Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography; Children's literature -- History and criticism
LEE, ROBERT E.--_Vide_ Beacon Biographies. Trent, W. P. [The Lives of
Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson have yet to be treated
satisfactorily for young people.]
NICOLAY, HELEN--Boys’ Life of Lincoln. Century, $1.50.
OBER, FREDERICK A.--Columbus; Pizarro; DeSoto. Harper, $1.00 net each.
[This author’s style is picturesque.]
RIIS, JACOB A.--The Making of an American: An Autobiography. Macmillan,
$1.50 net.
SCUDDER, HORACE E.--George Washington. Houghton, $0.75. [_Vide_ also E.
E. Hale’s “Life of Washington.” Putnam, $1.75.]
SEAWELL, M. E.--Decatur and Somers. Appleton, $1.00.
Twelve Naval Captains. Scribner, $1.25.
Paul Jones. Appleton, $1.00.
SEELYE, ELIZABETH E.--The Story of Columbus. Appleton, $1.75.
SOUTHEY, ROBERT--Life of Nelson. [_Vide_ ed., Macmillan, Warne,
Crowell, Dutton, Lothrop, etc.]
WISTER, OWEN--U. S. Grant. (Beacon Biography.) Small, $0.75 net. [This
is the same series as referred to under Lee, in which Norman
Hapgood has written on Daniel Webster.]
HISTORY
ALTON, E. (pseud, of Edmund Bailey)--Among the Law Makers. Scribner,
$1.50.
BARNES, JAMES--Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. Macmillan, $1.50.
CALLCOTT, M. (D.)--Little Arthur’s History of England. Crowell, $0.60.
Little Arthur’s History of France. Crowell, $0.60. [Both volumes
have a certain value in the history of children’s books.]
COFFIN, C. C.--Boys of ’76. Harper, $2.00. [Same author wrote “Boys of
’61.” Estes, $2.00.]
CREASY, E. S.--Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. Harper, $1.00.
DICKENS, CHARLES--Child’s History of England. Houghton, $1.00 to $2.50.
DOLE, C. F.--The Young Citizen. Heath, $0.45.
EGGLESTON, E. and SEELYE (MRS.), E. E.--Brant and Red Jacket. Dodd,
$0.75.
FISKE, JOHN--He has written a United States History. (Houghton.) His
larger contributions on periods are so excellent in their narrative
style as to recommend themselves for young readers of high-school
age. [_Vide_ also Edward Eggleston’s “Household History of the
United States.” Appleton, $2.50.]
GRIFFIS, W. E.--Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us. Houghton,
$1.25.
GREENWOOD, GRACE--Merrie England; Bonnie Scotland. [Out of print,
but re-publication strongly advised by librarians. Miss Burnite,
of the Cleveland Public Library, recently edited the “Ballads
Retold.” Ginn, $0.50.]
Stories and Legends; Stories and Sights of France and Italy. [Also
out of print.]
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL--Grandfather’s Chair. Containing also Biographical
Stories. Houghton, $1.25.
JENKS, TUDOR--Our Army for Our Boys. (Ill. Ogden.) Moffat, Yard, $2.00
net. [Mr. Jenks is also the author of the lives of John Smith and
Miles Standish (Century); of a series of historical and social
studies for children, the first volume called “When America Was
New” (Crowell.); and of another series, Lives of Great Writers
(Barnes.).]
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