stions. It is (p. xviii)
an uncommonly good list, however, and there is little that I have wished
to add or to take away.... Your list is so good that I know you must
have spent a great deal of time and very definite thought over it. You
have certainly covered the ground thoroughly.... I have enjoyed seeing
your list and shall be greatly interested in seeing it in final form.

Sincerely yours,
ALICE M. JORDAN.
_Boston Public Library._

_CONTENTS_ (p. xix)

PREFACE ......................................... ix

A MOTHER'S LIST BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON ... xi

APPRECIATIONS ................................. xvii

TWO YEARS OF AGE ................................ 21

THREE YEARS OF AGE .............................. 23

FOUR YEARS OF AGE ............................... 28

FIVE YEARS OF AGE ............................... 32

SIX YEARS OF AGE ................................ 40

SEVEN YEARS OF AGE .............................. 50

EIGHT YEARS OF AGE .............................. 59

NINE YEARS OF AGE ............................... 73

TEN YEARS OF AGE ................................ 92

ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE ............................ 114

TWELVE YEARS OF AGE ............................ 141

THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE .......................... 171

FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE .......................... 198

AUTHOR AND TITLE INDEX ......................... 233

KEY TO PUBLISHERS .............................. 269

A MOTHER'S LIST OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (p. 21)

_TWO YEARS OF AGE_

_O Babees yonge, My Book only is made for youre lernynge._
THE BABEES BOOK. _Circa 1475._

PICTURE-BOOKS

The baby's first book will naturally be a picture-book, for
pictures appeal to him early, and with great force.... If we
understood children better, we should realize this vitality which
pictures have for them, and should be more careful to give them
the best.
W.T. FIELD.

THE CHILDREN'S FARM.
Dutton. 1.25

These colored pictures of the different farm animals, mounted on
boards, will please the littlest ones.

CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator).
Mother Hubbard. Lane. .25

As children are favorably inf