Thirteen Years of Age

Where go the children? Travelling! Travelling!

Where go the children, travelling ahead?

Some go to conquer things; some go to try them;

Some go to dream them; and some go to bed

.

Riley.

Amusements And Handicraft

To a young heart everything is fun.

Dickens.

Hasluck, P. N.

(Editor).

Knotting and Splicing Ropes and Cordage. Cassell. .50

A comprehensive little book on a subject about which all boys are anxious to know something. There are many illustrations.

Wells, Carolyn.

Rainy Day Diversions. Moffat. 1.00

Uncle Robert explains arithmetical puzzles, and card and other tricks. There are suggestions for celebrating the different holidays, and two children's plays are given.

Biography, History, And Government

Where'er a single slave doth pine,

Where'er one man may help another--

Thank God for such a birthright, brother--

That spot of earth is thine and mine!

There is the true man's birthplace grand,

His is a world-wide fatherland!

Lowell.

Bolton, S.E. (K).

Lives of Girls Who Became Famous. Crowell. 1.50

The achievements of nineteen women of note are briefly recounted. Among the number are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Maria Mitchell, Madame de Stael, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Florence Nightingale. An encouraging book for ambitious girls.

Church, A.J.

Stories of the East from Herodotus. Dodd. 1.00

The Father of History tells us of Croesus, his war with and defeat by the Persians; of Cyrus and his triumphs; of certain kings of Egypt and the manners of the people; of Cambyses and the Persian conquest; of the False Smerdis; and of Darius, lord of all Asia.

Drake, F.S.

Indian History for Young Folks. Harper. 3.00

This standard work gives a general account of the North American Indian, and of our various wars with the different tribes to recent times. There are maps and many illustrations.

Griffis, W. E.

Young People's History of Holland. Houghton. 1.50

Every American should know the history of the Netherlands, the fatherland of millions of Americans and the storehouse of precedents in federal government from which those who made our nation borrowed most freely. Nowhere in Europe, except in England, can one find the origin of so much that is deepest and best in our national life--including the highest jewel of civilization, religious liberty--as in Holland, as John Adams and Benjamin Franklin long ago confessed.--Preface.

The satisfactory illustrations to this excellent book are taken from old prints.

Hart, A. B.

, and

A. B. Chapman

(Editors).

How Our Grandfathers Lived. Macmillan. .60

This volume relates chiefly to the first half of the nineteenth century. Our grandfathers and even our fathers passed lives full of interest and of unusual incidents: the school, the field, the forest, the hunt, the stagecoach, and the steamboat, are already remote from our present generation.... Special pains have been taken to illustrate the remarkable life of the Western frontier, now fast becoming a tradition.--Preface.

Girls will enjoy the informal letters, describing the customs and costumes at the English Court, as well as those of our own land.

Higginson, T. W.

Young Folks' History of the United States. Longmans. 1.00

There are many histories of our country to choose from, but none is more satisfactory for young people than this, with its choice language and interesting style. It contains maps and numerous illustrations.

It will be noticed that less space than usual is given, in these pages, to the events of war, and more to the affairs of peace. This course has been deliberately pursued.... Times of peace, the proverb says, have few historians; but this may be more the fault of the historians than of the times.--Preface.

Kieffer, H. M.

The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy. Houghton. 1.50

The author was drummer-boy during the Civil War in the 150th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and he tells his own experiences in camp and on the battlefield from the time of his enlistment to the "muster-out."

Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh.

Lanier, Sidney

(Editor).

The Boy's Froissart. Scribner. 2.00

These tales, which retain to a considerable extent the archaic style of the original, will interest only the exceptional boy or girl.

Parton, James.

Captains of Industry. Houghton. Two volumes. 2.50

The careers of successful business men who had aims beyond mere money-getting. Among those told of are Elihu Burritt, Henry Bessemer, Sir William Phips, and Ezra Cornell.

Scott, Walter.

Tales of a Grandfather. Edited by Edwin Ginn. Ginn. .40

This well-known book gives the history of Scotland from the earliest period to the close of the reign of James V.

The present work has been slightly abridged by the omission of detailed descriptions of some of the more barbarous cruelties of those times and other unimportant matter. The story unimpaired has been given in Scott's own language.--Preface.

Scudder, H.E.

George Washington. Houghton. .75

A reliable conservative biography. It is not only a historical portrait, but a picture of eighteenth-century colonial life in Virginia.

The Ship Of State, By Those At The Helm.

Ginn. .40

Twelve articles describing the life and duties of the servants of the nation. Among the subjects included are The Presidency, by Roosevelt; The Life of a Senator, by Lodge; How Jack Lives, by Long; Good Manners and Diplomacy, by Day; The American Post Office, by Wilson.

Tappan, E.M.

In the Days of Queen Victoria. Lothrop. 1.00

The celebrated reign of the good queen is faithfully portrayed.

Queen, as true to womanhood as Queenhood,

Glorying in the glories of her people,

Sorrowing with the sorrows of the lowest!

. . . . . . . . . .

Henry's fifty years are all in shadow,

Gray with distance Edward's fifty summers,

Ev'n her Grandsire's fifty half forgotten.

Tennyson.

White, J.S.

(Editor).

The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch. Putnam. 1.75

Plutarch wrote a hundred books and was never dull. Most of these have been lost, but the portions which remain have found, with the exception of Holy Writ, more readers through eighteen centuries than the works of any other writer of ancient times.--Introduction.

If any substitute for a full translation is desired, this abridgment will serve. It is illustrated.

Wright, H.C.

Children's Stories of the Great Scientists. Scribner. 1.25

Miss Wright's language is picturesque and interesting. These sixteen chapters on the famous scientists from Galileo to Darwin and Huxley will fascinate intelligent children.

Zimmern, Alice.

Greek History for Young Readers. Longmans. 1.00

A simple, scholarly history; the English excellent. There are maps and many uncommonly good illustrations.

Fine Arts

Where gripinge grefes the hart would wounde,

And dolefulle dumps the mynde oppresse,

There musicke with her silver-sound<

With spede is wont to send redresse.

Attributed to Richard Edwards.

Champlin, J.D.

The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Literature and Art. Holt. 3.00

In this an attempt has been made to give a brief account of the acknowledged masterpieces in literature and in art, the latter term being understood to include architecture, sculpture, painting, and music.--Preface.

Short descriptions of great books, popular fairy tales, notable characters and objects in fiction, celebrated buildings, statues, pictures, and operas, are included in this fully illustrated volume.

Geography, Travel, And Description

When all the world is young, lad,

And all the trees are green;

And every goose a swan, lad,

And every lass a queen:

Then hey for boot and horse, lad,

And round the world away;

Young blood must have its course, lad,

And every dog his day.

Kingsley.

Dana, R.H.

Two Years Before the Mast. Houghton. 1.00

It does not often happen that a young man of twenty-five writes a book which becomes a classic in the language.... Yet this is the history of Dana's Two Years before the Mast.--Biographical Sketch.

The author, a boy of nineteen, left Harvard College in 1834 and shipped as a sailor, hoping by this open-air life to cure a serious weakness of the eyes. He sailed around Cape Horn, coasted along the California shore, and returned home by the same route.

Eastman, C.A.

Indian Boyhood. Illustrated by E. L. Blumenschein. Doubleday. 1.60

Dr. Eastman is himself a Sioux, and this account is the record of his own youth among this wild people when their warriors went on the warpath against the "Big Knives," and his highest ambition was to join them.

Finnemore, John.

India. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes. Macmillan. .75

We journey to the court of a native prince, travel through the bazaars, and visit village, jungle, and even the great Himalayas themselves. The book is particularly interesting, because India is less well known to young people than many other lands. Of the twelve colored pictures, two are specially good,--a tailor at work, and a Sikh warrior.

Finnemore, John.

Japan. Illustrated by Ella du Cane. Macmillan. .75

The volume is devoted rather to the habits, manners, and customs, of this wonderful people than to a description of the country itself. Boy and girl life, games, feast-days, the occupations of a Japanese day, the police, and the soldier, are told about in an entertaining manner. There are eight plates in color.

Jenks, Tudor.

The Boy's Book of Explorations. Doubleday. 2.00

A satisfactory introduction to exploration in general, and a comprehensive account of the travel and discovery of recent times in Africa, Asia, and Australia. The journeys of Livingstone, Stanley, and many other well-known African explorers, are related; Rockhill's adventures in Tibet; the experiences of Hedin and Landor; and the opening up of Australia. The beauty of Livingstone's character is dwelt upon. Maps and many illustrations add to the book's value.

Lang, John.

The Story of Captain Cook. Dutton. .50

A brief life of England's great explorer, giving details of his three famous voyages and his tragic end. There are eight pictures in color.

Lee, Yan Phou.

When I was a Boy in China. Lothrop. .75

This informing sketch of Chinese boyhood is by a native who left home at the age of twelve years to be educated in the United States.

Parkman, Francis.

The Oregon Trail. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Little. 2.00

Valuable not only as literature, but in that it gives the personal experiences of an intelligent observer in crossing the plains, long before the building of a trans-continental railway. Parkman made this trip in 1846.

The Wild West is tamed, and its savage charms have withered. If this book can help to keep their memory alive, it will have done its part. It has found a powerful helper in the pencil of Mr. Remington, whose pictures are as full of truth as of spirit, for they are the work of one who knew the prairies and the mountains before irresistible commonplace had subdued them.--Preface to the Illustrated Edition.

Plummer, M.W.

Roy and Ray in Canada. Holt. 1.75

"This companion volume to Roy and Ray in Mexico embodies much that is interesting concerning Canadian history, manners, and customs.... The book will be useful as a travel guide, but it is primarily intended to cover a hitherto neglected field for children." Illustrated from photographs, with map, and words and music of Canadian national songs.

Our old friends Roy and Ray enjoyed their trip through Eastern Canada, and so will the boys and girls who join them on their travels.

Starr, Frederick.

American Indians. Heath. .45

Mr. Starr, an acknowledged authority, tells us of many different Indian tribes; their language, customs, picture-writing, dances, and ceremonies. The author has himself had acquaintance with some thirty tribes. The book is very fully and satisfactorily illustrated.

Mythology, Folk-lore, Legends, And Fairy Tales

Those that Hobgoblin call you and sweet Puck,

You do their work, and they shall have good luck.

Shakspere.

Kipling, Rudyard.

Puck of Pook's Hill. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Doubleday. 1.50

To Dan and Una, sitting, on Midsummer's Eve, in the old fairy ring, appears Puck. By his magic power on this and succeeding visits incidents based on events in Old England's history are told to the children by those who shared in them. A series of remarkable stories, alternating with even more remarkable poems. The average child will better enjoy hearing them read aloud, as they presuppose a fuller knowledge of English history than most American children are likely to possess. Mr. Rackham's pictures in color are fine work.

Poetry, Collections Of Poetry And Prose, And Stories Adapted From Great Authors

Olympian bards who sung

Divine ideas below,

Which always find us young

And always keep us so.

Emerson.

Lang, Andrew.

The Blue Poetry Book. Longmans. 2.00

The Editor trusts that this book may be a guide into romance and fairy-land to many children.... By way of lending no aid to what is called Education, very few notes have been added. The child does not want everything to be explained; in the unexplained is great pleasure. Nothing, perhaps, crushes the love of poetry more surely and swiftly than the use of poems as schoolbooks.--Introduction.

This excellent collection, for the most part British verse, contains a large proportion of Scotch songs and ballads. The productions of contemporary poets are not included.

Lanier, Sidney.

The Boy's Percy. Scribner. 2.00

Old Ballads of War, Adventure, and Love, from Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.--Title-page.

But, passing far beyond the plans of these small antiquarian pleasures, Percy's book immediately enriched our whole ordinary existence by making common property of those golden figures which the undying ballad-maker had enameled into the solid tissue of English life.... Each ballad is given here exactly as it stands in the original except that the spelling has been modernized and such parts cut away as cleanliness required.--Introduction.

Norton, C. E. (Editor).

Heart of Oak Books. Volume VI. Masterpieces of Literature. Heath. .55

The worth of the masterpieces of any art increases with use and familiarity of association. They grow fresher by custom; and the love of them deepens in proportion to the time we have known them, and to the memories with which they have become invested.--Preface.

Repplier, Agnes (Editor).

A Book of Famous Verse. Houghton. 1.25

In selecting these few poems I have had no other motive than to give pleasure to the children who may read them; and I have tried to study their tastes, and feelings, and desires.--Introduction.

Though issued in 1892, Miss Repplier's excellent collection still holds its own among the very best, because of the high quality and interest of the poems chosen. The little book is of a most convenient size to carry about with one.

Religion And Ethics

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he

That every man in arms should wish to be?

--It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought

Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought

Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought:

Whose high endeavors are an inward light

That makes the path before him always bright.

Wordsworth.

Carruth, W. H.

Letters to American Boys. American Unitarian Association. .80

Uncle William (who in real life is Vice Chancellor of the University of Kansas) has a series of clear-headed talks with the boys on reading, sports, manners, various professions, and politics. He is never patronizing, and always has the boy's point of view in mind.

Gillie, R. C.

The Kinsfolk and Friends of Jesus. Macmillan. 2.25

This sequel to The Story of Stories, is told in simple language. The illustrations, part of them in color, are from famous paintings.

Science, Out-of-door Books, And Stories Of Animals

Science is, like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

Kingsley.

Baker, R. S.

Boy's Second Book of Inventions. Doubleday. 1.60

This second volume is like unto the first in giving accounts of recent marvellous discoveries and inventions, such as radium, flying machines, and the seismograph, used in the measurement of earthquakes. It is fully illustrated.

Blanchan, Neltje

(Pseudonym of Mrs. N.B. (DEG.) Doubleday).

Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted. Doubleday. 2.00

Illustrated with full-page color plates. Non-technical. Birds grouped according to size and color; no specific color key. Rather full biographies. There are chapters giving the characteristics of the families, the habitats, and the seasons of occurrence.

Audubon Society.

One hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds, and water-fowls, are described. The color plates are forty-eight in number.

Dickerson, M.C.

The Frog Book. Doubleday. 4.00

"The original manuscript for this book concerned Toads and Frogs of Northeastern North America only.... Brief accounts of the species of other parts of North America were added later."

There are sixteen pages of color plates and nearly three hundred half-tones from photographs from life by the author. The wonderful transformation of the tadpole is fully described.

Good, Arthur.

Magical Experiments. McKay. 1.25

Some of the wonders here described are intended merely for amusement, others are of a scientific character and designed to act as an introduction to the study of Physics. No apparatus is needed beyond the simple articles, such as knives, forks, and plates, which every household possesses. The book is instructive and entertaining alike to experimenter and observer.

Heilprin, Angelo.

The Animal Life of Our Sea-shore. Lippincott. 1.25

An authoritative manual, prepared with special reference to the New Jersey coast and the Southern shore of Long Island. It is fully illustrated.

Howard, L.O.

The Insect Book. Doubleday. 3.00

Dr. Howard, Chief of the Division of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, and the foremost authority in this country, gives us full life-histories of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies, and other North American insects--exclusive of the butterflies, moths, and beetles. A separate section is devoted to the subject of collecting and preserving the different specimens. There are sixteen pages of color plates, thirty-two pages of half-tones, and about three hundred black and white text illustrations.

Moffett, Cleveland.

Careers of Danger and Daring. Century. 1.50

Vivid accounts of the courage and achievements of steeple-climbers, deep-sea divers, balloonists, ocean and river pilots, bridge-builders, firemen, acrobats, wild-beast trainers, locomotive engineers, and the men who handle dynamite.

Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh.

Morley, M. W.

Grasshopper Land. McClurg. 1.25

Not only the grasshoppers but other family members of the Orthoptera are here described, including mantes, walking-sticks, katydids, and crickets. There is a long and interesting account of locusts and their migrations. The text illustrations are many and satisfactory.

The poetry of earth is never dead:

When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,

And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run

From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.

That is the grasshopper's--he takes the lead

In summer luxury--he has never done

With his delights, for when tired out with fun,

He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

Keats.

Parsons, F.T. (S.)

(formerly

Mrs

. W.S.

Dana

).

How to Know the Wild Flowers. Scribner. 2.00

Every flower-lover who has spent weary hours puzzling over a botanical key in the efforts to name unknown plants will welcome this satisfactory book, which stands ready to lead him to the desired knowledge by a royal road. The book is well fitted to the need of many who have no botanical knowledge and yet are interested in wild flowers.--The Nation.

The primary characteristic of this guide to the names, haunts, and habits, of our common wild flowers is that, in moderate compass, it groups and describes them under their different colors. This arrangement was suggested by a passage in one of John Burroughs's Talks about Flowers. There are indices to the Latin and English names and to technical terms. The forty-eight full-page colored and one hundred and ten black and white illustrations are of value.

St. John, T.M.

Real Electric Toy-Making for Boys. St. John. 1.00

Sufficient directions for making and using many simple electric toys.

Shaler, N.S.

A First Book in Geology. Heath. .60

It is difficult to see how this subject could be made more interesting to beginners. The fully illustrated volume is of a handy size to be carried on geological tramps.

Stories

The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.

Goldsmith.

Alcott, L.M.

Little Men. Illustrated by R.B. Birch. Little. 2.00

This sequel to Little Women tells of the home school which Jo and her husband loved and worked for, and from which they sent out into the world, as men, the boys who had sorely needed their loving care.

Barbour, R.H.

For the Honor of the School. Appleton. 1.50

A satisfactory account of modern boarding-school life. Its standards are good and its tone healthy and sound. There are descriptions of a cross-country race, a foot-ball game, a base-ball match, and interscholastic track athletics. Lads, however, enjoy the writings of this author to such an extent that many, doubtless, read them to the exclusion of more worthy books.

Barbour, R.H.

Four in Camp. Appleton. 1.50

The compiler of this List believes that young people as well as old occasionally wish for light literature. This story of vacation days spent in a summer camp for boys in the New Hampshire woods is pleasantly diverting. Its standards make for self-control, courage, honesty, and good-fellowship.

Church, A.J.

A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great. Putnam. 1.25

Young folks of today will like to read of the lad who took part in the great struggle between Macedonia and Persia. Alexander's visit to Jerusalem, recorded by Josephus, is related, and mention is made of Demosthenes and Diogenes.

Cooper, J.F.

The Pilot. Houghton. 1.00

From the boy's point of view, any legitimate need for concealment gives an added charm to a narrative, and this account of the secret expedition of John Paul Jones to the English coast is no exception.

Cooper, J.F.

The Spy. Houghton. 1.00

Story of the Revolution and the "neutral grounds" around White Plains. The hero, the spy, is a cool, shrewd, fearless man, who is employed by General Washington in service which involves great personal hazard.

Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh.

Cotes, S.J. (D.).

The Story of Sonny Sahib. Appleton. 1.00

The experiences of a little English boy saved, when a baby, by his ayah, at the time of the Cawnpore Massacre, and brought up at the court of the Maharajah of Lalpore. Learning that the English are about to attack the city, Sonny seeks his countrymen, refusing however to give any information in regard to the Maharajah's defenses. In the camp he finds his father, Colonel Starr.

Dix, B.M.

Merrylips. Macmillan. 1.50

The adventures of a little Cavalier maiden during the civil wars that led to the establishment of Cromwell. Merrylips, who had always wished to be a lad, is obliged to wander in the disguise of boy's clothing, and through her experiences learns to prefer to be herself, Mistress Sybil Venner. In all her vicissitudes she proves herself a steadfast servant of the King. While the book pictures the rude times of war, the charm of womanliness is emphasized throughout.

Dix, B. M.

Soldier Rigdale. Macmillan. 1.50

An account of Mayflower days and the founding of the Plymouth colony. Miles Rigdale and little Dolly lose both mother and father. Dolly is brought up by Mistress Brewster, while Miles finally goes to live with Captain Standish. This faithful relation of the privations our ancestors endured ends with the arrival of the ship Fortune with reinforcements for the colony.

Ewing, J. H.

Jackanapes. Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. The Story of a Short Life. With a sketch of her life by her sister, H.K.F. Gatty. Little. .50

°Jackanapes.

We love the golden-haired army baby who lived to fight and die with glory for Old England. The atmosphere of the tale is most charming.

Daddy Darwin's Dovecot.

In the beautiful English country dwell old Daddy Darwin and Jack March, the little workhouse boy. A delightful anecdote is told about the pigeons, of whom Jack says, "I love them tumblers as if they was my own."

°The Story Of A Short Life.

The inspiring story of the life of a boy--a short life filled with glorious bravery. This English army sketch is so sad that it should be read by the parent before deciding to give it to a child.

French, Allen.

Heroes of Iceland. Little. 1.50

Iceland in the tenth century is pictured for us in this adaptation from Sir George Webbe Dasent's translation of The Story of Burnt Njal--the Njal's Saga. It was this century that saw the change of faith of a brave heathen people.

But at the same time, during their long winters, the Icelanders wrote the tales of their own early times, which are still too little known. This book contains the greatest of them, a saga or story which is to be compared, in interest and beauty, with the great epics of the earlier races.--Preface.

French, Allen.

Pelham and His Friend Tim. Little. 1.50

The affectionate fellowship of two boys, the son of the owner of a mill and the son of one of the workmen. A mill strike is the principal incident of this wholesome story.

Goss, W. L.

Jed. Crowell. .75

The incidents of the book are real ones, drawn in part from the writer's personal experiences and observations, as a soldier of the Union, during that war. He is also indebted, to many comrades for reminiscences of battle and prison life.--Preface.

The simple bravery of this boy-soldier will stimulate the latent courage and patriotism of the boys of our day. They will like the scene where Dick and Jed join the army as drummer-boys, taking with them Mink, Jed's "awful nice dog," who could do all sorts of cunning tricks.

Greene, Homer.

The Blind Brother. Crowell. .50

A narrative of the experiences of two little boys in the Pennsylvania coal mines. The sketch, which treats of an unusual subject and is full of stirring interest, took the first prize, offered by The Youth's Companion.

Hale, E.E.

°The Man Without a Country. Little. .75

The story of Philip Nolan was written in the darkest period of the Civil War, to show what love of country is.--Introduction.

Nolan cursed his native land and wished that he might never hear of her again, and for fifty years his wish was fulfilled.

Hamp, S.F.

Dale and Fraser, Sheepmen. Wilde. 1.50

An account of Colorado sheep-raising which will interest boys greatly, especially as there is a tale of hidden gold interwoven with that of Western life.

Harris, J.C.

On the Plantation. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Appleton. 1.50

This description of a Georgia boy's adventures during the Civil War gives an unexaggerated picture of plantation life.

Nash, H.A.

Polly's Secret. Little. 1.50

Polly was a staunch little Maine girl of the long-ago days. She held an important trust sacred for many years, proving herself of sterling worth.

Pyle, Howard.

The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes. Century. 2.00

This exciting narrative of Colonial days tells of the notorious pirate Blackbeard and also of the kidnapping and transporting from England to the Southern colonies which was so common during the first half of the eighteenth century. A thread of romance runs through the story.

Stevenson, R.L.

Treasure Island. Illustrated by Wal Paget. Scribner. 1.25

Stevenson's fascinating tale of adventure is already a classic. Nothing of the sort, perhaps, since Robinson Crusoe, has so appealed to both old boys and young ones.

Thanet, Octave

(Pseudonym of Alice French).

We All. Appleton. 1.50

A good picture of boy and girl life on an Arkansas plantation. An absurd Ku-klux incident and an exciting experience with counterfeiters add to the volume's interest.

Thompson, A. R.

Shipwrecked in Greenland. Little. 1.50

With photographic illustrations of great interest. There is just enough story to hold together the very entertaining chapters of adventure--"based in part upon the experiences of that unfortunate expedition which, on board the steamer Miranda, came to grief off the coast of Greenland in the Summer of 1894." Manners and customs, flora and fauna, Eskimos and cameras, icebergs and polar bears, make this a capital book for boys and boys' sisters.--The Nation.

Twain, Mark

(Pseudonym of S. L.

Clemens

).

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Harper. 1.75

Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual--he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture. The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story.--Preface.

Boys love it, and broad-minded parents will put the volume in their children's hands before they borrow it.

Vaile, C. M.

The Orcutt Girls. Wilde. 1.50

Two sisters--ambitious in the best sense--by means of exertion manage, by boarding themselves, to attend Merton Academy for one term. A good picture of this phase of New England life of long ago. The tale is said to have a foundation of fact.

Wiggin, K.D.

(S.).

Polly Oliver's Problem. Houghton. 1.00

Polly bravely takes care of her invalid mother, and later when left alone helps to support herself by her beautiful gift for story-telling. The book has a bright and helpful influence.

Wiggin, K.D.

(S.).

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Houghton. 1.25

Rebecca is a quaint and lovable girl whose nature, full of enthusiasm, originality, and imagination, charms all who encounter her. Mrs. Wiggin's delightful sense of humor pervades the sketch.

Wilkins, M.E.

(MRS. M.E. (W.)

Freeman

).

In Colonial Times. Lothrop. .50

Little five-year-old Ann is made the bound girl of Samuel Wales, of Braintree. After some hard experiences Ann tries to run away, but in time she learns to love the really kind-hearted people to whose care she has fallen, and in the end becomes the adopted daughter of Mrs. Polly Wales. The Squire's Sixpence is a simple school story of long-ago days.