Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The GuideSylvester, Charles Herbert
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Children's literature; Literature -- Collections
THE HEROES, OR GREEK FAIRY TALES, by _Charles Kingsley_.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., with pictures by Rose Le
Quesne.
THREE FAIRY TALES, by _Jean Ingelow_.
Illustrated by A. J. Ripley. D. C. Heath & Co.
THE STORY OF ÆNEAS, by _Michael Clarke_.
American Book Company. Fine illustrations. This contains the
story of the _Aeneid_ for young American readers.
THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE, _by Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik_.
D. C. Heath & Co. An allegorical fairy tale of great beauty,
teaching the lesson of patience and true manhood.
LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY, by _Joel Chandler
Harris_.
Illustrations by Oliver Herford. Houghton, Mifflin Co.
MR. RABBIT AT HOME, by _Joel Chandler Harris_.
A sequel to _Little Mr. Thimblefinger_.
NONSENSE SONGS AND STORIES, by _Edward Lear_.
F. Warne & Co.
COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS of _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_.
This is one of the books that every family ought to own, there
is so much in it for every age. Besides the lyrics children love
so well, there are _Hiawatha_, _Evangeline_, _Miles Standish_
and other poems, which belong to children as well as to the
adults. The Cambridge edition published by Houghton, Mifflin Co.
is a cheap, serviceable book, though the print is necessarily
rather small.
THE WONDERFUL CHAIR AND THE TALES IT TOLD, by _Frances R.
Browne_.
D. C. Heath & Co.
THE BLUE BIRD FOR CHILDREN, by _Maurice Maeterlinck_.
The story of the play, beautifully told. Silver, Burdett & Co.
THE JUNGLE BOOK, by _Rudyard Kipling_.
The hero is a child brought up among the wolves. A delightful
story to create interest in wild animals. The Century Company.
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK, by _Rudyard Kipling_.
The Century Company.
JUST SO STORIES, by _Rudyard Kipling_.
WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN, by _Ernest Thompson Seton_.
A delightful series of stories full of human interest.
_Volume III_
This volume contains selections from several books which it is felt will
be read in their entirety by most children. They are:
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS.
Two modern fairy tales by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson). The amusing pictures are by Sir John Tenniel. The
Macmillan Company. These fantastic stories delight everyone who
reads them.
ROBINSON CRUSOE, by _Daniel Defoe_.
There are many editions of this old and popular story for boys,
from an abbreviated form in words of one syllable to the
original work in full. W. H. Lambert has edited a school edition
in excellent manner for Ginn & Co.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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