YOUNG FOLKS'
LIBRARY

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief,

Author, poet, former editor Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass.

The HON. JOHN D. LONG,

Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D.,

Author, literarian, associate editor The Outlook, New York.

ERNEST THOMPSON SETON,

Artist, author, New York.

JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE,

Author, poet, and editor, Arlington, Mass.

The REVEREND CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,

Archdeacon, author, Philadelphia.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS,

Humorous writer, Atlanta, Ga.

MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD,

Historical novelist, Chicago.

LAURA E. RICHARDS,

Author, Gardiner, Me.

ROSWELL FIELD,

Author, editor The Evening Post, Chicago.

TUDOR JENKS,

Author, associate editor Saint Nicholas, New York.

GEORGE A. HENTY,

Traveller, author, London, England.

KIRK MUNROE,

Writer of stories for boys, Cocoanut Grove, Fla.

EDITH M. THOMAS,

Poet, West New Brighton, N.Y.

CAROLINE TICKNOR,

Author, editor, Boston.

NATHAN HASKELL DOLE,

Author, translator, literary editor Current History, Boston.

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER, D.D., LL.D.,

President Chicago University.

DAVID STARR JORDAN, M.D., LL.D.,

President Leland Stanford Junior University, naturalist, writer,

Stanford University, Cal.

CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, A.M., LL.D., etc.,

Scholar, author, Emeritus Professor of Art at Harvard University.

HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D.,

Clergyman, author, Professor Princeton University.

The REVEREND THOMAS J. SHAHAN,

Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Professor of Early Ecclesiastical

History, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

WILLIAM P. TRENT,

Author, editor, Professor of English Literature, Columbia University,

New York City.

EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D.,

Ex-president University of California, astronomer, author,

U.S. Military Academy, West Point.

EDWIN ERLE SPARKS,

Professor of American History, Chicago University.

The VERY REV. GEORGE M. GRANT, D.D., LL.D.,

Educator, author, vice-principal Queen's College, Kingston, Ont.

BARONESS VON BULOW,

Educator, author, Dresden, Germany.

ABBIE FARWELL BROWN,

Author, Boston.

CHARLES WELSH, Managing Editor,

Author, lecturer, editor, Winthrop Highlands, Mass.

VOLUME I.

THE STORY TELLER

Edited by CHARLES ELIOT NORTON

VOLUME II.

THE MERRY MAKER

Edited by JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

VOLUME III.

FAMOUS FAIRY TALES

Edited by ROSWELL FIELD

VOLUME IV.

TALES OF FANTASY

Edited by TUDOR JENKS

VOLUME V.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS

Edited by THOMAS J. SHAHAN

VOLUME VI.

THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK

Edited by ERNEST THOMPSON SETON

VOLUME VII.

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS

Edited by KIRK MUNROE and MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD

VOLUME VIII.

BOOK OF ADVENTURE

Edited by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE

VOLUME IX.

FAMOUS EXPLORERS

Edited by EDWIN ERLE SPARKS

VOLUME X.

BRAVE DEEDS

Edited by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE

VOLUME XI.

WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA AND SKY

Edited by EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN

VOLUME XII.

FAMOUS TRAVELS

Edited by GEORGE A. HENTY

VOLUME XIII.

SEA STORIES

Edited by CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY

VOLUME XIV.

A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY

Edited by DAVID STARR JORDAN

VOLUME XV.

HISTORIC SCENES IN FICTION

Edited by HENRY VAN DYKE

VOLUME XVI.

FAMOUS BATTLES BY LAND AND SEA

Edited by JOHN D. LONG

VOLUME XVII.

MEN WHO HAVE RISEN

Edited by HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE.

VOLUME XVIII.

BOOK OF PATRIOTISM

Edited by

VOLUME XIX.

LEADERS OF MEN, OR HISTORY TOLD IN BIOGRAPHY

Edited by WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER

VOLUME XX.

FAMOUS POEMS

Selected by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, with Poetical Foreword by EDITH M. THOMAS.