and
| Bevis | By | Richard Jefferies. |
Others are—
| The Story of a Bad Boy | By | T. B. Aldrich. |
| My Boyhood | " | H. C. Barkley. |
| The Swan and her Crew | " | G. C. Davies. |
| Captain Chap | " | Frank R. Stockton. |
| The Tinkham Brothers' Tidemill | " | J. T. Trowbridge. |
The best school story will probable always be
| Tom Brown's School Days | By | T. Hughes. |
Among the books of this kind meant rather for grownup readers, but read also by boys, are—
| Huckleberry Finn | By | Mark Twain. |
| Frank Fairlegh | " | F. E. Smedley. |
| The Interpreter | " | Whyte Melville. |
| The Human Boy | " | Eden Phillpots. |
| Vice Versâ | " | F. Anstey. |
Adventure Stories
This is the largest group of books usually described as "for boys," although girls often read them too with hardly less interest. The first place in this class will probably always be held by Defoe's