School library books recommended by the Committee on School Libraries, Association of School Officials of Georgia

.SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS
RECOMMENDED BY THE
'Committee on School Libraries, Asssociation of School Officials of Georgia
1905
ATLANTA, GA.
The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company
Geo. vr. Harrison, Manager
1905

LIBRARY COMMITTEE.

Supt. B. S. Fitzpatrick, Chairman " L. B. Evans

Fitzpatrick, Ga. -- Augusta, Ga.

" J. M. Collum

" J. T. Smith

" Jno. W. Henley

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" W. B. Merritt

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'------Putnam, Ga. .. . Dublin, Ga. Jasper, GaAtlanta, Ga.

When pupils have been taught to read they should be taugh t to love good literature.
Oarefully selected reading will greatly increase the value of school work, and will enable the student to continue his ed ucation after leaving school.
Some publishers and dealers are advertising books for school libraries whose titles are good, but whose print is dangerouslysmall. Our Library Oommittee has thrown ou t of their list books which contained very small type, and also books which are biased and unfair to this section.
There are many other good books which the 'Oommittee thought deserved places on the list; this list, however, seemed full enough to issue at present. Another list will probably be selected later.
Some good books are suggested in each chapter of the Manual of Methods for Georgia Teachers, and in the U niversity Hand-Book for Accredited High Schools (January, 1905).
The teacher and school librarian should keep a careful record of all ~ooks loaned. A good book-case with lock and key is very essential.
The Library Oommittee has carefully sought to secure good books at the lowest prices. The Educational Publishing Oomp.any, Atlanta, Ga., has been selected as the dealer to supply libraries with the b06ks on the enclosed list at the special prices to school libraries.
In ordering books the exact title~ the class, grade and special price of the book should be given. On orders amounting to ten dollars or more the freight will be prepaid by the Educational Publishing Oompany.

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HOW TO READ.
1. Read but few books. 2. Read the best books. 3. Read the books that help you most. 4. Read the same books many times. 5. Read f0r ideas more than facts. 6. Take notes while reading. 7. Commit to memory strikin~ passages. 8. Make indexed scrap-books of gems read. One hour of thou~htful readin~ each day will furnish food for meditation for all your leisure hours. Persist in this practice until it becomes a controlling habit. Read and study the lives of good men until you have discovered the secret of their goodness and greatness. Read and study . the history of a nation until your appreciate the people, measure the leaders and are able to comprehend the reasons why it helped or hindered the world's progress. Read and study one of the classics until you make your own the id~as of the author, see the pictures he paints, understand the characters he portrays and can think out to their legitimate conclusions the ideas expressed. Verify statements in science, by observation or by experiment, if possible. lJo not feel satisfied with understanding the words of' the author. Master the thought, welcome the enthusiasm he inspires and follow out the ideas your reading suggests. Study and respect the opinions of others, but in the end stand by your own conclusions.-Supt. W. W. Stetson.
"0 child, 0 youth, a treasure house behold I A store more precious than the minted gold The poets,from all time and from all lands Have given here into your blessed hands' - all the treasure vast That has been left you by the storied past." -Edith M. Thomas.

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QUOTATIONS ABOUT BOOKS AND READING.
"Take fast hold of instruction, keep her, for she is thy life."-Solomon.
Harriet Martineau says: "The parent's main business is to look to the quality of the books the children read, and lhe must see that the children have the freest access to those .of the best quality.
The late Professor Georg-e E. Hardy wrote: "Worthless literature is the curse of the child's intellect and the bane of the child's morals, yet it has the market; and its widespread distribution and rapid sale are striking testimony alike to the deterioration of the popular taste, and of our defective scheme of elementary education."
"Books are the frienus of the friendless." -George S. Hilliard.
"There need be no loneliness in old age, no friendlessness at any time, if we knew enough to make friends of the great minds locked up in books always ready to talk to us."
"The young ought to) be directed with authority to what they must read, to what they may read, to what they should postpone and to what they should avoid."
-Pres. Dxniel C. Gilm'ln, Johns Hopkins University.
"A taste for books is the pleasure and glory of my life. I would not exchange it for the glory of the ~ndies."-Gibbon.
"The only true equalizers in the world are books; the only treasure-honse open to all comers is a lilJrary."-Dr. Langford.
" I pity the man who is too poor or too mean to buy books for his children. He might as well refuse them bread and meat." -John C. Calhoun.
,: My opportunities in youth for acquiring an education were limited, but I had the great good fortune of being well supplied with useful books, and these gave me my start in life."-Daniel Webster.

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" A wise mother and good books enabled me to succeed in

life. She was very poor, but never too poor to buy books

for her children. It is a mean sort of economy that starves

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"The choice of books, like that of friends, is a serious

duty. We are as responsible for what we read as for what

we do. The best books elevate us into a region of disinter-

ested thought, where personal objects fade into insignificance,

and the troubles and the anxieties of the world are almost

forgotten."-Sir John Lubbock.

" But the old books, the old books, the mother loves them best; They leave no bitter taste behind to haunt the youthful breast; They bid us hope, they bid us fill our hearts with visions fair; They do not paralyze the will with problems of despair. And as they lift from sloth and sense to follow loftier pains, And stir the blood of indolence to bubble in the veins: Inheritors of mighty things, who own a lineage high, We feel within us budding wings that long to reach the sky."
- The Spectator.
Benjamin Franklin was once asked by a committee from a town in Massachusetts for money to help furnish a bell
for that commullity. He replied by sending some books and saying that he preferred to furnish sense to sound for
the community. From that little village afterwards came Horace Mann, who revolntioniz~d the school system of America. He says he got his inspiration for this from the
books put into' that school long before by Benjamin Franklin.

" God be thanked for books. They are the voices or the distant and the dead and make us heirs to the spiritual life of past ages. No matter how poor I am, no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling-if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakespeare open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin enrich me with his practical wisdom-I shall not pine for want of intellectnal companionship, and I may become a -cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live."- William E. Ohanning.

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IGNORANOE OF THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE.
"A boy of seventeen shonld intimately know the English Bible. He should know it as literature quite aside from its religious teaching. He should know it from having had it read to him from his earliest years, and from reading and studying it for himself. A boy who grows up without this intimate acquaintance with the great masterpiece of all literature is without something for the loss of which nothing cau compensate, and which nothing can replace. It is needless to speak of the strength of the language, the beauty of the poetry, and the interest of the narratives of this wonderful book, but necessary merely to emphasize concerning it what was said of the myths and legends-that, without knowing- it well, it is impossible to really understand or appreciate the great mass of our best literature.-H. L. Elmendorf
"All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been, is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. They are the chosen possession of men."-Thomas Carlyle.
THE LIBRARY AND THE COMMUNITY.
,. I love to tbink of the library as a great tree, whose roots grow down into every stratnm of life and into every mine of truth; whose trunk, strong and enduring, shall stand against time; whose branches shall grow out and cover with their benignant shade every hQme in the community; and opening upward shall be an inspiration for a higher life. Here will the old delight to come and listen to the shepherds of old, telling their tales anew under this hawthorn in the dale. Here will the husbandman come and in bucolic measures catch new meaning in his work, and go whistling over the furrowed land where peace and plenty abound. Here will the laborer come, and amid the buzz of saw and the whirr of machinery will find the dignity oflabor as he converses with Palissy and Watts and Morse, who toiled while their compan'ions slept. Here will the young and fair come,

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and as they listen to the strains of some JEolian harp, the pmans of the Greeks, to English battle hymns or our own "America," will take courage and keep bright the fire of liberty. Let us plant this tree in every community, let us nurtureli.t, dig about it and prune it of all that is false and spurious. The showers of God's blessing wi.ll fall up on it; the sunlight of his love will shine upon it, causing it to bring forth much fruit. In the rustle of its leaves will be heard the gmnd anthems of the ages-the good, the beautiful and the true."--J. S. Stewart, University of Georgia.
LITERATURE AND IDEALS.
"Literature presents the ideal of human life as it has expressed itself in the great institutions of family, church, state, and society. It clothes these ideals in the flowing robes of the imagination and adorns them with the jewels of well-chosen words, set in rhythmic and melodious forms. To feed the mind of youth on the ideals of a noble and elevated human life; to win his fidelity 'to the family through sweet pictures of parental affection, and filial devotion, and pure household. joys; to secure his loyalty to the state by thrilling accounts of the deeds of brave men and heroic women; to make righteousness attractive by pointed fable, or pithy prove'rb, or striking tale of self-sacrificing fidelity to the costly right against. profitable wrong; to inflame with a desire to emulate the example of patriot, martyr, and philanthropist-th is is the social mission of good literature in the public schools. To interpret this literature, so that it comes home to the boys and girls, so that they see reflected in it the image of their own better selves, so that they carry with them its inspiration through all their after lives-this is the duty and privilege of the public school. Itis not ofBo much consequence what a boy knows when he leaves school, as what he loves. The greater part .of what he knows he will speedily forget. What he loves he will feed on."
- William De Witt Hyde, President of Bowdoin College.

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REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE,
MACON, MAY 11, 1905.
At the last meeting of County Superintendents a committee was appointed to select and recommend a list o"f books for the school libraries of the State. That committee, after diligent research and careful selection, wishes to submit the following list for your consideration. But before doing so they wish to make some suggestions, and state the rules by which they were guided in this selection.
In the first place, an effort haEl been made to select books suited to all the grades in the public schools.
No book has been chosen except such as have a recognized literary merit.
The books selected cover well-nigh every department of literary efiort.
While your committee has not been actuated by any narrow or provincial motive, it has been deemed improper to give due prominence to Southern authorship and Southern subjects. As more books of this character are edited and published in a form suited for school libraries, they should be placed where our children can read them.
Will not some gifted pen of Southern birth and Southern sentiment write the life of Jefferson Davis, that it may be placed in our school libraries beside that of Lee and Jackson? Is there not in this life, that took conspicuous part in three bloody wars, no noble deed of courage and daring that will excite the emulation of our youth? Does not this long life, spent in public service, furnish some brilliant defense of right and truth and principle, that shall inspire our boys and girls to nobler deeds? Does not his Christian resignation and patient tmffering over the defeat and dismemberment of his government challenge the admiration of the world? Believing' as he did that it was" better to have fought and lost than not to have fought at all," his chief reward was not in victories won, but in duty done. Perhaps no heart in all the South bled more for the Lost Cause than did that of Davis,

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and it is with sadness that our memories follow him to his private home, where he lived nearly a quarter of a century, with the indictment for treason hang-ing over his head, shut out from the rights and privileges of the government that held him under bond, a living martyr to the Lost Cause. Let not the youth of the South grow up in ignorance of this great man, through our ingratitude and neglect.
Believing a taste for good literature and a habit for reading one of the greatest blessings that can bEl acquired by any boy or girl, indeed a bnlwark against vice and a tower for strength and usefulness, special pains have been taken to select books calculated to strike the childish fancy and foster this taste. Books often selected for children would better fit the taste and years of gl'own-up people. To this, perhaps, more than anything else is due that intellectual dyspepsia, so to speak, and literary nausea so prevalent. Books selected for children are often too heavy, too advanced, too dull. YonI' committee has tried to guard against this. Two things mnst be borne in mind:-the child must be shielded from that pernicious stuff with which the country is flooded, and must be tanght to . love that pure, wholesome, helpful literature, which the school library should give. N or is the work all done when the library is procured and the books placed in the hands of the children. Much depends upon the teacherher literary taste, her zeal, her interest, her tact. The teacher who finds no companionship with those immortal bards whose nndying song'S come ringing down the ages, nor deligh~s to walk the halls whose walls are painted with fancy's daintiest imagery, can scarce be expected to lead the wavering feet of childhood there. The most sacred, the paramount, duty of the teacher is to instill into the heart of the child this love for pure and wholesome literature.
Your committee notes with regret the small number of libraries reported to the State School Commissioner, as shown by his last annuallreport, and hails with delight the move-

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ment put on foot by benevolent persons to supply the country schools with libraries.
We urge that greater prominence be given to this tlepartment of school work in future; that blanks be furnished teachers annually, asking for reports as to whether the school is supplied with a school library, as to how many books it contains, what geades covered, what subjects embraced, how many books read by pupils and others during the term, how many added to the list, as to who fills the place of librarian during vacation, the teacher acting in that capacity during the school months. This report should also state the source of supply of books.
In reference to supplying our country schools with libraries, we beg' to recommend the co-operative plan adopted in South Carolina, and urge that the law be so changed that a small per cent., not to exceed one percent. of the school fund apportioned to each county, may be expended for school libraries, and that this amount be so expehded on condition that communities will supplement with a like amount.
Your committee sngg'ests that the book list be revised from year to year, with view to leaving out such .books as may prove objectionable and adding others that may be thought more desirable.

History and Biography

TITLE.

SECOND GRADE.
I I I IN Binding. Publisher. . P~~b~.0 f List Price. P~rcih,oe?tlo LIbrarIes

Boyhvod of Famous Americans* (Chase) ..... , ......... Cloth ...... E.P. Co ' .. Stories of Great Amlilricans for Little Americans* (Eggle-
ston) ........... , ..... , .............................. Cloth ...... A.B.Co ...
THIRD GRADE.

152

$0.40

$0.32

159

.40

.88

-t-:l

America's Story for Amprica's Children, Book I-The Be-

ginner's Book'!'-(Pratt) .......................... " ... Cloth ...... D.C.H.&Co

]32

.85

.29

Child of Urbino, Raphael* (de la Reme) ........ , ... Cloth ...... K P. Co .. ,

64

.80

.24

Discoverer~ and EXplorers*-American History-(Shaw). Cloth ...... A. B. Co ...

120

.35

.29

Stories of American Pioneers*........................... Cloth ..... E. P.Co ...

173

.40

.3~

Htories of Great Artists* (Horne and Scobey) .......... Cloth ...... E. P. Co ...

157

.40

.32

Stories of Great Inventori!*-American-(Macomber) ... Cloth ...... E. P. Co ...

167

.40

.32

Stories of Great Men, Vol. l*-American History ........ Cloth ...... E. P. Co ...

157

.40

.32

Story of LaFayette. . . . .. . .............................. Paper, .... C.&W.Co.

24

.05

.05

Story of Henry W. Longfellow .......................... Pappr ...... C.&W.Co.

16

.05

.05

Story of Washington .... " .............................. Paper ...... C. & W. Co.

16

.05

.05

*Illustraced.

FOURTH GRADE.
A merica's Story for America's Ohildren, Book II-Exploration and Discovery*-(Pratt) ........................ Cloth ...... D.O.H.&Oo
o hildren of the Wigwam* (Ohase) ....................... Oloth ..... E. P. 00 ...
o olonial Ohildren* (Hart and Hazard) ................... Oloth ...... M. 00 ......
DeSoto, Marquette and LaSalle'" (Pratt) ................ Oloth ...... ,E. P. 00 ... L !l.Fayette, the Friend of American Liberty* (Burton) ... Cloth ..... A. B. 00 ... L lfe of General Thomas J. Jackson,* The (Williamson) .. Uloth ...... B. F.J.Pub.Co. L lfe of General Robert E. Lee,* ;rhe (Williamson) ....... Cloth ...... B.F.J.Pub.Co.
;ories from American History* (Blaisdell and Ball) .... Cloth ..... , G. & OG. .... ;ories of Oolonial Ohildren* (Pratt) .... '" .... , ........ Cloth ..... , E. P. 00 ... ;ory of LaFayette, The* (Oodd) ........................ Cloth ...... A. F. 00 .... ;orv of Washington, The* (Smith) ...................... Oloth ...... W.B.H ... ;ory of the Telegraph-S. If. B. Morse ........ '" ...... Paper ...... E.P.Oo '" ;ories of Heroic Deeds* (Johonnot) ..................... Board ...... A. B.Oo '"
FIFTH GRADE.

Alexander the Great* (Abbott)

Cloth

, H. A. 00 .

America's Story for America'!! Ohildren, Book V-The

Foundations of the Republic*-(Pratt) '

Cloth

D.O.H.&Oo

American Indians* (Starr)

Uloth

D.O. H.&Uo

Biographies of Great American Authors, Paul H. Hayne

(Link)

Paper

O. J. B .

Oamps and Firesides of the Revolution* (Hart and Hill). Cloth

, M. 00

.

lfour American Inventors* (Perry) . . . . .

.. .

Oloth

A. B. 00 .

Four American Naval Heroes* (Beebe)

,

Oloth .' , A. B. 00 ' .

Great Artists, Vol. 1'* (Keysor)

Cloth

E. P. 00 .

Hero Stories from American History* (Blaisdell and Ball) Oloth .. .., G. & 00 .

Heroes of History*-General History (Whitcomb)

Cloth

M. M. & 00.

Hundreu Years of Warfare,A"',American History(Dickson) Cloth

M. 00 . . ..

Louisiana Purchase, The* (Winship and Wallace) " ..... Oloth

, A. F. 00 ...

Makers of American History*(Ohandler and Ohitwood).. Cloth

8. B. & 00..

Pioneers on Land and Sea*-American History (McMurry) Cloth

M. 00 .

Stories from English History* (Blaisdell)

,

Cloth

, G. & Co .

Story of Georgia,* The (Massey and Wood)

Oloth

D.U.H.&Oo

Story of the Thirteen Oolonies*, The (Guerber)

Cloth

A. B. 00 .

Ten Boys* (Andrews) .. '

Oloth . " G. & 00 .

It.Ulu~~ra~ed,.

152

$0.40

$0.33

143

040

.32

233

040

.33

]58

.50

040

85

.35

.29

254

.40

.33

183

.35

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HiO

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.33

223

.60

049

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.30

.27

24

.25

.21

32

.05

.05

151

.30

.25

242

.50

.22

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172

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.33

Ci:J

242

.45

.37

70

.10

.10

309

.50

.41

260

.50

.41

254

.50

.41

212

.50

040

271

.50

.41

448

.60

.52

273

.50

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177

.60

.52

318

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261

.40

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191

.40

.41

152

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342

.65

.53

24~

.50

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History and Biography-Continued.

SIXTH GRADE.

TITLE.

I Binding.

Publisher.

Number of Pages.

List Price.

Price to
School Libraries.

Alfred the Great" (Abbot) .............................. Cloth ...... H.A.Co ...

226

Discovery of America, The* (Irving) .... . .............. Paper ...... M.M & Co.

64

Grandfather's Chair* (Hawthorne) ...... ' ....... , ....... Cloth ...... H. M. & Co.

226

Great Americans of History. 12 Vols., Revised Edition,

including sketches and studies of Washington, Jefferson,

Hamilton, Otis, Samuel Adams, Hancock, John Adams,

Franklin, Randolph, Webster, Clay, Lincoln ........... Cloth ...... H.G.C.Pub.Co. 12 vols... , .

Great Artists, Vol. II* (Keysor) .................. " ..... Cloth ...... E. P. Co ...

194

Heroes of the Revolution* (Parton) . . . . . ... . .. . ........ Paper ...... M.M.& Co.

63

History Stories of Georgia* (Chappell) .... " ........... Cloth ...... S. B.& Co ..

882

Julius Cresar* ~Abbot) ............ " ...... " ... , ... '" .. , Cloth ...... H.A.Co ..

288

Life of Audubon ........................................ Cloth ...... Putnam .... ........... .

King Philip'sWarand Witchcraft in NewE.ngland*(Hutch-

inson). . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . ......................... Paper .... M.M.& Co.

63

Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley* (McMurry) .......... Cloth ..... M.Co ....

218

Stories of Georgia* (Harris) ........ , .................... Cloth ..... A. B.Co ...

315

Story of the Chosen People,* The (Guerber) ..... , ....... Cloth ..... A.B. Co ' ..

283

Story of the Greeks", The (Guerber) .................... Cloth ...... A. B.Co ...

288

Story of the Romans*, The (Guerber) ................... Cloth ...... A. B. Co ...

288

Stories from English History* (Warren) ................. Cloth ...... D.C.H.&Co

492

~tories of Other Lands* (Johollnot) ... " ................ Cloth ...... A. B. Co ...

232

Tales of a Grandfather-Scottish and English History-

(Scott) .............................................. Cloth ...... G. & Co ..

286

Territorial Development, Alaska and Hawaii (Caldwell). Paper ... C.&W.Co.

166

* Illustrated.

$0.50 .12 .50
12.00 .50 .12
1.00 .50
1.50
.12 .40 .60 .60 .60 .60 .65 .40
.40 .05

$0.24 .12
.41

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.12

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.22

1.20

.12 .33
.49 .49 .49
.49 .53
.33

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SEVENTH GRADE.

Gt"'orge Washington" (~cudder). . .. ..

Great Artists, Vol. IIl* (Keysor)

History of Georgia (Smith)

oglethorpe* (Oooper)

.

Orations on Adams and Jefferson (Webster)

Speech on Conciliation (Burke)

Speech on Conciliation (Burke)

Story of Japan* (Van Bergen)

Warren Hastings (Macaulay).............

Young American*, The (Judson)

*lllustrated.

,
, .. " .

0 loth
Cloth Cloth
Oloth Paper Cloth
Cloth..... moth
Paper. Cloth

H. M. <.Ii Co.

E. P. Co .

G. & 00 .

D. A. & 00 .

M. M. & Co.

M. M. & Co.

M. Co

.

A. B. 00 .

~1. M. &; Co.

M. M. & 00.

248

$0.40

249

.50

232

.60

217

1.00

47

.12

117

.24

124

.25

294

.65

59

.12

244

.60

ADVANOED.

American Territorial Development (Caldwell)

Cloth

O. & W.Co.

265

Government of the Confederate States (Curry)

Cloth

B F.J. I ub.Co ............

Louisiana Purchase*, The (Hitchcock)

Oloth .. , G. & Co .

349

Napoleon and His Marshals, Vol. 1* (Headley)

Cloth .. ' H. & Co .

2&1

Reflections on the French Revolution (Burke)

Cloth

M. M. & 00.

144

Some Great Legislators (Caldwell)

Oloth

O. & W. Co.

74

Story Of the Oonfederate States* (Derry)

Cloth

B F.J.Pub.Go

552

Strife of Brothers,* The (Derry)

Cloth

F. P.& P. 00

160

Ten Great Even t8 in History* (Johonnot) . . . . . . . Board

A. B. Co .

264

*Illustrated.

$0.75 1.25
.60
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2l..o5o0
.54

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Geography, Nature Study and Science.

TITLE.

SECOND GRADE.

I I Binding.

-Publisher. NuPmagbeesr.of List Price.

Price to School Libraries

Around the World, Book 1* (Carroll) .................... Cloth ..... S. B.& Co .. Big People and Little People of Other Lands* (Shaw) .... Cloth ..... A. B. Co.... Glimpses of Nature for Little Folks* (Griel) ....... '" ... Board ..... D.C.H.&Co Science Readpr Book 1* (Murche) ......... '" ....... ' ... Cloth ...... M.Co ......
THIRD GRADE.

160

$0.36

$0.30

128

.30

.25

109

.30

.20

127

.25

.21

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All the Year Round, Part l-Autumn*-(Strong) ........ Cloth ...... G.&Co ....

102

.30

.25

Around the World, Book U* (Carroll) ................. Cloth ..... 8.B.&Co ..

232

.45

.37

Animals at Home* (Bartlett) .......................... Cloth ..... A. B. Co....

172

.45

.37

Boy on a Farm, A* (Abbott) ............................ Cloth ...... A. B. Co....

182

.45

.37

Geogr~hiCal Nature Studies* (Payne) .................. Board ...... A. B.Co....

144

.25

.21

Little ature Studies, Vol. 1* (Burts) ................... Board ... G.&Co ....

110

.25

.21

Little People of the Snow* (Muller) ................ , ..... Uloth ...... A.F. Uo ....

108

.35

.81

Science Reader, Book 11.* (Murche) .......... '.' " .. , .... Cloth ...... M.Co ......

128

.25

.21

Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes" (Hardy) ................ Cloth .... G.&Co ....

157

.40

.33

Stories Mother Nature ToldherUhildren, The* (Andrews) Cloth ...... G. &Co ....

131

.50

.41

Stories from Garden and Field" . .. . .................... Cloth ...... E. P. Co ....

159

.40

.32

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..

*IIlustrated.

FOURTH GRADE.

Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard* (Kirby)

Cloth

Bird World* (Stickney and Hoffman)

Cloth

Earth and Sky, Vol. III.* (Stickney)

, , " . Cloth

Excursions and Lessons in Home Geography (McMurry). Cloth

Nature Study with Common Things* (Carter)

Cloth

Seed Travelers* (Weed)

Board

Seven Little Sisters* (Andrews)

'" Cloth

Short Stories of Our Shy Neighbors* (Kelly)

Cloth. . . ..

Stories of Animal Life* (Holder)

Cloth

Three Little Lovers of Nature*(Ware)

Cloth

Ten Common Trees* (Stokes)

Cloth .. ,

True Tales of Birds and Beasts* (Jordan)

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(Rocheleau) . . . . . .. . .................................. Cloth ..... A.F. Co ... Leaves from Nature's Story Book, Vol. nI,* (Kelly) ..... Cloth ...... E. P. Co.... Little Flower Folks, Vol. 11.* (Pratt) ...... , ........ , ... Board ...... E. P. Co.... Little Journeys to Germany* (Joyce) .................... Cloth ...... A.F. Co.... Mother Nature's Children (Gould) ..................... Cloth ..... G. & Co .... Our Birds and their Nestlings* (Walker)................. Cloth ...... A. B. Co.... Outdoor Secrets* (Boyle) ............................... Cloth ...... A. F.Co.... Outdoor Studies* (Needham) ....... , ......... " ........ Cloth ...... A. B. Co.... Plants and their Children* (Dana) ....................... Cloth ...... A. B.Co.... Science Reader, Book VL* (Murche) .............. , ..... Cloth ...... M. Co ...... Stories of Bird Life (Pearson) ........................... Cloth ...... B.F.J.Pub.Co Stories of China* (Pratt) ................................ Cloth ..... E. P. Co .... Stories of India* (Pratt) ............ , ................... Cloth ...... E P.Co .... Stories of Northern Europe* (Pratt~ .................... Gloth ...... E.P.Co .... Stories of Industry, Vol. 1.* (Ohase and Clow) .......... Cloth ...... E. P.Co .... Stories of Insect Life, First Series* (Weed) .............. Board ..... G. & Co .... Stories of Insect Life, Second Series* (Murtfeld t and Weed) Board ...... G.& C......
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Geography, Nature Study and Science-Continued.
SIXTH GRADE.

TITLE.

I Binding.

Publillher.

I

Number Pages.

of

List Price.

Price to School

Libraries

Agriculture for Beginners* (!:lurkett, Stephens and Hill) l!loth . . . ..

Fairyland of Science (Buckley). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..

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First Principles of Agriculture* (Goff and Mayne)

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First Studies of Plant Life* (Atkinson}.

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Geographical Reader, South America* (Carpenter)

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Industries of To-day*

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Seed Dispersal* (Beal)

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Stories of Ind.Istry, Vol. II.* (Chase and Clow)

Cloth

Storyland of Stars* (Pratt)

Cloth

Strange Peoples* (Starr)

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Birds and Bees and Sharp Eyes (Burroughs)

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Farm Conveniences

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First Book in Farming* (Goodrich)

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259

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Geographical Reader, Europe* (Carpenter)

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456

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366

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Ways of the Six Footed* (Oomstock)'

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Child and Nature* (Frye)

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214

Elementary Woodworking* (Foster)

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133

Nature Biographies* (Weed) ..f

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Nature Study and Life'" (Hodge) .. ,

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514

Nature Study in Elementary ~hools*-Teachers'Manual

(Wilson)

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Publisher.

I I NuPmagbe.s,.of List Price. P.S,cih"o?tlo LIbraries.

Book of Nursery Rhymes,* A .......................... Cloth ...... D.O.H.&Oo Child Literature* (Simms) .... :......................... Cloth....... A. B. Co ... Dixie Story Book,* The (Kennard) ....................... Cloth ...... W. W.Co .. Heart of Oak Books, Vol. 1.* (Norton) ....... , ....... ' ... Board ...... D.C.H.&Co Old Time Stories Retold by Children* (Smythe) ......... uloth ...... A . .8. 00 ... Reynard, The Fox'" (Smythe) .... , ....................... Cloth ...... A.B. Co ... Stories for Children* (Lane) ............................. Cloth ...... A. B. Co ... Story of Hiawhtha.* The (Smith) ........................ Cloth ...... E. P.Oo ....

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Olassic Fables'* (Turpin)................................. Uloth ...... M. M. &00.

127

Fifty Famous Stories Retold* (Baldwin) ................ Cloth ...... A. B.Co ...

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Hans Andersen's Best Stories* .......................... Cloth ...... U. P. Co '"

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215

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184

True Fairy Stories* (Bakewell). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Cloth ...... A. B.Co ...

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JEsop's Fables* (Stickney).. . .......................... Cloth .... G. & Co .... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (Carroll) .... '" . " ... Cloth ...... E. P. Co .... Christmas in Other Lands (Cooley) ...................... Paper ...... 1:.&W.Co.. Oollection of the Most Famous Paintings*. . . . . . . .. . .... Paper ...... O.B. Co .... Fairy Tales in Prose and Verse* (Rolfe) ................. Cloth ...... A. B. Co ... Heart of Christmas, The (Younj:{) ... '" .... , ............ Paper ...... C.& W. Co.. Legends of the Red Children* (Pratt) ....... , ........... Cloth ..... A. B. ('0 ... Little Folks Down South (Stanton) ...................... Cloth ...... D. A. Co ... Story of Henry W. Longfellow (Cody) ................... Paper ...... A. B. Co.... Young Marooners,* The (Goulding).... ...... .... .... Cloth . . U. P. Co....
FIFTH GRADE.
Album of Authors and Memory Gems ............... Paper ...... O. B. Co.... Ohildren's Hour-Paul Revere's Ride (Longfellow) ...... Cloth ...... H.M.Co ... Hiawatha* (Longfellow) ................................. Cloth ...... M.M.&Co. Little Lame Prince* (Muloch) . . .. . ..................... Cloth ...... H. A.Co ... Old Greek Stories* (Baldwin) ..... _...................... Cloth ...... A.B. Co.... Tales from Shakespeare* (Lamb) ................... : .. Cloth ...... E. P. Co.... Tales of the White Hills and Sketches (Hawthorne) .... Paper ...... H.M.Co ... Two Yellrs Before the Ma~t* (Dana) ..................... Cloth .... U. P.Co ...
SIXTH GRADE.
Essay on the Pilgrim's Progress (Macaulay) ............. Paper ...... MM. & Co. Horseshoe Robinson (Kennedy) .. .. . ................... Cloth ...... U.P. Co ... In the Camp of the Creeks* (Pendleton) .......... " ..... Cbth ...... P. P.Co. '" Lady of the Lake,* The-adapted and simplified, prose-
(Jenkins) ............................................ Cloth ...... E. P.Co.... Picciola (Saintine) ...................................... Cloth ...... G.&Co.... Pros.. Marmion ~Jenkins)................................ Cloth ...... E.P.Co .... Spy, The (Cooper) ....................................... Cloth ...... U. P. Co .... Story of Little Nell, The (Dickens) ..................... Cloth ...... A.B.Co .... Story of Ulysses* {Clarke)............................... Cloth ...... A.B.Co ....
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TITLE.

SEVENTH GRADE.
I I I I ~cho?l Binding. Publisher.' NuPmagbeesr.of . List price.. Price to Libraries.

Autobiography of Franklin, The ......................... Cloth ...... A. B. Co.... David Copperfield (Dickens) ........................... Cloth ... A. L. B.Co. Deserted Village, The (Goldsmith) ................... , Paper ...... M. M.& Co. Evangeline (Longfellow) .... '" ......................... Cloth ...... U. P. (10 ... Lady of the Lake*, The (Scott) .......................... Board ...... A. B. Co '" Lamplighter (Cummings) .' .. , .......................... Cloth ...... H. & Co .... Last of the Mohicans, The (Cooper) ..................... Cloth ...... U. P. Co.... Marmion* (Scott) ...................................... Cloth ...... E. P. Co ... Ninety-three (Hugo) .................................... Cloth .... " U. P. Co.... Oregon Trail, The (Parkman) ................. , ........ , . Cloth ...... H. & Co .... Peasant and the Prince," The (Martineau) ............... Cloth .... , G. & Co..... Plutarch's Lives..... , ............... , .. , ............... Cloth ...... G. & Co .... Poets of the Suuth (Painter) .......... , ............. '" Cloth .... A. B. Co .... Southern Poets, The (Weber) ........... , ........... , .... Cloth ..... M.&Co .... Surrey of Eagle's Nest .... .... , .................... , . (']oth .... G. W.D ... Thanatopsis and Other Poems (Bryant.) .................. Paper ...... M. M. &Co. With Clive in India (Henty) ............... ' ....... : ..... Cloth .... : . A. L. B .....
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206

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Colonial Maid, A (Madison) .. . . . . . ..

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Debater's Treasury, The

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English SynonymH, Antonyms and Prepositions (Fernald) Cloth

F. & W. Co.

Essay on Burns (Carlyle)

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Paper

M. M. & Co.

Ferry Maid, The (Barnes).. . ..

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Greek Classics (Wilkinson)

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Ivanhoe (Scott)

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JuliusCresar (Shakespeare)

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King Tom and the Runaway (Pendleton)

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Last Days of Pompeii (Lytton)

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Vltin Classics in English (Wilkinson)

Cloth : .. F. & W.Co.

Lays of Ancient Rome (Macaulay) ,

Cloth

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New International Encyclopedia (special discount to schoo!s)

D. M. & Co.

New South, The (Gra Iy)

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Pearl Speaker. The (Graham)

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Philosophy of Style (Spencer)

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Poe's Poems

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Selections from Ruskin

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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch Book

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Southern Literature (Manly) .. , . "

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Stories of the Ancient Greeks* (Shaw) , .. ,

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Tale of Two Cities, A (Dickens}

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Uncle Remus (Harris)

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Ethical Culture.

FOURTH GRADE.
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Binding.

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Number of Pages.

List Price.

Price to School
Libraries.

Bird's Christmas Carol, The* (Wiggin) .................. Cloth ...... H.M.&Co. Child's Story of the Bible, A* .......................... Cloth ...... H.A.Co.. Stories of the Bible, Vul. II,* (Endicott) ................ Cloth ...... E.P.Co.... Stories for Home and School (Dewey). . . .. . .. . .... - ... Cloth ..... E. P.Co....

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Bible Stories (Moulton)

lilack Beauty (Sewell) ..

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Pilgrim's Progrpss* (Bunyan)

Spyri's Heidi* (Dole)

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Cloth

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An Iron Will (Marden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .............. Cloth ...... T.Y.C.& Co.

49

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234

Memory Quotations ..................................... Paper ...... M. M.&Co.

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Moral Muscle and How to Use It (Atkins) ............... Cloth ...... F. H. R. Co.

82

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Washington's Rules of Conduct ..................... , .... Cloth ..... H. M. &Co.

106

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71

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SEVENTH GRADE.
Cheerfulness as a Life Power (Marden) .................. Cloth ...... T.Y.C.&Co. Don't Worry (Seward) .................................. Cloth ...... T.Y.C.&Co. Ethics for Young People (Everett) ...... , ............... Cloth ...... G. & Co..... Good Morals and Gentle Manners (Gow) ................ Cloth ...... A. B. Co.... Moral and Manners; or Elements of Character and Con
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Collection of National Songs and Hymns

Paper

Public Duty of Educated Men (Ourtis).................. Paper

Responsive Readings

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Paper

Self Help (Smiles)

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Short Course in Music, A-Vol. 1.

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Simple Life, The (Wagner)

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Song Book for School and H~me

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Son~s of the Sunny South

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:26
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARIES AND HOW TO SECURE THEM.
BY J. S. STEWART, State Agent, University of Georgia.
I.-THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL READING- CIRCLE. L To ~ultivate a taste for good reading. 2. To bring children into contact with beauty and truth as found in
the best books. .3. To counteract the vicious influence of detective heroes by the posi-
tive influence of communing with real heroes of the race, thus creating higher ideals of life. 4. To awaken an interest in good reading' in the home. .5. To put a library in every school-room in the State.
n.-ITS IMPORTANCE.
1. Notice the lack of reading on the part of the young. 2. Notice the dearth of school and home libraries. .3. Notice the vast increase in sales of cheap detective stories. 4. Notice the results of the habit of reading upon the moral life, upon
the tastes, upon the social life of a people. To teach a child to read and not to cultivate a taste for good Ii tera ture is dangerous
In.-GOOD RESULTS FROM THIS WORK.
1. Its effect upon the regular studies. 2. Its effect upon the interest in school work. .3. Its effect upon the character of the pupil. 4. Its effect upon the home. 5. Its effect upon the community.
IV.-HOW TO CREATE AN INTEREST IN IT.
11.. Among teachers: a. By showing the importance and value of the work. b. By discussion in the institutes. c. By the commissioner creating a rivalry among the schools of his county, as to which can make the best report.
2. Among the pupils: a. By putting the books within their reach. b. By reading or telling part of the story.

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c. By using the books in connection with school work, not as additional tasks, but to throw added beauty and life into it.
d. By offering certificates to all who read two books of the course during the year.
:3. Among patrons: a. By interesting the children. b. By having the books in the home.
V.-HOW TO SECURE THE BOOKS.
1. By taking small collections from the pupils and purchasing one or more books.
2. By encouraging individual pupils to buy bpoks. :3. By securing subscriptions from enterprising citizens. 4. By giving entertainments at which take up a collection. -5. By trustees purchasing the book9 for each school. '6. By donations from the teacher.
We hope to see the day when every school will have a good library. Will not the teachers make a beginning and leave behind them, if not a fine library, at least a cracker-box, with a part of the list selected ltherein.?