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PALMER. STORIES FROM THE CLASSICAL LITERATURE 

 OF MANY NATIONS. Edited by Bertha Palmer. 12mo. 

 xv + 297 pages. 



A collection of sixty characteristic stories from Chinese, Japa- 

 nese, Hebrew, Babylonian, Arabian, Hindu, Greek, Roman, 

 German, Scandinavian, Celtic, Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, 

 Portuguese, Anglo-Saxon, English, Finnish, and American Indian 

 sources. 



RIIS. CHILDREN OF THE TENEMENTS. By Jacob A. Riis. 



12mo. Illustrated, ix -f 387 pages. 



Forty sketches and short stories dealing with the lights and 

 shadows of life in the slums of New York City, told just as they 

 came to the writer, fresh from the life of the people. 



SANDYS TRAPPER JIM. By Edwyn Sandys. 12mo. Illus- 

 trated, ix + 441 pages. 



A book which will delight every normal boy. Jim is a city lad 

 who learns from an older cousin all the lore of outdoor life 

 trapping, shooting, fishing, camping, swimming, and canoeing. 

 The author is a well-known writer on outdoor subjects. 



SEXTON. STORIES OF CALIFORNIA. By Ella M. Sexton. 

 12mo. Illustrated, x + 211 pages. 



Twenty-two stories illustrating the early conditions and the 

 romantic history of California and the subsequent development 

 of the state. 



SHARP. THE YOUNGEST GIRL IN THE SCHOOL. By Evelyn 

 Sharp. 12mo. Illustrated, ix + 326 pages. 



Bab, the " youngest girl," was only eleven and the pet of five 

 brothers. Her ups and downs in a strange boarding school make 

 an interesting story. 



SPARKS. THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION: AN OUTLINE 

 OF UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1776 TO 1861. By 



Edwin E. Sparks. 12mo. Illustrated, viii + 415 pages. 



The author has chosen to tell our history by selecting the one 

 man at various periods of our affairs who was master of the situ- 

 ation and about whom events naturally grouped themselves. 

 The characters thus selected number twelve, as "Samuel Adams, 

 the man of the town meeting" ; "Robert Morris, the financier of 

 the Revolution"; "Hamilton, the advocate of stronger govern- 

 ment," etc., etc. 



