The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-10
BOOKS SUGGESTED FOR
CHEAP SCHOOL LIBRARY

At the recent annual meeting Of the
Georgia Educational Association on
Cumberland island the disclosure was
made that compare lively few of the
common schools Of the state We're pro
vided with libraries suited to the require
ments Of pupils at the present time.
when the stimulus Of good reading Is
so imperativeIy needed to enable them
to keep apace with the worlds progress.
In many sections Ct the state It was
shown that the schools were absolute
destitute of library facilities Accord
ingly a committee OF Wei known educa-
tors was appointed TO devise list ~
such books as should be found in every
common school library with instruction.
to submit the list 10 several book dealers
for the purpose Of ascertaining the low
est price at which the schools could
purchase them. The committee entrusted
with this important duty was compose
as follows. Joseph 5. Stewart. chairman,
L. Il. Evans. +. g. Brauson, J. VI. Brit
tain. W r. Power. ". =. Wright AMI
g. r. Glenn. Having completed its wor@,
the committee submits the names 81 EF-
~ books which Mr.. +. J Paxon, OF A.
Ianta. agrees 10 furnish 10 any school
in the state for the sum Of SO The list
is as follows.
Fables and Folk Lore" scudder-
DANISH Fairy Tales" Andersen.
German Fairy Tales" Grimms.
"Uncle Remus Songs ana Sayings"
ARABIAN Nights"
Wonder Book. Hawthorne
Goods and Heroes, trancllloT-
'Fifty Famous Stories. Baldwin.
stories of Great Americans, Bald
odd Greek Stories" Baldwin.
"OlJ Stories of the East" Baldwin
Ten Boys Andrews
Life of Lee williamson
Life OF Jackson. Williamson
Boys of 90" Coffin
''Stories of the English Blaisdel.
''StoTies of Georgia Harris
story Of the Romans, Gueber.
"Kuickerbocker's History of New
York Irving.
Caesar Abbott.
Alexander" Abbott.
Washington and His Country" Fiske-
Irving.
Lives" PlUtarch.
"Iif- Of Christ Farrar-
"Alice i'm Wonderland" Carroll
water Babies" Kingsley.
Seaside and Wayside," volumes.
Fairy Land Of Science. Buckley.
story of Patsy. Virgins
"Elack Beauty" SewelI.
king of the Golden River" Ruskin.
"Heiii. SFyri.
Robinson EIusoe' DcfOe.
Little Lord FaUntlcroy.~ Burnett.
''Marooucr'S Island. Goulding
Young Marooners; Gouidins-
swiss Family Robinson" Wyss
Little Mcu. Alcptt-
Little n omen" AIc0tt
Peasant and Prince Nartineau.
Lion of the North" Henty
st. George of England" Henty
''Wlth Give i'm India Heutv
Scottish Chiefs. Porter.
Last of the Mohicans." Cooper
Surrey Of Eagles Nest" Cooke.
Ivanhoe,' Scott.
Tom Brown at Rugby" Hughes
Sketch Book. Irving
Pilgrim s. Progress Bunvan.
fellow.
''Idylls of the King Tennysor.
'Ilomer's Had translation by Pope.
"On the Threshold" Munger.
Says the committee:
After submitting the list to n number OF
book houses We save the contract for the
- library to f. j. PaXon. % Whitehall
street, Atlanta. Ga, who viii send tr.
entire list of sixty books. freight p~epaiI
10 the nearest railroad station on re-
Ceipt Of 50 This contract holds good nm
July ]. 1901. All OF the hooks are bou-5
IN substantial cloth or board There Is
not a county that cannot establish from
I'VE 20 twenty OF these libraries DURING
the year. The Noman's Federation Of
Ciubs. through the state president az
fers So TO the county organizing tha
greatest number of these libraria- fv
july ]. 1901 Reports VIII be made 10 rrs
state SchoOi commissioner. who VIII
ma he the award. The chairman will then
send the money 20 the county school
commissioner who viii dispoee of tbs
same san "a; as may be agreed upon Dy bIra
We commend this list tn tho ,e,,,r,-z
ana Young people Of the state and rr1laf
ihat they may find as much Dleas
in the books as We have.
JOSEPH 5. STEWART.