A Mother's List of Books for Children

Name: A Mother's List of Books for Children
Author: Arnold, Gertrude Weld

Arnold, Gertrude Weld

Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography

COOLIDGE, SUSAN (Pseudonym of S.C. Woolsey).
               What Katy Did.
               Little. 1.25

  TO FIVE

  Six of us once, my darlings, played together
  Beneath green boughs, which faded long ago,
  Made merry in the golden summer weather,
  Pelted each other with new-fallen snow.
  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  So, darlings, take this little childish story,
  In which some gleams of the old sunshine play,
  And, as with careless hands you turn the pages,
  Look back and smile, as here I smile to-day.

This account of the lively doings of the six little Carrs is full of
action and interest. In the midst of her happy life poor Katy has to
stop and learn, through the invalidism which comes as the result of an
accident, the great lessons of patience, cheerfulness, and living for
others. Happily, in the end, after her battle has been won, full
health returns to her.


DEFOE, DANIEL.                                                     (p. 135)
               Robinson Crusoe.
               Illustrated by the Brothers Rhead.
               Harper. 1.50

     Every child comprehends everything in Robinson Crusoe save one
     sole point--what conceivable reason he could have had for feeling
     discontented.
                                        THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

The illustrations are the result of a special trip to the island of
Tobago, the scene of the great narrative, and are from sketches made
on the island.


DODGE, M. (M.).
               Hans Brinker.
               Scribner. 1.50

First published in 1865, and since translated into many languages,
this book still stands as _the_ picture of life in Holland to give to
boys and girls.


EGGLESTON, EDWARD.
               The Hoosier School-Boy.
               Scribner. 1.00

School life in town and village of the Middle West, in 1850. First
published in 1883, the story has retained popularity.


JACKSON, H.M. (F.) H.
               Nelly's Silver Mine.
               Little. 1.50

Rob and Nelly leave their New England home and journey with their
parents to Colorado. There they have many interesting experiences in
the silver mining country, which are told in Mrs. Jackson's        (p. 136)
charming natural style.


JEWETT, S.O.
               Betty Leicester.
               Houghton. 1.25

Fifteen-year-old Betty spends a happy and satisfactory summer at
Tideshead with her two aged aunts, bringing brightness and pleasure
into their quiet lives.


JOHNSON, ROSSITER.
               *Phaeton Rogers.
               Scribner. 1.50

Phaeton was so inventive that he was always in hot water. Boys love to
read of his pranks and pleasures.


LUCAS, E.V.
               Anne's Terrible Good Nature, and Other Stories for Children.
               Macmillan. 1.75

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A Mother's List of Books for ChildrenArnold, Gertrude Weld

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A Mother's List of Books for Children

Arnold, Gertrude Weld

Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography

COOLIDGE, SUSAN (Pseudonym of S.C. Woolsey).
               What Katy Did.
               Little. 1.25

  TO FIVE

  Six of us once, my darlings, played together
  Beneath green boughs, which faded long ago,
  Made merry in the golden summer weather,
  Pelted each other with new-fallen snow.
  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  So, darlings, take this little childish story,
  In which some gleams of the old sunshine play,
  And, as with careless hands you turn the pages,
  Look back and smile, as here I smile to-day.

This account of the lively doings of the six little Carrs is full of
action and interest. In the midst of her happy life poor Katy has to
stop and learn, through the invalidism which comes as the result of an
accident, the great lessons of patience, cheerfulness, and living for
others. Happily, in the end, after her battle has been won, full
health returns to her.


DEFOE, DANIEL.                                                     (p. 135)
               Robinson Crusoe.
               Illustrated by the Brothers Rhead.
               Harper. 1.50

     Every child comprehends everything in Robinson Crusoe save one
     sole point--what conceivable reason he could have had for feeling
     discontented.
                                        THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.

The illustrations are the result of a special trip to the island of
Tobago, the scene of the great narrative, and are from sketches made
on the island.


DODGE, M. (M.).
               Hans Brinker.
               Scribner. 1.50

First published in 1865, and since translated into many languages,
this book still stands as _the_ picture of life in Holland to give to
boys and girls.


EGGLESTON, EDWARD.
               The Hoosier School-Boy.
               Scribner. 1.00

School life in town and village of the Middle West, in 1850. First
published in 1883, the story has retained popularity.


JACKSON, H.M. (F.) H.
               Nelly's Silver Mine.
               Little. 1.50

Rob and Nelly leave their New England home and journey with their
parents to Colorado. There they have many interesting experiences in
the silver mining country, which are told in Mrs. Jackson's        (p. 136)
charming natural style.


JEWETT, S.O.
               Betty Leicester.
               Houghton. 1.25

Fifteen-year-old Betty spends a happy and satisfactory summer at
Tideshead with her two aged aunts, bringing brightness and pleasure
into their quiet lives.


JOHNSON, ROSSITER.
               *Phaeton Rogers.
               Scribner. 1.50

Phaeton was so inventive that he was always in hot water. Boys love to
read of his pranks and pleasures.


LUCAS, E.V.
               Anne's Terrible Good Nature, and Other Stories for Children.
               Macmillan. 1.75

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

A Mother's List of Books for Children

A Mother's List of Books for Children

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