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RECENT BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG
FIFE AND DRUM AT LOUISBOURG.
By J. Macdonald Oxley.
Illustrated by Clyde O. De Land.
No true American boy with lively blood in his veins can read "Fife and Drum at Louisbourg" without wishing to read it again and again. The book is filled to the brim with historical information.—Denver Republican.
THE BOYS OF MARMITON PRAIRIE.
By Gertrude Smith, author of "Ten Little Comedies," etc.
Illustrated by Bertha C. Day.
One of the best boys' stories in current literature.—Boston Journal.
It is full of the free, wild life of the frontier, and of the adventures which befall healthy, strong boys.—Pittsburg Times.
THE ISLAND IMPOSSIBLE.
By Harriet Morgan.
Illustrated by Katharine Pyle.
What Frank Stockton has done for older people, Harriet Morgan does for boys and girls.—Commercial Advertiser.
MADAM MARY OF THE ZOO.
By Lily F. Wessel-hoeft, author of "Sparrow the Tramp," "Torpeanuts the Tomboy," etc.
With pictures by L. J. Bridgman, and from photographs.
A delightful story of animals in and outside of the Zoo, and of a little girl who is their friend.—The Outlook.
The amusing way in which the elephant and the other big animals, as well as the little ones, are brought in is sure to charm the childish mind.—Denver Times.
THE IRON STAR, AND WHAT IT SAW IN ITS JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES FROM MYTH TO HISTORY.
A Wonder Story for Girls and Boys. By John Preston True.
Illustrated by Lilian Crawford True.
A capital idea, worked out in the best possible manner. "The Iron Star" does not fall far short of being a work of genius.—Church Standard, Philadelphia.
A FLOWER OF THE WILDERNESS.
By A. G. Plympton, author of "Dear Daughter Dorothy," etc.
Illustrated by the author.
A most delightful story.—Denver Times.
Merits nothing but praise.—Springfield Republican.
THE YOUNG PURITANS IN CAPTIVITY.
By Mary P. Wells Smith.
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
The reader will be for the nonce a Puritan, and will follow the adventures of the children taken captive by the Indians, feeling that he is a participant in the scenes so well portrayed. He will sleep in the Indians' wigwam and breathe the odor of the pines.—Sacramento Bee.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF BRANTHAM.
By Evelyn Raymond, author of "The Little Lady of the Horse," "Among the Lindens," etc.
Illus.
A very bright and interesting story of life at a military academy in which it has been decided to admit girls for co-education.
There is a healthy, stirring atmosphere about the entire book.—New York Commercial Advertiser.