The scenery of the book is all taken from nature; many of the characters were real people; and almost all the incidents which here befall the Boy Emigrants came under my own observation, or under that of people whom I knew on the trail or in California. NOAH BROOKS. CANAVAN, M.J. Ben Comee. Macmillan. 1.50 This eighteenth-century Colonial narrative gives a vivid description of Roger's Rangers. The Rangers were for the most part New (p. 163) Hampshire frontiersmen. COOLIDGE, SUSAN (Pseudonym of S.C. WOOLSEY). What Katy Did at School. Little. 1.25 The sequel to What Katy Did tells of the boarding-school days of Katy and Clover Carr. While the story is interesting and amusing, it is at the same time an advantage to any girl to make the acquaintance of these two delightful sisters, with their simple honorable standards. COOPER, J.F. The Deerslayer. Houghton. 1.25 "The incidents of this tale occurred between the years 1740 and 1745.... Broad belts of the virgin wilderness ... affording forest covers to the noiseless moccasin of the native warrior, as he trod the secret and bloody war-path." Cooper's style is, according to present-day standards, somewhat pompous and stilted, but all boys should read this account of the New York settlers' warfare against the Iroquois and know Deerslayer, the picturesque frontiersman. And Natty won't go to oblivion quicker Than Adams the parson or Primrose the vicar. LOWELL. COOPER, J.F. The Last of the Mohicans. Houghton. 1.25 Story of the French and Indian war. It tells of the siege (p. 164) of Fort William Henry, the capture of two young girls by the Indians, and the adventures of an English officer while trying to rescue them. Hawk-eye the scout and Uncas, the last of the Mohicans, are two of the other characters. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH. EGGLESTON, G.C. The Last of the Flatboats. Lothrop. 1.50 The adventures of five boys on a trip down the Mississippi at the time of a great flood. The tone of the book is manly. FORBES, C.B. Elizabeth's Charm-String. Little. 1.50 Elizabeth's aunt brings home from Europe various tiny symbols relating to different famous places, buildings, and paintings. The legends connected with them are told to a group of eager girls. FRENCH, H.W. °The Lance of Kanana. Lothrop. 1.00 This Arab tale of a Bedouin boy of many years ago is so instinct with splendid patriotism that it is difficult to characterize it as sad, though in the end Kanana gives up his life for Allah and Arabia. A graphic picture of Oriental life, full of exciting experiences.