[26]This castle is near Wermadorf, Saxony, twenty-five miles east of Leipsic. [27]An ecclesiastical officer. [28]The translator has taken the liberty to omit a few paragraphs in this connection, setting forth some of Frederick’s financial and economical methods for the restoration of prosperity. They have only a local interest, and would hardly be entertaining for young people. LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE _Translated from the German by GEORGE P. UPTON_ 8 Vols. Ready Beethoven Mozart Bach Maid of Orleans William Tell The Little Dauphin Frederick the Great Maria Theresa _Each, with 4 Illustrations, 60 cents net_ LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE _BIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCES TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY_ GEORGE P. UPTON _A new, interesting, and very useful series that will be found especially suitable for school libraries and for supplementary reading_ The books in this series are translated from the German, because in that country a specialty is made of really desirable reading for the young. Eight titles are now ready and more will follow. Their simplicity and accuracy make them very useful for every school library in the grades. For parents who feel disposed to give their children books that provide a mild element of historical information, as well as first-class entertainment, the little books will prove a veritable find. 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_ Frederick the Great The Maid of Orleans The Little Dauphin Maria Theresa William Tell Mozart Beethoven Johann Sebastian Bach “These narratives have been well calculated for youthful minds past infancy, and Mr. Upton’s version is easy and idiomatic.”—_The Nation._