Prepared Under the Supervision of
THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
Volume I
FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
INCORPORATED
_New York_
Copyright, 1920, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
Copyright, 1912, 1915, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
_Manufactured in the U. S. A._
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
OF
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
_General Editor_: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D.
Author of "The Boy Problem"
_Technical Editor:_
HERBERT TREADWELL WADE
Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia
_Literature Editor:_
ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D.
Editor of "Little Classics"
_Music Editor:_
WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC.
Secretary of The National Academy of Music
_Associate Editor:_
DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER
Editorial Director of the Edison Industries
_Office Editor:_ JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK
Editor of "The Children's Own Library"
_PARTIAL LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS_
JOSEPH H. ADAMS,
Editor of "Harper's Practical Books for Boys"
T. GEORGE ALLEN,
Curator of the Oriental Museum, University of Chicago
MARY W. ARTOIS,
Traveler and Writer
ROGER W. BABSON,
Author of "Central America"
GRACE GERTRUDE BARDEN,
Teacher of Domestic Science
HARRY K. BEASLEY,
Electrical Engineer and Author
C. S. BRAININ, Ph.D.,
Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University
M. ALSTON BUCKLEY,
Retold Tales and Fact Articles
FRANK H. CHELEY,
Editor of the "Father and Son Library"
LAURA CLARKE,
Author of Fact Articles
CARL HARRY CLAUDY,
Author of "First Book of Photography"
JOHN H. CLIFFORD,
Associate-Editor of "The Young Folks'
Treasury," "The Mother's Book," etc.
CLAYTON S. COOPER
Author of "Understanding South America"
LEE S. CRANDALL,
Curator, New York Zoological Park
WALTER ALDEN DYER,
Author and former Managing Editor of _Country Life in America_
WILLIAM H. EASTON, Ph.D.,
Publicity Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.
ARTHUR ELSON,
Musical Critic and Author of "The Book of Musical Knowledge"
PHILIP D. FAGANS,
Executive Secretary of the Woodcraft League
JOHN CLARKE FARBER, A.M.,
Lieutenant, United States National Army
LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD,
Fiction Reviewer of _The New York Times_
EHRMA G. FILER,
Fact Articles
HUGO FROELICH AND
BONNIE E. SNOW,
Authors of "Industrial Art" textbooks
JULIA A. GLEASON,
Teacher of Sewing, Cornell University
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., L.H.D.,
Lecturer and Author
ISABEL F. HAPGOOD,
Author of "Russian Rambles"
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE,
Author and Critic
ROSE HENDERSON,
Biographer and Travel Writer
HENRY WALTON JONES,
Fact Articles
GRACE LEE KNELL,
Teacher of Manual Training, Ridgewood, N.J., Schools
O. IVAN LEE,
Analytical Chemist
CHARLES HENRY LERRIGO, M.D.,
Former President of the Kansas State Board of Health
HARRIS W. MOORE,
Author of "Manual Training Toys"
JOHN T. NICHOLS,
Curator of Fish at the American Museum of Natural History
T. GILBERT PEARSON,
Executive Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies
E. L. D. SEYMOUR,
Farm Editor of _Country Life_
MORGAN SHEPARD (JOHN MARTIN),
Writer of Illustrated Letters to Children
ROBERT W. SHUFELDT, M.D., U.S.M.C.,
Head of the Science Bureau, Washington, D. C.
ELVA S. SMITH,
Children's Librarian of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh
MABELL SHIPPIE CLARKE SMITH,
Author and Lecturer
MARY V. WORSTELL,
Author, Editor, and Lecturer
KATHARINE S. WORTHINGTON,
Teacher of English in the Finch School
_PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORS REPRESENTED_
IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF BY SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WRITINGS
FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS,
Mechanical Engineer and Author
ROALD AMUNDSEN,
Leader of the Norwegian Polar Expedition which reached the South Pole
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN,
Danish Poet and Fabulist
CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY,
Writer of Stories and Books for Children and Young Folks
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR,
Author of "The Crimson Sweater" and other books for boys
L. FRANK BAUM,
Author of "The Wizard of Oz," "Queen Zixie of Ix"
and other children's books
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D.,
Scientist and Inventor
JOHN STUART BLACKIE,
Scottish Scholar and Man-of-letters
RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE,
English Novelist
JOHN HENRY BONER,
Editor and Poet
ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS,
Author of "Historic Boys" and "Historic Girls"
WINIFRED BUCK,
Author of "The American Girl"
GELETT BURGESS,
Draughtsman and Author
THORNTON WALDO BURGESS,
Author of "Old Mother West Wind"
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING,
Poet
ROBERT BROWNING,
Poet
ROBERT BURNS,
Poet
CHARLES H. CAFFIN,
Author of "A Guide to Pictures"
CHARLES DICKENS,
Novelist
MARY MAPES DODGE,
Author and Editor
NATHAN HASKELL DOLE,
Author of "Young Folks' History of Russia," etc.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS,
Novelist
M. S. EMERY,
Author of "How to Enjoy Pictures"
EUGENE FIELD,
Poet
WILLIAM LOVELL FINLEY,
State Biologist of Oregon
EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH,
State Ornithologist of Massachusetts
MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN,
Novelist
MATTHEW PAGE GAFFNEY,
Headmaster of the Roger Ascham School
REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN,
Author of "Santa Claus on a Lark," "Social Salvation," etc.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS,
Author of "Uncle Remus Stories"
ELIZABETH HARRISON,
President of the National Kindergarten College
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,
Novelist
CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER,
Author of "Big Game Fish of the United States"
VICTOR HUGO,
Poet and Novelist
FREDERICK WINTHROP HUTCHINSON,
Author of "The Men Who Found America"
JEAN INGELOW,
Poet and Novelist
WASHINGTON IRVING,
Historian, Essayist, and Novelist
TUDOR JENKS,
Author of "Boys' Book of Explorations,"
"Electricity for Young People," etc.
CHARLES KINGSLEY,
Clergyman and Author
GUSTAVE KOBBE,
Author of "Wagner's Music Dramas Analyzed"
CHARLES LAMB,
Critic, Humorist, and Author
SIDNEY LANIER,
Poet and Critic
EDMUND LEAMY,
Author of "The Golden Spears"
MAUD McKNIGHT LINDSAY,
Author of "Mother Stories"
HENRY W. LONGFELLOW,
Poet
SILAS ALPHA LOTTRIDGE,
Author of "Animal Snapshots and How Made"
FREDERIC A. LUCAS,
Director of the American Museum of Natural History
INEZ N. McFEE,
Author of "Tales of Common Things"
PETER MacQUEEN,
Lecturer and Author of "Around the World With the Flag"
JOHN MILTON,
Poet
ALFRED NOYES,
Poet
ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE,
Author of "The Van Dwellers," "Mark Twain" and other works
GIFFORD PINCHOT,
Systematic Forester
EMILIE POULSSON,
Author of "Finger Plays"
LAURA ELIZABETH RICHARDS,
Author of the "Hildegarde" Books and "The Golden Windows"
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY,
Poet
JOHN RUSKIN,
Art Critic and Writer
SIR WALTER SCOTT,
Novelist and Poet
ANNA SEWELL
Novelist
ROBERT W. SERVICE,
Author of "The Spell of the Yukon"
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON,
Artist, Author, and Lecturer
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,
Poet and Dramatist
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY,
Poet
VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON,
Arctic Explorer
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,
Poet, Essayist, and Novelist
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON,
Poet
MRS. GUDRUN THORNE-THOMSEN,
Author of "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon,"
and other Norwegian Folk Tales
EVERETT TITSWORTH TOMLINSON, Ph.D., L.H.D.,
Author of "Three Young Continentals"
CAROLYN WELLS,
Author of "A Nonsense Anthology" and the "Marjorie" Books
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER,
Poet and Author
LEONARD WOOD,
Major-General, United States Army
ORVILLE WRIGHT,
Aviator and Inventor
PARTIAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATORS
_Examples of whose work appear in the_ BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF
JOHN W. ALEXANDER F. S. CHURCH LUCY FITCH PERKINS
ANNIE ANDERSON CLYDE O. DELAND HOWARD PYLE
FLORENCE ANDERSON EDMUND DULAC ARTHUR RACKHAM
CULMER BARNES RUTH HALLOCK FREDERICK REMINGTON
FRANK L. BAUM FLORENCE HARRISON F. REUTERDAHL
J. CARTER BEARD R. BRUCE HORSFALL HARRY ROUNTREE
W. T. BENDA GEORGE W. JOY CARL RUNGIUS
JOHN BENNETT E. W. KEMBLE EDMUND J. SAWYER
ANNA WHELAN BETTS EMILIE BENSON KNIPE ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
R. B. BIRCH CHARLES F. LESTER R. SHRADOR
E. H. BLASHFIELD J. C. LEYENDECKER HAROLD SICHEL
R. I. BRASHER H. MOORE HUGH SPENCER
PAMELA VINTON BROWN H. A. OGDEN ALICE BARBER STEPHENS
HARRISON CADY MONRO S. ORR FRANK STICK
BESS BRUCE CLEVELAND MAXFIELD PARRISH SARA S. STILLWELL
F. Y. CORY MALCOLM PATTERSON C. R. SWAN
LILIAN A. COVEY E. C. PEIXOTTO ALBERTINE RANDALL WHEELAN