LT, THEODORE: _American Ideals and Other Essays_. Putnam.

RUSKIN, JOHN: _Sesame and Lilies_. In spite of its seeming
difficulty, this book contains some of the most inspiring words
ever spoken on books and reading.

WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY: _A-Hunting of the Deer and Other Essays_, a
delightful little collection that young people will enjoy and
that has fine literary qualities. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

Nature

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID: _Walden_, a vivid book of outdoor life. Such
also are _A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers_ and
_Excursions in Field and Forest_.

Biography

FABRE, JEAN-HENRI: _Our Humble Helpers_, familiar talks on the
domestic animals. The Century Co.

BOSWELL, JAMES: _Life of Samuel Johnson_. The first great
biography, and still the most remarkable in its intimacy. Not of
general interest to young people.

BROOKS, ELDRIDGE STREETER: _Historic Girls_. G. P. Putnam's Sons.

BROOKS, NOAH: _Life of Abraham Lincoln_. G. P. Putnam's Sons.

BURROUGHS, JOHN: _John James Audubon_. Small, Maynard & Co.

GOLDING, VAUTIER: _The Story of Henry M. Stanley_. E. P. Dutton &
Co.

HARRISON, FREDERICK: _Oliver Cromwell_. Macmillan.

IRVING, WASHINGTON: _Washington_, and _Mahomet_.

LODGE, HENRY CABOT: _Alexander Hamilton_. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

NICOLAY, JOHN G.: _Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln_.

OBER, FREDERICK O.: _Pizarro_. Harper.

RIIS, JACOB A.: _The Making of an American_. Macmillan.

SCHURZ, CARL: _Life of Henry Clay_. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

SCUDDER, HORACE ELISHA: _George Washington_. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

TRENT, W. P.: _Robert E. Lee_.

WISTER, OWEN: _U. S. Grant_. Beacon Biography.

History

BANCROFT, GEORGE: _History of the United States_ (to the
inauguration of Washington). A voluminous history with
interesting passages, but tedious to young readers.

DRAPER, ANDREW SLOAN: _The Rescue of Cuba_. Silver, Burdett & Co.

FISKE, JOHN: _The War of Independence_. Houghton, Mifflin Co.

LODGE, HENRY CABOT, and ROOSEVELT, THEODORE: _Hero Tales from
American History_. The Century Company.

MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP: _The Rise of the Dutch Republic_. This, with
other histories by the same writer, is a long and brilliant
account, full of interest to