Sunday, October 09, 2011
An Interesting Post on "Best Books for Children"
The Little Professor: A "best books for children" list, ca. 1900: At the turn of the twentieth century, the Daily Mail polled readers to find the one hundred most-recommended books for children. On January 25, 1900 (iss. 16798, p. 6), they ran the results, from votes by 987 respondents. Here are the top ten:
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Interesting to see how much we've dumbed down our children's books. I'm curious, though, how much this list would differ if the children themselves had been polled in 1900.
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