For Boys Eight to Ten
Reading edition
Arkansas Bear, The. By Albert Bigelow Paine.
A very humorous story of a big, black bear and a little boy.
Captain June. By Alice Hegan Rice.
The story of a little American boy, who has many interesting and unusual experiences in Japan.
J. Cole. By Emma Gellibrand.
The story of a small boy of little education, but honest and courageous, who answered an advertisement for a boy wanted for work in a household. It tells how he came, how he stayed, how he won hearts, and how he left.
Little Foresters, The. By Clarence Hawkes.
A splendid story; contains just enough of the supernatural to make it a very pleasing wonder story.
Little Lame Prince, The. By Mrs. Craik (Miss Mulock).
Tales of woodland and field, in which the animals have speaking parts.
33Little Metacomet. By Hezekiah Butterworth.
Life in New England in pioneer days.
Loyal Little Red-Coat, A. By Ruth Ogden (Mrs. C. W. Ide).
A story of child life in New York a hundred years ago.
Pinocchio. By C. Collodi.
The adventures of a marionette. Translated from the Italian.
Prince Lazybones, and Other Stories. By Helen Hays.
The story of a little boy who, by the aid of the elves, cured himself of his bad habit. The three other stories are “Phil’s Fairies”; “Floria and Floriella,” and “Boreas Bluster’s Christmas Stories.” The last two are Christmas stories.
Rollo at Work. By Jacob Abbott.
Rollo at Play. By Jacob Abbott.
Books which are entertaining and instructive.
34Tommy Trot’s Visit to Santa Claus. By Thomas Nelson Page.
A boy’s story of Christmas. The small boy with the goat team and the youngster who had never coasted before make a wonderful trip to Santa Claus Land, and find out how he makes his presents, how he stores them, who gets them, and why they get them.
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