APPLETONS’ HOME-READING BOOKS. 
Edited by W. T. HARRIS, A. M., LL. D., U. S. Commissioner 
of Education. 
CLASSED IN FOUR DIVISIONS, AS FOLLOWS: 
Tue First comprises natural history, including popular treatises on plants and ani- 
mals, and also descriptions of geographical localities, all of which pertain to the study 
of geography in the common schools. Descriptive astronomy, and anything that relates 
to organic Nature, comes under this head. 
Tue SEconp includes whatever relates to natural philosophy, statics, dynamics, 
properties of matter, and chemistry, organic and inorganic. 
Cue ‘Tuirp covers history, biography, ethnology, ethics, civics, and all that relates 
to the lives of individuals or of nations. 
Tue Fourth, works of general literature that portray human nature in the form 
of feelings, emotions, and the various expressions of art and music. 
Jet. 
The Story of the Birds. J. N. Baskerr 
The Story of the Fishes. J. N. BaskrTT 
The Plant World. FRANK VINCENT . 
The Animal World. FRANK VINCENT 
The Insect World. C. M. Weep 6 é 6 ‘ 2 a : 2 60 
The Story of Oliver Twist. Exta B. Kirk. 6 é : i ; 60 
The Story of Rob Roy. Epitrn T. Harris 5 5 _ x 60 
In Brook and Bayou. Crara KERN BAYLISS. é 6 : 5 ‘ -60 
Curious Homes and their Tenants. James CarTEeR BEARD 3 j 65 
Crusoe’s Island. F. A. OBER 3 a F 3 5 d a , c .65 
Uncle Sam’s Secrets. O. P. AusTIN . 0 a 3 © : 5 5 75, 
The Hall of Shells. Mrs. A. S. Harpy . é 0 é 60 
Nature Study Readers. J. W. Troxgcer. 
Harold’s First Discoveries. Book I A : 3 . 0 5 25 
Harold’s Rambles. Book II 9 A : F é é ‘i 8 -40 
Harold’s Quests. Book III. . z : 5 ‘ 6 4 -50 
Harold’s Explorations. Book IV 
Harold’s Discussions. Book V . 
Uncle Robert’s Geography. Francis W. PARKER and 
Neti L. HEvm. 
Playtime and Seedtime. Book I . é 5 5 : 2 : 32 
On the Farm. Book II : é : A . . 4 t é +42 
Uncle Robert’s Visit. Book III fe < b a : : +50 
Rivers and Winds. Book IV é 5 
Mountain, Plain, and Desert, Book V : : : : 5 si 
Our Own Continent. Book VI . 2 3 
News from the Birds. LrEaNnpER S. Keyser . 3 , : 2 < .€0 
Historic Boston and its Neighborhood. Epwarp Everett Hate . ~50 
The Earth and Sky. Epwarp S. HoL_pEN é . ; " ‘ i 28 
The Family of the Sun. Epwarp S. HoLpEN 2 5 % ‘ ps .50 
Stories of the Great Astronomers. Epwarp S. Hotpen . 5 ¥ 75 
About the Weather. Marx W. Harrincton . ; : ; : 4 .65 
Stories from the Arabian Nights. Apam SINGLETON . s : - +65 
Our Country’s Flag and the Flags of Foreizn Countries. Epwarp 
S. Hotpen . . z 3 3 5 3 3 : F 5 5 : 80 
Our Navy in Time of War. FranKkiin MattTHews 4 a : 9 “75 
The Chronicles of Sir John Froissart. ADAM SINGLETON . A . 65 
The Storied West Indies. F. A. OBER . o 0 5 < : 75 
Uncle Sam’s Soldiers. O. P. Austin 3 ‘ : 6 0 a “75 
Others in preparation. 
DO APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK, 
