SECTION XI

BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES

_Bibliography_ 632

_Introductory_ 633

ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS

415. How Columbus Got His Ships 635

HORACE E. SCUDDER

416. The Boyhood of Washington 642

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

417. The Autobiography 645

HELEN NICOLAY

418. Lincoln's Early Days 655

ANNA HOWARD SHAW

419. In the Western Wilderness 662

CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

420. The Pass of Thermopylae 671

SECTION XII

HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX

Home Reading Lists by Grades 679

General Index 687

SECTION I

PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION

SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Tappan, Eva March, _The Children's Hour_. 10 vols.

Neilson, William Patten, and others, _The Junior Classics_.
10 vols.

Sylvester, Charles H., _Journeys through Bookland_. 10 vols.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, and others, _The Young Folks' Library_.
30 vols.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, _After School Library_. 12 vols.

Scudder, Horace E., _The Children's Book_. [Best single-volume
collection for early grades.]

Barnes, Walter, _Types of Children's Literature_.

II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

Darton, F. J. Harvey, "Children's Books," in _Cambridge History
of English Literature_, Vol. XI, chap. xvi. [Best brief account
of development in England. Elaborate bibliography.]

Tassin, Algernon, "Books for Children," in _Cambridge History of
American Literature_, Vol. II, chap. vii. [Best account of
American development. Extended bibliography.]

Field, Mrs. E. M., _The Child and His Book_. The history and
progress of children's literature in England. [Stops with
1826.]

Moses, Montrose J., _Children's Books and Reading_. [Deals
with both English and American side. Book-lists and
bibliographies.]

Ashton, John, _Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century_.

Halsey, Rosalie V., _Forgotten Books of the American Nursery_.

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