To read of his mother, his early home, his efforts for an education, and his rise to prominence is to understand better his rare nature and practical wisdom.
FROM RANCH TO WHITE HOUSE
(The Life of Theodore Roosevelt). By Edward S. Ellis. A. M.
Every boy and girl is more or less familiar with the experiences of Mr. Roosevelt as Colonel and President, but few of them know him as the boy and man of family and school circles and private citzenship.
Mr. Ellis describes Theodore Roosevelt as a writer, a hunter, a fighter of "graft" at home and of Spaniards in Cuba, and a just and vigorous defender of right.
FROM TANNERY TO WHITE HOUSE
(The Life of Ulysses S. Grant). By Wm. M. Thayer.
Perhaps General Grant is best known to boys and girls as the hero of the famous declaration: "I will fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."