Volume V
Reading edition
The Boys’ King Arthur, edited by Sidney Lanier.
Illustrated by Alfred Kappes. Charles Scribner’s Sons.
The Vision of Sir Launfal, by James Russell Lowell.
One of the finest poems in the language. Best read in connection with the stories of King Arthur. Houghton, Mifflin Co.
The Boys’ Froissart.
The chronicles retold in simple English by Sidney Lanier. Scribners.
Travels of Marco Polo, abridged by Thomas W. Knox.
The touch of fiction does not injure these old tales.
Little Smoke, by William Osborn.
An exciting story of Sioux life.
Ten Big Indians, by Mary Hazelton Wade.
W. A. Wilde & Co. An interesting introduction to Indian history.
Hans Brinker; or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge.
A delightful story of child life in Holland. A valuable picture of manners and customs.
The Hoosier School Boy, by Edward Eggleston.
Charles Scribner’s Sons. An interesting story of pioneer times.
The Peterkin Papers, by Lucretia Peabody Hale.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. One of the few good humorous stories for children.
Toby Tyler, Or Ten Weeks With a Circus, and Mr. Stubbs’s Brother
are two wholesome stories full of humor and pathos. Harper and Bros.
The Story of a Nürnberg Stove, by Louise De la Ramée (Ouida).
Educational Publishing Company.
Betty Leicester, by Sarah Orne Jewett.
A fine story for girls. Houghton, Mifflin Co.
The Birds’ Christmas Carol, by Kate Douglas Wiggin (Riggs).
Houghton, Mifflin Co. A charming story which will delight everybody. By the same author, The Story of Patsy, Timothy’s Quest and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm are all wholesome and entertaining.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
The Prince and the Pauper, A Tale for Young People of All Ages,
by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Harper and Bros. The story relates to England in the sixteenth century.
The Man Without a Country, by Edward Everett Hale.
Little, Brown & Co. The style and language are mature, but the story is one of the best lessons in patriotism ever written.