II. THE RISE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS 19
I. Horn-books; Chap-books; New England Primer 20
II. La Fontaine and Perrault 34
III. Mother Goose 40
IV. John Newbery; Oliver Goldsmith; Isaiah Thomas 46
III. THE OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARY 61
I. The Rousseau Impetus 61
II. The Edgeworths; Thomas Day; Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin 76
III. The Sunday-school: Raikes; Hannah More; Mrs. Trimmer 101
IV. The Poets: Watts; Jane and Ann Taylor; William Blake 119
V. Charles and Mary Lamb; the Godwins 130
IV. CONCERNING NOW AND THEN 143
I. The English Side 143
English Table
II. The American Side 150
American Table
III. The Present Situation 162
V. THE LIBRARY AND THE BOOK 166
I. Children’s Books: Their Classification;
their Characteristics 167
II. The Library, the School, the Home--a Plea for Culture 180
III. Book-lists and Book-selecting 189
IV. The Experimental Temptation 195
VI. APPENDIX 200
I. Book-lists Published by Libraries 200
II. A List of Selected Books for Children 208
III. Bibliographical Note 269