It is in furnishing those literary masterpieces that give life to geography and inspiration to history that _Journeys Through Bookland_ gives the best of assistance to boys and girls in their school work. Some of its selections will give facts and many of them, but the facts form the smaller part of the contribution. History is valuable only as it enables us to understand the present, thrills us with the accomplishments of the past and teaches us how to live and act in the future. No man is so wrapped up in business that he does not heed the charm of noble deeds and fails to be moved by glorious achievement. Some histories are literature in themselves and have the inspiring quality we crave, but most of them are too dry and scientific to afford much interest to the child. So the greater part of our selections are not from the books that are called real history but from those which appeal to the imagination and stir the soul. Geographical teaching is likewise indirect in _Journeys_ but it is none the less helpful and inspiring. To prove the truth of these statements we have only to present what the books contain and show how the selections may be used. It does not seem wise to separate the two subjects too widely, for they are closely related and intimately interwoven in almost all reading. There are, it is true, some masterpieces that may be considered purely geographical and others that are as entirely historical, but these will be easily identified. Yet for ease and readiness in locating them we append a list of nearly one hundred selections and classify them in a simple manner: 1. Largely geographical. _a._ Juvenile poems with geographical allusions, or based on geographical facts: (1) _The Suns Travels_, Volume I, page 68. (2) _Singing_, I, 83. (3) _Foreign Lands_, I, 130. (4) _At the Seaside_, I, 129. (5) _Old Gaelic Lullaby_, I, 203. (6) _Where Go the Boats?_ I, 256. (7) _Foreign Children_, I, 351. (8) _Keepsake Mill_, I, 349. (9) _Windy Nights_, II, 123. (10) _Picture Books in Winter_, II, 87. (11) _The Child's World_, II, 66. _b._ Stories and poems that describe places or people in Europe and some of their customs and modes of life: (1) _The Tree_, Volume I, page 301. (2) _The Snow Maiden_, I, 257. (3) _The Snow Queen_, II, 124. (4) _The Skeleton in Armor_, V, 327. (5) _Rab and His Friends_, VI, 99. (6) _The Governor and the Notary_, VII, 20. (7) _Don Quixote_, VII, 431. (8) _The Alhambra_, VIII, 153. (9) _Ascent of the Jungfrau_, IX, 1. (10) _The Cotters Saturday Night_, VIII, 319. _c._ Fanciful legends with geographical interests: (1) _Why the Sea Is Salt_, Volume II, page 484. (2) _Origin of the Opal_, II, 480. _d._ A Story from Japan. (1) _The Mirror of Matsuyana_, Volume II, page 36.