There are many histories of our country to choose from, but none is more satisfactory for young people than this, with its choice language and interesting style. It contains maps and numerous illustrations. It will be noticed that less space than usual is given, in these pages, to the events of war, and more to the affairs of peace. This course has been deliberately pursued.... Times of peace, the proverb says, have few historians; but this may be more the fault of the historians than of the times.--_Preface._ KIEFFER, H.M. The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy. Houghton. 1.50 The author was drummer-boy during the Civil War in the 150th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and he tells his own experiences in camp and on the battlefield from the time of his enlistment to the "muster-out." CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH. LANIER, SIDNEY (Editor). The Boy's Froissart. Scribner. 2.00 These tales, which retain to a considerable extent the archaic style of the original, will interest only the exceptional boy or girl. PARTON, JAMES. Captains of Industry. Houghton. Two volumes. 2.50 The careers of successful business men who had aims beyond mere (p. 175) money-getting. Among those told of are Elihu Burritt, Henry Bessemer, Sir William Phips, and Ezra Cornell. SCOTT, WALTER. Tales of a Grandfather. Edited by Edwin Ginn. Ginn. .40 This well-known book gives the history of Scotland from the earliest period to the close of the reign of James V. The present work has been slightly abridged by the omission of detailed descriptions of some of the more barbarous cruelties of those times and other unimportant matter. The story unimpaired has been given in Scott's own language.--_Preface._ SCUDDER, H.E. George Washington. Houghton. .75 A reliable conservative biography. It is not only a historical portrait, but a picture of eighteenth-century colonial life in Virginia. THE SHIP OF STATE, BY THOSE AT THE HELM. Ginn. .40 Twelve articles describing the life and duties of the servants of the nation. Among the subjects included are The Presidency, by Roosevelt; The Life of a Senator, by Lodge; How Jack Lives, by Long; Good Manners and Diplomacy, by Day; The American Post Office, by Wilson. TAPPAN, E.M. (p. 176) In the Days of Queen Victoria. Lothrop. 1.00 The celebrated reign of the good queen is faithfully portrayed.