THE MINER BOY AND HIS MONITOR. The Career and Achievements of John Ericsson, Engineer.
One of the most thrilling incidents of the war was the sudden appearance of the Little Monitor in Hampton Roads to beat back the Merrimac. The life of the inventor is crowded with his wonderful inventions, and the story of his boyhood in the coal mines of Sweden is particularly interesting.
OLD STARS. The Life and Military Career of Major-Gen. Ormsby McKnight Mitchel.
“Old Stars” was the pet name given the brave general by his soldiers, who remembered his career as an astronomer before he became a soldier. His story is full of stirring events and heroic deeds.
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LEE AND SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston.
YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD.
By OLIVER OPTIC.
A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands. First and Second Series; six volumes in each Series. 16mo. Illustrated.