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HEROES OF HISTORY SERIES
A newly grouped collection of standard favorites--the kind that nevergrow old. In school and public libraries and intelligent homes thesebooks are recognized as outweighing any number of the trashy newerjuveniles so much in evidence, and for bright boys and girls they hold ahigh interest. The pleasing new covers, at the same low price, give thema renewed welcome.
Twenty titles by unsurpassed writers of history for the young: Towle,Headley, Bogart, Watson, and Frost.
New cover design, with side titles. Illustrated. Price per volume, 60cents.
By GEORGE M. TOWLE
1. DRAKE; The Sea King of Devon. 2. MAGELLAN; First Around the World. 3. MARCO POLO; His Travels and Adventures. 4. PIZARRO; His Adventures and Conquests. 5. RALEGH; His Voyages and Adventures. 6. VASCO DA GAMA; His Voyages and Adventures. 7. HEROES AND MARTYRS OF INVENTION.
By P. C. HEADLEY
8. FACING THE ENEMY; Life of Gen. W. T. Sherman. 9. FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE; Life of Gen. U. S. Grant.
By W. H. BOGART
10. BORDER BOY; Life of Daniel Boone.
By HENRY C. WATSON
11. FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY; Life of Washington. 12. FRIEND OF WASHINGTON; Life of Lafayette. 13. GREAT PEACEMAKER; Life of William Penn. 14. POOR RICHARD'S STORY; Life of Franklin.
By JOHN FROST
15. GREAT EXPOUNDER; Life of Daniel Webster 16. LITTLE CORPORAL; Life of Napoleon. 17. OLD HICKORY; Life of Andrew Jackson. 18. OLD ROUGH AND READY; Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor. 19. MILL BOY OF THE SLASHES; Life of Henry Clay. 20. SWAMP FOX; Life of Gen. Francis Marion.
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Four Gordons
By EDNA A. BROWN
Illustrated Large 12mo Decorated Cover $1.35 _net_
Louise and her three brothers are the "Four Gordons," and the storyrelates their experiences at home and school during the absence of theirparents for a winter in Italy. There is plenty of fun and frolic, withskating, coasting, dancing, and a jolly Christmas visit. Theconversation is bright and natural, the book presents no improbablesituations, its atmosphere is one of refinement, and it has the merit ofdepicting simple and wholesome comradeship between boys and girls.
"The story and its telling are worthy of Miss Alcott. Young folks ofboth sexes will enjoy it."--_N.Y. Sun_.
"It is a hearty, wholesome story of youthful life in which the moralsare never explained but simply illustrated by logicalresults."--_Christian Register_.
Uncle David's Boys
By EDNA A. BROWN
Illustrated by John Goss 12mo Cloth
Price $1.35 _net_
This tells how some young people whom circumstances brought together ina little mountain village spent a summer vacation, full of good times,but with some unexpected and rather mysterious occurrences. In the end,more than one head was required to find out exactly what was going on.The story is a wholesome one with a pleasant, well-bred atmosphere, andthough it holds the interest, it never approaches the sensational norpasses the bounds of the probable.
"A story which will hold the attention of youthful readers from cover tocover and prove not without its interest for older readers."--_EveningWisconsin_.
"For those young people who like a lively story with some unmistakablyold fashioned characteristics, 'Uncle David's Boys,' will have a strongappeal."--_Churchman_.
_For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of price by thepublishers_
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