. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ound to increase in value. The color plates ineach volume, the numerous fine halftones of specialdesign, and the hundreds of pen and ink drawingsthat illuminate the text have been painted anddrawn for these books, and will be found nowhereelse. More than twenty artists have given their skilland enthusiasm to make the books brighter, clearer,and more inspiring. The initial letters and the manyfine decorations also belong exclusively to the set,and combine to give it esthetic v
. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ound to increase in value. The color plates ineach volume, the numerous fine halftones of specialdesign, and the hundreds of pen and ink drawingsthat illuminate the text have been painted anddrawn for these books, and will be found nowhereelse. More than twenty artists have given their skilland enthusiasm to make the books brighter, clearer,and more inspiring. The initial letters and the manyfine decorations also belong exclusively to the set,and combine to give it esthetic value. Everythingof this nature will command attention and holdinterest. g. Tables of Contents. Beginning each volumeis a table showing the contents of the volume andthe names of authors. It forms a means of readyreference to the larger divisions of the work and isa handy supplement to the index. h. Index. At the end of the tenth volume is anindex to the whole ten volumes. There may befound not only each author and title in alphabeticalorder, but also a complete classification of the selec- 18 Its Plan and Contents. tions in the set. To find the history in this series,look in the index under the title History. Whena topic has as many sub-divisions as has Fiction,for instance, or Poetry, cross references aregiven. 4. The Nursery Rhymes^HEN a child is taught the little nurs-ery rhymes which to us may seem to bemeaningless jingles, he is really peep-ing into the fields of literature, takingthe first steps in those journeys thatwill end in Shakespeare, Browningand Goethe. When his infantile earis caught by the lively rhythm and the catchyrhymes, he is receiving his first lessons in the lessons are delightful now he shows by hissmiles, and in middle life he will appreciate the joymore keenly as he teaches the same little rhymes tohis own children. Most children know the rhymes when they cometo school and they will like to read them there. Achilds keenest interest is in th
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