The Swiss Family Robinson,
the most famous family book of all, will be found in the adventure section, to which perhaps really belong
Feats on the Fiord,
The Settlers at Home,
by Harriet Martineau, although these two, and
The Crofton Boys
may be included here. Here also belong Maria Edgeworth's
Moral Tales for Young People.
The Parent's Assistant,
which, although their flavor is old-fashioned, are yet as interesting as ever they were.
Another writer whose popularity is no longer what it was is Jacob Abbott, the author of a number of fascinating stories of home life (on farms and in the country) in America in the middle of last century. The Franconia stories are these:—
Beechnut.
Wallace.
Madeline.
Caroline.
Mary Erskine.
Mary Bell.
Stuyvesant.
Agnes.