The fiction which children first hear should be adapted in the
most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
PLATO.
AANRUD, HANS.
Lisbeth Longfrock.
Ginn. .65
A vivid description of Norwegian farm and saeter life. Little (p. 71)
Lisbeth loses her mother and goes to live with the good Kjersti, the
mistress of Hoel Farm, helping to take care of the cattle.
Hans Aanrud's short stories are considered by his own countrymen
as belonging to the most original and artistically finished life
pictures that have been produced by the younger literati of
Norway.--_Preface._
CAROVÉ, F.W.
The Story without an End.
With a preface by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Heath. .25
There is a very delightful old story which used to be given to
children, though I have not seen it for a long time in the hands
of any children. It was called The Story without an End.
WALTER BESANT.
Written by an eminent German philosopher, and translated by Mrs. Sarah
Austin for her own daughter, this beautiful tale, with its exquisite
language, leads a child into the land of truth and beauty.
PEARY, J. (D.).
The Snow Baby.
Stokes. 1.20
An account of Lieutenant Peary's little daughter, who was born amid
the ice and snow of the Polar regions. The book is well illustrated
from photographs.
SNEDDEN, G. (S.).
Docas, the Indian Boy of Santa Clara.
Heath. .35
Three phases of Indian life in California, given in the form of a (p. 72)
story. The ways and customs of the red man are described as they
existed during the early days of this boy, before the coming of the
whites. Later Docas had his home at the Mission in the days of Father
Junipero Serra, and last of all, an old old man, dwelt, with his
children and grandchildren, on a ranch.
_NINE YEARS OF AGE_ (p. 73)
_Now I like a really good saga, about gods and giants, and the
fire kingdoms, and the snow kingdoms, and the Aesir making men
and women out of two sticks, and all that._
KINGSLEY.