*"The Listening Child: A Selection from the Songs of English Verse, Made for the Youngest Readers and Hearers." Selected by Lucy W. Thatcher. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. An edition at $.50.
"A Book of Verse for Children." Compiled by E. V. Lucas. 8vo. Cloth, $2.00. Holt.
"The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children." Selected by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Doubleday.
"Poems Children Love." Edited by Peurhyn W. Coussens. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. Dodge.
"Little Folks' Book of Verse." Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. Baker.
"A Treasury of Verse for Little Children." Selected by M. G. Edgar. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white by W. Pogány. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Crowell.
"The Golden Staircase." Selected by Louey Chisholm Illustrated in colour by M. Dibdin Spooner. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Putnam.
"A Child's Book of Old Verse." Selected and illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. Duffield.
"The Treasure Book of Children's Verse." Edited by Mabel and Lillian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated in colour by M. Ethelred Gray. 4to. Cloth, $5.00. Hodder. Popular edition, $2.00.
*"The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyric Poems in the English Language." By Francis Turner Palgrave. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00. Macmillan. Before entering high school, the boy should own some edition of this great collection of verse.