“A very ably written sketch of French history, from the earliest times to the foundation of the existing Republic.”--_Cincinnati Gazette._ “The narrative is not dry on a single page, and the little history may be commended as the best of its kind that has yet appeared.”--_Bulletin, Philadelphia._ “A book both instructive and entertaining. It is not a dry compendium of dates and facts, but a charmingly written history.”--_Christian Union, New York._ “After a careful examination of its contents, we are able to conscientiously give it our heartiest commendation. We know no elementary history of France that can at all be compared with it.”--_Living Church._ “A spirited and entertaining sketch of the French people and nation--one that will seize and hold the attention of all bright boys and girls who have a chance to read it.”--_Sunday Afternoon, Springfield_, (_Mass._) “We find its descriptions universally good, that it is admirably simple and direct in style, without waste of words or timidity of opinion. The book represents a great deal of patient labor and conscientious study.”--_Courant, Hartford, Ct._ “Miss Kirkland has composed her ‘Short History of France’ in the way in which a history for young people ought to be written; that is, she has aimed to present a consecutive and agreeable story, from which the reader can not only learn the names of kings and the succession of events, but can also receive a vivid and permanent impression as to the characters, modes of life, and the spirit of different periods.”--_The Nation, N. Y._ “_An exceedingly interesting narrative of an extraordinary life._”--The Standard. LIFE OF BENEDICT ARNOLD: HIS PATRIOTISM AND HIS TREASON. BY HON. I. N. ARNOLD, AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.” _Crown, 8vo., with Portrait_, _Price, $2.50._ This Life of Arnold is full of new facts, now first given to the public. Manuscripts from the family of Arnold, in England and in Canada, and the Shippen manuscripts, have enabled the author to make new contributions to Revolutionary history of great interest. The unpublished manuscripts of General Schuyler, to which the author has had access, has thrown new light upon the expedition to Canada and the campaign against Burgoyne. The author does not, to any extent, excuse Arnold’s treason, but aims to do full justice to him as a soldier and patriot. For Arnold, the traitor, he has no plea but “guilty;” for Arnold, the soldier and patriot, he asks a hearing and justice. “The biographer discriminates fairly between Arnold’s patriotism and baseness; and while exhibiting the former and the splendid services by which it was illustrated, with generous earnestness, does not in any degree extenuate the turpitude of the other.”--_Harper’s Monthly._