Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookThe Project Gutenberg eBook of Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Author: Various Editor: W. J. Baltzell William Byron Forbush Rossiter Johnson Herbert T. 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BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ COMPLETE IN SEVENTEEN VOLUMES I Fun and Thought for Little Folk II Folk-Lore, Fables, and Fairy Tales III Famous Tales and Nature Stories IV Things to Make and Things to Do V True Stories from Every Land VI Famous Songs and Picture Stories VII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part I VIII Nature and Outdoor Life, Part II IX Earth, Sea, and Sky X Games and Handicraft XI Wonders of Invention XII Marvels of Industry XIII Every Land and its Story XIV Famous Men and Women XV Bookland--Story and Verse, Part I XVI Bookland--Story and Verse, Part II XVII Graded and Classified Index THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ [Illustration: MAROONED FROM A DRAWING BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL] BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF _A Practical Plan of Character Building_ Little Folks' Section Prepared Under the Supervision of THE EDITORIAL BOARD _of the_ UNIVERSITY SOCIETY Volume I FUN AND THOUGHT FOR LITTLE FOLK THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INCORPORATED _New York_ Copyright, 1920, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. Copyright, 1912, 1915, By THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. _Manufactured in the U. S. A._ THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC. _General Editor_: WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, PH.D., LITT.D. Author of "The Boy Problem" _Technical Editor:_ HERBERT TREADWELL WADE Technical Editor of The New International Encyclopedia _Literature Editor:_ ROSSITER JOHNSON, PH.D., LL.D. Editor of "Little Classics" _Music Editor:_ WINTON JAMES BALTZELL, A.B., MUS. BAC. Secretary of The National Academy of Music _Associate Editor:_ DANIEL EDWIN WHEELER Editorial Director of the Edison Industries _Office Editor:_ JENNIE ELLIS BURDICK Editor of "The Children's Own Library" _PARTIAL LIST OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS_ JOSEPH H. ADAMS, Editor of "Harper's Practical Books for Boys" T. GEORGE ALLEN, Curator of the Oriental Museum, University of Chicago MARY W. ARTOIS, Traveler and Writer ROGER W. BABSON, Author of "Central America" GRACE GERTRUDE BARDEN, Teacher of Domestic Science HARRY K. BEASLEY, Electrical Engineer and Author C. S. BRAININ, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University M. ALSTON BUCKLEY, Retold Tales and Fact Articles FRANK H. CHELEY, Editor of the "Father and Son Library" LAURA CLARKE, Author of Fact Articles CARL HARRY CLAUDY, Author of "First Book of Photography" JOHN H. CLIFFORD, Associate-Editor of "The Young Folks' Treasury," "The Mother's Book," etc. CLAYTON S. COOPER Author of "Understanding South America" LEE S. CRANDALL, Curator, New York Zoological Park WALTER ALDEN DYER, Author and former Managing Editor of _Country Life in America_ WILLIAM H. EASTON, Ph.D., Publicity Department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. ARTHUR ELSON, Musical Critic and Author of "The Book of Musical Knowledge" PHILIP D. FAGANS, Executive Secretary of the Woodcraft League JOHN CLARKE FARBER, A.M., Lieutenant, United States National Army LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD, Fiction Reviewer of _The New York Times_ EHRMA G. FILER, Fact Articles HUGO FROELICH AND BONNIE E. SNOW, Authors of "Industrial Art" textbooks JULIA A. GLEASON, Teacher of Sewing, Cornell University WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., L.H.D., Lecturer and Author ISABEL F. HAPGOOD, Author of "Russian Rambles" HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE, Author and Critic ROSE HENDERSON, Biographer and Travel Writer HENRY WALTON JONES, Fact Articles GRACE LEE KNELL, Teacher of Manual Training, Ridgewood, N.J., Schools O. IVAN LEE, Analytical Chemist CHARLES HENRY LERRIGO, M.D., Former President of the Kansas State Board of Health HARRIS W. MOORE, Author of "Manual Training Toys" JOHN T. NICHOLS, Curator of Fish at the American Museum of Natural History T. GILBERT PEARSON, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies E. L. D. SEYMOUR, Farm Editor of _Country Life_ MORGAN SHEPARD (JOHN MARTIN), Writer of Illustrated Letters to Children ROBERT W. SHUFELDT, M.D., U.S.M.C., Head of the Science Bureau, Washington, D. C. ELVA S. SMITH, Children's Librarian of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh MABELL SHIPPIE CLARKE SMITH, Author and Lecturer MARY V. WORSTELL, Author, Editor, and Lecturer KATHARINE S. WORTHINGTON, Teacher of English in the Finch School _PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORS REPRESENTED_ IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF BY SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WRITINGS FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS, Mechanical Engineer and Author ROALD AMUNDSEN, Leader of the Norwegian Polar Expedition which reached the South Pole HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Danish Poet and Fabulist CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY, Writer of Stories and Books for Children and Young Folks RALPH HENRY BARBOUR, Author of "The Crimson Sweater" and other books for boys L. FRANK BAUM, Author of "The Wizard of Oz," "Queen Zixie of Ix" and other children's books ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D., Scientist and Inv |