CARROLL, L. _Alice"s Adventures in Wonderland_ and _Through the Looking-Gla.s.s_. 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 cla.s.sic 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.