[Illustration] THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS GARDEN CITY, N. Y. FOOTNOTES: [A] From the _Youth’s Companion_, November 1, 1906. [B] From “Chivalric Days,” copyright, 1886, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. [C] Reprinted from “Twice Told Tales,” by permission of the Houghton Mifflin Company. [D] From _Harper’s Round Table_, June 25, 1895. [E] From WIDE AWAKE, July, 1886. [F] From the “Life of George Washington.” [G] From the _Youth’s Companion_, February 21, 1907. [H] From _Wide Awake_, July, 1890. [I] From the “Life of George Washington.” [J] From _Wide Awake_, July, 1886. [K] Reprinted by permission of the Houghton, Mifflin Company. [L] From _Harper’s Young People_. February 21, 1882. [M] Copyright by George W. Jacobs & Co. [N] From “Around the Hub,” copyright, 1881, by Samuel Adams Drake. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Company. [O] From the _Youth’s Companion_, March 23, 1899. [P] From the _Youth’s Companion_, April 20, 1899. [Q] From _Harper’s Round Table_, July 9, 1895. [R] From “Around the Hub,” copyright, 1881, by Samuel Adams Drake. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Company. [S] From “The Spy.” [T] From _Wide Awake_, July, 1886. [U] From the _Youth’s Companion_, June 11, 1908. [V] From “Stories of the War for Independence.” [W] From the _Youth’s Companion_, September 6, 1900. [X] From the _Youth’s Companion_, November 22, 1900. [Y] From “Historic Boyhoods,” copyright, 1900, by George W. Jacobs & Company. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.