A romance of the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. 14 to 16. CHILDREN’S LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE. By M. Louise Putnam. The story of Lincoln’s life combining entertaining narrative with accurate statement. 10 to 14. CHILD’S ENGLISH LITERATURE, THE. By H. E. Marshall. The life and personality of each author is given in outline, with enough quotation to afford an idea of what he wrote. The outlined historical background will enable the young reader to feel the connection between literature and the life of the time. 12 to 15. CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, THE. By Charles Dickens. From the Roman Conquest, B. C. 50, to the reign of William and Mary, A. D. 1688. Contains chapter on succeeding reigns. 12 to 16. CHRISTMAS CAROL, A. By Charles Dickens. A Christmas ghost story. 12 to 14. CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, THE. By Charles Dickens. A fairy tale, the chief characters in which are an old toy-maker and his blind daughter. 12 to 15. DAVID COPPERFIELD. By Charles Dickens. In his preface the author says that of all his books, he likes this one the best. Everyone knows of Little Em’ly, Barkis, and Mr. Peggotty. 14 to 16. DON QUIXOTE. By Miguel de Cervantes. The edition best suited for young people is that re-told by E. A. Parry, and illustrated by Walter Crane. The Dent edition is also recommended. 10 to 14. DOVE IN THE EAGLE’S NEST. By Charlotte M. Yonge. The story of a maid who grew up in the castle of a German robber baron of the fifteenth century. 14 to 16. DRUM-BEAT OF THE NATION. By Charles Carleton Coffin. The first period of the War of the Rebellion from its outbreak to the close of 1862. 12 to 14. EIGHT COUSINS. By Louisa M. Alcott. The doings of a fun-loving girl and her seven boy cousins. 12 to 14. EMPIRE STORY, AN. By H. E. Marshall. The story of the development of England’s great colonies. Includes India, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. 12 to 15. FEATS ON THE FIORD. By Harriet Martineau. The romance of a Norse peasant maid. 14 to 16. FREEDOM TRIUMPHANT. By Charles Carleton Coffin. The fourth period of the War of the Rebellion, from September, 1864, to its close. 12 to 14. GEORGE WASHINGTON. By Horace E. Scudder. One of the best lives of Washington for young readers. 12 to 16. GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR; OR, TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. A splendid introduction to the history of New England from 1620 to 1803. 12 to 14. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. By Jonathan Swift. A voyage to Lilliput and a voyage to Brobdingnag. 12 to 14. HALF A HUNDRED HERO TALES. By various authors, including Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Greek and Roman mythological heroes whose stories are here collected are not covered in any other one volume. The arrangement gives the interest of connected narrative to the account of the fall of Troy, the Æneas stories, and the adventures of Ulysses. 11 to 13.