The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-10

''The Marble Faun," Hawthorne.
Mill on the Floss,'' George Eliot.
'Romola." George Eliot
'The Refugees" Conan Doyle.
Ramona" Helen Hunt Jackson.
| Lilly of the Valley" Honore de Bal.
| zac.
| 'Ben Hur," Wallace.
! John Inglesant,' ]. H. Shorthouse.
| Memoirs of the Pretenders," Jesse.
| Queens Of England of the House OF
| Hanover" DR.. Doran.
''The Four Georges" Thackeray.
"Ivanohe," Scott
''Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls
J. S White
Life of L. NJ. Alcott," E. D. Cheney.
Life Of Phoebe and Alice Cary"
Mary Clemmer.
Life Of Margaret Fuller" Julia Ward
| Hare.
Life of Emily Bronte."
Life of Mary Lamb"
Makers OF Florence" Mrs Olip9nant.
Makers of Rome" Mrs Oliphant.
Uncle Remus," Harris.
"Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne
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''Tales from Shakespeare" Charles
and Mary Lamb.
A wide range, ii will be seen, is COW
cred by the above list, ranging from
grave to gay, embracing, as it does, fic-
ton, history and biography.
The novels given are in almost every
suggested with special object, those
having for their oasis an Historical
theme usually cause the intelligent girl
to desire to know more of that special
period or parsonage, and so uncon-
sciously she is led to TIE fascinating
pages OF history. Thus that charming
little story, Unknown to History"
leads to the perusal of the life of Mary
Stuart. ~KeniBworth" fires the reader
with a desire TO know how much and
how little of that absorbing tale IS
founded on facts; "A Stormy Life" the
history of Margaret OF Anjou, will in
sensibly direct the thoughts to the IA
nous War of the Roses, as does also
Lytton's splendid historical novel, ''The
Last of the Barons."
What girl or boy ever read Conan
Doyle's Refugees and was content TO
Of France? And dull, indeed, is the read
er who after reading Henry Esmond"
does not turn with eagerness to the
records of the reign of good Queen Anne
and the adventures Of The Vfrginians"
in America.
In the few biographies selected the
lives Of some of the noblest of American
women are depicted in 50 easy and
charming style that even the most
captious reader cannot fail to find them
interesting, while the few Historical
works selected are of so interesting
cha,ac5er that they hold the reader as
closely as do the most fascinating 70
mances of Scott or Weyman OF Doyle.
The two Books Of travels mentioned.
Makers of Florence" and Makers os
Rome" are not selected Al random, the
former embracing, - it does. a spirited
account Of the times preceding the
Renaissance: a charming sketch Of
Dante, Michael Angelo and Savonarola
in the seme work leads to a wide and
varied field OF reading. while TO school,
girl viii be content TO lay down The
Makers of Rome" without knowing
something further Of the former mis-
tress Of the world.
George Eliot's "Rcmo,a." dealing as II
does. With the times Of Savonarola, ad-
mir2b,y supplement-, the Makers of
Florence ana The Marble Faur" /
charming story Itself is almost lost
sight Of the glowing descriptions OF !
the Eternal City. Thus fiction. history |
and biography are so interviewer in the |
above list o. 50 books that the mother !
who places it in the hands OF her daugh- |
ter may safely feel that it will lead to a |
wider field than tl'at OF fiction. and il |
Sne Be : wise woman as well she win |
encourage the love OF good novels whica |
IL frequently the cornerstone of pas
sion for literature. the cultivation os
which in time makes that most charm
ing and delightful o; companions-a