it cannot well be avoided. The habitual borrower is a burden to
society.

HISTORICAL BOOKS * * * * * * * * FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

_=Young Folks' History of the United States=_

By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. Illustrated. $1.50.

The story of our country in the most reliable and interesting form. As a
story-book it easily leads all other American history stories in
interest, while as a text-book for the study of history it is
universally admitted to be the best.

_=Young Folks' Book of American Explorers=_

By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. Uniform with the
"Young Folks' History of the United States." One
volume, fully illustrated. Price $1.50.

"It is not a history told in the third person, nor an historical novel
for young folks, where the author supposes the chief characters to have
thought and said such and such things under such and such circumstances;
but it is the genuine description given by the persons who experienced
the things they described in letters written home."--_Montpelier
Journal._

_=The Nation in a Nutshell=_

By GEORGE MAKEPEACE TOWLE, author of "Heroes of
History," "Young Folks' History of England,"
"Young Folks' History of Ireland," etc. Price 50
cents.

"To tell the story of a nation like ours in a nutshell, requires a
peculiar faculty for selecting, condensing, and philosophizing. The
brevity with which he relates the principal events in American history,
does not detract from the charming interest of the narrative
style."--_Public Opinion._

_=Young People's History of England=_

By GEORGE MAKEPEACE TOWLE. Cloth, illustrated.
$1.50.

"The whole narrative is made interesting and attractive--in every way
what a book of this kind should be in its clearness of statement,
freshness of style, and its telling of the right ways."--_Critic._

_=Handbook of English History=_

Based on "Lectures on English History," by the
late M. J. GUEST, and brought down to the year
1880. With a Supplementary Chapter on the English
Literature of the 19th Century. By F. H.
UNDERWOOD, LL.D. With Maps, Chronological Table,
etc. $1.50.

"It approaches nearer perfection than anything in the line we have seen.
It is succinct, accurate, and delightful."--_Hartford Evening Post._

_=Young People's History of Ireland=_

By GE