THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. I. Robert Fulton and Steam Navigation. By THOS W. KNOX, editor of "The Travels of Marco Polo," author of "Boy Travellers in the East," etc., etc. Large 12mo profusely illustrated $1 75 "Its facts are so valuable, its illustrations so significant, and its educational influence so direct and powerful, that the book cannot fail to prove exceptionally popular and useful, while it is written in a bright and thoroughly readable style."--Congregationalist. "The style is so easy and agreeable as to commend the book especially to young readers, but readers of any age will find it enjoyable.-Boston Journal. II.-The Life of George Washington. Studied anew by EDWARD EVERETT HALE, author of Man without a Ten Times One is Ten," etc., etc. Country,' 12mo. Fully illustrated. Large "I have been satisfied for some years that the time had come for a new view of the life and character of George Washington, a view to be taken after a careful study of his own memoranda prepared for the history of his own life. As the readers of this book will fearn, Washington left, arranged in careful order, perhaps more materials for his biography than any man of his century; but a certain habit of deifying him has thus far prevented writers of his life from approaching the study of the man in the way in which writers would address themselves to most biographical subjects. It has been my aim, using in my narrative chiefly the diaries and letters of the man himself, to present to the new generation of Americans the human Washington in such a way that they may have some conception of the man and of the advantages and the disadvantages with which he worked through his great career."-Extract from Author's Preface. III.-Abraham Lincoln. By NOAH BROOKS. Large 12mo fully illustrated. (In Press.) A clearly written story, giving a graphic presentation of the chief events in the life of Lincoln ("the typical American of his century "), in his dramatic career from the log-cabin to the White House, together with a clear and comprehensive statement of the nature of his services to the country during the great struggle for national existence. Mr. Brooks was for years a close associate and trusted friend of Lincoln, and he writes with full personal knowledge of the man and his work. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. |