Volume II
Reading edition
While the books mentioned in these lists seem most closely connected to the volume to which they are ascribed, yet no hard and fast lines can be drawn. Children will read in the second volume of this set before they have finished the first, and the books in the lists are suitable whenever interest is ripe in the kind of literature which the books contain. Several of the titles given in the list for the first volume should be considered with the second volume.
Wonder Book for Boys and Girls, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This contains many other stories than those given in these volumes.
Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
A second wonder book of classic myths. Houghton, Mifflin Co. are the authorized publishers of the wonder books.
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales, by Charles Kingsley.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., with pictures by Rose Le Quesne.
Three Fairy Tales, by Jean Ingelow.
Illustrated by A. J. Ripley. D. C. Heath & Co.
The Story of Æneas, by Michael Clarke.
American Book Company. Fine illustrations. This contains the story of the Aeneid for young American readers.
The Little Lame Prince, by Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik.
D. C. Heath & Co. An allegorical fairy tale of great beauty, teaching the lesson of patience and true manhood.
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, by Joel Chandler Harris.
Illustrations by Oliver Herford. Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Mr. Rabbit at Home, by Joel Chandler Harris.
A sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger.
Nonsense Songs and Stories, by Edward Lear.
F. Warne & Co.
Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This is one of the books that every family ought to own, there is so much in it for every age. Besides the lyrics children love so well, there are Hiawatha, Evangeline, Miles Standish and other poems, which belong to children as well as to the adults. The Cambridge edition published by Houghton, Mifflin Co. is a cheap, serviceable book, though the print is necessarily rather small.
The Wonderful Chair and the Tales It Told, by Frances R. Browne.
D. C. Heath & Co.
The Blue Bird for Children, by Maurice Maeterlinck.
The story of the play, beautifully told. Silver, Burdett & Co.
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling.
The hero is a child brought up among the wolves. A delightful story to create interest in wild animals. The Century Company.
The Second Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling.
The Century Company.
Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling.
Wild Animals I Have Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton.
A delightful series of stories full of human interest.