"Four nobles a weeke, then, I will give thee,
For this merry jest thou hast showne unto me;
And tell the old abbot, when thou comest home,
Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John."

SECTION VIII

REALISTIC STORIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY AS A BASIS FOR TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
REALISTIC STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Most of the authors in the following list wrote
other books of a realistic nature, in some
cases greater books than the one mentioned. The
book named is usually the first important one
in this field by its author and has, therefore,
unusual historical value.

1765. Goldsmith, Oliver, _The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes_.
1783-1789. Day, Thomas, _The History of Sandford and Merton_.
1792-1796. Aikin, Dr. John, and Barbauld, Mrs. L. E., _Evenings
at Home_.
[?]-1795. More, Hannah, _The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain_.
1796-1800. Edgeworth, Maria, _The Parent's Assistant, or Stories
for Children_.
1808. Lamb, Mary and Charles, _Mrs. Leicester's School_.
1818. Sherwood, Mrs. M. M., _The History of the Fairchild Family_.
1840. Dana, Richard Henry, _Two Years Before the Mast_.
1841. Martineau, Harriet, _The Crofton Boys_.
1856. Yonge, Charlotte M., _The Daisy Chain_.
1857. Hughes, Thomas, _Tom Brown's School Days_.
1863. Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T., _Faith Gartney's Girlhood_.
1864. Trowbridge, J. T., _Cudjo's Cave_.
1865. Dodge, Mary Mapes, _Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates_.
1867. Kaler, James Otis, _Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a
Circus_.
1868. Alcott, Louisa May, _Little Women_.
1868. Hale, Edward Everett, _The Man without a Country_.
1871. Eggleston, Edward, _The Hoosier Schoolmaster_.
1876. Twain, Mark, _Adventures of Tom Sawyer_.
1878. Jackson, Helen Hunt, _Nelly's Silver Mine_.
1879. Ewing, Juliana Horatia, _Jackanapes_.
1882. Hale, Lucretia P., _Peterkin Papers_.
1883. Stevenson, Robert Louis, _Treasure Island_.
1887. Wiggin, Kate Douglas, _The Birds' Christmas Carol_.
1890. Jewett, Sarah Orne, _Betty Leicester_.
1895. Bennett, John, _Master Skylark_.
1897. Kipling, Rudyard, _Captains Courageous_.
1899. Garland, Hamlin, _Boy Life on the Prairie_.
1906. Stein, Evaleen, _Gabriel and the Hour-Book_.
1908. Montgomery, L. M., _Anne of Green Gables_.
1912. Masefield, John, _Jim Davis