JACOBS, JOSEPH (editor). The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox (N. Y.,

1895, Macmillan, $1.50).

KINGSLEY, CHARLES. Hypatia (N. Y., 1853, Macmillan, $1.25). Alexandria, 391 A.D.

Westward Ho! (N. Y., 1855, Dutton, 35 cents). Voyages of Elizabethan seamen and the struggle with Spain.

KIPLING, RUDYARD. Puck of Pook's Hill (N. Y., 1906, Doubleday, Page, and Co., $1.50). Roman occupation of Britain.

LANG, ANDREW. The Monk of Fife (N. Y., 1895, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.25). The Maid of Orléans and the Hundred Years' War.

LANE, E. W. (translator). The Arabian Nights' Entertainments (2d ed., N. Y., 1859, Macmillan, 35 cents).

LONDON, JACK. Before Adam (N. Y., 1907, Macmillan, $1.50). Prehistoric life. MANZONI, ALESSANDRO. The Betrothed (N. Y., 1825, Macmillan, 2 vols., 70 cents). Milan under Spanish rule, 1628-1630 A.D.

MASON, EUGENE (translator). Aucassin and Nicolette and other Medieval Romances, and Legends (N. Y., 1910, Dutton, 35 cents).

NEWMAN, J. H. Callista (N. Y., 1856, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.25). Persecution of Christians in North Africa, 250 A.D.

READE, CHARLES. The Cloister and the Hearth (N. Y., 1861, Dutton, 35 cents). Eve of the Reformation.

SCHEFFEL, J. VON. Ekkehard, translated by Helena Easson (N. Y., 1857, Dutton, 35 cents). Germany in the tenth century.

SCOTT, (Sir) WALTER. The Talisman (N. Y., 1825, Dutton, 35 cents). Reign of Richard I, 1193 A.D.

Ivanhoe (N. Y., Heath, 50 cents). Richard I, 1194 A.D.

SIENKIEWICZ, HENRYK. Quo Vadis? (Boston, 1896, Little, Brown, and Co., $2.00). Reign of Nero.

STEVENSON, R. L. The Black Arrow (N. Y., 1888, Scribner, $1.00). War of the Roses.

"TWAIN, MARK." A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur (N. Y., 1889, Harper, $1.75).

WALLACE, LEW. Ben-Hur; a Tale of the Christ (N. Y., 1880, Harper, $1.50). WATERLOO, STANLEY. The Story of Ab (2d ed., N. Y., 1905, Doubleday, Page, and Co., $1.50). Prehistoric life.

It is unnecessary to emphasize the value, as collateral reading, of historical poems and plays. To the brief list which follows should be added the material in Katharine Lee Bates and Katharine Coman, English History told by English Poets (N. Y., 1902, Macmillan, 60 cents).

Historical

Poetry

BROWNING, ROBERT. Echetlos and Pheidippides.

BURNS, ROBERT. The Battle of Bannockburn.

BYRON (LORD). Song of Saul before His Last Battle, The Destruction of Sennacherib, Belshazzar's Feast, Prometheus, "Greece" (The Corsair, canto iii, lines 1-54), "Modern Greece" (Childe Harold, canto ii, stanzas 85-91), “The Death of Greece" (The Giaour, lines 68-141), "The Isles of Greece" (Don Juan, canto iii), and "The Colosseum" (Childe Harold, canto iv, stanzas 140-145). CLOUGH, A. H. Columbus.

COLERIDGE, S. T. Kubla Khan.

LONGFELLOW, H. W. "The Saga of King Olaf" (Tales of a Wayside Inn) and The Skeleton in Armor.

LOWELL, J. R. Rhacus and The Shepherd of King Admetus.

MACAULAY, T. B. Lays of Ancient Rome ("Horatius," "Virginia," "The Battle of Lake Regillus," and "The Prophecy of Capys"), The Armada, and The Battle of Ivry.

MILLER, JOAQUIN. Columbus.

MILTON, JOHN. Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity.

PRAED, W. M. Arminius.

ROSSETTI, D. G. The White Ship.

SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH. The Maid of Orléans, William Tell, Maria Stuart, and

Wallenstein.

SCOTT, (Sir) WALTER. "Flodden Field” (Marmion, canto vi, stanzas 19-27, 33-35). SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Coriolanus, Julius Cæsar, Antony and Cleopatra, King

John, Richard the Second, Henry the Fourth, parts i and ii, Henry the Fifth, Henry the Sixth, parts i, ii, and iii, Richard the Third, Henry the Eighth, and The Merchant of Venice.

SHELLEY, P. B. To the Nile, Ozymandias, Hymn of Apollo, Arethusa, and Song of Proserpine.

TENNYSON, ALFRED. Ulysses, Enone, The Death of Enone, Demeter and Persephone, The Lotus-Eaters, Boadicea, St. Telemachus, St. Simeon Stylites, Sir Galahad, and The Revenge: a Ballad of the Fleet.

THACKERAY, W. M. King Canule.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Laodamia.

Full information regarding the best translations of the sources of ancient, medieval, and modern history is to be found in one of the Reports previously cited Historical Sources in Schools, parts ii-iv. The use Sources of the following collections of extracts from the sources

will go far toward remedying the lack of library facilities.

BOTSFORD, G. W., and BOTSFORD, LILLIE S. Source Book of Ancient History (N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.30).

DAVIS, W. S. Readings in Ancient History (Boston, 1912, Allyn and Bacon, 2 vols., $2.00).

DUNCALF, FREDERIC, and KREY, A. C. Parallel Source Problems in Medieval

History (N. Y., 1912, Harper, $1.10).

FLING, F. M. A Source Book of Greek History (N. Y., 1907, Heath, $1.12).
MUNRO, D. C. A Source Book of Roman History (N. Y., 1904, Heath, $1.12).
OGG, F. A. A Source Book of Medieval History (N. Y., 1907, American Book Co.,

$1.50).

ROBINSON, J. H Readings in European History (Abridged ed., Boston, 1906, Ginn,

$1.50).

THALLON, IDA C. Readings in Greek History (Boston, 1914, Ginn, $2.00).

THATCHER, O. J., and MCNEAL, E. H. A Source Book for Medieval History (N. Y., 1905, Scribner, $1.85). WEBSTER, HUTTON. Readings in Ancient History (N. Y., 1913, Heath, $1.12). Readings in Medieval and Modern History (N. Y., 1917, Heath, $1.12). Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History (N. Y., 1894-1899, Longmans, Green, and Co., 6 vols., each $1.50).

Most of the books in the following list are inexpensive, easily procured, and well adapted in style and choice of topics to the needs of immature Modern pupils. A few more elaborate and costly volumes, especially Works valuable for their illustrations, are indicated by an asterisk (*). For detailed bibliographies, often accompanied by critical estimates, see C. K. Adams, A Manual of Historical Literature (3d ed., N. Y., 1889, Harper, $2.50), and the Bibliography of History for Schools and Libraries, parts iii-v.

GENERAL WORKS

CARLYLE, THOMAS. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (N. Y., 1840, Dutton, 35 cents).

CREASY, E. S. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo (N. Y., 1854, Dutton, 35 cents).

GIBBINS, H. DE B. The History of Commerce in Europe (2d ed., N. Y., 1897, Macmillan, 90 cents).

HERBERTSON, A. J., and HERBERTSON, F. D. Man and His Work (3d ed, N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, 60 cents). An introduction to the study of human geography. JACOBS, JOSEPH. The Story of Geographical Discovery (N. Y., 1898, Appleton, 35 cents).

JENKS, EDWARD. A History of Politics (N. Y., 1900, Dutton, 35 cents). A very illuminating essay.

KEANE, JOHN. The Evolution of Geography (London, 1899, Stanford, 6s.). Helpfully illustrated.

MYRES, J. L. The Dawn of History (N. Y., 1912, Holt, 50 cents).

PATTISON, R. P. D. Leading Figures in European History (N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.60). Biographical sketches of European statesmen from Charlemagne to Bismarck.

REINACH, SALOMON. Apollo; an Illustrated Manual of the History of Art throughout the Ages, translated by Florence Simmonds (last ed., N. Y., 1914, Scribner, $1.50). The best brief work on the subject.

SEIGNOBOS, CHARLES. History of Ancient Civilization, edited by J. A. James (N. Y., 1906, Scribner, $1.25).

History of Medieval and of Modern Civilization, edited by J. A. James (N. Y., 1907, Scribner, $1.25).

PREHISTORIC TIMES

CLODD, EDWARD. The Story of Primitive Man (N Y., 1895, Appleton, 35 cents). Generally accurate and always interesting.

The Childhood of the World (2d ed., N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, $1.25). ELLIOTT, G. F. S. Prehistoric Man and His Story (Philadelphia, 1915, Lippincott, $2.00).

HOLBROOK, FLORENCE. Cave, Mound, and Lake Dwellers (N. Y., 1911, Heath, 44 cents).

MASON, O. T. Woman's Share in Primitive Culture (N. Y., 1894, Appleton, $1.75).

The only work on the subject; by a competent anthropologist.

* OSBORN, H. F. Men of the Old Stone Age (N. Y., 1915, Scribner, $5.00). An authoritative, interesting, and amply illustrated work.

* SPEARING, H. G. The Childhood of Art (N. Y., 1913, Putnam, $6.00). Deals with primitive and Greek art; richly illustrated.

STARR, FREDERICK. Some First Steps in Human Progress (Chautauqua, N. Y., 1895, Chautauqua Press, $1.00). A popular introduction to anthropology.

TYLOR, (Sir) E. B. Anthropology (N. Y., 1881, Appleton, $2.00). Incorporates the results of the author's extensive studies and still remains the best introduction to the entire field.

ORIENTAL HISTORY

BAIKIE, JAMES. The Story of the Pharaohs (N. Y., 1908, Macmillan, $2.00). A popular work; well illustrated.

BALL, C. J. Light from the East (London, 1899, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 15s.). An account of Oriental archæology, with special reference to the Old Testament. BANKS, E. G. The Bible and the Spade (N. Y., 1913, Association Press, $1.00). A popular presentation of Oriental archæology.

* BREASTED, J. H. A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (2d ed., N. Y., 1909, Scribner, $5.00). The standard work on Egyptian history.

CLAY, A. T. Light on the East from Babel (4th ed., Philadelphia, 1915, Sunday School Times Co., $2.00).

ERMAN, ADOLF. Life in Ancient Egypt (N. Y., 1894, Macmillan, $6.00).

* HANDCOCK, P. S. P. Mesopotamian Archæology (N. Y. 1912, Putnam, $3.50).

HOGARTH, D. G. The Ancient East (N. Y., 1915, Holt, 50 cents). "Home University Library."

JASTROW, MORRIS, Jr. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (Philadelphia, 1915, Lippincott, $6.00). A finely illustrated work by a great scholar. MACALISTER, R. A. S. A History of Civilization in Palestine (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, 35 cents). "Cambridge Manuals."

MASPERO, (Sir) GASTON. Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria (N.Y., 1892, Appleton, $1.50). Fascinating and authoritative.

RAGOZIN, ZENAIDE A. Earliest Peoples (N. Y., 1899, Harison, 60 cents). A wellwritten, fully-illustrated account of prehistoric man and the beginnings of history in Babylonia.

Early Egypt (N. Y., 1900, Harison, 60 cents).

GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY

ABBOTT, EVELYN. Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens (N. Y., 1891, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

BAIKIE, JAMES. The Sea-Kings of Crete (2d ed., N. Y., 1912, Macmillan, $1.75). A clear and vivid summary of Cretan archæology.

BLÜMNER, HUGO. The Home Life of the Ancient Greeks, translated by Alice Zimmern (3d ed., N. Y., 1910, Funk and Wagnalls Co., $2.00).

BULLEY, MARGARET H. Ancient and Medieval Art (N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, $1.75). An elementary treatment, particularly designed for schools.

CHURCH, A. J., and GILMAN, ARTHUR. The Story of Carthage (N. Y., 1886, Putnam, $1.50). "Story of the Nations."

DAVIS, W. S. The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome (N. Y., 1910, Macmillan, $2.00). An interesting treatment of an important theme.

A Day in Old Athens (Boston, 1914, Allyn and Bacon, $1.00).

An Outline History of the Roman Empire (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, 65 cents). Covers the period 44 B.C.-378 A.D.

* DENNIE, JOHN. Rome of To-day and Yesterday; the Pagan City (5th ed., N. Y., 1909, Putnam, $3.50).

FOWLER, W. W. Rome (N. Y., 1912, Holt, 50 cents).

*

The City-State of the Greeks and Romans (N. Y., 1893, Macmillan, $1.00). The only constitutional history of the classical peoples intelligible to elementary students.

Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero (N. Y., 1909, Macmillan, 50 cents). In every way admirable.

Julius Cæsar and the Foundation of the Roman Imperial System (2d ed., N. Y., 1897, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

'GARDNER, E. A. Ancient Athens (N. Y., 1902, Macmillan, $3.50).

GAYLEY, C. M. The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2d ed., Boston,

1911, Ginn, $1.60). Of special importance for the illustrations.

GOODYEAR, W. H. Roman and Medieval Art (2d ed., N. Y., 1897, Macmillan, $1.00).

GRANT, A. J. Greece in the Age of Pericles (N. Y., 1893, Scribner, $1.25).

GULICK, C. B. The Life of the Ancient Greeks (N. Y., 1902, Appleton, $1.40). *HALL, H. R. Ægean Archæology (N. Y., 1915, Putnam, $3.75). A well-written and well-illustrated volume.

HAWES, C. H., and HAWES, HARRIET B. Crete, the Forerunner of Greece (N. Y., 1909, Harper, 75 cents).

How, W. W. Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage (London, 1899, Seeley, 25.).

JONES, H. S. The Roman Empire, B.C. 29-A.D. 476 (N. Y., 1908, Putnam, $1.50). "Story of the Nations."

* LANCIANI, RUDOLFO. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome (Boston, 1898, Houghton Mifflin Co., $4.00).

MAHAFFY, J. P. Old Greek Life (N. Y., 1876, American Book Co., 35 cents).

What have the Greeks done for Modern Civilization? (N. Y., 1909, Putnam, $1.50). MAHAFFY, J. P., and GILMAN, ARTHUR. The Story of Alexander's Empire (N. Y., 1887, Putnam, $1.50). The only concise narrative of the Hellenistic period. *MAU, AUGUST. Pompeii: its Life and Art, translated by F. W. Kelsey (N. Y., 1899, Macmillan, $2.50).

MORRIS, W. O'C. Hannibal and the Crisis of the Struggle between Carthage and
Rome (N. Y., 1897, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

OMAN, CHARLES. Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic (N. Y., 1902, Long

mans, Green, and Co., $1.60). A biographical presentation of Roman history. PELLISON, MAURICE. Roman Life in Pliny's Time, translated by Maud Wilkinson (Philadelphia, 1897, Jacobs, $1.00).

PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, A. W. Demosthenes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom (N. Y., 1914, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."

POWERS, H. H. The Message of Greek Art (N. Y., 1913, Macmillan, 50 cents). PRESTON, HARRIET W., and DODGE, LOUISE. The Private Life of the Romans (N. Y., 1893, Sanborn, $1.05).