Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be,
When we are grown and take our place,
As men and women with our race.
Father in Heaven who lovest all,
Oh help Thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age,
An undefiled heritage!
. . . . . . .
Teach us the strength that cannot seek, (p. 200)
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under Thee, we may possess
Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Teach us Delight in simple things,
And Mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And Love to all men 'neath the sun!
Land of our Birth, our Faith our Pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
O Motherland, we pledge to thee,
Head, heart, and hand through the years to be!
KIPLING.
BARING-GOULD, SABINE, and ARTHUR GILMAN.
The Story of Germany.
Putnam. 1.50
The present volume traces the life of this powerful nation from
the time when imperial Rome was baffled by her valiant Hermann
down to the hour when France fell before her, and the idea of
Empire ... became, under William the First, a power making for
peace and strength.... The story of such a people as the Germans
could not fail to possess intense interest for anyone; but for us
of another branch of the Teutonic family, it has the additional
charm that it is the history of our blood-relations.
ARTHUR GILMAN.
While not intended primarily for children, this
book will be both enjoyed and appreciated by
many boys and girls of fourteen. The illustrations
are taken, to a great extent, from old sources.
BOLTON, S.E. (K.).
Famous American Authors.
Crowell. .75
The careers of eighteen well-known men of letters are described. (p. 201)
Among the number are Emerson, Prescott, Hawthorne, Higginson, Gilder,
and Clemens.
CHAMPLIN, J.D.
Young Folks' History of the War for the Union.
Holt. 2.50
It is, in short, a well-written and entertaining history of the
War of the Rebellion, very fair and impartial in tone.--_The
Nation._
A mature boy or girl of fourteen will find this reliable work useful.
The larger part of the illustrations are taken from contemporary
drawings, and there are many maps.
CHAPIN, A.A.
Masters of Music; Their Lives and Works.
Dodd 1.50
Twenty famous musicians are very interestingly characterized; among
them Palestrina, Mozart, Rossini, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and Wagner.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Century. 1.50
The War Diary of a Union Woman in the South, edited by G.W. Cable,
relates experiences of the Siege of Vicksburg. Among other accounts
there is a description of Mosby's guerillas, and the tunnel escape
from Libby Prison is told by one of the Union officers who got away
and was retaken.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. (p. 202)
Autobiography.
Houghton. .60
Notwithstanding its brevity, this autobiography has doubtless been a
greater incentive to ambitious boys than any other. It is perhaps
worth noting that a prominent Japanese merchant of Boston, when a boy
in his native land, after reading the book, determined to seek his
fortune in Franklin's country, and testifies to it as one of the chief
factors in his successful career. This useful edition contains a
sketch of the great man's life from the point where his own writing
ends, drawn chiefly from his letters. There are notes and a
chronological historical table.
HART, A.B., and ELIZABETH STEVENS (Editors).
The Romance of the Civil War.
Macmillan. .60
This fourth volume of Source Readers attempts to put before
teachers and children the actualities of the Civil War period. It
contains something of the spirit of North and South at the
beginning of the war, and much about the life of the soldier and
the citizen while it was going on, with some of the battle smoke
and dust.... In this book the fathers are speaking to their
children.--_Preface._
LARCOM, LUCY.
A New England Girlhood.
Houghton. .60
An account of Miss Larcom's youth up to the age of twenty-nine, which
includes her experiences as a Lowell mill-hand. It is not only a
record of the efforts of an aspiring young woman, but a picture of (p. 203)
one phase of New England life.
LOSSING, B.J.
The Story of the United States Navy, for Boys.
Harper. 1.75
This little work was prepared at the suggestion of Captain S.B.
Luce, U.S.N., the commander of the training-ship Minnesota.
Desirous of having it correct in every particular, I submitted
the manuscript to the Navy Department. It was returned to me with
a letter from Commodore Earl English, U.S.N., Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, to whom it was referred, in
which he wrote: I am much pleased with your beautiful and
instructive Story of the Navy, and I congratulate you on having
performed a labor which will contribute so much to the pleasure
and instruction of the youth of our country. Such a
bright-spirited work will refresh the memory of the noble deeds
of our departed naval heroes in the minds of the
people.--_Preface._
The illustrations are satisfactory.
MYERS, P.V.N.
General History.
Ginn. 1.50
One of the best world histories for young people.
In the present issue the book contains several fresh chapters, an
entirely new series of colored maps, many new illustrations, and
carefully selected lists of books for further reading at the end
of each chapter, together with suggested topics for special
study. The new text brings the narration of events down to the
Peace of Portsmouth and the elections to the first Russian
Parliament, and aims to include all the latest important results
of discovery and scholarly research in the different historical
fields and periods.--_Preface._
NICOLAY, HELEN. (p. 204)
The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Century. 1.50
This biography, condensed from Nicolay and Hay's Short Life of
Lincoln, in part rewritten, is the best of the many prepared for young
readers.
VAN BERGEN, ROBERT.
The Story of Russia.
American Book. .65
The compiler knows of no altogether satisfactory history of this
country for young people. The present volume, prepared for school use,
is very informing and will serve. It ends with the humiliation of a
great people, and the Treaty of Peace made at Portsmouth in 1905.
There are maps and illustrations.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE.
Rules of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, Letters, and Farewell
Addresses.
Houghton. .25
Comprises the best of what Washington has left to us in written form.