FOOTNOTES:

[A] From the Youth’s Companion, November 1, 1906.

[B] From “Chivalric Days,� copyright, 1886, G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

[C] Reprinted from “Twice Told Tales,� by permission of the Houghton Mifflin Company.

[D] From Harper’s Round Table, June 25, 1895.

[E] From Wide Awake, July, 1886.

[F] From the “Life of George Washington.�

[G] From the Youth’s Companion, February 21, 1907.

[H] From Wide Awake, July, 1890.

[I] From the “Life of George Washington.�

[J] From Wide Awake, July, 1886.

[K] Reprinted by permission of the Houghton, Mifflin Company.

[L] From Harper’s Young People. February 21, 1882.

[M] Copyright by George W. Jacobs & Co.

[N] From “Around the Hub,� copyright, 1881, by Samuel Adams Drake. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Company.

[O] From the Youth’s Companion, March 23, 1899.

[P] From the Youth’s Companion, April 20, 1899.

[Q] From Harper’s Round Table, July 9, 1895.

[R] From “Around the Hub,� copyright, 1881, by Samuel Adams Drake. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown & Company.

[S] From “The Spy.�

[T] From Wide Awake, July, 1886.

[U] From the Youth’s Companion, June 11, 1908.

[V] From “Stories of the War for Independence.�

[W] From the Youth’s Companion, September 6, 1900.

[X] From the Youth’s Companion, November 22, 1900.

[Y] From “Historic Boyhoods,� copyright, 1900, by George W. Jacobs & Company.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.

Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.