Through the Looking-gla.s.s " " "

of which there is no need to speak, nor of

The Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley.

The King of the Golden River " John Ruskin.

The Rose and the Ring " W. M. Thackeray.

And among other good stories are--

Fairy Tales By Alexandre Dumas.

Mopsa the Fairy " Jean Ingelow.

Prince Prigio " Andrew Lang.

The Gold of Fairnilee " " "

Twenty Best Fairy Tales " Lucy Perkins.

The Bee-Man of Orn " Frank R. Stockton.

The Clocks of Rondaine " " "

Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales " Mrs. Ewing.

Lewis Carroll's "Bruno's Revenge," the story which was the beginning of _Sylvie and Bruno_, is perfect in its way.

Legendary Tales

CLa.s.sICAL The Heroes By Charles Kingsley.

A Wonder Book " Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Tanglewood Tales " " "

The Story of the Odyssey " Rev. A. J. Church.

The Story of the Iliad " " "

Stories from Homer " " "

ROMANTIC The Morte D'Arthur By Sir T. Malory.

Tales from Shakespeare " Charles and Mary Lamb.

Puck of Pook's Hill " Rudyard Kipling.

Stories from the Faerie Queen " Mary Macleod.

Heroes of Chivalry and Romance " Rev. A. J. Church.

Stories of the Magicians " " "

Olaf the Glorious " Robert Leighton.

Robin Hood " Howard Pyle.

Men of Iron " " "

Canterbury Tales " Chaucer.

Robin Hood: His Deeds and Adventures " Lucy Perkins.

Ballads in Prose " Mary Macleod.

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago " E. V. Lucas.

Old Fashioned Tales " " "

Tales from Maria Edgeworth. Introduction " Austin Dobson.

Tales from the Canterbury Pilgrims. Retold " J. H. Darton.

The Book of King Arthur " Mary Macleod.

Midsummer Night's Dream for Young People " Lucy Perkins.

The Wonder Book of Old Romance.

Here also we might place _Gulliver's Travels_.

Verse and Poetry

Our first acquaintance with poetry is made through nursery rhymes.

Many collections of nursery rhymes may be had. And there are also a number of very charming picture books of simple verse, suitable for small readers, such as Miss Kate Greenaway's

Mother Goose.

Marigold Garden.

Under the Window.

A. Apple Pie.

Mr. Walter Crane's

Baby's Opera, Baby's Bouquet,

and various toy books.

Four favorite books of comic verse are Edward Lear's

Book of Nonsense.

More Nonsense.

Nonsense, Songs and Stories.

Four books, more recent, which come nearer to poetry than anything already mentioned, are--

Verses for Children By Mrs. Ewing.

Sing Song " Christina G. Rossetti.

Lilliput Lyrics " W. B. Rands.

A Child's Garden of Verses " R. L. Stevenson.

A large collection of verse of the kind already described, with the addition of ballads, open-air rhymes, animal verses and other matter--intended to pave the way to real poetry--exists in

A Book of Verses for Children, Another Book of Verses for Children,

compiled by E. V. Lucas. After these, we come to collections containing real poetry, two excellent ones being

The Blue Poetry Book By Andrew Lang.

A First [Second and Third] Poetry Book " M. A. Woods.

There is also

Lyra Heroica By W. E. Henley,

a collection for boys. Selections from Tennyson, Browning, and other poets, intended for children, have been made, but most young explorers of poetry like to have the complete works and hunt for themselves.

Other popular books of poetry are--

The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics.