.g. Apollonid[=e]s ([)A]p-ol-l[)o]n'i-deez);
_ti_ in Boeotia has the sound of _she_, e.g. (B[=e]-[=o]'she-ah). The
Russian names may be pronounced as English.

CLASSICS FOR CHILDREN.

_In forming the mind and taste of the young, is it not better to use
authors who have already lived long enough to afford some guaranty that
they may survive the next twenty years?_

="Children derive impulses of a wonderful and important kind from
hearing things that they cannot entirely comprehend."=--SIR WALTER
SCOTT.

It is now some five or six years since we began publishing the Classics
for Children, and the enterprise, which at first seemed a novel one, may
fairly be said to have passed the stage of experiment.

It has been the aim to present the best and most suitable literature in
our language in as complete a form as possible; and in most cases but
few omissions have been found necessary. Whether judged from the
literary, the ethical, or the educational standpoint, each of the books
has attained the rank of a masterpiece.

The series places within reach of all schools an abundant supply of
supplementary reading-matter. This is its most obvious merit.

It is reading-matter, too, which, by the force of its own interest and
excellence, will do much, when fairly set in competition, to displace
the trashy and even harmful literature so widely current.

It is believed also that constant dwelling upon such models of simple,
pure, idiomatic English is the easiest and on all accounts the best way
for children to acquire a mastery of their mother-tongue.

A large portion of the course has been devoted to history and biography,
as it has seemed specially desirable to supplement the brief,
unsatisfactory outlines of history with full and life-like readings.

The annotation has been done with modesty and reserve, the editors
having aimed to let the readers come into direct acquaintance with the
author.

The books are all printed on good paper, and are durably and
attractively bound in 12mo. A distinctive feature is the large, clear
type. Illustrations have been freely used when thought desirable. The
prices are as low as possible. It has been felt that nothing would be
gained by making the books a little cheaper at the expense of crowding
the page with fine type and issuing them in a style that would neither
attract nor last.

The best proof of the need of such a course is the universal approbation
with which it has been