Literature adapted to a Child Eleven to Twelve Years of Age and upward.
Shakspeare's "Merchant of Venice."
Marcus Aurelius. In a school where the book was at their call children from ten to thirteen carried it to and from school, charmed with its beautiful thoughts.
Hans Brinker, Mary Mapes Dodge. One of the very best stories for children.
Dickens' "Christmas Carol."
Hawthorne's "Great Stone Face." Highly appreciated by the young folks.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mrs. Stowe. A book that every child should have as soon as he is able to read it.
Another Flock of Girls, Nora Perry.
At the Back of the North Wind, Macdonald. A beautiful story, with a high motive.
A Hunting of the Deer, Warner.
Crusade of the Children, Gray. A thrilling story.
Bryant's translation of the Odyssey.
Story of the Iliad, Church.
Stories from Herodotus, Church.
Mary Treat's "Home Book of Nature."
Half Hours with the Stars, Proctor.
Guyot's "Earth and Man." A most excellent book.
First Book in Geology, Shaler.
First Steps in Chemistry, Brewster.
First Steps in Scientific Knowledge, Best.
Abou Ben Adhem, Hunt.
Scott's "Lady of the Lake."
Macaulay's "Lays of Ancient Rome."
Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
Whittier's "Snow Bound."
How they Brought the Good News to Aix, Browning.
Wordsworth's "We are Seven."
Franklin's Autobiography.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech.
Samantha at the Centennial.
Literature adapted to a Child Twelve to Thirteen Years of Age and upward.
Shakspeare's "Julius Cæsar."
Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan. Indispensable.
Meditation of Thomas à Kempis. A strong influence for sweetness and purity.
Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith. Full of fun and good feeling; one of the most indispensable of books.
Cooper's novels, especially "The Spy" and the "Last of the Mohicans." Books that are fascinating and yet wholesome.
"My Summer in a Garden," and "In the Wilderness," Warner. Very humorous.
"The Dog of Flanders," from "Little Classics."
Picciola, Saintine. A great favorite.
The Story of Arnon, Amélie Rives.
Drake's "Culprit Fay."
Dr. Brown's "Rab and his Friends."
"The Man without a Country," "My Double and How He Undid Me," etc., by E. E. Hale. The cast is extremely funny.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster, Eggleston.
Boots and Saddles, Mrs. Custer.
Stories from Greek Tragedians, Church.
Plumptre's "Sophocles."
Ruskin's "Athena."
Boys and Girls in Biology, Stevenson.
Other Worlds than Ours, Proctor.
Captains of Industry, Parton.
Lowell's "Vision of Sir Launfal." One of the great poet's finest productions.
Byron's "Eve of Waterloo."
Longfellow's "Evangeline."
Scott's "Marmion."
Milton's "Comus."
"The Two Runaways," "The Born Inventor," "Idyl of Sinkin' Mountain," etc., by Edwards. Very funny.
Literature adapted to a Child Thirteen to Fourteen Years of Age and upward.
Shakspeare's "Coriolanus" and "Taming of the Shrew."
Scott's "Ivanhoe," "Heart of Midlothian," "Guy Mannering," etc. It is the making of a boy if he learns to love Scott. He will make a gentleman of him, and give him an undying love of good literature.
Journal of Eugénie de Guerin. Full of delicacy and quiet strength.
Tom Brown, Hughes. An universal favorite.
Curtis' "Prue and I." One of the very choicest books, both in substance and expression,—especially remarkable for its moral suggestiveness.
Craddock's "Floating down Lost Creek." Most excellent.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson. A story with a powerful moral,—if we give scope to our evil nature, it will master us.
Goldsmith's "Good-Natured Man."
Carlyle's "Heroes and Hero Worship."
Ben Hur, Wallace.
The Fool's Errand, Tourgée.
The Boys' King Arthur, Lanier.
Epictetus.
Physiology for Girls, Shepard.
Physiology for Boys, Shepard.
What Young People should Know, Wilder. A book that no boy or girl should be without.
How Plants Behave, Gray.
Goethe's "Erl King."
Browning's "Ivan Ivanovitch." A favorite.
The Forsaken Merman, Matthew Arnold. An exquisite poem.
Longfellow's "Miles Standish."
Scott's "Lay of the Last Minstrel."
The Veiled Statue of Truth, Schiller.
Gütenburg, and the Art of Printing.
Doyle's "United States History."
John Bright's "Speeches on the American Question."
Backlog Studies, Warner.
"Encyclopædia of Persons and Places," and "Encyclopædia of Common Things," by Champlin, should be within the reach of every child over twelve or thirteen years of age.
Literature adapted to a Child Fourteen to Fifteen Years of Age.
Shakespeare's "Henry Fourth" and "Henry Fifth."
Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, Holmes; and Irving's "Sketch Book." Two of the best books in all the world.
George Eliot's novels, especially "Silas Marner," "The Mill on the Floss," "Romola," and "Adam Bede."
The Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot.
Our Best Society, Curtis.
Bulwer's "Rienzi."
The Marble Faun, Hawthorne.
Sad Little Prince, Fawcett.
Chita, or Youma, by Hearn, a master of English style.
Grande Pointe, Cable.
La Fontaine's Fables.
Plutarch's "Morals."
Ethics of the Dust, Ruskin.
Lady How and Madam Why, Kingsley.
Sketches of Creation, Winchell. Very interesting to children of fourteen or fifteen.
The Geological Story, Briefly Told, Dana.
Ready for Business, or Choosing an Occupation, Fowler and Wells.
Ode to a Skylark, Shelley.
Birds of Aristophanes, Frere.
Alfred the Great, Hughes.
Plutarch's "Lives."
Green's "Short History of the English People."
Demosthenes on the Crown. The finest of all orations.
The Biglow Papers, Lowell. The best of fun and sense.
Sweet Cicely, Holley. Quiet humor and unfailing wisdom.
Higginson's "Vacations for Saints." A splendid example of humorous writing.