Literature adapted to a Child Six or Eight Years of Age and upward.
Little Lord Fauntleroy. A book that cannot fail to delight and improve every reader.
King of the Golden River, Ruskin.
"Rosebud," from "Harvard Sophomore Stories."
Christmas all the Year round, Howells.
Mrs. Stowe's "Laughin' in Meetin'." An exceedingly funny story.
"Each and All" and "Seven Little Sisters," by Jane Andrews. Used in the Boston Public Schools as supplementary reading.
Classics in Babyland, Bates.
Scudder's "Fables and Folk Stories." Fine books for little ones.
Æsop.
Rainbows for Children, Lydia Maria Child.
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell. The autobiography of a splendid horse, and the best teacher of kindness to animals we know of.
Burroughs' "Birds and Bees." In fact, all his beautiful and simple stories of Nature—"Pepacton," "Fresh Fields," "Wake Robin," "Winter Sunshine," "Signs and Seasons," etc.—are the delight of children as soon as they can read.
Winslow's "Fairy Geography."
By Sea-side and Wayside, Wright.
Literature adapted to a Child Eight to Nine Years of Age and upward.
Sandford and Merton, Day. One of the very best of children's books.
Play Days, Sarah Orne Jewett.
Andersen's "Fairy Tales." Cannot be too highly praised.
Stories from King Arthur, Hanson. A good foundation for the study of Malory, Tennyson, etc.
"Winners in Life's Race," and "Life and her Children," by Miss Arabella Buckley. Books that charm many children of eight or nine.
Fairy Frisket; or, Peeps at Insect Life. Nelson & Sons.
Physiology, with pictures.
Queer Little People, Mrs. Stowe.
Kingsley's "Water Babies." A beautiful book, as indeed are all of Kingsley's.
Longfellow's "Building of the Ship."
The Fountain, Lowell.
Ye Mariners of England, Campbell.
Carleton's "Farm Ballads and Farm Legends." Humorous, pathetic, sensible.
Literature adapted to a Child Nine to Ten Years of Age and upward.
Story of a Bad Boy, Aldrich. A splendid book for boys.
Boys of '76, Coffin. An eight-year-old boy read it five times, he was so pleased with it.
New Year's Bargain, Coolidge.
Pussy Willow, Stowe.
Hanson's "Homer and Virgil." Brief, clear, simple, clean.
Stories from Homer, Hanson.
Stories from Pliny, White.
Grimm's "Fairy Tales."
Legend of Sleeping Beauty.
Clodd's "The Childhood of the World." A splendid book to teach children the development of the world.
"Friends in Feathers and Fur," "Wings and Fins," "Paws and Claws," by Johonnot. Books much liked by the little ones.
First Book of Zoölogy, Morse.
Halleck's "Marco Bozzaris."
Wordsworth's "Peter Bell."
Mary, Queen of Scots, Strickland.
The Prince and the Pauper, Twain. A book that mingles no small amount of sense with its abounding fun and occasional tragedy.
Literature adapted to a Child Ten or Eleven Years of Age and upward.
Being a Boy, Warner.
Little Women, Alcott. One of the most popular books of the day.
Two Years before the Mast, Dana. Recommended by Sarah Orne Jewett, George William Curtis, and others.
Ten Boys on the Road, Andrews. A great favorite with the boys.
Jan of the Windmill, Ewing. The story of a poor boy who becomes a famous painter.
Hawthorne's "Celestial Railroad."
Little People of Asia, Miller.
Hawthorne's "Tanglewood Tales" and "Wonder Book" should belong to every child old enough to read ordinary English.
Adventures of a Brownie, Craik.
Stories from Chaucer, Seymour.
Stories from Livy, Church.
Lives of the Philosophers, Fénelon. An excellent book.
What Darwin saw in his Trip round the World in the Ship Beagle.
Fairy Land of Science, Miss Buckley. An author who writes for children to perfection.
Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land, Cooper. Very fine indeed.
Darwin's chapter on the "Habits of Ants" (in the "Origin of Species") is very interesting and amusing to little ones, and together with Burroughs' books prepares them to read such works as Lubbock's "Ants, Bees, and Wasps."
Ragozin's "Chaldea." One of the indispensable books for children.
Longfellow's "Psalm of Life."
Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
Lowell's "Under the Old Elm."
Wordsworth's "White Doe of Rylstone."
Lamb's Essay on Roast Pig. A piece of fun always enjoyed by boys and girls.