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.