A UNIQUE BOOK. 



"For children, parents, teachers, and all who are interested 

 in the psychology of childhood.'" 



The Book of Knight and Barbara. 



By DAVID STARR JORDAN. Illustrated. i2mo. 

 Cloth, $1.50. 



The curious and fascinating tales and pictures of this unique 

 book are introduced by Dr. Jordan with the following preface : 

 "The only apology the author can make in this case is that he 

 never meant to do it. He had told his own children many 

 stories of many kinds, some original, some imitative, some traves- 

 ties of the work of real story-tellers. Two students of the de- 

 partment of education in the Stanford University Mrs. Louise 

 Maitland, of San Jose, and Miss Harriet Hawley, of Boston 

 asked him to repeat these stories before other children. Miss 

 Hawley, as a stenographer, took them down for future reference, 

 and while the author was absent on the Bering Sea Commission 

 of 1896 she wrote them out in full, thus forming the material 

 of this book. Copies of the stories were placed by Mrs. Mait- 

 land in the hands of hundreds of children. These drew illus- 

 trative pictures, after their fashion ; and from the multitude 

 offered, Mrs. Maitland chose those which are here reproduced. 

 The scenes in the stories were also subjected to the criticisms 

 of the children, and in many cases amended to meet their sug- 

 gestions. These pictures made by the children have been found 

 to interest deeply other children, a fact which gives them a 

 definite value as original documents in the study of the workings 

 of the child-mind. At the end of the volume are added a few 

 true stories of birds and of beasts, told to a different audience. 

 With these are a few drawings by university students, which are 

 intended.to assist the imagination of child-readers." 



D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. 



