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APPENDIX

The Thousand Good Books

mHE GREAT BOOKS MOV1M]NT OF THE LAST GENRAUON

has not failed as m uch as fizzled not because of any defect in the books - the best that has been thought and said in

M atthew Arnolds phrase-but like good champagne in

plastic bottles they went Bat To change the figure the seeds are good but the cultural soil has

been depleted the seminal ideas ofPlato Aristotle St Augustine and St T homas thrive only in an imaginative ground saturated with fashybles fairy tales stories rhymes and adventures the thousand books of Grimm Andersen Stevenson Dickens Scott D umas and the rest

Taking all that was best in the Greco -Roman world into itself 1 Western tradition has given us the thousand good books as a prepashyration for the great ones - and for all studies in the arts and sciences W ithQut them all studies are inhumane T he brutal athlete and foppish aesthete suffer vices opposed to the virtue of Newmans gentleman Anyone working at college w hether in the pure arts and sciences or the practical ones will discover he has made a quanshytum leap when he gets even a small amount ofcultural ground under him he will grow up like an undernourished plant sudden ly fertilshyized and vvatered

Of course the distinction between great and good is not abshy

solute Great implies a certain magnitude one might say War arid Peace and Les Miserables are great because of their length or The Crishy

tique of Pure R eason because of its difficulty Great books call for ehil~- (

~~ical reB~ctio~ good books are popular appealing especially to t obVIOusly some authors are both great and good and their works may be read more than once from the different points ofview- this is true of ShakeSpeare and Cervantes for example

r82 The Death ofChristitm Culture

It is commonly agreed also that both great and good can be

judged only from a certain distance Contemporary works can be apshypreciated and enj oyed but not very properly judged and JUSt a~ d prlllshyciple must stand outside what follows from it (as a point to the line) so a cultural standard must be established from some time at least as dis shytant as our grandparents For us today the cutoffpoint is World Wax I before which cars and the electric light had not yet come to dominate our lives and the experience of nature had not been distorted by speed

and the destruction of shadows T here is a serious question - with arshyguments on both sides surely-as to whether there can be any culture at all in a mechanized society Whichever side one takes in that disshypute it is certainly true that we cannot understand the point at issue

without an llnaginative grasp of the world we have lost What follows is not a complete list but it is a sufficient worksheet

Everyone will find more than enough that he has not read and everyshything on this list is by a common consent part of the ordinary cultural matter essential for an English-speaking person to grow lll Remember that the point of view throughout a course of studies such as this is that

of the ~-the ordinary person w ho loves and enjoys w hat he loves - not of the expert in critical historical or textual technology

The books have been divided (sometimes dubiously because some bridge two categories) into stages of life corresponding to the classical ages of man l and in general agreement with the divisions of 10dern

p~~y And because sight is the first of the senses and especially powerful in early years it is very important to secure books illustrated by artists working in the cultural tradition we are studying both as an introduction to art and as part of the imaginative experience of the book This is not to disparage contemporary artists any more than the tradition itself disparages contemporary experiment- quite the conshytrary one of the fruits of such a course should be the encouragement

ofgood writing and draWing The good work of the past is a standard not a st rait-jacket ~ook illustratio] reached its perfection in the llineshytlt[enth centllIyen in the work of R andolph Caldecott Kate Greenaway Walter Crane Gustav Dare George Cruikshank Phiz Gordon Browne Beatrix Potter Sir John Tenniel Arthur Rackham Howard Pyle N C Wyeth and many others T he rule of thumb is to fi nd a

The Thousand Good Books raquo 183

nineteenth-century edition or one of the facsimiles which (though not as sharp in printing) are currently available at moderate prices The ltlcomplere worksheet that follows may serve as a rough guide

The Nursery (ages 2 - 7)

Literary experience beginS for very young children with someone reading aloud while they look at the pictures But they can begin to read the Simplest stories which they already love at an early age

Aesop Fables (T he translation by Robert LEstrgtnge is the classic)

Andersen Hans Christian Christlles Pietllre Book A Cltris(1H1lJ Geetig A Series of Storls Fairy Tales

Arabia Nights (T bere are tWQ classic translations one expurgated for ch ildren by Edwa td wne tbe other complete by Ricbard Burton)

Belioe Hilai re The Bad Childs Book ofBeasts

Caldeeott R andolph Piau ampoks- 16 little voh (published by Fredrick Warne)

Collodi Carlo (Carlo LorenZini) Pillocchio

Carroll Lewis (prefe rably illustrated by Tcnnid)

Alice in WQndtrlalld Through the Looking Glass

De La Mare Wal ter

COlli Hither (the bet mthology of poshyetry for chi ldren of all agd ) Songs of Childhood

Edgeworth Maria Mora l roles Tit Parent 5 Assistmll

Ewing Juliana Jackanap~s

Gesta RamaHormll (r[~nslatd by Swa nn [scholarly faCSimile))

Grahame Kenneth Wind i th~ Wi~

Greenaway Kate (preferably pubLshed

by Frederick Warne)

A ApplPie Birthday Book Marigold Gardell M Olh Goos~

The Language q(Flolvm Und~r Ihe Window

Grimm Household Stories (illustrated by Walter C rane [Dover Facsimiles])

Harris Joel Chandler Un ci R emus

Kingsley Charles Water Ba bibullbull

Kipling Rudyard j ungl Book (illostrated by Kipling) Just So Storie

Lamb Charles Beauty and the Ba$l Talesfro Shokesptart

r82 The Death ofChristitm Culture

It is commonly agreed also that both great and good can be

judged only from a certain distance Contemporary works can be apshypreciated and enj oyed but not very properly judged and JUSt a~ d prlllshyciple must stand outside what follows from it (as a point to the line) so a cultural standard must be established from some time at least as dis shytant as our grandparents For us today the cutoffpoint is World Wax I before which cars and the electric light had not yet come to dominate our lives and the experience of nature had not been distorted by speed

and the destruction of shadows T here is a serious question - with arshyguments on both sides surely-as to whether there can be any culture at all in a mechanized society Whichever side one takes in that disshypute it is certainly true that we cannot understand the point at issue

without an llnaginative grasp of the world we have lost What follows is not a complete list but it is a sufficient worksheet

Everyone will find more than enough that he has not read and everyshything on this list is by a common consent part of the ordinary cultural matter essential for an English-speaking person to grow lll Remember that the point of view throughout a course of studies such as this is that

of the ~-the ordinary person w ho loves and enjoys w hat he loves - not of the expert in critical historical or textual technology

The books have been divided (sometimes dubiously because some bridge two categories) into stages of life corresponding to the classical ages of man l and in general agreement with the divisions of 10dern

p~~y And because sight is the first of the senses and especially powerful in early years it is very important to secure books illustrated by artists working in the cultural tradition we are studying both as an introduction to art and as part of the imaginative experience of the book This is not to disparage contemporary artists any more than the tradition itself disparages contemporary experiment- quite the conshytrary one of the fruits of such a course should be the encouragement

ofgood writing and draWing The good work of the past is a standard not a st rait-jacket ~ook illustratio] reached its perfection in the llineshytlt[enth centllIyen in the work of R andolph Caldecott Kate Greenaway Walter Crane Gustav Dare George Cruikshank Phiz Gordon Browne Beatrix Potter Sir John Tenniel Arthur Rackham Howard Pyle N C Wyeth and many others T he rule of thumb is to fi nd a

The Thousand Good Books raquo 183

nineteenth-century edition or one of the facsimiles which (though not as sharp in printing) are currently available at moderate prices The ltlcomplere worksheet that follows may serve as a rough guide

The Nursery (ages 2 - 7)

Literary experience beginS for very young children with someone reading aloud while they look at the pictures But they can begin to read the Simplest stories which they already love at an early age

Aesop Fables (T he translation by Robert LEstrgtnge is the classic)

Andersen Hans Christian Christlles Pietllre Book A Cltris(1H1lJ Geetig A Series of Storls Fairy Tales

Arabia Nights (T bere are tWQ classic translations one expurgated for ch ildren by Edwa td wne tbe other complete by Ricbard Burton)

Belioe Hilai re The Bad Childs Book ofBeasts

Caldeeott R andolph Piau ampoks- 16 little voh (published by Fredrick Warne)

Collodi Carlo (Carlo LorenZini) Pillocchio

Carroll Lewis (prefe rably illustrated by Tcnnid)

Alice in WQndtrlalld Through the Looking Glass

De La Mare Wal ter

COlli Hither (the bet mthology of poshyetry for chi ldren of all agd ) Songs of Childhood

Edgeworth Maria Mora l roles Tit Parent 5 Assistmll

Ewing Juliana Jackanap~s

Gesta RamaHormll (r[~nslatd by Swa nn [scholarly faCSimile))

Grahame Kenneth Wind i th~ Wi~

Greenaway Kate (preferably pubLshed

by Frederick Warne)

A ApplPie Birthday Book Marigold Gardell M Olh Goos~

The Language q(Flolvm Und~r Ihe Window

Grimm Household Stories (illustrated by Walter C rane [Dover Facsimiles])

Harris Joel Chandler Un ci R emus

Kingsley Charles Water Ba bibullbull

Kipling Rudyard j ungl Book (illostrated by Kipling) Just So Storie

Lamb Charles Beauty and the Ba$l Talesfro Shokesptart

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184 ~ The Death ofChristian Culture The Thousand Good Books ~ [85

Lang Andrew Blue Book ofFdiria alld orhlreolors - 6ve 01 (best i ll um~t~d by H J Ford [Doshyver has facsimile edj tions)

Lear Edward ABC (illustrated by Lear) NonseftSe OMibus (i llustrated by Lear [WarDel) TlrePobble Who Has No Toes

he Q uangle Wangles Hat

Lofting Hugh Dr Dolillle A Treasury Dr Doliule and The Cmn Canory Dr Dolietle Circus Dr Dolittles Caravan Dr Dolittles Carden Dr Dolirlles Zoo Story ofDoctor Doittle Voyages ofDoctor Doliule

MilneAA Wiie the Pooh Tle HallS( at Pooh Corner Now We Art Six Once On a Time Prince Rabbit

Mother Goose (Dover Facsimiles another ed illustrated by Rackham Viking Press)

Perrault Charles Fairy l es (illustrated by Dore [Dover])

Potter Beatrix -23 little vok some available in French Spanisb and btin all illu strated by Potshyter especially The Fairy Caravan The Story ofa Fierce Bad Rabbit The Tailor ofCloluester The Ta le ofJemima Puddle-Duck The Ta le ofPeu Rabbit The Tal ofPigling Bland The Tale of Samuel Whiskers

he I itle ofSquirrel Nlltkill Tire Tal ofthe Flopsy Bunn ies Tire Talt of Tom Kim n Tie Tale of 1ivo Bad Mice

Stevenson Robert Louis A Childs Cardell ofVrrses (Scribners)

School Days (ages 7- 12) Adams Andy

attle Brands Log ofa Cowboy (illustrated by N C Wyeth) Th Otlet Wly the Chislrolm Trail Forks and othr tales ofthe callie country

Alcott Louisa May Little IVom Little M en

Jos Boys and Irou they turned out (a sequel to Little MtII) AuntJos Scrap-Bag-6 vols An Old Fashioned Cirl Eiglrt Cousins or The Ant-Hill A Free Bed Rose irr Bloom (a sequel to Eight Coi) Flower Fables Hospital Sketches and Camp Qlld Fireside Sto ries

Jack andJill a Villa~e Story Luls Ubrary - J voL collec tion of stories Moods Morning-glories and Other Stories 0 Picket Duty Silver Pilchers and Independence a Celltenshynial Love Story Spinning- Wheel Stories Three Proverb Stories- Kitty s Class Day AIIIlI KIPP Psyches Art Under the Lilacs Work A Story ofExperience

Aldrich Thomas Bailey A n o ld Ton by tire Sea Tire Ballad ofBaby amp11 and other poems Cloth ofCold and other poems Tire Course of Tru Love Never Did Rn SIIIootlr Daisys Necklace alld Wlrat Came Of [t Flower and Thorn later poems Friar Jerom s Beautiful Book Th e Little Violinist Marjorie Dow

A Midnrgllt Fantasy Miss Mehelables SOli Our Ntw Nti~hhon at Ponkapoi Potlns ofT B Aldriclr The Stillwaler Tragedy Story ofa ampd Boy To Biles at a Cherry Iv ilh other tales

Belloc Hilaire Cautionary Talesfor Children (designed for the admonition ofchildren between the

ages of8 and 14)

BrOwning Robert The Pid Piper ofHamelin (i llustrated by Kate Greenaway [Warne))

Burnett Frances Hodgson Liltle Lord Fauntleroy Tire Sterel Carderr

Burroughs Edgar Rice Apache Devil Back 10 tire Stan Age CireSSIllQlIofMa rs Jol CarUr ojMa rs Jungle Tales of Tarz an Ta les of Three Planets Tarza The RelUnr of Tarzan The Son of Ta zan

Cooper James Fenimore Afloal arrd Ashore The Bravo TIl( Ch ainbearer The Crater T he Du rslayer T ire Headsman T ire Heidnmall HOllie as Fom d Homeward Bound Jack Tier The La51 ofthe ]I[Q Iicalls Lionel U ncobl Mercedes ofCastile Miles Wallingford fht MO Rikill The Oa k OpeniTtgs The Patlr Finder

The Piorreers Tile Pilot The Prairie Pecauttou The Red Rollt The Redskins Salon s Toe The Sea LioftS The IwoAdmirals Tire Waur- Witch The Ways oflhe Hour The Wing and Wing The WeplofWish-ton - wish Wyafdoue

Cowper William JolIII Gilpins Rid (illustrated by Caldeshycott [Warne))

Dana R ichard Henry wo Yo BeJore Ihe Mast

D efoe Daniel RobinsoTt Crusoe

D ickens Charles A Christmas Carol Cricket 0 11 the Hbullbullrth David Copperfield Olivtr Twist (The lattcr two may be reserved for adolescence or [crud)

Dodge Mary Mapes Han5 Brinlu

Gar land Hamlin Tire Light oftile Star

h Long Trail Ma ill-Traveltd Roads Prairie Folks SOli oftire Middle Border The Spir it ofSwetlwattr

Hawthorne Nathaniel TangltlVood Tales

Henty G A (George Alfred) d hlmdnd Boys Books

IrVing Washington Siulcl Book

r86 ~ The Death ofChristian Culture The Thousmld Good Books raquo 187

James Will (illustrated by Jame rScribners])

Book ofCowboys aile Cowboy

Smoky

Kingsley Charles WestwddHo

Kipling Rudyard Coptailu COllrageolU Kim Stulky alld Co (il lust rated by Miller)

Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Evangelille Hiawat)a

MacDonald Gemgc The Prillcess and Curdie Th Prillcm lId th Goblill

Marrya t Fredrick Mastermall Ready Mr Midshipmall Easy

Maseneld John jim Davis

Pyle H oward OUo of tl Silvtr Han d Rabin Hood (illus by Pyle [Dover])

Sewall Anna Black Beauty

Shakespeare William Comcdy of Errors

Spyti Johanna Chell Heidi

Stevenson Robert Louis (preferably illustrated by Wyeth)

Across the Plaim From Clyde 10 Sandy Hook Kidllapped The Silvado Sqllallers Tsa lsllIIi

Stowe Harriet Beecher licit Toms Cabill

Stratton-Porter Gene At the Foot ofthe Rainbow A Dought ofthe Land Freeltlts A Girl ofthe Limblost The HarveJter Her Father Daughur The Magie Garden Michael 0Hillloran

Tarkington Booth PUlYod and others in the series

Til Ellienspiegel (translated by Macken~ic)

Twain Mark Huckleberry Filln Tire Prillce and the Pauper To m Sy - bur not Connecticut Ya nkee and later novels

Verne Jules 2 0 000 Leaglles Un der the Sea 800 Leagllei on the Amazon Around tle World in 80 Days Ca~5ar Casca bel From the Earth to the MOM Hect or Strvadac journ ey ill to the Interior oftlz e Earth The Lightlrouse at the End ofthe Mid Mysurious l slalld On the Track Voyages and Adventures of Captaill Hatteras

W ilder Laura Ingalls Little Haa ill the Big Woods Little House all the Prairie Fanner Boy On the Ballks ofPlum Creek By the Shores of Slivtr Lake The Long Winter Little T wn all the Prairipound These Happy Goldell Years

W ister O wen Indispellsable Illforlll atioll for [ifallts

Wyss Johann Swiss Family Rohillsoll Willis the Pilot

Adolescence (ages I2 - I6)

Andersen Hans Christian Picwres Iravd ill Sweden Amollg [he Hartz Mountaills and in SwitzerlAnd

Bronte Charlotte jalll Eyre Wutiterillg Htighu

Collins Wilkie After Dark Alltonia

Armadale Basil The Black Robe Blilld Love Blow Up With The llrilt Th e Dead A live The Dead Secret Tle Evil Gellius Tire Paltil Lea ves The Fatal Cradle Fatal Fortune Th Frozell Deep The Hautlled Hotel Heart and Science Hide and Seek

Isa y fO

j ezebels Dallghter Th e Law and tlte Lady The Legacy ofCain Man and Wife Mi1S or Mrs Aiiss Bertha alld the Yankee Miss Dlilane and My Lord Miss j eromette and the Clergyman M islt Milia and tlte Groolll Miss oforrisand the Strallger The Moo nstone Mr Captaill arid the Nymph Mr Cosway and the LanJIady Mr Ltpel and the Homkeeper Mr Lisimore and tilt Wido w Mr Mormadllke alld the Mill ister Mr Medharsl and the Prillces M r Percy and the Prphet Mrs Zam alld the Ghost My Ladys Man e) My Misullanies

Tie Ntw Magdalell No Name Poor Miss Fillch Tlo Qultw 4Holru A Rogu s Lifef rom his Birth 10 hi Marriage The Two Destlllies The Woman in White

Dampier William A Voyage RoulIJ the Wo rld

Daudet Alphonse Fromollt jeune Ta larill

D ickens Charles Ba rnaby Rudge Nicholas Nickleby The Old Curiosity Sitop

Doyle Sir Arthur Conan The Losr World Sherlock Holmes (series) White Company

Dumas Alexandre The Black Tulip Three Musketters Twtllty Years After The WIires alld The Blues

Du Maurier George Gear Trilby

Eliot George Adam Bede lvlirllnrch Mill all the Floss ROlllola Silas -[aYller

Eggleston Edward Brall t alld Red jacket The Circu it Rider Duffles Th e GraysonJ The HOJsier School-Bo) The Hossier Sdwolmaster

Fabre Henri selections from Souvellirs El1Iymologiques

I88 The Death ofChristiatJ Culture The Thol4sand Good Books 189

Gray Zane Tire Call oflhr CUIlYOII IksmCold J h Deserl oj WIul Fighlillg CaravallS Tlte Lasl of lloe PlailSllleli

he Lasl rail Nevada Ridm ofle Purple Sage

Haggard H R ider (Henry R id er) A llall alld I Holy Flower Alia alld Ih Iu - Cods Allall sWife alld Olloer Ta les Allan Quaterma iH Ayesloa Cloild oftloe Slorm CololLei Quarticlt Vc Dr Tlreme Joall Hasle Killg SOIOlllOIlS 11ill(5

MO lllezuma sDaughler The People oflloe Mist She Treasure of the Lak

Hughes T homas Tom BrowlIs School Days Tom BrowlI at OxJord

Hugo Victor res Miserables Hurch[ack ofNotre Dam Qualre- villgt-lreize

Ibanez Blasco Blood alld SO lid FOllr Ho rstmall ofthe Apocalypse

IrVing Washington The Alhalllbra Talts

Kingsley Charles ifreward Illlt Wa ke

Le Sage Alain Gil Bias

MacDonald George Lilith

Park Mungo Travels in Aj ric1

Parkman Francis Oregoll Trail

Pc Edgar Allen Tales and Doems

Polo Marco Trals

R eade Charles The Cloisler and Ihe Hearlh

R hodes Eugene Best N(JVes alld Slorirs (edited by Dobie)

Scan Sir Walter Ivanhoe K rlilworlh Rob Roy The Talisman

Shakespeare William Aurchalll of Velli Midsummer Nights Drealll ROlli ari d J llliet

Shelley Mary Frallkenslein

Sienkiewicz Hcnryk wilh Firelid Suord Quo Vadis

Stevenson R obert Louis The Master ojBallantrM Pince Olto The Strallge Cast of Dr JekYll and Mr Hyde

Swift jonathan Cullivers Travels

Wallace Edgar Sanders oJI River Again SOllds Balles (Fllrlher Adventures in M Commisshysioll Sanders Comtry) Bosombo oflhe RitJCT Diana ofKara-Kara The Double FourJust Mell The GirlJrom Scotland Yard Tht [all Who Kllew

Tilt People ~rllre River The SiniSI Mall

welh H G he First Mefl in II Moon

Tht Food ofIhe Cads In lIlt Days of the Camel The In visible MtJII The Island of Dr Moreau The Timr Machine rhe Wa oflhe Worlds

Wister Owen The Dragoll of Wanrley Thr jitnmyjohn Boss and Olher SIOes Lady Bailimore Lin McLean Members ofllle Family The Virginiatl

Youth (ages 16 - 20)

Andersen Hans Christian The Faiy Tale ofMy Life A A utobiogshyraphy

Austen j ane Emma Lady Susa1 Mansfield Park Northang A bbey Pt5uasion Pide a1d Prejudice Senseand Sensibility The WalSOIlS

Balzac Honore de TI Cabinet oj A ntiquilies N Goriot Ursule Mirollel and Other Stories

Bellamy Edward The Blilldmaraquo 5 World and Other Slaries The Duke of Stockbridge LookilLg Backward Equalily (A Sequel to Looking BackwarJ)

Belloc H ilaj re The Cruise of the NoIIa-aod many others

Bernanos Georges Diary oja COltIIy Prim A Diary ofmy Timts nbullbull Frffl Hearl

Joy Last Essays

Blackmore Richard Dodr idge Cripplt The Carrier Lorna Dtwne A Tale ofthe South Downs

Borrows George Th Bible III Spain Lavengro Romany Ryr (A sequel 10 Laven~ro)

Bronre Charlotte Jan Eyre

Buchanan j ohn A Book ofEscapes and HurriedJourneys (A Collection of Storics) Castle Cay The CoIS ofthe Momillg Thr Pre Fisherlt Th Gap in tht Curtaill

reelmtlrtJle

The Houseoflhe For Winds HUlllinglower Jail MacNa lJ A Lodge in lht Wi dertJe1S Midwinter Mr SltllldJast The Thrlaquo Hostages The Th irty-Nine Steps

Butler Samuel Erewhon Thc Way ofA ll Flesh

Cabell James Branch Chivalry bull Ga llalliry

Jge The Sil Slallion

Cable George Washington The Cavalit r Old Creole Days Kin caids Balery

r86 ~ The Death ofChristian Culture The Thousmld Good Books raquo 187

James Will (illustrated by Jame rScribners])

Book ofCowboys aile Cowboy

Smoky

Kingsley Charles WestwddHo

Kipling Rudyard Coptailu COllrageolU Kim Stulky alld Co (il lust rated by Miller)

Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Evangelille Hiawat)a

MacDonald Gemgc The Prillcess and Curdie Th Prillcm lId th Goblill

Marrya t Fredrick Mastermall Ready Mr Midshipmall Easy

Maseneld John jim Davis

Pyle H oward OUo of tl Silvtr Han d Rabin Hood (illus by Pyle [Dover])

Sewall Anna Black Beauty

Shakespeare William Comcdy of Errors

Spyti Johanna Chell Heidi

Stevenson Robert Louis (preferably illustrated by Wyeth)

Across the Plaim From Clyde 10 Sandy Hook Kidllapped The Silvado Sqllallers Tsa lsllIIi

Stowe Harriet Beecher licit Toms Cabill

Stratton-Porter Gene At the Foot ofthe Rainbow A Dought ofthe Land Freeltlts A Girl ofthe Limblost The HarveJter Her Father Daughur The Magie Garden Michael 0Hillloran

Tarkington Booth PUlYod and others in the series

Til Ellienspiegel (translated by Macken~ic)

Twain Mark Huckleberry Filln Tire Prillce and the Pauper To m Sy - bur not Connecticut Ya nkee and later novels

Verne Jules 2 0 000 Leaglles Un der the Sea 800 Leagllei on the Amazon Around tle World in 80 Days Ca~5ar Casca bel From the Earth to the MOM Hect or Strvadac journ ey ill to the Interior oftlz e Earth The Lightlrouse at the End ofthe Mid Mysurious l slalld On the Track Voyages and Adventures of Captaill Hatteras

W ilder Laura Ingalls Little Haa ill the Big Woods Little House all the Prairie Fanner Boy On the Ballks ofPlum Creek By the Shores of Slivtr Lake The Long Winter Little T wn all the Prairipound These Happy Goldell Years

W ister O wen Indispellsable Illforlll atioll for [ifallts

Wyss Johann Swiss Family Rohillsoll Willis the Pilot

Adolescence (ages I2 - I6)

Andersen Hans Christian Picwres Iravd ill Sweden Amollg [he Hartz Mountaills and in SwitzerlAnd

Bronte Charlotte jalll Eyre Wutiterillg Htighu

Collins Wilkie After Dark Alltonia

Armadale Basil The Black Robe Blilld Love Blow Up With The llrilt Th e Dead A live The Dead Secret Tle Evil Gellius Tire Paltil Lea ves The Fatal Cradle Fatal Fortune Th Frozell Deep The Hautlled Hotel Heart and Science Hide and Seek

Isa y fO

j ezebels Dallghter Th e Law and tlte Lady The Legacy ofCain Man and Wife Mi1S or Mrs Aiiss Bertha alld the Yankee Miss Dlilane and My Lord Miss j eromette and the Clergyman M islt Milia and tlte Groolll Miss oforrisand the Strallger The Moo nstone Mr Captaill arid the Nymph Mr Cosway and the LanJIady Mr Ltpel and the Homkeeper Mr Lisimore and tilt Wido w Mr Mormadllke alld the Mill ister Mr Medharsl and the Prillces M r Percy and the Prphet Mrs Zam alld the Ghost My Ladys Man e) My Misullanies

Tie Ntw Magdalell No Name Poor Miss Fillch Tlo Qultw 4Holru A Rogu s Lifef rom his Birth 10 hi Marriage The Two Destlllies The Woman in White

Dampier William A Voyage RoulIJ the Wo rld

Daudet Alphonse Fromollt jeune Ta larill

D ickens Charles Ba rnaby Rudge Nicholas Nickleby The Old Curiosity Sitop

Doyle Sir Arthur Conan The Losr World Sherlock Holmes (series) White Company

Dumas Alexandre The Black Tulip Three Musketters Twtllty Years After The WIires alld The Blues

Du Maurier George Gear Trilby

Eliot George Adam Bede lvlirllnrch Mill all the Floss ROlllola Silas -[aYller

Eggleston Edward Brall t alld Red jacket The Circu it Rider Duffles Th e GraysonJ The HOJsier School-Bo) The Hossier Sdwolmaster

Fabre Henri selections from Souvellirs El1Iymologiques

I88 The Death ofChristiatJ Culture The Thol4sand Good Books 189

Gray Zane Tire Call oflhr CUIlYOII IksmCold J h Deserl oj WIul Fighlillg CaravallS Tlte Lasl of lloe PlailSllleli

he Lasl rail Nevada Ridm ofle Purple Sage

Haggard H R ider (Henry R id er) A llall alld I Holy Flower Alia alld Ih Iu - Cods Allall sWife alld Olloer Ta les Allan Quaterma iH Ayesloa Cloild oftloe Slorm CololLei Quarticlt Vc Dr Tlreme Joall Hasle Killg SOIOlllOIlS 11ill(5

MO lllezuma sDaughler The People oflloe Mist She Treasure of the Lak

Hughes T homas Tom BrowlIs School Days Tom BrowlI at OxJord

Hugo Victor res Miserables Hurch[ack ofNotre Dam Qualre- villgt-lreize

Ibanez Blasco Blood alld SO lid FOllr Ho rstmall ofthe Apocalypse

IrVing Washington The Alhalllbra Talts

Kingsley Charles ifreward Illlt Wa ke

Le Sage Alain Gil Bias

MacDonald George Lilith

Park Mungo Travels in Aj ric1

Parkman Francis Oregoll Trail

Pc Edgar Allen Tales and Doems

Polo Marco Trals

R eade Charles The Cloisler and Ihe Hearlh

R hodes Eugene Best N(JVes alld Slorirs (edited by Dobie)

Scan Sir Walter Ivanhoe K rlilworlh Rob Roy The Talisman

Shakespeare William Aurchalll of Velli Midsummer Nights Drealll ROlli ari d J llliet

Shelley Mary Frallkenslein

Sienkiewicz Hcnryk wilh Firelid Suord Quo Vadis

Stevenson R obert Louis The Master ojBallantrM Pince Olto The Strallge Cast of Dr JekYll and Mr Hyde

Swift jonathan Cullivers Travels

Wallace Edgar Sanders oJI River Again SOllds Balles (Fllrlher Adventures in M Commisshysioll Sanders Comtry) Bosombo oflhe RitJCT Diana ofKara-Kara The Double FourJust Mell The GirlJrom Scotland Yard Tht [all Who Kllew

Tilt People ~rllre River The SiniSI Mall

welh H G he First Mefl in II Moon

Tht Food ofIhe Cads In lIlt Days of the Camel The In visible MtJII The Island of Dr Moreau The Timr Machine rhe Wa oflhe Worlds

Wister Owen The Dragoll of Wanrley Thr jitnmyjohn Boss and Olher SIOes Lady Bailimore Lin McLean Members ofllle Family The Virginiatl

Youth (ages 16 - 20)

Andersen Hans Christian The Faiy Tale ofMy Life A A utobiogshyraphy

Austen j ane Emma Lady Susa1 Mansfield Park Northang A bbey Pt5uasion Pide a1d Prejudice Senseand Sensibility The WalSOIlS

Balzac Honore de TI Cabinet oj A ntiquilies N Goriot Ursule Mirollel and Other Stories

Bellamy Edward The Blilldmaraquo 5 World and Other Slaries The Duke of Stockbridge LookilLg Backward Equalily (A Sequel to Looking BackwarJ)

Belloc H ilaj re The Cruise of the NoIIa-aod many others

Bernanos Georges Diary oja COltIIy Prim A Diary ofmy Timts nbullbull Frffl Hearl

Joy Last Essays

Blackmore Richard Dodr idge Cripplt The Carrier Lorna Dtwne A Tale ofthe South Downs

Borrows George Th Bible III Spain Lavengro Romany Ryr (A sequel 10 Laven~ro)

Bronre Charlotte Jan Eyre

Buchanan j ohn A Book ofEscapes and HurriedJourneys (A Collection of Storics) Castle Cay The CoIS ofthe Momillg Thr Pre Fisherlt Th Gap in tht Curtaill

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The Houseoflhe For Winds HUlllinglower Jail MacNa lJ A Lodge in lht Wi dertJe1S Midwinter Mr SltllldJast The Thrlaquo Hostages The Th irty-Nine Steps

Butler Samuel Erewhon Thc Way ofA ll Flesh

Cabell James Branch Chivalry bull Ga llalliry

Jge The Sil Slallion

Cable George Washington The Cavalit r Old Creole Days Kin caids Balery

I88 The Death ofChristiatJ Culture The Thol4sand Good Books 189

Gray Zane Tire Call oflhr CUIlYOII IksmCold J h Deserl oj WIul Fighlillg CaravallS Tlte Lasl of lloe PlailSllleli

he Lasl rail Nevada Ridm ofle Purple Sage

Haggard H R ider (Henry R id er) A llall alld I Holy Flower Alia alld Ih Iu - Cods Allall sWife alld Olloer Ta les Allan Quaterma iH Ayesloa Cloild oftloe Slorm CololLei Quarticlt Vc Dr Tlreme Joall Hasle Killg SOIOlllOIlS 11ill(5

MO lllezuma sDaughler The People oflloe Mist She Treasure of the Lak

Hughes T homas Tom BrowlIs School Days Tom BrowlI at OxJord

Hugo Victor res Miserables Hurch[ack ofNotre Dam Qualre- villgt-lreize

Ibanez Blasco Blood alld SO lid FOllr Ho rstmall ofthe Apocalypse

IrVing Washington The Alhalllbra Talts

Kingsley Charles ifreward Illlt Wa ke

Le Sage Alain Gil Bias

MacDonald George Lilith

Park Mungo Travels in Aj ric1

Parkman Francis Oregoll Trail

Pc Edgar Allen Tales and Doems

Polo Marco Trals

R eade Charles The Cloisler and Ihe Hearlh

R hodes Eugene Best N(JVes alld Slorirs (edited by Dobie)

Scan Sir Walter Ivanhoe K rlilworlh Rob Roy The Talisman

Shakespeare William Aurchalll of Velli Midsummer Nights Drealll ROlli ari d J llliet

Shelley Mary Frallkenslein

Sienkiewicz Hcnryk wilh Firelid Suord Quo Vadis

Stevenson R obert Louis The Master ojBallantrM Pince Olto The Strallge Cast of Dr JekYll and Mr Hyde

Swift jonathan Cullivers Travels

Wallace Edgar Sanders oJI River Again SOllds Balles (Fllrlher Adventures in M Commisshysioll Sanders Comtry) Bosombo oflhe RitJCT Diana ofKara-Kara The Double FourJust Mell The GirlJrom Scotland Yard Tht [all Who Kllew

Tilt People ~rllre River The SiniSI Mall

welh H G he First Mefl in II Moon

Tht Food ofIhe Cads In lIlt Days of the Camel The In visible MtJII The Island of Dr Moreau The Timr Machine rhe Wa oflhe Worlds

Wister Owen The Dragoll of Wanrley Thr jitnmyjohn Boss and Olher SIOes Lady Bailimore Lin McLean Members ofllle Family The Virginiatl

Youth (ages 16 - 20)

Andersen Hans Christian The Faiy Tale ofMy Life A A utobiogshyraphy

Austen j ane Emma Lady Susa1 Mansfield Park Northang A bbey Pt5uasion Pide a1d Prejudice Senseand Sensibility The WalSOIlS

Balzac Honore de TI Cabinet oj A ntiquilies N Goriot Ursule Mirollel and Other Stories

Bellamy Edward The Blilldmaraquo 5 World and Other Slaries The Duke of Stockbridge LookilLg Backward Equalily (A Sequel to Looking BackwarJ)

Belloc H ilaj re The Cruise of the NoIIa-aod many others

Bernanos Georges Diary oja COltIIy Prim A Diary ofmy Timts nbullbull Frffl Hearl

Joy Last Essays

Blackmore Richard Dodr idge Cripplt The Carrier Lorna Dtwne A Tale ofthe South Downs

Borrows George Th Bible III Spain Lavengro Romany Ryr (A sequel 10 Laven~ro)

Bronre Charlotte Jan Eyre

Buchanan j ohn A Book ofEscapes and HurriedJourneys (A Collection of Storics) Castle Cay The CoIS ofthe Momillg Thr Pre Fisherlt Th Gap in tht Curtaill

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The Houseoflhe For Winds HUlllinglower Jail MacNa lJ A Lodge in lht Wi dertJe1S Midwinter Mr SltllldJast The Thrlaquo Hostages The Th irty-Nine Steps

Butler Samuel Erewhon Thc Way ofA ll Flesh

Cabell James Branch Chivalry bull Ga llalliry

Jge The Sil Slallion

Cable George Washington The Cavalit r Old Creole Days Kin caids Balery

190 4 The Death ofChristian Culture The ThoHsand Good Books ~ 191

Cather Willa Dearh ComaJor the Arlhbisop My Anronia SlaJowi 011 tlk Rxk

Chekhov Anton Srories and Plays

Chesterton G KshyEverlasting lIfan Falh BrowlI series A ltum Called Thursday

Columbus Christopher Four Voyages to the N~w World

Conrad Joseph Allllayers Folly All Outcast ofth Islads The Arrow ofGold Lordjim The Nigger ofthe Narcissus Noslromo The Rescue A Set ofSix Twixt Land and Sea Typhoon Victory

CookJames Captain Cook s ExploratiotlS

DeMaupassam Guy Stors

Dickens Charles Bleak Hous Martill Chuzzlewit Or Ml ual Frietld

Dostoyevsky Feodor Brothers Karatmlzov Crime alld Punishment

Doughty Charles TraveLs in A rabian Deserts

fIelding Henry j OlOtian Wilde Tom Jones

H akluyt Richard Voyages to the Nw World

Hawkins Anthony Hope Caplain Diepp~

A Chanx ofAir

Double Harness

Haifa Hero

T lu Kings Mirror

A Man ofMark

The Prisoner ofZenda

Rupert ofHentzau

Simon Dale

The Secret ofthe Tower

Tristram ofBlent

Hawthorne Nathaniel Th House ofSeven Gables The Scarlet Letter -and others

Hudson W H Green NImH ions

The Purple Land

IrVing Washington Con1est of Granada Life ofColumbus Life ofGeorge Washillgton

Jackson Helen Hum Ramona

Lagelof Selma Gosta Berling

JellHolem

Loti Pierre (Louis Marie Julien Viaud) An Iceland Fisherman India (Without the English) 011 Lifes By-Ways

Manzoni Alessandro The Betrothed

Melville Herman Billy Budd Moby Dick

Moore Tom Lalla Rookh

Morris William News from Nowhere Tlte Roots ofth Mountaills

Sigurd til Volsulfg alld Iii Fall ofIlr Niblugs

Scott Rohen Scotts Lasl Expedition

Shakespeare William As You Lilt It Hamlet Htlfry IV Henry V Agtfaweth Tire SonmlS The Taming ofIhe Shrew Twelfth Nighl

Stanley Sir Henry Morton How I Found LlvillgslOIl

Stendahl The Abbess ofCastro and Orl Tales Amanu Tht ehartthowe ofParma Lamiel Lutierr Lelllvttl

]Ialiall Chronides Memories of a Tourist TIr Red alld Ih Black

Thackeray William Makepeace Advrs ofPhilip

Catherine Dellis Duval Eastn Sltettla Henr Esmond T ir FOll r Geo~~es

Tire History of Pmdnnis Tire Irish Sketclr book Loveltlre W idow Memories ofBarry LYlldon TheN~cotlltj

Tilt Paris Sketchbook Roundabout Papers Tire Second Flllleral ofNapolcoll Sketches and Travels in London Van ity Fair The Virginimrs

Tolstoy Leo Amla Krttlina Childood Boyhood Youth

T ConacJrs

Tire Detl 411 Ilyluh and Olhmiddot St Fablesfor ChilJren Tit Kruct~a S(ltliJt~ MlttlleanJ Afarr My Cajtssian My Religion Raurrection Tales ofStvlttltopol Waralld Ptau WIot r to Bt Dont

Trollope Anthony Barchtsttr (series

Turgenev Ivan TIbullbull Brigadier and Othe Stories Dm Tala arrd Prase PotmS Faths and Sons A Hlmters Sltetchs Knock Knock Knoclt and Oth Storio

A Month in the Cautry A Nest ofGtrrtlifolk Rudlll Smoke Sprirrg 10rrents

Undset Sigrid Tht Burnirrg BliSh Calherine ofSima The Faithful Wife Gunnars Daughur Ida Elisabtth Jey Kisti Lavransdalter The MOSIer ofHestvikm Saga ofSa ints Tire WId Orchid

Verga GioV1lnni Cavalleria Rusticarra alld Other Stories The House by the Mdlar Tree (IransIatd by D H Law) Little Novels ofSicily

Washin gton Booker T Up From Siallery