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Arnold, Gertrude Weld

"A Mother's List of Books for Children"

C. WOOLSEY).
What Katy Did at School.
Little. 1.25
The sequel to What Katy Did tells of the boarding-school days of Katy
and Clover Carr. While the story is interesting and amusing, it is at
the same time an advantage to any girl to make the acquaintance of
these two delightful sisters, with their simple honorable standards.

COOPER, J.F.
The Deerslayer.
Houghton. 1.25
"The incidents of this tale occurred between the years 1740 and
1745.... Broad belts of the virgin wilderness ... affording forest
covers to the noiseless moccasin of the native warrior, as he
trod the secret and bloody war-path."
Cooper's style is, according to present-day standards, somewhat
pompous and stilted, but all boys should read this account of the New
York settlers' warfare against the Iroquois and know Deerslayer, the
picturesque frontiersman.
And Natty won't go to oblivion quicker
Than Adams the parson or Primrose the vicar.
LOWELL.

COOPER, J.F.
The Last of the Mohicans.
Houghton. 1.25
Story of the French and Indian war. It tells of the siege (p. 164)
of Fort William Henry, the capture of two young girls by the
Indians, and the adventures of an English officer while trying
to rescue them.


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