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ALDEN, WILLIAM L. Christopher Columbus(1440–1506). The First American Citizen(By Adoption). By William L. Alden. NewYork: Henry Holt & Co., 1881. 16mo, pp. 287.(Lives of American Worthies).
COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, (1440–1506).The First American Citizen (By Adoption). ByWilliam L. Alden. New York: Henry Holt &Co., 1881. 16mo, pp. 287. (Lives of AmericanWorthies).
HISTORY. Christopher Columbus (1440–1506).The First American Citizen (By Adoption). ByWilliam L. Alden. New York: Henry Holt &Co., 1881. 16mo, pp. 287. (Lives of AmericanWorthies).
LIVES OF AMERICAN WORTHIES.
Under the above title, Messrs. Henry Holt & Co.are contributing one more biographical series to thenumber with which the reading world is being so abundantlyfavored.
That there may be something in the method of thisseries not altogether identical with that of its numerouspredecessors, contemporaries and promised successors,will perhaps be suspected from the list of subjects andauthors thus far selected:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, (1440–1506),
By W. L. Alden, (of the New York Times),
Author of “The Moral Pirates,” etc.
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, (1579–1631),
By Charles Dudley Warner,
Author of “My Summer in a Garden,” etc.
WILLIAM PENN, (1644–1715),
By Robert J. Burdette, of the Burlington Hawkeye.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (1706–1790),
By
GEORGE WASHINGTON, (1732–1799),
By John Habberton,
Author of “Helen’s Babies,” etc.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, (1743–1826),
By
ANDREW JACKSON, (1767–1845),
By George T. Lanigan,
Author of “Fables out of the World.”
If the names of the authors awaken a suspicionthat there may be something humorous in the books, itshould be known that despite anything of that kind, thetruth of history is adhered to with most uncompromisingrigidity—perhaps, in some cases, a little too un