BOOKS PUBLISHED BY LEE & SHEPARD. 



JUST RBADY. 

 A New Work by the Author of the Young Folk? History of the United States. 



YOUNG FOLKS' 

 BOOKOF AMERICAN EXPLOI\EE\S 



BY 



THOMAS WENTWORTH H1GGINSON. 



Uniform with the Young Folks' History of the U. S. One vol. Fully illustrated. 

 Price, $1.50. 



The YOUNG FOLKS' BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS is as 

 distinctly a " new departure " in our historical literature as was 

 its predecessor, the " Young Folks' History of the United 

 States." The "Book of American Explorers" is a series of 

 narratives of discovery and adventure, told in the precise words 

 of the discoverers themselves. It is a series of racy and inter- 

 esting extracts from original narratives, or early translations of 

 such narratives. These selections are made with care, so as to 

 give a glimpse at the various nationalities engaged, Norse* 

 Spanish, French, Dutch, English, etc., and are put together in 

 order of time, with the needful notes and explanations. The 

 ground covered may be seen by the following list of subjects 

 treated in successive chapters : The Traditions of the Norse- 

 men ; Columbus and his Companions; Cabot and Verrazzano ; 

 The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca ; The French in Canada ; 

 Hernando de Soto ; The French in Florida ; Sir Humphrey 

 Gilbert ; The Lost Colonies of Virginia ; Unsuccessful New 

 England Settlements ; Captain John Smith in Virginia ; Cham- 

 plain on the War-Path ; Henry Hudson and the New Nether- 

 lands ; The Pilgrims at Plymouth ; The Massachusetts Bay 

 Colony. 



Besides the legends of the Norsemen, the book makes an 

 almost continuous tale of adventure from 1492 to 1630, all told 

 in the words of the explorers themselves. This is, it is believed, 

 a far more attractive way of telling than to rewrite them in the 

 words of another ; and it is hoped that it may induce young 

 people to explore for themselves the rich mine of historical 

 adventure thus laid open. 



LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. 



