BOOKS CONSULTED IN WRITING ANTOINE OF OREGON
- Ballantyne, R. M.: The Dog Crusoe. Henry T. Coates.
- Bryant, Edwin: What I Saw in California. D. Appleton & Co.
- Bryce, George: The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- Chittenden, Hiram Martin: The American Fur Trade of the Far West. Francis P. Harper.
- Dellenbaugh, F. S.: Breaking the Wilderness. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- Drake, Samuel Adams: The Making of the Great West. Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Irving, Washington: The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- Marcy, Randolph B.: The Prairie Traveler. Harper & Brothers.
- Parkman, Francis: The Oregon Trail. Little, Brown & Company.
- Paxson, Frederick L.: The Last American Frontier. The Macmillan Company.
- Powell, Lyman P.: Historic Towns of Western States. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- Thornton, J. Quinn: Oregon and California. Harper & Brothers.
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold: Early Western Travels (Palmer). Arthur H. Clarke Co.
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold: Early Western Travels (Buttrick). Arthur H. Clarke Co.
JAMES OTIS'S COLONIAL SERIES
| Calvert of Maryland | Richard of Jamestown |
| Mary of Plymouth | Ruth of Boston |
| Peter of New Amsterdam | Stephen of Philadelphia |
Price, each, 35 cents. For grades 3-5
Don't you remember the "Toby Tyler" stories, which appeared some years ago in "Harper's Young People"? And don't you remember how impatiently boys and girls looked forward to the next issue merely because of those tales? Stories like those mean something to children and make an impression.
¶ Here are six new stories by the same author, James Otis, the first he has ever written for schools. They are just as fascinating as his earlier ones. They are stories and yet they are histories. Their viewpoint is entirely original, the story of each settlement being told by one of the children living in the colony. For this reason only such incidents as a child might notice, or learn by hearsay, are introduced—but all such incidents are, as far as possible, historical facts and together they present a delightfully graphic and comprehensive description of the daily life of the early colonists.
¶ The style in which the children tell the stories reads as charmingly as that of a fairy tale, and abounds in quaint humor and in wholesome, old-fashioned philosophy.
¶ Each book is profusely illustrated with pen and ink drawings that not only add to its artistic attractiveness, but will be found a genuine aid to the child's imagination in reproducing for him realistic glimpses into a home-life of long ago.