What books to lend and what to giveYonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
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What books to lend and what to give
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
Books and reading -- Great Britain; Children's literature -- Bibliography
=56. Little May and her friend Conscience.= By Mrs. CUPPLES. (Nelson)
9_d._
A debate with conscience.
=57. Tim’s Basket.= (Nelson) 6_d._
Might cheer a crippled child.
=58. Story of a Needle.= By A.L.O.E. (Nelson) 1_s._ 6_d._
Autobiographical.
=59. The Two Watches.= By the Author of ‘Copsley Annals.’ (Nelson) 1_s._
Didactic but lively.
=60. Baby’s Prayerbook.= By Mrs. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.) 8_d._
A tiny girl unconsciously leading her elder brother to a right course.
=61. Wings and Stings.= By A.L.O.E. (Nelson) 1_s._
Once this was read to a class who delighted in it. Another year it fell
flat, owing, perhaps, to the children having less imagination.
=62. It’s his Way.= By the Author of ‘Copsley Annals.’ (Nelson) 1_s._
Very good for reading aloud.
=63. Northope Cave.= By MRS. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.)
Seaside adventures, a brave little self-devoted fisher-boy among babies.
[Illustration]
SENIOR CLASSES.
_For Children from Ten Years old to Twelve: Fourth Standard and upwards._
Most children are advanced enough at this age to prefer what
is a little out of their own field; though here there will
always be the differing tastes for adventure or character, and
imaginative or matter-of-fact literature. What will fall flat
with some will be appreciated by others; and, in general, what
has been read to them is best liked. Explanations can be given,
right intonations are explanatory in themselves, and foreign or
unusual names are better understood.
=64. Under the Lilacs.= By LOUISA ALCOTT. (Sampson Low) 2_s._
A stray boy and poodle, escaped from a circus, arrive in the middle of
a doll’s feast held by a widow’s little girls. The house becomes their
home, and the scenes are delightful, especially when the poor dog is lost
and comes back _minus_ his tail.
=65. On Angels’ Wings.= By the Hon. Mrs. GREENE. (Nelson) 5_s._
Pathetic and tender. A deformed and sickly child in a German town has to
part with her father on his summons to the war. Little Violet’s patience,
the drolleries of her little friends, the kindness of the old policeman,
and the thoughtlessness of her young nurse go to children’s hearts.
=66. The Abbey by the Sea.= By Mrs. MOLESWORTH. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
A furniture designer of evidently much cultivation with his little
daughter by the sea-side. Perhaps too ideal, but refining.
=67. The Golden Thread.= By Dr. NORMAN MCLEOD. (Isbister) 2_s._ 6_d._
This will also be found among the allegories, but it is, even as a
mere story or romance, so charming to young listeners that it is here
introduced.
=68. Feats on the Fiord.= By HARRIET MARTINEAU. (Routledge) 1_s._ and
1_s._ 6_d._ (With 40 illustrations, 2_s._)
Too lively and amusing to be out of date. Norwegian life is made perhaps
rather too rose-coloured, but the adventures have a merit and interest
apart from actual truth to nature.
=69. The Ghost of Greythorn Manor.= (Nelson) 6_s._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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