Horace Greeley had always wanted to be a printer. He liked books and papers. He thought it would be a fine thing to learn to make them. One day he heard that the newspaper at East Poultney wanted a boy to learn the printer’s trade. He walked many long miles to see about it. He…

Horace Greeley was the son of a poor farmer. He was always fond of books. He learned to read almost as soon as he could talk. He could read easy books when he was three years old. When he was four, he could read any book that he could get. He went to an old-fashioned…

Great men of one kind are known only in new countries like ours. These men discover new regions. They know how to manage the Indians. They show other people how to live in a wild country. One of the most famous of such men was Kit Carson. He knew all about the wild animals. He…

Longfellow was a noble boy. He always wanted to do right. He could not bear to see one person do any wrong to another. He was very tenderhearted. One day he took a gun and went shooting. He killed a robin. Then he felt sorry for the robin He came home with tears in his…

After they got the seal, Doctor Kane and his men traveled on. Sometimes they were on the ice. Sometimes they were in the boats. The men were so weak, that they could hardly row the boats. They were so hungry, that they could not sleep well at night. One day they were rowing, when they…

After two winters of cold and darkness, Doctor Kane made up his mind to leave the ship fast in the ice. He wanted to get to a place in Greenland where there were people living. Then he might find some way of getting home again. The men started out, drawing the boats on sleds. Whenever…

Elisha Kent Kane was a doctor in one of the war ships of the United States. He had sailed about the world a great deal. When he heard that ships were to be sent into the icy seas of the north, he asked to be sent along. He went the first time as a doctor.…