By Stanley J. Weyman--
The House of the Wolf.
Under the Red Robe.
The Man in Black.
A Gentleman of France.
By Mr. Andrew Balfour--
By Stroke of Sword.
To Arms!
By Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.
There are also historical stories more particularly intended by their authors for grown-up readers, but which boys and girls can, however, find quite interesting enough, even if much has to be skipped. First among these are Sir Walter Scott"s novels:--
Ivanhoe.
Kenilworth.
Woodstock.
Quentin Durward.
Rob Roy.
The Abbott.
The Monastery.
The Talisman.
Other writers and books follow. By Alexandre Dumas--
The Three Musketeers.
Twenty Years After.
The Vicomte de Brageleonne.
Marguerite de Valois.
Chicot the Jester.
The Forty-five Guardsmen.
By Charles d.i.c.kens--
Barnaby Rudge.
A Tale of Two Cities.
By Lord Lytton--
Rienzi.
Harold.
The Last of the Barons.
The Last Days of Pompeii.
Animal Books
First among the animal books are Mr. Kipling"s two _Jungle Books_. Two other beast stories by Mr. Kipling are "Moti Guj, Mutineer," the tale of a truant elephant, which is in _Life"s Handicap_ and "The Maltese Cat," a splendid tale of a polo pony, which is in _The Day"s Work_.
Next to these comes Mr. E. Thompson-Seton"s _Wild Animals I Have Known._ The lives of animals by themselves, or by some one who knows everything about them, are always favorite books with small readers.
Among the best are these:--
Black Beauty (the story of a horse) By Mrs. Sewell.
Conrad the Squirrel " the author of _Wandering Willie_.
The Story of the Red Deer " J. W. Fortescue.
Every Inch a King (the story of a dog) " Anon.
The Lives of the Hunted " E. Thompson-Seton.
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag " " "
The Adventures of a Siberian Cub " Leon Golschmann.
The Autobiography of a Grizzly. " E. Thompson-Seton.
The best tale of a bear is perhaps Bret Harte"s "Baby Sylvester,"
which will be found in one of his volumes of short stories. Good animal stories are scattered about other collections of short stories.
In Mr. Anstey"s _Paleface and Redskin_ are stories of dogs.
Mr. Lang"s
Red Book of Animal Stories
has both dogs and cats in it, and many other creatures too.
Here also should be placed Mr. Warde Fowler"s
Tales of the Birds.
Other very popular animal books are Mr. Joel Chandler Harris"s
Nights with Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (largely ill.u.s.trations), Mr. Rabbit at Home,
and the same author has written also
The Story of Aaron, Aaron in the Wild Woods,
which are stories not only of animals, but of people too; and here, perhaps, may be placed _aesop"s Fables_.
Wood Magic By Richard Jefferies
is an attempt to do for English wild life somewhat the same service that Mr. Kipling performed for India.
Other open air and animal books are:--
By the Rev. J. G. Wood--
By Back-yard Zoo.
Pet Land revisited.
Pet Land A Tour Round My Garden.