American Heroes and Heroines
By PAULINE CARRINGTON BOUVE Illustrated, 12mo Cloth, $1.25
This book, which will tend directly toward the making of patriotism inyoung Americans, contains some twenty brief, clever and attractivesketches of famous men and women in American history, among them FatherMarquette, Anne Hutchinson, Israel Putnam, Molly Pitcher, Paul Jones,Dolly Madison, Daniel Boone, etc. Mrs. Bouve is well known as a writerboth of fiction and history, and her work in this case is admirable.
"The style of the book for simplicity and clearness of expression could hardly be excelled."--_Boston Budget._
The Scarlet Patch
The Story of a Patriot Boy in the Mohawk Valley
By MARY E. Q. BRUSH, Illustrated by GEORGE W. PICKNELL, $1.25
"The Scarlet Patch" was the badge of a Tory organization, and a loyalpatriot boy, Donald Bastien, is dismayed at learning that his uncle,with whom he is a "bound boy," is secretly connected with thistreacherous band. Thrilling scenes follow in which a faithful Indianfigures prominently, and there is a vivid presentation of the schooland home life as well as the public affairs of those times.
"A book that will be most valuable to the library of the young boy."--_Providence News._
Stories of Brave Old Times
Some Pen Pictures of Scenes Which Took Place Previous to, or ConnectedWith, the American Revolution
By HELEN M. CLEVELAND, Profusely illustrated, Large, 12mo, Cloth, $1.25
It is a book for every library, a book for adults, and a book for theyoung. Perhaps no other book yet written sets the great cost of freedomso clearly before the young, consequently is such a spur to patriotism.
"It can unqualifiedly be commended as a book for youthful readers; its great wealth of illustrations adding to its value."--_Chicago News._
For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by thepublishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
Famous Children
By H. TWITCHELL, Illustrated, $1.25
We have here a most valuable book, telling not of the childhood ofthose who have afterwards become famous, but those who as children arefamous in history, song, and story. For convenience the subjects aregrouped as "Royal Children," "Child Artists," "Learned Children,""Devoted Children," "Child Martyrs," and "Heroic Children," and thenames of the "two little princes," Louis XVII., Mozart, St. Genevieve,David, and Joan of Arc are here, as well as those of many more.
The Story of the Cid
For Young People
By CALVIN DILL WILSON, Illustrated by J. W. KENNEDY, $1.25
Mr. Wilson, a well-known writer and reviewer, has prepared fromSouthey's translation, which was far too cumbrous to entertain theyoung, a book that will kindle the imagination of youth and entertainand inform those of advanced years.
Jason's Quest
By D. O. S. LOWELL, A.M., M.D., Master in Roxbury Latin School,Illustrated, $1.00
Nothing can be better to arouse the imagination of boys and girls, andat the same time store in their minds knowledge indispensable to anyone who would be known as cultured, or happier than Professor Lowell'sway of telling a story, and the many excellent drawings have lent greatspirit to the narrative.
Heroes of the Crusades
By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS, Cloth, Fifty full-page illustrations, $1.50
The romantic interest in the days of chivalry, so fully exemplified bythe "Heroes of the Crusades," is permanent and properly so. This bookis fitted to keep it alive without descending to improbability of cheapsensationalism.
For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by thepublishers,
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON
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