The “life-stories” retain the story form throughout, and embody in each chapter a stirring event in the life of the hero or the action of the time. The dramatis personæ are actual characters, and the facts in the main are historically correct. They are therefore both entertaining and instructive, and present biography in its most attractive form for the young. A FULL LIST OF THE TITLES IS GIVEN ON THE NEXT PAGE The work of translation has been done by Mr. George P. Upton, whose “Memories” and Lives of Beethoven, Haydn, and Liszt, from the German of Max Mueller and Dr. Nohl, have been so successful. _Each is a small square 16mo in uniform binding, with four illustrations. Each 60 cents net._ _FULL LIST OF TITLES_ Barbarossa William of Orange Beethoven Mozart Johann Sebastian Bach Maria Theresa Gudrun The Nibelungs The Maid of Orleans William Tell Frederick the Great The Little Dauphin “These narratives have been well calculated for youthful minds past infancy, and Mr. Upton’s version is easy and idiomatic.”—_The Nation._ “He is a delightful writer, clearness, strength, and sincerity marking everything to which he puts his hand. He has translated these little histories from the German in a way that the reader knows has conserved all the strength of the original.”—_Chicago Evening Post._ “They are written in simple, graphic style, handsomely illustrated, and will be read with delight by the young people for whose benefit they have been prepared.”—_Chicago Tribune._ “The work of translation seems to have been well done, and these little biographies are very well fitted for the use of young people.... The volumes are compact and neat, and are illustrated sufficiently but not too elaborately.”—_Springfield Republican._ “These books are most entertaining and vastly more wholesome than the story books with which the appetites of young readers are for the most part satisfied.”—_Indianapolis Journal._ _OF ALL BOOKSELLERS OR OF THE PUBLISHERS_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE _Translated from the German by GEORGE P. UPTON_ 12 Vols. Ready Beethoven Mozart Bach Maid of Orleans William Tell The Little Dauphin Frederick the Great Maria Theresa Barbarossa William of Orange Gudrun The Nibelungs _Illustrated, each 60 cents net_ A. C. McCLURG & CO., Chicago Transcriber’s Notes --Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. --In the text versions, delimited italics text in _underscores_ (the HTML version reproduces the font form of the printed book.) --Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged.