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Part 6 — READING LIST

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BOOKS ON MERIT BADGE SUBJECTS

Ambulance: Emergencies. Gulick, C. E. Firebrands. Martin, F. E. Home Nursing. Harrison, E. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts. Bailey, R. R.

Astronomy: Story of the Heavens. Ball, Roberts. Heavens with an Opera Glass. Serviss, Garrett. The Friendly Stars. Martin, M. E. Ways of the Planets. Martin, M. E. Easy Guide to the Constellations. Gall, James. Sun Lore of All Ages. Olcott, W. T.

Art: Composition. Dow. How to Judge a Picture. Van Dyke.

Arts and Crafts: Art Crafting in Metals for Amateurs. Chandler. Art Crafts for Beginners. Sanford, F. E. Dan Beard's Books.

Birds: (see also Naturalist.) Birds of Village and Field. Merriam, Florence A. Birds and Bees. Burroughs, John. Squirrels and Other Fur Bearers. Burroughs, John. Sharp Eyes. Gibson, Wm. H. Chapman's Books on Birds—According to Locality. Bird Guide. Reed, Chester A. Bird Craft. Wright, M. A. How to Attract the Birds. Trafton, G.

Boatswain: Boys' Outdoor Vacation Book. Verrill, A. H. Harper's Boating Book for Boys. Verrill, A. H.

Child Nurse: Baby Clothing. Hitching, W. Care and Feeding of Children. Holt, L. E. Care and Training of Children. Kerr, L. Care of Milk and Its Use in the Home. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Clerk: Goodwin's Improved Bookkeeping and Business Manual. Goodwin, J. H. Handbook of Style. (Punctuation.) Houghton, Mifflin. Modern Business Arithmetic. Curtis, U. New Practical Typewriting.

Cook, Invalid Cooking: Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Fanner, F. A. Food for the Invalid and the Convalescent. Gibbs, W. S. Mary Frances Cook Book. Fryer, J. E. When Mother Lets Us Cook. Johnson, C.

Dairy Maid: Dairy Chemistry. Snyder, H. Milk and Its Products. Wing, H. H. Official Travelers' Babcock Test. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co., Chicago.

Electrician: A. B. C. of Electricity. Meadowcroft, W. H. Boy Electrician. Morgan, A. P. Electricity for Young People. Jenks, T. Harper's Beginning Electricity. Shafer, D. C. Harper's Electricity Book for Boys. Adams, J. H.

Farmer: Bees. (Farmers' Bulletin 447.) U. S. Dept. of Agr. How to Keep Bees. Comstock, A. B. Hints to Poultry Raisers. (Farmers' Bulletin 528.) U. S. Dept. of Agr. Incubation and Incubators. (Farmers' Bulletin 236.) U. S. Dept. of Agr. Pig Management. (Farmers' Bulletin 205.) U. S. Dept. of Agr. Poultry Management. (Farmers' Bulletin 287.) U. S. Dept. of Agr. First Book of Birds. Miller. Second Book of Birds. Miller. Our Home Pets. Miller. The Garden Book for Young People. Lounsberry. Bird Stories from Burroughs. Butterflies and Bees. Morley. Insect Stories. Kellog. The Scout Garden. Bennet, F. H.

Gardens: Children's Gardens for Pleasure, Health and Education. Parsons, H. G. Garden Primer. Tabor, G. Harper's Book for Young Gardeners. Verrill, A. H. School Garden Book. Weed, Clarence. When Mother Lets Us Garden. Duncan, F. First Book of Birds. Miller, O. T. Second Book of Birds. Miller, O. T. Our Home Pets. Miller, O. T. Little Gardens for Boys and Girls. Higgins, M. The Garden Book for Young People. Lounsberry. Bird Stories. Burroughs. Butterflies and Bees. Morley. Insect Stories. Kellog. The Scout Garden. Bennet, F. H.

Health: Body at Work. Jewett, F: G. Good Health. Jewett, F. G. Personal Hygiene. Pyle. Handbook Girls' Branch of Public School Athletic League. Burchenal. The Human Mechanism. Hough & Sedgwick.

Housekeeper: Good Housekeeping Magazine. Gilman, E. H. Housekeeping. (Children's Library of Work and Play.) Gilman, E. H. How to Live on a Small Income. Hewitt, E. C. Manual of Household Work and Management. Butterworth. Mary Frances, Housekeeper. Fryer, J. E.

Laundress: Laundry Manual. Balderston, L. R. Housekeeping. (Children's Library of Work and Play.) Gilman, E. H.

Musical: Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Gove, G. Operas that Every Child Should Know. Bacon, M. S. Stories from the Operas. Davidson. Story of Music and Musicians. Millie, L. C. Young People's Story of Music. Whitcomb, I. P. Intervals, Theory, Chords, and Ear Training. Brown, J. P.

Naturalist: Bird-Life. Chapman, F. M. Bird Neighbors. Blanchan, N. Flower Guide. Reed, C. A. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. Chapman, F. M. How to Attract the Birds. Blanchan, N. How to Know the Wild Flowers. Parsons, F. T. Land Birds. Reed, C. A. Nature Library. Doubleday. Standard Library of Natural History. University Society. Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know. Stack, F. W. The American Flower Garden. Blanchan, Neltye. How to Know the Wild Flowers. Mrs. W. M. S. Dana. How to Know the Ferns. Parsons, Frances T. Primer of Forestry. Pinchot, Gifford. Our Native Trees. Keeler, Harriet L.

Ways of Wood Fowls. Long, Wm. D. Secrets of the Woods. Long, Wm. D. Lives of the Hunted. Seton-Thompson, Ernest. Wild Animals I Have Known. Seton-Thompson, Ernest. Jungle Books. Kipling, Rudyard. Our National Parks. Muir, John. Earth and Its Story. Hulprin, Angels.

Naturalist. Trafton.

Needlewoman: Easy Steps in Sewing. Fryer, J. E. Home Art Crochet Book. Klickmann, F. Magic of Dress. Gould. Needlecraft. (Children's Library of Work and Play.) Archer, E. A. Sewing for Little Girls. Foster, O. H. Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do. Kelley, L. E. When Mother Lets Us Sew. Johnson, C.

Pioneer: Boy's Camp Book. Cave, E. Boy Scout's Hike Book. Cave, E. Camp Cookery. Kephart, H. On the Trail. Beard, L.

Signalling: Official Handbook for Girls.

Swimmer: Swimming. Brewster.

Telegraphist: Official Handbook for Boys. Boy Scouts of America.

GENERAL READING

Famous Women: When I Was a Girl in Italy. Ambrosi, M. Promised Land. Antin, M. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous. Bolton, S. K. Joan of Arc. de Monvel, B. Girls' Book of Famous Queens. Farmer, L. H. Life of Mary Lyon. Gilchrist, B. B. Autobiography of a Tomboy. Gilder, J. L. Historic Girlhoods. Holland, R. S. Group of Famous Women. Horton, E. Story of My Life. Keller, H. New England Girlhood. Larcom, L. Heroines that Every Child Should Know. Mabie, H. W. Louise, Queen of Prussia. Merz, H. Louisa May Alcott. Moses, B. Life of Alice Freeman Palmer. Palmer, G. H. Florence Nightingale. Richards, L. E. When I Was Your Age. Richards, L. E. Wonder Workers. Wade, M. H. Jeanne D'Arc. Wilmot-Buxton. Queens of England. Strickland.

Fairy Tales and Folk Lore: Arabian Nights. Fairy Tales. Andersen, H. C. Granny's Wonderful Chair. Browne, F. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll, L. Fairy Tales. Grimm Bros. Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings. Harris. Celtic Fairy Tales. Jacobs, J. Blue Fairy Book. Lang, A. Pinocchio. Lorenzini, C. Children's Book. Scudder, H. E.

History of Literature: History of the English Language. Lounsbury, T. P. English Literature for Boys and Girls. Marshall, H. E. Introduction to American Literature. Pancoast, H. S.

Poetry: Songs of Innocence. Blake, Wm. Golden Staircase. Chisholm, L. Poems of Childhood. Field, E. Lyra Heroica. Henley, W. Boy's Percy. Lanier, S. Nonsense Books. Lear, E. Story Telling Poems. Olcott, F. J. Golden Treasury. Palgrave, F. T. Book of Famous Verse. Repplier, A. Child's Garden of Verse. Stevenson, R. L. Golden Numbers. Wiggin, K. D. Pinafore Palace. Wiggin, K. D. Posy Ring. Wiggin, K. D. Lays of Ancient Rome. Macaulay. Longfellow's Poems. Longfellow. Lady of the Lake. Scott. Idylls of the King. Tennyson. Robin Hood Ballads. Parker. Rosemary and Rue. Gordon.

Stories: Lisbeth Longfrock. Aanrud, A. Little Men. Alcott, L. M. Little Women. Alcott, L. M. Under the Lilacs. Alcott, L. M. Marjorie Daw. Aldrich, T. B. Pride and Prejudice. Austen, J. Little Minister. Barrie, J. M. Lorna Doone. Blackmore, R. D. Jane Eyre. Brontë, C. M. Last Days of Pompeii. Lytton, Bulwer. Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines. Clarke, M. C. Friend of Cæsar. Davis, W. S. Egyptian Princess. Ebers, G. M. Silas Marner. Eliot, G. Ramona. Jackson, H. H. Hypatia. Kingsley, C. Mr. Achilles. Lee, J. Scottish Chiefs. Porter, J. Cloister and the Hearth. Reade, C. Daisy Chain. Yonge, C. M. Peter and Wendy. Barrie, J. M. Four Gondons. Brown, E. A. Peep-in-the-World. Crichton, F. Hans Brinker. Dodge, M. M. Lass of the Silver Sword. Dubois, M. C. Mary's Meadow. Ewing, J. H. Peterkin Papers. Hale, L. P. York and a Lancaster Rose. Keary. Bimbi. Ramée. Queen Hildegarde. Richards, L. E. Castle Blair. Shaw, F. E. Heidi. Spyri, J. Mother Carey's Chickens. Wiggin, K. D. David Copperfield. Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens. The Talisman. Sir Walter Scott. Little Lord Fauntleroy. Burnett. Sarah Crewe. Burnett. Six Girls. Irving, F. B. John Halifax, Gentleman. Craik, D. M. Last of the Mohicans. Cooper. Pathfinder. Cooper. Deerslayer. Cooper. Otto of Silver Hand. Pyle. Merry Adventures of Rab. Brown. Treasure Island. Stevenson. Black Arrow. Stevenson. Jackanapes. Ewing. Nelly's Silver Mine, Jackson. Robinson Crusoe. De Foe. Rab and His Friends. Brown. Bob, Son of Battle. Ollivant. The Call of the Wild. London. Master Skylark. Bennett. The Prince and the Pauper. Twain. Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings. Bulwer-Lytton. The White Company. Doyle, Conan Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Lagerlöf. Tales of Laughter. Smith. Richard Carvel. Churchill. Hugh Wynne. Mitchell. Quentin Durward. Scott. Ben Hur. Wallace. Holiday House. Sinclair. Alice in Wonderland. Carroll. Just So Stories. Kipling. Eight Cousins. Alcott. Juan and Juanita. Baylor. Black Beauty. Sewell. Birds' Christmas Carol. Wiggin. Story of Siegfried. Baldwin. Swiss Family Robinson. Wyss. Six to Sixteen. Ewing. Man Without a Country. Hale. Tom Brown's School Days. Hughes. Anne of Green Gables. Montgomery. Barnaby Lee. Bennett. Judith Shakespeare. Black. Colonel's Opera Cloak. Brush. Smith College Stories. Daskam. Captains Courageous. Kipling. Kidnapped. Stevenson. Rudder Grange. Stockton. A Gentleman of France. Weyman. New Chronicles of Rebecca. Wiggin. Polly Oliver's Problem. Wiggin. Dove in the Eagle's Nest. Yonge. Elizabeth and her German Garden. (Anonymous.) Princess Pricelta's Fortnight. Arnim, M. A. Days of Bruce. Aguilar. Tales of King Arthur. Lang.

BOOKS OF REFERENCE FOR MERIT BADGE

Birds:

Birds as Weed Destroyers. Pp. 221 to 232. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1898.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:133.

Birds that Eat Scale Insects. Pp. 189 to 198. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1906.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:416.

Bookkeeping. Farm Bookkeeping. 1912. 37 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 511.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:511.

Does it Pay the Farmer to Protect Birds? Pp. 165 to 178. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1907.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:443.

Economic Value of Predaceous Birds and Mammals. Pp. 187 to 194. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1908.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:474.

Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard. 1913. 31 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 513.) Paper, 15c. A 1.9:513.

Food of Some Well-Known Birds of Forest, Farm, and Garden. 1912. 35 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 506.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:506.

How Birds Affect the Orchard. Pp. 291 to 304. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1900.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:197.

Migratory Movements of Birds in Relation to Weather. Pp. 379 to 390. 1 illus. (From Yearbook, 1910.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:545.

Relation of Birds to Fruit Growing in California. Pp. 241 to 254. (From Yearbook, 1904.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:344.

Some Common Birds in their Relation to Agriculture. Revised, 1904. 48 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 54.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:54.

Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in Relation to Man. 1912. 30 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 497.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:497.

Health:

Health and Cleanliness—O'Shea and Kellogg—pp. 54-124.

Housekeeping:

Butter.

Butter-Making on the Farm. 1905. 31 pp. (Farmers' Bulletin 241.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:241.

Canning Vegetables in the Home. 1909. 16 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 359.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:359.

School Lessons on Corn. 1910. 29 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 409.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:409.

The Home and Family—Kinne and Cooley—pp. 96-137.

Handbook of Domestic Science and Household Arts—Wilson—pp. 273-276 and 55-58.

Farm Houses:

Modern Conveniences for the Farm Home. 1906. 48 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 270.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:270.

Farmers' Bulletins:

34. Meats, Composition and Cooking. Paper, 5c. 131. Household Tests for the Detection of Oleomargarine and Renovated Butter. Paper, 5c. 154. Home Fruit Garden, Preparation and Care. Paper, 5c. 166. Cheese-Making on the Farm. Paper, 5c. 180. Game Laws for 1903. Paper, 5c. 185. Beautifying the Home Grounds. Paper, 5c. 188. Weeds Used in Medicine. Paper, 5c. 195. Annual Flowering Plants. Paper, 5c. 197. Importation of Game Birds and Eggs for Propagation. Paper, 5c. 218. School Garden. 2d revised edition. Paper, 5c. 234. Guinea Fowl and its Use as Food. Paper, 5c. 351. Tuberculin Test of Cattle for Tuberculosis. Paper, 5c. 375. Care of Food in Home, corrected to Mar. 25, 1910. Paper, 5c. 409. School Lessons on Corn. Paper, 5c. 459. House Flies. Paper, 5c. 468. Forestry in Nature Study. Paper, 5c. 478. How to Prevent Typhoid Fever. Paper, 5c. 506. Food of Some Well-Known Birds of Forest, Farm, and Garden. Paper, 5c. 511. Farm Bookkeeping. Paper, 5c. 513. Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard. Paper, 15c. 525. Raising Guinea Pigs. Paper, 5c.

Farms:

Figs. Smyrna Fig Culture in United States. Pp. 79 to 106. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1900.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:196.

Forest Fires:

Attitude of Lumbermen toward Forest Fires. Pp. 133 to 140. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1904.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:337.

Forestry in Nature Study (with Key to Common Kinds of Trees). 1911. 43 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 468.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:468.

Grosbeaks. Our Grosbeaks and their Value to Agriculture. 1911. 14 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 456.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:456.

Headache Mixtures. Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures (containing Acetanilid, Antipyrin, and Phenacetin). 1909. 16 pp. (Farmers' Bulletin 377.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:377.

Perfumery:

Can Perfumery Farming Succeed in United States? Pp. 377 to 398. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1898.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:135.

Plants:

Plants Useful to Attract Birds and Protect Fruit. Pp. 185 to 196. (From Yearbook, 1909.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:504.

School Exercises in Plant Production. 1910. 48 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 408.) Paper, 5c. A 1.9:408.

Poisonous Plants:

Some Poisonous Plants of Northern Stock Ranges. Pp. 305 to 324. Illus. (From Yearbook, 1900.) Paper, 5c. A 1.10:206.

School Garden. 2d revised edition, 1909. 41 pp. Illus. (Farmers' Bulletin 218.) Paper, 5c.

Yearbook. (Separates.)

414. Cage-Bird Traffic of United States. Paper, 10c. 485. Manufacture of Flavoring Extracts. Paper. 5c.

Farmers' Bulletins

(These Bulletins can be obtained in Washington Agricultural Department for five cents.)

Woman's Edition of Red Cross Abridged Text-Book on First Aid, can be obtained for 35 cents from Girl Scout Headquarters, 527 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of Sick, by Jane Delano.

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