Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; is in Washington
during the presidency of Jefferson; is on board of the "Clermont" on its first trip, and serves in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. TOM STRONG, THIRD Illustrated. $1.30 net. Tom Strong, Junior's son helps his father build the first railroad in the United States and then goes with Kit Carson on the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK THE HOME BOOK OF VERSE FOR YOUNG FOLKS _Compiled by_ BURTON E. STEVENSON, _Editor of "The Home Book of Verse"_ _With cover, and illustrations in color and black and white by WILLY POGANY. Over 500 pages, large 12mo. $2.00 net._ Not a rambling, hap-hazard collection but a vade-mecum for youth from the ages of six or seven to sixteen or seventeen. It opens with Nursery Rhymes and lullabies, progresses through child rhymes and jingles to more mature nonsense verse; then come fairy verses and Christmas poems; then nature verse and favorite rhymed stories; then through the trumpet and drum period (where an attempt is made to teach true patriotism,) to the final appeal of "Life Lessons" and "A Garland of Gold" (the great poems for all ages). |
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