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and His Companions,''

``The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur,'' form an incomparable

collection for children.

``The Boy's King Arthur,'' edited by Sidney Lanier, illustrated by N.

C. Wyeth.



A very good rendering of Malory's King Arthur, made especially

attractive by the coloured illustrations.

``Irish Fairy Tales,'' by James Stephens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.



Beautifully pictured and poetically told legends of Ireland's epic

hero Fionn. A book for the boy or girl who loves the old romances,

and a book for story-telling or reading aloud.

``Stories of Charlemagne and the Twelve Peers of France,'' by A. J.

Church.



Stories from the old French and English chronicles showing the

romantic glamour surrounding the great Charlemagne and his crusading

knights.

``The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,'' written and illustrated by

Howard Pyle.



Both in picture and in story this book holds first place in the hearts

of children.

``A Book of Ballad Stories,'' by Mary Macleod.



Good prose versions of some of the famous old ballads sung by the

minstrels of England and Scotland.

``The Story of Roland,'' by James Baldwin.



``There is, in short, no country in Europe, and no language, in

which the exploits of Charlemagne and Roland have not at some time

been recounted and sung.'' This book will serve as a good introduction

to a fine heroic character.

``The Boy's Froissart,'' being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of Adventure,

Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain.



``Froissart sets the boy's mind upon manhood and the man's mind

upon boyhood.'' An invaluable background for the future study of

history.

``The Boy's Percy,'' being old ballads of War, Adventure and Love

from Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, edited by

Sidney Lanier.



``He who walks in the way these following ballads point, will be

manful in necessary fight, loyal in love, generous to the poor, tender in

the household, prudent in living, merry upon occasion, and honest in

all things.''

``Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims,'' retold from Chaucer and others

by E. J H. Darton.



``Sometimes a pilgrimage seemed nothing but an excuse for a

lively and pleasant holiday, and the travellers often made themselves

very merry on the road, with their jests and songs, and their flutes

and fiddles and bagpipes.'' A good prose version much enjoyed by boys

and girls.

``Joan of Arc,'' written and illustrated by M. Boutet de Monvel.



A very fine interpretation of the life of this great heroine. A book

to be owned by every boy and girl.

``When Knights Were Bold,'' by Eva March Tappan.



Telling of the training of a knight, of the daily life in a castle, of

pilgrimages and crusades, of merchant guilds, of schools and literature,

in short, a full picture of life in the days of chivalry. A good

book to supplement the romantic stories of the time.





Adventurers in New Worlds



``A Book of Discovery,'' by M. B. Synge, fully illustrated from authentic

sources and with maps.



A thoroughly fascinating book about the world's exploration from

the earliest times to the discovery of the South Pole. A book to be

owned by older boys and girls who like true tales of adventure.

``A Short History of Discovery From the Earliest Times to the Founding

of the Colonies on the American Continent,'' written and

done into colour by Hendrik Willem van Loon.



``Dear Children: History is the most fascinating and entertaining

and instructive of arts.'' A book to delight children of all ages.

``The Story of Marco Polo,'' by Noah Brooks.

``Olaf the Glorious,'' by Robert Leighton.



An historical story of the Viking age.

``The Conquerors of Mexico,'' retold from Prescott's ``Conquest of

Mexico,'' by Henry Gilbert.

``The Conquerors of Peru,'' retold from Prescott's ``Conquest of Peru,''

by Henry Gilbert.

``Vikings of the Pacific,'' by A. C.
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