Children's books and reading
BY MONTROSE J. MOSES
FAMOUS ACTOR FAMILIES IN AMERICA
LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH In preparation
EDITED BY MR. MOSES
EVERYMAN A Morality Play
Children’s Books and Reading
By
MONTROSE J. MOSES
NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
Copyright, 1907, by Mitchell Kennerley
In the course of preparing the material for the following sketch, I was brought into very agreeable relations with many persons whose practical experience in library work proved of exceptional value to me. I wish to take this means of thanking Miss Annie Carroll Moore, Supervisor of Children’s Rooms in the New York Public Library, and Mr. C. G. Leland, Supervisor of School Libraries and member of the New York Board of Education, for every encouragement and assistance.
Montrose Jonas Moses
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
I. THE PROBLEM
Bibliographical Note
FOOTNOTES
THE GROWTH OF JUVENILE LITERATURE
FOOTNOTES
II. THE RISE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS
I. Horn-books; Chap-books; The New England Primer.
II. La Fontaine and Perrault.
III. Mother Goose.
IV. John Newbery, Oliver Goldsmith, and Isaiah Thomas.
Bibliographical Note
FOOTNOTES
III. THE OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARY
I. The Rousseau Impetus.
II. The Edgeworths; Thomas Day; Mrs. Barbauld; and Dr. Aikin.
III. The Sunday-school; Raikes; Hannah More; Mrs. Trimmer.
IV. The Poets: Watts; Jane and Ann Taylor; William Blake.
V. Charles and Mary Lamb; The Godwins.
Bibliographical Note
FOOTNOTES
IV. CONCERNING NOW AND THEN
I. The English Side.
II. The American Side.
III. The Present Situation.
FOOTNOTES
V. THE LIBRARY AND THE BOOK
I. Children’s Books: Their Classification; Their Characteristics.
III. Book-lists and Book-selecting.
IV. The Experimental Temptation.
FOOTNOTES
VI. APPENDIX
I. Book-lists Published by Libraries.
II. A List of Selected Books for Children.
III. Bibliographical Note
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Corrections
