Excellent and interesting historical material for the teacher. The Men Who Made the Nation (Sparks). The Macmillan Co. Interesting biographical material. The Age of Chivalry (Bulfinch). Lee & Shepard. An important treatise on this subject. Library book. The Foot-path Way (Torrey). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Attractive and inspiring nature study. Birddom (Keyser). Lothrop & Co. Excellent style and treatment of bird life. News from the Birds (Keyser). D. Appleton & Co. Very pleasing studies and stimulating to teachers. Greek Life and Story (Church). G. P. Putnam's Sons. A good series of pictures from the chief episodes of Greek history. Counsel upon the Reading of Books (Van Dyke). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Excellent. The Odyssey (Butcher and Lang). The Macmillan Co. SIXTH GRADE 1. BOOKS FOR REGULAR READING LESSONS The Sketch-Book (Irving). Ginn & Co.; American Book Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.; Macmillan Co.; Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Educational Pub. Co.; University Pub. Co. Rip Van Winkle and other American essays. One of the best books for sixth grade. Used also in fifth and seventh grades. The Courtship of Miles Standish (Longfellow). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Excellent in many ways for sixth-grade children. A dramatized edition is also published. Used sometimes in seventh grade. The Christmas Carol (Dickens). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.; Educational Publishing Co. Excellent as literature and for variety of style in class work. Used also in seventh grade. Hunting of the Deer (Warner). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. Including also How I Killed a Bear, and other admirable stories, in which the humor and sentiment are fine. Used also in seventh grade. Snow-Bound and Songs of Labor (Whittier). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. One of the best American poems for children. Used also in seventh and eighth grades. Coming of Arthur and Passing of Arthur. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.; Maynard, Merrill, & Co.; The Macmillan Co. In the fine, poetic style of Tennyson, but simple. Suited also for seventh grade. The Gentle Boy and Other Tales (Hawthorne). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. A pathetic story of the Quaker persecutions in New England. Tales of the White Hills and Sketches (Hawthorne). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. The Great Stone Face in this series is one of the choicest stories for children in English. Plutarch's Alexander the Great. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. A good biography for children and serves well as an introduction to Plutarch. Grandfather's Chair (Hawthorne). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. The best stories we have of early and colonial New England history. Good also for seventh grade. Children's Hour, Paul Revere, and other papers (Longfellow). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.