Volume I

Æsop’s Fables.

There are many good editions published by the various schoolbook houses. That edited by J. H. Stickney and published by Ginn & Co. is as good as any, and contains also a supplement with fables from La Fontaine and Krilof.

A Child’s Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The edition illustrated by E. Mars and H. M. Squire and published by Rand, McNally & Co. is excellent. Jessie Wilcox Smith illustrates an edition for Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Lullaby Land, by Eugene Field.

This is published in beautiful form by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen.

The schoolbook houses publish selections in an attractive form; Blackie and Son, London, a cheap edition.

Fairy Tales, by Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm.

Selections, such as those edited by Sarah E. Wiltse for Ginn & Co., are better than the complete editions, for many of the Grimm tales are coarse and valueless.

Blue Fairy Book and Green Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang.

Besides some of the Grimm tales these books contain folklore stories from many nations. Lang has edited other books in this series, but two are probably enough.

The Adventures of a Brownie, by Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik.

This is a charming little tale, much loved by children.

Pinocchio, by C. Collodi.

Walter Cramp’s translation of this little Italian classic will be highly appreciated. Ginn and Company.

Old Greek Stories, by James Baldwin.

American Book Company. This contains the stories of Arachne, the Gorgon’s Head, Prometheus and Theseus.

Letters from a Cat, by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Amusing letters which a cat writes to its mistress. Helpful in teaching kindness to animals.

The Book of Joyous Children, by James Whitcomb Riley.

Charles Scribner’s Sons; Child Rhymes, Bobbs-Merrill Co.; Child World, Bobbs-Merrill Co. Three books with delightful poems for children and about them.