The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-08
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A List of Books and Articles Treating of |
George Washington and Revo-
lutionary Times.

aration of school exercises Wnlcn are
available in the Butte Free Public Ii
f brary:
/ For Second reader grades-Pollard,
/ Josephine: Life of Washington in
/ words OF one syllable. Wiggin, Mrs.
| Kate Douglas: Little George Wash
| ington Great George Washington;
page lis in The Story Hour.
For Third reader grades-Abbott. J.
| S. c.: George Washington, or Life in
| American 100 Years Ago: very read
able but uncritical account Corey. j.:
/ Life of Washington, one of the earliest
and least satisfactory books. Life OF
| Washington tanonymous). written
about 1900. but of little value. The
Patriot Boy and How He Became the
Father of His Country, short and read
able. Scudder Horace E.. George
| Washington. An Historical Biography,
a readable little biography of recent
date. Stoddard. VIM. O.: George
Washington, one of the Lives of the
Presidents series, readable and not
/ over critical.
Articles and stories in books and
Observation-Disclosures, Louisa M: Tab
| part l. page 267. Brooks. Elbridge s.:
/ The Third Lord of the Manor, in st.
| Mich, vol. II, part /, page ). Edgar, j.
c.: Washington. in Footprints of Fa-
nous Men, page. 8. Headley, j. T.:
George Washington, in Washington
Holmes, oliver Wendell: ode for
| washington's birthday, in his Poetical
| Works, vol. /, page 242; Under the
Washington Elm in his Poetical
I Works, vol. I, page go. Letter OF
| Washington lin facsimile). in st. Mich,
vol. "a, part ., page 7S7. Paine. Robt.
Treat, jr.; Eulogy on Washington, in
Holiday selections, p. 120. Preston. An
ma A.: The Ragmufiins and Gen. Wash
ington, in Wide Awake, vol. 3, page Al.
Pritchard. Sara: One Hundred Years
Ago. in Wide Awake, vol. 2, page 1O5.
White. Mary Washington's Birthday,
in Book of 100 Games, page t49.
For Fourth reader grades-Butter-
worth, Hezekiah: The Boys of Green
way Court. tale of the early days of
Washington, a juvenile story founded
on tradition. Guizot, Il. p. c.: Essay
on the character and genius of Wash
ington; a short summary of Washing
tons career and character by lead
ing French historian. Hale. e. Ever
EFT; Life of Washington Studied
Anew, one of the most readable of pop
ular lives of Washington. Rush, r.:
Washington in Domestic Life. Seawell,
Molly Elliott: A Virginia Cavalier,
the best account of Washington before
his revolutionary career. Wineberger,
]. A.: The Home of Washington at
| Mount Vernon.
stories in ST Nicholas and Wide
Awake-Bates. Clara Doty Grand
fathers Musket, in Wide Awake, vol.
81, page 7. Carne, VIM. f.: George
Washngton's Boyhood, in Wide
awake, vol %, page =; Clark I Kate
| Awake. vol 80. page 80. Crannell. w.
w: The Youngest Soldier in the Rev
| olution, in st. Mich, vol. IL, part 2,
! page 697. Demeritt, Emma w; How
the Tories Broke up Meeting, in st.
Mich vol. l6, part ], page 667. Harri-
/
! ton as an Athlete, in st. Mich, vol. 3,
| part l. page 337. Perkins. N: How
/ General Washington Got His Clothes,
in st. Mich, vol 3, page zoe Price,
/ Lillian L.: Laetita and the Redcoats,
/ in St Mich, vol. 16, part /, page 1872.
! scudder, Horace b.: George Washing
/ ton, in St. Mich. vol -, part |, page
/ 49,. Tutfiey +. w: The Origin of the
/ s -ars and Stripes. in st. Mich, vol IL,
+ part /, page &c. Upton. Harriet Tay-
/ Tor: The Foster Children of Washing
/ ton in Wide Awake, vol. 26, page SO.
Articles IN books and periodicals
! Bolton, Mrs Sa. X: George Washing
| ton, in Famous American Statesmen,
| page l. Glazier w: George Washing
| ton, in Heroes of Three Wars, page q.
Hart, c. H.: Life Portraits of Wash
! ington in McClure's Magazine, vol. s,
page go. Lee, H.: Eulogy on Wash
| ington in open Sesame, vol. 2, page 1863.
/ Thackeray, w. M: Comparison of
George Washington and George the
Fourth. in Open Sesame, vol. 3, page
800. Trent. w. p: Makers of the
Union. in McClures Magazine vol. s,
| page 300.
For Fifth reader grades-Irving,
| Washington: Life of Washington, five
| volumes in three long the standard life
| of Washington and now as readable as
| any, but contains some statements not
confirmed by modern criticism. Irving,
! Washington, and John Fiske: Wash
| ington and His Country, lrving's Life
of Washington revised and abridged by
one of the most careful students OF
American history. Johnson, General
Bradley T.: General Washington, one
of the Great Commanders series; treats
| especially OF Washington's rank as
General; is also of interest on account
| of some of the authors views as Nir-
| gilman. Losing, Benson j.: Washing
| ton and the American Republic, three
volumes a book not less readable and
more reliable than that of Irving.
Ramsay, D.: Life of George Washing
| ton, the best contemporary life.
Articles in books and periodicals
Allen, l.: Proyidential Events in the
Life of Washington, in Independent,
vol 40, page 204. Cleveland, Grover:
| Character of George Washington, in
Writings. page 34S. Toner j. NJ:
Some account of George Washington's
| library and manuscript records and
their dispersion from Mount vernon,
with an excerpt of three months from
his diary in 1874 while attending the
| First continental congress. with notes,
in Report of American Historical asso-
| citation, 1892, page II. Washington. G.:
Address Before the Battle of Long ISL
and, In open Sesame, vol. 3 page 40,
| Washington Day in Philadelphia in
| Harper's Weekly, vol. Al, page 5i6.
For High school grades-Ford Paul
| Leicester: The True George Washing
| ton, a very recent study of the personal
| character of Washington by one who
| has had exceptional facilities Lodge,
| Henry Cabot: George Washington,
| two volumes. one of the books in the
| American Statesmen series, and one of
! the best presentations of the person
| ality Of the subject. Marshall. John:
Life of George Washington, two vol
| umes; this book is of interest because
written by Chief Justice Marshall, and
| for no other reason in particular