It is the purpose of this new series to tell simply and attractively the life stories of Americans who have achieved greatness in different fields of endeavor. The author has been chosen in each instance either because he is particularly interested in the subject of the biography or is connected with him by blood-ties and possessed, therefore, of valuable facts. Only those, however, who have shown that they have an appreciation of what makes really good juvenile literature have been intrusted with a volume. The result is that the books are graphic, vivid reviews of the principal events in the careers of these makers of the nation. ROBERT E. LEE. BY BRADLEY GILMAN. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. BY ROSSITER JOHNSON. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. BY E. LAWRENCE DUDLEY. ROBERT FULTON. BY ALICE C. SUTCLIFFE. WILLIAM PENN. BY RUPERT S. HOLLAND. DAVY CROCKETT. BY W. C. SPRAGUE. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. BY MILDRED STAPLEY. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS The Kingdom of the Winding Road BY CORNELIA MEIGS With illustrations in color and in black and white by FRANCES WHITE _Cloth, 12mo_ A fanciful story relating the experiences of a beggar as he travels the country over in his tattered red cloak and playing his penny flute--in reality a wonderful magical pipe. He always knows the best thing to be done and he comes to the aid of the hero when he is in the worst distress. In his own fashion he helps the bad and the good alike. The book is part fairy tale, part romance, part allegory, but always literature. In a very human way the beggar stands for the soundness and sweetness of life and there are lessons that may be drawn from his adventures. But whether one bothers with the moral and the metaphors or not, there is an inescapable charm to the narrative and an interest and appeal that increases the further one goes on the beggar's highway. A Maid of '76 BY ALDEN A. KNIPE AND EMILIE B. KNIPE With illustrations by MRS. KNIPE _Decorated cloth, 12mo_ The little heroine of this book is a girl of Revolutionary times, a patriot through and through, but whose family is loyal to the king. Out of the difficulties with which she finds herself confronted and which she brings ultimately to a satisfactory conclusion the authors have made a most entertaining story. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York MACMILLAN'S JUVENILE LIBRARY _Each volume, cloth, 12mo, $.50_ NEW VOLUMES The Fairy Queen and Her Knights BY ALFRED J. CHURCH Peggy Stewart at School BY GABRIELLE E. JACKSON The Little King BY CHARLES MAJOR The Voyage of the Hoppergrass BY EDMUND LESTER PEARSON Hero Tales of the Far North BY JACOB RIIS Gray Lady and the Birds BY MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts BY MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Southern Soldier Stories BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON