APPLETONS’ LIBRARY LISTS.
Libraries, whether for the school, home, or the public at large, are among the most important and wide-reaching educational factors in the advancement of civilization. Modern intellectual activity, keeping pace with modern invention, has added to the earlier stores of literature myriads of books, and a still greater mass of reading-matter in other forms. Unfortunately, much of the material put into print is not of an educational or elevating character. It is important, then, in the selection of books for public use, especially for the young, that great care be exercised to secure only such kinds of reading as will be wholesome, instructive, and intrinsically valuable.
For more than fifty years Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. have been engaged in the publication of the choicest productions from the pens of distinguished authors of the past and present, of both Europe and America, and their catalogue now comprises titles of several thousand volumes, embracing every department of knowledge. Classified lists of these publications have been prepared, affording facilities for a judicious selection of books covering the whole range of Literature, Science, and Art, for individual book-buyers or for a thorough equipment of any library.
Lists A, B, and C are of books selected especially for School Libraries. The other lists are of books grouped according to subjects. The classifications are as follows:
List A.—For Primary and Intermediate Grades.
List B.—For Grammar and High School Grades.
List C.—For College and University Libraries.
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List D.—History. “ E.—Biography. “ F.—Physical Science. “ G.—Mental and Moral Science. “ H.—Political and Social Science. “ I.—Philosophy and Metaphysics. “ K.—Hygiene and Sanitary Science. “ L.—Finance and Economics. “ M.—Technology and Industrial Arts. |
List N.—Anthropology and Ethnology. “ O.—Literature and Art. “ P.—Books of Reference. “ R.—Travel and Adventure. “ S.—Pedagogy and Education. “ T.—Fiction. “ U.—Amusements and Recreations. “ V.—Evolution. “ W.—Archæology and Palæontology. |
Also, Special Lists of Legal, Medical, and Religious Works.
We respectfully invite the attention of public and private book-buyers everywhere to these lists, confident that they will be found of interest and profit. Either or all will be mailed free on request.