PARTON, JAMES.
Captains of Industry.
Houghton. Two volumes. 2.50
The careers of successful business men who had aims beyond mere (p. 175)
money-getting. Among those told of are Elihu Burritt, Henry
Bessemer, Sir William Phips, and Ezra Cornell.
SCOTT, WALTER.
Tales of a Grandfather.
Edited by Edwin Ginn.
Ginn. .40
This well-known book gives the history of Scotland from the earliest
period to the close of the reign of James V.
The present work has been slightly abridged by the omission of
detailed descriptions of some of the more barbarous cruelties of
those times and other unimportant matter. The story unimpaired
has been given in Scott's own language.--_Preface._
SCUDDER, H.E.
George Washington.
Houghton. .75
A reliable conservative biography. It is not only a historical
portrait, but a picture of eighteenth-century colonial life in
Virginia.
THE SHIP OF STATE, BY THOSE AT THE HELM.
Ginn. .40
Twelve articles describing the life and duties of the servants of the
nation. Among the subjects included are The Presidency, by Roosevelt;
The Life of a Senator, by Lodge; How Jack Lives, by Long; Good Manners
and Diplomacy, by Day; The American Post Office, by Wilson.
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