Grimm's Fairy Tales.
The Arabian Nights.
Andersen's Fairy Tales.
AEsop's Fables.
These are traditional. First favorites among English whimsical tales
are, of course,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking-glass " " "
of which there is no need to speak, nor of
The Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley.
The King of the Golden River " John Ruskin.
The Rose and the Ring " W. M. Thackeray.
And among other good stories are--
Fairy Tales By Alexandre Dumas.
Mopsa the Fairy " Jean Ingelow.
Prince Prigio " Andrew Lang.
The Gold of Fairnilee " " "
Twenty Best Fairy Tales " Lucy Perkins.
The Bee-Man of Orn " Frank R. Stockton.
The Clocks of Rondaine " " "
Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales " Mrs. Ewing.
Lewis Carroll's "Bruno's Revenge," the story which was the beginning
of _Sylvie and Bruno_, is perfect in its way.
Legendary Tales
CLASSICAL
The Heroes By Charles Kingsley.
A Wonder Book " Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Tanglewood Tales " " "
The Story of the Odyssey " Rev. A. J. Church.
The Story of the Iliad " " "
Stories from Homer " " "
ROMANTIC
The Morte D'Arthur By Sir T. Malory.
Tales from Shakespeare " Charles and Mary Lamb.
Puck of Pook's Hill " Rudyard Kipling.
Stories from the Faerie Queen " Mary Macleod.
Heroes of Chivalry and Romance " Rev. A. J. Church.
Stories of the Magicians " " "
Olaf the Glorious " Robert Leighton.
Robin Hood " Howard Pyle.
Men of Iron " " "
Canterbury Tales " Chaucer.
Robin Hood: His Deeds and Adventures " Lucy Perkins.
Ballads in Prose " Mary Macleod.
Forgotten Tales of Long Ago " E. V. Lucas.
Old Fashioned Tales " " "
Tales from Maria Edgeworth. Introduction " Austin Dobson.
Tales from the Canterbury Pilgrims. Retold " J. H. Darton.
The Book of King Arthur " Mary Macleod.
Midsummer Night's Dream for Young People " Lucy Perkins.
The Wonder Book of Old Romance.
Here also we might place _Gulliver's Travels_.
Verse and Poetry
Our first acquaintance with poetry is made through nursery rhymes.
Many collections of nursery rhymes may be had. And there are also a
number of very charming picture books of simple verse, suitable for
small readers, such as Miss Kate Greenaway's
Mother Goose.
Marigold Garden.
Under the Window.
A. Apple Pie.
Mr. Walter Crane's
Baby's Opera,
Baby's Bouquet,
and various toy books.
Four favorite books of comic verse are Edward Lear's
Book of Nonsense.
More Nonsense.
Nonsense, Songs and Stories.
Four books, more recent, which come nearer to poetry than anything
already mentioned, are--
Verses for Children By Mrs. Ewing.
Sing Song " Christina G. Rossetti.
Lilliput Lyrics " W. B. Rands.
A Child's Garden of Verses " R. L. Stevenson.
A large collection of verse of the kind already described, with the
addition of ballads, open-air rhymes, animal verses and other
matter--intended to pave the way to real poetry--exists in
A Book of Verses for Children,
Another Book of Verses for Children,
compiled by E. V. Lucas. After these, we come to collections
containing real poetry, two excellent ones being
The Blue Poetry Book By Andrew Lang.
A First [Second and Third] Poetry Book " M. A. Woods.
There is also
Lyra Heroica By W. E. Henley,
a collection for boys. Selections from Tennyson, Browning, and other
poets, intended for children, have been made, but most young explorers
of poetry like to have the complete works and hunt for themselves.
Other popular books of poetry are--
The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics.
Poems Every Child Should know.
Mr. C. R. D. Patmore's Children's Garland from the Best Poets.
Miss Agnes Repplier's Book of Famous Verse.
H. E. Scudder's American Poems.
The "Original Poems," and Others By Jane and Ann Taylor.
National Rhymes for the Nursery " George Saintsbury.
The Ballad Book " W. Allingham.
Lays of Ancient Rome " Lord Macaulay.
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers " W. E. Aytoun.
The Percy Reliques.
A Thousand and One Gems of Poetry.
Scott.
Longfellow.
Hood.
Many boys also like the humorous stories in _Barham's Ingoldsby
Legends_.
Books About Children
To this section, which is suited more particularly for girls, belong a
large number of stories of a very popular kind: stories describing the
ordinary life of children of to-day, with such adventures as any of us
can have near home. Years ago the favorites were--
The Fairchild Family By Mrs. Sherwood.
Sandford and Merton " Thomas Day.
But these are not read as they used to be, partly because taste has
changed, and partly because so many other books can now be procured.
But fifty and more years ago they were in every nursery library.
The Swiss Family Robinson,
the most famous family book of all, will be found in the adventure
section, to which perhaps really belong
Feats on the Fiord,
The Settlers at Home,
by Harriet Martineau, although these two, and
The Crofton Boys
may be included here. Here also belong Maria Edgeworth's
Moral Tales for Young People.
The Parent's Assistant,
which, although their flavor is old-fashioned, are yet as interesting
as ever they were.
Another writer whose popularity is no longer what it was is Jacob
Abbott, the author of a number of fascinating stories of home life (on
farms and in the country) in America in the middle of last century.
The Franconia stories are these:--
Beechnut.
Wallace.
Madeline.
Caroline.
Mary Erskine.
Mary Bell.
Stuyvesant.
Agnes.
And this is the Rollo series, intended by Mr. Abbott for rather
younger readers:--
The Little Scholar Learning to Talk.
Rollo Learning to Read.
Rollo at Play.
Rollo at Work.
Rollo at School.
Rollo's Vacation.
A list of other books, which come more or less rightly under the head
of "Stories about Children" follows, the earlier ones being better
suited to younger readers, and the later ones to older, the age aimed
at in this chapter (and indeed in the whole book), ranging from five
to fifteen.
By Kate Douglas Wiggin:--
Polly Oliver's Problem.
Timothy's Quest.
By Louisa M. Alcott:--
Little Women.
Good Wives.
Eight Cousins.
Rose in Bloom.
Spinning-Wheel Stories.
Little Men.
Jo's Boys.
An Old-Fashioned Girl.
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag.
Comic Tragedies.
The Little Pepper Series, and the Elsie Books.
By Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett:--
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Editha's Burglar.
The Captain's Youngest.
Sara Crew.
By Mrs. Whitney:--
We Girls.
Faith Gartney's Girlhood.
The Gayworthys.
Leslie Goldthwaite.
By Gelett Burgess:--
Goops, and How to be Them.
More Goops, and How Not to be Them.
Goop Tales.
The Lively City o'Ligg.
The Burgess Nonsense Book.
This section is necessarily more incomplete than any of the others,
since it is impossible to keep pace with the great number of stories
of this kind which are published every Christmas. But a few more may
be added:--
Stories Told to a Child By Jean Ingelow.
The Lost Child " Henry Kingsley.
Helen's Babies " John Habberton.
The Treasure-Seekers " E. Nesbit.
Holiday House " Catherine Sinclair.
Deeds of Daring done by Girls " N. Hudson Moore.
Children of Other Days " " "
Paleface and Redskin " F. Anstey.
The Silver Skates " M. M. Dodge.
Molly and Olly " Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Sweetheart Travelers " S. R. Crockett.
Sir Toady Crusoe " " "
Sir Toady Lion " " "
No Relations " Hector Malot.
Jogging 'Round the World " Edith Dunham.
A Little Daughter of the Revolution " Agnes Sage.
A Little Colonial Dame " " "
The House of the Red Fox " Miriam Byrne.
The Would-be Witch " " "
Little Barefoot From the German of Auerbach.
Indian Boys and Girls By Alice Haines.
Japanese Child Life " " "
Little Japs at Home " " "
Jap Boys and Girls " " "
According to Grandma " " "
When Grandma was Little " " "
What Grandma Says " " "
Here also belong many of the stories of Miss Yonge, and we might
perhaps place _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ here too.
Boy and Schoolboy Stories
In this section are placed stories of modern boys, either at home or
at school, and their ordinary home or school adventures. Among the
best are--
Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain.
and
Bevis By Richard Jefferies.
Others are--
The Story of a Bad Boy By T. B. Aldrich.
My Boyhood " H. C. Barkley.
The Swan and her Crew " G. C. Davies.
Captain Chap " Frank R. Stockton.
The Tinkham Brothers' Tidemill " J. T. Trowbridge.
The best school story will probable always be
Tom Brown's School Days By T. Hughes.
Among the books of this kind meant rather for grownup readers, but
read also by boys, are--
Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain.
Frank Fairlegh " F. E. Smedley.
The Interpreter " Whyte Melville.
The Human Boy " Eden Phillpots.
Vice Versa " F. Anstey.
Adventure Stories
This is the largest group of books usually described as "for boys,"
although girls often read them too with hardly less interest. The
first place in this class will probably always be held by Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe,
and it is likely that most votes for second place would go to
The Swiss Family Robinson.
After these we come to modern authors whose books have been written
especially for boys, first among whom is the late Mr. R. M.
Ballantyne, the author of, among numerous other books,
The Coral Island.
The Gorilla Hunters.
The Dog Crusoe.
The Pirate City.
Ungava.
The Wild Man of the West.
The Iron Horse.
Fighting the Flames.
Erling the Bold.
Martin Rattler.
The Fur Traders.
The Red Man's Revenge.
Many of Ballantyne's readers make a point of going through the whole
series of his books. The other titles can be collected from the
advertisement pages at the end of these volumes. With R. M. Ballantyne
is usually associated the name of the late W. H. G. Kingston
("Kingston and Ballantyne the brave," Stevenson called them in the
verses at the beginning of _Treasure Island_, another book which comes
high in this section). Kingston's stories were also very numerous, but
it will serve our purpose here to mention only the following six:--
Peter the Whaler.
The Three Midshipmen.
The Three Lieutenants.
The Three Commanders.
The Three Admirals.
From Powder-Monkey to Admiral.
Several authors have carried on Ballantyne and Kingston's work. Chief
among these are Mr. G. A. Henty and Mr. G. Manville Fenn. Here are six
of Mr. G. A. Henty's stories:--
Out on the Pampas.
The Young Colonists.
The Young Franc-Tireurs.
In the Heart of the Rockies.
Maori and Settler.
Redskin and Cowboy.
And here are eight of Mr. G. Manville Fenn's:--
Brownsmith's Boy.
Bunyip Land.
Bevon Boys.
Dick o' the Fens.
The Golden Magnet.
Fix Bay'nets.
Jungle and Stream.
Menhardoc.
Mr. Max Pemberton, author of
The Iron Pirate.
The Impregnable City.
"Q." (Mr. Quiller Couch), author of
Dead Man's Rock.
The Silver Spur.
and Mr. David Kerr, author of
The Boy Slave in Bokhara.
Lost Among the White Africans.
The Wild Horseman of the Pampas.
Cossack and Czar.
Old Tartar Deserts.
Prisoner among Pirates.
Jules Verne is a French writer, but his stories have always quickly
been translated into English, many of them by Mr. Henry Frith. Their
titles are a good guide to their subject, for Jules Verne goes to
science for some wonderful invention, such as a submarine boat or a
flying machine, and then surrounds it with extraordinary adventures.
Among his best books are--
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.
Round the World in Eighty Days.
Five Weeks in a Balloon.
The English at the North Pole.
The Clipper of the Clouds.
From the Earth to the Moon.
The Mysterious Island.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
First of English inventors of fantastic stories of adventure is Mr.
Rider Haggard. His three most popular books are--
King Solomon's Mines.
She.
Allan Quatermain.
The books already named, with the exception of _Robinson Crusoe_,
were written especially for boys. Other books which were not so
intended, but have come to be read more by boys than any one else,
include Fenimore Cooper's Indian stories, of which these are four:--
The Last of the Mohicans.
The Pathfinder.
The Deerslayer.
The Bee Hunters.
Other Indian stories are those of Gustave Aimard, translated from the
French, among which are these:--
The Last of the Incas.
The Trail Hunter.
The Indian Scout.
The Gold-Seekers.
The Red River Half-Speed.
The Border Rifles.
The Trappers of Arkansas.
These are, of course, North American tales. Other North American tales
are those of Captain Mayne Reid, which include--
The Boy Hunters.
The Boy Slaves.
Bruin, or The Grand Bear Hunter.
The Bush Boys.
The Castaways.
The White Chief.
The Desert Home.
The Forest Exiles.
The Giraffe Hunters.
The Headless Horseman.
The Rifle Rangers.
The Scalp Hunters.
In this section belong the books of Mr. George Bird Grinnell, author
of
Jack in the Rockies.
Jack, the Young Ranchman.
Jack Among the Indians.
Jack, the Young Canoeman.
Jack, the Young Trapper.
Also Harold Bindloss'
The Young Traders.
And to this section belong also stories of the sea, several of which
have already been mentioned. High among these are Captain Marryat's
Poor Jack,
Masterman Ready,
together with many of his tales intended originally for older readers,
such as
Jacob Faithful.
Mr. Midshipman Easy.
Peter Simple.
Snarleyyow.
Mr. Clark Russell's stories:--
The Wreck of the "Grosvenor."
The Golden Hope.
An Ocean Free-Lance.
The Frozen Pirate.
Here also belong Mr. Kipling's
Captains Courageous,
and an old sea favorite--
Two Years Before the Mast By R. H. Dana.
Other good sea books, not fiction:--
My First Voyage By W. Stones.
The Voyage of the "Sunbeam" " Lady Brassey.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" " F. T. Bullen.
The Cruise of the "Falcon" " E. F. Knight.
Historical Stories for Boys
New historical stories are published in great numbers every year. The
most popular author of this kind of book for boys is Mr. G. A. Henty,
among whose very numerous historical tales, all good, are--
At Aboukir and Acre.
At Agincourt.
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
By Right of Conquest.
The Dash for Khartoum.
In the Reign of Terror.
With Moore at Corunna.
The Lion of St. Mark.
Maori and Settler.
St. Bartholomew's Eve.
Under Drake's Flag.
With Clive in India.
With Frederick the Great.
With Lee in Virginia.
By Rev. A. J. Church--
The Chantry Priest of Barnet.
The Count of the Saxon Shore.
Stories from English History.
With the King at Oxford.
Other historical tales:--
Stories from Froissart By Henry Newbolt.
The Scottish Chiefs " Jane Porter.
The Children of the New Forest " Captain Marryat.
A Monk of Fife " Andrew Lang.
Grettir the Outlaw " Baring Gould.
The Story of Burnt Njal " Sir George Dasent.
Lorna Doone " R. D. Blackmore.
In Old Egypt " H. P. Mendes.
An Island Story " H. E. Marshall.
Scotland's Story " " "
By R. L. Stevenson--
The Black Arrow.
Kidnapped.
David Balfour.
By Charles Kingsley--
Hereward the Wake.
Westward Ho!
By Conan Doyle--
Micah Clarke
The White Company.
The Refugees.
By Stanley J. Weyman--
The House of the Wolf.
Under the Red Robe.
The Man in Black.
A Gentleman of France.
By Mr. Andrew Balfour--
By Stroke of Sword.
To Arms!
By Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.
There are also historical stories more particularly intended by their
authors for grown-up readers, but which boys and girls can, however,
find quite interesting enough, even if much has to be skipped. First
among these are Sir Walter Scott's novels:--
Ivanhoe.
Kenilworth.
Woodstock.
Quentin Durward.
Rob Roy.
The Abbott.
The Monastery.
The Talisman.
Other writers and books follow. By Alexandre Dumas--
The Three Musketeers.
Twenty Years After.
The Vicomte de Brageleonne.
Marguerite de Valois.
Chicot the Jester.
The Forty-five Guardsmen.
By Charles Dickens--
Barnaby Rudge.
A Tale of Two Cities.
By Lord Lytton--
Rienzi.
Harold.
The Last of the Barons.
The Last Days of Pompeii.
Animal Books
First among the animal books are Mr. Kipling's two _Jungle Books_. Two
other beast stories by Mr. Kipling are "Moti Guj, Mutineer," the tale
of a truant elephant, which is in _Life's Handicap_ and "The Maltese
Cat," a splendid tale of a polo pony, which is in _The Day's Work_.
Next to these comes Mr. E. Thompson-Seton's _Wild Animals I Have
Known._ The lives of animals by themselves, or by some one who knows
everything about them, are always favorite books with small readers.
Among the best are these:--
Black Beauty (the story of a horse) By Mrs. Sewell.
Conrad the Squirrel " the author of
_Wandering Willie_.
The Story of the Red Deer " J. W. Fortescue.
Every Inch a King (the story of a dog) " Anon.
The Lives of the Hunted " E. Thompson-Seton.
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag " " "
The Adventures of a Siberian Cub " Leon Golschmann.
The Autobiography of a Grizzly. " E. Thompson-Seton.
The best tale of a bear is perhaps Bret Harte's "Baby Sylvester,"
which will be found in one of his volumes of short stories. Good
animal stories are scattered about other collections of short stories.
In Mr. Anstey's _Paleface and Redskin_ are stories of dogs.
Mr. Lang's
Red Book of Animal Stories
has both dogs and cats in it, and many other creatures too.
Here also should be placed Mr. Warde Fowler's
Tales of the Birds.
Other very popular animal books are Mr. Joel Chandler Harris's
Nights with Uncle Remus,
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (largely illustrations),
Mr. Rabbit at Home,
and the same author has written also
The Story of Aaron,
Aaron in the Wild Woods,
which are stories not only of animals, but of people too; and here,
perhaps, may be placed _AEsop's Fables_.
Wood Magic By Richard Jefferies
is an attempt to do for English wild life somewhat the same service
that Mr. Kipling performed for India.
Other open air and animal books are:--
By the Rev. J. G. Wood--
By Back-yard Zoo.
Pet Land revisited.
Pet Land
A Tour Round My Garden.
Also
Curiosities of Natural History By Frank Buckland.
White's Selborne Edited by Frank Buckland.
Wanderings in South America By Charles Waterton.
Wild Traits in Domestic Animals " Louis Robinson.
The Voyage of the "Beagle" " Charles Darwin.
Ants, Bees, and Wasps " Sir John Lubbock.
(Lord Avebury).
On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence
of Animals " " "
Bob, Son of Battle " " "
A series of very interesting scientific books, under the general title
"The Romance of Science," is published by the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge. Among these volumes are--
The Making of Flowers By Professor Henslow.
The Birth and Growth of Worlds " Professor Green.
Spinning Tops " Professor Perry.
Time and Tide " Sir Robert Ball.
The same publishers also issue a series of "Natural History Rambles,"
including--
In Search of Minerals By D. T. Ansted.
Lane and Field " the Rev J. G. Wood.
Ponds and Ditches " M. C. Cooke.
Underground " J. E. Taylor.
The Woodlands " M. C. Cooke.
The Sea-shore " Professor Duncan.
There is also a new series, called "The Wonder Books of Science," of
which
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes, and
The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere
are the first.
Other good scientific yet very entertaining books:--
The Fairyland of Science By A. B. Buckley.
Through Magic Glasses " " "
Life and Her Children " " "
The Romance of the Insect World " Miss L. Badenoch.
The Ocean " " "
Glaucus " Charles Kingsley.
Madam How and Lady Why " " "
The Old Red Sandstone " Hugh Miller.
The Testimony of the Rocks " " "
Homes without Hands " Rev. J. G. Wood.
Sun, Moon, and Stars " A. Giberne.
The Story of the Heavens " Sir Robert Ball.
Other Worlds than Ours " R. A. Proctor.
The Orbs around us " " "
The Boys Book of Inventions " R. S. Baker.
Extinct Animals " E. Ray Lankester.
Electricity for Young People " Tudor Jenks.
History
A good deal of more or less truthful history will be found in the
section given to historical tales (see page 380). Here follows a small
list of more serious historical books which also are good reading:--
Tales of a Grandfather By Sir Walter Scott.
Stories from English History " Rev. A. J. Church.
Lives of the Queens of England " Agnes Strickland.
Cameos from English History (several series)" C. M. Younge.
Stories from Roman History " Mrs. Beesley.
Deeds that Won the Empire " W. H. Fitchett.
Fights for the Flag " " "
Books of Travel
It is not important that travel books should be written especially
for young readers. Almost all records of travel contain some pages
of interest, whatever the remainder may be like. The fact that a
book describes wanderings in a far country is enough.
But the books by Commander Robert E. Peary and his wife deserve
mention.
Snowland Folk.
The Snow Baby.
Children of the Arctic.
The Treatment of Library Books
On this page is given a copy of the book mark which a clergyman, Mr.
Henry Maxson, prepared for the use of the readers in the children's
section of a library in Wisconsin.
BOOK MARK
Once upon a time a Library Book was overheard talking to a
little boy who had just borrowed it. The words seemed worth
recording, and here they are:--
"Please don't handle me with dirty hands. I should feel
ashamed to be seen when the next little boy borrowed me.
"Or leave me out in the rain. Books can catch cold as well as
children.
"Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil. It would spoil
my looks.
"Or lean on me with your elbows when you are reading me. It
hurts.
"Or open me and lay me face down on the table. You wouldn't
like to be treated so.
"Or put in between my leaves a pencil or anything thicker
than a single sheet of thin paper. It would strain my back.
"Whenever you have finished reading me, if you are afraid of
losing your place, don't turn down the corner of one of my
leaves, but have a neat little Book Mark to put in where you
stopped, and then close me and lay me down on my side, so
that I can have a good, comfortable rest.
"Remember that I want to visit a great many other little boys
after you have done with me. Besides, I may meet you again
some day, and you would be sorry to see me looking old and
torn and soiled. Help me to keep fresh and clean, and I will
help you to be happy."
APPENDIX
_In making a book of this kind, it is impossible to think of all the
things that ought to be mentioned. Every reader is certain to know of
some game or pastime that has been left out. In order that you may
yourself bring this collection nearer completeness, the following
Appendix of blank pages has been added. Some reference to everything
that is written in the Appendix ought to be made, if only in pencil,
in both the body of the book and in the Index._
INDEX
A
Acrobatic impossibilities, 36
Acrobatics, drawing-room, 35-41
Acrostics, 59
Acting initials, 97
games, 97-109
proverbs, 97
verbs (Dumb Crambo), 98
Adders, 212
Adhesive tape, 243
Adventure, stories of, 376
Advertisements, 21
Almonds, how to blanch, 310
Alphabet, the cat, 166
Alphabet, the love, 88, 165
Alphabet, the ship, 87
Anemone, 325
Angora rabbits, 348
Animal, vegetable and mineral, 96
Animals, books about, 382
China, 192
composite (drawing game), 51
invented (drawing game), 54
velvet, 289
Annuals, treatment of, 319-323
Ants, 213
Apple-snapping, 6
Apprentice, the, 167
Arm-chair (model), 251
Aspidistra, 331
Auctioning prizes, 43
Autumn sowing of seedlings, 321
Avadavats, 358
B
Bag and stick, 7
Balancing, 187
Balancing tricks, 122
Ball games, 139
wool, 282
Ballad game, the, 132
Balloon, 39
Barley Sugar, 307
Baths for birds, 355
Battledoor and shuttlecock, 129
Bead furniture for dolls' houses, 223
Bead-work, 283
Bean bags, 113
Bed boat, the, 189
games, 185-193
soldiers, 191
thinking games for, 189
Beds for dolls' houses, 222
matchbox, 231
Bedstead (model), 252
Bees, 205
Belgian hares, 349
Bicyclist, the, 34
Biennials, treatment of, 322
Bingo, 27
Birds, large and cage, 355-366
in the garden, 363-366
Birds'-nesting, 207
Birthday, the old maid's, 81
Blackberrying, 209
Blackbird, the, 360
Black man, 158
Blacksmith, the, 206
Blenheim spaniels, 347
Blind feeding the blind, the, 5
Blind games, 3-5
Blind man's buff, 3
played with spoons, 3
Blind man's wand, 4
Blind worms, 212
Block city, 188
Bloodhound, the, 347
Blowing eggs, 207
Blowing out the candle, 6
Boat, a simple toy, 295
Boats, paper, 285
on a stream, 211
sailing, 210
walnut shell, 298
Book mark, 385
Books--
and bookshelves for a doll's house, 224
about animals, 382
about boys, 376
of adventure, 376
about children, 373
of fairy tales, 370
historical, 380-382, 384
of poetry, 371
about the sea, 379
of travel, 385
of legendary tales, 371
Borders for a garden, 319
Borzoi, the, 347
Bowling, 143
Boxes, cardboard, 288
for collections of eggs, 208
for dolls' houses, 220
paper, 287
Boy and schoolboy stories, 376
Boys' toys, 292-301