=WALLACE AND BRUCE=: Heroes of Scotland. By MARY COCHRANE, L.L.A.
Illustrated. =1/=
This little book gives the main outlines of the lives of the
founders of Scottish political freedom. In its preparation the best
authorities have been consulted, and here is given in small bulk the
results of research only to be found in larger volumes more difficult
of access.
=WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE=: the Story of his Life and Times. By EVAN J.
CUTHBERTSON. With Portrait and numerous Illustrations. =1/=
Gives in brief and compact form what history, tradition, and research
are able to tell us of the life-story of the world’s greatest
dramatist. An attempt is made to picture the England he lived in, the
scenes among which he moved, the people he associated with, and the
customs that bound him.
=QUEEN VICTORIA=: the Story of her Life and Reign. =1/=
‘A sympathetic and popular sketch of the life and rule of our Queen
up to the present day.’--_Manchester Guardian._
=LORD SHAFTESBURY AND GEORGE PEABODY.= Being the Story of Two Great
Public Benefactors. With Portraits. =1/=
‘Cheap, interesting, and readable biographies.’--_Methodist Times._
‘May be recommended to young readers as being as inspiring as it is
interesting.’--_Scotsman._
=WILLIAM I., GERMAN EMPEROR, AND HIS SUCCESSORS.= By MARY COCHRANE,
L.L.A. Illustrated. =1/=
‘Must take a prominent place among compilations on the same
subject.... Compact and comprehensive.’--_Daily Chronicle._
=THOMAS CARLYLE=: the Story of his Life and Writings. =1/=
‘We don’t know where to find a better biography of any man at the
price.’--_Methodist Times._
=THOMAS ALVA EDISON=: the Story of his Life and Inventions. By E. C.
KENYON. =1/=
‘It will repay any one who is interested in Edison’s various works to
read this little book.’--_Inventions._
=THE STORY OF WATT AND STEPHENSON.= =1/=
‘As a gift-book for boys this is simply first-rate.’--_Schoolmaster._
=THE STORY OF NELSON AND WELLINGTON.= =1/=
‘This book is cheap, artistic, and instructive. It should be in the
library of every home and school.’--_Schoolmaster._
=GENERAL GORDON AND LORD DUNDONALD=: the Story of Two Heroic Lives. =1/=
=THOMAS TELFORD AND JAMES BRINDLEY.= =1/=
‘This is a capital book for boys of active and inquiring
mind.’--_Saturday Review._
=LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY=: the Story of the opening up of the Dark
Continent. =1/=
=COLUMBUS AND COOK=: the Story of their Lives, Voyages, and
Discoveries. =1/=
‘Models of compact biography.’--_Christian World._
‘Is a fascinating and historical account of daring
adventure.’--_Bristol Mercury._
=THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.= By ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D.
Revised, with additions, including the AUTOBIOGRAPHY. =1/=
Besides the AUTOBIOGRAPHY, many interesting and characteristic
anecdotes of the boyhood of Scott, which challenge the attention of
the young reader, have been added; while the whole has been revised
and brought up to date.
=THE STORY OF HOWARD AND OBERLIN.= =1/=
The book is equally divided between the lives of Howard the prison
reformer, and Oberlin the pastor and philanthropist, who worked such
a wonderful reformation amongst the dwellers in a valley of the
Vosges Mountains.
=THE STORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.= =1/=
A brief and graphic life of the first Napoleon, set in a history of
his own times: the battle of Waterloo, as of special interest to
English readers, being fully narrated.
=PERSEVERANCE AND SUCCESS=: the Life of William Hutton. =1/=
=STORY OF A LONG AND BUSY LIFE.= By W. CHAMBERS, LL.D. =1/=