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. 
BONSAL. 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 Military Governor of Puerto Rico. With 
a postscript by J. Sherman, Private, Co. D, 21st Infantry. 
Edited by Stephen Bonsal. 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. 
