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Audubon— Life of John James Audubon. (By his wife) Contains 



much diary material, and some letters, and is extremely interesting. 



John Burroughs "Life of Audubon" could also be used here. 



Bryant, Wm. C— A Lifetime. (Poetic account.) 



Burroughs—Boyhood Days with John Burroughs (Craftsman— 



22:240-52) 



Burroughs — ^John Burroughs Life Revealed (Lit. Digest. 

 48-1441-2) 



Clemens — Life on the Mississippi. (Will appeal to the roving 

 boys of this age.) 



Eastman — Indian Boyhood. 



Garland — ^A Son of the Middle Border. (Parts to be read 

 by Teacher.) 



Hawkes — Hitting the Dark Trail. (Autobiographical.) 

 Homaday — Two Years in the Jungle. (Invigorating.) (Will 

 appeal to those of scientific turn of mind.) 



Howells — ^A Boy's Town — (Very picturesque.) Take sections 

 from this and have students choose a subject sug- 

 gested here for an account of their own, adapting 

 it to something in their life of which this reminds them. 

 Let them write an account of an imaginary trip to 

 some one of the places studied in one of these bio- 

 graphies, or let them pretend they are visiting one 

 of the men whose autobiography they are reading. 

 Parts of Franklin's "Autobiography" will appeal to 

 the scientific sort, and also to those who are interested 

 in the wittiness of the almanacks. Let them describe 

 the house which would mean most to them if they 

 were writing an autobiography. Ask which auto- 

 biography of those read is liked best, and why. Also, 

 which author they think they come to best know 

 through the autobiography and why? 

 Hudson, Wm. H.— Book of a Naturalist (An Englishman Imt 

 of interest here because he is a contemporary, and l)ecause of his 

 splendid style. 



Larcom, Lucy — ^A New England Girlhood. 

 Lewis — ^A Journey from Talapsco in Mar>'land to Annapolis. 

 Apr. 4, 1730. (Worth considering as a ]mccc of trip auto- 

 biography. Have students attcm])t something of sort 



