, by _Sarah Orne Jewett_.
A fine story for girls. Houghton, Mifflin Co.
THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL, by _Kate Douglas Wiggin (Riggs)_.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. A charming story which will delight
everybody. By the same author, _The Story of Patsy_, _Timothy's
Quest_ and _Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm_ are all wholesome and
entertaining.
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, by _Kate Douglas Wiggin_.
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, A TALE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES,
by _Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)_. Harper and Bros. The
story relates to England in the sixteenth century.
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, by _Edward Everett Hale_.
Little, Brown & Co. The style and language are mature, but the
story is one of the best lessons in patriotism ever written.
_Volume VI_
TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, by _Sir Walter Scott_.
An abridged edition, published by Ginn & Co., contains the best
tales, but many children will like them all.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
An excellent book for young people on account of its interest
and its clear literary style. An edition by Houghton, Mifflin
Co., contains a sketch of Franklin's life subsequent to the time
when his autobiography ends.
LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME, by _Thomas Babington Macaulay_.
Inspiring tales in verse such as children love to hear.
_Horatius_ is among them.
IVANHOE, by _Sir Walter Scott_.
Houghton, Mifflin Co. publish a cheap school edition.
THE TALISMAN, by _Sir Walter Scott_.
SCOTTISH CHIEFS, by _Jane Porter_.
This is one of the stories that young people enjoyed years ago.
It helps to the reading of Scottish history, and is a good type
of the romantic novel.
ENOCH ARDEN, by _Alfred Tennyson_.
IDYLS OF THE KING, by _Alfred Tennyson_.
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS of _Oliver Wendell Holmes_.
Cambridge edition of Houghton, Mifflin Co. _The Grandmother's
Story of Bunker Hill_, _A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party_, _Ode
for Washington's Birthday_, _Old Ironsides_, _Lexington_ and
others have historical value. The humorous poems like _The
One-Hoss Shay_, _How the Old Horse Won the Bet_, and such
beautiful poems as _The Chambered Nautilus_ and _The Last Leaf_
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