It is enough fame for any author to be loved by children,
generation after generation, long after he himself has left the
scene.
W.A. JONES. _1844._
ABBOTT, JACOB.
A Boy on a Farm.
Edited by Clifton Johnson.
From Rollo at Work and Rollo at Play.
Introduction by Dr. Lyman Abbott.
American Book. .45
Few books axe remembered with greater affection by persons (p. 48)
who were children in the middle of the last century than those
written by Jacob Abbott.... The educational effect of Jacob
Abbott's stories, both mental and moral, was very great.... The
insistence, however, with which these virtues were proclaimed and
emphasized, constitutes a weakness in the books as we view them
now.--_Preface._
Here we have the very saturnalia of common-sense.... These works
are invaluable to fathers; by keeping always one volume in
advance of his oldest son, a man can stand before the household,
an encyclopædia of every practical art.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.
CRANE, WALTER (Illustrator).
Goody Two Shoes.
Lane. .25
The text of this famous tale, attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, is
perhaps somewhat beyond the easy comprehension of children of six
years, but they will enjoy the interesting pictures of Margery and her
animal friends.
SCUDDER, H.E. (Editor).
The Children's Book.
Houghton. 2.50
If a child could have but one story-book, a better choice could
scarcely be made than this storehouse of fables, wonder tales, myths,
songs, and ballads. Selections from Andersen, The Arabian Nights,
Gulliver, and Munchausen, are included. There are many illustrations.
TRIMMER, S. (K). (p. 49)
The History of the Robins.
Edited by E.E. Hale.
Heath. .20
Small people like to hear about this father and mother robin and their
four babies.
Mrs. Sarah Trimmer ... was a woman of more than the average
education and accomplishment of her day, and enjoyed the
friendship of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and nearly
all of the more celebrated English authors and painters of that
time. She wrote a great many books.... They are now nearly all of
them dead and forgotten; but one of them at least has lived, and
has been the delight of thousands of children for over
three-quarters of a century.--_Introduction._
WIGGIN, K.D. (S.), and N.A. SMITH.
The Story Hour.
Houghton. 1.00
These fourteen little stories include some about children and some
about animals. They are just the sort of narratives that small folks
love, and are designed for retelling in the kindergarten and home.
There are, in addition, three adaptations of well-known tales:
Moufflou, Benjy in Beastland, and The Porcelain Stove, and a poem by
Mrs. Wiggin.
_SEVEN YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 50)
_To go sailing far away
To the pleasant Land of Play;
To the fairy land afar
Where the Little People are._
STEVENSON.