Works of standard authors for supplementary reading in schools—complete selections or abridgments—with introductions and explanatory notes. Single numbers, 64 to 128 pages, stiff paper sides 12½ cents, cloth 20 cents; double numbers, 160 to 224 pages, stiff paper sides 20 cents, cloth 30 cents.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST TWENTY-FOUR (24) NUMBERS, ARRANGED BY COUNTRIES AND AUTHORS
Starred numbers are DOUBLE. All the works are complete, or contain complete selections, except those marked “abr.”
American Authors
COOPER—The Spy, No. 1, single (abr.), 128 pp.; *The Pilot, No. 2 (abr.), 181 pp.; *The Deerslayer, No. 8 (abr.), 160 pp.
DANA, R. H., Jr.—*Two Years Before the Mast, No. 19 (abr.), 173 pp.
HAWTHORNE—Twice-Told Tales, No. 15, single, complete selections, 128 pp.: The Village Uncle; The Ambitious Guest; Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe; A Rill from the Town Pump; The Great Carbuncle; David Swan; Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment; Peter Goldthwaite’s Treasure; The Threefold Destiny; Old Esther Dudley.
A Wonder-Book, for Girls and Boys, No. 16, single, complete selections, 121 pp.: The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; The Three Golden Apples; The Miraculous Pitcher.
The Snow-Image and other Twice-Told Tales, No. 20, single, complete selections, 121 pp.: The Snow-Image; The Great Stone Face; Little Daffydowndilly; The Vision of the Fountain; The Seven Vagabonds; Little Annie’s Ramble; The Prophetic Pictures.
IRVING—The Alhambra, No. 4, single, complete selections, 128 pp.: Palace of the Alhambra; Alhamar, the Founder of the Alhambra; Yusef Abul Hagig, the Finisher of the Alhambra; Panorama from the Tower of Comares; Legend of the Moor’s Legacy; Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra; The Governor and the Notary; Governor Manco and the Soldier; Legend of Two Discreet Statues; Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa; The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier.