CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND READING _BY MONTROSE J. MOSES_ FAMOUS ACTOR FAMILIES IN AMERICA LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH In preparation _EDITED BY MR. MOSES_ EVERYMAN A Morality Play Children’s Books and Reading _By_ MONTROSE J. MOSES [Illustration: Mitchell Kennerley Logo] NEW YORK MITCHELL KENNERLEY _Copyright, 1907, by Mitchell Kennerley_ TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE v I. THE PROBLEM 1 II. THE RISE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS 19 I. Horn-books; Chap-books; New England Primer 20 II. La Fontaine and Perrault 34 III. Mother Goose 40 IV. John Newbery; Oliver Goldsmith; Isaiah Thomas 46 III. THE OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARY 61 I. The Rousseau Impetus 61 II. The Edgeworths; Thomas Day; Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin 76 III. The Sunday-school: Raikes; Hannah More; Mrs. Trimmer 101 IV. The Poets: Watts; Jane and Ann Taylor; William Blake 119 V. Charles and Mary Lamb; the Godwins 130 IV. CONCERNING NOW AND THEN 143 I. The English Side 143 English Table II. The American Side 150 American Table III. The Present Situation 162 V. THE LIBRARY AND THE BOOK 166 I. Children’s Books: Their Classification; their Characteristics 167 II. The Library, the School, the Home--a Plea for Culture 180 III. Book-lists and Book-selecting 189 IV. The Experimental Temptation 195 VI. APPENDIX 200 I. Book-lists Published by Libraries 200 II. A List of Selected Books for Children 208 III. Bibliographical Note 269 INTRODUCTORY NOTE