Part 5 — APPENDIX
Reading edition
In this Appendix are given lists of masterpieces of children's literature which, for reasons stated in the Preface, could not be included in this collection. The editor has attempted to limit the lists of books to those which, in his judgment, are undoubted masterpieces, yet at the same time to include the books in the different types with which students in normal school and college classes in children's literature need to be familiar. These books should be in the reference library at the disposal of the students, and reports and conferences on them should form a part of the course in children's literature.
A brief bibliography of books dealing with literature for children is appended. The teacher of the class in children's literature should know some of these books, and perhaps use one as a text to guide his work.
COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
ELIOT, C. W. The Junior Classics. 8 vols. P. F. Collier & Sons, New York.
SCUDDER, H. E. The Children's Book. 1 vol. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
TAPPAN, E. M. The Children's Hour. 10 vols. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
Among school readers, the Heart of Oak series, edited by Charles Eliot Norton (D. C. Heath & Co., New York), is the most profuse in literary masterpieces.
COLLECTIONS OF MOTHER GOOSE VERSES
HALLIWELL, J. O. The Nursery Rhymes of England. Frederick Warne & Co., New York.
LANG, A. The Nursery Rhyme Book. Frederick Warne & Co., New York.
SAINTSBURY, G. E. B. National Rhymes of the Nursery. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York.
WELSH, C. Mother Goose: A Book of Nursery Rhymes. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
WHEELER, W. A. Mother Goose's Melodies. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
CHILDREN'S POETS
In addition to the children's poets represented on pages 13-36, the following books of children's poems should be in the school library:
BROWN, A. F. A Pocketful of Posies. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
GARY, A. and P. Poems for Children. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, (In Cary's Poetical Works.)
DODGE, M. Rhymes and Jingles. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
DOWD. The Owl and the Bobolink. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
EARLS, M. Ballads of Childhood. Benziger Brothers, New York.
FIELD, E. Songs of Childhood. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
LAMB, C. Poetry for Children. E. P. Button & Co., New York. (Volume 8 of Works of Charles Lamb.)
PEABODY, J. P. The Book of the Little Past. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
RICHARDS, L. E. In My Nursery. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
RILEY, J. W. Rhymes of Childhood. Bobbs-Merjill Company, Indianapolis.
SHERMAN, F. D. Little-Folk Lyrics. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
TAGORE, R. The Crescent Moon. Macmillan Company, New York.
WELLS, C. The Jingle Book. Macmillan Company, New York.
ANTHOLOGIES OF CHILDREN'S POETRY
CHISHOLM, L. The Golden Staircase. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
HAZARD, B. Three Years with the Poets. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
HENLEY, W. E. Lyra Heroica. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
LUCAS, E. V. A Book of Verses for Children. Henry Holt & Co., New York.
PALGRAVE, F. Children's Treasury of English Song. Macmillan Company, New York.
REPPLIER, A. A Book of Famous Verse. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
STEVENSON, B. The Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. Henry Holt & Co., New York.
THACHER, L. W. The Listening Child. Macmillan Company, New York.
WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A. Golden Numbers. McClure Company, New York.
ANONYMOUS. Our Children's Songs. Harper and Brothers, New York.
FAIRY STORIES
In addition to the collections of fairy stories mentioned in the notes, the following collections contain first-rate material:
Folk Tales
JACOBS, J. More English Fairy Tales and Celtic Fairy Tales. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
LANG, A. The Blue Fairy Book and The Green Fairy Book. Longmans, Green & Co., New York.
RHYS, E. The English Fairy Book. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York.
SCUDDER, H. E. Book of Fables and Folk Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
WIGGIN, K. D., and SMITH, N. A. The Fairy Ring. McClure Company, New York,
NEGRO FOLK TALES
HARRIS, J. C. Nights with Uncle Remus and Uncle Remus and His Friends. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
MODERN FAIRY TALES
BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan. Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston.
CARROLL, L. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Macmillan Company, New York.
COLLODI, C. Adventures of Pinocchio. Ginn & Co., Boston.
INGELOW, J. Mopsa the Fairy. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Three Fairy Tales. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
KINGSLEY, C. Water Babies. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.
LANG, A. Prince Prigio. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York.
MAETERLINCK, M. The Blue Bird for Children. Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston.
MACDONALD, G. The Princess and the Goblin. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.
ROSTAND, E. The Story of Chanticleer. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York.
STOCKTON, F. R. Fanciful Tales and The Floating Prince. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
THACKERAY, W. M. The Rose and the Ring. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
HOMERIC STORIES
No selection from the classic stories of Homer have been included in the present collection, having been ruled out by the principle that nothing but complete units must be presented. But every child must be exposed to the charm of the wonderful story-teller of Greece. If the child prefers verse—and Homer's stories are at their best in good verse—Bryant's translation should be used (Students' Edition, 2 vols. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston). Perhaps the best prose translation is that of Palmer (Houghton Mifflin Company).
MYTHS
In addition to the Kingsley and Hawthorne stories of the Greek myths and legends, the child's library should contain Mrs. Peabody's Old Greek Folk Stories (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston).
HERO STORIES
Preeminent among the stories in which the chief element of interest is that which arises from the deeds of heroic characters, are the Robin Hood and the King Arthur stories. The Robin Hood tales contain material unusually interesting and valuable for children; but, though they have been told and retold times without number, there is but one version that may properly be called a "masterpiece." This is the Howard Pyle version, Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York). A less expensive edition is called Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.
The King Arthur cycle is at its best in the Malory version (Le Morte d'Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory. Everyman's series. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York). This, however, is somewhat too diffuse and too difficult for any child but a bookish one. Sidney Lanier's version of the stories (The Boy's King Arthur, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York) is a masterpiece of narration for youthful readers, and it is faithful to the atmosphere and spirit of the Malory stories.
The hero stories in Plutarch are among the choicest of stories in this type. Edwin Ginn's edition (Ginn & Co., Boston) is an admirable one. It is based on the Clough translation, which was based, in turn, on the so-called Dryden version.
ANIMAL AND NATURE STORIES AND SKETCHES
BURROUGHS, J. Wake Robin. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
KIPLING, R. Jungle Book and Just-So Stories. Century Company, New York.
LONG, W. J. A Little Brother to the Bear. Ginn & Co., Boston.
MILLER, J. True Bear Stories. Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago.
Mum, J. Stickeen. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. A most charming and thrilling story of a dog.
ROBERTS, C. G. D. Kindred of the Wild. Grosset & Dunlap, New York.
SEGUR, S. Story of a Donkey. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
SETON THOMPSON, E. Wild Animals I Have Known. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
MISCELLANEOUS STORIES
(Chiefly Fiction)
ALCOTT, L. M. Little Men and Little Women. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
ALDRICH, T. B. Story of a Bad Boy. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
BLACKMORE, R. D. Lorna Doone. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York.
BUNYAN, J. Pilgrim's Progress. Ginn & Co., Boston.
CLEMENS, S. L. Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and The Prince and the Pauper. Harper and Brothers, New York.
COOPER, J. F. Deerslayer and Last of the Mohicans. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
DEFOE, D. Robinson Crusoe. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
FRANKLIN, B. Autobiography. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
HALE, E. E. The Man Without a Country. Ginn & Co., Boston.
HALE, L. Peterkin Papers. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
HUGHES, T. Tom Brown's School Days. Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago.
SCOTT, W. Quentin Durward and Ivanhoe. Dana Estes & Co., Boston.
STEVENSON, R. L. Treasure Island. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
SWIFT, J. Gulliver's Travels. D. C. Heath & Co., New York.
BOOKS ON CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
BARNES, W. English in the Country School. Row, Peterson & Co., Chicago.
CARPENTER, BAKER, and SCOTT. The Teaching of English. Longmans, Green & Co., New York.
CHUBB, P. Teaching of English (elementary school edition). Macmillan Company, New York.
COLBY, J. R. Literature and Life in the School. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
COX, J. H. Literature in the Common Schools. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
FIELD, W. T. Fingerposts to Children's Reading. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago.
HUNT. What Shall We Read to the Children? Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
LEE, G. S. The Child and the Book. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
LOWE. Literature for Children. Macmillan Company, New York.
MACCLINTOCK, P. L. Literature in the Elementary School. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
OLCOTT, F. J. The Children's Reading. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.