Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography
Stories of the lives of the great Italian masters told for young folks.
Well told and beautifully illustrated. 9 to 12.
LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. By Bulwer-Lytton.
A very entertaining description of life in Rome in the first century. 15
to 18.
LAST OF THE BARONS, THE. By Bulwer-Lytton.
A tale of the War of the Roses. Warwick the “Kingmaker” is the chief
character. 15 to 18.
LAST OF THE PETERKINS, THE. By Lucretia M. Hale.
Amusing stories for unpractical children. Follows “Peterkin Papers.” 12
to 16.
LITTLE MEN. By Louisa M. Alcott.
Follows “Little Women,” and tells of the school for boys kept by one of
the sisters. 12 to 14.
LORNA DOONE. By R. D. Blackmore.
A stirring romance of Exmoor (England) during the early part of the
eighteenth century. 16 to 18.
MARCHING TO VICTORY. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
The second period of the War of the Rebellion, including the year 1863.
12 to 14.
MISS MINERVA AND WILLIAM GREEN HILL. By Frances Boyd Calhoun.
A story full of real fun and humor that will appeal to grown-ups and
young folks equally. 14 to 18.
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, THE. By Charles Dickens.
The story of Little Nell and her grandfather, Dick Swiveller, and the
Marchioness. 14 to 16.
OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES. By Charles Carleton Coffin.
Sketches of the life in the colonies from the discovery and settlement
of America to about 1760. 12 to 14.
OPTIMISM. By Helen Keller.
A remarkable creed of life by this deaf and blind girl. 16 to 18.
PARABLES FROM NATURE. By Mrs. Alfred Gatty.
Splendid lessons drawn from nature. 12 to 18.
PAUL AND VIRGINIA. By Jacques Henri B. de Saint-Pierre.
A story of the Island of Mauritius. 16 to 18.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED. By Frank R. Stockton.
Describes a tour through England, France, Italy, and the Low Countries.
12 to 14.
PETERKIN PAPERS. By Lucretia P. Hale.
Very funny stories of the efforts of a family to become wise. 12 to 16.
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, THE. By John Bunyan.
One of the world’s classics. Tells of the wonderful adventures of
Christian. Editions recommended—Nister, Dent, Puritan, and Golden
Treasury. 10 to 16.
PLUTARCH, BOYS’ AND GIRLS’, THE. Edited by J. S. White.
Realistic lives of the Greek and Roman heroes. 11 to 14.
PLUTARCH’S LIVES. Corrected from the Greek and revised by A. H.
Clough.
The best text and editorship of this classic. 16 to 18.
PRINCE OF INDIA, THE. By Lew Wallace.
An historical romance, beginning in the year 1395. Describes the assault
and sack of the old Byzantine capital by Mohammed II, and of his entry
into Sancta Sophia. 16 to 18.
PUCK OF POOK’S HILL. By Rudyard Kipling.
An interweaving of fairy tale and historical romance of old England. 12
to 16.
RAB AND HIS FRIENDS. By John Brown.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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