THE STANDARD SCHOOL LIBRARY. 



(Each volume, cloth, 50 cents net. Sold singly or in sets.) 



BARNES. YANKEE SHIPS AND YANKEE SAILORS. Tales of 

 1812. By James Barnes. 12mo. Illustrated, xiii + 281 

 pages. 



In this volume of " Tales of 1812 " it is not the intention of the 

 author to give detailed accounts of actions at sea or to present 

 biographical sketches of well-known heroes ; he wishes but to tell 

 something of the ships that fought the battles, whose names are 

 inseparably connected with a glorious past, and to relate incidents 

 connected with the Yankee sailors who composed their crews — " A 

 Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew " — thus runs the old song ; it is 

 to exploit both in a measure that is the intention of this book. 

 Brave fellows, these old-time Jackies were. Their deeds are part 

 of the nation's record, and their ships exist now in the shape of a 

 few old hulls. Here we have the old tales now retold ; retold by 

 one who loves to listen to them, therefore to talk about them. 



BLACK. THE PRACTICE OF SELF-CULTURE. By Hugh 

 Black. 12mo. vii + 262 pages. 



Nine essays on culture considered in its broadest sense. The 

 title is justified not so much from the point of view of giving 

 many details for self-culture, as of giving an impulse to practice. 



BON SAL. THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE. Extracts from the let- 

 ters of Captain H. L. Herndon of the 21st U. S. Infantry, on 

 duty in the Philippine Islands, and Lieutenant Lawrence 

 Gill, A.D.C. to the !\filitary Governor of Puerto Rico. With 

 a postscript by J. Sherman, Private, Co. D, 21st Infantry. 

 Edited by Stephen Bonsai. 12mo. xi + 316 pages. 



These letters throw much light on our recent history. The 

 story of our " Expansion " is well told, and the problems 

 which are its outgrowth are treated with clearness and insight. 



