THE VESTIBULE 



Equally indispensable is the children's corner 

 on the shelves. In the lists already given there 

 are many books that will interest young people, 

 and the sooner they are introduced to them the 

 better. I remember when my own boy was 

 passing through the inevitable " Henty " age I 

 handed him the " Hoggarty Diamond." He 

 read it, and as he handed it back to me, asked 

 reproachfully, "Why didn't you give me that 

 before ? " Practically the following list is in- 

 tended for a childless family, but a family that 

 loves children, and now and then welcomes the 

 little ones to its circle. With these books you 

 will have something to give quite as wholesome 

 as doughnuts and lemonade. The family with 

 children will have to add to this little library 

 books varying in character according to the age 

 of the youngsters, but in any case this list will 

 prove, I hope, useful as a foundation for 



III. The Children's Library. 



^sop's Fables. 



Alcott, L. M. — Little Women ; Little Men. 



Andersen, H. C. — Fairy Tales. 



Barnes, James, — For King or Country ; Midshipman 



Farragut. 

 Bede, Cuthbert. — Verdant Green. 



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