(p. 202)
Autobiography.
Houghton. .60

Notwithstanding its brevity, this autobiography has doubtless been a
greater incentive to ambitious boys than any other. It is perhaps
worth noting that a prominent Japanese merchant of Boston, when a boy
in his native land, after reading the book, determined to seek his
fortune in Franklin's country, and testifies to it as one of the chief
factors in his successful career. This useful edition contains a
sketch of the great man's life from the point where his own writing
ends, drawn chiefly from his letters. There are notes and a
chronological historical table.

HART, A.B., and ELIZABETH STEVENS (Editors).
The Romance of the Civil War.
Macmillan. .60

This fourth volume of Source Readers attempts to put before
teachers and children the actualities of the Civil War period. It
contains something of the spirit of North and South at the
beginning of the war, and much about the life of the soldier and
the citizen while it was going on, with some of the battle smoke
and dust.... In this book the fathers are speaking to their
children.--_Preface._

LARCOM, LUCY.
A New England Girlhood.
Houghton. .60

An account of Miss Larcom's youth up to the age of twenty-nine, which
includes her experiences as a Lowell mill-hand. It is not only a
record of the efforts of an aspiring young woman, but a picture of (p. 203)
one phase of New England life.

LOSSING, B.J.
The Story of the United States Navy, for Boys.
Harper. 1.75

This little work was prepared at the suggestion of Captain S.B.
Luce, U.S.N., the commander of the training-ship Minnesota.
Desirous of having it correct in every particular, I submitted
the manuscript to the Navy Department. It was returned to me with
a letter from Commodore Earl English, U.S.N., Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, to whom it was referred, in
which he wrote: I am much pleased with your beautiful and
instructive Story of the Navy, and I congratulate you on having
performed a labor which will contribute so much to the pleasure
and instruction of the youth of our country. Such a
bright-spirited work will refresh the memory of the noble deeds
of our departed naval heroes in the minds of the
people.--_Preface