COFFIN, C.C. The Boys of '76. Harper. 2.00 In this volume an attempt has been made to give a concise, plain, and authentic narrative of the principal battles of the Revolution as witnessed by those who took part in them.--_Preface._ A companion to Old Times in the Colonies, with maps and many pictures. COFFIN, C.C. Old Times in the Colonies. Harper. 2.00 Mr. Coffin's writings are full of reliable historical information, interestingly told. This, the first of a series, takes us from the discovery of San Salvador to the surrender of Montreal to General Amherst, in 1760. There are maps and many illustrations. CREIGHTON, L.H. (V.G.). A First History of France. Longmans. 1.25 There is no reason why history should not be made delightful, though it so often fails in this respect. This little book of Mrs. Mandell Creighton's, with its good maps, and illustrations, many of them from old prints, is truly interesting to children. GILMAN, ARTHUR. The Making of the American Nation. Lothrop. .50 The term Making of the American Nation, as used in the title (p. 118) of the present volume, is intended to mean the process by which the loosely connected American communities outgrew their colonial condition of social and political life, and developed into a nation.--_Preface._ HART, A.B., and B.E. HAZARD (Editors). Colonial Children. Macmillan. .40 This is the first of four readers which portray the life and conditions of our country at different periods by means of extracts from contemporary sources, freely edited. Many illustrations are given. The stories are the same in substance as when they were first told, two and three centuries ago; but their garb has been changed without adding a detail or altering a statement of fact.--_Introduction._ HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Grandfather's Chair, and Biographical Stories. Houghton. .70 In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the YOUNG may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history.... The author, it is true, has sometimes assumed the license of filling up the outline of history with details for which he has none but imaginative authority, but which, he hopes, do not violate nor give a false coloring to the truth.--_Preface._