y of New York City is told as a story, in few
words. The effort has been to make it accurate and interesting.
The illustrations are largely from old prints and wood
engravings. Few dates are used. Instead, a Table of Events has
been added which can readily be referred to. The Index to
Chapters also gives the years in which the story of each chapter
occurs.--_Preface._

HILL, C.T.
Fighting a Fire.
Century. 1.50

An interesting account of the methods used in extinguishing fires and
the thrilling experiences of the firemen in the city of New York,
which will enthrall boys.

McMASTER, J.B.
A Primary History of the United States.
American Book. .60

This book has been written in the belief that a primary history
of the United States should be short, as interesting as possible,
and well illustrated.... The illustrations are historically
authentic.--_Preface._

PRICE, L.L. (p. 120)
Wandering Heroes.
Silver. .50

The deeds of great men belonging to different
nomadic peoples are recounted. We are told
about Abraham, Moses, Prince Siddartha, Clovis,
Attila, Godwin, and Knut.

TAPPAN, E.M.
In the Days of Alfred the Great.
Lothrop. 1.00

As stated in the preface, this narrative of the life of the famous
king is the result of a thoughtful study of his character and an
earnest effort to be as accurate as the scantiness of material and the
thousand years' interval would permit.

I have sought to live my life worthily.
ALFRED THE GREAT.

TAPPAN, E.M.
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth.
Lothrop. 1.00

Of all the sovereigns that have worn the crown of England, Queen
Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most
blindly praised, and the most unjustly blamed.... At a distance
of three hundred years it is not easy to balance these claims to
censure and to admiration, but at least no one should forget that
the little white hand of which she was so vain guided the ship of
state with most consummate skill in its perilous passage through
the troubled waters of the latter half of the sixteenth
century.--_Preface._

The book is illustrated from well-known paintin