South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-20
BEST BOOKS FOR
YOUR CHILDREN
There is Literature of a VaIu-
able and Helpful Nature for
the Child From BabyhOod to
Manhood.

1t is the birthright Of every little
child to have a Mother Goose" book
as the delight of the first five years,
but after that children crave TO hear
of more daring adventures than
those Of Simple Simon or even Of the
COW that jumped over the moon.
For the period of life to which ii
ministers, however, no other book
can supplant these quaint and clever
old jingles, collected over 200 yeari
ago by Charles Perrault in France,
and so years later translated into En-
glish by Oliver Goldsmith, who added
his own story of "Goody Two Shoes;
so, we cannot rightfully claim them
as originating with a Mrs Goose OF
Boston, in the 18th century, though
she may have increased their number
from the source of her nimble wit and
native shrewdness.
Fairy tales follow next after the
rhymes in the affections of children,
and the best known and most popular
of these are contained in the Mother
Goose Nursery Tales some of which
were in old Perrault's collection. In
this book are the tales of 'Cinder-
ella Sleeping Beauty" Aladdin
and the Wonderful Lamp" Little
Red Riding Hood" THE Goose Girl, )"
Jack and the Beanstalk." Blue
beard" and "Puss IN the Boots" These
adventures are eagerly read over and
over again, for, to the child, neither
the tWice-told tale nor the hundredth-
told has any element of boredom.
Books OF folklore.
AS Perrault collected the old nurs-
cry rhymes and tales of France, the
Grimm brothers collected the folk
lore tales of Germany and Hans An
dersOn those of Denmark, and In all
these books are TO be found the alb
sorbing 'once upon time" stories so
dear to our own childhood. Ander-
sons Fairy Tales" to which he him
self contributed. are ranked as class
les notably The Ugly Duckling.
which carries a lesson in kindness
and consideration for others not
easily forgotten.
For the children ranging from sew
en- to . years, there is an ever in
creasing wealth of books to choose
from; yet. there are certain old, tried
and true favorites to be depended up
on to afford the best entertainment
and mental development.
Before the tenth year the child en-
joys reading Uncle Remus,' by Har-
is: Alice in Wonderland" by Carroll:
King of the Golden River" by Rus
kin; The Jungle Books" by Kipling;
Swiss Family Robinson" by Wyss;
Water Babies" by Kingsley: Red
y
Wonder Book, by Hawthorne.
From the tenth to the 18th year the
mind is rapidly developing and many
of the more mature books can be APP
preciated.
More Mature Books.
A few among those which all chill
dren of this age, should read, are
Hale's Man without a Country" De
Foes Robinson Crusoe." Alcott's
Little Women" StevensOn's Treas
ure Island" "Cooper's "Leatherstock-
ing Tales" Dickens Christmas Car
OIL" Swift's "Guliiver's Travels,
Setons wild Animals 1 Have
Known" Virgins "Rebecca of sun
nybrook Farm" Pyle's robin Hood,
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress" SCOTS
"IvanhOe," THE Talisman," Guy
Mannering" and Rob Roy" Chapin's
STORY of the Rhinegold." Dana's
1.-Two Years Before the Mast" and
Irving's rip Van Wrinkle"
Children in their early teens should
certainly read Bulfinch's Age OF
Fable" his Age of Chivalry," and
Chapin's Wonder Tales from Wag
ner," in the latter of which the stories
of the great operas are told. These
books help them in their general
studies and give them a cultural
knowledge that will be of inestima-
BILE value TO them when. later on, they
visit art galleries. or near the great
musical compositions, making them
familiar with the heroes. heroines,
myths, legends and romances immor-
talized in literature, art and the
drama
And certainly no boy should grow
to manhood without having had the
ennobling influence of such splendid
books as The Boys King Arthur"
and The Boys Froissart." edited by
Sidney Lanier; Baldwin's STORY of
Roland" and story of Sigfried;"
Churchs Stories of Homer. and a
book known as Heroes OF Chivalry,"
containing the old chronicle of THE