12. The leading publishing houses are now competing vigorously in bringing out the best complete classics in cheap, durable, well-printed form for school use. In our list the names of the publishers are given. Most of the companies can be addressed in Boston, Chicago, New York, or San Francisco. Most of the books bound in boards or cloth range in price from twenty-five to fifty cents. The pamphlet editions are from ten to fifteen cents. The larger books of miscellaneous collections and some of the science classics range from seventy-five cents to a dollar and a quarter. A few of the books are priced as high as two dollars. 13. Before final publication, the following lists of books have been submitted to the criticism of a number of able superintendents and to the leading publishing houses. In consequence considerable changes and additions have been made. The chief criticism offered was that the books, in a number of cases, are too difficult for the grades indicated. To meet this objection a few changes were made, while in several cases books are described as suitable for two or three grades. For the sake of quick and easy reference in finding any book, an alphabetical list of the titles of all the books is given at the close, and the page indicated where each book may be found in the descriptive list. FOURTH GRADE 1. BOOKS FOR REGULAR READING LESSONS Hawthorne's Wonder Book. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Educational Publishing Co. Has been very extensively used in fourth and fifth grades, and even in sixth. A book of standard excellence. Kingsley's Greek Heroes. Ginn & Co.; The Macmillan Co. Much used. Excellent. Covers much the same ground as the Wonder Book and is preferred by some to it. Stories from the Arabian Nights. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Excellent. It contains some of the most familiar stories, as Aladdin, in simple form. Whittier's Child Life in Poetry and Prose. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. An excellent selection of poems and stories of child life by Whittier. It has many simple poems and stories, as Barefoot Boy, John Gilpin, etc. Also for fifth grade. Fanciful Tales (Stockton). Scribner's Sons. Very pleasing and well-told stories for children. It has not been extensively used for reading as yet. Book of Tales. American Book Co. A good collection of old fairy tales, stories, and poems. It has been extensively used. Old Testament Stories in Scripture Language. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and others. The patriarchal stories in familiar Bible language. It may be a little difficult for the first part of the year. Round the Year in Myth and Song (Holbrook). American Book Co. A fine collection of nature poems for occasional use throughout the year. Bird-World (Stickney-Hoffman). Ginn & Co.