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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.
``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.