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186 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH
Columbus, Christopher. j 92 C727m
Moores, Charles Washington. Story of Christopher Columbus.
1912. Houghton.
Contains portrait, maps and other illustrations, some of them reproduced from old
prints and drawings of the time of Columbus.
Frederick the Great. j 9 2 F895C
Carpenter, Mrs Kate E. (Rushmore). Story of Frederick the Great
for boys and girls. 1908. Lothrop.
Account of his unhappy boyhood as crown prince of Prussia and of his military
successes during the Seven years' war.
Holbrook, Florence. j 57* H69
Cave, mound and lake dwellers, and other primitive people. 1911.
Heath.
Tells about the life of the people who lived in the early days of the world; how they
obtained fire, how they cooked their food and about their homes, dress and means of
travel.
Hutchinson, Woods. j 613 H97
The child's day. 1912. Houghton. (Woods Hutchinson health
series.)
Following the boy or girl through the usual activities of a day, explains the need of
fresh air, food and sleep, and tells about the work and play of children, what risks to
avoid and how to keep well and grow strong.
Lang, Mrs Leonora Blanche. j 922 L23
Book of saints and heroes; ed. by Andrew Lang. 1912. Longmans.
Contents: The first of the hermits.—The roses from paradise.—The saint with the
lion.—Synesius, the ostrich hunter.—The struggles of St. Augustine.—Germanus the
governor.—Malchus the monk.—The saint on the pillar.—The apostle of Northumbria.—
St. Columba.—Brendan the sailor.—The charm queller.—Dunstan the friend of kings.—
St. Margaret of Scotland.—St. Elizabeth of Hungary.—Saint and king.—The preacher
to the birds.—Richard the bishop.—Colette.—The apostle of the Japanese.—The servant
of the poor.—The founder of hospitals.—The patron saint of England.
Mace, William Harrison. j 973 M15
Primary history; stories of heroism. 1909. Rand.
Brief accounts of the early explorers of the North American continent, the men
who fought for American independence in the time of the Revolution, the heroes of the
War of 1812 and the men who, later, helped to make the nation great.
Maule, Harry Edward. j 609 M48
The boy's book of new inventions. 1912. Doubleday.
Contents: The aeroplane.—Aeroplane development.—Aeroplanes to-day.—Artificial
lightning made and harnessed to man's use.—The motion picture machine.—Adventures
with motion pictures.—Steel boiled like water and cut like paper.—The Tesla turbine.—
The romance of concrete.—The latest automobile engine.—The wireless telegraph up to
the minute.—More marvels of science.
Niver, Harmon Bay. j 909 N37
Great names and nations; a first book in history, v.2. 1907. Hulbert.
v.2. Modern, 476-1905.
Beginning with the story of the barbarian invaders of the Roman empire, gives brief
accounts of Mohammed, the Northmen, the crusades, and the beginnings of England,
France, Germany, Italy and other modern nations.