lark because of his wonderful voice,
takes him with them to London against his will. Good Master Shakspere,
however, helps him in time of need, and little Nick gets safely home
again to his mother in Stratford town.

BROOKS, NOAH.
The Boy Emigrants.
Scribner. 1.25

An account of an overland trip to California in 1849.

The scenery of the book is all taken from nature; many of the
characters were real people; and almost all the incidents which
here befall the Boy Emigrants came under my own observation, or
under that of people whom I knew on the trail or in California.
NOAH BROOKS.

CANAVAN, M.J.
Ben Comee.
Macmillan. 1.50

This eighteenth-century Colonial narrative gives a vivid description
of Roger's Rangers. The Rangers were for the most part New (p. 163)
Hampshire frontiersmen.

COOLIDGE, SUSAN (Pseudonym of S.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. Hawk-eye the scout and Uncas, the last of the
Mohicans, are two of the other characters.