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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 +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._IIlus- 
trated. ix +441 pages. 
A book which will delight every normal boy. Jim isa 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. 
