The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
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Every child should be encouraged
+ to possess his own books. even in
l. this age of public libraries. Birth
day and Christmas afford occasions
when the parent can increase the little
library. and later the child may be
trained how to choose wisely his own
purchases When he is limited in the
books he possesses, public Libraries
open up opportunities for a wide
range of reading. The discriminating
taste in reading must be cultivated
from the earliest years if the child is
to read with profit and pleasure in
youth and maturity.
All children should read a few, at
least. of the traditional fairy tales.
They teach many important life les
sons in an impersonal way; they de-
velop the imagination and widen the
svmnathies The successful business
man. the progressive physician or law
yer and the truly. successful minister,
is he who understands human nature.
who can put himself in the other per-
cons Mace and TO do this he requires
a cultivated imagination. The fairy
tale also lifts the child from the re-
sTrieted life of his environment into
the religion of boundless possibilities.
II increases his sense of power over
untoward circumstances. Acquaintance
with fairy lore familiarizes one with
MANY alIusions to be met with in
reading all great writers.
love OF poetry should be the
heritage of every child, because of the
inspiration it gives amid the sordid
cares of life, and because of the inno-
cent pleasure and refreshment 1t
WEAKNESS The child's first book of
verse should of course be Mother
Goose" After this there are many
valuable compilations OF poetry that
may be used.
a varied library to be found in one
large volume is The Children's Book"
compiled by Scudder. 1t includes Sc
lections from Mother Goose" from
"Grimm's Fairy Tales from ''Old
English Fairy Tales the Arabian
Nights" and Hans Andersen. There
arc also several of Maria Edgeworths
famous moral stories, great many of
Aesop's fables, many of the old
English ballads. etc. An excellent
comnilation of verse is Roger Ingpens
"One Thousand Poems for Children,
which contains all the old favorites OF
children as we'll as large number OF
the best known poems by standard
authors
STANDARD books on science and ma
ture should be in the home, and the
chiid's library should include few
hooks with stories from real life lead
ing up to biography, history and
travel
The little ones sense of humor must
be accorded recognition. Mother
Goose" supplies such a need in part,
and Iears Book of Nonsense may be
added.
II is a pity for child to grow up
without knowing and loving the Pill
grim's Progress To give him this
pleasure the book should be read to
him or put into his hands when about
10 years old.
The great medieval legends should
also be known to the chlid; Ihey are
interviewer with much of history and
Itera ture and give glimpse into
rapidly receding past.
Following is a list of fairy tales,
myths and legends suitable for the
child's library:
Adventures of Pinocchio," trans
lated from Cullodi by Cramp Can Ital-
liam classic loved by children)-
"Aesops Fables.
alice in Wonderland" Lewis Car
Among the Farmyard People" Clara
Among the Night People Clara
d. Pierson
arabian Nights Entertainments"
"Bimbi.' Ouida collection of beau
Book Of saints and Friendly
Beasts" Abbie Farwell Brown.
"Bow-wow and New new" Georgi-
ana NJ Craik.
Curious Book of Birds" Abbie Far
well Brown.
FAIRY Tales" Hans Christian An
dersen.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold," Bald
win.
Blumenthal.
Gods and Heroes" Francillon
Greek legends).
Household Stories" Anna c. Kiln
gensmith.
Heroes Every Child Should Know,
Hamilton Wright Mabie.
I'm the Days of Giants, Abbie Far
well Brown Morse legends).
Japanese Fairy Tales" translated
by Wiliston.
Jungle Book Kipling.
King Arthur and His Court" Fran
ces NimRo Greene.
knights of the Silver Shield" r.
NJ. Alden.
Little Black Sambo."
Mother Goose" CAltemus edition,
Including a few fairy tales)
Nights with Uncle Remus, Joel
Chandler Harris.
Morse Gods and Heroes" A. Kiln
gensmith.