ALTON, E. (pseud, of Edmund Bailey)--Among the Law Makers. Scribner,
$1.50.
BARNES, JAMES--Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. Macmillan, $1.50.
CALLCOTT, M. (D.)--Little Arthur’s History of England. Crowell, $0.60.
Little Arthur’s History of France. Crowell, $0.60. [Both volumes
have a certain value in the history of children’s books.]
COFFIN, C. C.--Boys of ’76. Harper, $2.00. [Same author wrote “Boys of
’61.” Estes, $2.00.]
CREASY, E. S.--Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. Harper, $1.00.
DICKENS, CHARLES--Child’s History of England. Houghton, $1.00 to $2.50.
DOLE, C. F.--The Young Citizen. Heath, $0.45.
EGGLESTON, E. and SEELYE (MRS.), E. E.--Brant and Red Jacket. Dodd,
$0.75.
FISKE, JOHN--He has written a United States History. (Houghton.) His
larger contributions on periods are so excellent in their narrative
style as to recommend themselves for young readers of high-school
age. [_Vide_ also Edward Eggleston’s “Household History of the
United States.” Appleton, $2.50.]
GRIFFIS, W. E.--Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us. Houghton,
$1.25.
GREENWOOD, GRACE--Merrie England; Bonnie Scotland. [Out of print,
but re-publication strongly advised by librarians. Miss Burnite,
of the Cleveland Public Library, recently edited the “Ballads
Retold.” Ginn, $0.50.]
Stories and Legends; Stories and Sights of France and Italy. [Also
out of print.]
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL--Grandfather’s Chair. Containing also Biographical
Stories. Houghton, $1.25.
JENKS, TUDOR--Our Army for Our Boys. (Ill. Ogden.) Moffat, Yard, $2.00
net. [Mr. Jenks is also the author of the lives of John Smith and
Miles Standish (Century); of a series of historical and social
studies for children, the first volume called “When America Was
New” (Crowell.); and of another series, Lives of Great Writers
(Barnes.).]
KIEFFER, H. M.--Recollections of a Drummer Boy. (A Civil War
biographical story.) Houghton, $1.50.
MARSHALL, HELEN--An Island Story. [A history of England, written by an
Australian. The book is in sumptuous _format_.] Stokes, $2.50 net.
MCDOUGALL, ISABEL--Little Royalties. Revell, $1.25.
PARKMAN, FRANCIS--The Oregon Trail. (Ill., Remington.) Little, Brown,
$4.00; $2.00.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac. (2 vols.) Little, Brown, $3.00.
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, AND LODGE, HENRY CABOT--Hero Tales from American
History. Century, $1.50.
SCOTT, SIR WALTER--Tales of a Grandfather. Macmillan, $2.00.
STOCKTON, FRANK R.--Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coast. Macmillan,
$1.50.
TARBELL, IDA M.--He Knew Lincoln. McClure, $0.50 net.
YONGE, CHARLOTTE M.--Young Folk’s History of England. Lothrop, $1.50.
[_Vide_ Miss Yonge’s “Book of Golden Deeds.” Macmillan, $1.00.]