FAMOUS BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Reading edition
POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS.
By Sarah K. Bolton. Short biographical sketches of George Peabody, Michael Faraday, Samuel Johnson, Admiral Farragut, Horace Greeley, William Lloyd Garrison, Garibaldi, President Lincoln, and other noted persons who, from humble circumstances, have risen to fame and distinction, and left behind an imperishable record. Illustrated with 24 portraits. 12mo. $1.50.
"It is seldom that a book passes under our notice which we feel impelled to commend so highly to young readers, and especially to boys."—N. Y. Observer.
GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS.
By Sarah K. Bolton. A companion book to "Poor Boys Who Became Famous." Biographical sketches of Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, Helen Hunt Jackson, Harriet Hosmer, Rosa Bonheur, Florence Nightingale, Maria Mitchell, and other eminent women. Illustrated with portraits. 12mo. $1.50.
"Give this book to your daughter; she may, perhaps, never become famous, but it will help her to do well her life's work."—American Baptist.
FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS.
By Sarah K. Bolton. Short biographical sketches of Holmes, Longfellow, Emerson, Lowell, Aldrich, Mark Twain, and other noted writers. Illustrated with portraits. 12mo. $1.50.
"Bright and chatty, giving glimpses into the heart and home life of some whom the world delights to honor.... At once accurate, inviting, instructive."—Chautauquan.
FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN.
By Sarah K. Bolton. A companion book to "Famous American Authors." Biographical sketches of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Webster, Sumner, Garfield, and others. Illustrated with portraits. 12mo. $1.50.
Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspiration, both to young and old. They teach Garfield's oft-repeated maxim, that "the genius of success is still the genius of labor." They teach patriotism, a deeper love for and devotion to America. They teach that life, with some definite and noble purpose, is worth living.
BOYS' BOOK OF FAMOUS RULERS.
By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. Lives of Agamemnon, Julius Cæsar, Charlemagne, Frederick the Great, Richard Cœur de Lion, Robert Bruce, Napoleon, and other heroes of historic fame. Fully illustrated with portraits and numerous engravings. 12mo. $1.50.
"A capital book for youth. Each subject has a portrait and illustrations of eventful scenes."—Boston Globe.
GIRLS' BOOK OF FAMOUS QUEENS.
By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. A companion book to "Boys' Book of Famous Rulers." Lives of Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, Catharine de Medici, Josephine, Victoria, Eugénie, etc. 12mo, cloth. 85 illustrations. $1.50.
"Such a book for young people is worth a score of 'blood and thunder' fictions; it is worthy a place in the library of every boy and girl."—Washington Post.
LIFE OF LAFAYETTE, the Knight of Liberty.
By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. A glowing narrative of the life of this renowned general, with 58 illustrations. 12mo. $1.50.
As a large portion of the material presented in this volume has been gathered from French works never before translated and which are now out of print, and also from original files of newspapers, and various manuscripts written by members of the La Fayette family, a more complete life of General La Fayette is here offered than has before appeared, either in this country or in Europe.
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 13 Astor Place, NEW YORK.
Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors and inconsistencies have been corrected without comment.