1. Highroads of History. 13 Vols. T. Nelson and Sons, Toronto.
Well ill.u.s.trated; a great favourite with children.
2. Gateways to History. 7 Vols. 9s. 1d. Edward Arnold, London, England.
3. Longmans" Ship Historical Readers. 7 Vols. 9s. Longmans, Green and Company, London, England.
4. The Little Cousin Series. 25 Vols. 60c. each. The Page Co., Boston, Ma.s.s.
Get list of t.i.tles and select.
5. Peeps at many Lands and Cities. 50 Vols. 50c. each. The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto.
Get list of t.i.tles and select.
Group II.
1. Stories from Canadian History. Marquis. 50c. Copp Clark Company, Ltd., Toronto.
2. Brief Biographies. Supplementing Canadian History. J.O. Miller. 35c.
Copp Clark Company, Ltd., Toronto.
3. Stories of the Maple Land. C.A. Young. 25c. Copp Clark Company, Ltd., Toronto.
4. Heroines of Canadian History. W.S. Herrington. Cloth 30c., paper 18c.
Wm. Briggs, Toronto.
5. Ryerson Memorial Volume. J.G. Hodgins.
A graphic sketch of the old log school-house and its belongings, and the life of a pioneer teacher.
6. Stories of New France. Machar and Marquis. $1.50. Briggs, Toronto.
7. Martyrs of New France. Herrington. 60c. Briggs, Toronto.
Group III.
1. Fifty Famous Stories Retold. Baldwin. 35c. The American Book Company, New York.
2. Thirty More Famous Stories. Baldwin. 50c. The American Book Company, New York.
3. Book of Legends. Scudder. Riverside Literature Series 15c. Copp Clark Company, Ltd., Toronto.
4. Legends Every Child Should Know. Ed. H.W. Mabie. 90c. Doubleday, Page and Co., New York.
Group IV.--Miscellaneous:
1. Heroes Every Child Should Know. Ed. H.W. Mabie. 60c. Doubleday, New York.
2. Famous Men of Greece. 50c. The American Book Company, New York.
3. Famous Men of Rome. The American Book Company, New York.
4. Famous Men of the Middle Ages. 50c. The American Book Company, New York.
5. Famous Men of Modern Times. 50c. The American Book Co., New York.
6. Stories of Great Inventors. Macombe. 40c. Wm. Briggs, Toronto.
7. Calendar Stories. M.P. Boyle. 30c. McClelland, Goodchild, & Stewart, Toronto.
8. Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road From Long Ago to Now. Jane Andrews.
75c. Sch. ed. 60c. Ginn and Company, New York.
9. Seven Little Sisters. Jane Andrews. 75c. Sch. ed. 50c. Ginn and Company, New York.
10. The Romance of Canadian History. Selections from Parkman; edited by Pelham Edgar. 75c. The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd., Toronto.
11. English Life 300 Years Ago. Trevelyan. 1s. Methuen and Company, London.
12. Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, Great Orators, Great Teachers, English Authors, Good men and Great. Hubbard. 10c each.
The Roycrofters, East Aurora, N.Y.
In Group I the first, and any of the others may be read. The first are very interesting and great favourites with children.
In Groups II and III one of each may be taken as they, to some extent, cover the same ground.
All of those in Group IV are useful, and may be added as opportunity permits.
APPENDIX
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
Did you ever hear the story of the first Christmas tree? This is the way it was told to me: Martin Luther was a good man who lived in Germany long ago. One Christmas Eve he was walking to his home. The night was cold and frosty with many stars in the sky. He thought he had never seen stars look so bright. When he got home he tried to tell his wife and children how pretty the stars were, but they didn"t seem to understand.
So Luther went out into his garden and cut a little evergreen tree. This he set up in the room and fastened tiny candles all over it, and when he had lighted them they shone like stars.
One of Luther"s neighbours came in that night, and when she saw the tree she thought how one would please her children. Soon she had one in her house, too. And the idea spread from one house to another until there were Christmas trees all over Germany.
Queen Victoria of England was married to a German prince, and the German custom of a Christmas tree for the children was followed in the royal palace. Of course after the Queen had a tree other people must have one, too. So the Christmas tree came to England.
The little French boys and girls have not had them so long. Not very many years ago there was a war between France and Germany. At Christmas time the German soldiers were in Paris. They felt sorry to be so far from their own little boys and girls on Christmas eve. But they knew how to have something to remind them of home. Every soldier who could got a little evergreen tree and put candles on it. The French saw them, and were so pleased that now, every year, they too have Christmas trees.