Seven Years of Age
Reading edition
To go sailing far away
To the pleasant Land of Play;
To the fairy land afar
Where the Little People are.
Stevenson.
Amusements And Handicraft
So many, and so many, and such glee.
Keats.
White, Mary.
The Child's Rainy Day Book. Doubleday. 1.00
This fully illustrated little volume gives clear directions for making simple toys and games, weaving baskets, working with beads, clay, et cetera. There is a good chapter on Gifts and How to Make Them.
Geography, Travel, And Description
Where shall we adventure, to-day that we're afloat,
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
To Providence, or Babylon, or off to Malabar?
Stevenson.
Andrews, Jane.
Each and All. Ginn. .50
A companion volume to The Seven Little Sisters, telling more of these happy children and their common bond of loving friendship.
Mythology, Folk-lore, Legends, And Fairy Tales
This is fairy gold, boy, and 't will prove so.
Shakspere.
Browne, Frances.
Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times. Dutton. .35
A series of delightful wonder stories, through which runs a vein of true wisdom. Miss Browne was blind from infancy, and her writings stand as the accomplishment of a brave and unselfish woman.
Holbrook, Florence.
The Book of Nature Myths. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. Houghton. .65
The subject-matter is of permanent value, culled from the folk-lore of the primitive races.--Preface.
We are told The Story of the Earth and the Sky, Why the Bear has a Short Tail, Why the Cat Always Falls upon Her Feet, and many other mythical reasons for natural wonders.
Kipling, Rudyard.
Just So Stories. Illustrated by the Author. Doubleday. 1.20
"I keep six honest serving-men; (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest. . . . . . . . . . But different folk have different views; I know a person small-- She keeps ten million serving-men, Who get no rest at all! She sends 'em abroad on her own affairs, From the second she opens her eyes-- One million Hows, two million Wheres, And seven million Whys!"
To this small person, Best Beloved, these twelve remarkable tales were related. We learn how the elephant got his trunk, how the first letter came to be written, and so forth. There are two editions of the book at the same price. Most children will prefer the one in large octavo.
Murray, Hilda.
Flower Legends for Children. Illustrated by J. S. Eland. Longmans. 2.00
Mothers may find the text somewhat advanced for children of seven years, but the full-page colored pictures are sure to be enjoyed. The volume is a large oblong one.
Norton, C. E.
(Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume II. Fables and Nursery Tales. Heath. .35
The next step is easy, to the short stories which have been told since the world was young; old fables in which the teachings of long experience are embodied, legends, fairy tales, which form the traditional common stock of the fancies and sentiment of the race.--Preface.
Scudder, H.E.
(Editor).
The Book of Legends. Houghton. .50
Famous tales, such as King Cophetua, The Wandering Jew, St. Christopher, and The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, retold for the children.
Wilson, G.L.
Myths of the Red Children. Ginn. .45
The stories are true examples of Indian folk-lore and are very old.... Care has been taken to make the drawings archæologically correct for each tribe.--Foreword.
These traditions of various tribes were gathered from the best sources, and are here related in simple language. There is a supplement giving directions for making different articles: a tent, Indian dress, a bow and arrow, a stone axe, et cetera.
Poetry, Collections Of Poetry And Prose, And Stories Adapted From Great Authors
Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.
Channing.
Blaisdell, E. W.
*The Animals at the Fair. Russell. 1.40
Mr. Blaisdell's attractive and amusing illustrations may well serve as a substitute for the ordinary comic pictures of the newspapers.
Whittier, J. G.
(Editor).
Child-Life. Houghton. 1.50
Although thirty-seven years have passed since Child-Life was compiled, it stands now, as then, far ahead of most collections of poetry for American children. Our own poets are well represented.
Religion And Ethics
Loving Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child!
Make me gentle as Thou art,
Come and live within my heart.
Take my childish hand in thine,
Guide these little feet of mine.
So shall all my happy days
Sing their pleasant song of praise.
Charles Wesley.
Beale, H. S. (B.).
Stories from the Old Testament for Children. Duffield. 2.00
These Bible tales are simply told, and follow closely the lines of the Old Testament, a considerable portion of the narratives being in the language of Scripture.
Moulton, R. G.
(Editor).
Children's Series of the Modern Reader's Bible. Bible Stories. New Testament. Macmillan. .50
The stories are in the language of Scripture, altered only by omissions.... The Revised Version is used, with the frequent substitution of the marginal renderings.... In the introductions and notes I have carefully avoided any wording which might insinuate doctrinal instruction.--Preface.
Moulton, R. G.
(Editor).
Children's Series of the Modern Reader's Bible. Bible Stories. Old Testament. Macmillan. .50
The stories which make the text are in the language of Scripture, altered only by omissions.... The volume is arranged according to the natural divisions of Bible history.... Each period is represented by its most important stories; the purpose of the introduction and notes to each section is to weave all together by indicating briefly the bearing of each story on the general history.--Preface.
Science, Out-of-door Books, And Stories Of Animals
O velvet bee, you're a dusty fellow;
You've powdered your legs with gold!
O brave marshmary buds, rich and yellow,
Give me your money to hold!
O columbine, open your folded wrapper,
Where two twin turtle-doves dwell!
O cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper
That hangs in your clear green bell!
And show me your nest, with the young ones in it--
I will not steal it away;
I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet--
I am seven times one to-day.
Jean Ingelow.
Andrews, Jane.
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children. Ginn. .50
Miss Andrews's books were the pioneers of the great crowd of present-day nature-books for young children, and they still compare favorably in dignity and true interest with their successors.
Amber, coal, the work of water, and seeds, are among the objects in regard to which Mother Nature told her stories.
Prentice And Power.
Stories
We take it for granted that books for children belong to the easy play rather than to the hard work of life, and that they are an utter failure if they do not win their way by their own charms.
Samuel Osgood.
Hopkins, W. J.
The Sandman: His Ship Stories. Page. 1.50
Simple descriptions of the building of the good ship Industry and her voyages to the far-away countries in the days long gone.
Ségur, S. (R.) DE.
The Story of a Donkey. Heath. .20
A translation from the Comtesse de Ségur's Memoirs of a Donkey. Neddy's account of his own life--and he was a good and faithful beastie who had many adventures--has been a favorite with children for years.
Ward, M. A. (A.)
(Mrs. Humphry Ward).
Milly and Olly. Doubleday. 1.20
This charming story, written many years ago and now revised, tells of childish holidays spent in the Windemere region. Aunt Emma--a really, truly old lady, who owns a fascinating parrot--proves a sort of modern fairy-godmother to the little brother and sister. The atmosphere is not too pronouncedly English to interfere in the least with our children's enjoyment.
White, E. O.
A Little Girl of Long Ago. Houghton. 1.00
The experiences of a little New England girl of eighty years ago, telling of her return voyage from Scotland, and of her happy life in Boston and Springfield.
White, E. O.
When Molly was Six. Houghton. 1.00
A pleasant sunny story of the simple happenings in the every-day life of a small girl.