Preface This catalogue of 2,500 books has been compiled primarily to help the children who use the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. It is hoped, however, that it will serve also as a select bibliography of children's reading for the use of mothers, teachers and librarians. The catalogue is the joint work of the Catalogue department and the Children's department of the Library, the selection having been made by the latter, while all the bibliographical work was done under the direction of the Chief of the Catalogue department and the proof revised by the Editor of Publications. The selection is based on ten years' conscientious study of literature for children and observation of the use of books by the children who frequent the various agencies of this Library-children's rooms, home libraries, school-room collections and deposit stations. To make the catalogue more valuable, a tentative list of the fiction selected was submitted to a number of experts in library work, whom we wish to thank for many valuable suggestions. The lists of books on scientific and technical subjects were revised by specialists in these lines. The annotations are for the use of children. Best reading is indicated by an asterisk, exception being made in the case of miscellaneous collections of poetry. No attempt has been made to include books published in 1908 and many valuable books which would have been included are unfortunately out of print. Reference books, magazines, unbound picture-books and books in foreign languages have been omitted. English prices have been given in cases where they are lower than the American, but American editions may be obtained. In some cases, where prices were not given in the publishers' lists, they have been omitted. An effort has been made to make the subject index as com 5 plete as possible. It will be noticed, however, that many subjects are omitted and that some others are not adequately represented. This is due to the fact that the Library has been unable so far to procure books which are considered suitable for children on these subjects. The headings selected are those which will be used in the dictionary card catalogues in our children's rooms. Single poems and fairy tales have not been indexed by subjects. October 27, 1908. HARRISON W. CRAVER, Librarian. Aaron, Eugene Murray-. Author List Butterfly hunters in the Caribbees. Scribner, $.75. jA113b Exploring expedition of a naturalist and two boys in the Bahamas and West Indies. Describes rare varieties of butterflies and other insects and methods of capture. Abbot, Alice Balch. Frigate's namesake. Century, $1.00. Abbot, Willis John. Battle fields and camp fires. 1890. Dodd, $2.00. jA126f j973-7 A12b Covers the second period of the military history of the Civil war, opening with the retreat from the Peninsula and closing with the accession of Gen. Grant to the chief command. The battles described are second Bull Run, Antietam, Corinth, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Abbot, Willis John. Battle-fields and victory. 1891. Dodd, $2.00. j973.7 A12ba Third period of the military history of the Civil war, from the accession of Gen. Grant to the command of the Union armies to the close of the war. Abbot, Willis John. Battle-fields of '61. 1889. Dodd, $2.00. j973.7 A12 Describes the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the fatal field of Bull Run, the Peninsular campaign and other battles fought on Southern soil during the first part of the Rebellion. Abbot, Willis John. j973 A12n Naval history of the United States. 1896. Dodd, $3.75. Begins with a chapter on the buccaneers and pirates, such as Morgan, Blackbeard and Capt. Kidd. Then follow the expedition of Sir William Phips and the wars of 1776, 1812, 1861 and 1898. Many anecdotes. Abbott, Charles Conrad. j596 A13 Young folks' cyclopedia of natural history. 1895. Burt, $1.00. Descriptions of animal life, mammals, birds, reptiles, batrachians and fishes; their structure, habits and distribution. Many illustrations. Abbott, Jacob. jA132c Agnes. (Franconia stories.) Bound with "Caroline." Agnes is a little blind girl who lives in the Franconia mountains. Abbott, Jacob. jA132b Beechnut. Harper, $1.00. (Franconia stories.) Tells of a hunt for a black bear; also of Beechnut's adventure in the garden of the Tuileries and his voyage across the Atlantic ocean. Abbott, Jacob. Caroline. Harper, $1.00. (Franconia stories.) jA132c Partial contents: The presents.-Phonny's letter.-A voyage.-Beechnut's return.The blueberry party. Abbott, Jacob. jA132e Ellen Linn. Harper, $1.00. (Franconia stories.) Tells about the disaster in the snow, the diving pier and the hay camp. *Indicates the best reading. 7 Abbott, Jacob. Franconia stories. Malleville. Wallace. Mary Erskine. Mary Bell.. Beechnut. Rodolphus. Ellen Linn.. Stuyvesant. Caroline. Agnes. Abbott, Jacob. History of Alexander the Great. 1876. Harper, $.50. jA132m .jA132m jA132ma .jA132ma ..jA132b jA132b ..jA132e .jA132e ..jA132c ..jA132c j92 A374a Boyhood of Alexander of Macedon and his eastern expedition, including the con quest of Persia and the invasion of India. Abbott, Jacob. j92 C3752a History of Charles the First of England. 1899. Harper, $.50. His early life, accession to the throne, the long contest between the king and the people and the civil war to which it led. Abbott, Jacob. j92 C3751a History of Charles the Second of England. 1900. Harper, $.50. Eight of the 12 chapters deal with the dangers, privations and exile of his early life. Abbott, Jacob. j92 C992a History of Cyrus the Great. 1900. Harper, $.50. "Cyrus was the founder of the ancient Persian empire-a monarchy, perhaps, the most wealthy and magnificent which the world has ever seen.' This book relates the strange story of his life as it was told of old by Herodotus and Xenophon. Abbott, Jacob. j92 J255a History of Genghis Khan. 1888. Harper, $.50. Romantic history of Genghis Khan (or Jenghiz Khan), the great Mongol conqueror. Abbott, Jacob. j92 H237a History of Hannibal the Carthaginian. 1901. Harper, $.50. j92 C119a Abbott, Jacob. History of Julius Cæsar. 1902. Harper, $.50. Partial contents: Cæsar's early years.-The conquest of Gaul.-Crossing the Rubicon. Cæsar in Egypt.-Cæsar imperator.-The conspiracy.-The assassination. Abbott, Jacob. j92 M382a History of Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England. 1861. Harper, $.50. "Margaret of Anjou was a heroine; not a heroine of romance and fiction, but of stern and terrible reality. Her life was a series of military exploits, attended with dangers, privations, sufferings, and wonderful vicissitudes of fortune, scarcely to be paralleled in the whole history of mankind." Author. Abbott, Jacob. History of Mary, queen of Scots. 1904. Harper, $.50. j92 M439a Those who read this history and become interested in the beautiful and unfortunate queen Mary, will enjoy reading Scott's "Abbot" and Miss Yonge's "Unknown to history." |