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Drake, Samuel Adams

author, was born Dec. 20, 1833, in Boston, Mass.

He is the author of Around the Hub, a Boy's Book About Boston; The Heart of the White Mountains; Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston; Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast; Old Landmarks and Historic Fields of Middlesex; Captain Nelson; The Watch Fires of '76; Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777; The Taking of Louisburg; The Battle of Gettysburg; Our Colonial Homes; New England Legends and Folk- Lore; The Making of New England, 1580- 1643; The Making of Virginia and the Middle Colonies, 1578-1701; The Making of the Ohio Valley States, 1660-1837; The Making of the Great West, 1512-1853; History of Middlesex County; and The Pine-Tree Coast.