosts2         
,the trees are ,indian princes1         
,but soon they'll turn to ghosts2       
,the scanty pears and apples            
,hang russet on the bough2              

,it's ,autumn1 ,autumn1 ,autumn late1   
',twill soon be ,winter now4            
,robin1 ,robin ,redbreast1              
,o ,robin dear6               ,and what 
will this poor ,robin do8               
,for pinching days are near4            
,the fire-side for the cricket1         
,the wheat-stack for the mouse1         
,when trembling night-winds whistle     
,and moan all round the house4          
,the frosty ways like iron1             
,the branches plumed with snow1--       
,alas6 in winter dead and dark1         
,where can poor ,robin go8              
,robin1 ,robin ,redbreast1              
,o ,robin dear6               ,and a    
crumb of bread for ,robin1              
,his little heart to cheer6             
--,,william ,,allingham4   ,,the        
,,unseen ,,playmate      ,when children 
are playing alone on the green1     ,in 
comes the playmate that never was seen4 
,when children are happy and lonely and 
good1     ,the ,friend of the ,children 
comes out of the wood4      ,nobody     

heard him and nobody saw1     ,his is a 
picture you never could draw1     ,but  
he's sure to be present1 abroad or at   
home1     ,when children are happy and  
playing alone4      ,he lies in the     
laurel1 he runs on the grass1     ,he   
sings when you tinkle the musical glass2
     ,whene'er you are happy and cannot 
tell why1     ,the ,friend of the       
,children is sure to be by6      ,he    
loves to be little1 he hates to be big1 
',tis he that inhabits the caves that   
you dig2     ',tis he when you play with
 your soldiers of tin     ,that sides   
with the ,frenchmen and never can win4  
',tis he1 when at night you go off to   
your bed1     ,bids you go to your sleep
 and not trouble your head2     ,for    
wherever they're lying1 in cupboard or  
shelf1     ',tis he will take care of   
your playthings himself6                
--,,robert ,,louis ,,stevenson4   ,a    
,,laughing ,,song    ,when the green    
woods laugh with the voice of joy1      
,and the dimpling stream runs laughing  

by2   ,when the air does laugh with our 
merry wit1   ,and the green hill laughs 
with the noise of it2    ,when the      
meadows laugh with lively green1   ,and 
the grasshopper laughs in the merry     
scene2   ,when ,mary1 and ,susan1 and   
,emily1   ,with their sweet round mouths
 sing1 ,ha1 ha1 he6    ,when the painted
 birds laugh in the shade1   ,where our 
table with cherries and nuts is spread3 
,come live1 and be merry1 and join with 
me   ,to sing the sweet chorus of ,ha1  
ha1 he6                                 
--,,william ,,blake4   ,,lullaby ,,of   
,,an ,,infant ,,chief    ,oh1 hush thee1
 my babie6 thy sire was a knight1   ,thy
 mother a lady1 both lovely and bright2 
,the woods and the glens1 from the      
towers which we see1   ,they all are    
belonging1 dear babie1 to thee4    ,oh1 
fear not the bugle1 though loudly it    
blows1   ,it calls but the warders that 
guard thy repose2   ,their bows would be
 bended1 their blades would be red1     
,ere the step of a foeman draw near to  

thy bed4    ,oh1 hush thee1 my babie6   
the time soon will come1   ,when thy    
sleep shall be broken by trumpet and    
drum2   ,then hush thee1 my darling6    
take rest while you may2   ,for strife  
comes with manhood1 and waking with day4
                                        
--,,sir ,,walter ,,scott4   ,,the       
,,fairy ,,queen  7,an ,old ,song7       
,come follow1 follow me1                
,you fairy elves that be1               
,which circle on the green2             
,come1 follow ,mab your queen4          
,hand in hand let's dance around1       
,for this place is fairy ground4        
,the grasshopper1 gnat1 and fly1        
,serve for our minstrelsy2              
,grace said1 we dance a while           
,and so the time beguile3           ,and
 if the moon doth hide her head1        
,the glowworm lights us home to bed4    
,on tops of dewy grass               ,so
 nimbly do we pass1               ,the  
young and tender stalk                  
,ne'er bends when we do walk2           

,yet in the morning may be seen         
,where we the night before have been4   
--,,unknown4   ,,ring ,,out1 ,,wild     
,,bells            ,ring out1 wild      
bells1 to the wild sky1             ,the
 flying cloud1 the frosty light3        
,the year is dying in the night2        
,ring out1 wild bells1 and let him die4 
,ring out the old1 ring in the new1     
,ring1 happy bells1 across the snow3    
,the year is going1 let him go2         
,ring out the false1 ring in the true4  
,ring in the valiant man and free1      
,the larger heart1 the kindlier hand2   
,ring out the darkness of the land1     
,ring in the ,christ that is to be4     
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,song  
,,of ,,spring    ,the voice of my       
beloved6 behold1 he cometh1             
,leaping upon the mountains1            
,skipping upon the hills4   ,my beloved 
is like a roe or a young hart3          
,behold1 he standeth behind our wall1   
,he looketh forth at the windows1       
,showing himself through the lattice4   

,my beloved spake and said unto me3     
,rise up1 my love1 my fair one1         
,and come away4    ,for1 lo1 the winter 
is past1       ,the rain is over and    
gone2   ,the flowers appear on the      
earth2       ,the time of the singing of
 birds is come1       ,and the voice of 
the turtle is heard in our land2   ,the 
fig tree putteth forth her green figs1  
,and the vines with the tender grape    
,give a good smell4   ,arise1 my love1  
my fair one1       ,and come away4      
--,,king ,,solomon4     ,,fourth ,,year 
,,pippa',s ,,song            ,the year's
 at the spring           ,and day's at  
the morn2           ,morning's at seven2
           ,the hill-side's dew-pearled2
           ,the lark's on the wing2     
,the snail's on the thorn3              
,god's in his heaven--           ,all's 
right with the world6                   
--,,robert ,,browning4   ,a ,,sea       
,,dirge            ,full fathom five thy
 father lies3               ,of his     
bones are coral made2           ,those  

are pearls that were his eyes3          
,nothing of him that doth fade1         
,but doth suffer a sea-change           
,into something rich and strange4       
,sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell3      
,hark6 now ,i hear them1--              
,ding1 dong1 bell4                      
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,hark6    
,,hark6 ,,the ,,lark            ,hark6  
hark6 the lark at heaven's gate sings1  
,and ,phoebus 'gins arise1              
,his steeds to water at those springs   
,on chalic'd flowers that lies2         
,and winking ,mary-buds begin           
,to ope their golden eyes3              
,with everything that pretty bin1       
,my lady sweet1 arise2                  
,arise1 arise6                          
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,winter   
,when icicles hang by the wall1         
,and ,dick the shepherd blows his nail  
,and ,tom bears logs into the hall1     
,and milk comes frozen home in pail2    
,when blood is nipp'd1 and ways be foul1
           ,then nightly sings the      

staring owl1                            
,to-who2           ,tu-whit1 to-who1 a  
merry note1           ,while greasy     
,joan doth keel the pot4                
,when all aloud the wind doth blow1     
,and coughing drowns the parson's saw1  
,and birds sit brooding in the snow1    
,and ,marion's nose looks red and raw2  
,when roasted crabs hiss in the bowl1   
,then nightly sings the staring owl1    
,to-who2           ,tu-whit1 to-who1 a  
merry note1           ,while greasy     
,joan doth keel the pot4                
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,a         
,,fairy',s ,,song            ,over hill1
 over dale1               ,thorough     
bush1 thorough brier1           ,over   
park1 over pale1               ,thorough
 flood1 thorough fire1               ,i 
do wander everywhere1                   
,swifter than the moon's sphere2        
,and ,i serve the fairy queen1          
,to dew her orbs upon the green3        
,the cowslips tall her pensioners be2   
,in their gold coats spots you see2     

,those be rubies1 fairy favours1        
,in those freckles live their savours3  
,i must go seek some dewdrops here1     
,and hang a pearl in every cowslip's    
ear4                                    
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,a ,,land  
,,dirge      ,call for the              
robin-redbreast and the wren1           
,since o'er shady groves they hover1    
,and with leaves and flowers do cover   
,the friendless bodies of unburied men4 
,call unto his funeral dole         ,the
 ant1 the field mouse1 and the mole     
,to rear him hillocks that shall keep   
him warm1     ,and 7when gay tombs are  
robb'd7 sustain no harm3     ,but keep  
the wolf far thence1 that's foe to men3 
,for with his nails he'll dig them up   
again4                                  
--,,john ,,webster4   ,,my ,,heart      
,,leaps ,,up            ,my heart leaps 
up when ,i behold               ,a      
rainbow in the sky3           ,so was it
 when my life began1           ,so is it
 now ,i am a man1           ,so be it   

when ,i shall grow old               ,or
 let me die6           ,the ,child is   
father of the ,man3           ,and ,i   
could wish my days to be                
,bound each to each by natural piety4   
--,,william ,,wordsworth4   ,a ,,morning
 ,,song            ,pack1 clouds1 away1 
and welcome day3               ,with    
night we banish sorrow2           ,sweet
 air blow soft1 mount larks aloft1      
,to give my ,love good-morrow6          
,wings from the wind to please her mind1
               ,notes from the lark     
,i'll borrow2           ,bird1 prune thy
 wing1 nightingale1 sing1               
,to give my ,love good-morrow2          
,to give my ,love good-morrow           
,notes from them both ,i'll borrow4     
,wake from thy nest1 ,robin-red-breast1 
,sing1 birds1 in every furrow2          
,and from each hill1 let music shrill   
,give my fair ,love good-morrow6        
,blackbird and thrush in every bush1    
,stare1 linnet1 and cock-sparrow6       
,you pretty elves1 amongst yourselves1  

,sing my fair ,love good-morrow         
,to give my ,love good-morrow2          
,sing1 birds1 in every furrow6          
--,,thomas ,,heywood4   ,,in ,,march    
,the cock is crowing1               ,the
 stream is flowing1               ,the  
small birds twitter1               ,the 
lake doth glitter1           ,the green 
field sleeps in the sun3                
,the oldest and youngest                
,are at work with the strongest3        
,the cattle are grazing1                
,their heads never raising1             
,there are forty feeding like one6      
,like an army defeated1                 
,the snow has retreated1                
,and now doth fare ill               ,on
 the top of the bare hill2              
,the ploughboy is whooping--anon--anon3 
,there's joy in the mountains2          
,there's life in the fountains1         
,small clouds are sailing1              
,blue sky prevailing1           ,the    
rain is over and gone6                  
--,,william ,,wordsworth4   ,,choral    

,,song ,,to ,,the ,,illyrian ,,peasants 
,up1 up6 ye dames1 ye lasses gay6       
,to the meadows trip away4              
',tis you must tend the flocks this     
morn1           ,and scare the small    
birds from the corn4           ,not a   
soul at home may stay3                  
,for the shepherds must go              
,with lance and bow           ,to hunt  
the wolf in the woods to-day4           
,leave the hearth and leave the house   
,to the cricket and the mouse3          
,find grannam out a sunny seat1         
,with babe and lambkin at her feet4     
,not a soul at home may stay3           
,for the shepherds must go              
,with lance and bow           ,to hunt  
the wolf in the woods to-day4           
--,,samuel ,,taylor ,,coleridge4   ,,the
 ,,forsaken ,,merman      ,come1 dear   
children1 let us away2         ,down and
 away below4     ,now my brothers call  
from the bay2     ,now the great winds  
shoreward blow2         ,now the salt   
tides seaward flow2         ,now the    

wild white horses play1         ,champ  
and chafe and toss in the spray4        
,children dear1 let us away4            
,this way1 this way6          ,call her 
once before you go4                     
,call once yet4         ,in a voice that
 she will know3             ,margaret6  
,margaret6         ,children's voices   
should be dear         7,call once more7
 to a mother's ear3         ,children's 
voices1 wild with pain4         ,surely 
she will come again4         ,call her  
once and come away4                     
,this way1 this way6         ,mother    
dear1 we cannot stay4         ,the wild 
white horses foam and fret4             
,margaret6 ,margaret6          ,come1   
dear children1 come away down4          
,call no more4         ,one last look at
 the white-wall'd town1     ,and the    
little gray church on the windy shore4  
,then come down4         ,she will not  
come though you call all day4           
,come away1 come away4                  
,children dear1 was it yesterday        

,we heard the sweet bells over the bay8 
,in the caverns where we lay1           
,through the surf and through the swell1
         ,the far-off sound of a silver 
bell8         ,sand-strewn caverns1 cool
 and deep1         ,where the winds are 
all asleep2         ,where the spent    
lights quiver and gleam2         ,where 
the salt weed sways in the stream2      
,where the sea-beasts1 ranged all round1
         ,feed in the ooze of their     
pasture-ground2         ,where the      
sea-snakes coil and twine1         ,dry 
their mail1 and bask in the brine2      
,where great whales come sailing by1    
,sail and sail1 with unshut eye1        
,round the world for ever and aye8      
,when did music come this way8          
,children dear1 was it yesterday8       
,children dear1 was it yesterday        
7,call yet once7 that she went away8    
,once she sate with you and me4     ,on 
a red gold throne in the heart of the   
sea1         ,and the youngest sate on  
her knee4     ,she comb'd its bright    

hair1 and she tended it well1     ,when 
down swung the sound of the far-off     
bell4     ,she sigh'd1 she look'd up    
through the clear green sea4     ,she   
said1 ,i must go1 for my kinsfolk pray  
,in the little gray church on the shore 
to-day4     ',twill be ,easter-time in  
the world--ah me6     ,and ,i lose my   
poor soul1 ,merman1 here with thee4     
,i said1 ,go up1 dear heart1 through the
 waves4     ,say thy prayer1 and come   
back to the kind sea-caves4     ,she    
smiled1 she went up through the surf in 
the bay4         ,children dear1 was it 
yesterday8          ,children dear1 were
 we long alone8     ,the sea grows      
stormy1 the little ones moan4     ,long 
prayers1 ,i said1 in the world they say4
     ,come1 ,i said1 and we rose through
 the surf in the bay4     ,we went up   
the beach1 by the sandy down     ,where 
the sea-stocks bloom1 to the            
white-wall'd town1     ,through the     
narrow paved streets1 where all was     
still1     ,to the little gray church on

 the windy hill4     ,from the church   
came a murmur of folk at their prayers1 
,but we stood without in the            
cold-blowing airs4     ,we climb'd on   
the graves1 on the stones worn with     
rains1     ,and we gazed up the aisle   
through the small leaded panes4         
,she sate by the pillar2 we saw her     
clear3         ,margaret1 hist6 come    
quick1 we are here4         ,dear heart1
 ,i said1 we are long alone4            
,the sea grows stormy1 the little ones  
moan4     ,but1 ah6 she gave me never a 
look1     ,for her eyes were seal'd to  
the holy book4     ,loud prays the      
priest2 shut stands the door4           
,come away1 children1 call no more4     
,come away1 come down1 call no more4    
,down1 down1 down2         ,down to the 
depths of the sea4     ,she sits at her 
wheel in the humming town1              
,singing most joyfully4     ,hark what  
she sings3 ,o joy1 ,o joy1     ,for the 
humming street1 and the child with its  
toy2     ,for the priest1 and the bell1 

and the holy well2         ,for the     
wheel where ,i spun1         ,and the   
blessed light of the sun4         ,and  
so she sings her fill1         ,singing 
most joyfully1         ,till the shuttle
 falls from her hand1         ,and the  
whizzing wheel stands still4     ,she   
steals to the window1 and looks at the  
sand2         ,and over the sand at the 
sea2         ,and her eyes are set in a 
stare2         ,and anon there breaks a 
sigh1         ,and anon there drops a   
tear1         ,from a sorrow-clouded    
eye1         ,and a heart sorrow-laden1 
,a long1 long sigh     ,for the cold    
strange eyes of a little ,mermaiden1    
,and the gleam of her golden hair4      
,come away1 away1 children4             
,come1 children1 come down4         ,the
 hoarse wind blows colder2              
,lights shine in the town4         ,she 
will start from her slumber             
,when gusts shake the door2         ,she
 will hear the winds howling1           
,will hear the waves roar4         ,we  

shall see1 while above us         ,the  
waves roar and whirl1         ,a ceiling
 of amber1         ,a pavement of pearl4
         ,singing1 ,here came a mortal1 
,but faithless was she3         ,and    
alone dwell for ever         ,the kings 
of the sea4          ,but1 children1 at 
midnight1         ,when soft the winds  
blow2         ,when clear falls the     
moonlight2         ,when spring-tides   
are low3         ,when sweet airs come  
seaward         ,from heaths starr'd    
with broom2         ,and high rocks     
throw mildly         ,on the blanch'd   
sands a gloom3         ,up the still1   
glistening beaches1         ,up the     
creeks we will hie2         ,over banks 
of bright seaweed         ,the ebb-tide 
leaves dry4         ,we will gaze1 from 
the sand-hills1         ,at the white1  
sleeping town2         ,at the church on
 the hill-side--             ,and then  
come back down1         ,singing1 ,there
 dwells a loved one1             ,but   
cruel is she4         ,she left lonely  

forever             ,the kings of the   
sea4                                    
--,,matthew ,,arnold4   ,,psalm ,,viii  
,o ,lord1 our ,lord1   ,how excellent is
 thy name in all the earth6        ,who 
hast set thy glory above the heavens1   
,out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
 hast thou ordained strength1           
,because of thine enemies1       ,that  
thou mightest still the enemy and the   
avenger4        ,when ,i consider thy   
heavens1 the work of thy fingers1       
,the moon and the stars1 which thou hast
 ordained2       ,what is man that thou 
art mindful of him8       ,and the son  
of man1 that thou visitest him8         
,for thou hast made him a little lower  
than the angels1       ,and hast crowned
 him with glory and honour4       ,thou 
madest him to have dominion over the    
works of thy hands2       ,thou hast put
 all things under his feet3        ,all 
sheep and oxen1       ,yea1 and the     
beasts of the field2       ,the fowl of 
the air1 and the fish of the sea1       

,and whatsoever passeth through the     
paths of the seas4    ,o ,lord1 our     
,lord1   ,how excellent is thy name in  
all the earth6                          
--,,king ,,david4     ,,fifth ,,year    
,,the ,,bugle ,,song          ,the      
splendour falls on castle walls         
,and snowy summits old in story3        
,the long light shakes across the lakes1
             ,and the wild cataract     
leaps in glory4     ,blow1 bugle1 blow1 
set the wild echoes flying1     ,blow1  
bugle2 answer1 echoes1 dying1 dying1    
dying4          ,o hark1 ,o hear6 how   
thin and clear1             ,and        
thinner1 clearer1 farther going6        
,o sweet and far from cliff and scar    
,the horns of ,elfland faintly blowing6 
,blow1 let us hear the purple glens     
replying3     ,blow1 bugle2 answer1     
echoes1 dying1 dying1 dying4          ,o
 love1 they die in yon rich sky1        
,they faint on hill or field or river3  
,our echoes roll from soul to soul1     
,and grow forever and forever4          

,blow1 bugle1 blow1 set the wild echoes 
flying1     ,and answer1 echoes1 answer1
 dying1 dying1 dying4                   
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,the   
,,brook            ,i come from haunts  
of coot and hern1               ,i make 
a sudden sally1           ,and sparkle  
out among the fern1               ,to   
bicker down a valley4            ,by    
thirty hills ,i hurry down1             
,or slip between the ridges1            
,by twenty thorps1 a little town1       
,and half a hundred bridges4            
,till last by ,philip's farm ,i flow    
,to join the brimming river1            
,for men may come and men may go1       
,but ,i go on forever4            ,i    
chatter over stony ways1                
,in little sharps and trebles1          
,i bubble into eddying bays1            
,i babble on the pebbles4               
,with many a curve my banks ,i fret     
,by many a field and fallow1            
,and many a fairy foreland set          
,with willow-weed and mallow4           

,i chatter1 chatter1 as ,i flow         
,to join the brimming river1            
,for men may come and men may go1       
,but ,i go on forever4            ,i    
wind about1 and in and out1             
,with here a blossom sailing1           
,and here and there a lusty trout1      
,and here and there a grayling1         
,and here and there a foamy flake       
,upon me1 as ,i travel           ,with  
many a silvery waterbreak               
,above the golden gravel1               
,and draw them all along1 and flow      
,to join the brimming river1            
,for men may come and men may go1       
,but ,i go on forever4            ,i    
steal by lawns and grassy plots1        
,i slide by hazel covers2           ,i  
move the sweet forget-me-nots           
,that grow for happy lovers4            
,i slip1 ,i slide1 ,i gloom1 ,i glance1 
,among my skimming swallows2            
,i make the netted sunbeam dance        
,against my sandy shallows4             
,i murmur under moon and stars          

,in brambly wildernesses2           ,i  
linger by my shingly bars2              
,i loiter round my cresses2             
,and out again ,i curve and flow        
,to join the brimming river1            
,for men may come and men may go4       
,but ,i go on forever4                  
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,hymn  
,,to ,,diana            ,queen and      
,huntress1 chaste and fair1             
,now the sun is laid to sleep1          
,seated in thy silver chair             
,state in wonted manner keep3           
,hesperus entreats thy light1           
,goddess excellently bright4            
,earth1 let not thy envious shade       
,dare itself to interpose2              
,cynthia's shining orb was made         
,heaven to clear when day did close3    
,bless us then with wished sight1       
,goddess excellently bright4            
,lay thy bow of pearl apart             
,and thy crystal-shining quiver2        
,give unto the flying hart              
,space to breathe1 how short soever3    

,thou that mak'st a day of night1       
,goddess excellently bright6            
--,,ben ,,jonson4   ,,the ,,burning     
,,babe    ,as ,i in hoary winter's night
 stood shivering in the snow1           
,surprised ,i was with sudden heat1     
which made my heart to glow2   ,and     
lifting up a fearful eye to view what   
fire was near1   ,a pretty babe1 all    
burning bright1 did in the air appear2  
,who1 scorched with excessive heat1 such
 floods of tears did shed1   ,as though 
his floods should quench his flames     
which with his tears           were     
fed3--   ,alas6 quoth ,he1 but newly    
born1 in fiery heats ,i fry1   ,yet none
 approach to warm their hearts or feel  
my fire but ,i6    ,my faultless breast 
the furnace is1 the fuel wounding       
thorns2   ,love is the fire1 and sighs  
the smoke1 the ashes shame and scorns2  
,the fuel ,justice layeth on1 and ,mercy
 blows the coals1   ,the metal in this  
furnace wrought are men's defiled souls1
   ,for which1 as now on fire ,i am1 to 

work them to their good1   ,so will ,i  
melt into a bath to wash them in my     
blood4--   ,with this ,he vanished out  
of sight1 and swiftly shrunk away2      
,and straight ,i called unto mind that  
it was ,christmas-day4                  
--,,robert ,,southwell4   ,,at ,,sea    
,a wet sheet and a flowing sea1         
,a wind that follows fast           ,and
 fills the white and rustling sail      
,and bends the gallant mast2            
,and bends the gallant mast1 my boys1   
,while like the eagle free              
,away the good ship flies1 and leaves   
,old ,england on the lee4            ,o 
for a soft and gentle wind6             
,i heard a fair one cry2           ,but 
give to me the snoring breeze           
,and white waves heaving high2          
,and white waves heaving high1 my lads1 
,the good ship tight and free3--        
,the world of waters is our home1       
,and merry men are we4                  
,there's tempest in yon horned moon1    
,and lightning in yon cloud2            

,but hark the music1 mariners6          
,the wind is piping loud2           ,the
 wind is piping loud1 my boys1          
,the lightning flashes free--           
,while the hollow oak our palace is1    
,our heritage the sea4                  
--,,allan ,,cunningham4   ,,where ,,lies
 ,,the ,,land8            ,where lies   
the land to which the ship would go8    
,far1 far ahead1 is all her seamen know4
           ,and where the land she      
travels from8 ,away1           ,far1 far
 behind1 is all that they can say4      
,on sunny noons upon the deck's smooth  
face1           ,linked arm in arm1 how 
pleasant here to pace2           ,or1   
o'er the stern reclining1 watch below   
,the foaming wake far widening as we go4
            ,on stormy nights when wild 
north-westers rave1           ,how proud
 a thing to fight with wind and wave6   
,the dripping sailor on the reeling mast
           ,exults to bear1 and scorns  
to wish it past4            ,where lies 
the land to which the ship would go8    

,far1 far ahead1 is all her seamen know4
           ,and where the land she      
travels from8 ,away1           ,far1 far
 behind1 is all that they can say4      
--,,arthur ,,hugh ,,clough4   ,,under   
,,the ,,greenwood ,,tree                
,under the greenwood tree               
,who loves to lie with me1              
,and turn his merry note                
,unto the sweet bird's throat--         
,come hither1 come hither1 come hither6 
,here shall he see                   ,no
 enemy           ,but winter and rough  
weather4                ,who doth       
ambition shun               ,and loves  
to live i' the sun1                     
,seeking the food he eats               
,and pleased with what he gets--        
,come hither1 come hither1 come hither6 
,here shall he see                   ,no
 enemy           ,but winter and rough  
weather4                                
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,to       
,,daffodils            ,fair ,daffodils1
 we weep to see               ,you haste

 away so soon3           ,as yet the    
early-rising ,sun               ,has not
 attain'd his noon4                     
,stay1 stay1               ,until the   
hasting day                   ,has run  
,but to the even-song2           ,and1  
having pray'd together1 we              
,will go with you along4            ,we 
have short time to stay1 as you1        
,we have as short a ,spring2            
,as quick a growth to meet decay        
,as you1 or anything4                   
,we die1               ,as your hours   
do1 and dry                   ,away     
,like to the ,summer's rain2            
,or as the pearls of ,morning's dew     
,ne'er to be found again4               
--,,robert ,,herrick4   ,,autumn        
,the warm sun is failing1 the bleak wind
 is wailing1           ,the bare boughs 
are sighing1 the pale flowers are dying2
                       ,and the year    
,on the earth her death-bed1 in a shroud
 of leaves dead1                        
,is lying4                 ,come1       

,months1 come away1                     
,from ,november to ,may1                
,in your saddest array1--               
,follow the bier                 ,of the
 dead cold year1           ,and like dim
 shadows watch by her sepulchre4        
,the chill rain is falling1 the nipt    
worm is crawling1           ,the rivers 
are swelling1 the thunder is knelling1  
,for the year2           ,the blithe    
swallows are flown1 and the lizards each
 gone                       ,to his     
dwelling4                 ,come1        
,months1 come away2                 ,put
 on white1 black1 and gray2             
,let your light sisters play2           
,ye1 follow the bier                 ,of
 the dead cold year1           ,and make
 her grave green with tear on tear4     
--,,percy ,,bysshe ,,shelley4   ,,robin 
,,goodfellow            ,from ,oberon1  
in fairy land1           ,the king of   
ghosts and shadows there1           ,mad
 ,robin ,i1 at his command1             
,am sent to view the night-sports here4 

,what revel rout                   ,is  
kept about1             ,in every corner
 where ,i go1                   ,i will 
o'ersee1                   ,and merry   
be1             ,and make good sport1   
with ho1 ho1 ho6            ,more swift 
than lightning can ,i fly               
,about this airy welkin soon1           
,and1 in a minute's space1 descry       
,each thing that's done below the moon4 
,there's not a hag                   ,or
 ghost shall wag1             ,or cry   
'ware goblins1 where ,i go2             
,but1 ,robin1 ,i                        
,their feast will spy1             ,and 
send them home with ho1 ho1 ho6         
,whene'er such wanderers ,i meet1       
,as from their night-sports they trudge 
home1           ,with counterfeiting    
voice ,i greet1           ,and call them
 on with me to roam2                    
,through woods1 through lakes1          
,through bogs1 through brakes1          
,or else1 unseen1 with them ,i go1      
,all in the nick                   ,to  

play some trick1             ,and frolic
 it1 with ho1 ho1 ho6                   
,sometimes ,i meet them like a man1     
,sometimes an ox1 sometimes a hound2    
,and to a horse ,i turn me can1         
,to trip and trot about them round4     
,but if to ride1                   ,my  
back they stride1             ,more     
swift than wind away ,i go1             
,o'er hedge and lands4                  
,through pools and ponds1             ,i
 hurry1 laughing1 ho1 ho1 ho6           
,by wells and rills1 in meadows green1  
,we nightly dance our heyday guise2     
,and to our fairy ,king and ,queen1     
,we chant our moonlight minstrelsies4   
,when larks 'gin sing1                  
,away we fling2             ,and babes  
new born steal as we go2                
,and elf in bed1                   ,we  
leave instead1             ,and wend us 
laughing1 ho1 ho1 ho6            ,from  
hag-bred ,merlin's time have ,i         
,thus nightly revell'd to and fro2      
,and for my pranks men call me by       

,the name of ,robin ,good-fellow4       
,fiends1 ghosts1 and sprites1           
,who haunt the nights1             ,the 
hags and goblins do me know2            
,and beldames old             ,so vale1 
vale6 ho1 ho1 ho6                       
--,,unknown4   ,,boot ,,and ,,saddle    
,boot1 saddle1 to horse1 and away6      
,rescue my castle before the hot day    
,brightens to blue from its silvery     
gray1           ,boot1 saddle1 to horse1
 and away6            ,ride past the    
suburbs1 asleep as you'd say2           
,many's the friend there1 will listen   
and pray           ,god's luck to       
gallants that strike up the lay--       
,boot1 saddle1 to horse1 and away6      
,forty miles off1 like a roebuck at bay1
           ,flouts ,castle ,brancepeth  
the ,roundheads' array1           ,who  
laughs1 ,good fellows ere this1 by my   
fay1           ,boot1 saddle1 to horse1 
and away6            ,who8 ,my wife     
,gertrude2 that1 honest1 and gay1       
,laughs when you talk of surrendering1  

,nay6           ,i've better            
counsellors2 what counsel they8         
,boot1 saddle1 to horse1 and away6      
--,,robert ,,browning4   ,,psalm ,,xix  
,the heavens declare the glory of ,god2 
,and the firmament showeth his          
handiwork4   ,day unto day uttereth     
speech1   ,and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge4   ,there is no speech nor    
language1   ,where their voice is not   
heard4   ,their line is gone out through
 all the earth1   ,and their words to   
the end of the world4    ,in them hath  
he set a tabernacle for the sun1        
,which is as a bridegroom coming out of 
his chamber1   ,and rejoiceth as a      
strong man to run a race4   ,his going  
forth is from the end of the heaven1    
,and his circuit unto the ends of it3   
,and there is nothing hid from the heat 
thereof4    ,the law of the ,lord is    
perfect1 converting the soul3   ,the    
testimony of the ,lord is sure1 making  
wise the simple4   ,the statutes of the 
,lord are right1 rejoicing the heart3   

,the commandment of the ,lord is pure1  
enlightening the eyes4   ,the fear of   
the ,lord is clean1 enduring forever3   
,the judgments of the ,lord are true and
 righteous altogether4   ,more to be    
desired are they than gold1 yea1 than   
much fine gold3   ,sweeter also than    
honey and the honeycomb4    ,moreover by
 them is thy servant warned3   ,and in  
keeping of them there is great reward4  
,who can understand his errors8 cleanse 
thou me from secret faults4   ,keep back
 thy servant also from presumptuous     
sins2 let them not have                 
dominion over me3   ,then shall ,i be   
upright1   ,and ,i shall be innocent    
from the great transgression4    ,let   
the words of my mouth1 and the          
meditation of my heart1 be              
acceptable in thy sight1   ,o ,lord1 my 
strength1 and my redeemer4              
--,,king ,,david4     ,,sixth ,,year    
,,the ,,northern ,,star  7,a ,tynemouth 
,ship7                ,the ,northern    
,star               ,sail'd over the bar

           ,bound to the ,baltic ,sea2  
,in the morning gray               ,she 
stretch'd away3--           ',twas a    
weary day to me6                ,for    
many an hour               ,in sleet and
 shower           ,by the lighthouse    
rock ,i stray2               ,and watch 
till dark               ,for the winged 
bark           ,of him that is far away4
                ,the castle's bound     
,i wander round1           ,amidst the  
grassy graves3               ,but all ,i
 hear               ,is the north-wind  
drear1           ,and all ,i see are the
 waves4                ,the ,northern   
,star               ,is set afar6       
,set in the ,baltic ,sea3               
,and the waves have spread              
,the sandy bed           ,that holds my 
,love from me4                          
--,,unknown4   ,,the ,,first ,,swallow  
,the gorse is yellow on the heath2      
,the banks of speedwell flowers are gay2
           ,the oaks are budding1 and   
beneath1           ,the hawthorn soon   

will bear the wreath1               ,the
 silver wreath of ,may4            ,the 
welcome guest of settled spring1        
,the swallow1 too1 is come at last      
,just at sunset1 when thrushes sing1    
,i saw her dash with rapid wing1        
,and hail'd her as she past4            
,come1 summer visitant1 attach          
,to my reed roof your nest of clay1     
,and let my ear your music catch1       
,low twittering underneath the thatch1  
,at the gray dawn of day4               
--,,charlotte ,,smith4   ,,blow1 ,,blow1
 ,,thou ,,winter ,,wind                 
,blow1 blow1 thou winter wind1          
,thou art not so unkind                 
,as man's ingratitude2                  
,thy tooth is not so keen1              
,because thou art not seen1             
,although thy breath be rude4           
,heigh ho6 sing1 heigh ho6 unto the     
green holly3           ,most friendship 
is feigning1 most loving mere folly3    
,then heigh ho1 the holly6              
,this life is most jolly4               

,freeze1 freeze1 thou bitter sky1       
,that dost not bite so nigh             
,as benefits forgot3                    
,though thou the waters warp1           
,thy sting is not so sharp              
,as friend remember'd not4              
,heigh ho6 sing1 heigh ho6 unto the     
green holly3           ,most friendship 
is feigning1 most loving mere folly3    
,then heigh ho1 the holly6              
,this life is most jolly4               
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,the      
,,death ,,of ,,the ,,flowers    ,the    
melancholy days are come1 the saddest of
 the year1   ,of wailing winds1 and     
naked woods1 and meadows brown and sear4
   ,heap'd in the hollows of the grove1 
the autumn leaves lie dead2   ,they     
rustle to the eddying gust1 and to the  
rabbit's tread4   ,the robin and the    
wren are flown1 and from the shrubs the 
jay1   ,and from the wood-top calls the 
crow through all the gloomy day4    ,the
 wind-flower and the violet1 they       
perish'd long ago1   ,and the brier-rose

 and the orchid died amid the summer    
glow2   ,but on the hill the golden-rod1
 and the aster in the wood1   ,and the  
yellow sun-flower by the brook in autumn
 beauty stood1   ,till fell the frost   
from the clear cold heaven1 as falls the
 plague           on men1   ,and the    
brightness of their smile was gone1 from
 upland1 glade1 and           glen4     
,and now1 when comes the calm mild day1 
as still such days will come1   ,to call
 the squirrel and the bee from out their
 winter home2   ,when the sound of      
dropping nuts is heard1 though all the  
trees are           still1   ,and       
twinkle in the smoky light the waters of
 the rill1   ,the south wind searches   
for the flowers whose fragrance late he 
bore1   ,and sighs to find them in the  
wood and by the stream no more4         
--,,william ,,cullen ,,bryant4   ,,the  
,,wreck ,,of ,,the ,,hesperus           
,it was the schooner ,hesperus1         
,that sail'd the wintry sea2            
,and the skipper had taken his little   

daughter1               ,to bear him    
company4            ,blue were her eyes 
as the fairy flax1               ,her   
cheeks like the dawn of day1            
,and her bosom white as the hawthorn    
buds1               ,that ope in the    
month of ,may4            ,the skipper  
he stood beside the helm1               
,his pipe was in his mouth2             
,and he watched how the veering flaw did
 blow               ,the smoke now      
,west1 now ,south4            ,then up  
and spake an old ,sailor1               
,had sailed the ,spanish ,main3         
,i pray thee1 put into yonder port1     
,for ,i fear a hurricane4               
,last night1 the moon had a golden ring1
               ,and to-night no moon we 
see6           ,the skipper1 he blew a  
whiff from his pipe1               ,and 
a scornful laugh laughed he4            
,colder and louder blew the wind1       
,a gale from the ,north-east2           
,the snow fell hissing in the brine1    
,and the billows frothed like yeast4    

,down came the storm1 and smote amain   
,the vessel in its strength2            
,she shuddered and paused1 like a       
frightened steed1               ,then   
leaped her cable's length4              
,come hither6 come hither6 my little    
daughter1               ,and do not     
tremble so2           ,for ,i can       
weather the roughest gale1              
,that ever wind did blow4            ,he
 wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat1 
,against the stinging blast2            
,he cut a rope from a broken spar1      
,and bound her to a mast4            ,o 
father6 ,i hear the church bells ring4  
,o say1 what may it be8           ',tis 
a fog-bell on a rock-bound coast6--     
,and he steered for the open sea4       
,o father6 ,i hear the sound of guns1   
,o say1 what may it be8           ,some 
ship in distress1 that cannot live      
,in such an angry sea6            ,o    
father6 ,i see a gleaming light1        
,o say1 what may it be8           ,but  
the father answered never a word1       

,a frozen corpse was he4                
,lashed to the helm1 all stiff and      
stark1               ,with his face     
turned to the skies2           ,the     
lantern gleamed through the gleaming    
snow               ,on his fixed and    
glassy eyes4            ,then the maiden
 clasped her hands and prayed           
,that saved she might be2           ,and
 she thought of ,christ1 who stilled the
 waves1               ,on the ,lake of  
,galilee4            ,and fast through  
the midnight dark and drear1            
,through the whistling sleet and snow1  
,like a sheeted ghost1 the vessel swept 
,towards the reef of ,norman's ,woe4    
,and ever the fitful gusts between      
,a sound came from the land2            
,it was the sound of the trampling surf1
               ,on the rocks and the    
hard sea-sand4            ,the breakers 
were right beneath her bows1            
,she drifted a weary wreck1             
,and a whooping billow swept the crew   
,like icicles from her deck4            

,she struck where the white and fleecy  
waves               ,looked soft as     
carded wool1           ,but the cruel   
rocks1 they gored her side1             
,like the horns of an angry bull4       
,her rattling shrouds1 all sheathed in  
ice1               ,with the masts1 went
 by the board2           ,like a vessel 
of glass1 she stove and sank1           
,ho6 ho6 the breakers roared6           
,at daybreak1 on the bleak sea-beach1   
,a fisherman stood aghast1           ,to
 see the form of a maiden fair1         
,lashed close to a drifting mast4       
,the salt sea was frozen on her breast1 
,the salt tears in her eyes2            
,and he saw her hair1 like the brown    
sea-weed1               ,on the billows 
fall and rise4            ,such was the 
wreck of the ,hesperus1                 
,in the midnight and the snow6          
,christ save us all from a death like   
this1               ,on the reef of     
,norman's ,woe6                         
--,,henry ,,wadsworth ,,longfellow4     

,,the ,,sands ,,of ,,dee            ,o  
,mary1 go and call the cattle home1     
,and call the cattle home1              
,and call the cattle home1              
,across the sands of ,dee4              
,the western wind was wild and dark with
 foam1               ,and all alone went
 she4            ,the western tide crept
 up along the sand1               ,and  
o'er and o'er the sand1                 
,and round and round the sand1          
,as far as eye could see4           ,the
 rolling mist came down and hid the     
land3               ,and never home came
 she4            ,o is it weed1 or fish1
 or floating hair--               ,a    
tress of golden hair1               ,a  
drowned maiden's hair1                  
,above the nets at sea8           ,was  
never salmon yet that shone so fair     
,among the stakes of ,dee4              
,they row'd her in across the rolling   
foam               ,the cruel crawling  
foam1               ,the cruel hungry   
foam1               ,to her grave beside

 the sea4           ,but still the      
boatmen hear her call the cattle home1  
,across the sands of ,dee4              
--,,charles ,,kingsley4   ,,canadian    
,,boat ,,song            ,faintly as    
tolls the evening chime1           ,our 
voices keep tune1 and our oars keep     
time2           ,soon as the woods on   
shore look dim1           ,we'll sing at
 ,st4 ,anne's our parting hymn4         
,row1 brothers1 row1 the stream runs    
fast2             ,the ,rapids are near1
 and the daylight's past4               
,why should we yet our sail unfurl8     
,there is not a breath the blue wave to 
curl2           ,but when the wind blows
 off the shore1           ,oh6 sweetly  
we'll rest our weary oar4               
,blow1 breezes1 blow1 the stream runs   
fast1             ,the ,rapids are near1
 and the daylight's past4               
,ottawa's tide6 this trembling moon     
,shall see us float over thy surges     
soon3           ,saint of this green    
isle6 hear our prayers1           ,oh6  

grant us cool heavens1 and favouring    
airs4             ,row1 brothers1 row1  
the stream runs fast1             ,the  
,rapids are near1 and the daylight's    
past4                                   
--,,thomas ,,moore4   ,,return ,,of     
,,the ,,ancient ,,mariner            ,o 
wedding-guest6 this soul hath been      
,alone on a wide1 wide sea3             
,so lonely 'twas1 that ,god himself     
,scarce seemed there to be4             
,o sweeter than the marriage-feast1     
',tis sweeter far to me1           ,to  
walk together to the kirk               
,with a goodly company6            ,to  
walk together to the kirk1              
,and all together pray1           ,while
 each to his great ,father bends1       
,old men1 and babes1 and loving friends1
               ,and youths and maidens  
gay6            ,farewell1 farewell6 but
 this ,i tell               ,to thee1   
thou ,wedding-,guest6           ,he     
prayeth well1 who loveth well           
,both man and bird and beast4           

,he prayeth best1 who loveth best       
,all things both great and small2       
,for the dear ,god who loveth us1       
,he made and loveth all4                
--,,samuel ,,taylor ,,coleridge4   ,,now
 ,,fades ,,the ,,last ,,long ,,streak   
,,of ,,snow            ,now fades the   
last long streak of snow1               
,now burgeons every maze of quick       
,about the flowering squares1 and thick 
,by ashen roots the violets blow4       
,now rings the woodland loud and long1  
,the distance takes a lovelier hue1     
,and drown'd in yonder living blue      
,the lark becomes a sightless song4     
,now dance the lights on lawn and lea1  
,the flocks are whiter down the vale1   
,and milkier every milky sail           
,on winding stream or distant sea2      
,where now the seamew pipes1 or dives   
,in yonder greening gleam1 and fly      
,the happy birds1 that change their sky 
,to build and brood2 that live their    
lives1            ,from land to land2   
and in my breast             ,spring    

wakens too2 and my regret               
,becomes an ,april violet1              
,and buds and blossoms like the rest4   
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,how   
,,they ,,brought ,,the ,,good ,,news    
,,from ,,ghent ,,to ,,aix            ,i 
sprang to the stirrup1 and ,joris1 and  
he2           ,i galloped1 ,dirck       
galloped1 we galloped all three2        
,good speed6 cried the watch1 as the    
gate-bolts undrew2           ,speed6    
echoed the wall to us galloping through2
           ,behind shut the postern1 the
 lights sank to rest1           ,and    
into the midnight we galloped abreast4  
,not a word to each other2 we kept the  
great pace           ,neck by neck1     
stride by stride1 never changing our    
place2           ,i turned in my saddle 
and made its girths tight1              
,then shortened each stirrup1 and set   
the pique right1           ,rebuckled   
the cheek-strap1 chained slacker the    
bit1           ,nor galloped less       
steadily ,roland a whit4                

',twas moonset at starting2 but while we
 drew near           ,lokeren1 the cocks
 crew and twilight dawned clear2        
,at ,boom1 a great yellow star came out 
to see2           ,at ,dueffield1 'twas 
morning as plain as could be2           
,and from ,mecheln church-steeple we    
heard the half-chime1           ,so1    
,joris broke silence with1 ,yet there is
 time6            ,at ,aerschot1 up     
leaped of a sudden the sun1             
,and against him the cattle stood black 
every one1           ,to stare thro' the
 mist at us galloping past1             
,and ,i saw my stout galloper ,roland at
 last1           ,with resolute         
shoulders1 each butting away            
,the haze1 as some bluff river headland 
its spray2            ,and his low head 
and crest1 just one sharp ear bent back 
,for my voice1 and the other pricked out
 on his track2           ,and one eye's 
black intelligence1--ever that glance   
,o'er its white edge at me1 his own     
master1 askance6           ,and the     

thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and  
anon           ,his fierce lips shook   
upwards in galloping on4            ,by 
,hasselt1 ,dirck groaned2 and cried     
,joris1 ,stay spur6           ,your     
,roos galloped bravely1 the fault's not 
in her1           ,we'll remember at    
,aix--for one heard the quick wheeze    
,of her chest1 saw the stretched neck   
and staggering knees1           ,and    
sunk tail1 and horrible heave of the    
flank1           ,as down on her        
haunches she shuddered and sank4        
,so1 we were left galloping1 ,joris and 
,i1           ,past ,looz and past      
,tongres1 no cloud in the sky2          
,the broad sun above laughed a pitiless 
laugh1           ',neath our feet broke 
the brittle bright stubble like chaff2  
,till over by ,dalhem a dome-spire      
sprang white1           ,and ,gallop1   
gasped ,joris1 for ,aix is in sight6    
,how they'll greet us6--and all in a    
moment his roan           ,rolled neck  
and croup over1 lay dead as a stone2    

,and there was my ,roland to bear the   
whole weight           ,of the news     
which alone could save ,aix from her    
fate1           ,with his nostrils like 
pits full of blood to the brim1         
,and with circles of red for his        
eye-sockets' rim4            ,then ,i   
cast loose my buffcoat1 each holster let
 fall1           ,shook off both my     
jack-boots1 let go belt and all1        
,stood up in the stirrup1 leaned1 patted
 his ear1           ,called my ,roland  
his pet-name1 my horse without peer2    
,clapped my hands1 laughed and sang1 any
 noise1 bad or good1           ,till at 
length into ,aix ,roland galloped and   
stood4            ,and all ,i remember  
is--friends flocking round           ,as
 ,i sat with his head 'twixt my knees on
 the ground2           ,and no voice but
 was praising this ,roland of mine1     
,as ,i poured down his throat our last  
measure of wine1           ,which 7the  
burgesses voted by common consent7      
,was no more than his due who brought   

good news from ,ghent4                  
--,,robert ,,browning4   ,,the          
,,destruction ,,of ,,sennacherib        
,the ,assyrian came down like the wolf  
on the fold1           ,and his cohorts 
were gleaming in purple and gold1       
,and the sheen of their spears was like 
stars on the sea1           ,when the   
blue wave rolls nightly on deep         
,galilee4            ,like the leaves of
 the forest when summer is green1       
,that host with their banners at sunset 
were seen2           ,like the leaves of
 the forest when autumn hath blown1     
,that host on the morrow lay wither'd   
and strown4            ,for the ,angel  
of ,death spread his wings on the blast1
           ,and breathed in the face of 
the foe as he pass'd2           ,and the
 eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and  
chill1           ,and their hearts but  
once heaved1 and forever grew still4    
,and there lay the steed with his       
nostril all wide1           ,but through
 it there roll'd not the breath of his  

pride3           ,and the foam of his   
gasping lay white on the turf1          
,and cold as the spray of the           
rock-beating surf4            ,and there
 lay the rider1 distorted and pale1     
,with the dew on his brow1 and the rust 
on his mail2           ,and the tents   
were all silent1 the banners alone1     
,the lances unlifted1 the trumpet       
unblown4            ,and the widows of  
,ashur are loud in their wail1          
,and the idols are broke in the temple  
of ,baal1           ,and the might of   
the ,gentile1 unsmote by the sword1     
,hath melted like snow in the glance of 
the ,lord4                              
--,,lord ,,byron4   ,,psalm ,,xci    ,he
 that dwelleth in the secret place of   
the most ,high       ,shall abide under 
the shadow of the ,almighty4   ,i will  
say of the ,lord1 ,he is my refuge and  
my fortress3       ,my ,god2 in him will
 ,i trust4   ,surely he shall deliver   
thee from the snare of the fowler1      
,and from the noisome pestilence4   ,he 

shall cover thee with his feathers1     
,and under his wings shalt thou trust3  
,his truth shall be thy shield and      
buckler4   ,thou shalt not be afraid for
 the terror by night2       ,nor for the
 arrow that flieth by day2   ,nor for   
the pestilence that walketh in darkness2
       ,nor for the destruction that    
wasteth by noon-day4   ,a thousand shall
 fall at thy side1   ,and ten thousand  
at thy right hand2       ,but it shall  
not come nigh thee4   ,only with thine  
eyes shalt thou behold       ,and see   
the reward of the wicked4    ,because   
thou hast made the ,lord1 which is my   
refuge1       ,even the most ,high1 thy 
habitation2   ,there shall no evil      
befall thee1       ,neither shall any   
plague come nigh thy dwelling4   ,for he
 shall give his angels charge over thee1
       ,to keep thee in all thy ways4   
,they shall bear thee up in their hands1
       ,lest thou dash thy foot against 
a stone4   ,thou shalt tread upon the   
lion and adder3       ,the young lion   

and the dragon shalt thou trample under 
feet4   ,because he hath set his love   
upon me1 therefore will ,i deliver him3 
,i will set him on high1 because he hath
 known my name4   ,he shall call upon   
me1 and ,i will answer him3       ,i    
will be with him in trouble2       ,i   
will deliver him1 and honour him4       
,with long life will ,i satisfy him1    
,and show him my salvation4             
--,,king ,,david4     ,,seventh ,,year  
,,the ,,pilgrim            ,who would   
true valour see               ,let him  
come hither4           ,one here will   
constant be1               ,come wind1  
come weather3           ,there's no     
discouragement           ,shall make him
 once relent           ,his first-avow'd
 intent               ,to be a ,pilgrim4
            ,whoso beset him round      
,with dismal stories1           ,do but 
themselves confound2               ,his 
strength the more is4           ,no lion
 can him fright2           ,he'll with a
 giant fight2           ,but he will    

have a right               ,to be a     
,pilgrim4            ,nor enemy1 nor    
fiend1               ,can daunt his     
spirit2           ,he knows he at the   
end               ,shall ,life          
inherit3--           ,then1 fancies1 fly
 away2           ,he'll not fear what   
men say2           ,he'll labour night  
and day1               ,to be a         
,pilgrim4                               
--,,john ,,bunyan4   ,,the ,,cloud      
,i bring fresh showers for the thirsting
 flowers1               ,from the seas  
and the streams2           ,i bear light
 shade for the leaves when laid         
,in their noon-day dreams4              
,from my wings are shaken the dews that 
waken               ,the sweet birds    
every one1           ,when rocked to    
rest on their ,mother's breast1         
,as she dances in the sun4           ,i 
wield the flail of the lashing hail1    
,and whiten the green plains under2     
,and then again ,i dissolve it in rain1 
,and laugh as ,i pass in thunder4       

,i sift the snow on the mountains below1
               ,and their great pines   
groan aghast2           ,and all the    
night 'tis my pillow white1             
,while ,i sleep in the arms of the      
,blast4           ,sublime on the towers
 of my skyey bowers1                    
,lightning1 my pilot1 sits2             
,in a cavern under is fettered the      
,thunder--               ,it struggles  
and howls by fits4           ,over earth
 and ocean1 with gentle motion1         
,this pilot is guiding me1              
,lured by the love of the ,genii that   
move               ,in the depths of the
 purple sea2           ,over the rills1 
and the crags1 and the hills1           
,over the lakes and the plains1         
,wherever he dream1 under mountain or   
stream1               ,the ,spirit he   
loves remains2           ,and ,i1 all   
the while1 bask in heaven's blue smile1 
,whilst he is dissolving in rains4      
--,,percy ,,bysshe ,,shelley4   ,,the   
,,gathering ,,song ,,of ,,donald ,,the  

,,black            ,pibroch of ,donuil  
,dhu               ,pibroch of ,donuil1 
,wake thy wild voice anew1              
,summon ,clan ,conuil4           ,come  
away1 come away1               ,hark to 
the summons6           ,come in your    
war-array1               ,gentles and   
commons4            ,come from deep     
glen1 and               ,from mountain  
so rocky2           ,the war-pipe and   
pennon               ,are at            
,inverlocky4           ,come every      
hill-plaid1 and               ,true     
heart that wears one1           ,come   
every steel blade1 and                  
,strong hand that bears one4            
,leave untended the herd1               
,the flock without shelter2             
,leave the corpse uninterr'd1           
,the bride at the altar2                
,leave the deer1 leave the steer1       
,leave nets and barges3           ,come 
with your fighting gear1                
,broadswords and targes4                
,come as the winds come1 when           

,forests are rended1           ,come as 
the waves come1 when                    
,navies are stranded3           ,faster 
come1 faster come1               ,faster
 and faster1           ,chief1 vassal1  
page and groom1               ,tenant   
and master4            ,fast they come1 
fast they come2               ,see how  
they gather6           ,wide waves the  
eagle plume               ,blended with 
heather4           ,cast your plaids1   
draw your blades1               ,forward
 each man set6           ,pibroch of    
,donuil ,dhu1               ,knell for  
the onset6                              
--,,sir ,,walter ,,scott4   ,,indian    
,,summer                      ,from gold
 to gray                     ,our mild1 
sweet day           ,of ,indian summer  
fades too soon3                     ,but
 tenderly                     ,above the
 sea           ,hangs1 white and calm1  
the hunter's moon4                      
,in its pale fire                       
,the village spire           ,shows like

 the zodiac's spectral lance3           
,the painted walls                      
,whereon it falls                       
,transfigured stand in marble trance4   
--,,john ,,greenleaf ,,whittier4        
,,morning            ,haste thee1       
,nymph1 and bring with thee             
,jest and youthful ,jollity1            
,quips and ,cranks1 and wanton ,wiles1  
,nods1 and ,becks1 and wreathed ,smiles1
           ,such as hang on ,hebe's     
cheek1           ,and love to live in   
dimple sleek2           ,sport that     
wrinkled ,care derides1           ,and  
,laughter holding both his sides4       
,come1 and trip it as you go            
,on the light fantastic toe2            
,and in thy right hand lead with thee   
,the mountain nymph1 sweet ,liberty2    
,and if ,i give thee honour due1        
,mirth1 admit me of thy crew1           
,to live with her1 and live with thee1  
,in unreproved pleasures free2          
,to hear the ,lark begin his flight1    
,and singing startle the dull night1    

,from his watch-tower in the skies1     
,till the dappled dawn doth rise2       
,then to come1 in spite of sorrow1      
,and at my window bid good morrow1      
,through the sweetbrier1 or the vine1   
,or the twisted eglantine3              
,while the ,cock with lively din1       
,scatters the rear of darkness thin1    
,and to the stack1 or the barn door1    
,stoutly struts his dames before1       
,oft list'ning how the hounds and horn  
,cheerly rouse the slumbering morn1     
,from the side of some hoar hill1       
,through the high wood echoing shrill4  
,sometime walking not unseen            
,by hedge-row elms1 on hillocks green1  
,right against the eastern gate1        
,where the great ,sun begins his state1 
,robed in flames and amber light1       
,the clouds in thousand liveries dight3 
,while the ploughman1 near at hand1     
,whistles o'er the furrow'd land1       
,and the milkmaid singeth blithe1       
,and the mower whets his scythe1        
,and every shepherd tells his tale      

,under the hawthorn in the dale4        
--,,john ,,milton4   ,,who ,,is         
,,sylvia8            ,who is ,sylvia8   
what is she1               ,that all our
 swains commend her8           ,holy1   
fair1 and wise is she2                  
,the heaven such grace did lend her1    
,that she might admired be4             
,is she kind as she is fair8            
,for beauty lives with kindness3        
,love doth to her eyes repair1          
,to help him of his blindness1          
,and1 being help'd1 inhabits there4     
,then to ,sylvia let us sing1           
,that ,sylvia is excelling2             
,she excels each mortal thing           
,upon the dull earth dwelling3          
,to her let us garlands bring4          
--,,william ,,shakespeare4   ,,the      
,,revenge  7,a ,ballad of the ,fleet7   
,at ,flores in the ,azores ,sir ,richard
 ,grenville lay1   ,and a pinnace1 like 
a flutter'd bird1 came flying from far  
away3   ,spanish ships of war at sea6 we
 have sighted fifty-three6   ,then sware

 ,lord ,thomas ,howard3 ',fore ,god ,i  
am no coward2   ,but ,i cannot meet them
 here1 for my ships are out of gear1    
,and the half my men are sick4 ,i must  
fly1 but follow quick4   ,we are six    
ships of the line2 can we fight with    
fifty-three8    ,then spake ,sir        
,richard ,grenville3 ,i know you are no 
coward2   ,you fly them for a moment to 
fight with them again4   ,but ,i've     
ninety men and more that are lying sick 
ashore4   ,i should count myself the    
coward if ,i left them1 my ,lord        
,howard1   ,to these ,inquisition dogs  
and the devildoms of ,spain4    ,so     
,lord ,howard past away with five ships 
of war that day1   ,till he melted like 
a cloud in the silent summer heaven2    
,but ,sir ,richard bore in hand all his 
sick men from the land   ,very carefully
 and slow1   ,men of ,bideford in       
,devon1   ,and we laid them on the      
ballast down below2   ,for we brought   
them all aboard1   ,and they blest him  
in their pain1 that they were not left  

to ,spain1   ,to the thumbscrew and the 
stake1 for the glory of the ,lord4   ,he
 had only a hundred seamen to work the  
ship and to fight1   ,and he sailed away
 from ,flores till the ,spaniard came in
 sight1   ,with his huge sea-castles    
heaving upon the weather bow4   ,shall  
we fight or shall we fly8   ,good ,sir  
,richard1 tell us now1   ,for to fight  
is but to die6   ,there'll be little of 
us left by the time this sun be set4    
,and ,sir ,richard said again3 ,we be   
all good ,english men4   ,let us bang   
these dogs of ,seville1 the children of 
the devil1   ,for ,i never turn'd my    
back upon ,don or devil yet4    ,sir    
,richard spoke and he laugh'd1 and we   
roar'd a hurrah1 and so   ,the little   
,revenge ran on sheer into the heart of 
the foe1   ,with her hundred fighters on
 deck1 and her ninety sick below2   ,for
 half of their fleet to the right and   
half to the left were seen1   ,and the  
little ,revenge ran on thro' the long   
sea-lane between4   ,thousands of their 

soldiers look'd down from their decks   
and laugh'd1   ,thousands of their      
seamen made mock at the mad little craft
   ,running on and on1 till delay'd     
,by their mountain-like ,san ,philip    
that1 of fifteen hundred tons1   ,and   
up-shadowing high above us with her     
yawning tiers of guns1   ,took the      
breath from our sails1 and we stay'd4   
,and while now the great ,san ,philip   
hung above us like a cloud   ,whence the
 thunderbolt will fall   ,long and loud1
   ,four galleons drew away   ,from the 
,spanish fleet that day1   ,and two upon
 the larboard and two upon the starboard
 lay1   ,and the battle-thunder broke   
from them all4    ,but anon the great   
,san ,philip1 she bethought herself and 
went   ,having that within her womb that
 had left her ill content2   ,and the   
rest they came aboard us1 and they      
fought us hand to hand1   ,for a dozen  
times they came with their pikes and    
musqueteers1   ,and a dozen times we    
shook 'em off as a dog that shakes his  

ears   ,when he leaps from the water to 
the land4    ,and the sun went down1 and
 the stars came out far over the summer 
sea1   ,but never a moment ceased the   
fight of the one and the fifty-three4   
,ship after ship1 the whole night long1 
their high-built galleons came1   ,ship 
after ship1 the whole night long1 with  
her battle-thunder and           flame2 
,ship after ship1 the whole night long1 
drew back with her dead and her         
shame4   ,and some were sunk and many   
were shatter'd1 and so could fight us no
           more--   ,god of battles1 was
 ever a battle like this in the world   
before8    ,for he said ,fight on6 fight
 on6   ,tho' his vessel was all but a   
wreck2   ,and it chanced that1 when half
 of the short summer night was gone1    
,with a grisly wound to be drest he had 
left the deck1   ,but a bullet struck   
him that was dressing it suddenly dead1 
,and himself he was wounded again in the
 side and the head1   ,and he said      
,fight on6 fight on6    ,and the night  

went down1 and the sun smiled out far   
over the summer           sea1   ,and   
the ,spanish fleet with broken sides lay
 round us all in a ring2   ,but they    
dared not touch us again1 for they      
fear'd that we still           could    
sting1   ,so they watch'd what the end  
would be4   ,and we had not fought them 
in vain1   ,but in perilous plight were 
we1   ,seeing forty of our poor hundred 
were slain1   ,and half of the rest of  
us maim'd for life   ,in the crash of   
the cannonades and the desperate strife2
   ,and the sick men down in the hold   
were most of them stark and cold1   ,and
 the pikes were all broken or bent1 and 
the powder was all of it                
spent2   ,and the masts and the rigging 
were lying over the side2   ,but ,sir   
,richard cried in his ,english pride1   
,we have fought such a fight for a day  
and a night   ,as may never be fought   
again6   ,we have won great glory1 my   
men6   ,and a day less or more   ,at sea
 or ashore1   ,we die--does it matter   

when8   ,sink me the ship1 ,master      
,gunner--sink her1 split her in twain6  
,fall into the hands of ,god1 not into  
the hands of ,spain6    ,and the gunner 
said1 ,ay1 ay1 but the seamen made      
reply3   ,we have children1 we have     
wives1   ,and the ,lord hath spared our 
lives4   ,we will make the ,spaniard    
promise1 if we yield1 to let us go2     
,we shall live to fight again and to    
strike another blow4   ,and the lion    
there lay dying1 and they yielded to the
 foe4    ,and the stately ,spanish men  
to their flagship bore him then1        
,where they laid him by the mast1 old   
,sir ,richard caught at last1   ,and    
they praised him to his face with their 
courtly foreign grace2   ,but he rose   
upon their decks1 and he cried3   ,i    
have fought for ,queen and ,faith like a
 valiant man and true2   ,i have only   
done my duty as a man is bound to do2   
,with a joyful spirit ,i ,sir ,richard  
,grenville die6   ,and he fell upon     
their decks1 and he died4    ,and they  

stared at the dead that had been so     
valiant and true1   ,and had holden the 
power and glory of ,spain so cheap      
,that he dared her with one little ship 
and his ,english few2   ,was he devil or
 man8 ,he was devil for aught they knew1
   ,but they sank his body with honour  
down into the deep1   ,and they mann'd  
the ,revenge with a swarthier alien     
crew1   ,and away she sail'd with her   
loss and long'd for her own2   ,when a  
wind from the lands they had ruin'd     
awoke from sleep1   ,and the water began
 to heave and the weather to moan1      
,and or ever that evening ended a great 
gale blew1   ,and a wave like the wave  
that is raised by an earthquake grew1   
,till it smote on their hulls and their 
sails and their masts and               
their flags1   ,and the whole sea       
plunged and fell on the shot-shatter'd  
navy of           ,spain1   ,and the    
little ,revenge herself went down by the
 island crags   ,to be lost evermore in 
the main4                               

--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,how   
,,sleep ,,the ,,brave            ,how   
sleep the brave1 who sink to rest       
,by all their country's wishes blest6   
,when ,spring1 with dewy fingers cold1  
,returns to deck their hallow'd mould1  
,she there shall dress a sweeter sod    
,than ,fancy's feet have ever trod4     
,by fairy hands their knell is rung1    
,by forms unseen their dirge is sung3   
,there ,honour comes1 a pilgrim gray1   
,to bless the turf that wraps their     
clay2           ,and ,freedom shall     
awhile repair           ,to dwell a     
weeping hermit there6                   
--,,william ,,collins4   ,a ,,life ,,on 
,,the ,,ocean ,,wave            ,a life 
on the ocean wave1             ,a home  
on the rolling deep1           ,where   
the scattered waters rave1              
,and the winds their revels keep6       
,like an eagle caged1 ,i pine           
,on this dull1 unchanging shore3        
,oh6 give me the flashing brine1        
,the spray and the tempest's roar6      

,once more on the deck ,i stand         
,of my own swift-gliding craft3         
,set sail6 farewell to the land6        
,the gale follows fair abaft4           
,we shoot through the sparkling foam    
,like an ocean-bird set free3           
,like the ocean-bird1 our home          
,we'll find far out on the sea4         
,the land is no longer in view1         
,the clouds have begun to frown3        
,but with a stout vessel and crew1      
,we'll say1 ,let the storm come down6   
,and the song of our heart shall be1    
,while the winds and waters rave1       
,a home on the rolling sea6             
,a life on the ocean wave6              
--,,epes ,,sargent4   ,,the ,,eagle     
,he clasps the crag with crooked hands2 
,close to the sun in lonely lands1      
,ring'd with the azure world1 he stands4
           ,the wrinkled sea beneath him
 crawls2           ,he watches from his 
mountain walls1           ,and like a   
thunderbolt he falls4                   
--,,alfred ,,lord ,,tennyson4   ,,psalm 

,,xc    ,lord1 thou hast been our       
dwelling place   ,in all generations4   
,before the mountains were brought      
forth1   ,or ever thou hadst formed the 
earth and the world1       ,even from   
everlasting to everlasting1 thou art    
,god4   ,thou turnest man to            
destruction2       ,and sayest1 ,return1
 ye children of men4   ,for a thousand  
years in thy sight       ,are but as    
yesterday when it is past1       ,and as
 a watch in the night4   ,thou carriest 
them away as with a flood2     ,they are
 as a sleep3   ,in the morning they are 
like grass which groweth up4     ,in the
 morning it flourisheth1 and groweth up2
     ,in the evening it is cut down1 and
 withereth4    ,for we are consumed by  
thine anger1   ,and by thy wrath are we 
troubled4    ,thou hast set our         
iniquities before thee1       ,our      
secret sins in the light of thy         
countenance4   ,for all our days are    
passed away in thy wrath3       ,we     
spend our years as a tale that is told4 

,the days of our years are threescore   
years and ten2       ,and if by reason  
of strength they be fourscore years1    
,yet is their strength labour and       
sorrow2       ,for it is soon cut off1  
and we fly away4   ,who knoweth the     
power of thine anger8       ,even       
according to thy fear1 so is thy wrath4 
,so teach us to number our days1   ,that
 we may apply our hearts unto wisdom4   
,return1 ,o ,lord1 how long8       ,and 
let it repent thee concerning thy       
servants4   ,o satisfy us early with thy
 mercy2       ,that we may rejoice and  
be glad all our days4   ,make us glad   
according to the days wherein thou hast 
afflicted us1       ,and the years      
wherein we have seen evil4   ,let thy   
work appear unto thy servants1          
,and thy glory unto their children4     
,and let the beauty of the ,lord our    
,god be upon us3       ,and establish   
thou the work of our hands upon us2     
,yea1 the work of our hands establish   
thou it4                                

--,,king ,,david4     ,,eighth ,,year   
,,the ,,concord ,,hymn            ,by   
the rude bridge that arched the flood1  
,their flag to ,april's breeze unfurled1
           ,here once the embattled     
farmers stood1             ,and fired   
the shot heard round the world4         
,the foe long since in silence slept2   
,alike the conqueror silent sleeps2     
,and ,time the ruined bridge has swept  
,down the dark stream which seaward     
creeps4            ,on this green bank1 
by this soft stream1             ,we set
 to-day a votive stone2           ,that 
memory may their deed redeem1           
,when1 like our sires1 our sons are     
gone4            ,spirit1 that made     
those heroes dare             ,to die1  
and leave their children free1          
,bid ,time and ,nature gently spare     
,the shaft we raise to them and thee4   
--,,ralph ,,waldo ,,emerson4   ,i       
,,wandered ,,lonely ,,as ,a ,,cloud     
,i wandered lonely as a cloud           
,that floats on high o'er vales and     

hills1           ,when all at once ,i   
saw a crowd1           ,a host of golden
 daffodils2           ,beside the lake1 
beneath the trees1           ,fluttering
 and dancing in the breeze4             
,continuous as the stars that shine     
,and twinkle on the milky way1          
,they stretched in never-ending line    
,along the margin of a bay3             
,ten thousand saw ,i at a glance1       
,tossing their heads in sprightly dance4
            ,the waves beside them      
danced1 but they           ,out-did the 
sparkling waves in glee3--           ,a 
poet could not but be gay1           ,in
 such a jocund company2           ,i    
gazed--and gazed--but little thought    
,what wealth the show to me had brought3
            ,for oft1 when on my couch  
,i lie           ,in vacant or in       
pensive mood1           ,they flash upon
 that inward eye           ,which is the
 bliss of solitude2           ,and then 
my heart with pleasure fills            
,and dances with the daffodils4         

--,,william ,,wordsworth4   ,,the       
,,chambered ,,nautilus    ,this is the  
ship of pearl1 which1 poets feign1      
,sails the unshadowed main1--           
,the venturous bark that flings   ,on   
the sweet summer wind its purpled wings 
,in ,gulfs enchanted1 where the ,siren  
sings1           ,and coral reefs lie   
bare1   ,and the cold sea-maids rise to 
sun their streaming hair4    ,its webs  
of living gauze no more unfurl2         
,wrecked is the ship of pearl6          
,and every chambered cell1   ,where its 
dim dreaming life was wont to dwell1    
,as the frail tenant shaped his growing 
shell1           ,before thee lies      
revealed1--   ,its irised ceiling rent1 
its sunless crypt unsealed6    ,year    
after year beheld the silent toil       
,that spread his lustrous coil2         
,still1 as the spiral grew1   ,he left  
the past year's dwelling for the new1   
,stole with soft step its shining       
archway through1           ,built up its
 idle door1   ,stretched in his         

last-found home1 and knew the old no    
more4    ,thanks for the heavenly       
message brought by thee1                
,child of the wandering sea1            
,cast from her lap1 forlorn6   ,from thy
 dead lips a clearer note is born       
,than ever ,triton blew from ,wreathed  
,horn6           ,while on mine ear it  
rings1   ,through the deep caves of     
thought ,i hear a voice that sings3--   
,build thee more stately mansions1 ,o my
 soul1           ,as the swift seasons  
roll6           ,leave thy low-vaulted  
past6   ,let each new temple1 nobler    
than the last1   ,shut thee from heaven 
with a dome more vast1           ,till  
thou at length art free1   ,leaving     
thine outgrown shell by life's unresting
 sea6                                   
--,,oliver ,,wendell ,,holmes4   ,,to   
,,autumn    ,season of mists and mellow 
fruitfulness6   ,close bosom-friend of  
the maturing sun2   ,conspiring with him
 how to load and bless   ,with fruit the
 vines that round the thatch-eaves run2 

,to bend with apples the moss'd         
cottage-trees1   ,and fill all fruit    
with ripeness to the core2   ,to swell  
the gourd1 and plump the hazel shells   
,with a sweet kernel2 to set budding    
more   ,and still more1 later flowers   
for the bees1   ,until they think warm  
days will never cease2   ,for ,summer   
has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells4     
,who hath not seen thee oft amid thy    
store8   ,sometimes whoever seeks abroad
 may find   ,thee sitting careless on a 
granary floor1   ,thy hair soft-lifted  
by the winnowing wind2   ,or on a       
half-reap'd furrow sound asleep1        
,drowsed with the fume of poppies1 while
 thy hook   ,spares the next swath and  
all its twined flowers2   ,and sometime 
like a gleaner thou dost keep   ,steady 
thy laden head across a brook2   ,or by 
a cider-press1 with patient look1       
,thou watchest the last oozings1 hours  
by hours4    ,where are the songs of    
,spring8 ,ay1 where are they8   ,think  
not of them1--thou hast thy music too1  

,while barred clouds bloom the          
soft-dying day   ,and touch the         
stubble-plains with rosy hue2   ,then in
 a wailful choir the small gnats mourn  
,among the river-sallows1 borne aloft   
,or sinking as the light wind lives or  
dies2   ,and full-grown lambs loud bleat
 from hilly bourn2   ,hedge-crickets    
sing1 and now with treble soft   ,the   
redbreast whistles from a garden-croft1 
,and gathering swallows twitter in the  
skies4                                  
--,,john ,,keats4   ,,to ,a ,,waterfowl 
,whither1 'midst falling dew1   ,while  
glow the heavens with the last steps of 
day1   ,far through their rosy depths1  
dost thou pursue           ,thy solitary
 way8            ,vainly the fowler's   
eye   ,might mark thy distant flight to 
do thee wrong1   ,as1 darkly painted on 
the crimson sky1           ,thy figure  
floats along4            ,seek'st thou  
the plashy brink   ,of weedy lake1 or   
marge of river wide1   ,or where the    
rocking billows rise and sink           

,on the chafed ocean side8              
,there is a power whose care   ,teaches 
thy way along that pathless coast1--    
,the desert and illimitable air1--      
,lone wandering1 but not lost4          
,all day thy wings have fann'd1   ,at   
that far height1 the cold1 thin         
atmosphere2   ,yet stoop not1 weary1 to 
the welcome land1           ,though the 
dark night is near4            ,and soon
 that toil shall end2   ,soon shalt thou
 find a summer home1 and rest   ,and    
scream among thy fellows2 reeds shall   
bend           ,soon o'er thy sheltered 
nest4            ,thou'rt gone--the     
abyss of heaven   ,hath swallow'd up thy
 form--yet on my heart   ,deeply hath   
sunk the lesson thou hast given1        
,and shall not soon depart4             
,he1 who from zone to zone   ,guides    
through the boundless sky thy certain   
flight1   ,in the long way that ,i must 
tread alone1           ,will lead my    
steps aright4                           
--,,william ,,cullen ,,bryant4   ,,on   

,,first ,,looking ,,into ,,chapman',s   
,,homer            ,much have ,i        
travell'd in the realms of gold         
,and many goodly states and kingdoms    
seen2               ,round many western 
islands have ,i been           ,which   
bards in fealty to ,apollo hold4        
,oft of one wide expanse had ,i been    
told               ,that deep-brow'd    
,homer rul'd as his demesne2            
,yet did ,i never breathe its pure      
serene           ,till ,i heard ,chapman
 speak out loud and bold3               
,then felt ,i like some watcher of the  
skies               ,when a new planet  
swims into his ken2           ,or like  
stout ,cortez when with eagle eyes      
,he star'd at the ,pacific--and all his 
men           ,look'd at each other with
 a wild surmise--               ,silent1
 upon a peak in ,darien4                
--,,john ,,keats4   ,,recessional       
,god of our fathers1 known of old--     
,lord of our far-flung battle line--    
,beneath whose awful hand we hold       

,dominion over palm and pine--          
,lord ,god of ,hosts1 be with us yet1   
,lest we forget1 lest we forget6        
,the tumult and the shouting dies--     
,the ,captains and the ,kings depart--  
,still stands ,thine ancient sacrifice1 
,an humble and a contrite heart4        
,lord ,god of ,hosts1 be with us yet1   
,lest we forget1 lest we forget6        
,far-called1 our navies melt away--     
,on dune and headland sinks the fire--  
,lo1 all our pomp of yesterday          
,is one with ,nineveh and ,tyre6        
,judge of the ,nations1 spare us yet1   
,lest we forget1 lest we forget6        
,if1 drunk with sight of power1 we loose
               ,wild tongues that have  
not ,thee in awe--           ,such      
boasting as the ,gentiles use1          
,or lesser breeds without the ,law--    
,lord ,god of ,hosts1 be with us yet1   
,lest we forget1 lest we forget6        
,for heathen heart that puts her trust  
,in reeking tube and iron shard--       
,all valiant dust that builds on dust1  

,and guarding calls not ,thee to guard--
           ,for frantic boast and       
foolish word1           ,thy ,mercy on  
,thy ,people1 ,lord6                    
--,,rudyard ,,kipling4   ,,sir ,,patrick
 ,,spens  ,i4 ,the ,sailing    ,the king
 sits in ,dunfermline town              
,drinking the blude-red wine3   ,o whare
 will ,i get a skeely skipper       ,to 
sail this new ship o' mine8    ,o up and
 spak an eldern knight1       ,sat at   
the king's right knee3   ,sir ,patrick  
,spens is the best sailor       ,that   
ever sail'd the sea4    ,our king has   
written a braid letter1       ,and      
seal'd it with his hand1   ,and sent it 
to ,sir ,patrick ,spens1       ,was     
walking on the strand4    ,to ,noroway1 
to ,noroway1       ,to ,noroway o'er the
 faem2   ,the king's daughter o'        
,noroway1       ',tis thou must bring   
her hame4    ,the first word that ,sir  
,patrick read       ,so loud1 loud      
laugh'd he2   ,the neist word that ,sir 
,patrick read       ,the tear blinded   

his e'e4    ,o wha is this has done this
 deed       ,and tauld the king o' me1  
,to send us out1 at this time o' year1  
,to sail upon the sea8    ,be it wind1  
be it weet1 be it hail1 be it sleet1    
,our ship must sail the faem2   ,the    
king's daughter o' ,noroway1       ',tis
 we must fetch her hame4    ,they hoysed
 their sails on ,monenday morn          
,wi' a' the speed they may2   ,they hae 
landed in ,noroway       ,upon a        
,wodensday4  ,,ii4 ,the ,return    ,mak 
ready1 mak ready1 my merry men a'6      
,our gude ship sails the morn4   ,now   
ever alack1 my master dear1       ,i    
fear a deadly storm4    ,i saw the new  
moon late yestreen       ,wi' the auld  
moon in her arm2   ,and if we gang to   
sea1 master1       ,i fear we'll come to
 harm4    ,they hadna sail'd a league1 a
 league1       ,a league but barely     
three1   ,when the lift grew dark1 and  
the wind blew loud1       ,and gurly    
grew the sea4    ,the ankers brak1 and  
the topmast lap1       ,it was sic a    

deadly storm3   ,and the waves cam owre 
the broken ship       ,till a' her sides
 were torn4    ,go fetch a web o' the   
silken claith1       ,another o' the    
twine1   ,and wap them into our ship's  
side1       ,and let nae the sea come   
in4    ,they fetch'd a web o' the silken
 claith       ,another o' the twine1    
,and they wapp'd them round that gude   
ship's side1       ,but still the sea   
came in4    ,o laith1 laith were our    
gude ,scots lords       ,to wet their   
cork-heel'd shoon2   ,but lang or a' the
 play was play'd       ,they wat their  
hats aboon4    ,and mony was the feather
 bed       ,that flatter'd on the faem2 
,and mony was the gude lord's son       
,that never mair cam hame4    ,o lang1  
lang may the ladies sit1       ,wi'     
their fans into their hand1   ,before   
they see ,sir ,patrick ,spens           
,come sailing to the strand6    ,and    
lang1 lang may the maidens sit          
,wi' their gowd kames in their hair1    
,a-waiting for their ain dear loves6    

,for them they'll see nae mair4         
,half-owre1 half-owre to ,aberdour1     
',tis fifty fathoms deep2   ,and there  
lies gude ,sir ,patrick ,spens1         
,wi' the ,scots lords at his feet6      
--,,unknown4   ,,elegy ,,written ,,in ,a
 ,,country ,,churchyard    ,the curfew  
tolls the knell of parting day1     ,the
 lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea1  
,the ploughman homeward plods his weary 
way1     ,and leaves the world to       
darkness and to me4    ,now fades the   
glimmering landscape on the sight1      
,and all the air a solemn stillness     
holds1   ,save where the beetle wheels  
his droning flight1     ,and drowsy     
tinklings lull the distant folds3       
,save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r
     ,the moping owl does to the moon   
complain   ,of such as1 wand'ring near  
her secret bow'r1     ,molest her       
ancient solitary reign4    ,beneath     
those rugged elms1 that yew-tree's      
shade1     ,where heaves the turf in    
many a mould'ring heap1   ,each in his  

narrow cell forever laid1     ,the rude 
forefathers of the hamlet sleep4    ,the
 breezy call of incense-breathing morn1 
,the swallow twitt'ring from the        
straw-built shed1   ,the cock's shrill  
clarion1 or the echoing horn1     ,no   
more shall rouse them from their lowly  
bed4    ,for them no more the blazing   
hearth shall burn1     ,or busy         
housewife ply her evening care3   ,no   
children run to lisp their sire's       
return1     ,or climb his knees the     
envied kiss to share4    ,oft did the   
harvest to their sickle yield1          
,their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has
 broke3   ,how jocund did they drive    
their team afield6     ,how bow'd the   
woods beneath their sturdy stroke6      
,let not ,ambition mock their useful    
toil1     ,their homely joys1 and       
destiny obscure2   ,nor ,grandeur hear  
with a disdainful smile     ,the short  
and simple annals of the poor4    ,the  
boast of heraldry1 the pomp of pow'r1   
,and all that beauty1 all that wealth   

e'er gave1   ,await alike th' inevitable
 hour3     ,the paths of glory lead but 
to the grave4    ,nor you1 ye proud1    
impute to these the fault     ,if       
,memory o'er their tomb no trophies     
raise1   ,where through the long-drawn  
aisle and fretted vault     ,the pealing
 anthem swells the note of praise4      
,can storied urn or animated bust       
,back to its mansion call the fleeting  
breath8   ,can ,honour's voice provoke  
the silent dust1     ,or ,flatt'ry      
soothe the dull cold ear of death8      
,perhaps in this neglected spot is laid 
,some heart once pregnant with celestial
 fire2   ,hands1 that the rod of empire 
might have sway'd1     ,or waked to     
ecstasy the living lyre4    ,but        
,knowledge to their eyes her ample page 
,rich with the spoils of time did ne'er 
unroll2   ,chill ,penury repress'd their
 noble rage1     ,and froze the genial  
current of the soul4    ,full many a gem
 of purest ray serene     ,the dark     
unfathom'd caves of ocean bear3   ,full 

many a flower is born to blush unseen1  
,and waste its sweetness on the desert  
air4    ,some village ,hampden that with
 dauntless breast     ,the little tyrant
 of his fields withstood1   ,some mute  
inglorious ,milton here may rest1       
,some ,cromwell guiltless of his        
country's blood4    ,th' applause of    
list'ning senates to command1     ,the  
threats of pain and ruin to despise1    
,to scatter plenty o'er a smiling land1 
,and read their history in a nation's   
eyes--    ,their lot forbade3 nor       
circumscribed alone     ,their growing  
virtues1 but their crimes confined2     
,forbade to wade thro' slaughter to a   
throne1     ,and shut the gates of mercy
 on mankind2    ,the struggling pangs of
 conscious truth to hide1     ,to quench
 the blushes of ingenuous shame   ,or   
heap the shrine of ,luxury and ,pride   
,with incense kindled at the ,muse's    
flame4    ,far from the madding crowd's 
ignoble strife     ,their sober wishes  
never learn'd to stray2   ,along the    

cool1 sequester'd vale of life     ,they
 kept the noiseless tenor of their way4 
,yet ev'n these bones from insult to    
protect     ,some frail memorial still  
erected nigh1   ,with uncouth rhymes and
 shapeless sculpture deck'd1            
,implores the passing tribute of a sigh4
    ,their name1 their years1 spelt by  
th' unlettered ,muse1     ,the place of 
fame and elegy supply3   ,and many a    
holy text around she strews1     ,that  
teach the rustic moralist to die4       
,for who1 to dumb ,forgetfulness a prey1
     ,this pleasing anxious being e'er  
resign'd1   ,left the warm precincts of 
the cheerful day1     ,nor cast one     
longing ling'ring look behind8    ,on   
some fond breast the parting soul       
relies1     ,some pious drops the       
closing eye requires2   ,e'en from the  
tomb the voice of ,nature cries1        
,e'en in our ashes live their wonted    
fires4    ,for thee1 who1 mindful of th'
 unhonour'd dead1     ,dost in these    
lines their artless tale relate2   ,if  

chance1 by lonely contemplation led1    
,some kindred spirit shall inquire thy  
fate--    ,haply some hoary-headed swain
 may say1     ,oft have we seen him at  
the peep of dawn   ,brushing with hasty 
steps the dews away     ,to meet the sun
 upon the upland lawn4    ,there at the 
foot of yonder nodding beech     ,that  
wreathes its old fantastic roots so     
high1   ,his listless length at noontide
 would he stretch1     ,and pore upon   
the brook that babbles by4    ,hard by  
yon wood1 now smiling as in scorn1      
,mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would 
rove1   ,now drooping1 woeful-wan1 like 
one forlorn1     ,or crazed with care1  
or cross'd in hopeless love4    ,one    
morn ,i miss'd him on the custom'd hill1
     ,along the heath1 and near his     
favourite tree2   ,another came2 nor yet
 beside the rill1     ,nor up the lawn1 
nor at the wood was he3    ,the next    
with dirges due in sad array     ,slow  
through the church-way path we saw him  
borne4   ,approach and read 7for thou   

canst read7 the lay     ,graved on the  
stone beneath yon aged thorn3  ,the     
,epitaph    ,here rests his head upon   
the lap of ,earth       ,a ,youth1 to   
,fortune and to ,fame unknown4   ,fair  
,science frown'd not on his humble      
birth1       ,and ,melancholy mark'd him
 for her own4    ,large was his bounty1 
and his soul sincere1       ,heav'n did 
a recompense as largely send3   ,he gave
 to ,mis'ry all he had1 a tear1         
,he gain'd from ,heav'n 7'twas all he   
wished7 a friend4    ,no farther seek   
his merits to disclose1       ,or draw  
his frailties from their dread abode    
7,there they alike in trembling hope    
repose71       ,the bosom of his ,father
 and his ,god4                          
--,,thomas ,,gray4   ,,psalm ,,ciii     
,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul3       ,and
 all that is within me1 bless his holy  
name4   ,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul1   
,and forget not all his benefits3   ,who
 forgiveth all thine iniquities2        
,who healeth all thy diseases2   ,who   

redeemeth thy life from destruction2    
,who crowneth thee with loving kindness 
and tender mercies2   ,who satisfieth   
thy mouth with good things2       ,so   
that thy youth is renewed like the      
eagle's4    ,the ,lord executeth        
righteousness       ,and judgment for   
all that are oppressed4   ,he made known
 his ways unto ,moses1     ,his acts    
unto the children of ,israel4   ,the    
,lord is merciful and gracious1         
,slow to anger1 and plenteous in mercy4 
,he will not always chide3     ,neither 
will he keep his anger forever4   ,he   
hath not dealt with us after our sins2  
,nor rewarded us according to our       
iniquities4    ,for as the heaven is    
high above the earth1     ,so great is  
his mercy toward them that fear him4    
,as far as the east is from the west1   
,so far hath he removed our             
transgressions from us4   ,like as a    
father pitieth his children1       ,so  
the ,lord pitieth them that fear him4   
,for he knoweth our frame2       ,he    

remembereth that we are dust4    ,as for
 man1 his days are as grass3       ,as a
 flower of the field1 so he flourisheth4
   ,for the wind passeth over it1 and it
 is gone2       ,and the place thereof  
shall know it no more4   ,but the mercy 
of the ,lord is from everlasting to     
everlasting upon           them that    
fear him1       ,and his righteousness  
unto children's children2   ,to such as 
keep his covenant1       ,and to those  
that remember his commandments to do    
them4    ,the ,lord hath prepared his   
throne in the heavens2       ,and his   
kingdom ruleth over all4   ,bless the   
,lord1 ye his angels1       ,that excel 
in strength1   ,that do his             
commandments1       ,hearkening unto the
 voice of his word4   ,bless ye the     
,lord1 all ye his hosts2       ,ye      
ministers of his1 that do his pleasure4 
,bless the ,lord1 all his works         
,in all places of his dominion3   ,bless
 the ,lord1 ,o my soul4                 
--,,king ,,david4     ,,anthologies ,,of

 ,,children',s ,,poems   ,,in addition  
to what the student has mastered by     
heart he needs to own and keep within   
arm's reach a good anthology4 ,he should
 first own ,a ,children's ,treasury of  
,english ,song1 and about the time he is
 ready to leave the elementary school   
the greatest of all collections of      
verse1 ,the ,golden ,treasury of the    
,best ,songs and ,lyrical ,poems in the 
,english ,language1 must fall into his  
hands4 ,the next best collection is     
doubtless ,the ,oxford ,book of ,english
 ,verse1 by ,a4 ,t4 ,quiller-,couch4    
,for ballad literature ,the ,oxford     
,book of ,english ,ballads by the       
last-named editor and ,the ,ballad ,book
 by ,allingham are both good4 ,it is to 
be hoped that if he has a taste for     
verse of the ballad form1 the boy may   
some day wander back to ,percy's        
,reliques of ,ancient ,english ,poetry4 
,an occasional boy who cares little for 
great poetry may have a bent toward     
songs of war and daring4 ,though this   

tendency is to be deplored if it comes  
late in the boy's school life1 it is    
best to satisfy it4 ,a fairly good but  
not altogether judiciously selected     
anthology for this purpose is ,henley's 
,lyra ,heroica4 ,from this reading of   
poetry in anthologies the boy might go  
to the carefully edited and selected    
volumes of the great poets in the       
,golden ,treasury ,series4 ,the step to 
choice complete editions is then easy4  
,it may chance that the boy who has once
 tasted of the honeydew of great poetry 
and who has left the elementary school  
to take up the actual affairs of life   
will go back to the authority of his    
teacher who first pointed out to him    
such a pure pleasure for his quiet      
hours4 ,if this gratifying condition    
should come about1 the teacher might    
name to him the following poems that are
 still more rare in their appeal--as he 
will surely come to know when he has    
felt the touch of ,an ,ode on a ,grecian
 ,urn4 ,here are the titles3 ,shall ,i  

,compare ,thee to a ,summer's ,day1     
,shakespeare2 ,the ,time of ,year ,thou 
,may'st in ,me ,behold1 ,shakespeare2   
,on the ,late ,massacre in ,piedmont1   
,milton2 ,the ,world is too ,much with  
,us1 ,wordsworth2 ,milton1 ,thou        
,should'st ,be ,living at ,this ,hour1  
,wordsworth2 ,tuscan1 ,that ,wander'st  
in the ,realms of ,gloom1 ,longfellow2  
,rose ,aylmer1 ,landor2 ,out of the     
,night ,that ,covers ,me1 ,henley2 ,go  
,fetch to ,me a ,pint o' ,wine1 ,burns2 
,proud ,maisie is in the ,woods1 ,scott2
 ,she ,dwelt among the ,untrodden ,ways1
 ,wordsworth2 ,helen1 ,thy ,beauty is to
 ,me1 ,poe2 ,she ,walks in ,beauty1     
,byron2 ,the ,lost ,leader1 ,browning2  
,it ,was a ,lover and ,his ,lass1       
,shakespeare2 ,callicles beneath ,etna1 
,arnold2 ,la ,belle ,dame sans ,merci1  
,keats2 ,ode to ,evening1 ,collins2 ,ode
 to a ,skylark1 ,shelley2 ,ode on a     
,grecian ,urn1 ,keats2 ,kubla ,khan1    
,coleridge2 ,ulysses1 ,tennyson2        
,l',allegro1 ,milton4 ,from these the   

boy may with the coming of manhood be   
led to heights of such tunes of the     
masters as ,wordsworth's powerful ,ode  
on the ,intimations of ,immortality from
 ,earliest ,childhood1 and ,tennyson's  
song that is so near to the heart of    
great things1 ,in ,memoriam4     ,,part 
,,iii  ,,sources ,,of ,,standard ,,prose
 ,,for ,,children     ,,chapter ,i      
,,fairy ,,tales1 ,,household ,,tales1   
,,and ,,other ,,fanciful ,,stories      
,in the olde times they were the only   
revivers of           drowsy age at     
midnight3 old and young have with       
his tales chim'd mattens till the cocks 
crow in           the morning3          
,batchelors and ,maides with his tales  
have compassed the ,christmas fire-block
 till the           ,curfew-bell rings1 
,candle out3 the old ,shepherd          
and the young ,plow boy after their     
day's labour           have carol'd out 
a ,tale of ,tom ,thumb to make merry    
with3 and who but little ,tom hath made 
long nights           seem short and    

heavy toyles easie8                     
--,said in #afaa of the ,tales of ,tom  
,thumb4   ,,in that comforting essay1   
,an ,apology for ,idlers1 ,robert ,louis
 ,stevenson tells us that it is by no   
means certain that a man's business is  
the most important thing that he has to 
do4 ,and somewhere else he has remarked 
on a club of men in ,brussels who talked
 about the commercial affairs of        
,belgium during the day1 but who at     
night came together to discuss the more 
serious affairs of life4 ,these views   
are in accord with the ,stevenson       
temperament that looked on life as made 
up of two worlds3 a real workaday one to
 be unflinchingly faced1 no matter what 
the task that came1 and a fanciful one1 
a play world1 that by its appeal to the 
ideal nature created an atmosphere of   
joy that made the duties of the real one
 more tolerable4 ,his own life1 so well 
balanced between work and play1 so sane 
and healthful and inspiring in its      
influence on all who knew him or read   

his books1 has shown what a romantic    
cast of mind can get out of life1 though
 it suffer the handicap of ill health   
and worldly misfortune4 ,the            
balance-wheel of his life was a playful 
imagination that always hath made long  
nights seem short and heavy toyles      
easie4  ,stern materialism1 cold1       
calculatingly just1 impatient with the  
dreamer1 with no charity for lovable    
human frailties1 has always mocked at   
the notion of a fanciful place where    
great and glorious things are going on4 
,she spins no web from the threads of   
her imagination4 ,the warp and woof of  
her fabric are drawn from facts2 and it 
comes from the loom all wool1 a yard    
wide1 and used to cover the nakedness of
 real men and women4 ,she has never felt
 the free abandon of fairy land4 ,her   
heart has never leap'd up at beholding a
 rainbow in the sky1 a rainbow with the 
fabled pot of gold--though she has      
toiled and sweat many a day for nothing 
more than a mess of pottage4 ,whilst    

pointing the finger of scorn at the     
magic lamp1 the ogre's hen1 or the      
seven-league boots1 she plays the fool  
and pays the fiddler in actual life     
merely because under it all there lurks 
a passion for the marvellous1 founded on
 chance4 ,in the business world this    
manifests itself in the perennial hope  
of a bull market or a bonanza4 ,of      
course1 pleasures are largely a question
 of taste1 not a question of right1 and 
it is everybody to his liking1--one may 
prefer the counting house to the        
back-log at the drowsy hour of          
midnight1--yet may we all be spared the 
time when fancy and romance cease to    
dominate men4 ,without them life would  
become mediocre1 stupid1 dull4  ,it has 
been claimed that a nation without fancy
 and romance never can hold a great     
place4 ,material prosperity without a   
corresponding well-being in the things  
of the imagination is an unfortunate    
prosperity4 ,its pleasures must         
necessarily be sensual pleasures that   

grow out of luxury4 ,they carry the man 
or woman too far away from the land of  
childhood4 ,dickens saw this clearly    
when he said3 ,what enchanted us in     
childhood and is captivating a million  
young fancies now1 has at the same      
blessed time of life1 enchanted vast    
hosts of men and women who have done    
their long day's work1 and laid their   
gray heads down to rest4 ,it has greatly
 helped to keep us in some sense ever   
young1 by preserving through our worldly
 ways one slender tract not overgrown   
with weeds1 where we may walk with      
children sharing their delights4 ,a good
 thing it is to keep that slender tract 
free from weeds4 ,and the stronger the  
man1 the more he needs to do it4 ,only a
 man who sees things out of their right 
proportions and who is without a sense  
of humour would scorn to renew his youth
 occasionally in the land of romance4   
,if in life the strongest and wisest men
 are good at a fight1 they are still    
better at a play4 ,and it is no shame if

 their ,arabian ,nights' ,entertainments
 is more thumbed than their ,bacon's    
,essays4 ,they may be all the wiser for 
it4 ,in ,howard ,pyle's delightful      
rendering of the ,robin ,hood tales he  
gives this happy admonition in the      
introduction3 ,you who so plod among    
serious things that you feel it a shame 
to give yourself up even for a few short
 moments to mirth and joyousness in the 
land of ,fancy2 you who think that life 
hath naught to do with innocent laughter
 that can harm no one2 these pages are  
not for you4 ,clap the leaves and go no 
further than this1 for ,i tell you      
plainly that if you will go further you 
will be so scandalized by seeing good1  
sober folk of real history so frisk and 
caper in gay colours and motley that you
 would not know them but for the names  
tagged to them4 ,and then he sees the   
secret of making the heart beat young   
whilst carrying the burdens of grown-up 
life1 and he says1 ,the land of ,fancy  
is of that pleasant kind that1 when you 

tire of it1--whisk1--you clap the leaves
 of this book together and 'tis gone1   
and you are ready for everyday life1    
with no harm done4  ,the present age as 
it gives colouring to educational       
practices is a matter-of-fact age4      
,whilst boasting of freedom of thought1 
it has fallen into a despotism of fact4 
,like the ,old ,man of the ,sea1 this   
reign of fact has been clutching at the 
neck of culture and railing at the play 
of fancy until there is but precious    
little of the merrie life left to look  
to4 ,the men who cleared away the forest
 can be pardoned if they lived their    
lives largely in the light of stern     
fact1 and so might the sons of these    
men2 but those as many generations      
removed as the present should be able to
 drop back to the even tenor of a       
domestic and school life that recognizes
 the play of fanciful imagination as an 
essential part of the business of living
 at all4 ,no sooner had the founders of 
our nation succeeded in giving men their

 long-coveted political freedom than    
science1 cock-sure of being able to     
solve the riddle of existence1 strode   
upon the scene and smote the favourite  
creatures of the imagination hip and    
thigh4 ,it not only played havoc with   
the fairies of our fathers1 but it came 
perilously near doing the same with     
their faith4 ,and as a result1 a        
material and utilitarian tone has taken 
hold of education in most places1 and   
boys must be practical1 scientific1 and 
wear old heads on young shoulders4 ,this
 same tendency had begun in the days of 
,charles ,lamb1 for he wrote the        
following protest to ,coleridge3        
,knowledge must now come to the child in
 the shape of knowledge1 and his empty  
noddle must be turned with conceit at   
his own powers when he has learnt that a
 horse is an animal and ,billy is better
 than a horse and such like2 instead of 
that beautiful interest in wild tales   
which made the child a man while all the
 time he suspected himself to be no     

bigger than a child4 ,science has       
succeeded to poetry no less in the      
little walks of children than with men4 
,is there possibility of averting this  
sore evil8 ,think of what you would have
 been now if1 instead of being fed with 
tales and old wives' fables in          
childhood1 you had been crammed with    
geography and natural history4 ,and what
 must be said to supplanting the subject
 of fairy life by the anatomy and       
physiology of the human body8 ,is not a 
boy who knows the happy likeness of ,old
 ,king ,cole or ,allan-a-,dale as well  
educated as he who recognizes the       
picture of an alcoholic liver8 ,all this
 educational pother about having boys   
practical and trained to reason instead 
of being imaginative and romantic will  
die of its own accord some day1 and then
 they may once more listen to merrie    
tales told under the greenwood tree4    
,the boy who has been nurtured on tales 
of fancy and who trusts to things to    
work out for the best of their own      

accord will generally fall into ways of 
cheerfulness and contentment4 ,he will  
play the game of life out with more of  
heart and courage1 and less of doubt and
 fear4 ,he may be something of an       
impractical dreamer1 but he will be kind
 and true4 ,he will not aim to          
understand all mysteries and all        
knowledge1 but will aim to make people  
happy rather than learned4 ,his early   
experience of the feelings of pity and  
terror will refine his emotions as much 
as it did in the age of ,thespias those 
of the ,greek youth4 ,in other words1   
his early familiarity with fairy tales1 
whether learned by word of mouth from   
his father1 his nurse1 or his teacher1  
will set his face in the right          
direction4 ,and to keep it so turned he 
will of necessity have to build up a    
fairy library4 ,what that library might 
contain and what he should know as a    
perfect lesson must now be considered4  
,a sense of fitness rather than a       
feeling of loyalty to the language      

points to the ,english fairy and        
household tales as the ones with which  
to begin4 ,if the teacher has a         
folk-lore curiosity and interest which  
aid him in giving these fairy tales to  
the children1 that is well and good4    
,but this historic view is by no means  
so important as it is to know thoroughly
 the tales themselves and to enter into 
an appreciation of them with a keen and 
boyish interest4 ,the present concern is
 with a limited number of stories that  
are so wholly good and so very necessary
 to the child that he should come to    
know them completely4 ,then from this   
beginning the boy can wander at his own 
sweet will and keep friends with        
,jacobs1 ,perrault1 ,grimm1 ,andersen1  
and1 last of all and no doubt best of   
all1 ,the ,arabian ,nights'             
,entertainments4 ,but from all of these 
the rude vigour1 the dramatic           
directness1 and above all the playful   
humour of the ,english tales will first 
captivate him4 ,they have not quite the 

grace1 simplicity1 and elegance of the  
,french tales1 nor the more fanciful and
 romantic touches of the ,german tales2 
yet1 as ,mr4 ,jacobs has told us1 ,they 
have the quality of going home to       
,english children4 ,the ,english        
folk-muse wears homespun and plods      
afoot1 albeit with a cheerful smile and 
a steady gaze4  ,english ,fairy ,tales  
and ,more ,english ,fairy ,tales should 
be in the hands of every child4 ,the    
stories are told in a way that preserves
 all of their dramatic interest and     
humour of phrase and situation4 ,this   
characteristic humour of ,english       
folk-fancy1 ,mr4 ,jacobs has skilfully  
caught4 ,he has this to say of his way  
of telling them3 ,i am inclined to      
follow the traditions of my old nurse1  
who was not bred at ,girton and scorned 
at times the rules of ,lindley ,murray  
and the diction of polite society4 ,and 
,i have left vulgarisms in the mouths of
 vulgar people4 ,children appreciate the
 dramatic propriety of this as much as  

do their elders4 ,generally speaking1 it
 has been my ambition to write as a good
 old nurse would speak when she tells   
,fairy ,tales4 ,i am doubtful of my     
success in catching the                 
colloquial-romantic tone appropriate for
 such narratives1 but they had to be    
done or else my object1 to give a book  
of ,english ,fairy ,tales which children
 would listen to1 would have been       
unachieved4 ,this book is to be read    
aloud and not merely to be taken by the 
eye4 ,all children should rejoice1 that1
 so long after ,puritanism had          
suppressed these tales in many parts of 
,england1 and after its decline they had
 come to be supplanted by the ,mother   
,goose tales of ,perrault1 there has    
come such an excellent retelling of them
 in the ,jacobs books4 ,if there be     
anything in fairy literature better than
 ,tom ,tit ,tot1 ,i have not found it4  
,it is altogether fitting to have it    
stand first in such a great collection4 
,and with other such very good tales as 

,cap o' ,rushes1 ,the ,three ,sillies1  
and ,jack and the ,golden ,snuff ,box1  
to say nothing of the dramatic telling  
of ,hop o' ,my ,thumb1 ,jack the ,giant 
,killer1 and ,jack and the ,bean ,stalk1
 the pleasure from reading the book at  
the right age will mayhap never be      
surpassed4 ,one might regret that the   
curious and helpful information of the  
notes had not been reserved for a       
separate treatise for mature readers1   
did not the amusing illustration of the 
court-crier by ,john ,d4 ,batton give   
the warning that the tales are closed   
and children must not read any further4 
,after having learned some of the best  
stories through the ear1 the boy must   
certainly buy and keep these two books4 
,after the ,english tales are familiar1 
the boy might be given the ,mother      
,goose tales as first collected by      
,charles ,perrault in #afif4 ,they had  
been current orally in ,france for many 
years before this1 and they undoubtedly 
had their origin in the oldest folk-lore

 of the world4 ,it is said ,perrault    
wrote them down as he heard them with   
the intention of writing them over in   
verse after the manner of the fables    
done by ,la ,fontaine4 ,but his little  
son1 to whom they had been told1 rewrote
 them from memory as an exercise1 and   
the lad's version1 being so simple and  
direct1 was given to the world in that  
form by his father4 ,they slowly found  
their way into ,england and for a while 
supplanted the native tales4 ,there is  
surely a universal appeal in such       
stories as ,little ,red ,riding ,hood1  
,cinderella1 ,puss in ,boots1 and       
,sleeping ,beauty4 ,the best rendering  
of these to-day is a small volume by    
,charles ,welsh1 entitled ,the ,tales of
 ,mother ,goose4 ,it has none of the    
poetic justice that refuses to have the 
wolf eat up ,little ,red ,riding ,hood4 
,it would be well for some publisher to 
reprint an edition issued in ,new ,york 
in #agie under the title of ,tales of   
,passed ,times1 by ,mother ,goose4 ,some

 good renderings of particular tales1   
however1 may be found scattered through 
collections of fairy stories that have  
appeared4  ,the temptation to say       
something about the famous ,cruikshank  
,fairy ,book in which some of these     
,mother ,goose tales appeared cannot be 
resisted at this point4 ,it is a very   
noticeable illustration of the inability
 of a man of talent always to keep to   
his last4 ,no artist has ever drawn such
 superior pictures for children as did  
,cruikshank4 ,where can anything better 
be found than ,jack's descent on the    
harp1 the ,ogre's flight1 or the        
presentation of the boots to the ,king8 
,why then did not ,cruikshank make a    
picture book with pictures only8 ,why   
did he leave his last to write the      
stories anew in order that he might take
 the opportunity to give his own views  
and convictions on what he considered   
important social and educational        
questions2 or to introduce a few        
temperance truths with a fervent hope   

that some good may result therefrom8    
,the notion that moralizing makes       
children good has spoiled many an       
artistic horn and has never made a good 
educational spoon4  ,in ,cruikshank's   
work in illustrating ,household and     
,fairy ,tales by the brothers ,grimm1 we
 have a masterful production from the   
best period of his genius1 and we have  
it illustrating a superior text1 the    
translation made by ,edward ,taylor in  
#ahbc and reprinted in #ahfh with an    
introduction by ,john ,ruskin4          
,thackeray said that they had been the  
first real1 kindly1 agreeable1 and      
infinitely amusing and charming         
illustrations for a child's book in     
,england1 and that they united beauty1  
fun1 and fancy4 ,and who was a better   
judge of this than ,thackeray8 ,if it   
was not too bold to say that ,tom ,tit  
,tot is the best household fairy story  
in the language1 it could be said with  
equal truth that ,cruikshank's etching  
of the two elves in ,the ,elves and the 

,shoemaker is the best fairy            
illustration yet done4 ,these ,german   
stories are charming4 ,the contention   
that the stories are creepy is but the  
contention of a moralist4 ,it should    
carry no weight with the teacher who    
would give the boy artistic notions of  
beauty1 love1 and mystery4 ,these       
notions are always safer than those of  
cold realism worked out in artificial   
conduct4 ,sir ,walter ,scott wrote in   
this strain to ,edward ,taylor in #ahcb3
 ,there is a sort of wild fairy interest
 in them which makes me think them fully
 better adapted to awaken the           
imagination and soften the heart of     
childhood than the good boy stories     
which have in late years been composed  
for them4 ,in the latter case1 their    
minds are1 as it were1 put into stocks1 
like their feet at the dancing-school1  
and the moral always consists in good   
moral conduct being crowned with        
temporal success4 ,truth is1 ,i would   
not give one tear shed over ,little ,red

 ,riding ,hood for all the benefit to be
 derived from a hundred histories of    
,johnny ,goodchild4 ,in a word1 ,i think
 the selfish tendencies will soon enough
 be acquired in this arithmetical age2  
and that1 to make the higher class of   
character1 our wild fictions--like our  
own simple music--will have more effect 
in awakening the fancy and elevating the
 disposition than the colder and more   
elaborate compositions of modern authors
 and composers4 ,it is hoped the        
pictures of ,cruikshank and the         
translation of ,taylor will soon appear 
in a large and attractive volume4  ,when
 the dramatic colloquialism and humour  
of the ,english tales1 the superior     
grace1 elegance1 and beauty of the      
,french tales1 and the light1 airy fancy
 of the ,german tales have been         
presented to the boy1 the ,scandinavian 
tales of ,hans ,christian ,andersen will
 give him a refinement in fairy life    
that he has not found before4 ,they do  
not have1 save in a few such cases as   

,holger the ,dane1 the quality of       
appealing to grown-ups as well as to    
children--the test of a child's book    
that is literature1 or rather the test  
of a man yet on good terms with the     
world4 ,they are somewhat dull1         
wearisome1 and overdone in places and do
 not stop when the story is ended1 as we
 find in ,the ,fir ,tree2 yet in some   
way they temper the ,english and ,german
 tales and meet ,ruskin's requirement   
that a child's tale should sometimes be 
both sweet and sad4 ,in fact1 these     
stories are great favourites with many  
children1 who actually prefer ,the ,ugly
 ,duckling to ,the ,golden ,bird4 ,the  
boy might early start with a few of the 
individual stories so delightfully      
illustrated by ,helen ,stratton1 and    
then when he can afford it buy the      
excellent edition illustrated by the    
,danish artist1 ,hans ,tegner1 from all 
of which he will get a new and pleasant 
touch of fairy life4  ,there yet remains
 one book1 not always called a fairy    

book1 that must be read before the boy  
leaves the land of fancy and wonder4 ,it
 was the favourite volume of ,stevenson1
 and small surprise is it to any one who
 knows the book and knows of the man4   
,nor is it less surprising to think that
 the ,oriental scholar1 ,antoine        
,galland1 who first gave these stories  
to ,europe two hundred years ago1 would 
be called out of bed at night to tell   
them to an eager crowd under his window1
 the crowd always begging for just one  
story more4 ,one might search in vain   
for a companion volume to this most     
capital of all books1 ,the ,arabian     
,nights' ,entertainments4 ,the tales are
 on a bigger scale than are the ,english
 and ,german tales4 ,there is a vastness
 of desert and starry sky in the tent   
life of the ,arab that is unknown in the
 cottage life of the ,english peasant4  
,and this is reflected in the tale that 
is told4 ,immensity and ,oriental       
mystery have taken the place of         
colloquial directness and humour1 and we

 have almost pure romance4 ,their       
richness and splendour captivate the    
reader and transport him into a         
wonderland of powerful magicians and    
magnificent palaces4 ,the book is       
elemental in its appeal and will always 
furnish royal entertainment for man or  
boy4 ,and the man who is not too        
completely grown up will keep his       
,lane's translation within arm's reach  
against the hours when the dull cares of
 the world are weighing him down4  ,as  
fairy tales have a common plot in many  
languages1 so has there been a common   
way of preserving and transmitting them4
 ,this has been by oral tradition4 ,they
 were originally to be given by word of 
mouth1 a method that is yet best fitted 
to curious children4 ,the teacher must  
give them through the ear1 if they are  
to be learned and retained4 ,whenever it
 is possible in doing this1 he must not 
forget to start with the pleasant       
beginning1 once upon a time1 nor yet to 
omit the best of all conclusions1 and   

all went well ever                      
afterwards--neglecting1 of course1 to   
add that truism for grown-ups1 that     
didn't go ill4 ,in this practice of     
giving a few choice tales through the   
ear is the preparation for the time when
 a boy will eagerly thumb a favourite   
volume of his own in some quiet nook4   
,but a few of the better tales must     
first have been mastered so that they   
can be told with dramatic directness4   
,here then the same practice must hold  
that is followed in all reading3 do not 
overread4 ,a few stories are to be well 
learned and a few books to be owned1 but
 only a few4 ,if the boy once comes to  
feel his strength from a limited number 
of good stories1 the made-to-order story
 for the fellow with the curls will     
never appeal to him4 ,what he knows he  
will know and be glad to know4  ,if it  
be presumption to select a limited list 
of stories by grades when the world is  
so full of stories1 it must be          
presumption4 ,there are stories that can

 have no substitutes until the world has
 had another accumulated experience of  
some hundreds of years of fireside lore4
 ,the list that follows has been found  
good for a limited list1 yet as complete
 a one as a child can master4 ,no       
apology need be offered for the         
insertion of ,ruskin's great story or   
the two stories of jungle life by       
,kipling4 ,they are modern1 but form a  
good bridge to modern books that have   
real merit4 ,a boy who will not read    
,red ,dog with an interest on fire had  
better grow weak on a ,rollo book4 ,his 
taste is surely to be lamented4 ,he will
 early fall in love and later fall into 
cynicism4  ,here is the list for the    
first four or five grades to be given in
 about the order in which they are      
written3 ,the ,old ,woman and ,her ,pig1
 ,the ,three ,little ,pigs1 and         
,henny-,penny1 all as told by ,jacobs in
 ,english ,fairy ,tales2 ,the ,three    
,bears as told by the poet ,southey1    
where the little old woman continues to 

play a part2 ,little ,red ,riding ,hood 
in which the wolf eats her up1          
,cinderella2 or1 the ,glass ,slipper1   
and ,the ,master ,cat2 or1 ,puss in     
,boots from ,the ,tales of ,mother      
,goose as told by ,charles ,welsh2 ,tom 
,tit ,tot1 ,the ,history of ,tom ,thumb1
 ,jack the ,giant ,killer1 and          
,whittington and ,his ,cat from ,english
 ,fairy ,tales2 ,beauty and the ,beast  
and ,hop o' ,my ,thumb from ,the        
,children's ,book2 ,hansel and ,grethel1
 ,the ,blue ,light1 and ,the ,golden    
,bird from ,taylor's translation of the 
,grimm tales2 ,the ,ugly ,duckling and  
,the ,fir ,tree from ,andersen2 ,the    
,story of ,aladdin2 or1 the ,wonderful  
,lamp1 ,the ,history of ,ali ,baba and  
the ,forty ,robbers ,killed by ,one     
,slave1 and ,the ,story of ,sinbad the  
,sailor from ,the ,arabian ,nights'     
,entertainments2 ,the ,king of the      
,golden ,river by ,john ,ruskin2 ,kaa's 
,hunting and ,red ,dog from ,the ,jungle
 ,books of ,rudyard ,kipling4  ,when    

these stories have been well learned    
through the ear1 their purpose as       
literature and as groundwork for        
narrative speech will have been         
accomplished4 ,of course1 the teacher   
must read many stories to his class     
besides the ones named above2 but he is 
not to require more than a mere         
listening to the reading from a point of
 interest only4 ,by and by the boy will 
fall into the habit of reading aloud to 
some one else1 and this may now be      
trusted to carry him along4 ,wise       
suggestion on the part of the teacher   
will direct him in getting a few good   
volumes that he can call his own4 ,a    
fairy library1 not large but well       
selected1 will become a comfort to him  
in later years when the lamp is getting 
dim4 ,for the man who finds himself     
unable to read with pleasure a fairy    
tale that charmed him in youth proclaims
 himself a slave either to relentless   
materialism or to cold and dignified    
egotism4 ,and if he be not obstinately  

short-sighted1 he cannot help seeing    
that the man who yet loves a fairy tale 
is one who also fears ,god1 is clear of 
head1 and is brave of heart4  ,in the   
succession of the seasons1 the coming of
 spring puts young blood into old veins 
much as it dresses the gray of winter in
 a lively green4 ,the possibilities of  
the daughter of ,ceres while she dwells 
beneath the earth are likewise to be    
found between the covers of a fairy     
library4 ,a man might travel many a long
 way in search of a better fountain of  
youth4     ,,chapter ,,ii  ,,classic    
,,myths ,,in ,,literature               
,oft of one wide expanse had ,i been    
told            ,that deep-brow'd ,homer
 ruled as his demesne4--,,keats4        
,they hear like ,ocean on a western     
beach            ,the surge and thunder 
of the ,odyssey4--,,lang4   ,,there is  
not the slightest necessity for         
schoolmen's staring at one another when 
it is proposed to let boys once more    
look through magic casements at the     

classic myths of ,greece and ,rome4     
,these masters of knowledge can depend  
upon it that their pedagogic systems are
 wrong if they set themselves up against
 the primitive feelings of mystery and  
fear4 ,there is yet too strong a trace  
in the blood to forsake the gods and    
heroes that have satisfied instincts1   
very human and commendable1 for many    
generations4 ,no goblin nor witch needs 
to be cast out when the blood flows red2
 it is merely an indication of abundant 
life drawn from the strength and courage
 that marked an heroic age4 ,if a boy's 
talents be anything but mediocre1 they  
will naturally turn to this age to      
satisfy a longing4 ,it is small wonder  
that the young ,keats should stay up all
 night reading ,chapman's ,homer1 or    
should translate the ,a,eneid into      
,english just for fun4 ,these glimpses  
were pure serene to a poet who          
afterwards caught in such a rare way    
their classic beauty2 and the gods      
surely loved him for it1 for they       

decreed that he should die young4  ,the 
charm of the myths of ,greek and ,roman 
literature is enduring1 because they    
embody both truth and beauty--sometimes 
held to be one and the same4 ,nothing   
but a perverted taste1 that is fed on   
the prosaic processes of material       
achievements or the artificial standards
 of a moral system1 could fail to find  
pleasure and inspiration in them4 ,their
 appeal is artistic1 to the sense of    
beauty4 ,their truth is a deification of
 the longings of the human heart as it  
seeks for comfort and protection in a   
world whose mysterious events can hardly
 be fathomed4 ,and their gods and heroes
 embody the great virtues that marked a 
classic people as much as they did the  
beauty of their intellectual            
achievements--the virtues of courage1   
patience1 honour1 loyalty1 contentment4 
,a normal disposition will take         
satisfaction in this interpretation of  
truth and beauty4 ,not only will its    
possessor be satisfied1 but he will be  

ennobled by the very presence of these  
qualities before his keen senses4 ,the  
world will seem to him more than a place
 in which he is to toil and spin day    
after day2 his soul will dwell apart on 
a mountain where not all mortals can    
ever climb1 a mountain crowded with     
culture4 ,he can temporarily leave the  
common crofts1 seek his solace and      
confession1 and be all the better to ply
 again his allotted task4 ,he will learn
 of one spot where the greed and        
brutality of industrial progress cannot 
set its heel and leave the print of what
 is practical and ugly4  ,this cry for  
the practical has laid a curse on the   
culture of many a boy4 ,he has been     
educated for the eight or ten hours that
 he works for his board and keep1 and   
the rest of his waking day finds him ill
 at ease in a field of study or an      
appreciation of the better things of    
life4 ,not being able to speak ,greek or
 to talk with men who do speak ,greek1  
he naturally turns to the spectacular1  

the ornate1 the frivolous4 ,nothing of  
an order above the broadly burlesque or 
the melodramatic will hold his interest 
and attention4 ,the theatre of ,dionysus
 is too severely classical in the beauty
 with which it represents life in       
action1 and he never learns to sit out a
 pure tragedy1 hear sweetest            
,shakespeare warble his native          
wood-notes wild1 or dilate on the right 
emotions1 if ,jonson's learned sock be  
on4  ,the boy's talents are in all      
probability not at fault4 ,they are     
merely dressed in the prevailing        
fashion4 ,this fashion is set by a      
standard of what is useful for material 
success in life4 ,the subject-matter of 
education must be scientific facts1 and 
with these facts the boy must be taught 
to reason4 ,the uselessness of          
imagination and memory as mental powers 
is held up to him4 ,it is not for him to
 enrich his mind by what an active and  
retentive memory can give him of classic
 literature4 ,in fact1 the memory is    

looked upon1 by the scientific gent 7as 
,thackeray labelled him7 in his         
laboratory1 as a minor concern and left 
to work out its own salvation--if it    
really needs to be saved4 ,and as for   
the memory being used to chronicle the  
exploits of mythical heroes in an age of
 superstition1 that would be unthinkable
 in the day of scientific research4 ,let
 not the boy then be held up to blame if
 he is no more able to name the         
,olympian council than was ,tom ,sawyer 
to name the first two disciples chosen4 
,the fault is with the system1 the      
rational scientific system4  ,greek is  
well nigh gone from the high school     
course4 ,latin is under indictment4 ,in 
their stead we are to have such         
substitutes as biology and chemistry4   
,the exploits of ,achilles and the      
wanderings of ,a,eneas are to be        
supplanted by the dissection of an      
oyster and the making of soap4 ,now     
oysters and soap are all right in their 
way1 and it is a good thing we have the 

one to eat and the other to wash with2  
but when it comes to using them to      
satisfy the instinct for a fight or for 
the discovery of a hidden treasure1 that
 is a stupid and brutal forcing of a    
theory4 ,if progress must come at the   
price of selling a boy's birthright for 
a mess of pottage1 it is a pity some one
 cannot smite her with the edge of a    
sword4 ,the study of the humanities that
 has been the bone and sinew of         
generations past cannot give place to   
the scientific vogue without wrecking   
the hope and desire of many a romantic  
youth4 ,to leave out the classics is to 
proclaim a material age to be bigoted1  
boastful1 and self-sufficient4 ,yet that
 is exactly what the scientific         
educator1 who calls himself modern and  
progressive1 is proposing1 because      
business demands it4 ,what claim has a  
business demand on academic policy1     
anyhow8 ,is not vagabondia as much      
entitled to the floor8  ,the descent to 
,avernus is easy4 ,reformed spelling is 

not so hard as ,greek roots4 ,in fact1  
the plan is to follow along the line of 
least resistance4 ,the memory must not  
be cumbered with dead matter if the boy 
can reason on experiments for practical 
business demands4 ,and are not the myths
 of these ,greek and ,latin languages   
too imaginative and impractical1 covered
 with too much of academic dust1 to     
serve a purpose in a practical age8     
,this is heralded from educational      
convention to educational convention1   
and whilst the breaking of idols goes   
merrily on1 a few brave teachers who    
speak ,greek are regularly taking a     
,spartan stand to preserve what yet     
remains of the classic structure4 ,in a 
boastful age they are not going to      
forget4 ,if ,homer and ,ovid are forced 
by business demands from the academic   
halls1 what hope is there left in       
,israel8  ,the one and only one seems to
 be the myths in translation4 ,their    
claim to the attention of teachers can  
be clearly given from the preface to the

 best telling of them that has yet      
appeared1 ,bulfinch's ,age of ,fable2   
or1 ,beauties of ,mythology1 a happy    
title to such a valuable book3 ,if no   
other knowledge deserves to be called   
useful but that which helps to enlarge  
our possessions or to raise our station 
in society1 then ,mythology has no      
claims to the appellation4 ,but if that 
which tends to make us happier and      
better can be called useful1 then we    
claim that epithet for our subject2 for 
,mythology is the handmaid of           
literature1 and literature is one of the
 best allies of virtue and promoters of 
happiness4  ,without a knowledge of     
mythology much of the elegant literature
 of our own language cannot be          
understood and appreciated4 ,when ,byron
 calls ,rome 'the ,niobe of nations1' or
 says of ,venice1 'she looks a          
,sea-,cybele fresh from ocean1' he calls
 up to the mind of one familiar with our
 subject illustrations more vivid and   
striking than the pencil could furnish1 

but which are lost to the reader        
ignorant of mythology4 ,milton abounds  
in similar allusions4 ,the short poem   
',comus' contains more than thirty such1
 and the ode ',on the ,morning of the   
,nativity' half as many4 ,through       
',paradise ,lost' they are scattered    
profusely4 ,this is one reason why we   
often hear people say that they cannot  
enjoy ,milton4 ,but were these persons  
to add to their solid acquirements the  
easy learning of this little volume1    
much of the poetry of ,milton which has 
appeared to them 'harsh and crabbed'    
would be found 'musical as is ,apollo's 
lute4'  ,the truth of this last         
statement is very evident to the        
,english teacher in high school work4   
,he must stop to teach myths that should
 be the common possession of all        
children before he can go on with his   
work in the ,minor ,poems4 ,if boys     
would enter the high school with some of
 the classic myths firmly drilled into  
them1 they would read with pleasure the 

most imaginative of all the ,english    
poets4 ,mythology in translation is a   
fixed possession of ,english literature1
 and it must be grasped more or less in 
detail before the boy can ever expect to
 have the marks of literary culture and 
to read figurative composition with     
ease4 ,with the beginning of school life
 must begin the learning of myths by    
word of mouth4 ,no classical dictionary 
can later take the place of this        
practice4 ,these myths are to be        
mastered and reproduced in good         
,english2 and after a few years of such 
drill the children will read the stories
 of gods and heroes with the same ease  
that they do a colloquial fairy tale4   
,it is the same old step from the       
story-teller to the book and a quiet    
corner where no one can break the spell4
  ,fortunately there is not so extensive
 a field of mythology suitable for use  
as there is of fairy literature1 and the
 boy can easily hope to make it his own4
 ,the field must exclude both the modern

 nature myths that have been compounded 
to suit the occasion1 and the cruder and
 more recent discoveries of savage      
races4 ,in short1 ,greek mythology must 
make both the beginning and the end of  
what is to be learned2 for there has    
been no nation other than ,greece that  
has developed a mythical faith so       
intellectual in its scope and so        
beautiful in its expression4 ,this      
beauty has been expressed through both  
art and literature4 ,it would be an     
almost unpardonable neglect on the part 
of a teacher if a boy were permitted to 
go through school and not be familiar   
with the heroic age4 ,he should know the
 stories of the gods and heroes2 know   
the ,olympian council1 the labours of   
,hercules1 the adventures of ,jason1 of 
,perseus1 of ,achilles2 he should know  
the ,trojan ,war in its picturesque     
greatness and the wonderful exploits of 
,odysseus on his homeward journey2 and  
he should know such stories as those of 
,apollo1 of ,oedipus1 of ,orpheus1 of   

,admetus1 of ,proserpine1 of ,niobe1 and
 of ,psyche4 ,this knowledge of ,greek  
mythology will bring one of the most    
pleasurable and stimulating of all      
feelings to a boy1 the consciousness of 
wandering at ease in a domain where all 
mortals have not been privileged to     
enter4  ,almost hand in hand with the   
,greek myths must be taken their        
variations in ,roman life and the few   
that seem to be original there4         
,although the ,greek and ,roman deities 
had most attributes in common1 they were
 yet distinct1 each having his          
particular name4 ,it is unfortunate that
 the ,latin names have come into such   
extensive use and that we always speak  
of ,jupiter instead of ,zeus1 and ,venus
 instead of ,aphrodite4 ,but the        
,hellenic spirit is hard to keep        
foremost in this commercial age4 ,if the
 glare of the arc light could be        
screened at times and the starry sky be 
read as a book wherein the              
constellations still hold their ,greek  

names1 some of the heroes that have been
 made permanent might inspire the       
observer with a feeling to read again   
their story4 ,yet let us have the       
sweetness of the rose1 whatever be its  
name4  ,it is rather perplexing to know 
what myths to give the child when he    
first enters school and through the     
first four or five years of his school  
life4 ,the taste and culture of the     
teacher have much to do with this4 ,but 
whatever is given1 give it as it is     
written without deforming it by having  
it adapted to suit the years of the boy4
 ,he can understand many things of which
 the teacher is not aware4 ,take it     
directly from ,the ,age of ,fable1 and  
at the start remove all difficulties of 
telling by drilling on the pronunciation
 of proper names4 ,then let the boy     
learn the myth through the ear and tell 
it fluently and exactly4 ,while doing   
this1 the art that is so closely woven  
with ,greek myths must become familiar  
also4 ,the boy must be able to recognize

 such works as ,aphrodite of ,melos1    
,apollo of the ,belvidere1 ,diana of    
,versailles1 ,the ,faun of ,praxiteles1 
,the ,laocooen ,group1 and ,nike of     
,samothrace4 ,the refining influence    
that comes through them is not easy to  
explain1 but it comes4 ,take it for what
 it is worth1 as you take the myths     
themselves4 ,and at no time should the  
teacher seek for philosophical          
arrangement and interpretation1 that at 
best is merely a confusion of words1 or 
moralize on something that is purely    
dramatic instead of didactic4 ,the myths
 are stories and should be used as      
stories4  ,a reasonably good list to use
 for this kind of drill work in1 say the
 first four grades1 is the following1 to
 be learned in the order written3       
,latona and the ,frogs1 ,arachne1       
,niobe1 ,midas and the ,golden ,touch1  
,apollo and ,daphne1 ,pandora and her   
,box4 ,narcissus1 ,ceres and            
,proserpine1 ,ulysses and ,polyphemus1  
,daedalus1 ,a,eolus1 ,philemon1 ,vulcan1

 ,cyparissus and the ,stag1 ,arion1     
,ulysses and the ,sirens1 ,callisto and 
,areas1 ,ariadne's ,thread4 ,io and the 
,gadfly1 ,perseus and ,medusa1 ,the     
,wooden ,horse1 ,phaeton1 ,pygmalion and
 ,galatea1 ,a,esculapius and ,apollo1   
,jason and the ,golden ,fleece1 ,the    
,death of ,hector1 ,cupid and ,psyche1  
,ulysses and ,penelope1 ,pegasus1       
,orpheus and ,eurydice1 ,the ,labors of 
,hercules1 ,admetus and ,alcestis4      
,after mastering these stories1 the boy 
will be ready to read for himself4  ,let
 him first read ,hawthorne's ,the       
,wonder-,book for ,girls and ,boys1 and 
then the companion volume1 ,tanglewood  
,tales for ,girls and ,boys2 a ,second  
,wonder-,book4 ,these are indispensable4
 ,then he must read a good edition of   
,kingsley's ,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy  
,tales for ,my ,children4 ,that is a    
delightful book1 despite its deplorable 
tendency to preach4 ,now he is ready for
 that charming continuous tale1 ,lamb's 
,adventures of ,ulysses1 which of course

 he must own and keep near at hand4 ,he 
can now take up and learn the second    
most valuable work he can own as a      
student of literature1 ,bulfinch's ,age 
of ,fable4 ,of course it is understood  
that ,palgrave's ,golden ,treasury is to
 be the first most valuable one4  ,some 
dozen years ago there appeared in a     
magazine a story called ,the ,little    
,brother of the ,books4 ,it was the     
story of a small crippled boy who each  
afternoon went his way to a certain book
 stall and was always found absorbed in 
the same book4 ,the book was the ,age of
 ,fable4 ,that he did this is not       
strange to any one who owns the book and
 knows it well4 ,there are few          
compilations in which the richness of a 
literature is gathered together and     
retold in a way that will make it endure
 as a book4 ,yet this is true of the    
,age of ,fable4 ,every student should   
own an illustrated copy of it1 and      
preferably one that has never been      
edited4 ,it is told as a story1 and a   

captivating story it is4 ,a quotation   
from the preface cannot be resisted     
here3 ,our book is not for the learned1 
nor for the theologian1 nor for the     
philosopher1 but for the reader of      
,english literature1 of either sex1 who 
wishes to comprehend the allusions so   
frequently made by public speakers1     
lecturers1 essayists1 and poets1 and    
those which occur in polite             
conversation4  ,we trust our young      
readers will find it a source of        
entertainment2 those more advanced1 a   
useful companion in their reading2 those
 who travel1 and visit museums and      
galleries of art1 an interpreter of     
paintings and sculptures2 those who     
mingle in cultivated society1 a key to  
allusions which are occasionally made2  
and1 last of all1 those in advanced     
life1 pleasure in retracing a path of   
literature which leads them back to the 
days of their childhood1 and revives at 
every step the associations of the      
morning of life4  ,the permanency of    

these associations is beautifully       
expressed in the well-known lines of    
,coleridge3            ',the            
intelligible forms of ancient poets1    
,the fair humanities of old religion1   
,the ,power1 the ,beauty1 and the       
,majesty            ,that had their     
haunts in dale or piny mountain1        
,or forest1 by slow stream1 or pebbly   
spring1            ,or chasms and watery
 depths2 all these have vanished4       
,they live no longer in the faith of    
reason2            ,but still the heart 
doth need a language2 still             
,doth the old instinct bring back the   
old names1            ,spirits or gods  
that used to share this earth           
,with man as with their friend2 and at  
this day            ',tis ,jupiter who  
brings whate'er is great            ,and
 ,venus who brings every thing that's   
fair4'     ,,chapter ,,iii  ,,books ,,to
 ,,be ,,owned1 ,,to ,,be ,,read1 ,,and  
,,to ,,be ,,reread            ,the first
 time ,i read an excellent book1 it is  

to           me just as if ,i had gained
 a new friend4 ,when ,i           read a
 book ,i have perused before1 it        
resembles           the meeting with an 
old one4--,,goldsmith4   ,,just how far 
books and reading are questions of      
taste1 or should be looked on as        
questions of taste merely1 is passing   
hard to say4 ,that there are prevailing 
fashions1 local-colour variations1 and a
 few more or less permanent models is   
noticeable to such a degree that an     
observer might conclude motley to be the
 only wear4 ,the readers seem to be no  
more able to agree in what they like    
than did the urchins over the           
pease-porridge in the nursery rhyme3    
,some like it hot1           ,some like 
it cold1           ,some like it in the 
pot           ,nine days old4  ,so it   
goes in books with every one to his own 
liking1 though the particular likings   
are a very unsubstantial guide to the   
literary merits of the books liked4 ,a  
book may become a fashion based on      

conventional acquiescence and           
appearances rather than on real worth4  
,let the judgment of individualism1 with
 courage and restraint1 lay bare the    
fashion1 and where then is its          
habitation or what is its name8 ,such   
judgment sets up more or less arbitrary 
lines of taste that run wide1 and it    
makes a guess at what is enduring       
literature1 a hazardous kind of guess4  
,yet the peculiar thing of it all is    
that in this guess pedantry is as likely
 to play false as is the capricious     
fancy of the reading public that takes  
the book of the hour1 whatever it be4   
,this makes a kind of self-constituted  
division of readers1 each satisfied with
 his lot and each serving a purpose4    
,some readers' tastes1 however1 are     
neither prudish nor slovenly4 ,they are 
very catholic and succeed in picking out
 what is good from both the bookish and 
the popular kinds of books4 ,they can   
read any book that is a book4 ,but you  
recall that ,charles ,lamb could not    

reckon directories1 scientific          
treatises1 the works of ,hume and       
,gibbon1 and generally those volumes    
which no gentleman's library should be  
without as being books4 ,if to these    
were added those books which no         
gentleman's library should contain1 we  
come to a field fairly easy of          
investigation4 ,in other words1 we must 
get back to that field that includes the
 literature of power rather than the    
literature of knowledge4 ,of course1 if 
somebody chooses to read blockheaded    
encyclopaedias1 withering economic      
essays1 proper ,sunday school books1    
sophomoric novels1 or privately printed 
verse1 that is purely his own concern2  
but such reading is beyond the pale of  
real books as they relate to            
well-regulated courses in the home or in
 school life4  ,how far is a teacher to 
be influenced in his selection of books 
for students by their lines of taste8   
,that depends on how far the tastes of  
readers in general indicate that books  

of their liking are to be classed as    
books of power1 as real literature4 ,it 
is rash to say that a book has real     
merit because it becomes the best seller
 of a season2 nor is it to be condemned 
for the very reason that it is a best   
seller4 ,however1 the general praise of 
a hundred thousand readers is not so    
much an index to the book's merit as the
 book is an index to the character of   
the readers who praise it4 ,unqualified 
laudation of a new book1 especially a   
novel1 is an annoying kind of hysteria  
that has failed to find any other       
outlet4 ,but the very fact that the book
 is opportune or spectacular carries it 
along4 ,it grows up and flourishes in a 
day1 and in a day dies out4  ,it is     
curious to note how times change in the 
reading world and with them lines of    
taste4 ,to-day the line most evident in 
the ,american reading public1 and the   
one most difficult to meet in the       
development of a taste for good books1  
is the passion to be up-to-date1 as its 

commercial phraseology would have it4   
,it is awakened by that wonderful agent1
 the advertising appeal1 that deals not 
with quality but with quantity4 ,in     
books it calls for a story1 and that    
story must be the latest or it is       
certain to be absolutely neglected4 ,on 
being asked what dish he preferred at a 
dinner1 ,thoreau said1 ,the nearest4    
,that was in keeping with his theory of 
cutting down the denominator2 the theory
 of the reader of the latest is one of  
multiplying the numerator4 ,as the      
proper thing1 each new book is taken1   
horns1 hide1 and tallow4 ,the reader's  
reverence for the present grows apace1  
and he no longer has use for old wine1  
old friends1 and old books4 ,this is a  
reflection of a widespread impression in
 ,american life that up to the present  
time but little truth of substantial    
value as to methods of living and       
thinking has been found out4 ,a         
wonderful industrial progress1 working  
through inventive skill1 has given the  

notion that anything over a generation  
old is scarcely worth a passing notice1 
a notion fatal to all art4 ,every one   
must seize in a hurry the newest thing  
in the market1 lest he be branded as out
 of date4 ,and it all looks as if       
everybody was trying to do what ,alice  
found them trying to do in ,wonderland1 
running as fast as they could to keep   
where they were4  ,this mad rush for the
 latest is largely aided and abetted by 
that invention of the devil1 the        
literary section of many ,sunday        
newspapers4 ,finding research a bit     
dull1 the ambitious or needy doctor of  
philosophy launches into literary       
criticism for the reading public4 ,he at
 once discovers that the college        
sophomore who wrote a particular story  
is another ,thackeray in style4 ,then in
 turn a ,dickens or a ,balzac is found  
out4 ,finally the news is passed on the 
,rialto that there is being issued a    
story combining the delightful          
characteristics of the three old        

masters4 ,and thus and thus it goes1    
with the whirligig of ,sunday newspaper 
criticism spinning out the tastes of the
 reading public4  ,now if these titled  
critics ever cease discovering great new
 books as regularly as the day of rest  
comes around1 or if the paper reading   
public cease to take these critics as   
truthful1 then the teacher may hope to  
find a more sympathetic field in which  
to work4 ,of course the teacher must    
shake off his pedantry and quit his     
foolishness in taking a classic beyond  
the years of the boy whose veins are    
full of red blood1 and putting it on a  
dissecting table for the study of       
etymology and syntax4 ,he must know     
fairly well the boy's likes and dislikes
 and remember that they are very strong4
 ,and he must also remember that the boy
 is joined to his idols1 and these are  
not to be broken until better ones are  
substituted4 ,iconoclasm for its own    
sake is sheer waste4 ,the teacher       
himself must be wedded to good          

literature1 or his efforts will avail   
little4 ,if he knows1 from his own quiet
 reading1 a few good books well1 that is
 enough4 ,sympathetic appreciation1 like
 good nature1 is contagious4 ,if the    
teacher does not appreciate the book1   
the boy will not--unless he does it out 
of pardonable perversity4  ,the teacher 
has more to do with shaping the boy's   
reading than he at first sees4 ,he is   
apt to hesitate because the public      
library1 ambitious for a circulation    
record1 gives the boy what he will be   
likely to read2 the ,sunday school      
library1 anxious to inculcate moral     
principles through stories false to     
life1 gives him what he does not want2  
the home1 eager to please him in every  
way1 gives him anything he asks for4    
,yet in the face of this threefold      
condition1 the wise and sympathetic     
teacher can direct an average course of 
reading that has in it more good than   
poor books4 ,to do this1 he must work   
along two lines3 discourage overreading 

and encourage ownership in books4 ,the  
practice of overreading is the worst    
reading practice in modern life4 ,like  
all extremism1 it is hard to meet4 ,it  
is as unpopular to oppose unlimited     
reading as it is to oppose unlimited    
charity or unlimited education2 yet they
 all need to be carried out in          
moderation4 ,the aim should be the      
mastery of a few good books and the     
discouragement of the passion for       
constant variety that indicates a lack  
of singleness of purpose through a lack 
of self-control and the power of        
sustained attention4 ,the greatest aid  
to this will be the encouragement of    
small savings and the buying of good    
editions4 ,when this is done1 encourage 
the boy to read out loud to his family  
at home in the evenings the portions of 
his book he likes best4 ,if he does     
this1 he and his book are friends as    
long as he continues reading4 ,soon he  
will have a small1 well-chosen1 and     
much-used library4 ,the boy who will buy

 a book with his own money1 will read   
aloud from it to his family1 will reread
 it1 is safely started on the way to    
becoming a well-read man4  ,after       
feeling the need of good books in the   
home where they can be turned to as the 
fancy directs1 and after feeling a      
desire to buy such books1 the boy will  
next need to know what titles to select4
 ,and that is no easy question4         
,temperament1 home circumstances1       
occupation1 and many other factors enter
 into it4 ,but the thing that helps out 
is the fact that the range of books of  
power is universal1 embracing so many   
moods1 that enough good titles may be   
found for any one1 however whimsical his
 tastes may be4 ,in fact the boy will   
find many more good books to his liking 
than he will ever find time to read1 or 
than he needs to read4 ,the problem will
 become one of exclusion4 ,two lists for
 two boys of different dispositions may 
vary widely and yet both be good        
literature4 ,but in the range of        

,english books there are a few that the 
common judgment of readers and the      
praise of critics have so generally     
classed as necessary to the shelves of a
 cultivated man1 that they should be    
given first place and in some way or    
other a reading and a rereading of them 
be secured4 ,it is not meant that       
reading is never to depart from this    
seemingly arbitrary standard4 ,that     
would be at least prudish1 to say       
nothing of its being impracticable4     
,what is meant is that such things as   
comic supplements1 at once stupid1      
silly1 and debauching to both the       
intellectual and the artistic tastes1   
should be kept from all boys4 ,the daily
 newspaper with its sensational         
head-lines telling of crimes is as bad1 
and the schoolboy has no business with  
it at all4 ,but maybe the practice most 
widespread and fatal to an appreciation 
of books of real worth and power is the 
addiction to juveniles in the ever      
issuing series4 ,if he has drunk to     

excess of these1 the boy will have      
hopelessly weakened his ability ever to 
appreciate anything great4 ,he will     
never be able to warm to the powerful   
deeds of ,odysseus1 ,hector1 or         
,joshua--he will be only a tolerable but
 proper grown-up4 ,in the face of these 
and many more hindrances1 reading will  
have to be rigidly directed1 and in that
 directing1 lines of appeal in the field
 of good literature can be drawn out4   
,generally the reason for a boy's       
revolting against a good book is the    
fact that whoever is in control of his  
reading presupposes that very thing4    
,the book is often timidly handed out   
and with something of an apologetic air4
 ,by some peculiar piece of judgment it 
is believed that the boy prefers the    
book that is both insipid and stupid4   
,this ineffectual effort arises from a  
lack of courage on the part of preceptor
 and parent3 the old1 old story of      
overindulgence4 ,what may be sauce for  
the father should not always be sauce   

for the son4 ,the theory that what is   
good for the one ought to be good for   
the other1 even to food and drink1 is   
only another sophism of a falsely       
sentimental age that is over-tolerant of
 what is called personal rights4 ,the   
fact that ,senator ,hoar delighted in an
 occasional yellow back1 is no reason   
why a boy should have such a story when 
he should be learning his catechism4    
,before venturing on a list of books    
that will serve the boy fairly well as  
he passes through the primary and the   
grammar grades of school1 a few of the  
superior books that have stood the test 
of time must be noticed4 ,they are      
fundamental in school and in general    
reading4 ,the arguments of literary     
critics as to what constitutes this good
 literature have no place in a work of  
this nature that aims to aid teachers   
and parents in selecting books for their
 children4 ,it is enough to know that   
the verdict of time has been rendered in
 favour of such books as ,the ,arabian  

,nights' ,entertainments1 ,robinson     
,crusoe1 and ,gulliver's ,travels4 ,a   
knowledge of such books is fundamental  
to any one who is ambitious to master   
the elements of ,english literature4    
,and the mere fact that he knows them   
well will give him a conscious strength 
and pardonable feeling of superiority   
that the unlettered youth cannot have4  
,after this he can be trusted to browse 
pretty much as he chooses4 ,he may      
occasionally find the bars down1 or     
maybe later go over the fences2 but he  
has learned to judge of what is worth   
while1 and will surely return to the    
books that gave him happy hours1        
whatever other tasks were laid on him4  
,in selecting this list for schoolboys  
there is a temptation to take works too 
mature for school age4 ,this may come   
from that lingering instinct that       
supposes every one1 no matter what the  
age1 to be interested in the same things
 in which you are interested4 ,the very 
best things for manhood are to be       

reserved for that time of life4 ,grammar
 school boys cannot appreciate the      
playful humour of ,lamb1 the prophetic  
scolding of ,carlyle1 or ,thackeray's   
keen analysis of human weaknesses and   
foibles2 neither can a high school boy  
do it1 and it is foolish to insist that 
it be done4 ,schoolboys are not men1 and
 they might be told to reserve the      
greater part of ,carlyle and ,thackeray 
until two or three years after they have
 cast their first vote4 ,neither author 
is adapted to a beardless youth4 ,but   
then we have that wonderful pair of     
story-tellers1 ,scott and ,stevenson6   
,what boy can resist them or would ever 
think of trying to do so8 ,if ,margaret 
,ogilvy would not lay down a book of    
that ,stevenson man until she had found 
out how the laddie got out of the       
barrel1 do you suppose that a boy with  
adventurous blood in his veins could do 
so8 ,though the best test for a child's 
book is the fact that it has charms for 
the grown-up1 he would certainly be     

foolish who would insist that the great 
books for mature men and women be read  
in youth4 ,it is after all school days  
are ended and the boy has become a man  
well started in the actual affairs of   
life that he can read and appreciate    
,vanity ,fair1 ,adam ,bede1 ,tess of the
 ,d',urbervilles1 or ,anna ,karenina4   
,the tendency to take great books for   
mature readers1 abridge and overedit    
them1 and then present them to          
adventurous boys by a laboratory method 
of minute dissection1 is annoying and   
foolish4 ,boys who still enjoy          
harnessing a dog to a wagon are neither 
university students nor good literary   
critics4 ,but they do like to find out  
how ,robinson ,crusoe made a canoe1 ,tom
 ,canty ate his first royal dinner1 or  
,david ,balfour helped ,alan ,breck     
defend the roundhouse4  ,naturally1 the 
first book to put into the hands of the 
primary school child to be called his   
own is a good illustrated edition of the
 ,mother ,goose rhymes4 ,there is       

nothing to take the place of that       
accumulated wisdom of the nursery that  
is so charming to the ear4 ,he has      
learned many of the jingles by word of  
mouth before his school age2 but he now 
needs to own the book himself1 read the 
words1 and look at the pictures4 ,the   
whole thing must be in one volume for   
him4 ,but what volume8 ,it is hardly    
safe to presuppose the possession of    
these nursery rhyme books before the    
school age1 though that is exactly where
 they belong4 ,maybe for this reason it 
is better to start with the edition of  
,kate ,greenaway that makes up in       
refinement and delicacy for what it     
lacks in power and intensity4 ,it is    
unfortunate that there is no available  
reprint of the original edition of      
,mother ,goose's ,melody compiled by    
,oliver ,goldsmith for ,john ,newbery   
about #agfe1 which contained the most   
celebrated songs and lullabies of the   
old ,british nurses1 calculated to amuse
 children and incite them to sleep4 ,to 

own such a quaint edition would surely  
be a delight4 ,nearly as quaint and     
delightful1 especially the              
illustrations1 is the ,only ,true       
,mother ,goose ,melodies now reprinted  
from the ,boston edition of #ahci4 ,of  
the editions of recent years there are  
many good ones1 the one appearing under 
the title of ,national ,rhymes of the   
,nursery having superior illustrations  
by ,leslie ,brooke1 but being marred by 
an artificial arrangement4 ,if some     
artist with the genius of ,cruikshank   
would give a few of the best years of   
his life to illustrating a complete     
collection of these rhymes1 he would    
become a benefactor of childhood4 ,and  
if such an edition were well made       
mechanically1 printed on good unglazed  
linen paper from large type and good    
woodcuts1 well sewed1 and bound in linen
 or leather1 the boy might consider     
himself favoured of the gods if he could
 call such a book his own4 ,these things
 that are old and pretty deserve to be  

well arrayed4 ,yet they deserve to be   
read for their own sake1 an enduring    
charm of sound4 ,professor ,saintsbury  
has clearly pointed out that they should
 never be twisted into an authentic     
meaning according to the spirit of      
severest scientism2 but they should be  
made to serve as anthems and doxologies 
to the goddess whom in this context it  
is not satirical to call ',divine       
,nonsensia1' who still in all lands and 
times condescends now and then to unbind
 the burden of meaning from the backs   
and brains of men1 and lets them rejoice
 once more in pure1 natural1 senseless  
sound4  ,after the nursery rhymes1 the  
next volumes for the boy's book shelf   
will be collections of fables and fairy 
tales4 ,the animal fable is easiest to  
start with1 and children like it best as
 a rule4 ,talking beasts kindle their   
imagination and stimulate their         
awakening powers4 ,fables are direct1   
simple1 wise1 and have a universal      
appeal4 ,in the delightful first chapter

 of ,the ,newcomes1 ,thackeray tells us 
that long ages before ,a,esop1 asses    
under lions' manes roared in ,hebrew1   
sly foxes flattered in ,etruscan1 and   
wolves in sheep's clothing gnashed their
 teeth in ,sanscrit4 ,they are a common 
inheritance for childhood4 ,the         
,english-speaking child has a number of 
very good collections at his command1   
among them being the one recently issued
 with illustrations by ,arthur ,rackham 
and another in the ,new ,cranford series
 illustrated by ,richard ,heighway1 and 
he should surely own the one or the     
other4 ,but in neither is the drawing   
quite so charming as is that of ,boutet 
de ,monvel for the ,french fables of ,la
 ,fontaine4  ,what a pity that there is 
no single volume of fairy tales to meet 
the child's demands6 ,it should contain 
the best of the ,english folk tales1 the
 best of ,perrault1 the brothers ,grimm1
 ,andersen1 and others2 should have     
illustrations of the merit of           
,cruikshank's2 should be artistically   

printed and bound--and it should be a   
big book4 ,children love big books4 ,a  
child's book on thin paper and bound in 
limp leather would not be a child's     
book4 ,coloured illustrations are not   
necessary2 children like a few lines in 
black and white2 but it is necessary to 
have the book a kind of ponderous tome4 
,then it can be read on the floor while 
it rests on the boy's knees as he sits  
cross-legged before the fire2 or1 better
 still1 while he lies on his belly1 his 
chin in his hands and his feet swaying  
in the air4 ,while he is small1 no real 
boy was ever designed to sit upright on 
a chair and hold a small book ten inches
 from his eyes1 with the light coming   
over his left shoulder4 ,maybe some     
philanthropic publisher will some day   
issue a big book of tales to be owned by
 the boy and read at his ease4 ,but the 
lack of it to-day necessitates the      
building up of a fairy library4  ,the   
first book to be put into the fairy     
library might be the charming ,golden   

,goose ,book of ,leslie ,brooke1        
followed by ,cruikshank's ,fairy ,book4 
,the ,mother ,goose tales as first      
collected by ,perrault should now be    
owned in a well-illustrated ,english    
translation4 ,on account of their humour
 and their common everyday tone1 the    
,english household and folk tales will  
make a strong appeal4 ,scudder's ,folk  
,stories1 ,s4 ,baring-,gould's ,old     
,english ,fairy ,tales1 and ,fairy-,gold
 by ,ernest ,rhys are all good in their 
way2 but ,english ,fairy ,tales by      
,joseph ,jacobs1 with its amusing       
illustrations by ,john ,batton1 is told 
in the simplest and most dramatic way1  
and it should be owned by every boy4    
,there is one collection of fairy tales 
that should come into the boy's         
possession about the end of the third   
school year1 and that book is the       
excellent work of the brothers ,grimm1  
whatever be the title4 ,the one superior
 translation is the one made by ,edward 
,taylor about #ahbf1 and a reprint of it

 issued in #ahgh1 with ,cruikshank's    
etchings and ,ruskin's introduction4    
,but there are many good and simple     
translations that are well illustrated4 
,after these highly imaginative tales of
 the ,german fireside1 there should be  
owned a good translation of the romantic
 and refined tales of the ,north1 the   
fairy tales of ,hans ,christian         
,andersen4 ,to these stories are many   
excellent illustrations1 including those
 of ,stratton1 ,tegner1 and ,dulac4 ,it 
may not be possible and maybe not       
desirable to own editions of the tales  
of ,d',aulnoy1 ,laboulaye1 ,hauff1 and  
others1 for the best of their stories   
may be found in some compilations4      
,among these are ,mother ,goose ,nursery
 ,tales issued by ,nister1 ,andrew      
,lang's ,blue ,fairy ,book1 ,big ,book  
of ,fairy ,tales collected by ,walter   
,jerrold1 ,a ,child's ,book of ,stories 
illustrated by ,jessie ,wilcox ,smith   
and the recently issued attractive      
edition of ,the ,fairy ,book by ,dinah  

,maria ,mulock4 ,a distinct service     
could have been rendered to children if 
,andrew ,lang had selected the best of  
the stories from his voluminous and     
unequally good colour fairy books and   
had issued them in one large1 well-made 
volume with artistic illustrations4     
,and yet there remains the greatest and 
most wonderful of all fairy tales1 the  
,tales of a ,thousand and ,one ,nights1 
to be begun with the easier tales now1  
but only to be enjoyed thoroughly in the
 upper grammar grades4 ,no other book is
 so romantic or so entrancing1 nor does 
anybody ever get too old to read it4 ,it
 worked its spell on ,coleridge1 for he 
wrote3 ,give me the ',arabian ,nights'  
,entertainments' which ,i used to watch1
 till the sun shining on the bookcase   
appeared1 and1 glowing full upon it1    
gave me the courage to take it from the 
shelf4 ,and was it not this book that   
made wonderful little ,marjorie ,fleming
 willing to sleep at the foot of the bed
 where she could continually read it8   

,the translation made by ,edward        
,william ,lane in #ahci and illustrated 
by ,william ,harvey under his direction 
will never be surpassed2 but ,jonathan  
,scott's translation is easier for the  
boy to read4 ,many well-illustrated but 
not always well-edited editions may be  
found4  ,will a boy read ,alice's       
,adventures in ,wonderland8 ,should a   
boy read ,alice's ,adventures in        
,wonderland8 ,yes and yes6 ,any boy who 
cannot enjoy the most delightful fooling
 that was ever put into a book deserves 
the greatest of sympathy4 ,he is        
certainly full of unmannerly sadness in 
his youth4 ,where else was there ever   
such clever and curious nonsense8 ,what 
mathematician other than ,dodgson ever  
put before boys and girls such enduring 
work8 ,it is a case where two and two   
does not always make four1 but it does  
always make the pleasing thing4 ,much   
that goes as serious literature is not  
half so wise as is the playfulness of   
this book1 nor is it so worthy of being 

thoroughly known and appreciated4 ,of   
course there are a few perpendicular    
people who see not that it has abiding  
charms4 ,they cannot double or shake to 
the mood of its nonsense--nor do they   
find it grow curiouser and curiouser    
with each reading4 ,yet it is a classic 
for children1 and it is going to endure4
  ,as a general rule1 books for children
 are cast in a rather serious mood4     
,this is true of the myth and the       
romantic fairy tale4 ,but the element of
 humour creeps into the ,english and the
 ,german household tales1 for humour is 
necessary to all earnest living4 ,how   
far this sense of humour is to be       
developed is a question hard to answer4 
,this much is true1 however3 in mature  
years and under the full responsibility 
of life1 a keen sense of humour is about
 the only thing that will save a man    
from himself at times1 preserve his     
balance when he is nearing the          
borderland of tragedy4 ,now what is to  
be the nature of this humour8 ,is it to 

be the insipid burlesque that finds its 
pleasure in the medical almanac and the 
comic supplement8 ,or is it to be the   
kind that wears the sock with brains and
 taste1 the kind that ,touchstone has8  
,the latter is the one that sparkles and
 is worth while4 ,it is the kind that   
the child starts with in ,alice's       
,adventures in ,wonderland and ,the     
,rose and the ,ring4 ,it is the product 
of men who possess qualities of mind and
 heart such as ,thackeray did4 ,how     
,shakespeare must have doted on his     
jesters6 ,and what musical nonsense     
refrains he wrote4  ,all this bears out 
,de ,quincey's saying that only a man of
 extraordinary talent can write         
nonsense4 ,and nonsense literature is a 
test of the ability of a reader4 ,pitt  
once exclaimed3 ,don't tell me of a     
man's being able to talk sense2 every   
one can talk sense4 ,can he talk        
nonsense8 ,now a child will talk        
nonsense and delight in it1 even if it  
is nothing but a counting-out rhyme4    

,then he will come to prefer nonsense of
 a refined type1 innocent and fantastic 
verse4 ,a book of this kind that he will
 take a fancy to is ,edward ,lear's     
,nonsense ,songs2 and if it is the      
edition illustrated by ,leslie ,brooke1 
he will be grateful when a nonsense mood
 is on him4 ,ruskin called it the most  
beneficent and innocent of all nonsense 
books4 ,the boy might start with this   
book1 go to ,alice's ,adventures in     
,wonderland1 and then try ,the ,rose and
 the ,ring4 ,when he reaches the upper  
grammar grades1 he will then enjoy the  
splendid retelling of ,the ,adventures  
of ,don ,quixote1 by ,judge ,parry1 with
 ,walter ,crane's illustrations4 ,if he 
does this1 on reaching man's estate he  
will keep some favourite translation of 
this wonderful book of ,cervantes in a  
convenient pocket edition along with his
 ,pickwick ,papers4  ,before going to   
the class of books based on myths1 one  
brief work must be mentioned1 not only  
because it marks an epoch in the making 

of children's books1 but also because it
 is a child's classic with real merit1  
and about the only one on such a theme4 
,nearly all others of this kind are     
prudish1 priggish1 and inartistic4 ,this
 one happens to have a loftiness of     
tone4 ,its style is as charming as this 
whimsical title3 ,the ,history of       
,little ,goody ,two ,shoes1 otherwise   
called ,mrs4 ,marjory ,two ,shoes1 the  
means by which she acquired her learning
 and wisdom1 and in consequence thereof 
her estate2 set forth at large for the  
benefit of those            ,who from a 
state of ,rags and ,care1               
,and having ,shoes but half a ,pair2    
,their ,fortune and their ,fame would   
fix1            ,and gallop in a ,coach 
and ,six4  ,if any one is in doubt as to
 who wrote this book1 the inscription to
 all young gentlemen and ladies who are 
good1 or intend to be good ought to     
convince him4 ,intend to be good1 was   
not that ,goldsmith--and the rest of us8
 ,an edition of this historic story with

 pictures after the original woodcuts of
 #agfe should be in the hands of every  
child4  ,though ,america's contribution 
to children's literature of an enduring 
type has been limited1 it is gratifying 
to know that ,america's most finished   
artist1 ,nathaniel ,hawthorne1 has given
 to that literature two books that every
 boy must know1 ,wonder-,book for ,girls
 and ,boys and ,tanglewood ,tales for   
,girls and ,boys2 a ,second             
,wonder-,book4 ,that every boy who is   
going to become a mature reader of good 
books needs to know the myths of ,greece
 and ,rome1 goes without saying4 ,now he
 had better learn these from a book     
having a literary touch than from the   
ordinary telling of text-books4 ,for    
this reason he should completely master 
these two books by ,hawthorne4 ,the     
illustrated edition of the former by    
,walter ,crane and ,george ,wharton     
,edwards' illustrations of the latter   
are both fine4 ,not so good as these    
two1 yet necessary1 is ,charles         

,kingsley's ,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy  
,tales for ,my ,children4 ,and the      
telling of the story of the ,odyssey by 
,charles ,lamb in his ,adventures of    
,ulysses is good to read1 but rather    
difficult before the last year of the   
grammar grades4 ,the wonderful exploits 
of the heroes in the ,iliad should be   
familiar to every boy1 and he can get   
them about all in ,bulfinch's ,age of   
,fable as well as anywhere else4 ,this  
book he must surely own1 and whether it 
is called merely a text-book or not1 it 
is the best work that has yet appeared  
on the mythology of the world as it is  
found in classical allusions of ,english
 books4 ,if he learns the story of the  
siege of ,troy and the return to ,ithaca
 from this book1 he may want to hear    
,chapman speak out loud and bold a few  
years later4  ,does any schoolboy from a
 home other than one in which ,puritan  
notions yet prevail read ,pilgrim's     
,progress8 ,if he does not1 the fault is
 not in the book4 ,it is as interesting 

as it is vitally true1 and has been     
positively helpful4 ,according to       
,macaulay1 it has been loved by those   
too simple to admire it4 ,there is      
really no such thing as an uninteresting
 great book4 ,there are uninterested    
people1 though there should not be an   
uninterested normal boy4 ,if there is1  
he is a victim of the emasculating      
process of sugar-coated teaching1       
parental indulgence1 and vaudeville     
amusement4 ,or maybe he has the habit of
 the boy's series1 that cuts all        
characters to the same fashion1 the     
fashion of prudery4 ,in either case he  
will never be a pilgrim4 ,of course it  
would be foolish to insist on a boy's   
reading many such books1 even if there  
were more like it written4 ,you might as
 well insist on seven sermons a week for
 a man4 ,one in seven days seems often  
enough to be effective2 and one great   
book like this one1 if well mastered1 is
 all that the boy needs4 ,in mature     
years he can again read it and marvel at

 its intrinsic greatness and find it    
something of a reflection of his own    
experiences in life4 ,and by having done
 this he may chance to read such great  
poetical allegories as the ,faerie      
,queene and the ,divine ,comedy4  ,as   
this allegory of ,bunyan's represented  
the spiritual experiences of life as the
 ,puritan saw it1 so does ,robinson     
,crusoe represent the ,puritan view of  
the practical virtues in experience1    
such as the virtues of prudence1        
ingenuity1 and patience4 ,but for all   
this it is one of the most fascinating  
and typical of ,english stories1 and one
 of the really great ones4 ,every lad   
must know this book4 ,stevenson tells of
 a ,welsh blacksmith who learned to read
 that he might add this hero to his     
possibilities of experience4  ,the third
 book of that great half-century        
following the ,restoration is one of the
 few books written to be read by men    
that has become a child's classic4 ,no  
wonder ,swift afterwards exclaimed1     

,what a genius ,i had when ,i wrote that
 book6 ,yet children read it with       
pleasure without seeing anything in it  
but the interesting adventures of       
,gulliver4 ,of course1 the voyages to   
,lilliput and to ,brobdingnag are the   
only ones to be given to the boy1 and it
 is unfortunate that publishers have not
 generally recognized this in issuing   
,gulliver's ,travels for children4 ,it  
is less necessary to read the other two 
voyages than it is to read the second   
part of ,pilgrim's ,progress and the    
,further ,adventures of ,robinson       
,crusoe4  ,there is a field of reading  
very much akin to the field of mythology
 in which there is no single book that  
the boy can read that is so permanent in
 its form as is the ,wonder-,book1 yet  
it is a field in which the boy should   
feel at home4 ,that is the field that   
includes the ,arthurian legends and the 
,robin ,hood stories4 ,among the many   
books that have appeared1 the excellent 
work done by the poet ,lanier in his    

,boy's ,king ,arthur and by the late    
artist ,howard ,pyle should surely find 
a place on every boy's book shelf4 ,much
 of ,malory is retained in the former1  
and the conventional drawings in the    
latter make a strong appeal despite the 
widespread mania for colour4 ,the boy   
who has become attached to his ,age of  
,fable might satisfy his curiosity in   
this romantic field by the almost       
equally good ,age of ,chivalry and ,the 
,legends of ,charlemagne4  ,at what age 
should a boy turn to ,shakespeare8 ,that
 depends on the boy4 ,if he is an       
average child1 he should have something 
of the plays read to him at a fairly    
young age2 but it is doubtful if he can 
do much on his own account before the   
high school age is reached4 ,he might1  
however1 be urged to attempt ,a         
,midsummer-,night's ,dream1 ,the        
,tempest1 and ,king ,henry ,v4 ,at about
 the age of twelve or fourteen years he 
should own a good illustrated edition in
 one volume such as the one done by ,sir

 ,john ,gilbert4 ,but be this as it may1
 he has a right to get something of a   
glimpse of the wonderful things in these
 plays through that admirable telling of
 some of them in ,lamb's ,tales from    
,shakespeare4 ,though it may be ,lamb   
instead of ,shakespeare1 there is no    
better book of retold stones in ,english
 than this work of ,thackeray's ,dear   
,saint ,charles and his sister ,mary4   
,this brings up the question of the     
boy's reading of poetry and the books   
that he should own4 ,as suggested in a  
former chapter1 the one good collection 
is ,palgrave's ,children's ,treasury of 
,english ,song4 ,there is no second one 
in this class2 for all others seem to   
have some fatal defects of judgment1    
though they are usually printed in more 
attractive form4 ,the publishers of this
 anthology need to issue a well printed1
 well illustrated1 and well bound       
edition1 and the book stores need to put
 it on their shelves1 where it is now   
almost a total stranger4 ,but the       

approach to such a collection should be 
gradual4 ,it might start in the second  
grade with ,kate ,greenaway's edition of
 ,dame ,wiggins of ,lee and ,her ,seven 
,wonderful ,cats2 a ,humorous ,tale     
,written ,principally by a ,lady of     
,ninety1 and ,caldecott's ,john         
,gilpin's ,ride4 ,this could be followed
 with ,kate ,greenaway's or ,hope       
,dunlap's ,pied ,piper of ,hamelin4 ,and
 all children must have ,stevenson's ,a 
,child's ,garden of ,verses with        
illustrations by either ,florence ,edith
 ,storer or ,jessie ,wilcox ,smith4     
,eugene ,field's ,poems of ,childhood1  
illustrated by ,maxfield ,parrish1      
deserves a place1 as does the dainty    
volume of ,blake's ,songs of ,innocence1
 illustrated by ,geraldine ,morris4 ,if 
on reaching the upper grammar grades the
 boy has found pleasure in his          
,children's ,treasury of ,english ,song1
 he might be urged to own complete      
editions of a few of the poets4 ,the    
first volume should be the poems of     

,longfellow1 not because of his         
greatness but because he is the best    
loved of our noted poets and the easiest
 one for the boy to read4 ,the next     
volume should be one of ,tennyson1 where
 he will find things actually great4 ,if
 he comes to prefer ,the ,passing of    
,arthur to ,enoch ,arden1 he is         
developing taste and judgment and will  
later enjoy ,milton and ,wordsworth4    
,there are two books of recent years1   
,the ,jungle ,book and ,the ,second     
,jungle ,book1 that have intrinsic worth
 and charm and should be owned by every 
boy about his fifth school year4 ,the   
superior tales are the ,mowgli stories1 
and it is a pity they are not issued in 
a single volume4 ,where was there ever a
 more intense or dramatic story written 
than ,red ,dog8 ,how does it happen that
 teachers seldom give these stories to  
children1 but manage to waste plenty of 
good time on insipid1 made-to-order     
stories designed to teach mercy to      
animals8 ,these animal stories for a    

purpose are like most verse for an      
occasion--an offence against literary   
art4 ,let the boy learn of the charms   
and the tragedies of animal life in the 
jungle4  ,when the boy's reading shifts 
toward the romance and the novel1 he    
needs to guard against overreading1     
indiscriminate reading1 and being       
bewildered by the multitude of books    
from which to choose4 ,for a while he   
had better keep to such books as ,the   
,prince and the ,pauper and ,treasure   
,island4 ,if he is not at once          
interested in that plot based on the    
universal desire to change lots with    
some one else1 or the universal longing 
to find a hidden treasure1 he either has
 perverted tastes or is without any     
tastes at all4 ,from these it is an easy
 step to the forest life of ,the ,last  
of the ,mohicans and the life of        
chivalry presented in ,ivanhoe4 ,he will
 then surely like that charming story of
 romantic home life1 ,lorna ,doone4     
,some teacher may wonder if books other 

than stories and verse are not to be    
read4 ,of course they are1 and they will
 be anyhow4 ,yet they are not books of  
power1 fundamental to the growth of     
personality2 they are books of knowledge
 of one kind or another4 ,just where the
 division line is to be drawn and which 
is the right class for this book and    
that1 is hard to say1 and matters little
 when it is determined2 but the place of
 a few has been definitely fixed by     
experience1 and they happen to be       
stories4 ,that great literary field of  
comfort to men1 the personal essay1 is  
beyond the schoolboy4 ,and so is much of
 biography and history4 ,but there can  
be found for him to read many books1    
such as ,tales of a ,grandfather1 ,a    
,child's ,history of ,england1          
,southey's ,life of ,nelson1 ,two ,years
 ,before the ,mast1 ,the ,oregon ,trail1
 ,franklin's ,autobiography1 and some   
good abridgment of ,plutarch's ,lives1  
that make an order of books different   
from ,robinson ,crusoe1 ,pilgrim's      

,progress1 and ,arabian ,nights'        
,entertainments2 yet they ought to be   
read after a few of the greater ones    
have been mastered4 ,many a boy may be  
greatly helped and inspired to honest   
effort by ,samuel ,smiles' ,self-,help1 
yet no one would think of classing it as
 great literature4 ,this1 together with 
books on travel and the wonders of      
science and invention will take care of 
themselves1 and the average boy will    
pick up enough of them of his own       
accord4 ,what he needs is a book that by
 its imaginative power lifts him above  
the commonplace facts of everyday life4 
,if the foundation be laid in the       
enduring work of a few great books1 what
 is built thereon will abundantly reward
 the early effort of mastering them4    
,there is yet one book of powerful and  
pure ,english that must be mentioned4   
,the boy should have early heard it read
 aloud1 learned passages from it by     
heart1 and have read parts of it on his 
own account4 ,in proportion as he has   

gathered the richness of this book will 
he have a grasp on clear language and   
clear understanding4 ,that book is the  
version of the ,bible authorized by     
,king ,james4 ,it gave to our fathers   
not only their faith but also that grip 
on racy1 clear1 and vigorous ,english   
that made many an artisan a better      
talker and writer than the man trained  
in the halls of higher learning4 ,it has
 had a power above all other books in   
,english to stir the imagination and    
move the soul1 and this without regard  
to any particular religious belief4 ,no 
book has ever told stories with the     
ease1 directness1 and intensity of this 
one4 ,its style expresses the strongest 
and deepest feelings of                 
,english-speaking men4 ,and this style  
has been caught by such masters of prose
 in their own centuries as ,bunyan and  
,lincoln4 ,yet it is evident to teachers
 that the great stories of the          
,scriptures are not known by children4  
,the ,bible needs to be dusted and read1

 even if it is brought about by the     
strong hand of authority in the home and
 in the school4  ,taste in books can be 
directed1 or at least modified1 and the 
authority to direct must be about its   
business with the urchins at school4    
,the aphorism that you can lead a horse 
to the water but you cannot make him    
drink1 is only half true4 ,if the water 
is kept under his nose and there is a   
good grip on the halter1 he will be     
drinking before he is aware of it4 ,in  
fact1 he may need to be led away at     
times to keep him from drinking too     
much4 ,the business of the school       
teacher is to get the boy to the trough 
and then see that he does not drink too 
much4 ,this will be a thing of effort1  
for at every turn there are the springs 
of juvenile series1 ,sunday ,school     
,pharisees1 comic supplements1 and      
penny-dreadfuls that flow as if they    
would never cease4 ,the boy needs to    
develop a sort of anchorite spirit and  
seek out a secluded place with an armful

 of books that are really worth while4  
,the armful which he needs to own and be
 friends with might be something like   
the following1 if such a list can be    
ventured without offence to that strong 
spirit of individualism that will call  
it wooden and lock-step2 yet that in its
 iconoclasm and mental anarchy gets     
nowhere and does nothing4 ,this is the  
list by grades3 ,first grade--,mother   
,goose ,rhymes1 ,brooke's ,the ,golden  
,goose ,book1 ,dame ,wiggins of ,lee and
 ,her ,seven ,wonderful ,cats2 second   
grade--,a,esop's ,fables1 ,the          
,cruikshank ,fairy ,book1 ,goldsmith's  
,the ,history of ,little ,goody ,two    
,shoes2 third grade--,carroll's ,alice's
 ,adventures in ,wonderland1 ,jacobs'   
,english ,fairy ,tales1 ,stevenson's ,a 
,child's ,garden of ,verses1 ,scudder's 
,the ,children's ,book2 fourth          
grade--,grimm's ,fairy and ,household   
,tales1 ,andersen's ,fairy ,tales1      
,browne's ,granny's ,wonderful ,chair1  
,thackeray's ,the ,rose and the ,ring2  

fifth grade--,hawthorne's ,the          
,wonder-,book for ,girls and ,boys and  
,tanglewood ,tales for ,girls and ,boys2
 a ,second ,wonder-,book1 ,kingsley's   
,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy ,tales for   
,my ,children1 ,swift's ,gulliver's     
,travels into ,several ,remote ,nations 
of the ,world1 ,kipling's ,the ,jungle  
,book and ,the ,second ,jungle ,book2   
sixth grade--,arabian ,nights'          
,entertainments1 ,lamb's ,adventures of 
,ulysses1 ,defoe's ,the ,life and       
,strange ,adventures of ,robinson       
,crusoe1 ,pyle's ,the ,merry ,adventures
 of ,robin ,hood1 ,palgrave's ,the      
,children's ,treasury of ,english ,song2
 seventh grade--,bunyan's ,the          
,pilgrim's ,progress1 ,lanier's ,the    
,boy's ,king ,arthur1 ,twain's ,the     
,prince and the ,pauper1 ,cervantes'    
,the ,adventures of ,don ,quixote of the
 ,mancha1 ,stevenson's ,treasure        
,island2 eighth grade--,lamb's ,tales   
from ,shakespeare1 ,cooper's ,the ,last 
of the ,mohicans1 ,scott's ,ivanhoe1    

,blackmore's ,lorna ,doone1 ,bulfinch's 
,the ,age of ,fable2 or1 the ,beauties  
of ,mythology4  ,the savings necessary  
to buy these books1 the time spent in   
reading and rereading them1 the power   
and taste that will come from both of   
these efforts1--these will serve the boy
 when he comes to man's estate4 ,for no 
work in a finishing school or in college
 ,english can ever give him what he will
 get of his own accord by having good   
books as his companions during his      
public school life4 ,let him try the    
list with the hope that it will meet    
,ruskin's comment3 ,of course you must  
or will read other books for amusement1 
once or twice2 but you will find that   
these have an element of perpetuity in  
them4     ,,chapter ,,iv  ,,on ,,the    
,,purchase ,,and ,,care ,,of ,,books    
,knowing ,i lov'd my books1 he furnish'd
 me1            ,from my own library1   
with volumes that            ,i prize   
above my dukedom4--,,prospero4   ,,the  
publishing of books is like the brook in

 the poem1 it goes on forever4 ,the     
number and variety found on sale at the 
end of each year is truly bewildering4  
,the flesh is becoming wearied with the 
number and the spirit perturbed with the
 variety4 ,the prospective buyer does   
not know where or how to begin1 and     
about the only way out of the confusion 
is to do as the brothers did in the     
story1 buy them by the yard4 ,for the   
man of long purse it is a convenient way
 to untie the library knot2 but after   
this has been done the question of where
 to begin reading is a harder one than  
where to begin buying had been4 ,there  
was much philosophy in the remark of the
 quickly made millionaire1 who after    
having bought many editions de luxe of  
standard authors1 said3 ,now give me    
something that ,i can read1 a few       
stories of ,old ,sleuth and ,nick       
,carter4 ,though his taste might be     
questioned1 his remark hit the nail on  
the head--a few books that can be read4 
,that is what the average buyer is      

after4 ,and these few must be books that
 are worth while1 must be taken from the
 multitude1 and must be taken one or two
 at a time if they are to be properly   
enjoyed4 ,each season brings a few of   
these in new and attractive editions4   
,by them must the library be slowly     
built up4 ,the purchase of many volumes 
at a time1 even if they are good        
volumes1 is something few readers can   
stand4 ,it is like the sudden           
acquisition of wealth or the sudden     
coming into fame3 a stumbling block to  
the greatest of pleasures1 the slow but 
certain enrichment of life4 ,many a good
 student has been spoiled by being      
turned loose in a school library that   
cost him no effort or inconvenience to  
acquire4 ,ease of access and            
intemperance of use are things on which 
he will fall down4 ,and therein is the  
foolishness of parents in supplying     
their children all at once with that    
great and varied load that has several  
times appeared under different names1   

but with the general title of libraries 
for young folk4 ,there is much good and 
conveniently arranged material in all of
 them2 but it is this very thing of     
coming into the child's possession all  
at once that makes them objectionable4  
,books1 like many other luxuries1 should
 not be indulged in to excess4  ,books  
for the boy should largely be purchased 
out of his own savings4 ,no book bought 
in this way will be left unread4 ,some  
persuasion on the part of teachers and  
parents will be necessary to bring about
 this practice of saving4 ,a month or so
 before ,christmas or the summer        
vacation the town boy ought to be told  
to save the money he is used to spending
 on candy and picture shows that he may 
buy for himself a book4 ,the country boy
 can do the same thing by hoeing corn a 
few more days for a neighbour or raising
 a few more chickens on his own account4
 ,as they should1 books will also come  
as gifts1 and poor judgment on the part 
of the giver is very unfortunate4 ,the  

giving of a poor book that can hardly be
 afforded is kind-hearted as an act2 but
 the boy who feels by courtesy bound to 
read it is surely a helpless victim4    
,yet in his own family he should be     
given a book twice each year1 on his    
birthday and at ,christmas time4 ,in    
fact he needs to be taught always to    
celebrate the one and hang up his       
stocking on the other2 for no two       
practices will be so likely to keep him 
from falling into cynicism in mature    
years--especially if each anniversary   
brings with it a helpful book4 ,highly  
prized as will be these good books the  
boy receives as gifts1 they will never  
mean quite the same to him as the books 
bought at a sacrifice to himself4 ,when 
all is said and done1 about the best    
indication of practical wisdom in this  
age of prodigality is economy of        
savings4 ,it will surely be followed by 
economy of time and energy4 ,the boy who
 is taught to save money for the        
purchase of something of permanent value

 has a good start in the right          
direction4 ,the most reasonable thing to
 buy with these savings is a few good   
books4  ,what shall the reader buy1 and 
where shall it be bought8 ,to the former
 question a partial answer has already  
been attempted1 but to the latter one   
the answer is more uncertain4 ,in a     
general way a book might be bought as   
any other article is bought1 where the  
same quality can be bought cheapest4    
,but that principle is based on the     
advertising appeal1 an appeal that is   
strong where extravagance and           
wastefulness abound4 ,the making1       
selling1 and buying of books is no      
exception to this rule of trade4 ,books1
 like other articles1 are now bought and
 sold according to fashion1 and the     
official pot of fashion must be kept    
boiling if it takes the last penny4 ,and
 like other fashions book fashions      
change1 even to morals and heroines2 so 
that a body might as well be out of the 
reading world as to be out of fashion in

 it4 ,just now the fashion seems to turn
 out books with morbid morals and       
mediocre heroines1 and yet the people   
continue to read them and talk about    
them4 ,the story is drawn1 printed1     
bought1 read1 dramatized1 heard1 and    
praised--even from the pulpit4 ,and     
before there is time for you to compose 
yourself in peace1 a new emotion is     
sprung on which all must dilate alike4  
,this is the hubbub about the multitude 
of new books that makes the buying of a 
few standard ones something of a        
problem4 ,the classics1 especially for  
children1 either in old or in new       
editions1 are hidden in the confusion4  
,and because of the talk the youngsters 
hear they want to read the book their   
parents are reading1 as they are curious
 to read the daily paper1 a thing never 
designed for any schoolboy to do4 ,for  
this reason they need to be urged       
strongly to buy the book that is old and
 tried by years of helpful reading4     
,the advertising appeal that persuades a

 buyer of books to invest in what he    
does not want and cannot use is active  
in two ways1 through travelling agents  
and at the book counters of department  
stores4 ,of all the hindrances to the   
building up of a small library out of   
savings for that purpose1 the proverbial
 book agent is the greatest4 ,this      
master of the art of persuasive         
perseverance1 with his oilcloth bag     
hidden under the frock of his coat1 has 
filched many a hard-earned dollar from  
the farmer4 ,if he had had either the   
artifice or the charity to get the money
 and not deliver the book1 the effect of
 his pernicious activity would not be so
 marked4 ,yet what he sells as a book   
takes its place on the centre-table with
 others of its kind to waste the time of
 winter evenings and wet days for a     
generation4 ,that interesting and rather
 convenient character1 the pedler with  
his pack1 has passed away2 but the agent
 and his book continue to flourish4 ,can
 no one propose a short way with book   

agents8  ,in the city the confusion is  
wrought by the woman agent and the girl 
clerk4 ,next to resisting civilly the   
entreaties of the agent in black is for 
a man1 after having threaded that modern
 labyrinth1 the department store1 and   
having halted at the book counter to    
take his bearings1 to be pounced upon by
 the clerk in black before he has had   
time to thumb a single volume1 and asked
 if he has been waited on4 ,he watches  
the cosmopolitan stream of buyers       
tossing about the cosmopolitan          
collection of book bargains on the main 
aisle counter1 and then retreats in     
confusion to seek some old-fashioned    
book store where he can loaf in ease and
 think of what he wants to buy4 ,though 
scarcely willing to admit the claim of  
many buyers and readers of books that it
 is not good book-buying etiquette to   
purchase a book at a department store1  
he feels at least that it is not a      
quiet1 convenient1 and wise way4 ,and   
the pity of it all is1 that out of this 

shuffle and clatter the child is made   
the victim of the poor book that is     
bought because it can be bought cheap4  
,the fairly well arranged book store is 
the one place where a book for a boy may
 be bought in proper form4 ,though the  
second-hand book store is an interesting
 place for the man who has not the germ 
fear1 it is no place to get a boy's     
book4 ,and the old-fashioned book shop  
that must have been a joy to the man of 
reading tastes has passed1 as has the   
old apothecary shop4 ,from their modern 
offspring1 the book store and the drug  
store1 we must get our books and our    
physic4 ,it is on the shelves of these  
book stores that buyers like to explore 
and make discoveries of editions4 ,if   
the particular edition be known1 a good 
way to buy is to order books directly by
 mail from the publisher4 ,in fact1 this
 is what often has to be done in small  
towns and in country districts where    
well-stocked shelves are not within     
reach4 ,yet few buyers can adjust       

themselves to the practice of buying    
anything that they have not seen4 ,they 
like to feel the response of the book to
 the touch1 see the type and the        
illustrations and the binding4 ,this is 
all good where the store carries a      
complete stock2 but if every good book  
wanted has to be ordered for the buyer1 
he might as well do it himself directly 
from the publisher4 ,from these         
publishers good descriptive catalogues  
may be had for the asking1 and by means 
of them the book not found at the store 
may be ordered4  ,at the usual book     
store1 whether purely secular or        
connected with the publishing house of a
 denominational church1 books for men   
are bought with greater ease than books 
for children4 ,a well-selected list of  
titles for boys is seldom found4 ,the   
ubiquitous juveniles are lined up as    
usual1 but good reprints of children's  
classics are absent4 ,the uninformed    
buyer is at the mercy of the more       
uninformed clerk4 ,out of the indecision

 of the one and the advice of the other 
something wholly unfit for the boy is   
bought4 ,the poor book received as a    
gift is beyond the boy's control and a  
delicate matter to handle2 but the      
buying of a poor book with good money is
 a serious blunder4 ,about the only safe
 way is to know what you want before you
 go into the store1 dig it out from the 
shelves yourself1 and have the clerk do 
nothing but wrap it up and give you your
 change4 ,if you are not settled on what
 you want1 get into the habit of reading
 the book numbers of some journal like  
,the ,nation1 or consult with the       
well-informed heads of the children's   
departments of public libraries4  ,the  
particular edition of a book to be      
bought is largely a question of taste   
and of the money at the command of the  
buyer4 ,many a boy sees little in fine1 
well-illustrated editions4 ,what he     
wants is the story without regard to its
 dress4 ,he may become wedded to the    
poorly made1 unattractive book that has 

opened up new lands to him1 just as many
 a child has formed a greater attachment
 for a small rag doll than for an       
expensive one of wax4 ,again1           
circumstances may necessitate the buying
 of a twenty-five or fifty-cent edition 
of a book instead of a two or three     
dollar one4 ,yet this is true3 if the   
book is bought at a sacrifice and is to 
serve for a lifetime 7and no old book   
that has served its owner well ought    
ever to be replaced by a new one71 the  
best edition available should be bought1
 even if it is expensive4 ,of course1   
this largely depends on the book4       
,mother ,goose1 some treasury of poetry1
 ,a,esop1 stories from ,shakespeare1 a  
favourite collection of fairy tales1 and
 all such books often used need to be in
 the best of editions2 but the ones less
 often read may be in cheaper form4  ,in
 selecting an edition the first thing to
 look to is the type and paper4 ,even a 
standard edition may be printed from    
worn plates giving an indistinct        

impression4 ,a clear-cut1 large type on 
unglazed paper is certainly the best4   
,the detailed colour illustration on a  
special sized plate-paper does not      
appeal to the average child any more    
than do the simpler black and white     
drawings done in a few lines and put on 
the ordinary reading page4 ,but the best
 illustrations that are being done      
to-day are very often done in colour1   
and at first glance they catch the fancy
 of the child--then1 too1 they are the  
fashion4 ,whatever kind they may be1    
illustrations are almost necessary to a 
child's book4 ,the next consideration is
 the binding4 ,what may have been gained
 in attractiveness of page has surely   
been lost in mechanical execution on    
binding4 ,books1 even high-priced books1
 are now cased instead of bound4 ,the   
machine-made back is hung to the book in
 an insecure way4 ,there is no hand     
shaping or building of the back to the  
book4 ,a child's book costing three     
dollars will in a short time become     

loose1 hollow-backed1 and the plate     
illustrations will fall out4 ,hand-craft
 at a reasonable price has gone by the  
way here as it has in many other fields 
of workmanship4 ,what the publisher has 
failed to do in the binding of the book1
 the boy must be urged to make up in the
 handling of it4  ,this brings up the   
question of the care of books4          
,vandalism may do its work among books  
as well as anywhere else4 ,a good book  
deserves the best of care and needs to  
be secure from the hand that would soil 
or deface it4 ,it is a friend to be kept
 in comfortable quarters1 and its rights
 are to be respected4 ,it is never to be
 used as a flower press nor as a window 
stick2 neither is it to have its back   
carelessly broken nor its leaves turned 
down4 ,it was made to be read and to be 
enjoyed1 and this without regard to the 
fact that it came as a gift or was      
bought with hard-earned money4 ,the boy 
should early be taught how to take care 
of it as he would any other product of  

art4  ,the best-made book may be broken 
by opening it carelessly the first time4
 ,glue is flexible under slow pressure1 
but will break under sudden strain4 ,if 
the book is taken in the middle and the 
halves suddenly jerked open1 it will be 
broken beyond repair2 but if the back of
 the book is placed on a table and the  
leaves turned down slowly from both     
covers to the centre1 the glue will give
 and the book will not be damaged4 ,by  
going over the whole book carefully in  
this way once or twice1 it will be ready
 for use4 ,at no time1 however1 while   
reading1 should the covers or leaves be 
turned farther back than they would be  
in lying flat open on a table4 ,the next
 thing for the boy to learn is how to   
take care of the leaves of the book4    
,the leaves should be carefully turned  
with the dry tips of the fingers from   
the top of the page and pressed down    
gently but firmly4 ,and under no        
circumstances should the corner of a    
leaf be turned down to mark the place   

where the reader left off--an interested
 memory and a book mark are designed for
 that purpose4 ,to keep his books1 every
 boy should have a book shelf or two of 
his own that he can easily reach4 ,any  
kind of home-made shelf will do2 and in 
it the books are to be set on end1 never
 on the front of the book1 each in its  
particular place so that it might be    
found in the dark4 ,he ought to learn   
all of his books by touch4 ,after each  
reading the book is to be carefully put 
in its stall and left there until the   
owner chooses to take it out again4     
,when a book has been bought or received
 as a gift1 the boy should1 according to
 the old style1 write therein his name1 
the date it came into his possession1   
and the warning that it is his book4    
,book plates are really unnecessary to a
 small library1 unless the owner can    
well afford them4 ,but it is necessary  
that the owner's name be written in each
 one4 ,now1 should the boy lend his     
book8 ,it is a question whether the     

refusal to lend it is a selfish act or  
not4 ,like umbrellas1 books are often   
looked on as stray blessings to be taken
 in by any one who chances to come      
across them or who needs them4 ,the     
well-conceived chaining idea has long   
since disappeared1 but the purloining   
habit still lingers4 ,it and its        
handmaiden1 borrowing1 have wrought much
 confusion and inconvenience in private 
libraries4 ,few people ever think to    
return a book1 or at least to return it 
in good condition4 ,if the truth were   
always told1 the couplet of the satirist
 would fit the possessor of many a      
repleted library3  ,next1 o'er his books
 his eyes began to roll1 ,in pleasant   
memory of all he stole4  ,selfish or not
 selfish1 the wise thing for the boy to 
do is to refuse to lend his books4 ,it  
is too much like lending a meal or a    
friend2 but they can all be shared in   
the presence of the owner4 ,if the boy's
 chum has a hungry mind and clean hands1
 he may be asked to drop in and read the

 book where it belongs1 but not to carry
 it off elsewhere4 ,or better still3 the
 owner of the book who knows its riches 
may fall into the habit of reading his  
favourite portions aloud to his boy     
friends who have gathered in for that   
purpose4 ,no single thing will awaken   
such a love for good literature as the  
gathering of choice bits of it through  
the ear4 ,that is the good lesson that  
has come from the tent of the ,arab4    
,and it is a lesson that readers must   
learn to-day4 ,by no means let the book 
of the boy fail to entertain his chums1 
but let it entertain them at his own    
home4  ,does any one who has laboured   
hard to build a house move out of it as 
soon as it is completed8 ,does any one  
who has cultivated a friendship give it 
up as soon as it is secure8 ,should any 
one who has learned to thoroughly enjoy 
a good book throw it aside as soon as   
this is done8 ,like the house or the    
friend1 that book should continue to be 
a comfort to him who has learned to     

appreciate it4 ,in short1 the boy must  
make friends with a few books and then  
keep them without capitulation4 ,if he  
does1 he may some day feel the truth of 
these verses3                           
,books1 we know1           ,are a       
substantial world1 both pure and good2  
,round these with tendrils strong as    
flesh and blood1           ,our pastimes
 and our happiness will grow4           
,,chapter ,v  ,,editions ,,of ,,standard
 ,,books            ,a precious treasure
 had ,i long possessed1            ,a   
little yellow canvas-covered book1      
,a slender abstract of the ,arabian     
,tales2            ,and for companions  
in a new abode1            ,when first  
,i learnt1 that this dear prize of mine 
,was but a block hewn from a mighty     
quarry--            ,that there were    
four more volumes1 laden all            
,with kindred matter1 'twas to me1 in   
truth1            ,a promise scarcely   
earthly4          --,,wordsworth4       
,,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    
likings4 ,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 books4 ,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 money4 ,he is no more able to
 judge of the good investment of        
knowledge than of the good investment of
 money4 ,in the desire to appear as a   
good fellow among his companions he     
disregards either economy of time or    
economy of means4 ,he needs to be shown 
the wisdom of saving along both lines4  
,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 buy1 and maybe to find time
 to read4 ,this may all have to be done 

without regard to his tastes4  ,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       
foolish4 ,this is neither directing nor 
cultivating tastes4 ,the old plan of    
fencing in the pasture and of not       
letting the boy wander too far afield   
was many times a very good plan4 ,tastes
 need to be directed and boundaries     
fixed4 ,instead of permitting the boy to
 determine the merits of the            
illustrations and the binding1 he should
 have pointed out to him repeatedly what
 good illustrations and good binding    
are1 and whether they can both be       
afforded4  ,both tastes and             
circumstances may lead to the buying of 
a cheap1 modest-looking book4 ,this may 
serve its owner well1 and he may never  
miss what might be called the charm of a
 well-illustrated1 well-printed1 and    
well-bound edition--one pleasant to look
 into and to touch4 ,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 food2 what he     
wants is something to satisfy hunger and
 to cover nakedness1 in whatever form it
 may be given4 ,because of this the boy 
can bury himself in the pages of an     
ill-made book if the words tell an      
enchanting story4 ,but it is safe to say
 that most boys do like well-made books 
with good illustrations4  ,the pencil of
 the artist seems almost necessary to   
give the right touch to a child's book  
that is great literature4 ,not in that  
they enable the boy to get the story    
more easily are illustrations valuable1 
but in the fact that they lend an       
artistic touch to a thing that is of    
itself a work of art4 ,a guess1 however1
 at the kind of illustrations needed for
 children's books would be very         
arbitrary4 ,no one could hold that the  
present-day coloured illustrations1 with
 what is termed life in action instead  
of decoration and convention1 are the   

only right ones for children4 ,nor are  
the old line-drawings in black and white
 to be discarded4 ,we need woodcuts as  
well as the engraved colour-plate2 we   
need ,cruikshank1 ,tenniel1 ,greenaway1 
and ,crane1 as well as ,brooke1         
,rackham1 ,parrish1 and ,smith1 for each
 has added a charm to some of the great 
literature of childhood4 ,may children's
 books continue to fare well at the     
hands of talented artists4 ,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 words4  
,the work in hand for the teacher is to 
secure the buying of as good an edition 
of a book as the boy can afford4 ,the   
fact should be kept before him at all   
times that he can usually get the good  
edition if he is willing to do so4 ,if  
it should happen that in any particular 
year the boy cannot afford all of the   
books that might be bought in that year1
 the teacher should see that the one or 

two most valuable ones are secured4 ,for
 example1 if he is a sixth-grade boy1 he
 must by some means manage to get       
,robinson ,crusoe and ,the ,arabian     
,nights' ,entertainments4 ,the teacher's
 own interest1 enthusiasm1 and good     
taste will successfully solve what is to
 be done4 ,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 title4 ,and the stores could do a   
good turn by having well-informed and   
painstaking clerks to aid in the        
selection of the right edition4  ,in the
 list that follows1 a few low-priced    
editions without illustrations are given
 as well as the more artistic and       
expensive ones4 ,the teacher may not    
care to own the large illustrated       
edition that appeals to the boy4 ,nor   
does he want an abridged edition4 ,he   
may have to depart from the list in     

order to get a complete copy of such    
great books as ,don ,quixote4 ,for this 
particular title the teacher may range  
from the single volume of ,motteaux's   
translation in ,everyman's ,library 7one
 of the best issues of standard books   
for the teacher to select from at a low 
price7 to that of the excellent         
translation by ,shelton issued in the   
expensive ,tudor ,translations4 ,so does
 he need some complete edition of       
,lane's translation of ,a ,thousand and 
,one ,nights with ,harvey's             
illustrations if possible1 such as the  
three-volume edition imported by        
,scribner1 the four-volume edition in   
,bohn's ,standard ,library1 or the      
six-volume edition in the ,ariel        
,classics4 ,then again1 it may happen   
that an edition such as the two-shilling
 edition of ,grimm translated by ,taylor
 and illustrated by ,cruikshank1 issued 
by the ,oxford ,press1 is as good for   
the teacher as for the boy4 ,but the    
appended list will not include and      

designate editions suitable for teachers
 only4 ,the working out of such a list  
by the teacher for himself will indicate
 his interest in the task that is before
 him4  ,the list is not intended as a   
guide in building up an extensive       
library for the use of children4 ,its   
chief merit1 no doubt1 is in the fact   
that it is a limited list4 ,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
 reread4 ,but little comment will be    
offered here and there on the preference
 of one edition over another4 ,all      
editions designated by a star are well  
worth owning4 ,a guess at the age for   
reading a book has been made1 but with  
considerable latitude because of the    
unequal reading ability among children4 
,the age from six to ten years1 the     
primary grades of public school1 will be
 indicated by the letter ,p placed      
before the title2 the age from ten to   
fifteen years1 the grammar grades of    

school1 will be indicated by the letter 
,g placed before the title4 ,any        
suggestions on included editions found  
unsatisfactory by experience1 or on good
 editions omitted1 will be gladly       
received4 ,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    
children4     ,,bibliography   ,,mother 
,,goose ,,nursery ,,rhymes  ,p--but must
 be learned even if done in the college 
class in ,english4  99,randolph         
,caldecott's ,picture ,books4 ,any or   
all of the following are merrily done3  
,the ,house ,that ,jack ,built2 ,sing a 
,song of ,sixpence2 ,the ,queen of      
,hearts2 ,hey ,diddle ,diddle1 and ,baby
 ,bunting2 ,ride a ,cock ,horse2 ,the   
,frog ,that ,would a-,wooing ,go4 #dto4 
,picture wrappers1 #be cents each4      
,warne4  ,the ,baby's ,opera3 ,old      
,rhymes with ,new ,dresses1 ,set to     
,music4 ,walter ,crane4 ,small #dto4    

,varnished boards1 #a4ej4 ,warne4 ,a    
second volume is ,the ,baby's ,bouquet4 
99,our ,old ,nursery ,rhymes4 ,the      
original tunes harmonized by ,alfred    
,moffat4 ,illustrated in colour by ,h4  
,willebeek ,le,mair4 #aa x #i4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,mc,kay4 ,thirty well-known      
rhymes with dainty and aristocratic     
illustrations of unusual beauty4 ,a     
second volume is called ,little ,songs  
of ,long ,ago4  ,thirty ,old-time       
,nursery ,songs4 ,arranged by ,joseph   
,moorat and pictured by ,paul           
,woodroffe4 ,large #dto4 ,boards1 #b4jj4
 ,schirmer4  ,old ,songs and ,rounds4   
,decorated in full colour by ,boutet de 
,monvel4 ,arranged to music by ,wider4  
,cloth1 #b4be4 ,duffield4 ,both ,english
 and ,french texts are given4 ,there is 
nothing more charming in all the realm  
of picture books1 according to ,the     
,nation4  99,mother ,goose2 or1 ,the    
,old ,nursery ,rhymes4 ,illustrated in  
colour by ,kate ,greenaway4 #afmo4      
,decorated boards1 #fj cents4 ,warne4   

,forty-four rhymes done with this       
artist's usual charm and nursery        
propriety4  ,the ,only ,true ,mother    
,goose ,melodies4 ,an exact reproduction
 of the text and illustrations of the   
original edition printed in ,boston in  
#ahcd by ,munroe and ,francis4 ,an      
introduction by ,edward ,everett ,hale4 
#afmo4 ,cloth1 #fj cents4 ,houghton4    
99,the ,nursery ,rhyme ,book4 ,collected
 by ,andrew ,lang and illustrated by    
,leslie ,brooke4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4ej4 ,warne4 ,well illustrated4       
,national ,rhymes of the ,nursery4      
,collected by ,george ,saintsbury and   
illustrated by ,gordon ,browne4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4 ,a splendid     
introduction for a teacher to read4     
,big ,book of ,nursery ,rhymes4 ,edited 
by ,walter ,jerrold and illustrated by  
,charles ,robinson4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4
 ,dutton4  ,a ,book of ,nursery ,songs  
and ,rhymes4 ,edited by ,s4             
,baring-,gould4 ,illustrated and        
decorated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4        

,mc,clurg4  ,mother ,goose's ,melodies  
for ,children2 or1 ,songs for the       
,nursery4 ,edited by ,william ,a4       
,wheeler4 ,illustrated by numerous      
woodcuts4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4          
,houghton4  99,mother ,goose4           
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,arthur ,rackham4    
#dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,century4 ,fine for
 a child4  ,mother ,goose4 ,illustrated 
in colour by ,fanny ,y4 ,cory4 #dto4    
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,bobbs-,merrill4  ,mother
 ,goose ,nursery ,rhymes4 ,illustrated  
in colour and black-and-white by        
,tenniel1 ,hardy1 and others4 #dto4     
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4
  ,mother ,goose4 ,edited by ,clifton   
,johnson4 ,illustrated in duo-tone with 
line cuts by ,will ,bradley and others4 
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,baker4    
,nursery ,rhymes4 ,chosen by ,louey     
,chisholm4 ,illustrated in colour and   
black-and-white by ,f4 ,m4 ,b4 ,blaikie4
 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,stokes4  ,nursery
 ,rhymes from ,mother ,goose4           

,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,grace ,e4           
,wiederseim4 ,large square #hvo4 ,cloth1
 #a4ej4 ,scribner4  ,the ,complete      
,mother ,goose4 ,illustrated in colour  
and black-and-white by ,ethel ,franklin 
,betts4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4   
,mother ,goose's ,nursery ,rhymes4      
,collected by ,walter ,jerrold4         
,illustrated by ,john ,hassall4         
#f-a_/bx#i4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,dodge4  ,our
 ,nursery ,rhyme ,book4 ,edited by      
,letty and ,frank ,littlewood4          
,illustrated by ,honor ,c4 ,appleton4   
,small #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,dana4      
,favourite ,rhymes of ,mother ,goose4   
,illustrated in colour by ,maria ,l4    
,kirk4 ,large #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4be4      
,cupples4  99,old ,mother ,goose        
,nursery ,rhymes4 ,illustrated by ,e4   
,stewart ,hardy4 ,decorated cloth1      
#abmo1 #a4be4 ,dutton4  ,mother ,goose  
in ,silhouettes4 ,cut by ,katharine ,g4 
,buffum4 #fx#f4 ,cloth1 #ge cents4      
,lathrop4 ,forty-one clever pictures to 

twenty-three old rhymes4  ,mother ,goose
 ,book of ,nursery ,rhymes and ,songs4  
,from ,everyman's ,library4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #ce cents2 leather1 #gj cents4  
,dutton4  99,mother ,goose3 ,a ,book of 
,nursery ,rhymes4 ,collected by ,charles
 ,welsh4 ,illustrated by ,clara ,e4     
,atwood4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #cj cents4      
,heath4 ,a good cheap edition4  ,heart  
of ,oak ,books3 ,book ,i4 ,edited by    
,charles ,eliot ,norton4 ,illustrated by
 ,frank ,t4 ,merrill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #be
 cents4 ,heath4  99,this ,little ,pig's 
,picture ,book4 ,illustrated by ,walter 
,crane4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,lane4     
,contains also ,the ,fairy ,ship and    
,king ,luckieboy's ,party4  ,mother     
,hubbard's ,picture ,book4 ,illustrated 
by ,walter ,crane4 #dto4 ,paper1 4#be4  
,lane4  ,april ,baby's ,book of ,tunes1 
,the4 ,by the author of ,elizabeth and  
her ,german ,garden4 ,col4 ,ill4 by     
,kate ,greenaway4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 
,macmillan4  ,jingle ,book4 ,by ,carolyn
 ,wells4 7,standard ,school ,library47  

,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,macmillan4  
,g--,,collections ,,of ,,verse  99,the  
,children's ,treasury of ,english ,song4
 ,selected by ,francis ,turner          
,palgrave4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4        
,macmillan4 ,this is the best collection
 that has yet been made for children4   
,the publishers of this collection could
 do a great service by issuing a large1 
attractive1 well-illustrated edition1   
adding to it a judicious selection from 
the great volume of verse covering the  
last quarter of the nineteenth century4 
,the ,children's ,garland from the ,best
 ,poets4 ,selected by ,coventry         
,patmore4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4         
,macmillan4  ,the ,blue ,book of        
,poetry4 ,selected by ,andrew ,lang4    
,illustrated by ,h4 ,j4 ,ford and       
,lancelot ,speed4 ,large crown #hvo4    
,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,longmans4  ,a ,book of  
,famous ,verse4 ,selected by ,agnes     
,repplier4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #ge cents4    
,houghton4 ,a good selection1 especially
 for boys4  ,one ,thousand ,poems for   

,children3 ,a ,choice of the ,best      
,verse ,old and ,new4 ,selected by      
,roger ,ingpen4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4    
,jacobs4  ,lyra ,heroica3 ,a ,book of   
,verse for ,boys4 ,selected and arranged
 by ,william ,ernest ,henley4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,scribner4  ,our         
,children's ,songs4 ,illustrated4 #hvo4 
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,harper4  99,the         
,listening ,child3 ,a ,selection from   
the ,songs of ,english ,verse1 ,made for
 the ,youngest ,readers and ,hearers4   
,selected by ,lucy ,w4 ,thatcher4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4 ,an edition 
at 4#ej4  ,a ,book of ,verse for        
,children4 ,compiled by ,e4 ,v4 ,lucas4 
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,holt4  ,the ,posy 
,ring3 ,a ,book of ,verse for ,children4
 ,selected by ,kate ,douglas ,wiggin and
 ,nora ,archibald ,smith4 #abmo4 ,cloth1
 #a4be4 ,doubleday4  ,poems ,children   
,love4 ,edited by ,peurhyn ,w4          
,coussens4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,dodge4
  ,little ,folks' ,book of ,verse4      
,edited by ,clifton ,johnson4           

,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4     
,baker4  ,a ,treasury of ,verse for     
,little ,children4 ,selected by ,m4 ,g4 
,edgar4 ,illustrated in colour and      
black-and-white by ,w4 ,pogany4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,crowell4  ,the ,golden  
,staircase4 ,selected by ,louey         
,chisholm ,illustrated in colour by ,m4 
,dibdin ,spooner4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#b4ej4 ,putnam4  ,a ,child's ,book of   
,old ,verse4 ,selected and illustrated  
by ,jessie ,wilcox ,smith4 ,large #hvo4 
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,duffield4  ,the         
,treasure ,book of ,children's ,verse4  
,edited by ,mabel and ,lillian          
,quiller-,couch4 ,illustrated in colour 
by ,m4 ,ethelred ,gray4 #dto4 ,cloth1   
#e4jj4 ,hodder4 ,popular edition1 #b4jj4
  99,the ,golden ,treasury of the ,best 
,songs and ,lyric ,poems in the ,english
 ,language4 ,by ,francis ,turner        
,palgrave4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4        
,macmillan4 ,before entering high       
school1 the boy should own some edition 
of this great collection of verse4  ,the

 ,golden ,treasury of ,songs and        
,lyrics4 ,illustrated by ,hugh          
,thompson1 ,w4 ,heath ,robinson1 and ,a4
 ,c4 ,michael4 ,small #dto4 ,cloth1     
#a4ej4 ,hodder4 ,a good edition4  ,the  
,golden ,treasury of ,songs and ,lyrics4
 ,illustrated in colour by ,maxfield    
,parrish4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4          
,duffield4  ,golden ,treasury of ,songs 
and ,lyrics4 ,illustrated in colour by  
,anning ,bell4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1    
#c4jj4 ,dutton4  ,the ,oxford ,book of  
,english ,verse4 ,by ,sir ,arthur       
,quiller-,couch4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4ij2 leather and ,india paper1 #c4ej4 
,oxford ,press4 ,a good substitute for  
,the ,golden ,treasury4  ,the ,boy's    
,percy4 ,being old ballads of war1      
adventure1 and love1 from ,bishop       
,thomas ,percy's ,reliques of ,ancient  
,poetry4 ,edited for boys by ,sidney    
,lanier4 ,illustrated from original     
designs by ,e4 ,b4 ,bonsell4 #hvo4      
,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,scribner4 ,a capital    
book for any boy who is a real reader4  

99,a ,book of ,english ,ballads4        
,collected by ,hamilton ,wright ,mabie4 
,decorative illustrations by ,george    
,wharton ,edwards4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4
 ,macmillan4  ,the ,ballad ,book4       
,katharine ,lee ,bates4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
4#ej4 ,sibley4 ,a very good selection   
deserving a more attractive make-up4    
,the ,ballad ,book4 ,william ,allingham4
 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4      
99,robin ,hood3 ,his ,deeds and         
,adventures4 ,the original ballads      
illustrated in colour by ,lucy ,fitch   
,perkins4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,stokes4 
,ballads of ,famous ,fights4            
,illustrated in colour by ,w4 ,h4 ,c4   
,groome1 ,archibald ,webb1 and ,dudley  
,fennant4 ,large #dto4 ,decorated       
boards1 #a4be4 ,doran4  ,the ,oxford    
,book of ,ballads4 ,chosen and edited by
 ,sir ,arthur ,quiller-,couch4 ,crown   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj2 leather and ,india 
paper1 #c4ej4 ,oxford ,press4 ,very     
complete and good for the high school   
age4  ,english ,narrative ,poems4       

,selected and edited by ,claude ,m4     
,fuers and ,henry ,n4 ,sanborn4 #bdmo4  
7,pocket ,classics47 ,cloth1 4#be4      
,macmillan4  ,story ,telling ,poems4    
,edited by ,frances ,j4 ,olcott4 ,narrow
 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,houghton4  ,old 
,english ,ballads and ,folk ,songs4     
7,pocket ,classics47 ,edited by ,w4 ,d4 
,armes4 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4
  ,collection of ,poetry for ,school    
,reading4 ,by ,m4 ,white4 #abmo4 ,cloth1
 4#dj4 ,macmillan4  ,another ,book of   
,verses for ,children4 ,by ,e4 ,v4      
,lucas4 ,col4 ,ill4 #hvo4 #a4ej4        
,macmillan4  ,nature ,pictures by       
,american ,poets4 ,by ,annie ,r4        
,marble4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4          
,macmillan4  ,the ,sunday ,book of      
,poetry for the ,young4 ,selected by ,c4
 ,f4 ,alexander4 7,golden ,treasury     
,series47 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4         
,macmillan4  ,english ,poets1 ,the4     
,selections4 #d vols4 ,by ,t4 ,humphry  
,ward4 ,each1 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4     
,macmillan4 ,for reference and for the  

use of the teacher4  ,treasury of ,irish
 ,poetry1 ,a4 7,globe47 ,by ,s4 ,a4     
,brooke and ,t4 ,w4 ,rolleston4 #abmo4  
,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,macmillan4              
,,individual ,,writers ,,of ,,verse     
99,p--,dame ,wiggins of ,lee and ,her   
,seven ,wonderful ,cats4 ,written       
principally by a lady of ninety 7,mrs4  
,sharp7 and edited by ,john ,ruskin4    
,illustrated by ,kate ,greenaway4 #afmo4
 ,cloth1 #as4 ,allen4  99,p--,john      
,gilpin's ,ride4 ,by ,william ,cowper4  
,illustrated by ,randolph ,caldecott4   
#dto4 ,paper1 #be cents4 ,warne4        
99,p--,nonsense ,songs4 ,by ,edward     
,lear4 ,illustrated in colour by ,leslie
 ,brooke4 ,small #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4   
,warne4  99,p--,the ,pied ,piper of     
,hamelin4 ,by ,robert ,browning4        
,illustrated in colour by ,kate         
,greenaway4 ,post #dto4 ,varnished      
boards1 #a4ej4 ,warne4  ,the ,pied      
,piper of ,hamelin4 ,illustrated in     
colour by ,hope ,dunlap4 #dto4 ,cloth1  
#a4be4 ,rand4  ,the ,pied ,piper of     

,hamelin4 ,illustrated in colour and    
black-and-white by ,margaret ,terrant4  
#hvo4 ,decorated cloth1 #a4be4 ,dutton4 
99,p--,a ,child's ,garden of ,verses4   
,by ,robert ,louis ,stevenson4          
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,florence ,storer4   
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,scribner4 
,a ,child's ,garden of ,verses4         
,illustrated by ,charles ,robinson4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,scribner4  ,a    
,child's ,garden of ,verses4            
,illustrated in colour by ,jessie       
,wilcox ,smith4 ,royal #hvo4 ,cloth1    
#b4ej4 ,scribner4  ,a ,child's ,garden  
of ,verses4 ,illustrated by ,bessie     
,collins ,pease4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej2  
leather1 #b4jj4 ,dodge4  ,a ,child's    
,garden of ,verses4 ,illustrated in     
colour4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,harper4   
,a ,child's ,garden of ,verses4         
,illustrated by ,millicent ,sowerby4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #ge cents4 ,mc,kay4  ,a  
,child's ,garden of ,verses4            
,illustrated4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4 

#afmo4 ,limp leather1 #ge cents4        
,putnam4 ,good for a teacher4           
99,p--,songs of ,innocence4 ,by ,william
 ,blake4 ,illustrated by ,geraldine     
,morris4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #ej cents2      
leather1 #ge cents4 ,lane4  ,songs of   
,innocence4 ,illustrated in colour by   
,honor ,c4 ,appleton4 #dto4 ,cloth1     
#a4ej4 ,dana4  ,songs of ,innocence4 ,in
 ,ariel ,classics4 #afmo4 ,leather1     
4#ge4 ,putnam4  99,p--,sing ,song3 ,a   
,nursery ,rhyme ,book4 ,by ,christina   
,rossetti4 ,illustrated by ,arthur      
,hughes4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#hj4           
,macmillan4  99,p--,lullaby ,land4 ,by  
,eugene ,field4 ,selected by ,kenneth   
,graham and illustrated by ,charles     
,robinson4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4        
,scribner4  99,p--,poems of ,childhood4 
,by ,eugene ,field4 ,illustrated in     
colour by ,maxfield ,parrish4 ,royal    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,scribner4         
99,g--,the ,rime of the ,ancient        
,mariner4 ,by ,samuel ,taylor           
,coleridge4 ,illustrated in colour by   

,w4 ,pogany4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #e4jj4       
,crowell4  ,g--,tales of a ,wayside     
,inn4 ,by ,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4       
,edited by ,j4 ,h4 ,castleman4 #bdmo4   
,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4  99,g--,the   
,song of ,hiawatha4 ,by ,henry ,w4      
,longfellow4 ,cover in colour by        
,maxfield ,parrish1 frontispiece in     
colour by ,n4 ,c4 ,wyeth1 and #djj text 
illustrations by ,frederic ,remington4  
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,houghton4 
,a good edition4  ,g--,hiawatha4 ,by    
,henry ,w4 ,longfellow4 ,illustrated by 
,harrison ,fisher4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 
#a4ej4 ,bobbs-,merrill4  ,g--,the       
,children's ,longfellow4 ,illustrated in
 colour4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,houghton4
  ,g--,poetical ,works4 ,sir ,walter    
,scott4 ,with a memoir by ,palgrave4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ge4 7,new ,globe      
,poets47 ,macmillan4  ,g--,lyrical      
,poems4 ,alfred ,lord ,tennyson4 ,edited
 by ,palgrave4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4    
7,golden ,treasury ,series47 ,macmillan4
   ,,fairy ,,stories  ,p--,,general     

,,collections ,,of ,,fairy ,,and        
,,household ,,stories  99,puss in ,boots
 and ,jack and the ,beanstalk4          
,illustrated by ,h4 ,m4 ,brock4         
#aj-a_/bx#i4 ,art boards1 #a4jj4 ,warne4
 ,delightful6  99,beauty and the ,beast 
,picture ,book4 ,done by ,walter ,crane4
 ,large #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,lane4     
,contains also ,the ,frog ,prince and   
,the ,hind in the ,wood4  99,the ,golden
 ,goose ,book4 ,illustrated by ,leslie  
,brooke4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4   
,warne4 ,contains also ,the ,three      
,bears1 ,the ,three ,pigs1 and ,the     
,history of ,tom ,thumb4 ,a delightful  
volume4  99,the ,cruikshank ,fairy      
,book4 ,illustrated by ,george          
,cruikshank4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj2
 a cheaper edition at #a4jj4 ,putnam4   
,contains the famous stories of ,puss in
 ,boots1 ,jack and the ,beanstalk1 ,hop 
o' ,my ,thumb1 and ,cinderella4 ,every  
child should own this book4  99,english 
,fairy ,tales4 ,edited by ,joseph       
,jacobs4 ,illustrated by ,john ,d4      

,batton4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4    
,putnam4 ,too entertaining to miss4 ,the
 editor and illustrator have done almost
 as good work in ,more ,english ,fairy  
,tales1 ,celtic ,fairy ,tales1 and ,more
 ,celtic ,fairy ,tales4  ,english ,fairy
 ,tales4 ,edited by ,ernest and ,grace  
,rhys4 ,illustrated by ,anning ,bell and
 ,herbert ,cole4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4   
,dutton4 ,a few of the more common      
tales4  ,mother ,goose ,nursery ,tales4 
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,e4 ,stewart ,hardy  
and others4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4        
,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4  ,tales of    
,past ,times4 ,as written down by       
,perrault4 ,illustrated by ,charles     
,robinson4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj2 leather1
 4#fj4 ,dutton4  ,perrault's ,fairy     
,tales4 ,illustrated with colour plates 
by ,honor ,c4 ,appleton4 #dto4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,dana4  ,perrault's ,tales of    
,mother ,goose4 ,edited by ,charles     
,welsh and illustrated after ,dore4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#bj4 ,heath4  ,mother   

,goose ,nursery ,tales4 ,edited by      
,walter ,jerrold and illustrated by ,a4 
,e4 ,jackson4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4     
,dutton4  ,the ,english ,fairy ,book4   
,edited by ,ernest ,rhys4 ,illustrated  
in colours4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ce4       
,stokes4 ,uniform with this may be had  
well-selected1 well-illustrated1 and    
well-made volumes of ,scottish and      
,italian fairy tales4  ,fairy ,gold3 ,a 
,book of ,old ,english ,fairy ,tales4   
,chosen by ,ernest ,rhys and illustrated
 by ,herbert ,cole4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4
 ,dutton4 ,a cheap edition in           
,everyman's ,library4  ,a ,child's ,book
 of ,stories4 ,edited by ,peurhyn       
,wingfield ,coussens4 ,illustrated in   
colour by ,jessie ,wilcox ,smith4       
,quarto4 ,cloth1 #b4be4 ,duffield4      
,eighty-seven well-known tales4  ,the   
,big ,book of ,fairy ,tales4 ,selected  
and edited by ,walter ,jerrold4         
,illustrated by ,charles ,robinson4     
,large #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,caldwell4  
,thirty well-known tales4  99,the ,fairy

 ,book4 ,edited by ,dinah ,maria        
,mulock4 ,illustrated with #cf plates in
 colour by ,walter ,goble4 ,large #hvo4 
,cloth1 #e4jj4 ,macmillan4 ,an excellent
 edition of one of the best collections 
of fairy tales ever made4 ,dainty and   
artistic coloured plates4  ,the ,blue   
,fairy ,book4 ,edited by ,andrew ,lang4 
,illustrated by ,h4 ,j4 ,ford and ,g4   
,p4 ,jacont ,hood4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 
#b4jj4 ,longmans4 ,the dozen colour     
fairy books are not all equally good1   
this being the best one4  ,the ,fairy   
,book4 ,collected by ,dinah ,maria      
,mulock4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1   
#a4be4 ,harper4 ,thirty-six familiar    
tales4  ,the ,oak ,tree ,fairy ,book4   
,edited by ,clifton ,johnson4           
,illustrated from pictures by ,willard  
,bonte4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     
,little4 ,a half-hundred stories with   
all of the terrible taken out4 ,there   
are more tree books4  ,the ,fairy ,ring4
 ,edited by ,kate ,douglas ,wiggin and  
,nora ,archibald ,smith4 ,illustrated by

 ,e4 ,m4 ,mackinstry4 #hvo4 ,cloth1     
#a4ce4 ,doubleday4 ,other titles by the 
same editors are ,magic ,casements1     
,tales of ,wonder1 and ,tales of        
,laughter4  ,fairy ,tales ,old and ,new4
 ,with colour plates and text           
illustrations by ,arthur ,rackham and   
other artists4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4     
,cassell4  ,in ,fairy ,land3 ,tales     
,told ,again4 ,edited by ,louey         
,chisholm4 ,illustrated in colour by    
,katharine ,cameron4 #hvo4 ,cloth1      
#c4jj4 ,putnam4 ,twenty-six familiar    
tales4 ,a second volume is ,the         
,enchanted ,land4  ,the ,reign of ,king 
,oberon4 ,edited by ,walter ,jerrold and
 illustrated by ,charles ,robinson4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a cheap 
edition in ,everyman's ,library4 ,in    
uniform editions are ,the ,reign of     
,king ,cole and ,the ,reign of ,king    
,herla4  ,household ,tales and ,fairy   
,stories4 ,illustrated by ,sir ,john    
,gilbert and others4 #hvo4 ,cloth1      
#b4jj4 ,dutton4  ,forty ,famous ,fairy  

,tales4 ,from ,jacobs1 ,grimm1          
,perrault1 and ,andersen4 ,fully        
illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4
 ,putnam4  ,fairy ,tales ,children      
,love4 ,edited by ,charles ,welsh4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ce4 ,dodge4  ,the     
,sleeping ,beauty and ,other ,fairy     
,tales from the ,old ,french4 ,retold by
 ,sir ,arthur ,t4 ,quiller-,couch4      
,illustrated in colour by ,edmund       
,dulac4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #e4jj4 ,hodder4   
,contains ,beauty and the ,beast1       
,cinderella1 and ,bluebeard1 as well as 
a good introduction and artistic plates4
 ,popular edition at #b4jj4  ,old1 ,old 
,fairy ,tales4 ,selected by ,mrs4       
,valentine4 ,fully illustrated4 ,square 
crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,warne4 ,also
 in the ,chandos ,classics at 4#ge4     
,thirteen good tales4  ,the ,fairy      
,book4 7,everychild's ,series47 ,by     
,kate ,forrest ,oswell4 #afmo4 ,ill4    
,cloth1 4#dj4 ,macmillan4  ,the ,twenty 
,best ,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated in    
colour and black-and-white by ,lucy     

,fitch ,perkins4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4   
,stokes4  ,favourite ,fairy ,tales4     
,illustrated by ,peter ,newell4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,harper4 ,seventeen      
familiar stories4  ,the ,rose ,fairy    
,book4 ,edited by ,mrs4 ,herbert        
,strang4 ,illustrated by ,lillian ,a4   
,govey4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4     
,doran4  ,where the ,wind ,blows3 ,being
 ,ten ,fairy ,tales from ,ten ,nations4 
,collected by ,katharine ,pyle and      
illustrated by ,bertha ,corson ,day1 in 
colour4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,dutton4  
,the ,wild ,flower ,fairy ,book4        
,compiled by ,esther ,singleton4        
,illustrated by ,charles ,buckles       
,falls4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,dodd4     
,twenty-five tales from all countries4  
,fairy ,tales4 ,comtesse d',aulnoy4     
,translated by ,j4 ,r1 ,planche4        
,illustrated by ,gordon ,browne and     
,lydia ,f4 ,emmet4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4
 ,mc,kay4  ,fairy ,tales4 ,by ,edward   
,laboulaye4 ,fully illustrated by       
,arthur ,a4 ,dixon4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4

 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4  ,fairy      
,tales4 ,by ,william ,hauff4 ,translated
 by ,l4 ,l4 ,weedon4 ,fully illustrated 
by ,arthur ,a4 ,dixon4 #hvo4 ,cloth1    
#b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4  ,the  
,hungarian ,fairy ,book4 ,collected by  
,nander ,pogany and illustrated in black
 and red by ,willy ,pogany4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #a4ce4 ,stokes4 ,with all of the
 terrible left in4  ,folk ,tales ,from  
,many ,lands4 ,collected by ,lillian    
,gask and illustrated by ,willy ,pogany4
 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4  
,outlook ,fairy ,book for ,little       
,people4 ,by ,laura ,winnington4 ,ill4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4  ,folk 
,tales of ,east and ,west4 ,collected by
 ,john ,harrington ,cox4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 
#a4jj4 ,little4  ,the ,book of ,folk    
,stories4 ,rewritten by ,horace ,e4     
,scudder4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4          
,houghton4 ,good for a teacher4  ,fairy 
,tales4 ,selected and adapted by ,w4 ,j4
 ,rolf4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,american4 
,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated by ,charles 

,copeland4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 #b vols41 4#ce
 each4 ,ginn4  ,six ,nursery ,classics4 
,edited by ,m4 ,v4 ,o',shea4            
,illustrated by ,ernest ,fosbery4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 4#bj4 ,heath4 ,contains ,dame  
,wiggins of ,lee with the ,greenaway    
pictures4  ,old ,world ,wonder ,stories4
 ,edited by ,m4 ,v4 ,o',shea4           
,illustrated by ,j4 ,v4 ,hollis4 #abmo4 
,cloth1 4#bj4 ,heath4  99,the           
,children's ,book4 ,a collection of the 
best and most famous poems and stories  
in the ,english language1 chosen by     
,horace ,e4 ,scudder4 ,illustrated in   
fifteen full-page plates and many text  
illustrations by ,dore1 ,chruikshank1   
and others4 ,cover design by ,maxfield  
,parrish4 ,small #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4   
,houghton4 ,in this book are ballads1   
fables1 fairy stories from ,grimm1      
,perrault1 ,andersen1 ,arabian ,nights' 
,entertainments1 and other sources1 as  
well as ,goody ,two ,shoes1 selections  
from ,gulliver's ,travels1 classic      
myths1 and other well-known stories4    

,the best single book for a child to    
own4 ,big and good4             ,,tales 
,,of ,a ,,thousand ,,and ,,one ,,nights 
,p and ,g--or any age4 ,lovers of a good
 tale1 both           young and old1    
should be thankful for this work of     
,queen ,scheherazade1 done as it was to 
prevent her           husband from      
cutting off her head4 ,while kings are  
yet in fashion could not some other one 
succeed as           well8   99,fairy   
,tales from the ,arabian ,nights4       
,retold by ,gladys ,davidson and        
illustrated by ,helen ,stratton4 ,large 
#dto4 ,cloth1 #es4 ,blackie4 ,eight     
tales for young children4  ,the ,arabian
 ,nights4 ,selected and retold by       
,gladys ,davidson4 ,illustrated by      
,helen ,stratton4 ,large crown #hvo4    
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,caldwell4  99,fairy     
,tales from the ,arabian ,nights4       
,edited by ,e4 ,dixon4 ,illustrated by  
,john ,d4 ,batton4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 
#b4ej4 ,dent4 ,sixteen of the           
better-known tales told for boys and    

girls4 ,an attractive edition4  ,the    
,arabian ,nights4 ,edited by ,andrew    
,lang and illustrated by ,h4 ,j4 ,ford4 
,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,longmans4  
,the ,arabian ,nights4 ,edited by ,w4   
,h4 ,d4 ,rouse4 ,illustrated in colour  
and black-and-white by ,walter ,paget4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister
 book4 ,eight tales that are well known4
  ,the ,arabian ,nights3 ,their ,best   
,known ,tales4 ,edited by ,kate ,douglas
 ,wiggin and ,nora ,archibald ,smith4   
,illustrated in colour by ,maxfield     
,parrish4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4  
,scribner4 ,eleven tales4  ,the ,arabian
 ,nights4 ,illustrated in colour and    
black-and-white by ,rene ,bull4 ,large  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4ej4 ,dodd4  ,stories   
from the ,arabian ,nights4 ,retold by   
,laurence ,houseman4 ,illustrated by    
,edmund ,dulac1 with #ej colour plates4 
,large square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #e4jj4      
,hodder4 ,six tales4 ,issued in an      
edition at #a4ej4  ,arabian ,nights4 ,a 
six-volume edition from the ,lane text  

with additions by ,stanley ,lane-,poole4
 #afmo4 ,leather1 4#ge a volume4        
,putnam4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4 ,good
 for the teacher4  ,the ,arabian        
,nights' ,entertainments4 ,translated by
 ,e4 ,w4 ,lane4 ,edited by ,s4          
,lane-,poole4 #d vols4 #abmo4 ,cloth1   
#a4jj each4 ,macmillan4  ,arabian       
,nights' ,entertainments4 ,translated by
 ,edward ,william ,lane4 ,illustrated   
from the original ,lane designs by      
eminent artists4 ,royal #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4ej4 ,mc,kay4 ,good for the teacher4  
99,fairy ,tales from the ,arabian       
,nights4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1  
4#ge4 ,dutton4 ,everyman's ,library4    
,the ,arabian ,nights' ,entertainments4 
,edited by ,george ,tyler ,townsend4    
,fully illustrated4 ,square crown #hvo4 
,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,warne4 ,issued also in  
the ,chandos ,classics at 4#ge4  ,the   
,arabian ,nights4 ,illustrated by ,w4   
,heath ,robinson1 ,helen ,stratton1 and 
others4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,dodge4    
99,the ,arabian ,nights4 ,edited by     

,frances ,j4 ,olcott1 from the ,lane    
translation4 ,illustrated by ,munro     
,orr4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,heath4 ,a  
judicious selection of stories4  ,the   
,arabian ,nights4 ,edited by ,clifton   
,johnson4 ,illustrated by ,casper       
,emerson and ,leon ,d',elmo4 #abmo4     
,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,baker4  ,stories from   
the ,arabian ,nights4 ,illustrated4     
#afmo4 ,half leather1 4#fj4 ,houghton4  
,in the ,riverside ,school ,library4    
,arabian ,nights4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4  
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,the ,arabian  
,nights4 ,selected and edited by ,edward
 ,everett ,hale4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#de4   
,ginn4  ,stories from the ,arabian      
,nights4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#fj4 ,american4
  ,p--,,fairy ,,and ,,household ,,tales 
,,as ,,collected ,,and ,,arranged ,,by  
,,jacob ,,and ,,wilhelm ,,grimm         
99,grimm's ,fairy ,tales3 ,selected and 
,edited for ,little ,folks4 ,illustrated
 by ,helen ,stratton4 ,large #dto4      
,cloth1 #fs4 ,blackie4 ,fifteen tales   
well done4  ,grimm's ,fairy ,tales4     

,translated by ,l4 ,l4 ,weeden4         
,illustrated in colour by ,ada ,dennis  
and black-and-white by ,e4 ,stewart     
,hardy4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a
 ,nister book4 ,thirty-two tales        
illustrated for young children4         
99,household ,stories4 ,translated from 
the ,german of the ,brothers ,grimm by  
,lucy ,crane and done into pictures by  
,walter ,crane4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4   
,macmillan4 ,in the ,new ,cranford      
,series4 ,a lasting joy4  ,grimm's      
,household ,tales4 ,translated by       
,marion ,edwards4 ,illustrated by ,r4   
,anning ,bell4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4    
,dutton4 ,forty-nine tales4  ,grimm's   
,household ,stories4 ,edited and        
illustrated by ,j4 ,r4 ,monsell1 in     
colour and black-and-white4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,cassell4  99,grimm's    
,fairy ,tales4 ,from the ,taylor        
translation with an introduction by     
,john ,ruskin4 ,illustrated in colour by
 ,charles ,folkard4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #fs4  
,black4 ,fifty-six tales4  ,fairy ,tales

 from ,grimm4 ,with an introduction by  
,s4 ,barring-,gould and illustrations by
 ,gordon ,browne4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4  
,stokes4 ,forty-four tales4  ,grimm's   
,fairy ,tales4 ,all of the best-known   
stories edited by ,walter ,jerrold4     
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,charles ,robinson4  
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,dutton4  ,grimm's
 ,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated in colour  
by ,hope ,dunlap4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#a4bj4 ,rand4  ,grimm's ,fairy ,tales4  
,translated by ,mrs4 ,edgar ,lucas and  
illustrated by ,arthur ,rackham4 ,large 
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,lippincott4      
,sixty-three tales4  ,grimm's ,fairy    
,tales and ,stories4 ,a complete        
translation by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,b4 ,paull4    
,fully illustrated in colour and        
black-and-white4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ge4 ,warne4 ,also in the ,chandos    
,classics at 4#ge4  ,grimm's ,fairy     
,tales4 ,illustrated with colour plates 
by ,noel ,pocock4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#b4jj4 ,doran4 ,fifty-five tales4  ,the 

,house in the ,woods and ,other ,fairy  
,stories4 ,illustrated in colour and    
pen-and-ink drawings by ,leslie ,brooke4
 ,large #hvo4 ,boards1 #a4ce4 ,warne4   
,grimm's ,animal ,stories4 ,decorations 
and pictures in colour by ,john ,rae4   
,small #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,duffield4  
99,gammer ,grethel2 or1 ,fairy ,tales   
and ,stories4 ,the original stories as  
taken down from a peasant woman by      
,jacob ,grimm4 ,illustrated with        
woodcuts after ,george ,cruikshank4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,in ,bohn's       
,illustrated ,library4 ,macmillan4  ,the
 ,popular ,stories ,collected by the    
,brothers ,grimm4 ,a reprint of the     
first ,english edition1 with notes and  
illustrations by ,george ,cruikshank4   
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,oxford ,press4    
,grimm's ,fairy ,tales4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4 ,in ,everyman's    
,library4 ,dutton4 ,any one of the last 
three would be good for the teacher4    
,grimm's ,household ,tales4             
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,half leather1     

4#fj4 ,houghton4 ,in the ,riverside     
,school ,library4  ,grimm's ,tales4     
,translated by ,lucy ,crane4            
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,crowell4  ,grimm's ,fairy ,tales4      
,edited by ,j4 ,h4 ,fassett4 7,pocket   
,classics ,series47 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4
 ,macmillan4  99,grimm's ,fairy ,tales4 
,illustrated with #ej colour plates and 
black-and-white drawings by ,arthur     
,rackham4 #g-a_/bx#aj4 ,cloth1 #f4jj4   
,doubleday4 ,an elegant edition4 ,in    
cheaper form at #a4ej4   ,p--,,danish   
,,legends ,,and ,,fairy ,,tales  ,,by   
,,hans ,,christian ,,andersen           
99,andersen's ,fairy ,stories for       
,youngest ,children4 ,translated by     
,mrs4 ,e4 ,lucas and illustrated by     
,helen ,stratton4 ,large #dto4 ,cloth1  
#es4 ,blackie4  99,wonder ,stories ,told
 for ,children4 ,illustrated4 ,crown    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,houghton4         
,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated 
in colour by ,a4 ,duncan ,carse4 #hvo4  
,cloth1 #fs4 ,black4  ,andersen's ,fairy

 ,tales4 ,translated by ,mrs4 ,e4       
,lucas4 ,illustrated by ,thomas1        
,charles1 and ,william ,robinson4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,thirty-eight  
of the best-known tales4  99,fairy      
,tales from ,hans ,andersen4 ,translated
 by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,lucas4 ,illustrated with 
colour plates and line drawings by      
,maxwell ,armfield4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1
 #c4jj4 ,dutton4 ,forty-one tales4      
,fairy ,tales from ,hans ,andersen4     
,edited by ,walter ,jerrold4            
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,f4 ,pape4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,dutton4  ,fairy ,tales  
from ,hans ,andersen4 ,translated by ,w4
 ,angledorff4 ,illustrated by ,e4       
,stewart ,hardy1 in colour and          
black-and-white4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4   
,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4 ,twenty-nine  
tales4  ,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4      
,introduction by ,edward ,everett ,hale4
 ,illustrated by ,helen ,stratton4      
,large square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4      
,lippincott4  ,fairy ,tales from ,hans  

,andersen4 ,with an introduction by     
,edward ,clodd and illustrations by     
,gordon ,browne4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4ej4 ,stokes4 ,twenty-five tales4     
,hans ,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4        
,illustrated by ,j4 ,j4 ,mora4 #dto4    
,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,dana4  ,danish ,legends 
and ,fairy ,tales4 ,fully illustrated by
 wood engravings4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 
,in ,bohn's ,illustrated ,library4      
,macmillan4  ,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4 ,in 
,everyman's ,library4 ,dutton4 ,either  
of the last two is convenient for the   
teacher4  ,hans ,andersen's ,fairy      
,tales4 ,fully illustrated4 ,square     
crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,warne4 ,also
 in the ,chandos ,classics at 4#ge4     
,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated4
 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,hans  
,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 ,translated  
by ,h4 ,oscar ,sommer4 ,illustrated in  
colour by ,cecile ,walton4 ,large #hvo4 
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,stokes4  99,hans        
,andersen's ,fairy ,tales and ,stories4 

,translated by ,h4 ,l4 ,breakstead1 with
 an introduction by ,edmund ,gosse and  
illustrations by ,hans ,tegner4         
,imperial #dto4 ,cloth1 #e4jj4 ,century4
 ,forty-two stories4  ,stories from     
,hans ,andersen4 ,illustrated with #bh  
colour-plates by ,edmund ,dulac4 #dto4  
,cloth1 #e4jj4 ,doran4 ,six tales1      
including ,the ,snow ,queen4  ,hans     
,andersen's ,fairy ,tales4 ,illustrated 
in colour by ,w4 ,heath ,robinson4 #dto4
 ,cloth1 #c4ej4 ,heath4  ,the ,snow     
,queen and ,other ,stories from ,hans   
,andersen4 ,illustrated in colour-plates
 by ,edmund ,dulac4 ,small #dto4 ,cloth1
 #b4jj4 ,doran4  ,danish ,fairy ,legends
 and ,tales4 ,by ,hans ,andersen4       
,trans1 by ,caroline ,peachey and ,h4   
,w4 ,dulcken4 ,introd4 by ,sarah ,c4    
,brooks4 7,pocket ,classics ,series47   
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4        
,p--,,the ,,history ,,of ,,little       
,,goody ,,two ,,shoes1 ,,otherwise      
,,called ,,mrs4 ,,margery ,,two ,,shoes 
,,by ,,oliver ,,goldsmith  99,little    

,goody ,two ,shoes4 ,illustrated by     
,marion ,l4 ,peabody after the woodcuts 
of the original edition of #agfe4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 4#bj4 ,heath4  ,little ,goody  
,two ,shoes4 ,illustrated by ,jessie ,m4
 ,king4 #afmo4 ,leather1 4#ge4 ,dutton4 
,little ,goody ,two ,shoes4 ,found in   
the second book of the ,heart of ,oak   
,books4 ,illustrated by ,frank ,t4      
,merrill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce4 ,heath4  
,p--,,granny',s ,,wonderful ,,chair     
,,and ,,its ,,tales ,,of ,,fairy ,,times
  ,,by ,,frances ,,browne  99,granny's  
,wonderful ,chair and the ,tales ,that  
,it ,told4 ,edited by ,m4 ,v4 ,o',shea4 
,illustrated by ,clara ,e4 ,atwood after
 ,mrs4 ,seymour ,lucas4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
4#cj4 ,heath4 ,fairy tales of great     
merit4  ,granny's ,wonderful ,chair and 
,its ,tales of ,fairy ,times4           
,illustrated in colour by ,w4 ,h4       
,margetson4 ,square #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4
 ,doran4  ,granny's ,wonderful ,chair4  
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4 ,in 
,everyman's ,library4 ,dutton4          

,p--,,the ,,rose ,,and ,,the ,,ring2    
,,or1 ,,the ,,history ,,of ,,prince     
,,giglio ,,and ,,prince ,,bulbo  ,a     
,,fireside ,,pantomime ,,for ,,great    
,,and ,,small ,,children  ,,by ,,mr4 ,m4
 ,a4 ,,titmarsh 7,,thackeray7  99,the   
,rose and the ,ring4 ,with an           
introduction by ,edward ,everett ,hale  
and woodcuts after the originals by     
,thackeray4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#bj4 ,heath4
  ,the ,rose and the ,ring4             
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,macmillan4  ,the ,rose and the ,ring4  
#afmo4 ,leather1 4#ge4 ,in ,ariel       
,classics4 ,putnam4  ,the ,rose and the 
,ring4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1     
#a4be4 ,dutton4  99,the ,rose and the   
,ring4 ,the original illustrations with 
others in colour by ,j4 ,r4 ,monsell4   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4          
,p--,,alice',s ,,adventures ,,in        
,,wonderland  ,,by ,,lewis ,,carroll    
99,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland4  
,illustrated by ,sir ,john ,tenniel4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4 ,it is

 hard to prefer any other edition to    
this one4  ,alice's ,adventures in      
,wonderland4 ,illustrated by ,sir ,john 
,tenniel4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 4#ge4    
,putnam4  ,alice's ,adventures in       
,wonderland4 ,illustrated by ,john      
,tenniel with colour plates by ,maria   
,l4 ,kirk4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4        
,stokes4  ,alice's ,adventures in       
,wonderland4 ,illustrated by ,john      
,tenniel4 #afmo4 ,leather1 4#ge4        
,putnam4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4 ,good
 for the teacher4  ,alice's ,adventures 
in ,wonderland4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4    
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  99,alice in    
,wonderland4 ,illustrated in colour by  
,arthur ,rackham4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4dj4  
,doubleday4 ,a fine edition4  ,alice's  
,adventures in ,wonderland4 ,illustrated
 in colour and black-and-white by       
,bessie ,collins ,pease4 #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,dodge4  ,alice in ,wonderland4  
,illustrated in colour and line by      
,george ,soper4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4ej4 ,baker4  ,alice in ,wonderland4  

,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,charles ,robinson4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4aj4 ,cassell4  ,alice  
in ,wonderland4 ,pictures in colour by  
,millicent ,sowerby4 #hvo4 ,cloth1      
#a4be4 ,duffield4  ,alice's ,adventures 
in ,wonderland4 7,standard ,school      
,library47 ,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4   
,macmillan4  ,alice's ,adventures in    
,wonderland4 ,illustrated in colour and 
line by ,w4 ,h4 ,walker4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 
#a4jj4 ,lane4  ,alice in ,wonderland4   
,with an introduction by ,e4 ,s4 ,martin
 and illustrations by ,peter ,newell4   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,harper4  ,alice's 
,adventures in ,wonderland4 ,illustrated
 with #ij coloured plates by ,henry     
,rosentree4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 
,nelson4   ,p--,,through ,,the ,,looking
 ,,glass ,,and ,,what ,,alice ,,found   
,,there  ,,by ,,lewis ,,carroll         
99,through the ,looking ,glass4         
,illustrated by ,sir ,john ,tenniel4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4       
,through the ,looking ,glass4           

,illustrated by ,sir ,john ,tenniel4    
,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 4#ge4 ,putnam4     
,through the ,looking ,glass4           
,illustrated by ,sir ,john ,tenniel4    
#afmo4 ,leather1 4#ge4 ,in the ,ariel   
,classics4 ,putnam4  ,through the       
,looking ,glass4 ,illustrated in colour 
and pen-and-ink sketches by ,bessie     
,collins ,pease4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4   
,dodge4  ,through the ,looking ,glass   
and ,what ,alice ,found ,there4         
7,standard ,school ,library47 #abmo4    
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,macmillan4  ,through the 
,looking ,glass4 ,illustrated by ,peter 
,newell4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 4#fj4 ,harper4   
,through the ,looking ,glass4           
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,crowell4  ,through the ,looking ,glass4
 ,bound with ,alice in ,wonderland4     
,illustrated in colour by ,eleanore     
,plaisted ,abbot4 ,original             
illustrations by ,tenniel4 #abmo4       
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,jacobs4   ,p--,,the     
,,water-,,babies3 ,a ,,fairy ,,tale     
,,for ,a ,,land-,,baby  ,,by ,,charles  

,,kingsley  ,water ,babies4 ,illustrated
 in colour by ,katherine ,cameron4 #hvo4
 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,stokes4                
99,water-,babies4 ,with an introduction 
by ,rose ,g4 ,kingsley and illustrations
 in colour by ,margaret ,w4 ,tarrant4   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4  ,the     
,water-,babies4 ,illustrated in colour  
and black-and-white by ,arthur ,dixon4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister
 book4  ,the ,water-,babies4            
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,george ,soper4      
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,baker4    
,the ,water-,babies4 ,illustrated in    
colour by ,ethel ,everett4 #abmo4       
,decorated cloth1 #a4be4 ,little4       
99,the ,water-,babies4 ,illustrated by  
,linley ,sanbourne4 #ab mo4 ,cloth1     
#a4be4 ,macmillan4  99,the              
,water-,babies4 ,illustrated by ,c4 ,e4 
,brock4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#hj4 ,macmillan4
  ,water-,babies4 ,illustrated in colour
 by ,agnes ,foringe4 ,square #abmo4     
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,doran4  ,the             

,water-,babies4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4    
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,water-,babies1
 ,the4 7,standard ,school ,library47    
,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,macmillan4  
,g--,,at ,,the ,,back ,,of ,,the ,,north
 ,,wind  ,,by ,,george ,,macdonald  ,at 
the ,back of the ,north ,wind4          
,illustrated in colour by ,frank ,c4    
,pape and in black-and-white by ,arthur 
,hughes4 ,large crown #hvo4 ,cloth1     
#a4ej4 ,caldwell4  ,at the ,back of the 
,north ,wind4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,dutton4  99,at the ,back
 of the ,north ,wind4 ,with the original
 illustrations by ,arthur ,hughes and   
plates in colour by ,maria ,l4 ,kirk4   
,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,lippincott4
  ,at the ,back of the ,north ,wind4    
,illustrated in colour4 #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#cs4 #f;d4 ,blackie4   ,,four ,,worthies
  ,,aesop',s ,,fables                   
,p--,this enduring form of literature   
may be read in           almost any     
grade4 ,the edition is to be determined 
largely by the grade for which it is    

designed4 ,in           point of        
effectiveness in showing human          
experiences and weaknesses by means of  
animal           action1 the classic    
fable has never been equalled           
by any other form of literature4 ,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 ,a,esop4 ,fables         
are imaginative literature1 and in that 
lies their           power rather than  
in their didactic assertion that        
later became attached as a moral to be  
pointed4           ,they need but one   
moral1 as ,g4 ,k4 ,chesterton so        
aptly observes2 for nothing in this     
world has more           than one moral4
  99,the ,fables of ,a,esop4 ,selected  
and told anew by ,joseph ,jacobs4       
,illustrated by ,richard ,heighway4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,in the ,new      
,cranford ,series4 ,macmillan4 ,good for
 younger children1 but should be printed

 without notes and advertisements4      
99,a,esop's ,fables4 ,illustrated by    
,arthur ,rackham1 in colour-plates4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,doubleday4 ,an   
attractive edition1 except the poor     
binding1 for older children4 ,the       
introduction by ,g4 ,k4 ,chesterton is  
very readable for grown-ups4  99,a      
,hundred ,fables of ,a,esop4 ,from the  
,english version of ,sir ,roger         
,l',estrange with an introduction by    
,kenneth ,grahame and illustrations by  
,percy ,j4 ,billinghurst4 ,square #hvo4 
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,lane4 ,good in its      
quaint ,english4  ,a,esop's ,fables4    
,illustrated by ,boyd ,smith4 #hvo4     
,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,century4  ,the ,fables  
of ,a,esop4 ,illustrated with           
colour-plates by ,edward ,detmond4      
,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,doran4     
,a,esop's ,fables4 ,illustrated in      
colour and black-and-white by ,harrison 
,weir4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4      
,harper4  ,a,esop's ,fables4 ,edited by 
,gordon ,holmes and illustrated by      

,charles ,folkard4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #fs4   
,black4  ,big ,book of ,fables4 ,edited 
by ,walter ,jerrold and illustrated in  
colour and black-and-white by ,charles  
,robinson4 ,royal #hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4  
,caldwell4  ,a,esop's ,fables4          
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,j4 ,m4 ,conde4 #hvo4
 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,moffat4  ,a,esop's     
,fables4 ,illustrated in colour and line
 by ,lucy ,fitch ,perkins4 #dto4 ,cloth1
 #a4jj4 ,stokes4  ,the ,book of ,fables4
 ,chosen and phrased by ,horace ,e4     
,scudder4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4          
,houghton4 ,good4  ,a,esop's ,fables4   
,translated from the original sources by
 the ,reverend ,thomas ,james4          
,illustrated by ,sir ,john ,tenniel4 ,in
 the ,ariel ,classics4 #afmo4 ,leather1 
4#ge4 ,putnam4 ,a useful old edition for
 the teacher and for the older boy who  
will read a dainty book done in red     
binding4  ,a,esop's ,fables4            
,illustrated4 ,in the ,chandos          
,classics4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ge4 ,warne4 

,good for the teacher4  ,a,esop's       
,fables4 ,edited by ,j4 ,h4 ,stickney4  
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce4      
,ginn4  ,the ,talking ,beasts3 ,a ,book 
of ,fable ,wisdom4 ,edited by ,kate     
,douglas ,wiggin and ,nora ,archibald   
,smith4 ,illustrated by ,harold ,nelson4
 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,doubleday4 ,from
 ,a,esop1 ,la ,fontaine1 ,bidpai1 and   
other sources4  99,select ,fables from  
,la ,fontaine adapted from the          
,translation of ,elizier ,wright for the
 ,use of the ,young4 ,illustrated in    
colour by ,boutet de ,monvel4 #aa x #i4 
,cloth1 #b4be4 ,society for ,promoting  
,christian ,knowledge4 ,no better       
illustrations have yet appeared to any  
child's book4   ,g--,,gulliver',s       
,,travels ,,into ,,several ,,remote     
,,nations ,,of ,,the ,,world  ,,by      
,,jonathan ,,swift            ,though   
abridged texts are generally a          
presumption           and a blunder1    
there is little warrant for school      
children's having more than the first   

two voyages1           to ,lilliput and 
to ,brobdingnag1 of this remarkable     
book4 ,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 ,swift4        
99,gulliver's ,voyages to ,lilliput and 
,brobdingnag4 ,illustrated in colour by 
,p4 ,a4 ,stozios4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4be4  
,holt4  ,gulliver's ,travels into       
,several ,remote ,nations of the ,world4
 ,illustrated in colour and             
black-and-white by ,arthur ,rackham4    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4           
,gulliver's ,travels4 ,adapted for the  
young by ,w4 ,b4 ,scott4 ,illustrated in
 colour and black-and-white by ,a4 ,e4  
,jackson4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 
,a ,nister book4  ,gulliver's ,travels4 
7,pocket ,classics ,series47 ,edited by 
,c4 ,johnson4 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4      
,macmillan4  ,gulliver's ,travels4      
,illustrated by ,stephen de la ,bere4   

#abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,macmillan4       
99,gulliver's ,travels4 ,with an        
introduction by ,sir ,henry ,craik and  
illustrations by ,c4 ,e4 ,brock4 #abmo4 
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,in the ,new ,cranford   
,series4 ,macmillan4 ,all of the voyages
 with old-fashioned spelling and        
capitalization that make it an          
attractive edition to the student4      
99,gulliver's ,travels4 ,the voyages to 
,lilliput and ,brobdingnag1 illustrated 
by ,arthur ,rackham4 #abmo4 ,cloth1     
4#ej4 ,dutton4 ,good edition4           
,gulliver's ,travels4 ,illustrated in   
imitation of woodcuts by ,louis ,rhead4 
,introduction by ,william ,dean         
,howells4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,harper4 
,gulliver's ,travels4 ,reprinted from   
the first edition1 expurgated and       
revised4 ,illustrated by ,herbert ,cole4
 ,square #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,lane4   
,gulliver's ,travels4 ,illustrated by   
,gordon ,browne4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4  
,scribner4  99,gulliver's ,travels4 ,the
 separate voyages each in a single      

volume4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4 #afmo4
 ,leather1 4#ge4 ,putnam4  ,gulliver's  
,travels4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4          
,half-leather1 4#fj4 ,in the ,riverside 
,school ,library4 ,houghton4            
,gulliver's ,travels4 ,in ,everyman's   
,library4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 
4#ge4 ,dutton4  ,gulliver's ,travels4   
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,crowell4  99,gulliver's ,travels4 ,the 
voyages to ,lilliput and ,brobdingnag   
only4 ,edited by ,t4 ,m4 ,balliet4      
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#cj4      
,heath4  ,gulliver's ,travels4          
,illustrated in colour by ,leo ,winter4 
,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4bj4 ,rand4      
,g--,,the ,,pilgrim',s ,,progress ,,from
 ,,this ,,world ,,to ,,that ,,which ,,is
 ,,to ,,come2 ,,delivered ,,under ,,the 
,,similitude ,,of ,a ,,dream  ,,by      
,,john ,,bunyan  99,the ,pilgrim's      
,progress4 ,illustrated in colour and   
black-and-white by ,frank ,c4 ,pape4    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,dutton4 ,a stately
 edition of both parts4  ,the ,pilgrim's

 ,progress4 ,fourteen etchings by       
,william ,strang4 ,a new and cheaper    
reissue of the original plates4 ,large  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,dutton4 ,a good   
edition4  ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4    
,with an introduction by the ,bishop of 
,durham4 ,illustrated in colour and     
black-and-white by ,walter ,paget4 #hvo4
 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,a ,nister book4        
,dutton4  ,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4    
,illustrated in colour by ,byam ,shaw4  
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,scribner  
importation4 ,a fine edition4  ,the     
,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,with a life of   
the author by the ,reverend ,john       
,brown4 ,illustrated in colour by ,james
 ,clark4 ,super royal #hvo4 ,cloth1     
#c4dj4 ,cassell4  ,the ,pilgrim's       
,progress4 ,illustrated in colour by    
,gertrude ,hammond4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4
 ,macmillan4  99,the ,pilgrim's         
,progress4 ,introduction by the         
,reverend ,h4 ,r4 ,haweis4 ,illuminated 
pages and #abj designs by the ,brothers 
,rhead4 ,large #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     

,century4 ,this attractive edition      
contains the first part only4  ,the     
,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,illustrated by   
,harold ,copping4 ,large #abmo4 ,cloth1 
#a4jj4 ,revel4 ,has the authentic text  
with illustrations in ,puritan dress4   
99,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4            
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,half-leather1     
4#fj4 ,houghton4 ,in the ,riverside     
,school ,library4  ,the ,pilgrim's      
,progress4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 
4#ej4 ,crowell4  99,the ,pilgrim's      
,progress4 ,edited by ,canon ,venable   
and ,mabel ,peacock4 ,with illustrations
 by ,george ,cruikshank4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 
4#ej4 ,oxford ,press4  ,the ,pilgrim's  
,progress4 #abmo4 ,linen boards1 4#ge4  
,in the ,chandos ,classics4 ,warne4     
99,the ,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,edited by 
,ernest ,c4 ,noyes4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj4
 ,the first part only4 ,merrill4  ,the  
,pilgrim's ,progress4 ,in ,everyman's   
,library4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 
4#gj4 ,dutton4  ,the ,pilgrim's         
,progress4 ,edited by ,d4 ,h4           

,montgomery4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#cj4 ,ginn4
   ,g--,,the ,,life ,,and ,,strange     
,,surprising ,,adventures ,,of          
,,robinson ,,crusoe ,,of ,,york1        
,,mariner1 ,,as ,,related ,,by ,,himself
  ,,by ,,daniel ,,defoe  99,robinson    
,crusoe4 ,illustrated with #bd          
separately mounted colour plates by     
,noel ,pocock4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1     
#b4jj4 ,hodder4 ,a fine edition1        
including the first part only4 ,the     
cover page1 illustrated with nothing but
 a human footprint in the sand1 could   
not have been more happily done4        
99,robinson ,crusoe4 ,illustrated with  
over a hundred pen-and-ink drawings1    
head-and-tail pieces1 and decorations   
done in old woodcut style by the        
,brothers ,rhead4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4  
,harper4 ,the first part only4 ,a good  
edition4  99,robinson ,crusoe4          
,illustrated in colour and with chapter 
headings by ,e4 ,boyd ,smith4 ,crown    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,houghton4 ,the    
first part only4 ,good4  ,robinson      

,crusoe4 ,illustrated in colour by ,w4  
,b4 ,robinson4 ,large #abmo4 ,cloth1    
#a4ej4 ,stokes4  ,robinson ,crusoe4     
,edited by ,walter ,jerrold and         
illustrated in colour and               
black-and-white by ,archibald ,webb4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,dutton4          
,robinson ,crusoe4 ,edited by ,h4       
,kingsley4 ,illustrated in colour4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,macmillan4       
,robinson ,crusoe4 ,illustrated by      
,gordon ,browne4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#a4be4 ,scribner importation4  ,robinson
 ,crusoe4 ,illustrated in colour by     
,eleanore ,p4 ,abbott4 #abmo4 ,cloth1   
#a4jj4 ,jacobs4  ,robinson ,crusoe4     
,edited with introduction and notes by  
,charles ,r4 ,gaston4 7,pocket ,classics
 ,series47 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4         
,macmillan4  99,robinson ,crusoe4       
,edited by ,ernest ,c4 ,noyes4 #afmo4   
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,the first part only4     
,merrill4  ,robinson ,crusoe4           
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,walter ,paget4 #hvo4

 ,cloth1 #a4dj4 ,cassell4 ,both parts4  
,robinson ,crusoe4 ,illustrated in      
colour and line by ,j4 ,a4 ,symington4  
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,a ,nister book4  
,dutton4 ,both parts4  ,robinson        
,crusoe4 ,reprinted from the original   
edition of #agah with an introduction by
 ,william ,lee1 ,esq4 ,illustrated by   
,ernest ,griset4 ,square crown #hvo4    
,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,warne4 ,also in the     
,chandos ,classics at 4#ge4  ,robinson  
,crusoe4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4           
,half-leather1 4#fj4 ,in the ,riverside 
,school ,library4 ,houghton4            
99,robinson ,crusoe4 ,reprinted from the
 edition of #agai4 ,with an introduction
 by ,edward ,everett ,hale and          
illustrations by ,c4 ,e4 ,brock and ,d4 
,l4 ,munro4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#fj4 ,heath4
 ,the first part only4  ,robinson       
,crusoe4 ,in ,everyman's ,library4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4     
,dutton4  ,robinson ,crusoe4 #afmo4     
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,robinson      
,crusoe4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,cassell4 

,,books ,,of ,,distinction ,,made ,,from
 ,,other ,,books ,,on ,,purpose ,,for   
,,boys ,,and ,,girls  ,,tales ,,from    
,,shakespeare  ,,by ,,charles ,,and     
,,mary ,,lamb  99,tales from            
,shakespeare4 ,illustrated in colour and
 black-and-white by ,arthur ,rackham4   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4  ,tales   
from ,shakespeare4 ,illustrated in      
colour and black-and-white by ,george   
,soper4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4    
,baker4 ,an attractive edition4         
99,tales from ,shakespeare4 ,illustrated
 by ,byam ,shaw4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4   
,macmillan4 ,an #hvo4 edition at #b4ej4 
,tales from ,shakespeare4 ,illustrated  
in colour by ,n4 ,m4 ,price4 #hvo4      
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,scribner importation4   
,tales from ,shakespeare4 ,illustrated  
by twelve plates from the ,boydell      
,gallery4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,scribner
 importation4  ,tales from ,shakespeare4
 ,illustrated in colour and             
black-and-white by ,walter ,paget4 #hvo4
 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,a ,nister book4        

,dutton4 ,with the original preface and 
with ,pericles omitted4  ,tales from    
,shakespeare4 ,introduction by ,andrew  
,lang4 ,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4       
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,lippincott4  99,tales   
from ,shakespeare4 ,illustrated by      
,romney1 ,hamilton1 ,kauffman1 and      
others1 selected from the ,boydell      
engravings4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,oxford
 ,press4  ,tales from ,shakespeare4     
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,half-leather1     
4#fj4 ,in the ,riverside ,school        
,library4 ,houghton4  ,tales from       
,shakespeare4 ,illustrated by ,homer ,w4
 ,colby after ,pille4 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
4#dj4 ,heath4  ,tales from ,shakespeare4
 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,linen boards1    
4#ge4 ,in the ,chandos ,classics4       
,warne4  ,tales from ,shakespeare4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4 ,in 
,everyman's ,library4 ,dutton4  ,tales  
from ,shakespeare4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 
,crowell4  ,tales from ,shakespeare4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,cassell4  ,lamb's 
,tragedies and ,comedies4 ,edited by ,w4

 ,j4 ,rolfe4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#fj4       
,american4  ,lamb3 ,tales from          
,shakespeare4 ,edited by ,a4 ,ainger4   
7,pocket ,classics ,series47 #bdmo4     
,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4            ,it
 might not be amiss to insert several   
other           volumes of tales from   
,shakespeare's plays at this            
point4 ,among these the following have  
proved           themselves good3       
,shakespeare in ,tale and ,verse4 ,by   
,g4 ,louis ,hufford4 #abmo4 ,cloth1     
#a4jj4 ,macmillan4  ,the ,shakespeare   
,story-,book4 ,told by ,mary ,macleod4  
,with an introduction by ,sidney ,lee   
and illustrations by ,gordon ,browne4   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #fs4 ,gardner4 ,sixteen   
tragedies and comedies4  ,stories from  
,shakespeare4 ,told by ,thomas ,carter4 
,illustrated in colour by ,gertrude     
,hammond4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4
  99,shakespeare's ,stories of the      
,english ,kings4 ,illustrated in colour 
by ,gertrude ,hammond4 #hvo4 ,cloth1    
#a4ej4 ,crowell4 ,this and the preceding

 volume are rich in excerpts from the   
plays4 ,after ,lamb has been            
appreciated1 the reading of these       
stories will help the boy along toward  
the plays in the original text4         
,historic ,tales from ,shakespeare4     
,told by ,sir ,arthur ,t4               
,quiller-,couch4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4  
,scribner4  ,a ,midsummer ,night's      
,dream4 ,edited by ,ernest ,c4 ,noyes4  
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 7,pocket           
,classics47 ,macmillan4  ,the ,tempest4 
,edited by ,s4 ,c4 ,newson4 #bdmo4      
,cloth1 4#be4 7,pocket ,classics47      
,macmillan4  ,the ,merchant of ,venice4 
,edited by ,charlotte ,underwood4 #bdmo4
 ,cloth1 4#be4 7,pocket ,classics47     
,macmillan4   ,g--,,the ,,wonder-,,book 
,,for ,,girls ,,and ,,boys4 ,,tanglewood
 ,,tales ,,for ,,girls ,,and ,,boys3 ,a 
,,second ,,wonder-,,book4  ,,by         
,,nathaniel ,,hawthorne  ,hawthorne's   
,wonder-,book4 7,pocket ,classics       
,series47 ,edited by ,l4 ,e4 ,wolfe4    
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4        

,hawthorne's ,tanglewood ,tales4        
7,pocket ,classics ,series47 ,edited by 
,r4 ,h4 ,beggs4 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4    
,macmillan4  99,a ,wonder-,book for     
,girls and ,boys4 ,illustrated in colour
 and decorated by ,walter ,crane4       
,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,houghton4 
,a fine edition4  99,tanglewood ,tales4 
,illustrated and decorated by ,george   
,wharton ,edwards4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 
,houghton4  99,the ,wonder-,book and    
,tanglewood ,tales4 ,illustrated in     
colour by ,maxfield ,parrish4 ,large    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,duffield4 ,a very 
good edition4  99,a ,wonder-,book and   
,tanglewood ,tales4 ,illustrated in     
colour by ,h4 ,granville ,fell4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,the pictures   
have a classic touch4  ,a ,wonder-,book 
for ,girls and ,boys4 ,illustrated by   
,f4 ,s4 ,church4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4   
,houghton4  ,a ,wonder-,book4           
,illustrated in colour by ,lucy ,fitch  
,perkins4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,stokes4 
,the ,wonder-,book and ,tanglewood      

,tales4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
#a4jj4 ,jacobs4  ,a ,wonder-,book4      
,illustrated in colour by ,leo ,winter4 
,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4bj4 ,rand4      
,tanglewood ,tales4 ,illustrated in     
colour by ,leo ,winter4 ,large #hvo4    
,cloth1 #a4bj4 ,rand4  ,tanglewood      
,tales4 ,illustrated in colour by       
,george ,soper4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4   
,crowell4  99,a ,wonder-,book and       
,tanglewood ,tales4 ,illustrated #hvo4  
,half-leather1 4#ge4 ,in the ,riverside 
,school ,library4 ,houghton4            
,wonder-,book and ,tanglewood ,tales4   
,in ,everyman's ,library4 #abmo4 ,cloth1
 4#ce2 leather1 4#ge4 ,dutton4          
,wonder-,book4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4     
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,tanglewood    
,tales4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1    
4#ej4 ,crowell4   ,g--,,the ,,adventures
 ,,of ,,ulysses  ,,by ,,charles ,,lamb  
,it is strange that educators and       
publishers have           not recognized
 the merits of this work and that it    
has not been issued in a                

well-illustrated form4           ,lamb's
 own estimate of it in a letter to a    
friend           is right3 ,chapman is  
divine and my abridgement           has 
not quite emptied him of his divinity4  
99,the ,adventures of ,ulysses4 ,edited 
by ,w4 ,p4 ,trent and illustrated after 
,flaxman4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,heath4  
,the ,adventures of ,ulysses4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 4#cj4 ,ginn4  99,the ,adventures
 of ,ulysses4 ,with an introduction by  
,andrew ,lang4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1    
4#ej4 ,longmans4  ,the ,heart of ,oak   
,books4 ,book ,,iv4 ,illustrations after
 ,flaxman1 ,turner1 and ,burne-,jones4  
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#de4 ,heath4   ,p--,,the
 ,,heroes2 ,,or1 ,,greek ,,fairy ,,tales
 ,,for ,,my ,,children  ,,by ,,charles  
,,kingsley  ,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy  
,tales for ,my ,children4 ,illustrated  
in colour by ,t4 ,h4 ,robinson4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4 ,a ,nister book4
  99,the ,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy     
,tales for ,my ,children4 ,illustrated  
in colour and line by ,george ,soper4   

,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,baker4    
99,the ,heroes2 or1 ,greek ,fairy ,tales
 for ,my ,children4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,macmillan4  ,greek     
,heroes4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,limp     
leather1 4#ge4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4
 ,putnam4  ,greek ,heroes4 ,in          
,everyman's ,library4 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4 ,dutton4  99,greek 
,heroes4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1   
4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,greek ,heroes4 ,edited
 by ,john ,tetlow4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#cj4 
,ginn4  ,kingsley's ,heroes3 ,greek     
,fairy ,tales4 ,edited by ,c4 ,a4       
,mc,murry4 7,pocket ,classics ,series47 
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4        
,kingsley's ,heroes4 ,american edition4 
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4       
,g--,,the ,,adventures ,,of ,,don       
,,quixote ,,de ,,la ,,mancha  ,,by      
,,miguel ,,de ,,cervantes ,,saavedra    
99,don ,quixote of the ,mancha4 ,retold 
for children by ,judge ,parry from      
,shelton's translation4 ,illustrated in 
colour and black-and-white by ,walter   

,crane4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4    
,lane4 ,a delightful volume that will   
entertain royally any boy who has a     
sense of humour4 ,the right one to own4 
,don ,quixote4 ,adapted for the young   
from ,motteaux's translation4           
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,paul ,hardy4 #hvo4  
,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,dutton4  ,the           
,adventures of ,don ,quixote4           
,translated and abridged by ,dominick   
,daly4 ,illustrated in colour by        
,stephen de la ,bere4 ,square #hvo4     
,cloth1 #fs4 ,black4  99,don ,quixote4  
,edited by ,clifton ,johnson4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 4#ge4 ,macmillan4  ,don ,quixote
 de la ,mancha4 ,abridged from the      
translation of ,duffield and ,shelton by
 ,mary ,e4 ,burt and ,lucy ,leffingwell 
,cable4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,scribner4 
,don ,quixote of ,la ,mancha4 ,abridged 
and edited by ,mabel ,e4 ,wharton4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,ginn4  ,don       
,quixote for ,young ,people4 ,rewritten 
by ,james ,baldwin4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4

 ,american4  ,adventures of ,don        
,quixote4 ,translated by ,d4 ,daly and  
illustrated in colour by ,s4 ,b4 de la  
,bere4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,macmillan4 
,for the teacher4   ,,myths1 ,,legends1 
,,and ,,stories ,,of ,,romance ,,from   
,,various ,,sources  ,g--,,robin ,,hood 
99,the ,merry ,adventures of ,robin     
,hood of ,great ,renown in              
,nottinghamshire4 ,written and          
illustrated by ,howard ,pyle4 ,royal    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,scribner4 ,a      
capital book for any boy4  ,robin ,hood 
and ,his ,adventures4 ,written by ,paul 
,cheswick and illustrated by ,t4 ,h4    
,robinson4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,a      
,nister book4 ,dutton4  99,robin ,hood4 
,written by ,henry ,gilbert4            
,illustrated in colour by ,walter       
,crane4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4     
,stokes4  99,the ,story of ,robin ,hood 
and ,his ,merry ,men4 ,told by ,john    
,finnemore and illustrated in colour by 
,allen ,stewart4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4  
,macmillan4  ,bold ,robin ,hood and ,his

 ,outlaw ,band4 ,penned and pictured by 
,louis ,rhead4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     
,harper4  ,robin ,hood4 ,told by        
,clifton ,johnson4 ,illustrated by      
,bonte4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,baker4   
99,life in the ,greenwood4 ,edited by   
,marion ,florence ,lancing and          
illustrated by ,charles ,copeland4      
#afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce4 ,ginn4 ,for very   
young children4  ,robin ,hood3 ,his     
,book4 ,told by ,eva ,march ,tappan4    
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     
,little4   ,g--,,king ,,arthur  99,the  
,boy's ,king ,arthur4 ,edited by ,sidney
 ,lanier4 ,illustrated by ,alfred       
,kepper1 ,alfred ,fredericks1 and ,e4   
,b4 ,bonsell4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1      
#b4jj4 ,scribner4 ,the boy should also  
read the author's ,knightly ,legends of 
,wales4  ,the ,story of ,king ,arthur   
and ,his ,knights4 ,written and         
illustrated by ,howard ,pyle4 ,royal    
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,scribner4 ,the    
author has these volumes to his credit4 
,the ,story of the ,champions of the    

,round ,table1 ,the ,story of ,sir      
,lancelot1 ,the ,story of the ,grail and
 the ,passing of ,arthur4  ,king        
,arthur's ,knights4 ,told by ,henry     
,gilbert and illustrated in colour by   
,walter ,crane4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4    
,stokes4  99,the ,book of ,king ,arthur 
and ,his ,noble ,knights3 ,stories from 
,sir ,thomas ,malory's ,morte           
,d',arthur4 ,told by ,mary ,macleod and 
illustrated by ,a4 ,g4 ,walker4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4  ,tales of ,king
 ,arthur and ,his ,knights of the ,round
 ,table4 ,told by ,margaret ,vere       
,farrington4 ,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4 
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,putnam4  ,the ,king ,who
 ,never ,died4 ,by ,dorothy ,senior4    
,illustrated in colour plates4 #hvo4    
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,macmillan4  ,the        
,legends of ,king ,arthur and ,his      
,knights4 ,compiled from ,malory by ,sir
 ,james ,knowles4 ,illustrated in colour
 and black-and-white by ,lancelot       
,speed4 ,large #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4     
,warne4  ,malory's ,king ,arthur and    

,his ,knights4 ,version by ,b4 ,h4      
,lathrop4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,baker4  99,page1 ,esquire1 and  
,knight4 ,told by ,marion ,lancing and  
illustrated by ,charles ,copeland4      
#afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce4 ,ginn4 ,for young  
children4  99,the ,age of ,chivalry2 or1
 ,legends of ,king ,arthur4 ,by ,thomas 
,bulfinch4 ,edited by ,j4 ,loughran     
,scott4 ,fully illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4
 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,mc,kay4 ,this is about 
as good a telling as the studious boy   
can find4 ,but if he has a taste for    
pure literary form1 he will surely come 
to know ,tennyson's ,idylls of the ,king
 and prefer it to any prose version4    
,malory's ,le ,morte d',arthur4 ,text of
 ,caxton4 7,globe47 #abmo4 ,cloth1      
#a4ge4 ,macmillan4  ,malory's ,morte    
d',arthur ,selections4 7,pocket         
,classics ,series47 ,edited by ,d4 ,w4  
,swiggett4 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4         
,macmillan4   ,g--,,classic ,,myths ,,of
 ,,greece ,,and ,,rome  99,the ,age of  
,fable2 or1 the ,beauties of ,mythology4

 ,told by ,thomas ,bulfinch4 ,edited by 
,j4 ,loughran ,scott4 ,fully            
illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4
 ,mc,kay4 ,every boy should own this or 
some other edition of this great work4  
,the ,age of ,fable2 or1 the ,beauties  
of ,mythology4 ,edited by ,w4 ,h4       
,knapp4 ,fully illustrated4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,altemus4  ,the ,age of  
,fable2 or1 the ,beauties of ,mythology4
 ,edited by ,edward ,everett ,hale4     
,fully illustrated4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4
 ,lathrop4  ,the ,a,eneid for ,boys and 
,girls4 ,by ,alfred ,j4 ,church4        
,illustrated in colour4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,macmillan4  99,a ,story of the  
,golden ,age4 ,told by ,james ,baldwin  
and illustrated by ,howard ,pyle4 #abmo4
 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,scribner4 ,ends where  
the ,iliad begins4  ,the ,greek ,heroes3
 ,stories ,translated from ,niebuhr4    
,illustrated in colour and              
black-and-white by ,arthur ,rackham4    
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,cassell4  ,the   
,boy's ,iliad4 ,told by ,walter ,c4     

,perry4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
#a4ej4 ,macmillan4  ,the ,boy's         
,odyssey4 ,told by ,walter ,c4 ,perry4  
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     
,macmillan4  99,story of the ,iliad4    
,told by ,alfred ,john ,church4 ,with   
illustrations after ,flaxman4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4 ,an edition  
in colour plates at #a4ej4  ,story of   
the ,odyssey4 ,told by ,alfred ,john    
,church4 ,with illustrations after      
,flaxman4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4         
,macmillan4 ,an edition in colour plates
 at #a4ej4  ,heroes of ,chivalry and    
,romance4 ,by ,a4 ,j4 ,church4 ,ill4 in 
colour plates by ,g4 ,morrow4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 #a4ge4 ,macmillan4  ,heroes of  
the ,olden ,time4 ,by ,pamela ,m4 ,cole4
 ,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj4 ,macmillan4 
,story of the ,golden ,apple4 ,by       
,pamela ,m4 ,cole4 ,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 
4#dj4 ,macmillan4  99,adventures of     
,odysseus4 ,by ,f4 ,s4 ,marvin and      
others4 ,illustrated by ,charles        
,robinson4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4        

,dutton4 ,an easy telling done with     
attractive pictures4  ,the ,odyssey     
,translated into ,english ,prose4 ,by   
,george ,h4 ,palmer4 ,crown #hvo4       
,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,houghton4 ,a complete   
story that will be a little difficult   
for the child to read1 but well worth   
his while4  ,half-a-,hundred ,hero      
,tales of ,ulysses and the ,men of ,old4
 ,edited by ,francis ,storr and         
illustrated by ,frank ,c4 ,pape4 #hvo4  
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,holt4  ,gods and        
,heroes2 or1 the ,kingdom of ,jupiter4  
,by ,robert ,edward ,francillion4 ,the  
authorized ,american edition4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 4#dj4 ,ginn4  99,stories of ,old
 ,greece and ,rome4 ,by ,emilie ,kip    
,baker4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4           
,macmillan4 ,a very good combination of 
literature and mythology4 ,an edition   
with pronouncing index at #a4jj4        
,g--,,norse ,,myths  99,norse ,stories  
,told from the ,eddas4 ,by ,hamilton    
,wright ,mabie4 ,illustrated in colour  
and decorated by ,george ,wright4 #hvo4 

,cloth1 #a4hj4 ,dodd4  ,in the ,days of 
,giants3 ,a ,book of ,norse ,tales4 ,by 
,abbie ,f4 ,brown4 ,illustrated by ,e4  
,boyd ,smith4 ,square #hvo4 ,cloth1     
#a4aj4 ,houghton4 ,easier to read than  
the one above4  ,stories of the ,norse  
,heroes4 ,retold from the ,eddas and    
,sagas by ,e4 ,m4 ,wilmot-,buxton4      
,illustrated by ,j4 ,c4 ,donaldson4     
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4  ,one for
 ,wod and ,one for ,lok4 ,told by       
,thomas ,cartwright4 ,illustrated in    
colour4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,dutton4   
99,heroes of ,asgard4 ,by ,a4 and ,e4   
,keary4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,macmillan4
  ,brave ,beowulf4 ,told by ,thomas     
,cartwright4 ,illustrated in colour by  
,patten ,wilson4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4   
,dutton4  ,beowulf4 ,told by ,john      
,harrington ,cox4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4  
,cloth1 4#ej4 ,little4  ,popular ,tales 
from the ,norse4 ,by ,sir ,george ,webb 
,dasent4 ,illustrated4 #hvo4 ,cloth1    
#b4ej4 ,putnam4 ,a collection of        
folk-tales4  ,out of the ,northland4 ,by

 ,e4 ,k4 ,baker4 7,pocket ,classics     
,series47 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4          
,macmillan4  99,stories from ,northern  
,myths4 ,by ,e4 ,k4 ,baker4 #abmo4      
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,macmillan4   ,g--,,from 
,,chaucer  99,tales of the ,canterbury  
,pilgrims4 ,told by ,f4 ,j4 ,h4 ,darton4
 ,with an introduction by ,f4 ,j4       
,furnival and illustrations by ,hugh    
,thompson4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4
  ,the ,chaucer ,story ,book4 ,by ,eva  
,march ,tappan4 ,illustrated4 #hvo4     
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,houghton4  ,canterbury  
,chimes2 or1 ,chaucer ,tales ,retold to 
,children4 ,by ,francis ,storr and      
,hawes ,turner4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #cs4     
#f;d4 ,kegan ,paul4  ,the ,canterbury   
,tales of ,geoffrey ,chaucer3 ,a ,modern
 ,version in ,prose of the ,prologue and
 ,ten ,tales4 ,by ,percy ,mac,kaye4     
,illustrated in colour by ,walter       
,appleton ,clark4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4  
,duffield4  ,stories from ,chaucer4 ,by 
,j4 ,w4 ,mc,spaden4 ,illustrated4 #afmo4
 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,crowell4  ,chaucer's    

,prologue to the ,book of the ,tales of 
,canterbury4 7,pocket ,classics         
,series47 ,edited by ,a4 ,ingraham4     
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4        
,g--,the ,faerie ,queene  99,stories    
from the ,faerie ,queene4 ,told by ,mary
 ,macleod4 ,illustrated by ,a4 ,g4      
,walker4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4  
,well done4  ,fairy ,queen and ,her     
,knights1 ,the4 ,by ,alfred ,j4 ,church4
 ,col4 ,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4      
,macmillan4  ,stories from the ,faerie  
,queene4 ,told by ,lawrence ,dawson4    
,illustrated by ,gertrude ,d4 ,hammond4 
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4  ,una and
 the ,red ,cross ,knight and ,other     
,tales from ,spenser's ,faerie ,queene4 
,by ,n4 ,g4 ,royde-,smith4 ,illustrated 
in colour and decorated by ,t4 ,h4      
,robinson4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4
   ,g--,,other ,,legend ,,and ,,romance 
99,book of ,legends4 ,gathered and      
rewritten by ,horace ,e4 ,scudder4      
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,houghton4 ,such tales as ,st4 ,george  

and the ,dragon1 ,the ,wandering ,jew1  
and ,the ,flying ,dutchman4  ,heroic    
,legends4 ,by ,agnes ,grazier           
,herbertson4 ,illustrated in colour by  
,helen ,stratton4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,caldwell4 ,stories of ,valentine
 and ,orsen1 ,st4 ,george and the       
,dragon1 ,christopher1 and others4      
99,wonder-,book of ,old ,romance4 ,told 
by ,f4 ,j4 ,h4 ,darton and illustrated  
by ,a4 ,g4 ,walker4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4
 ,stokes4 ,stories such as ,guy of      
,warwick1 ,king ,horn1 and ,sir ,gawain 
and the ,green ,knight4  ,stories from  
,old ,french ,romance4 ,told by ,e4 ,m4 
,wilmot-,buxton4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ge4   
,stokes4 ,stories such as ,ogier the    
,dane and ,aucassin and ,nicolete4      
,heroes of ,chivalry and ,romance4 ,by  
,a4 ,j4 ,church4 ,illustrated in colour 
by ,grace ,morrow4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ge4
 ,macmillan4  ,the ,story of ,roland4   
,told by ,james ,baldwin and illustrated
 by ,reginald ,b4 ,birch4 #abmo4 ,cloth1
 #a4ej4 ,scribner4  99,a ,chevalier of  

,old ,france4 ,the ,song of ,roland     
translated and adapted from ,old ,french
 texts by ,john ,harrington ,cox4       
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4     
,little4  ,book of ,romance4 ,by ,andrew
 ,lang4 ,illustrated in colour and      
black-and-white by ,h4 ,j4 ,ford4 ,crown
 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4fj4 ,longmans4 ,the   
stories of ,king ,arthur1 ,robin ,hood1 
,roland1 and others4  ,stories of       
,persian ,heroes4 ,told by ,e4 ,m4      
,wilmot-,buxton4 ,illustrated and       
decorated4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4         
,crowell4  ,children's ,tales from      
,scottish ,ballads4 ,told by ,e4 ,w4    
,grievson and illustrated in colour by  
,a4 ,stewart4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4      
,macmillan4  ,book of ,ballad ,stories4 
,told by ,mary ,macleod4 ,with an       
introduction by ,edward ,dowden and     
illustrations by ,a4 ,g4 ,walker4 #hvo4 
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,stokes4 ,robin ,hood1   
,patient ,griselda1 ,sir ,cauline1 and  
many other romantic tales4  ,almost     
,true ,stories4 ,fully illustrated4     

,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,putnam4    
,among others are found ,the ,legend of 
,sleepy ,hollow1 ,the ,paradise of      
,children1 ,the ,lady of ,shalot1 and   
,cupid and ,psyche4  ,great ,opera      
,stories4 ,by ,m4 ,s4 ,bender4          
7,everychild's ,series47 ,ill4 #afmo4   
,cloth1 4#dj4 ,macmillan4  ,thirty      
,indian ,legends4 ,by ,margaret         
,bemister4 ,ill4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj4   
,macmillan4  ,stories from the ,classic 
,literature of ,many ,nations4 ,edited  
by ,bertha ,palmer4 7,standard ,school  
,library47 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4         
,macmillan4  99,children's ,book of     
,celtic ,stories4 ,by ,e4 ,w4 ,grievson4
 ,illustrated in colour by ,a4 ,stewart4
 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,macmillan4       
,g--,a ,,few ,,long ,,stories ,,of      
,,romantic ,,adventure  ,,treasure      
,,island  ,,by ,,robert ,,louis         
,,stevenson  99,treasure ,island4       
,illustrated in colour by ,n4 ,c4       
,wyeth4 ,royal #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4     
,scribner4 ,an excellent edition4       

99,treasure ,island4 ,illustrated in    
colour by ,john ,c4 ,cameron4 #hvo4     
,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,cassell4  ,treasure     
,island4 ,illustrated by ,walter ,paget4
 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,scribner4       
,treasure ,island4 ,small #abmo4 ,cloth1
 #a4be2 limp leather1 #a4ej4 ,small4    
,treasure ,island4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4 
,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,jacobs4  ,treasure      
,island4 ,in ,everyman's ,library4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4     
,dutton4  99,treasure ,island4          
,illustrated4 #afmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4      
,crowell4  ,treasure ,island4 #abmo4    
,cloth1 4#be4 ,scribner4  ,stevenson's  
,treasure ,island4 7,pocket ,classics   
,series47 ,edited by ,h4 ,a4 ,vance4    
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4        
,the boy who has read this capital story
 of           adventure must of         
necessity have more of ,stevenson       
and had better try ,kidnapped next4 ,he 
may           sometime become absorbed  
in the wonderful tales of           a   
favourite of ,stevenson himself1 ,dumas4

 ,listen to           the testimony of  
,thackeray about the great ,french      
story-teller as it was written in the   
essay1 ,on a           ,lazy1 ,idle     
,boy3 ,what was the book in the hands   
of my lad as he stood by the river      
shore8 ,do you           suppose that it
 was ,livy1 or the ,greek grammar8      
,no3 it was ,d',artagnan locking up     
,general ,monk in a           box1 or   
the prisoner of the ,chateau d',if      
cutting           himself out of the    
sack fifty feet under water and         
swimming to the island of ,monte        
,cristo4 ,be assured           the lazy 
boy was reading ,dumas2 and as for the  
tender pleadings of his mother that he  
should not           let his supper grow
 cold--,i don't believe the             
scapegrace cared one fig4 ,no6 ,figs are
 sweet1 but           fictions are      
sweeter4   ,g--,,the ,,last ,,of ,,the  
,,mohicans  ,,by ,,james ,,fenimore     
,,cooper  99,last of the ,mohicans4     
,illustrated by ,e4 ,boyd ,smith4 #abmo4

 ,cloth1 #a4ce4 ,holt4  ,last of the    
,mohicans4 ,fully illustrated4 ,crown   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4be4 ,putnam4  ,the     
,last of the ,mohicans4 ,illustrated by 
,frank ,t4 ,merrill4 #hvo4 ,cloth1      
#a4ej4 ,crowell4  ,the ,last of the     
,mohicans4 ,illustrated4 #b vols4 #afmo4
 ,cloth1 #c4jj4 ,macmillan4  99,the     
,last of the ,mohicans4 ,illustrated by 
,h4 ,m4 ,brock4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#hj4    
,macmillan4  ,the ,last of the          
,mohicans4 ,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4   
,half-leather1 4#gj4 ,in the ,riverside 
,school ,library4 ,houghton4  ,last of  
the ,mohicans4 ,in ,everyman's ,library4
 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4    
,dutton4  99,last of the ,mohicans4     
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,heath4  ,last of  
the ,mohicans4 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4     
,macmillan4            ,if the boy does 
not own1 he should at least read1       
the other four volumes of the ,leather  
,stocking           ,tales as well as   
one or two of ,cooper's sea tales1      
such as ,the ,pilot1 and ,the ,red      

,rover4   ,g--,,ivanhoe3 ,a ,,romance   
,,by ,,sir ,,walter ,,scott  ,ivanhoe4  
,illustrated in colour4 #hvo4 ,cloth1   
#b4ej4 ,lippincott4  ,ivanhoe4          
,illustrated by ,h4 ,m4 ,eaton4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4  ,ivanhoe4     
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4     
,appleton4  ,ivanhoe4 ,fully            
illustrated4 ,post #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 
,in the ,andrew ,lang edition4 ,dana4   
99,ivanhoe4 ,fully illustrated4 ,post   
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,in the ,heather   
edition4 ,harper4  ,ivanhoe4            
,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4              
,half-leather1 4#gj4 ,houghton4 ,in the 
,riverside ,school ,library4  ,ivanhoe4 
#abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce2 leather1 4#gj4     
,dutton4 ,everyman's ,library4          
99,ivanhoe4 ,illustrated by ,c4 ,e4     
,brock4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#ej4 ,heath4    
99,ivanhoe4 ,illustrated in colour by   
,e4 ,boyd ,smith4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4  
,houghton4  ,ivanhoe4 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
4#fj4 ,ginn4  ,ivanhoe4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
4#dj4 ,american4  ,ivanhoe4 #bdmo4      

,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4  99,ivanhoe4  
7,dryburgh ,edition47 #abmo4 ,cloth1    
#a4be4 ,macmillan4            ,this     
introduction to ,scott should certainly 
be           followed by a reading of   
,quentin ,durward1 ,rob           ,roy1 
,the ,talisman1 and ,guy ,mannering4    
,g--,,lorna ,,doone3 ,a ,,romance ,,of  
,,exmoor  ,,by ,,richard ,d4 ,,blackmore
  99,lorna ,doone4 ,illustrated in      
colour by ,christopher ,clarke4 #hvo4   
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,crowell4 ,a very good   
edition4  99,lorna ,doone4 ,illustrated 
in colour and black-and-white by ,gordon
 ,browne4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #d4bj4 ,stokes4 
,lorna ,doone4 ,illustrated with        
photogravures4 #b vols4 #afmo4 ,cloth1  
#b4ej2 limp leather1 #c4jj4 ,putnam4    
,lorna ,doone4 ,illustrated by plates   
printed in sepia4 #b vols4 #abmo4       
,cloth1 #c4jj2 leather1 #e4jj4 ,rand4   
99,lorna ,doone4 ,illustrated by ,mrs4  
,catharine ,weed ,ward4 ,crown #hvo4    
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,harper4  ,lorna ,doone4 
,illustrated by ,frank ,t4 ,merrill4    

#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,crowell4  99,lorna
 ,doone4 ,illustrated4 ,large #abmo4    
,cloth1 #a4be4 ,putnam4  ,lorna ,doone4 
,illustrated4 ,large #abmo4 ,cloth1     
#a4be4 ,rand4  ,lorna ,doone4           
,illustrated4 ,post #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4
 ,scribner4  99,lorna ,doone4 #bdmo4    
,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4               
,the great field of realistic fiction   
will later           open up to the boy1
 but he must be in no hurry to          
enter it4 ,when he does enter it1       
however1 see that           he selects  
well1 and urge him to read in           
moderation4 ,he might well start with   
such books as           ,david          
,copperfield and ,the ,mill on the      
,floss1           leaving ,thackeray    
untouched for a few years until         
he can better appreciate him4 ,with a   
taste once           formed for any one 
of these great novelists1 he            
will stand in little danger from the    
almost           countless current      
stories that are always getting         

in his way4   ,g--,,travel1 ,,biography1
 ,,autobiography1 ,,and ,,history       
99,two ,years ,before the ,mast4 ,by    
,richard ,h4 ,dana1 ,jr4 ,illustrated in
 colour by ,e4 ,boyd ,smith4 #hvo4      
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,houghton4  ,two ,years  
before the ,mast4 ,by ,richard ,h4      
,dana1 ,jr4 ,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4  
,half-leather1 4#gj4 ,houghton4  ,two   
,years before the ,mast4 ,by ,richard   
,h4 ,dana1 ,jr4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#fj4    
,crowell4  99,two ,years before the     
,mast4 ,by ,richard ,h4 ,dana1 ,jr4     
#bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4  99,the
 ,oregon ,trail4 ,by ,francis ,parkman4 
,fully illustrated by ,frederic         
,remington4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 
,little4 ,a fine edition to own4  ,the  
,oregon ,trail4 ,by ,francis ,parkman4  
,four illustrations by ,remington4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,little4          
99,parkman's ,oregon ,trail4 ,edited by 
,c4 ,h4 ,j4 ,douglas4 7,pocket ,classics
 ,series47 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4         
,macmillan4  ,the ,oregon ,trail4 ,by   

,francis ,parkman4 #ahmo4 ,cloth1 4#ce4 
,crowell4  ,boys of ,other ,countries4  
,by ,bayard ,taylor4 ,illustrated in    
colour by ,frederick ,simpson ,coburn4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4 ,putnam4  ,the     
,cruise of the ,catchelot around the    
,world after ,sperm ,whales4 ,by ,frank 
,t4 ,bullen4 ,illustrated4 #abmo4       
,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,appleton4  99,plutarch  
for ,boys and ,girls4 ,edited by ,john  
,s4 ,white4 ,illustrated4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 
#a4ge4 ,putnam4  99,the ,children's     
,plutarch3 ,tales of the ,greeks4       
,edited by ,f4 ,j4 ,gould with an       
introduction by ,william ,dean ,howells4
 ,illustrated by ,walter ,crane4 #abmo4 
,cloth1 4#ge4 ,harper4 ,tales of the    
,romans uniform with the above at the   
same price4  ,plutarch's ,lives4 ,retold
 by ,w4 ,h4 ,weston and illustrated in  
colour by ,w4 ,ramey4 ,large #hvo4      
,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,stokes4  ,plutarch's    
,lives4 ,edited by ,edward ,ginn4       
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#de4      
,ginn4  ,plutarch4 ,lives of ,caesar1   

,brutus1 and ,anthony4 ,edited by       
,martha ,brier4 7,pocket ,classics      
,series47 #bdmo4 ,cloth1 4#be4          
,macmillan4  ,hawthorne's ,grandfather's
 ,chair4 ,edited by ,h4 ,h4 ,kingsley4  
7,pocket ,classics ,series47 #bdmo4     
,cloth1 4#be4 ,macmillan4               
99,grandfather's ,chair and             
,biographical ,stories4 ,by ,nathaniel  
,hawthorne4 ,illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4  
,cloth4 4#gj4 ,houghton4  ,tales of a   
,grandfather4 ,by ,sir ,walter ,scott4  
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,macmillan4       
,tales of a ,grandfather4 ,by ,sir      
,walter ,scott4 ,selected by ,edward    
,ginn4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj4 ,ginn4      
99,life of ,lord ,nelson4 ,by ,robert   
,southey4 ,illustrated by engravings4   
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,macmillan4 ,in   
,bohn's ,illustrated ,library4  ,life of
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#abmo4 ,boards1 4#ge4 ,warne4 ,in the   
,chandos ,classics4  99,the             
,autobiography of ,benjamin ,franklin4  
,the unmutilated and correct version by 

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,putnam4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics at    
4#ge4  ,franklin's ,autobiography4      
,edited by ,d4 ,h4 ,montgomery4         
,illustrated4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 4#dj4      
,ginn4  ,benjamin ,franklin's           
,autobiography4 ,with a chapter         
completing the story of his life4       
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,houghton4  ,franklin's ,autobiography4 
#bdmo4 7,pocket ,classics47 ,cloth1     
4#be4 ,macmillan4  ,a ,child's ,history 
of ,england4 ,by ,charles ,dickens4     
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#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,macmillan4       
99,the ,boy's ,parkman4 ,compiled by    
,louise ,c4 ,hasbrouck4 ,illustrated by 
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,cloth1 #a4jj4 ,little4 ,the passages in
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manners1 customs1 and characteristics of
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language4--,the ,nation4  ,mrs4         
,lester's ,school4 ,by ,charles and     
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,macmillan4  ,tales from ,maria         
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illustrated4 ,crown #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4jj4
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#hvo4 ,cloth1 #b4ej4 ,dutton4  99,the   
,swiss ,family ,robinson4 ,by ,j4 ,r4   
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colour by ,maria ,l4 ,kirk4 #dto4       
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,hollow4 ,by ,washington ,irving4       
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the ,ariel ,classics at #a4ej4  99,rip  
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,illustrated by ,george ,boughton4      
#abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,macmillan4 ,in   
the ,new ,cranford ,series4 ,some day   

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#ej colour-plates by ,arthur ,rackham4  
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99,old ,christmas4 ,by ,washington      
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7,cranford ,series47 ,macmillan4 ,also  
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,irving's ,sketch ,book4 7,pocket       
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colour and line by ,george ,alfred      
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,baker4  ,a ,christmas ,carol4 ,by      
,charles ,dickens4 ,illustrated with    
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  99,a ,christmas ,carol4 ,illustrated  
in colour by ,c4 ,e4 ,brock4 #abmo4     
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,macmillan4  ,tom ,brown's ,school      
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,f4 ,sedgwick4 ,illustrated in colour4  
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #c4be4 ,putnam4  ,tom     

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,hughes4 ,illustrated by ,louis ,rhead4 
#hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,harper4  99,tom   
,brown's ,school ,days4 ,by ,thomas     
,hughes4 ,illustrated by ,e4 ,j4        
,sullivan4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 ,in the
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,tom ,brown's ,school ,days4 ,by ,thomas
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99,tales from the ,travels of ,baron    
,munchausen4 ,edited by ,edward ,everett
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,heath4 ,for a boy with a sense of      
humour this will afford a rare treat4   
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4#ge4 ,in the ,ariel ,classics4 ,putnam4
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colour-plates by ,boutet de ,monvel4    
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,remus and ,bre'r ,rabbit4 ,by ,joel    
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and the ,little ,boy4 ,illustrated by   
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,chandler ,harris4 ,fully illustrated by
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,century4 ,a fine book for a child to   
own4  99,the ,second ,jungle ,book4 ,by 
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#a4ej4 ,century4  99,p--,just-,so       
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illustrated by the author at #a4be4     
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,h4 ,vedder4 #abmo4 ,cloth1 #b4jj4      
,macmillan4 ,an edition at 4#ej4  99,men
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with girls as with boys4  ,the ,wonder  
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,harper4 ,twenty-four good tales4       
,equally as good are ,twilight ,land and
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tales4  ,stevenson's ,kidnapped4 ,edited
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,carolyn ,della ,chiesa4 ,edited by     
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illustrations and decorations in colours
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cloth1 #a4be4 ,macmillan4  ,peter ,pan  
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,macmillan4  ,children of the ,wild4 ,by
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,christmas ,tales and ,christmas ,verse4
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,florence ,storer4 #hvo4 ,cloth1 #a4ej4 
,scribner4  ,christmas ,every ,day4 ,by 
,william ,dean ,howells4 ,illustrated   
and decorated in colour4 ,small #dto4   
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,sorts4 ,by ,mrs4 ,molesworth4 ,illus4  
by ,gertrude ,hammond4 #abmo4 ,cloth1   
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#a4be4 ,macmillan4  ,the ,queen's       
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colour and black-and-white by ,frederick
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#b4ej4 ,scribner4  ,tales of the        
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,by ,thomas ,wentworth ,higginson4 ,ill4
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,illustrated by ,taber4 #abmo4 ,cloth1  
#a4ej4 ,century4   ,,the ,,holy ,,bible 
,the ,child's ,bible4 ,arranged from the
 ,authorized ,version with an           
introduction by ,bishop ,doane4         
,illustrated with #ajj full-page plates 
by modern artists4 #dto4 ,cloth1 #c4ej4 
,cassell4  99,the ,bible for ,young     
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paintings by the old masters4 #dto4     
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under twelve years4  ,the ,old1 ,old    
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#a4ej4 ,houghton4  ,bible ,story ,retold
 for ,young ,people4 ,by ,w4 ,h4        
,bennett and ,w4 ,f4 ,adeney4 #b parts3 
,i4 ,old ,testament ,story4 ,,ii4 ,new  
,testament ,story4 ,maps4 ,ill4 #abmo4  
,each 4#fj2 in one vol41 #a4jj4         
,macmillan4  ,bible ,stories4           

7,children's ,series of the ,modern     
,reader's ,bible47 ,by ,r4 ,g4 ,moulton4
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,it is doubtful if ,bible stories in    
simple language           form are of   
much value to the boy4 ,if he is too    
young to read the language on his own   
account1 the           stories had      
better be read aloud to him from the    
,authorized ,version4 ,then as early as 
possible let           him cultivate the
 habit of learning this wonderful       
book first hand4 ,nothing in the field  
of           literature will serve him  
better than will this           reading 
habit4  99,holy ,bible1 ,containing the 
,old and ,new ,testaments2 ,translated  
out of the ,original ,tongues1 and with 
,former ,translation ,diligently        

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,cloth1 #a4cj4 ,self-pronouncing in long
 primer type4 ,oxford ,press4           
,,index ,,to ,,first ,,lines ,,of       
,,poems                                 
,,page   ,a great while ago the world   
began                            #eh    
,a life on the ocean wave               
#acj   ,as ,i in hoary winter's night   
stood shivering in the snow     #he     
,at ,flores in the ,azores1 ,sir        
,richard ,grenville lay          #abb   
,a wet sheet and a flowing sea          
#hf   ,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul      
#aeb   ,blow1 blow1 thou winter wind    
#ih   ,boats sail on the rivers         
#ch   ,boot1 saddle1 to horse and away  
#ic   ,by the rude bridge that arched   
the flood                    #acd       
,call for the robin redbreast and the   
wren                    #gj   ,come1    
dear children1 let us away              
#gc   ,come follow1 follow me           
#fd   ,come unto these yellow sands     

#eg   ,dainty little maiden1 whither    
would you wander               #di   ,do
 you ask what the birds say8 the        
sparrow1 the dove         #ei   ,entreat
 me not to leave thee                   
#ee   ,faintly as tolls the evening     
chime                          #aje     
,fair ,daffodils1 we weep to see        
#hi   ,from gold to gray                
#aai   ,from ,oberon1 in fairy land     
#ia   ,full fathom five thy father lies 
#fg   ,god of our fathers1 known of old 
#ada   ,good-bye1 good-bye to ,summer   
#fj   ,hark1 hark1 the dogs do bark     
#cc   ,hark1 hark1 the lark at heaven's 
gate sings                  #fh   ,haste
 thee1 ,nymph1 and bring with thee      
#abj   ,he clasps the crag with crooked 
hands                       #aca   ,he  
that dwelleth in the secret place of the
 most high       #aac   ,how sleep the  
brave who sink to rest                  
#acj   ,hush thee1 my babby             
#ce   ,hush6 the waves are rolling in   
#di   ,i bring fresh showers for the    

thirsting flowers             #aaf   ,i 
come from haunts of coot and hern       
#hb   ,i have a little shadow that goes 
in and out with me          #df   ,in   
winter ,i get up at night               
#dj   ,i saw a ship a-sailing           
#cf   ,i saw you toss the kites on high 
#ef   ,i sprang to the stirrup1 and     
,joris1 and he                  #ajh    
,it was the schooner ,hesperus          
#ajj   ,i wandered lonely as a cloud    
#ace   ,jog on1 jog on1 the foot-path   
way                            #eh      
,lady ,moon1 ,lady ,moon1 where are you 
roving                   #ed   ,little  
,bo-,peep has lost her sheep            
#ce   ,little ,boy ,blue1 come blow your
 horn                         #cd       
,little ,lamb1 who made thee            
#ea   ,lord1 thou hast been our dwelling
 place                     #acb         
,minnie and ,winnie lived in a shell    
#ej   ,much have ,i travell'd in the    
realms of gold                 #adj     
,my heart leaps up when ,i behold       

#gj   ,now fades the last long streak of
 snow                      #ajg   ,of   
speckled eggs the birdie sings          
#cg   ,oh1 hush thee1 my babie6 thy sire
 was a knight               #fc   ,oh1  
who is so merry1 so merry1 heigh-ho     
#dd   ,o ,lord1 our ,lord               
#gi   ,o ,mary1 go and call the cattle  
home                         #ajd       
,over hill1 over dale                   
#fi   ,o wedding-guest6 this soul hath  
been                        #ajf        
,pack1 clouds1 away1 and welcome day    
#ga   ,pease porridge hot               
#cc   ,pibroch of ,donuil ,dhu          
#aag   ,pussy cat1 pussy cat1 where have
 you been                    #cc        
,queen and huntress1 chaste and fair    
#hd   ,ring out1 wild bells1 to the wild
 sky                        #fe         
,season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
                     #acg   ,sleep1     
baby1 sleep1 our cottage vale is deep   
#cd   ,sleep1 baby1 sleep1 thy father is
 tending the sheep          #da         

,spring1 the sweet spring1 is the year's
 pleasant king        #ec   ,sweet and  
low1 sweet and low                      
#dg   ,the ,assyrian came down like a   
wolf on the fold              #aaa      
,the cock is crowing                    
#gb   ,the curfew tolls the knell of    
parting day                   #adf      
,the friendly cow1 all red and white    
#ci   ,the gorse is yellow on the heath 
#ig   ,the heavens declare the glory of 
,god                         #id   ,the 
king sits in ,dunfermline town          
#adb   ,the ,lord is my shepherd        
#db   ,the melancholy days are come1 the
 saddest of the year        #ii   ,the  
,northern ,star sailed over the bar     
#if   ,the rain is raining all around   
#cg   ,the splendour falls on castle    
walls                          #ha      
,the voice of my beloved6 behold1 he    
cometh                   #fe   ,the warm
 sun is failing1 the bleak wind is      
wailing           #ij   ,the world is so
 full of a number of things             

#cg   ,the year's at the spring         
#fg   ,this is the ship of pearl1 which1
 poets feign               #acf   ,three
 mice went into a hole to spin          
#cd   ,under the greenwood tree         
#hh   ,up the airy mountain             
#eb   ,up1 up1 ye dames1 ye lasses gay  
#gc   ,wee ,willie ,winkie runs through 
the town                      #ce       
,what does little birdie say            
#da   ,when cats run home and light is  
come                         #eh   ,when
 children are playing alone on the green
                 #fa   ,when daffodils  
begin to peer                           
#eh   ,whenever the moon and stars are  
set                          #ci   ,when
 icicles hang by the wall               
#fh   ,when ,i was sick and lay a-bed   
#de   ,when the green woods laugh with  
the voice of joy             #fb        
,where lies the land to which the ship  
would go               #hg   ,where the 
bee sucks1 there suck ,i                
#eg   ,whither1 'midst falling dew      

#aci   ,who has seen the wind           
#ch   ,who is ,sylvia8 what is she      
#aba   ,who would true valour see       
#aae   ,you spotted snakes with double  
tongue                        #dg       
99       99       99       99       99  
,transcriber's ,notes3  ,page #bai1     
millionnaire changed to millionaire     
7quickly made millionaire7  ,page #bdg1 
,wyth changed to ,wyeth 7,n4 ,c4 ,wyeth1
 and7  ,page #bef1 ,abrabian changed to 
,arabian 7from the ,arabian7