"In connection with the life of John Paul Jones, Stephen Decatur, and other famous naval officers, he groups the events of the period in which the officer distinguished himself, and combines the whole into a colorful and stirring narrative."--_Boston Herald._ STORIES BY EVALEEN STEIN _Each one volume, 12mo, illustrated_ $1.65 =THE CHRISTMAS PORRINGER= This story happened many hundreds of years ago in the quaint Flemish city of Bruges and concerns a little girl named Karen. =GABRIEL AND THE HOUR BOOK= "No works in juvenile fiction contain so many of the elements that stir the hearts of children and grown-ups as well as do the stories so admirably told by this author."--_Louisville Daily Courier._ =A LITTLE SHEPHERD OF PROVENCE= "The story should be one of the influences in the life of every child to whom good stories can be made to appeal."--_Public Ledger._ =THE LITTLE COUNT OF NORMANDY= "This touching and pleasing story is told with a wealth of interest coupled with enlivening descriptions of the country where its scenes are laid."--_Wilmington Every Evening._ =WHEN FAIRIES WERE FRIENDLY= "The stories are music in prose--they are like pearls on a chain of gold--each word seems exactly the right word in the right place; the stories sing themselves out, they are so beautifully expressed."--_The Lafayette Leader._ =PEPIN: A Tale of Twelfth Night= "A creation almost as perfect as her 'Christmas Porringer.'"--_Lexington Herald._ =CHILDREN'S STORIES= "The stories are light and fanciful and worthy of a place beside Grimm and Hans Andersen in the child's library."--_Cincinnati Post._ MINUTE BOYS SERIES By JAMES OTIS and EDWARD STRATEMEYER _Each one volume, cloth decorative, 12mo, fully illustrated, per volume_ $1.50 This series of books for boys needs no recommendation. We venture to say that there are few boys of any age in this broad land who do not know and love both these authors and their stirring tales. These books, as shown by their titles, deal with periods in the history of the development of our great country which are of exceeding interest to every patriotic American boy--and girl. Places and personages of historical interest are here presented to the young reader in story form, and a great deal of real information is unconsciously gathered. =THE MINUTE BOYS OF PHILADELPHIA= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF BOSTON= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF NEW YORK CITY= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF LONG ISLAND= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF SOUTH CAROLINA= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF THE WYOMING VALLEY= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF BUNKER HILL= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF LEXINGTON= =THE MINUTE BOYS OF YORKTOWN= THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES By HARRISON ADAMS _Each 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume_ $1.65 =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO=; OR, CLEARING THE WILDERNESS.