Excerpt from Books for Boys and Girls Approved by the Brooklyn Public Library for Use in Its Children's Rooms This is not a list of best books only. In making the selec tion the Compiler has included such titles as she believed would help in carrying out the purpose of the children's library, namely, that of being a nursery of good citizenship. In order to approach the attainment of this end it was necessary to make provision for attracting all classes of children, the untaught little ones of limited vocabulary and experience, as well as those from homes of culture. The compiler thus felt obliged to include a large number of titles which, in point of literary merit, are decidedly mediocre; but it is believed that nothing vicious or morally harmful will be found here, and that all have some distinct merit in helping us to carry out our aim. Those titles which the compiler considers so excellent that they should be selected first for any children's library, and duplicated as freely as possible, are indicated by a star. As there are frequent requests for easy books which the librarian finds it hard to supply, those in the list which can be read by children of the first three school years are designated by a c after their titles. None of the standard adult books have been included here, although a selection from the works of Scott, Dickens, the poets, etc., have been placed in each separate Children's room. A list of books which have been found practically useful for reference work with school children is added. These books are for the most part inexpensive, and the children can consult them more understandingly than the long sets in the reference room for adults. At the same time it is our constant aim to train the children, as they acquire a zest for research work, to use the main reference collection freely and independently. Lists intended for the children themselves and prepared with the view to attracting their interest will be printed by the later. Clara whitehill hunt, Superintendent J the Children '5 Department. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.