Journeys Through Bookland Volume X Part 60

INDIAN BOYHOOD, by _Charles Eastman_, a Sioux Indian.

Full of the manners and customs of the Indians, and containing as well some good stories of adventure. Little, Brown & Co.

GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR, by _Nathaniel Hawthorne_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co. This book contains, besides the stories printed in this set, many other interesting historical tales.

THE BOYS OF '76, by _Charles Carleton Coffin_.

Harper and Bros. A fine book that will interest any child in the story of the Revolution. There are other books in a similar vein by the same author.

THE STORY OF THE GREEKS, THE STORY OF THE ROMANS, and THE STORY OF THE ENGLISH are three good books by H. A. Guerber, which will help to create an interest in the history of those peoples and at the same time give information valuable in reading literature. All are published for school use by the American Book Company.

CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, by _Charles d.i.c.kens_.

This book is always interesting to children, and is such good reading that we need not feel afraid of d.i.c.kens' inexactness and apparent prejudices. Read it as literature, not so much as history.

BIRDS AND BEES, SHARP EYES AND OTHER PAPERS, by _John Burroughs_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co. Though this may seem rather hard reading to some, it is delightful literature, and full of good lessons in observation for children. Other books by the same author are equally entertaining. An excellent book to read to children.

INDIAN DAYS OF THE LONG AGO, by _E. S. Curtis_.

World Book Co.

THE MAGIC FOREST, by _Stewart Edward White_.

Macmillan Co.

THE WORLD OF THE GREAT FOREST, by _Paul Du Chaillu_.

Harper and Bros. An interesting account of animal life, not without some literary merit. Other books by the same author will delight the adventurous.

SHARP EYES, and MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS are two beautiful books, ill.u.s.trated by the author, William Hamilton Gibson. Harper and Bros. They are as interesting and as charmingly written as any of the mult.i.tudinous nature books.

_Volume V_

THE BOYS' KING ARTHUR, edited by _Sidney Lanier_.

Ill.u.s.trated by Alfred Kappes. Charles Scribner's Sons.

THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL, by _James Russell Lowell_.

One of the finest poems in the language. Best read in connection with the stories of King Arthur. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

THE BOYS' FROISSART.

The chronicles retold in simple English by Sidney Lanier.

Scribners.

TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, abridged by _Thomas W. Knox_.

The touch of fiction does not injure these old tales.

LITTLE SMOKE, by _William Osborn_.

An exciting story of Sioux life.

TEN BIG INDIANS, by _Mary Hazelton Wade_.

W. A. Wilde & Co. An interesting introduction to Indian history.

HANS BRINKER; OR THE SILVER SKATES, by _Mary Mapes Dodge_.

A delightful story of child life in Holland. A valuable picture of manners and customs.

THE HOOSIER SCHOOL BOY, by _Edward Eggleston_.

Charles Scribner's Sons. An interesting story of pioneer times.

THE PETERKIN PAPERS, by _Lucretia Peabody Hale_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co. One of the few good humorous stories for children.

TOBY TYLER, OR TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS, and MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER are two wholesome stories full of humor and pathos. Harper and Bros.

THE STORY OF A NuRNBERG STOVE, by _Louise De la Ramee (Ouida)_.

Educational Publishing Company.

BETTY LEICESTER, by _Sarah Orne Jewett_.

A fine story for girls. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL, by _Kate Douglas Wiggin (Riggs)_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co. A charming story which will delight everybody. By the same author, _The Story of Patsy_, _Timothy's Quest_ and _Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm_ are all wholesome and entertaining.

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, by _Kate Douglas Wiggin_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co.

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, A TALE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, by _Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)_. Harper and Bros. The story relates to England in the sixteenth century.

THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, by _Edward Everett Hale_.

Little, Brown & Co. The style and language are mature, but the story is one of the best lessons in patriotism ever written.

_Volume VI_

TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, by _Sir Walter Scott_.

An abridged edition, published by Ginn & Co., contains the best tales, but many children will like them all.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

An excellent book for young people on account of its interest and its clear literary style. An edition by Houghton, Mifflin Co., contains a sketch of Franklin's life subsequent to the time when his autobiography ends.

LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, by _Thomas Babington Macaulay_.

Inspiring tales in verse such as children love to hear.

_Horatius_ is among them.

IVANHOE, by _Sir Walter Scott_.

Houghton, Mifflin Co. publish a cheap school edition.

THE TALISMAN, by _Sir Walter Scott_.

SCOTTISH CHIEFS, by _Jane Porter_.

This is one of the stories that young people enjoyed years ago.

It helps to the reading of Scottish history, and is a good type of the romantic novel.