This volume relates chiefly to the first half of the nineteenth century. Our grandfathers and even our fathers passed lives full of interest and of unusual incidents: the school, the field, the forest, the hunt, the stagecoach, and the steamboat, are already remote from our present generation.... Special pains have been taken to illustrate the remarkable life of the Western frontier, now fast becoming a tradition.--Preface.
Girls will enjoy the informal letters, describing the customs and costumes at the English Court, as well as those of our own land.
Higginson, T. W.
Young Folks' History of the United States.
Longmans. 1.00
There are many histories of our country to choose from, but none is more satisfactory for young people than this, with its choice language and interesting style. It contains maps and numerous illustrations.
It will be noticed that less space than usual is given, in these pages, to the events of war, and more to the affairs of peace. This course has been deliberately pursued.... Times of peace, the proverb says, have few historians; but this may be more the fault of the historians than of the times.--Preface.
Kieffer, H. M.
The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy.
Houghton. 1.50