Part 17 (1/2)
Arabian Nights (Hale). Ginn & Co.
Many of the best stories of the collection, including a number of the less familiar ones. Also for regular reading.
Ten Boys on the Road from Long Ago. Ginn & Co.
A book interesting and much used. Good for reading in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Also for sight reading.
Robinson Crusoe. Ginn & Co.; D. C. Heath & Co.; American Book Co.; University Publis.h.i.+ng Co.
Much reduced and simplified from the original. A complete and more difficult edition is published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.
The Odyssey of Homer (Palmer). Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.
A complete prose translation of the entire Odyssey. Probably the best. Good for fifth and sixth grades.
Bryant's Odyssey. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.
A simple, poetic rendering of the whole Odyssey. A good teacher's book. Use parts in cla.s.s.
Bryant's Iliad. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.
Complete poetic translation. One of the best.
Heroes of the Middle West (Catherwood). Ginn & Co.
Good stories of the early French explorers of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. Somewhat difficult.
Pope's Iliad. The Macmillan Co.; Ginn & Co.; American Book Co.; Silver, Burdett, & Co.; D. C. Heath & Co.
A famous rendering of the old Greek story. Still better for sixth grade.
A Story of the Golden Age (Baldwin). Scribner's Sons.
Secrets of the Woods (Long). Ginn & Co.
Old Greek Story (Baldwin). American Book Co.
Arabian Nights (Clarke). American Book Co.
Colonial Children (Hart). The Macmillan Co.
Simple and well-chosen source material. Excellent.
Krag and Johnny Bear (Seton). Scribner's Sons.
Poems of American Patriotism (Matthews). Scribner's Sons.
Ballads and Lyrics. Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.
Stories from Herodotus. Maynard, Merrill & Co.; The Macmillan Co.