See also Kennedy's Horse Shoe Robinson (South Carolina in the Revolution); Churchill's Richard Carvel (Paul Jones); Guerber's Story of the Thirteen Colonies; Guerber's Story of the Great Republic; Eggleston's First Book in American History; Johonnot's Stories of our Country; Mowry's First Steps in the History of our Country; Montgomery's Beginner's American History.
For Reading or Recitation.—Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride; Emerson's Concord Hymn; Holmes's Grandmother's Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill; Bryant's Song of Marion's Men; Pierpont's General Warren's Address; Finch's Nathan Hale; Bryant's Nineteenth of April; Simms's Ballad of King's Mountain.
[Chapter XIX.] Pages 296-310.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Topics for Collateral Reading.—For topics to be read in connection with the life and career of Franklin, see the index to Fiske's The American Revolution, Fiske's The Critical Period of American History (1783-1789), and Morse's Benjamin Franklin (American Statesmen Series).
References for Reading.—Franklin's Autobiography should be read before all other books on Franklin. Read also Printer Boy (Franklin) (Famous Boy Series); Poor Richards Story (Franklin) (Daring Deed Series); Abbott's Benjamin Franklin (Ajax Series) and Parton's Life of Franklin.
Outside Readings.—Butterworth's True to his Home (Franklin); Brooks's True Story of Benjamin Franklin.
[Chapter XX.] Pages 311-322.
EVERYDAY LIFE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
This chapter is supplementary to Chapter IX on "Everyday Life in Colonial Times." The same works for collateral reading in connection with that chapter maybe equally serviceable for supplementary work for this chapter. Refer especially to the works of McMaster, Alice Morse Earle, Scudder, C. C. Coffin, Fisher, and Wharton.
[Chapter XXI.] Pages 323-338.
OUR NAVY IN THE WAR OF 1812.
Topics for Collateral Reading.—From this time to the present day McMaster's History of the People of the United States is a storehouse of important and interesting topics. See especially the chapter on "State of the People in 1812," Chapter III, p. 459, and various chapters in Vol. IV. Consult the detailed index to the several volumes for quick reference to the desired topics.