A Great Story Retold

A Great Story Retold

Om of the really great love storiea of all time la that of Andrew and Rachel Jackson. Irving Stone tells it again aad tells it well in Tit President's Last fy_(Doubleday, $3.50), Mr. Stone’s well*— deserved reputation for bringing the_ subjects of Us biographical navels vividly to Ufa is ably demonstrated in this stary of Rachel Jaeksou, starting with her separation front Lewis Roherds and continuing until her death in 1828.

Tn President's Last is well writtan aad carefully documented aad gives a ▼ivid picture not only of Rachel Jackson . but af the times in which she lived.

Great Events Brought to Life

Books that bring to life great events In our nation’s past something to shout |about. When they are' especially written and designed for youngsters in the 9-to12 age group, they are a real find for parents, teachers and librarians.

Just such books are the twenty titles in The Landmark Series (Random House, $1.50 each). All books are uniformly bound in cloth, with excellent ~ paper, good type, wide margins and four-color jackets. Twenty to thirty two-color illustrations in each book add ’i much to the interest. y ■ Titles available thus far in the series are: The Building or the Fikst Continental Railroad, The California Gold Rush, Custer’s Last Stand, The — Explorations or Pere Marquette, A History or the United States t Marines, The Landing or the Pitcries, Lee and Grant at Appomattox, The Lewis and Clark Expedition, The Monitor and the Mersimac, Our Independence and the Constitution, The Panama Canal, Paul Revere and the Minute Men, Pirate Latitte and the Battle or New Orleans, PocoHO NT AS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, The Pont Express, Pre-historic America, The Santa Fe Trail, The —Vikings, The Voyages or Columbus, and The Weight Brothers.

This is rich, rewarding reading at a modest price for any child.