University of Virginia Library

Books for Young Americans
By ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS
The Popular "True Story" Series

Seven 4to volumes of from 200 to 250 pages each, profusely illustrated and attractively bound in cloth, each $1.50.

"A series which contains the lives of Columbus, Washington, Lincoln, Grant, and Franklin, and worthy of hearty commendation. Every grown-up person who has read one of them will wish to buy the whole series for the young folks at home."—The Christian Advocate.

This series contains:

The True Story of Christopher Columbus, called the Admiral. Revised edition.

"With its thorough historical research and its novelty of treatment it is the Columbus book of its time."—The Interior, Chicago.

The True Story of George Washington, called the Father of His Country.

"Although many excellent biographies of our first President have been prepared for the young, we think that Mr. Brooks has presented the best, and has sustained well if not added to his reputation gained by his previous efforts in historical fields for young readers."—S. S. Library Bulletin.

The True Story of Abraham Lincoln, the American.

"His life reads like a romance, the best romance that ever was printed, and Mr. Brooks has done an admirable work. . . . The story of Lincoln was never more ably told."—Evening Post, Chicago.

The True Story of U. S. Grant, the American soldier.

"Carefully written in that style which makes Mr. Brooks so popular a writer with his young readers."—The Pilgrim Teacher.

The True Story of Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman.
The only popular life of the great Franklin written from a human standpoint for the boys and girls of America.

The True Story of Lafayette, the friend of America.
This volume, the sixth in the series of "Children's Lives of Great Men," will appeal to all young Americans. It is an absorbing, simply told, and stirring story of a remarkable character in American history, and is the "whole story," from the boyhood of the great Frenchman to the close of his long, dramatic, and romantic career.

The True Story of the United States of America. From 1492 to 1900.
This is in every sense a companion volume to the series of "Children's Lives of Great Men." It tells the true story of the beginnings, rise, and development of the republic of the United States. Its object is to tell the story of the people of America. It is largely used for home and supplementary reading, and is accepted as the most popular "story" of the United States yet told for young people.

At all bookstores, or sent postpaid on receipt of price.
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. . . . . BOSTON