Ex Libris C. K. OGDEN =PV •^ Ct Or ^^ re* ^<r ^ Tr ^^^^^ : Ea ^ ^z Ht'i :mm:k. T->< ^rtLCr"& ^i } -^1 .>->" kJA' ( VAMT m/A 'Tt: Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofbookOOcarniala CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ANNOTATED AND ARRANGED AND PROVIDED HY THR CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH FOR THE USE OF THE FIRST EIGHT GRADES IN THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH CARNEGIE UBRARY 1907 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ANNOTATED AND ARRANGED AND PROVIDED BY THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH FOR THE USE OF THE FIRST EIGHT GRADES IN THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH CARNEGIE LIBRARY 1907 <L Contents Page Preface ------------- 5 Approval by the Pittsburgh Principals' Association - - 8 Endorsement by the City Superintendent of Schools - - 8 Annotated Catalogue by Grades. Grade i ------------ g Grade 2---- ---------15 Grade 3 ------------24 Grade 4------------- 40 Grade 5 ------------ 6g Grade 6 - - - - - - - - - -- --116 Grade 7 _-_- 174 Grades -------------231 Author and Title Index ---------271 Preface The Pittsburgh pubHc schools and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, since the organization of the latter, have striven jointly and constantly to bring the pupils in the schools into close touch with good books. The Library was opened to the public in November 1895. Soon thereafter arrangements were made for teachers and principals of schools within the city limits to draw a number of volumes for class use. These books were drawn directly from the shelves of the Loan department and charged on schoolroom cards. The demand increased steadily and the Library found within two or three years that these calls 'could no longer satisfactorily be met from the shelves of the regular Loan collection, because the books most needed by the schools were so much in demand, and the calls coming from so many sources, that the volumes were too rarely upon the shelves. Therefore in December 1898 the Library set apart, for school use only, a special collection of duplicate copies of the most attractive books suitable for the purpose. That collec- tion of duplicates formed the basis for this work and, with necessary changes and frequent additions, has been in active use in the schools of the city since that time. In December 1899, at the invitation of the Pittsburgh Prin- cipals' Association, the librarian, Mr Edwin H. Anderson, addressed its members and urged that steps be taken to have the work of the Library with the schools more thoroughly organized and systematized. The principals were not less eager than the librarian to have this done, and a committee was at once appointed to cooperate with the librarian and his as- sistants in the preparation of a carefully selected and graded list of books most suitable for school use, apart from the ordi- nary text-books. To the general committee were added nine sub-committees to cover the following subjects : Art, Geogra- phy, History, Language, General literature. Kindergarten, Pedagogy, Nature and High School reading. Each of the nine 6 PREFACE committees submitted a graded list covering its special field and, with the exception of the language list, the classification in the catalogue conformed to the divisions made by the com- mittee. Instead of making a separate language sub-division, all books included in the list having a generally recognized literary value were marked with the asterisk. The "Graded and Annotated Catalogue of Books in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for the use of the City Schools" was issued in December 1900 and the edition exhausted early in 1902. A demand for copies, however, has continued up to the present time and this revision of the lists prepared for school grades one to eight inclusive is now issued to meet that demand in part. The list of books intended for use in the High schools has been omitted, as well as the various lists of reference books for teachers, because it appears that these lists will be more con- venient if issued as a separate publication. Out-of-print books have been omitted from the lists here presented and new titles added. Teachers in the Pittsburgh Schools have given freely of their time to aid in the work of revision, and the grading in the new edition is therefore based on their experience. In the selection of books to be included teachers and authorities on special subjects have been consulted and particular attention has been paid to the choice of editions, having regard both to text and to illustrations. As in the earlier edition, the title and annotation for each book is repeated in every grade to which the index assigns it. This arrangement adds greatly to the size of the catalogue as well as to the labor of preparing it, but it enables the teachers to use each grade as a complete list without referring elsewhere for the annotations. There has been no attempt to furnish anything in the nature of supplementary text-book reading as a part of the routine school work. The aim has been, rather, to provide collateral reading in history, biography, travel, ad- venture, simple science and good fiction to be used in the school room and sent into the homes of the children. It is hoped that the annotations, which are made chiefly for the teachers and from their standpoint, may help them in guiding the children in their choice of books, and in fitting the right book to the right child. At present the collection for school use consists of about : PREFACE 7 20,000 volumes, comprising some 2,412 titles. It is adminis- tered by a supervisor of work with schools and forms a bureau or division of the Children's department of the Library. The supervisor visits the schools, studies their needs and loans col- lections of books for the school year to public, private and parochial schools. During the past year sixty-six were sup- plied with books in this way. The books are used by the teachers in their class-rooms and loaned by them to the children for home reading. A full record of the class-room use made of these books is not feasible but a partial count kept last year showed that 143,845 volumes were so used. To this number is to be added the record of home circulation from the same collection, namely 81,803 volumes, making a total recorded use amounting to 225,648 for the collection. The following table shows the home circulation of books loaned to children through the schools for the past nine years Year Circulation 1898-1899 826 1899-1900 31,049 1900-1901 39,138 1901-1902 59,630 1902-1903 " 63,505 1903-1904 88,393 1904-1905 79,645 1905-1906 90,023 1906-1907 81,803 Total 534,012 At the Central Library building, in addition to the Chil- dren's Reading Room, there is in preparation a separate study room for school children, which is to be furnished with maps, globes, atlases and reference books particularly suited to their needs. In close connection therewith is provided also a special reference room for teachers, which is to contain one copy of each book in the school duplicate collection and also a pedagogi- cal and text-book collection. It is hoped that these will prove a valuable aid both to the schools and to the Library in the work toward which this catalogue is one step, namely placing in the hands of the children in our schools the best books only. Anderson H. Hopkins, / November 1907. Librarian. Approval by the Pittsburgh Principals' Association The Public Schools of Pittsburgh recognize in the Carnegie Library a most helpful and permanent ally in every department of school work. This catalogue of books for children is especi- ally appreciated by the school workers because it indicates definitely and fully the literature so essential in the develop- ment of intelligence, character and general culture. The care- ful grading of the books listed, the complete annotation for ready and convenient reference, and withal, the high character of the reading matter recommended for the several grades, make this publication a most valuable schoolroom guide. A copy of it should be found on every teacher's desk, and from its proper use should be developed the habit and the inclination on the part of the pupils to read the books of genuine worth in elementary education. The substantial benefit derived from the former catalogue is gratefully acknowledged by teachers and pupils. This later work, thoroughly revised and brought down to date, should be still more helpful as a factor in schoolroom culture. Therefore, in behalf of the Public Schools we desire to record our unqualified approval of this work by the Library authorities, and to express the hope that the outcome shall be an adequate appreciation of the educative spirit of the Library's management and a due recognition of its inestimable benefits to the youth of Pittsburgh. Committee: J. M. Berkey, Oakland Schools, Chairman J. M. Logan, Peebles School Margaret A. Frew, Colfax School R. M. Cargo, Mt. Washington School Joseph Jennings, South School Endorsement by the City Superintendent of Schools I most heartily concur with the Principals' Association in the approval of this excellent work. The good results predicted from the catalogue issued in 1900 have been fully realized. The suggested use of juvenile literature so well outlined in that publication has broadened our school work, vitalized interest in general reading, and laid the foundation for more intelligent thought along all lines. I confidently expect, therefore, that this revised and improved catalogue will bring to our schools still greater good in the education of our boys and girls.