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Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc.
[Illustration: THE FLEET OF COLUMBUS NEARING AMERICA]
Philadelphia George W. Jacobs & Company Publishers
Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs and Company Published October, 1909 All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A.
The thanks of the author are due the Century Company for permission to reprint certain of these stories which appeared in _Saint Nicholas_ in shorter form.
II. MICHAEL ANGELO The Boy of the Medici Gardens
IV. PETER THE GREAT The Boy of the Kremlin
V. FREDERICK THE GREAT The Boy of Potsdam
VI. GEORGE WASHINGTON The Boy of the Old Dominion
VII. DANIEL BOONE The Boy of the Frontier
VIII. JOHN PAUL JONES The Boy of the Atlantic
XI. HORATIO NELSON The Boy of the Channel Fleet
XII. ROBERT FULTON The Boy of the Conestoga
XIII. ANDREW JACKSON The Boy of the Carolinas
XIV. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE The Boy of Brienne
XV. WALTER SCOTT The Boy of the Canongate
XVI. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER The Boy of Otsego Hall
XVII. JOHN ERICSSON The Boy of the Göta Canal
XVIII. GARIBALDI The Boy of the Mediterranean
XIX. ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Boy of the American Wilderness
XX. CHARLES DICKENS The Boy of the London Streets
XXI. OTTO VON BISMARCK The Boy of Göttingen
Walter Raleigh and the Fisherman of Devon
Mrs. Washington Urges George Not to Enter the Navy
Mozart and His Sister Before Maria Theresa
Lafayette Tells of His Wish to Aid America
Robert Fulton's First Experiment with Paddle Wheels
Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
Street in Edinburgh Where Scott Played as a Boy
Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506