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Title: Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)
Author: Various
Editor: W. J. Baltzell
William Byron Forbush
Rossiter Johnson
Herbert T. Wade
Daniel Edwin Wheeler
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BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF
_A Practical Plan of Character Building_
COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES
I Fun and Thought for Little Folk
II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales
III Famous Tales and Nature Stories
IV Things to Make and Things to Do
V True Stories from Every Land
VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories
VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I
VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II
IX Earth, Sea, and Sky
X Games and Handicraft
XI Wonders of Invention
XII Marvels of Industry
XIII Every Land and its Story
XIV Famous Men and Women
XV Bookland--Story and Verse, Part I
XVI Bookland--Story and Verse, Part II
XVII Graded and Classified Index
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
INCORPORATED
_New York_
[Illustration: MAROONED
FROM A DRAWING BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL]
BOYS AND GIRLS
BOOKSHELF
_A Practical Plan of Character Building_
Little Folks' Section
Prepared Under the Supervision of
THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
Volume I
FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY
INCORPORATED
_New York_
Copyright, 1920, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
Copyright, 1912, 1915, By
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
_Manufactured in the U. S. A._
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
OF
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.
_General Editor_: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D.
Author of "The Boy Problem"
_Technical Editor:_
HERBERT TREADWELL WADE
Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia
_Literature Editor:_
ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D.
Editor of "Little Classics"
_Music Editor:_
WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC.
Secretary of The National Academy of Music
_Associate Editor:_
DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER
Editorial Director of the Edison Industries
_Office Editor:_ JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK
Editor of "The Children's Own Library"
_PARTIAL LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS_
JOSEPH H. ADAMS,
Editor of "Harper's Practical Books for Boys"
T. GEORGE ALLEN,
Curator of the Oriental Museum, University of Chicago
MARY W. ARTOIS,
Traveler and Writer
ROGER W. BABSON,
Author of "Central America"
GRACE GERTRUDE BARDEN,
Teacher of Domestic Science
HARRY K. BEASLEY,
Electrical Engineer and Author
C. S. BRAININ, Ph.D.,
Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University
M. ALSTON BUCKLEY,
Retold Tales and Fact Articles
FRANK H. CHELEY,
Editor of the "Father and Son Library"
LAURA CLARKE,
Author of Fact Articles
CARL HARRY CLAUDY,
Author of "First Book of Photography"
JOHN H. CLIFFORD,
Associate-Editor of "The Young Folks'
Treasury," "The Mother's Book," etc.
CLAYTON S. COOPER
Author of "Understanding South America"
LEE S. CRANDALL,
Curator, New York Zoological Park
WALTER ALDEN DYER,
Author and former Managing Editor of _Country Life in America_
WILLIAM H. EASTON, Ph.D.,
Publicity Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.
ARTHUR ELSON,
Musical Critic and Author of "The Book of Musical Knowledge"
PHILIP D. FAGANS,
Executive Secretary of the Woodcraft League
JOHN CLARKE FARBER, A.M.,
Lieutenant, United States National Army
LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD,
Fiction Reviewer of _The New York Times_
EHRMA G. FILER,
Fact Articles
HUGO FROELICH AND
BONNIE E. SNOW,
Authors of "Industrial Art" textbooks
JULIA A. GLEASON,
Teacher of Sewing, Cornell University
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., L.H.D.,
Lecturer and Author
ISABEL F. HAPGOOD,
Author of "Russian Rambles"
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE,
Author and Critic
ROSE HENDERSON,
Biographer and Travel Writer
HENRY WALTON JONES,
Fact Articles
GRACE LEE KNELL,
Teacher of Manual Training, Ridgewood, N.J., Schools
O. IVAN LEE,
Analytical Chemist
CHARLES HENRY LERRIGO, M.D.,
Former President of the Kansas State Board of Health
HARRIS W. MOORE,
Author of "Manual Training Toys"
JOHN T. NICHOLS,
Curator of Fish at the American Museum of Natural History
T. GILBERT PEARSON,
Executive Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies
E. L. D. SEYMOUR,
Farm Editor of _Country Life_
MORGAN SHEPARD (JOHN MARTIN),
Writer of Illustrated Letters to Children
ROBERT W. SHUFELDT, M.D., U.S.M.C.,
Head of the Science Bureau, Washington, D. C.
ELVA S. SMITH,
Children's Librarian of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh
MABELL SHIPPIE CLARKE SMITH,
Author and Lecturer
MARY V. WORSTELL,
Author, Editor, and Lecturer
KATHARINE S. WORTHINGTON,
Teacher of English in the Finch School
_PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORS REPRESENTED_
IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF BY SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WRITINGS
FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS,
Mechanical Engineer and Author
ROALD AMUNDSEN,
Leader of the Norwegian Polar Expedition which reached the South Pole
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN,
Danish Poet and Fabulist
CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY,
Writer of Stories and Books for Children and Young Folks
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR,
Author of "The Crimson Sweater" and other books for boys
L. FRANK BAUM,
Author of "The Wizard of Oz," "Queen Zixie of Ix"
and other children's books
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D.,
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