LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., April 22, 1913. SIR: Work in American high schools is no longer confined to the textbooks alone. In all subjects there is a demand for supplementary texts and wider reading. Most high schools have libraries to which they add from time to time as their resources will permit; others draw on our public libraries in the cities and towns in which they are located. Both because the library funds are small and because teachers and pupils should be protected against wasting their time on inferior books, there is need for well-selected lists of books helpful in studying and teaching the several high-school subjects. The lists herewith transmitted have been made with much care by the librarian and instructors of the University High School, which is under the direction of the College of Education of the Uni versity of Chicago. It is not claimed for it that it is perfect or exhaustive, but it will be very helpful to librarians, principals, and others whose duty it is to select and purchase books for high-school libraries. I therefore recommend that it be published as a bulletin of this bureau for distribution among librarians and public, private, and parochial high schools. Respectfully submitted. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. P. P. CLAXTON, 5 A LIST OF BOOKS SUITED TO A HIGH-SCHOOL LIBRARY. INTRODUCTION. The following list of books, suited to a high-school library, was compiled by the various departments of the University High School, Chicago, to systematize in its own library the accessions from year to year. It is published with the hope that it will be of value to other schools. The list differs from others of similar character in that it is not compiled from the librarian's point of view, but from that of the departments concerned, each contributing those titles which from experience have proved themselves of greatest value. An attempt has been made to select the latest editions, since they will be in print longer; to choose the least expensive works which will give full service, and to select those most attractive to the high-school mind. Thus in some lists textbook editions have been carefully avoided because to many students the appearance of the studied textbook is repellant. Well-illustrated editions have often been listed when the illustrations aid the interest in or the understanding of the text. Often the more expensive editions have been listed because of their great value to the student, though they have seldom been starred. No work has been included which has not seemed of real value to a proportion of the student body. The course of study develops the need of the book. This list is based upon the present curriculum in the University High School. As that curriculum is not vitally different from the course of the majority of high schools, the list may be of general value. The list does not represent a minimum of the books necessary for effective work, neither is it all-inclusive. Rather, it indicates the proportion of a well-stocked, practical library. Its greatest value lies, perhaps, in the fact that it forms a systematized basis for building up a working library vital to the life of the school. To indicate the value of a book a system of stars has been used. One star indicates that the work is of unusual value; two or more emphasize this worth. The starred titles alone are not considered sufficient for a well-stocked library, though they suggest books. suitable for early orders. The committee compiling the list is as follows: Mr. Theodore B. Hinckley, chairman, department of English. Mr. Ernest R. Breslich, department of mathematics. Mr. Harry F. Scott, department of Latin. Mr. W. L. Eikenberry, department of botany. Mr. A. F. Barnard, department of history. Miss J. H. Snow, department of home economics. Mr. E. S. Bishop, department of physics. [Date of publication is omitted in imprints of books. In cases where two or more books having the same publisher are listed in succession, the name of the publisher is given only with the first title.] REFERENCE BOOKS. A. ENCYCLOPEDIAS. Appleton's new practical encyclopedia. 6 v. New York, Appleton. ($18.) Encyclopedia Brittanica. 11th ed. 29 v. New York, University press. ($5 each.) B. DICTIONARIES. 1. AMERICAN. Century dictionary and encyclopædia, with a new atlas of the world. New ed. New York, Century. ($75.) A standard dictionary of the English language. New York, Funk & Wagnalls. ($12.) Standard dictionary. Students' ed. Funk & Wagnalls. ($2.50.) Webster, Noah. New international dictionary. Springfield, Mass., Merriam. ($12.) 2. GERMAN. Flugel, K. F. A., Schmidt, I., and Tanger, G. A German and English dictionary. 2 v. New York, Brentano. ($5.) James, William, comp. Dictionary of the German and English languages. New York, Macmillan. ($1.50.) Muret, Edward, and Sanders, D. Encyclopædic English-German and German-English dictionary. abr. ed. Berlin-Schöneberg, Langenscheidt. ($5.) 3. FRENCH. Elwall, Alfred. Dictionnaire Anglais-français, et français-anglais. Paris, Delagrave. ($3.) Hatzfield and Darmesteter. Dictionnaire général de la langue française. 2 v. Delagrave. ($7.50.) For advanced students and teachers. Larousse, P. A. Petit illustré nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Larousse. ($1.25.) Spiers, A., and Surenne, Gabriel. Standard pronouncing dictionary of the French and English languages. School ed. New York, Appleton. ($1.50.) 4. LATIN. Harper's Latin dictionary. New York [etc.], American book co. ($6.50.) Smith, William, and Hall, T. D. Copious and critical English-Latin dictionary. American book co. ($4.) C. MISCELLANEOUS. 1. BIOGRAPHY. Adams, O. F. Brief handbook of English authors. Boston, Houghton Mifflin co. (75 cents.) Dictionary of American authors. Houghton Mifflin co. ($3.) Century cyclopædia of names. New York, Century. Forms vol. 11 of Century dictionary. Cousins, J. W. A short bibliographical dictionary of English literature. New York, Dutton. (Everyman's library.) (35 cents.) Incomplete but in convenient and cheap form. Hastings, James, and others, eds. Dictionary of the Bible. New York, Scribner. ($5.) Lee, Sidney, ed. Dictionary of national biography. Index and epitome. New York, Macmillan. ($6.25.) Thomas, Joseph. Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology. New ed. 2 v. Philadelphia, Lippincott. ($15.) Warner, C. D., and others, eds. Library of the world's best literature. New York, Warner library co. ($77.50.) Contains excellent introductory biographical and critical sketches. 2. LITERATURE AND ENGLISH. Botta, Mrs. A. C. L. Handbook of universal literature. Boston, Houghton Mifflin co. ($2.) Garnett, Richard, and Gosse, E. D. English literature—an illustrated record. 4 v. London, Macmillan. ($20.) The Holy Bible. The King James version. (Various prices.) The Revised version. Stand. ed. New York, Nelson. (Various prices.) Modern reader's Bible. New York, Macmillan. ($2.) Ryland, Frederick. Chronological outline of English literature. Macmillan. ($2.) Warner, C. D., and others, eds. Library of the world's best literature. New York, Warner library co. ($77.50.) Whitcomb, S. L. Chronological outline of American literature. New York, Macmillan. ($1.50.) SYNONYMS. Crabb, George. English synonyms. New York, Harper. ($1.25.) Fernald, J. C. English synonyms and antonyms. New York, Funk & Wagnalls. ($1.50.) Roget, P. M. Thesaurus of English words and phrases. New York, Longmans, Green & co. ($1.60.) Smith, J. C. Synonyms discriminated. New York, Holt. ($2.) QUOTATIONS. Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations. Boston, Little, Brown & co. ($3.) Indexed by authors and by most important words. Hoyt, J. K., comp. Cyclopædia of practical quotations . . . New York, Funk & Wagnalls. ($6.) Indexed by subjects. |