This little collection should contain the classic nonsense, but not all kinds of inartistic fooling and rude fun. There should be _Alice in Wonderland_ and _Through the Looking-Glass_ (always the one with Tenniel's pictures). We must remember that _Alice_ is very delicate art, and that its final and deepest appeal is to the mature person. Certain very imaginative children take to it as a fanciful tale at the moment of ripeness; others miss it then, and must wait until the wonderful dream-psychology of it, and the delicate satire of its parodies can make their appeal to them as older persons. Lear's _Nonsense Rhymes_ in judicious doses every child should have; "John Gilpin's Ride;" certain of the _Bab Ballads_; a little of Oliver Heresford's delightful foolishness. Among the folk- and fairy-tales he will find many comic bits whose kind or degree of humor will suit him admirably in his younger years. In Clouston's _Book of Noodles_ may be found a mine of such funny tales. _The Peterkin Papers_ is the best of modern noodle-tales. No family can be brought up without the help of _Strewel Peter_, nor should they miss _Little Black Sambo_. Most American children are enchanted with the fun of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn though one must sadly acknowledge that it is woven into back-grounds of a sensational kind not at all improving to an unformed taste. One cannot feel that parodies are in general good for children; though, after they have had a good share of serious enjoyment out of their fairy-tales, and especially if they seem too much or too long absorbed in them, they ought to have _The Rose and the Ring_ and _Prince Prigio_.