A Midshipman at Large.
By Charles R. Talbot. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
An escapade of a bright young fellow who “shipped” for a yachting cruise in vacation.
The story has nothing to do with the question whether it pays to know one’s work and do it and “be,” as the phrase goes, “a gentleman”; but, if the reader chooses to think of them, he will find plenty of stimulant.
Storied Holidays.
By Elbridge S. Brooks, author of The American Indian, In Leisler’s Times, In No-Man’s Land, and others. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
An historic tale connected with a holiday in every month of the year.
There is the snapdragon Christmas quarrel of James I. of England with his sons about the release of Sir Walter Raleigh; a New Year’s meeting of Margery More with Henry VIII; how William Penn got his motto “Be true, be leal, be constant,” on St. Valentine’s Day; how the Earl of Kildare kept St. Patrick’s; the wise men of Gotham fool King John on the first of April; and so on through the months.
These stories out of history practise one in the times they take him back to.
Eighty-Seven.