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the fly leaves their views of the books they read, 

 and thus our lists actually embrace the likings 

 and disllkings of a large number of people, 

 and are not the views of the writer alone, pos- 

 sibly in some cases not his views at all. It 

 seems to me that first of all we should select 

 books that the average girl or boy, woman or 

 man, will read, generally rejecting those books that 

 every one has read, unless we believe them to be 

 worth reading again. On such a basis this would 

 be then our 



I. First Choice of Books for a Summer 

 Library 



Allen, James Lane. — A Kentucky Cardinal; The 



Reign of Law. 

 Balzac, H. de. — Le Pere Goriot ; Duchesse de 



Langeais ; Eugenie Grandet. 

 Barr, a. E. — The Bow of Orange Ribbon ; Jan 



Vedder's Wife ; A Border Shepherdess ; Friend 



Olivia. 

 Barrie, James. — The Little Minister ; Sentimental 



Tommy ; Margaret Ogilvy. 

 Besant, W., and Rice, J. — The Chaplain of the 



Fleet. 

 Bjornson, B. — The Fisher Lassie. 

 Black, Clementina. — The Princess Desiree. 

 Blackmore, R. D. — Lorna Doone. 



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