In this book of stirring adventure, the characteristics of the Arctic regions have been described according to latest authorities. The regions are those visited by Parry and Franklin.
The Year's Best Days.
By Rose Hartwick Thorpe, author of the well-known poem, "Curfew must not ring to-night."
"That day is best wherein we give
A thought to others' sorrows;
Forgetting self, we learn to live,
And blessings born of kindly deeds
Make golden our to-morrows."—Introduction.
To beautiful stories are appended several poems by the author.
Dora Darling, the Daughter of the Regiment.
By Mrs. Jane G. Austin.
The heroine of this story is a Virginia girl, who escapes to the North by joining a Union regiment as a vivandiere. This is one of the best of the distinguished author's works. Few American novelists have shown such signal ability to compel the interest of readers.
Dora Darling and Little Sunshine. (Originally published under the title of "Outpost.")
By Mrs. Jane G. Austin.
In this story a child, whose pet name was Sunshine, strayed from her friends, and during many years had many strange adventures. Dora Darling came as her good genius, and did all that a true heroine of romance should be expected to do. This is not, however, a child's book, but appears to be written for youths in their teens. It is full of incident, and, like all Mrs. Austin's books, is beautifully written.
The Border Boy, and how he became the Great Pioneer of the West.
A life of Daniel Boone. By W. H. Bogart.
This is an authentic account of the career of the founder of the State of Kentucky, and is full of thrilling incidents of the conflicts of the early settlers with the Indian tribes.