Volume VI
Reading edition
Tales of a Grandfather, by Sir Walter Scott.
An abridged edition, published by Ginn & Co., contains the best tales, but many children will like them all.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
An excellent book for young people on account of its interest and its clear literary style. An edition by Houghton, Mifflin Co., contains a sketch of Franklin’s life subsequent to the time when his autobiography ends.
Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Inspiring tales in verse such as children love to hear. Horatius is among them.
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. publish a cheap school edition.
The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott.
Scottish Chiefs, by Jane Porter.
This is one of the stories that young people enjoyed years ago. It helps to the reading of Scottish history, and is a good type of the romantic novel.
Enoch Arden, by Alfred Tennyson.
Idyls of the King, by Alfred Tennyson.
The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cambridge edition of Houghton, Mifflin Co. The Grandmother’s Story of Bunker Hill, A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party, Ode for Washington’s Birthday, Old Ironsides, Lexington and others have historical value. The humorous poems like The One-Hoss Shay, How the Old Horse Won the Bet, and such beautiful poems as The Chambered Nautilus and The Last Leaf always appeal to young folks.
The Spy, by James Fenimore Cooper.
This is a thrilling story of the Revolution.
The Pilot, by James Fenimore Cooper.
This also is a story of the Revolution, and it has Paul Jones as its hero.
Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle.
Harper and Bros. The “men of iron” are Henry IV of England and the men of his court.
The Story of a Bad Boy, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. An amusing and frank story of New England boy life.