It was he who first believed children needed books of their own, and he set about to supply that need. Many of the old stories, quaint jingles and nursery rhymes we have to-day are due to him. It is therefore peculiarly fitting this series, comprising the best written for childhood, should bear his name.
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN—Robert Browning
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER—John Ruskin
MONI, THE GOAT BOY—Johanna Spyri
FAIRY TALE GIANTS
FAIRY TALE PRINCES
FAIRY TALE PRINCESSES
A DOG OF FLANDERS—Louisa de la Ramee (Ouida)
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW—Washington Irving
RIP VAN WINKLE—Washington Irving
THE NURNBERG STOVE—Louisa de la Ramee (Ouida)
THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE—Miss Mulock
CHILD VERSES—Eugene Field
These books are well bound in cloth, are profusely illustrated, have a colored frontispiece and a colored jacket, and contain 92 pages each.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.
AKRON, OHIO