Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 1

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BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF

A Practical Plan of Character Building

COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES

I Fun and Thought for Little Folk II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales III Famous Tales and Nature Stories IV Things to Make and Things to Do V True Stories from Every Land VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II IX Earth, Sea, and Sky X Games and Handicraft XI Wonders of Invention XII Marvels of Industry XIII Every Land and its Story XIV Famous Men and Women XV Bookland—Story and Verse, Part I XVI Bookland—Story and Verse, Part II XVII Graded and Classified Index

THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED New York

BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF

A Practical Plan of Character Building

Little Folks' Section

Prepared Under the Supervision of THE EDITORIAL BOARD of the UNIVERSITY SOCIETY

Volume I FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK

THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED New York

Copyright, 1920, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

Copyright, 1912, 1915, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

Manufactured in the U. S. A.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.

General Editor: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D. Author of "The Boy Problem"

Technical Editor: HERBERT TREADWELL WADE Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia

Literature Editor: ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D. Editor of "Little Classics"

Music Editor: WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC. Secretary of The National Academy of Music

Associate Editor: DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER Editorial Director of the Edison Industries

Office Editor: JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK Editor of "The Children's Own Library"

PARTIAL LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS

JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Editor of "Harper's Practical Books for Boys"

T. GEORGE ALLEN, Curator of the Oriental Museum, University of Chicago

MARY W. ARTOIS, Traveler and Writer

ROGER W. BABSON, Author of "Central America"

GRACE GERTRUDE BARDEN, Teacher of Domestic Science

HARRY K. BEASLEY, Electrical Engineer and Author

C. S. BRAININ, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University

M. ALSTON BUCKLEY, Retold Tales and Fact Articles

FRANK H. CHELEY, Editor of the "Father and Son Library"

LAURA CLARKE, Author of Fact Articles

CARL HARRY CLAUDY, Author of "First Book of Photography"

JOHN H. CLIFFORD, Associate-Editor of "The Young Folks' Treasury," "The Mother's Book," etc.

CLAYTON S. COOPER Author of "Understanding South America"

LEE S. CRANDALL, Curator, New York Zoological Park

WALTER ALDEN DYER, Author and former Managing Editor of Country Life in America

WILLIAM H. EASTON, Ph.D., Publicity Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.

ARTHUR ELSON, Musical Critic and Author of "The Book of Musical Knowledge"

PHILIP D. FAGANS, Executive Secretary of the Woodcraft League

JOHN CLARKE FARBER, A.M., Lieutenant, United States National Army

LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD, Fiction Reviewer of The New York Times

EHRMA G. FILER, Fact Articles

HUGO FROELICH AND BONNIE E. SNOW, Authors of "Industrial Art" textbooks

JULIA A. GLEASON, Teacher of Sewing, Cornell University

WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., L.H.D., Lecturer and Author

ISABEL F. HAPGOOD, Author of "Russian Rambles"

HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE, Author and Critic

ROSE HENDERSON, Biographer and Travel Writer

HENRY WALTON JONES, Fact Articles

GRACE LEE KNELL, Teacher of Manual Training, Ridgewood, N.J., Schools

O. IVAN LEE, Analytical Chemist

CHARLES HENRY LERRIGO, M.D., Former President of the Kansas State Board of Health

HARRIS W. MOORE, Author of "Manual Training Toys"

JOHN T. NICHOLS, Curator of Fish at the American Museum of Natural History

T. GILBERT PEARSON, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies

E. L. D. SEYMOUR, Farm Editor of Country Life

MORGAN SHEPARD (JOHN MARTIN), Writer of Illustrated Letters to Children

ROBERT W. SHUFELDT, M.D., U.S.M.C., Head of the Science Bureau, Washington, D. C.

ELVA S. SMITH, Children's Librarian of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh

MABELL SHIPPIE CLARKE SMITH, Author and Lecturer

MARY V. WORSTELL, Author, Editor, and Lecturer

KATHARINE S. WORTHINGTON, Teacher of English in the Finch School

PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORS REPRESENTED IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF BY SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WRITINGS

FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS, Mechanical Engineer and Author

ROALD AMUNDSEN, Leader of the Norwegian Polar Expedition which reached the South Pole

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Danish Poet and Fabulist

CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY, Writer of Stories and Books for Children and Young Folks

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR, Author of "The Crimson Sweater" and other books for boys

L. FRANK BAUM, Author of "The Wizard of Oz," "Queen Zixie of Ix" and other children's books

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D., Scientist and Inventor

JOHN STUART BLACKIE, Scottish Scholar and Man-of-letters

RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE, English Novelist

JOHN HENRY BONER, Editor and Poet

ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS, Author of "Historic Boys" and "Historic Girls"

WINIFRED BUCK, Author of "The American Girl"

GELETT BURGESS, Draughtsman and Author

THORNTON WALDO BURGESS, Author of "Old Mother West Wind"

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, Poet

ROBERT BROWNING, Poet

ROBERT BURNS, Poet

CHARLES H. CAFFIN, Author of "A Guide to Pictures"

CHARLES DICKENS, Novelist

MARY MAPES DODGE, Author and Editor

NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, Author of "Young Folks' History of Russia," etc.

ALEXANDRE DUMAS, Novelist

M. S. EMERY, Author of "How to Enjoy Pictures"

EUGENE FIELD, Poet

WILLIAM LOVELL FINLEY, State Biologist of Oregon

EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH, State Ornithologist of Massachusetts

MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, Novelist

MATTHEW PAGE GAFFNEY, Headmaster of the Roger Ascham School

REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, Author of "Santa Claus on a Lark," "Social Salvation," etc.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, Author of "Uncle Remus Stories"

ELIZABETH HARRISON, President of the National Kindergarten College

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, Novelist

CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, Author of "Big Game Fish of the United States"

VICTOR HUGO, Poet and Novelist

FREDERICK WINTHROP HUTCHINSON, Author of "The Men Who Found America"

JEAN INGELOW, Poet and Novelist

WASHINGTON IRVING, Historian, Essayist, and Novelist

TUDOR JENKS, Author of "Boys' Book of Explorations," "Electricity for Young People," etc.

CHARLES KINGSLEY, Clergyman and Author

GUSTAVE KOBBE, Author of "Wagner's Music Dramas Analyzed"

CHARLES LAMB, Critic, Humorist, and Author

SIDNEY LANIER, Poet and Critic

EDMUND LEAMY, Author of "The Golden Spears"

MAUD McKNIGHT LINDSAY, Author of "Mother Stories"

HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, Poet

SILAS ALPHA LOTTRIDGE, Author of "Animal Snapshots and How Made"

FREDERIC A. LUCAS, Director of the American Museum of Natural History

INEZ N. McFEE, Author of "Tales of Common Things"

PETER MacQUEEN, Lecturer and Author of "Around the World With the Flag"

JOHN MILTON, Poet

ALFRED NOYES, Poet

ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE, Author of "The Van Dwellers," "Mark Twain" and other works

GIFFORD PINCHOT, Systematic Forester

EMILIE POULSSON, Author of "Finger Plays"

LAURA ELIZABETH RICHARDS, Author of the "Hildegarde" Books and "The Golden Windows"

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, Poet

JOHN RUSKIN, Art Critic and Writer

SIR WALTER SCOTT, Novelist and Poet

ANNA SEWELL Novelist

ROBERT W. SERVICE, Author of "The Spell of the Yukon"

ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Artist, Author, and Lecturer

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Poet and Dramatist

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, Poet

VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON, Arctic Explorer

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, Poet, Essayist, and Novelist

ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Poet

MRS. GUDRUN THORNE-THOMSEN, Author of "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon," and other Norwegian Folk Tales

EVERETT TITSWORTH TOMLINSON, Ph.D., L.H.D., Author of "Three Young Continentals"

CAROLYN WELLS, Author of "A Nonsense Anthology" and the "Marjorie" Books

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, Poet and Author

LEONARD WOOD, Major-General, United States Army

ORVILLE WRIGHT, Aviator and Inventor

PARTIAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATORS Examples of whose work appear in the BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF

JOHN W. ALEXANDER F. S. CHURCH LUCY FITCH PERKINS ANNIE ANDERSON CLYDE O. DELAND HOWARD PYLE FLORENCE ANDERSON EDMUND DULAC ARTHUR RACKHAM CULMER BARNES RUTH HALLOCK FREDERICK REMINGTON FRANK L. BAUM FLORENCE HARRISON F. REUTERDAHL J. CARTER BEARD R. BRUCE HORSFALL HARRY ROUNTREE W. T. BENDA GEORGE W. JOY CARL RUNGIUS JOHN BENNETT E. W. KEMBLE EDMUND J. SAWYER ANNA WHELAN BETTS EMILIE BENSON KNIPE ERNEST THOMPSON SETON R. B. BIRCH CHARLES F. LESTER R. SHRADOR E. H. BLASHFIELD J. C. LEYENDECKER HAROLD SICHEL R. I. BRASHER H. MOORE HUGH SPENCER PAMELA VINTON BROWN H. A. OGDEN ALICE BARBER STEPHENS HARRISON CADY MONRO S. ORR FRANK STICK BESS BRUCE CLEVELAND MAXFIELD PARRISH SARA S. STILLWELL F. Y. CORY MALCOLM PATTERSON C. R. SWAN LILIAN A. COVEY E. C. PEIXOTTO ALBERTINE RANDALL WHEELAN

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Books are as essentially a part of the home where boys and girls are growing into manhood and womanhood as any other part of the furnishings. Parents have no more right to starve a child's mind than they have his body. If a child is to take his place among the men and women of his time he needs to know the past out of which the present grew, and he needs to know what is going on in the world in which he lives. He needs tools for his brain as much as for his hands. All these things are found, and found only, in books.