Standard Literature Series
Works of standard authors for supplementary reading inschools--complete selections or abridgments--with introductions andexplanatory notes. Single numbers, 64 to 128 pages, stiff paper sides12-1/2 cents, cloth 20 cents; double numbers, 160 to 224 pages, stiffpaper sides 20 cents, cloth 30 cents.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST TWENTY-FOUR (24) NUMBERS, ARRANGED BY COUNTRIESAND AUTHORS
Starred numbers are DOUBLE. All the works are complete, or containcomplete selections, except those marked "abr."
American Authors
=COOPER--The Spy=, No. 1, single (abr.), 128 pp.; *=The Pilot=, No. 2(abr.), 181 pp.; *=The Deerslayer=, No. 8 (abr.), 160 pp.
=DANA, R. H., Jr.--*Two Years Before the Mast=, No. 19 (abr.), 173 pp.
=HAWTHORNE--Twice-Told Tales=, No. 15, single, complete selections, 128pp.: The Village Uncle; The Ambitious Guest; Mr. Higginbotham'sCatastrophe; A Rill from the Town Pump; The Great Carbuncle; DavidSwan; Dr. Heidegger's Experiment; Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure; TheThreefold Destiny; Old Esther Dudley.
=A Wonder-Book=, for Girls and Boys, No. 16, single, completeselections, 121 pp.: The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; TheThree Golden Apples; The Miraculous Pitcher.
=The Snow-Image= and other Twice-Told Tales, No. 20, single, completeselections, 121 pp.: The Snow-Image; The Great Stone Face; LittleDaffydowndilly; The Vision of the Fountain; The Seven Vagabonds;Little Annie's Ramble; The Prophetic Pictures.
=IRVING--The Alhambra=, No. 4, single, complete selections, 128 pp.:Palace of the Alhambra; Alhamar, the Founder of the Alhambra; YusefAbul Hagig, the Finisher of the Alhambra; Panorama from the Tower ofComares; Legend of the Moor's Legacy; Legend of the Rose of theAlhambra; The Governor and the Notary; Governor Manco and the Soldier;Legend of Two Discreet Statues; Legend of Don Munio Sancho deHinojosa; The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier.
=The Sketch-Book=, No. 17, single, complete selections, 121 pp.: TheAuthor's Account of Himself; The Broken Heart; The Spectre Bridegroom;Rural Life in England; The Angler; John Bull; The Christmas Dinner;Stratford-on-Avon.
=Knickerbocker Stories=, No. 23, single, complete selections, 140 pp.:I. Broek, or the Dutch Paradise; II. From Knickerbocker's New York,(a) New Amsterdam under Van Twiller, (b) How William the TestyDefended the City, (c) Peter Stuyvesant's Voyage up the Hudson; III.Wolfert's Roost; IV. The Storm Ship; V. Rip Van Winkle; VI. A Legendof Sleepy Hollow.
=KENNEDY, J. P.--*Horse-Shoe Robinson,= a Tale of the Revolution, No. 10(abr.), 192 pp.
=LONGFELLOW--Evangeline=, a Tale of Acadie, No. 21, single, complete,102 pp.
English Authors
=BULWER-LYTTON--*Harold=, the Last of the Saxon Kings, No. 12 (abr.),160 pp.
=BYRON--The Prisoner of Chillon= and Other Poems, No. 11, single,complete selections, 128 pp.: The Prisoner of Chillon; Mazeppa; ChildeHarold.
=DICKENS--Christmas Stories=, No. 5, single (abr.), 142 pp.: A ChristmasCarol; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Child's Dream of a Star. =Little Nell= (from Old Curiosity Shop), No. 22, single (abr.), 123 pp. =Paul Dombey= (from Dombey and Son), No. 14, single (abr.), 128 pp.
=SCOTT--*Ivanhoe=, No. 24 (abr.), 180 pp. *Kenilworth, No. 7 (abr.), 164pp.; *Lady of the Lake, No. 9, complete, 192 pp.; Rob Roy, No. 3,single (abr.), 130 pp.
=SWIFT--Gulliver's Travels=, Voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag, No.13, single (abr.), 128 pp.
=TENNYSON--Enoch Arden= and Other Poems, No. 6, single, completeselections, 110 pp.: Enoch Arden; The Coming of Arthur; The Passing ofArthur; Columbus; The May Queen; New Year's Eve; Conclusion; Dora; TheCharge of the Light Brigade; The Defence of Lucknow; Lady Clare;Break, Break, Break; The Brook; Bugle Song; Widow and Child; The DaysThat Are No More; I Envy Not; Oh, Yet We Trust; Ring Out, Wild Bells;Crossing the Bar (Tennyson's last poem).
French Authors
=HUGO, VICTOR--*Ninety-Three=, No. 18 (abr.), 157 pp.
=Grading.=--=For History Classes=: Spy, Pilot, Deerslayer, Horse-ShoeRobinson, Knickerbocker Stories, Harold, Kenilworth, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe,Ninety-Three, Alhambra. =Geography=: Two Years Before the Mast. =EnglishLiterature=: Evangeline, Lady of the Lake, Enoch Arden, Prisoner ofChillon, Sketch-Book. =Lower Grammar Grades=: Christmas Stories, LittleNell, Paul Dombey, Gulliver's Travels, Twice-Told Tales. =PrimaryGrades=: Wonder-Book, Snow-Image.
Numbers 25 to 40
Each with Introduction and Notes. Starred numbers, double.
=25. ROBINSON CRUSOE. Defoe.= Illustrated. For Young Readers.
=*26. POEMS OF KNIGHTLY ADVENTURE.= =Tennyson=, =Arnold=, =Macaulay=,=Lowell=. Four Complete Selections.
=*27. THE WATER WITCH. Cooper.= With Map. =28. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. Scott.= Complete Selections. =*29. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. Cooper.= With Map. =30. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. Bunyan.= For Young Readers. =*31. BLACK BEAUTY. Sewell.= Complete. =*32. THE YEMASSEE. Cooper.= With Map. =*33. WESTWARD HO! Kingsley.= With Map. =*34. 'ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.= Verne. =35. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. Wyss.= Illustrated. =*36. THE CHILDHOOD OF DAVID COPPERFIELD. Dickens.= =*37. THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Longfellow.= Complete. =*38. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. Bulwer-Lytton.= =39. FAIRY TALES.= Second School Year. Selected Tales. =*40. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. Scott.= Complete.
WHAT PROMINENT EDUCATORS SAY
=W. T. Harris=, _Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C._: "Ihave examined very carefully one of the abridgments from Walter Scott,and I would not have believed the essentials of the story could havebeen retained with so severe an abridgment. But the story thus abridgedhas kept its interest and all of the chief threads of the plot. I amvery glad that the great novels of Walter Scott are in course ofpublication by your house in such a form that school children, andolder persons as yet unfamiliar with Walter Scott, may find an easyintroduction. To read Walter Scott's novels is a large part of aliberal education, but his discourses on the history of the times andhis disquisitions on motives render his stories too hard for theperson of merely elementary education. But if one can interest himselfin the plot, and skip these learned passages, he may, on a secondreading, be able to grasp the whole novel. Hence I look to suchabridgments as you have made for a great extension of Walter Scott'susefulness."
=William H. Maxwell=, _Superintendent of Public Instruction, NewYork City_: "I take great pleasure in commending to those who areseeking for good reading in the schools, the Standard LiteratureSeries. The editors of the series have struck out a new line in thepreparation of literature for schools. They have taken great worksof fiction and poetry, and so edited them as to omit what is beyondthe comprehension, or what would weary the attention, of children inthe higher grades of elementary schools."
=Walter B. Gunnison=, _Principal Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N.Y._ "I have watched with much interest the issues of the new StandardLiterature Series, and have examined them all with care. I regard themas a distinct addition to the school literature of our country. Theselections are admirable--the annotations clear and comprehensive, andthe form convenient and artistic."
=A. E. Winship=, _Editor "Journal of Education," Boston, Mass._ "Idesire to acknowledge, after many days, the volumes 'Kenilworth' and'Harold,' in the Standard Literature Series. I am much pleased withthese books. It is a great service which you are rendering theschools. Our children must read all the British-American classicswhich have any bearing upon history, and, with all that is absolutelyrequired of them in this day, they _cannot_ do what they must do.There is a conflict of 'oughts.' You make it possible, here, for thechild to get all he needs of each of all the books he must read. Itis a great service. I admire the appreciation of the editors of theirtext."
=C. B. Gilbert=, _Superintendent of Schools, Newark, N. J._ "TheStandard Literature Series bids fair to prove a most valuable additionto literature available for use in schools. The books are wellselected, carefully edited, and supplied with valuable notes and maps.'Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings,' may serve as a type. Forclasses in English history it will prove invaluable, giving, as itdoes in the l
anguage of a master, a most vivid picture of earlyEngland; its struggles and its people. The Introduction paves the wayfor what is to follow. The portions omitted can be spared, and thenotes are just enough to clear up difficult passages, but not enoughto be burdensome."
=R. E. Denfeld=, _Superintendent of Schools, Duluth, Minn._ "I havecarefully read many of the numbers of the Standard Literature Seriesand do not hesitate to say that they are exceptionally well edited.One in particular I have in mind which was so carefully condensed asto make it of convenient size for a school reading book, and yet nopart of the essentially connected matter was omitted."
=Henry R. Sanford=, _Institute Conductor for New York State, Penn Yan,N. Y._ "You are doing a good thing in thus giving to the public cheapeditions of standard literature."
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