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65. "Young America," 198, 200, 214. Young, Brigham, 91. Young, Richard M., 62, 118, 119. Norman Hapgood's _biographies_ Illustrated with portraits, fac similes, etc. Abraham Lincoln--The Man of the People _Library edition, half leather, $2.00_ "A Life of Lincoln that has never been surpassed in vividness, compactness and lifelike reality,"--_Chicago Tribune_. "Perhaps the best short biography that has yet appeared."--_Review of Reviews_. "Its depth, its clearness, its comprehensiveness, seem to me to mark the author as a genuine critic of the broader and the higher school."--_Justin McCarthy_. * * * * * George Washington _Half leather, $1.75 net; by mail, $1.90_ "Mr. Hapgood may have done more brilliant or more entertaining work in other fields but we doubt if any of his previous work will take its place in permanent literature so certainly as this study of Washington."--_Daily Eagle_. "Mr. Norman Hapgood's 'George Washington' is characterized by an unusual amount of judicious quotation, and also by many pages of graphic narrative and description. It has not been customary heretofore, in brief biographies of eminent men, to put the reader so closely in touch with the sources of history. In this case, however, the method adopted by Mr. Hapgood has not only greatly enhanced the historical value of his work, but has at the same time added to its intrinsic interest."--_Review of Reviews_. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 64-66 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK Mr. Owen Wister's _sketch of_ The Seven Ages of Washington _Boards, leather back in box cover, $2.00 net; by mail, $2.11_ _With nine illustrations in photogravure_ "A bright, enjoyable book, brimfull of individuality, containing one of the truest sketches of Washington ever written,"--_Record-Herald_, Chicago. "The essence of the whole book is character, and it is as a study of character that it possesses unique value.... It would be a good thing for high school and college students if this study of Washington were made a required text-book in the course of American history. Certainly the young Americans of our day would get from it a far more correct idea of Washington's life, character and influence than from any of th
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