CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XX.A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.SCARCELY had Uncle Isaac been committed to the earth, when the nephew he had so longed to see arrived in the Casco, sick with the fever and ague. As the owners wished to send the vessel with despatch to one of the French West India islands, they, at Isaac’s request, put Ezra Aldrich in her as master. He was a native of the place, and relative of Isaac, but never much liked by his schoolmates, being an overbearing fellow.In his youth he went two voyages with Captain Rhines, and afterwards in English ships from Liverpool to Halifax.“I don’t see,” said Captain Rhines, “what Isaac wants to put him in her for.”The first mate was an acquaintance and shipmate of Aldrich, by the name of Percival, and, as Captain Rhines told his wife, as great a rascal asthe captain. There was some difficulty in getting a crew, but, through the influence of Captain Rhines, who prevailed on Peterson and Danforth Eaton to ship, a crew was mustered. Being all young men from the neighborhood, who knew their duty and were able and willing to do it, they were at first rather amused than otherwise with the consequential airs and bluster of their new captain, in such strong contrast to the manners of Captain Rhines and Captain Murch.Aldrich seemed very much inclined to quarrel with Peterson, but having a wholesome dread of the strength of the black, restrained himself. By continual abuse, he at length irritated the good-natured negro to such a degree, that he said to him, “Lookee ‘ere, Massa Aldrich; ‘member when you little picaninny, runnin’ ‘bout barefoot; shirt flap he stick out behind; your farder haul staves on a hand-sled, your mudder dig clams; spose you gib me any more your jabber-juice, fling you ober de rail.”A week passed, when the captain, offended with Danforth Eaton, caught up the end of a rope to flog him. Eaton took up another.“What use do you intend to make of that rope, Eaton?” asked the captain.“Just the same use that you make of yours.”The captain was a school-mate of Eaton, and knew very well the result of a collision with him. But as they approached the land, the deportment of the captain entirely changed. While the vessel was being discharged, he bought soft bread, fresh meat, vegetables, and even fruit, for the men. Seamen are little disposed to remember injuries, and all old scores were now rubbed out.The cook having gone to the hospital sick, Peterson had taken his place.One evening, just as the men were about to turn in, the captain sent Peterson ashore with some letters. In the morning, when the crew turned out, he was among the missing. There was a good fire in the fireplace,—stoves were not in use then,—the tea-kettle on, coffee pounded in the mortar, some raw potatoes and onions peeled and sliced, slices of raw pork in the frying-pan, salt beef chopped in a kid,—everything prepared to make lob-scouse.“Was he not a drinking man?” inquired the captain.“He was once,” said Hurd, “but left it off years ago.”“Halloo! What’s this?” said George Hoyt.A handkerchief lay on the fender. They brought it aboard on the point of a boat-hook.“It’s Peterson’s,” said Elwell; “there’s his name on it.”“It’s just as I thought,” said the captain. “He drank last night; that waked up the old appetite, and as soon as he turned out this morning he went for more, and fell off the gangway plank.”A grappling was procured ashore, and the crew, under the direction of the captain, who was deeply moved, grappled for the body the greater part of the day, without success. In the meanwhile, the mate was making inquiries on shore.“The tide runs strong here,” said the captain; “it has swept him to sea.”“Poor Jim has gone, boys,” said Eaton, as, weary and dispirited, they sat down to supper.“Anybody wouldn’t have thought,” said Savage, “he’d a broke through, after being a steady man so long. The captain feels bad, but he’s done all a man could do.”“Jim Peterson,” said Eaton, brushing away a tear with the back of his hand, “was a black fellow, raal coal black, too,—a Guinea nigger, if youplease; but if he’d been washed overboard, I’d a risked my life to save him quicker than for any shipmate I ever had; and I’m not all the one would have done it.”“That’s so, Dan. I’m sure I never thought anything about his color.”“But I don’t believe anything about his getting drunk (though I’ve no doubt the captain thinks so); for I’ve seen him tried and tempted hard to weather, by old shipmates, time and time again. He went ashore to get something to put in the stew; a sober man might make a misdeal in a hurry. No power on earth will ever make me believe Jim was drunk.”“Then why didn’t he sing out?”“He might strike his head on something, and stun him. There’s a good many will feel bad when we carry the news home, besides his own folks.”“That’s so,” said Savage; “there’s nothing in the world that the Rhineses wouldn’t do for Peterson, and always would; and it was just so with the Griffins. I’ve heard that Peterson saved the captain’s life once. I remember one time a parcel of us boys got some withes, tied them together, and got a turn round Peterson’s waist when hewas so drunk he couldn’t chase us, and began to pull him round. First thing I knew, I got a clip side of my head that sent me a rod; when I picked myself up, I saw the boys, some on the ground, some runnin’, and Lion Ben right among ‘em. I put her for home, and never stopped till I got under mother’s bed; but the rim of my ear was cut through, and my head was swelled for a week. I tell you, I looked sharp for Lion Ben after that, whenever I wanted to have any fun with Peterson.”When the vessel arrived home, Captain Murch took charge, and Aldrich went back to Liverpool.Percival, the mate, got to drinking, and became a miserable fellow; went to Boston, and sailed before the mast, sometimes second mate, and after his brief elevation, again before the mast; till, becoming so notorious a drunkard that no captain would have him, he was employed as a lumper about the wharves in Boston.The next volume of this series, “The Young Deliverers,” will explain the mystery attending the disappearance of Peterson, and present the characters of Walter and Ned in an entirely new light.AMERICAN BOYS’ SERIESNinety-five copyright books for boys by noted American AuthorsThe books selected for this series are all thoroughly American, by such favorite American authors of boys’ books as Oliver Optic, Elijah Kellogg, P. C. Headley, Captain Farrar, George M. 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CHAPTER XX.A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.SCARCELY had Uncle Isaac been committed to the earth, when the nephew he had so longed to see arrived in the Casco, sick with the fever and ague. As the owners wished to send the vessel with despatch to one of the French West India islands, they, at Isaac’s request, put Ezra Aldrich in her as master. He was a native of the place, and relative of Isaac, but never much liked by his schoolmates, being an overbearing fellow.In his youth he went two voyages with Captain Rhines, and afterwards in English ships from Liverpool to Halifax.“I don’t see,” said Captain Rhines, “what Isaac wants to put him in her for.”The first mate was an acquaintance and shipmate of Aldrich, by the name of Percival, and, as Captain Rhines told his wife, as great a rascal asthe captain. There was some difficulty in getting a crew, but, through the influence of Captain Rhines, who prevailed on Peterson and Danforth Eaton to ship, a crew was mustered. Being all young men from the neighborhood, who knew their duty and were able and willing to do it, they were at first rather amused than otherwise with the consequential airs and bluster of their new captain, in such strong contrast to the manners of Captain Rhines and Captain Murch.Aldrich seemed very much inclined to quarrel with Peterson, but having a wholesome dread of the strength of the black, restrained himself. By continual abuse, he at length irritated the good-natured negro to such a degree, that he said to him, “Lookee ‘ere, Massa Aldrich; ‘member when you little picaninny, runnin’ ‘bout barefoot; shirt flap he stick out behind; your farder haul staves on a hand-sled, your mudder dig clams; spose you gib me any more your jabber-juice, fling you ober de rail.”A week passed, when the captain, offended with Danforth Eaton, caught up the end of a rope to flog him. Eaton took up another.“What use do you intend to make of that rope, Eaton?” asked the captain.“Just the same use that you make of yours.”The captain was a school-mate of Eaton, and knew very well the result of a collision with him. But as they approached the land, the deportment of the captain entirely changed. While the vessel was being discharged, he bought soft bread, fresh meat, vegetables, and even fruit, for the men. Seamen are little disposed to remember injuries, and all old scores were now rubbed out.The cook having gone to the hospital sick, Peterson had taken his place.One evening, just as the men were about to turn in, the captain sent Peterson ashore with some letters. In the morning, when the crew turned out, he was among the missing. There was a good fire in the fireplace,—stoves were not in use then,—the tea-kettle on, coffee pounded in the mortar, some raw potatoes and onions peeled and sliced, slices of raw pork in the frying-pan, salt beef chopped in a kid,—everything prepared to make lob-scouse.“Was he not a drinking man?” inquired the captain.“He was once,” said Hurd, “but left it off years ago.”“Halloo! What’s this?” said George Hoyt.A handkerchief lay on the fender. They brought it aboard on the point of a boat-hook.“It’s Peterson’s,” said Elwell; “there’s his name on it.”“It’s just as I thought,” said the captain. “He drank last night; that waked up the old appetite, and as soon as he turned out this morning he went for more, and fell off the gangway plank.”A grappling was procured ashore, and the crew, under the direction of the captain, who was deeply moved, grappled for the body the greater part of the day, without success. In the meanwhile, the mate was making inquiries on shore.“The tide runs strong here,” said the captain; “it has swept him to sea.”“Poor Jim has gone, boys,” said Eaton, as, weary and dispirited, they sat down to supper.“Anybody wouldn’t have thought,” said Savage, “he’d a broke through, after being a steady man so long. The captain feels bad, but he’s done all a man could do.”“Jim Peterson,” said Eaton, brushing away a tear with the back of his hand, “was a black fellow, raal coal black, too,—a Guinea nigger, if youplease; but if he’d been washed overboard, I’d a risked my life to save him quicker than for any shipmate I ever had; and I’m not all the one would have done it.”“That’s so, Dan. I’m sure I never thought anything about his color.”“But I don’t believe anything about his getting drunk (though I’ve no doubt the captain thinks so); for I’ve seen him tried and tempted hard to weather, by old shipmates, time and time again. He went ashore to get something to put in the stew; a sober man might make a misdeal in a hurry. No power on earth will ever make me believe Jim was drunk.”“Then why didn’t he sing out?”“He might strike his head on something, and stun him. There’s a good many will feel bad when we carry the news home, besides his own folks.”“That’s so,” said Savage; “there’s nothing in the world that the Rhineses wouldn’t do for Peterson, and always would; and it was just so with the Griffins. I’ve heard that Peterson saved the captain’s life once. I remember one time a parcel of us boys got some withes, tied them together, and got a turn round Peterson’s waist when hewas so drunk he couldn’t chase us, and began to pull him round. First thing I knew, I got a clip side of my head that sent me a rod; when I picked myself up, I saw the boys, some on the ground, some runnin’, and Lion Ben right among ‘em. I put her for home, and never stopped till I got under mother’s bed; but the rim of my ear was cut through, and my head was swelled for a week. I tell you, I looked sharp for Lion Ben after that, whenever I wanted to have any fun with Peterson.”When the vessel arrived home, Captain Murch took charge, and Aldrich went back to Liverpool.Percival, the mate, got to drinking, and became a miserable fellow; went to Boston, and sailed before the mast, sometimes second mate, and after his brief elevation, again before the mast; till, becoming so notorious a drunkard that no captain would have him, he was employed as a lumper about the wharves in Boston.The next volume of this series, “The Young Deliverers,” will explain the mystery attending the disappearance of Peterson, and present the characters of Walter and Ned in an entirely new light.

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

SCARCELY had Uncle Isaac been committed to the earth, when the nephew he had so longed to see arrived in the Casco, sick with the fever and ague. As the owners wished to send the vessel with despatch to one of the French West India islands, they, at Isaac’s request, put Ezra Aldrich in her as master. He was a native of the place, and relative of Isaac, but never much liked by his schoolmates, being an overbearing fellow.

In his youth he went two voyages with Captain Rhines, and afterwards in English ships from Liverpool to Halifax.

“I don’t see,” said Captain Rhines, “what Isaac wants to put him in her for.”

The first mate was an acquaintance and shipmate of Aldrich, by the name of Percival, and, as Captain Rhines told his wife, as great a rascal asthe captain. There was some difficulty in getting a crew, but, through the influence of Captain Rhines, who prevailed on Peterson and Danforth Eaton to ship, a crew was mustered. Being all young men from the neighborhood, who knew their duty and were able and willing to do it, they were at first rather amused than otherwise with the consequential airs and bluster of their new captain, in such strong contrast to the manners of Captain Rhines and Captain Murch.

Aldrich seemed very much inclined to quarrel with Peterson, but having a wholesome dread of the strength of the black, restrained himself. By continual abuse, he at length irritated the good-natured negro to such a degree, that he said to him, “Lookee ‘ere, Massa Aldrich; ‘member when you little picaninny, runnin’ ‘bout barefoot; shirt flap he stick out behind; your farder haul staves on a hand-sled, your mudder dig clams; spose you gib me any more your jabber-juice, fling you ober de rail.”

A week passed, when the captain, offended with Danforth Eaton, caught up the end of a rope to flog him. Eaton took up another.

“What use do you intend to make of that rope, Eaton?” asked the captain.

“Just the same use that you make of yours.”

The captain was a school-mate of Eaton, and knew very well the result of a collision with him. But as they approached the land, the deportment of the captain entirely changed. While the vessel was being discharged, he bought soft bread, fresh meat, vegetables, and even fruit, for the men. Seamen are little disposed to remember injuries, and all old scores were now rubbed out.

The cook having gone to the hospital sick, Peterson had taken his place.

One evening, just as the men were about to turn in, the captain sent Peterson ashore with some letters. In the morning, when the crew turned out, he was among the missing. There was a good fire in the fireplace,—stoves were not in use then,—the tea-kettle on, coffee pounded in the mortar, some raw potatoes and onions peeled and sliced, slices of raw pork in the frying-pan, salt beef chopped in a kid,—everything prepared to make lob-scouse.

“Was he not a drinking man?” inquired the captain.

“He was once,” said Hurd, “but left it off years ago.”

“Halloo! What’s this?” said George Hoyt.

A handkerchief lay on the fender. They brought it aboard on the point of a boat-hook.

“It’s Peterson’s,” said Elwell; “there’s his name on it.”

“It’s just as I thought,” said the captain. “He drank last night; that waked up the old appetite, and as soon as he turned out this morning he went for more, and fell off the gangway plank.”

A grappling was procured ashore, and the crew, under the direction of the captain, who was deeply moved, grappled for the body the greater part of the day, without success. In the meanwhile, the mate was making inquiries on shore.

“The tide runs strong here,” said the captain; “it has swept him to sea.”

“Poor Jim has gone, boys,” said Eaton, as, weary and dispirited, they sat down to supper.

“Anybody wouldn’t have thought,” said Savage, “he’d a broke through, after being a steady man so long. The captain feels bad, but he’s done all a man could do.”

“Jim Peterson,” said Eaton, brushing away a tear with the back of his hand, “was a black fellow, raal coal black, too,—a Guinea nigger, if youplease; but if he’d been washed overboard, I’d a risked my life to save him quicker than for any shipmate I ever had; and I’m not all the one would have done it.”

“That’s so, Dan. I’m sure I never thought anything about his color.”

“But I don’t believe anything about his getting drunk (though I’ve no doubt the captain thinks so); for I’ve seen him tried and tempted hard to weather, by old shipmates, time and time again. He went ashore to get something to put in the stew; a sober man might make a misdeal in a hurry. No power on earth will ever make me believe Jim was drunk.”

“Then why didn’t he sing out?”

“He might strike his head on something, and stun him. There’s a good many will feel bad when we carry the news home, besides his own folks.”

“That’s so,” said Savage; “there’s nothing in the world that the Rhineses wouldn’t do for Peterson, and always would; and it was just so with the Griffins. I’ve heard that Peterson saved the captain’s life once. I remember one time a parcel of us boys got some withes, tied them together, and got a turn round Peterson’s waist when hewas so drunk he couldn’t chase us, and began to pull him round. First thing I knew, I got a clip side of my head that sent me a rod; when I picked myself up, I saw the boys, some on the ground, some runnin’, and Lion Ben right among ‘em. I put her for home, and never stopped till I got under mother’s bed; but the rim of my ear was cut through, and my head was swelled for a week. I tell you, I looked sharp for Lion Ben after that, whenever I wanted to have any fun with Peterson.”

When the vessel arrived home, Captain Murch took charge, and Aldrich went back to Liverpool.

Percival, the mate, got to drinking, and became a miserable fellow; went to Boston, and sailed before the mast, sometimes second mate, and after his brief elevation, again before the mast; till, becoming so notorious a drunkard that no captain would have him, he was employed as a lumper about the wharves in Boston.

The next volume of this series, “The Young Deliverers,” will explain the mystery attending the disappearance of Peterson, and present the characters of Walter and Ned in an entirely new light.

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That Jack is capable of being his “own star” well expresses the excellent thought of the book, which is remarkable for variety of well-told incidents.“A clean, wholesome, enjoyable book.”—The American Boy, Detroit, Mich.Tom Winstone, “Wide Awake”ByMartha JamesLarge 12mo Illustrated by W. Herbert Dunton $1.00WE have often wished that we could secure a book for boys like the undying ones written by J. T. Trowbridge, and in “Tom Winstone” we have a young hero whose story is told in a way well worthy to be compared with the work of the older writer referred to. The sterling quality shown in “My Friend Jim” is all here, and “Tom,” an older boy, equally efficient in baseball, a foot race, or a noble action, is well worth knowing.“Any healthy boy will delight in this book.”—Living Church, Milwaukee, Wis.My Friend JimA Story of Real Boys and for ThemByMartha JamesLarge 12mo Illustrated by Frank T. 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Mr. Kerr has solved the problem of a book that shall be intensely exciting and yet thoroughly wholesome.“The ingenuity and pluck of these two worthy heroes supply just the right material for the encouragement of ambitious youth.”—Boston Beacon.“The book is full of life, incident, and stirring success.”—Watchman, Boston.“The book is deeply interesting, at times intensely exciting, and yet thoroughly clean and wholesome throughout.”—Portland Express.YOUNG HEROES OF WIRE AND RAILBy ALVAH MILTON KERRIllustrated 12mo Cloth $1.25THE place which the sea once held in supplying thrilling tales of heroism and peril is now being largely usurped by that powerful agent of progress, the railway service, and with no lessening of interest. It is also very attractive to know how those who bear the vast responsibilities of this service perform their work and meet the fearful emergencies that may arise at any time.“The tone of the work is healthful and inspiring.”—Boston Herald.“They are calculated to inspire boys to become manly, and incidentally they contain considerable valuable information.”—Newark News.“An ideal book for a young boy is ‘Young Heroes of Wire and Rail.’”—Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia.THE GREGORY GUARDSByEmma Lee BenedictIllustrated by Frank T. Merrill 12mo $1.25A YOUNG man of wealth is trustee for a fund to help boys and chooses six to pass the summer at his home on an island near New York. These lads of widely different temperaments in true boy fashion form a “club,” whose highest purpose it is to watch over the property and interests of their benefactor, and to which they give his name. All profit in great measure from a summer that is a turning point in their lives. A story of reaping good by doing good, bright and entertaining and full of life, incident, and good sense.“It is a story along novel lines, and may be warmly commended.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.The Young VigilantesA Story of California Life in the FiftiesBySamuel Adams DrakeIllustrated by L. J. Bridgman Price $1.25FEW men now remain who can describe the “Forty-Niners” from personal knowledge and experience, and the very best one of them is the noted historical writer, Col. Drake. One of two young chums in Boston yields to the excitement of the day and goes to California, partly at his friend’s expense. Later, the hero of the story is driven by injustice to make his way thither via the route across Nicaragua, befriended by an old sailor. A reunion and exciting experiences in San Francisco follow.“The book is a bright, able, and wholesome contribution to the knowledge of our country’s progress.”—Religious Telescope, Dayton, O.Joe’s Signal CodeByW. Reiff HesserIllustrated by Frank T. Merrill $1.25THIS book tells of the abandoning of a fine ship with its cargo in the Pacific Ocean. The leading characters, who are to leave in the last boat, had their escape cut off by its destruction, but succeed in saving the ship and lead a most interesting life for more than a year on a hitherto unknown island.“The boys will enjoy it from cover to cover. The book is many degrees above the ordinary story.”—American Boy, Detroit.PATRIOTIC SERIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime.”The volumes included in this series tend to inculcate the spirit of patriotism and good citizenship. The boys and girls of to-day are here made acquainted with the lives and characters of many noble men and women of this and other countries. The information is pleasantly and vividly imparted in the form of popular biography as well as fiction by well-known and popular writers.Uniform Cloth Binding New and Attractive Dies IllustratedPrice per volume $1.001.Bobbin BoyThe Early Life of Gen. N. P. Banks2.Border BoyA Popular Life of Daniel Boone By W. H. Bogart3.Daring Deeds of the RevolutionBy Henry C. Watson4.Dora Darlingor the Daughter of the Regiment By Jane G. Austin5.Dora Darling and Little SunshineBy Jane G. Austin6.Father of his CountryA Popular Life of George Washington By Henry C. Watson7.Friend of WashingtonA Popular Life of General Lafayette. By Henry C. Watson.8.Great Men and Gallant DeedsBy J. G. Edgar9.Great PeacemakerA Popular Life of William Penn By Henry C. Watson10.Great ExpounderYoung Folks’ Life of Daniel Webster11.Good and Great MenTheir Brave Deeds and Works By John Frost, LL.D.12.Little CorporalYoung Folks’ Life of Napoleon Bonaparte By John Frost, LL.D.13.Mill Boy of the SlashesLife of Henry Clay By John Frost14.Noble Deeds of American WomenEdited by J. Clement15.Old Bell of IndependenceBy Henry C. Watson16.Old HickoryLife of Andrew Jackson By John Frost17.Old Rough and ReadyYoung Folks’ Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor By John Frost, LL.D.18.Pioneer Mothers of the WestDaring and Heroic Deeds of American Women By John Frost, LL.D.19.Printer Boyor How Ben Franklin made his Mark20.Poor Richard’s StoryA Popular Life of Ben Franklin By Henry C. Watson21.Paul and Persisor the Revolutionary Struggle in the Mohawk Valley By Mary E. Brush22.Quaker among the IndiansBy Thomas C. Battey23.Swamp FoxLife of Gen. Francis Marion By John Frost24.Women of Worth whom the World Loves to Honor25.Young Invinciblesor Patriotism at Home. By I. H. AndersonNewly arranged Standard Collection of History, Biography, Heroism, and AdventureThirty favorites in new series New uniform cover design Attractive dies Fine cloth binding Illustrated Price per volume 75 cents.This series can truly be said to cover the world in its scope, as it chronicles heroic and daring exploits in all climes, told by an exceptionally strong list of authors. It is just the library to entertain and inform a live boy, and, while composed of books that arouse eager interest, is wholly free from cheap sensationalism.1.Adventures of Dick Onslow among the RedskinsBy W. H. K. Kingston2.African Crusoes, TheBy Mrs. R. Lee3.Among the BrigandsBy Prof. James DeMille4.Anthony WaymouthBy W. H. K. Kingston5.Arctic Crusoe, The, Adventures on the Sea of IceBy Percy B. St. John6.Around the World in Eighty DaysBy Jules Verne7.Australian Crusoes, TheBy Charles Rowcroft8.Australian WanderersBy Mrs. R. Lee9.Cabin on the Prairie, TheBy Dr. C. H. Pearson10.Cruise of the Frolic, TheBy W. H. K. Kingston11.Ernest Bracebridge; or School Boy DaysBy W. H. K. Kingston12.French Robinson Crusoe, TheBy Alfred de Brehat13.Golden Hair, a Tale of the Pilgrim FathersBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall14.Life Boat, TheBy R. M. Ballantyne15.Lily and the Cross, TheBy Prof. James DeMille16.Planting the WildernessBy James D. McCabe, Jr.17.Prairie Crusoe, The; or Adventures in the Far WestBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall18.Sand Hills of Jutland, TheBy Hans Christian Andersen19.Twice Taken, a Tale of LouisburgBy Capt. Charles W. Hall20.Twelve Nights in a Hunter’s CampBy Rev. William Barrows21.Whales We Caught, The, and How We Did ItBy William H. Macy22.Wild Scenes of a Hunter’s LifeBy John Frost, LL.D.23.Willis the Pilot, a Sequel to the Swiss Family RobinsonBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall24.Winged Lion, The, or Stories of Venice.By Prof. James De Mille25.Winter in the Ice, ABy Jules Verne26.Wreck of the Chancellor, TheBy Jules Verne27.Yarns of an Old MarinerBy Mary Cowden Clarke28.Young Crusoe, The; or Adventure of a Shipwrecked BoyBy Dr. Harley29.Young Middy, TheBy F. C. Armstrong30.Young Pioneers of the NorthwestBy Dr. C. H. PearsonFamous ChildrenByH. TwitchellIllustrated $1.25WE have here a most valuable book, telling not of the childhood of those who have afterwards become famous, but those who as children are famous in history, song, and story. For convenience the subjects are grouped as “Royal Children,” “Child Artists,” “Learned Children,” “Devoted Children,” “Child Martyrs,” and “Heroic Children,” and the names of the “two little princes,” Louis XVII., Mozart, St. Genevieve, David, and Joan of Arc are here, as well as those of many more.The Story of the Cid For Young PeopleByCalvin Dill WilsonIllustrated byJ. W. Kennedy$1.25MR. WILSON, a well-known writer and reviewer, has prepared from Southey’s translation, which was far too cumbrous to entertain the young, a book that will kindle the imagination of youth and entertain and inform those of advanced years.Jason’s QuestByD. O. S. Lowell, A. M., M. D. Master in Roxbury Latin School Illustrated $1.00NOTHING can be better to arouse the imagination of boys and girls, and at the same time store in their minds knowledge indispensable to any one who would be known as cultured, or happier than Professor Lowell’s way of telling a story, and the many excellent drawings have lent great spirit to the narrative.Heroes of the CrusadesByAmanda M. DouglasCloth Fifty full-page illustrations $1.50THE romantic interest in the days of chivalry, so fully exemplified by the “Heroes of the Crusades,” is permanent and properly so. This book is fitted to keep it alive without descending to improbability or cheap sensationalism.BOOKS BY EVERETT T. TOMLINSON.THE WAR OF 1812 SERIESSix volumes Cloth Illustrated by A. B. Shute Price per volume reduced to $1.25No American writer for boys has ever occupied a higher position than Dr. Tomlinson, and the “War of 1812 Series” covers a field attempted by no other juvenile literature in a manner that has secured continued popularity.The Search for Andrew FieldThe Boy Soldiers of 1812The Boy Officers of 1812Tecumseh’s Young BraveGuarding the BorderThe Boys with Old HickoryST. LAWRENCE SERIESCRUISING IN THE ST. LAWRENCEBeing the third volume of the “St. Lawrence Series” Cloth Illustrated Price $1.50Our old friends, “Bob,” “Ben,” “Jock,” and “Bert,” having completed their sophomore year at college, plan to spend the summer vacation cruising on the noble St. Lawrence. Here they not only visit places of historic interest, but also the Indian tribes encamped on the banks of the river, and learn from them their customs, habits, and quaint legends.PREVIOUS VOLUMESCAMPING ON THE ST. LAWRENCEOr, On the Trail of the Early DiscoverersCloth Illustrated $1.50THE HOUSE-BOAT ON THE ST. LAWRENCEOr, Following FrontenacCloth Illustrated $1.50BY THE SAME AUTHORSTORIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONFirst and Second Series Cloth Illustrated $1.00 eachThe Tide-Mill StoriesBy J. T. TROWBRIDGE————Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25————Phil and His Friends.The hero is the son of a man who from drink got into debt, and, after having given a paper to a creditor authorizing him to keep the son as a security for his claim, ran away, leaving poor Phil a bond slave. The story involves a great many unexpected incidents, some of which are painful and some comic. Phil manfully works for a year cancelling his father’s debt, and then escapes. The characters are strongly drawn, and the story is absorbingly interesting.The Tinkham Brothers’ Tide-Mill.“‘The Tinkham Brothers’ were the devoted sons of an invalid mother. The story tells how they purchased a tide-mill, which afterwards, by the ill-will and obstinacy of neighbors, became a source of much trouble to them. It tells also how, by discretion and the exercise of a peaceable spirit, they at last overcame all difficulties.”—Christian Observer, Louisville, Ky.The Satin-wood Box.“Mr. Trowbridge has always a purpose in his writings, and this time he has undertaken to show how very near an innocent boy can come to the guilty edge and yet be able by fortunate circumstances to rid himself of all suspicion of evil. There is something winsome about the hero; but he has a singular way of falling into bad luck, although the careful reader will never feel the least disposed to doubt his honesty.”—Syracuse Standard.The Little Master.This is the story of a schoolmaster, his trials, disappointments, and final victory. It will recall to many a man his experience in teaching pupils, and in managing their opinionated and self-willed parents. The story has the charm which is always found in Mr. Trowbridge’s works.“Many a teacher could profit by reading of this plucky little schoolmaster.”—Journal of Education.His One Fault.“As for the hero of this story ‘His One Fault’ was absent-mindedness. He forgot to lock his uncle’s stable door, and the horse was stolen. In seeking to recover the stolen horse, he unintentionally stole another. In trying to restore the wrong horse to his rightful owner, he was himself arrested. After no end of comic and dolorous adventures, he surmounted all his misfortunes by downright pluck and genuine good feeling. It is a noble contribution to juvenile literature.”—Woman’s Journal.Peter Budstone.“Mr. J. T. Trowbridge’s ‘Peter Budstone’ is another of those altogether good and wholesome books for boys of which it is hardly possible to speak too highly. This author shows us convincingly how juvenile reading may be made vivacious and interesting, and yet teach sound and clean lessons. ‘Peter Budstone’ shows forcibly the folly and crime of ‘hazing.’ It is the story of a noble young fellow whose reason is irreparably overthrown by the savage treatment he received from some of his associates at college. It is a powerful little book, and we wish every schoolboy and college youth could read it.”—Philadelphia American.The Silver Medal StoriesBy J. T. TROWBRIDGE————Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25————The Silver Medal,and other Stories.There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their plunder was a silver medal that had been given to one John Harrison by the Humane Society for rescuing from drowning a certain Benton Barry. Now Benton Barry was one of the wretched housebreakers. This is the summary of the opening chapter. The story is intensely interesting in its serious as well as its humorous parts.His Own Master.“This is a book after the typical boy’s own heart. Its hero is a plucky young fellow, who, seeing no chance for himself at home, determines to make his own way in the world.... He sets out accordingly, trudges to the far West, and finds the road to fortune an unpleasantly rough one.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.Bound in Honor.This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of any bad action, has been an eye-witness of the conduct of his comrades, and felt “Bound in Honor” not to tell.“A capital book in all respects, overflowing with all sorts of fun and adventure; just the sort of book, in short, that the young folks will be anxious to read and re-read with as much continuous interest as the most favored of their storybooks.”—Philadelphia Leader.The Pocket Rifle.“A boy’s story which will be read with avidity, as it ought to be, it is so brightly and frankly written, and with such evident knowledge of the temperaments and habits, the friendships and enmities of schoolboys.”—New York Mail.“This is a capital story for boys. It teaches honesty, integrity, and friendship, and how best they can be promoted. It shows the danger of hasty judgment and circumstantial evidence; that right-doing pays, and dishonesty never.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.The Jolly Rover.“This book will help to neutralize the ill effects of any poison which children may have swallowed in the way of sham-adventurous stories and wildly fictitious tales. ‘The Jolly Rover’ runs away from home, and meets life as it is, till he is glad enough to seek again his father’s house. Mr. Trowbridge has the power of making an instructive story absorbing in its interest, and of covering a moral so that it is easy to take.”—Christian Intelligencer.Young Joe,and other Boys.“Young Joe,” who lived at Bass Cove, where he shot wild ducks, took some to town for sale, and attracted the attention of a portly gentleman fond of shooting. This gentleman went duck shooting with Joe, and their adventures were more amusing to the boy than to the amateur sportsman.There are thirteen other short stories in the book which will be sure to please the young folks.The Toby Trafford SeriesBYJ. T. TROWBRIDGE————Three VolumesClothIllustratedPrice per volume.$1.25————The Fortunes of Toby Trafford.“A new story by J. T. Trowbridge, is, like all Mr. Trowbridge’s fiction, the good wine that needs no bush. The plot is full of interest, and is still so natural that it all might happen in a thousand places. Its scenes and its people are everywhere; only few writers have Trowbridge’s eyes to see them. The hero is not an impossibly good boy, but he has manly instincts; and he is kept from follies and mistakes by the counsels of an excellent mother, and of his wise and noble-hearted schoolmaster. Boys will follow his career and his good and bad fortune with genuine interest.”—Boston Budget.Father Brighthopes;An Old Clergyman’s Vacation.“To the many friends which this book will doubtless gain it may be well to say that Father Brighthopes of the story gains that cheery name by his readiness to always see the bright and not the dark side of any difficulty, great or small. The few weeks which he spent with his friends, the Roydons, wrought a change in their daily life as marked as it was pleasant. The writings of Trowbridge are too well known to require comment, since almost everyone is familiar with his straightforward, simple style, underlying which there is not a little humor as well as pathos.”—Chicago Times.Woodie Thorpe’s Pilgrimage,and other Stories.“The scenes are full of human interest and lifelikeness, and will please many an old reader, as well as the younger folks, for whose delectation it is intended. As in all the books of this author the spirit is manly, sincere, and in the best sense moral. There is no “goody” talk and no cant, but principles of truthfulness, integrity, and self-reliance are quietly inculcated by example. It is safe to say that any boy will be the better for reading books like this.”—St. Botolph.————For sale by all booksellers or sent postpaid on receipt of priceby the publishers. Our Illustrated Catalogue sent free.————Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston

AMERICAN BOYS’ SERIES

Ninety-five copyright books for boys by noted American Authors

The books selected for this series are all thoroughly American, by such favorite American authors of boys’ books as Oliver Optic, Elijah Kellogg, P. C. Headley, Captain Farrar, George M. Towle, and others, now made for the first time at a largely reduced price, in order to bring them within the reach of all. Each volume complete in itself.

Uniform Cloth BindingNew Cover DesignIllustratedPrice per volume $1.00

1.Adrift in the Ice FieldsBy Capt. Chas. W. Hall2.All Aboard, or Life on the LakeBy Oliver Optic3.Ark of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg4.Arthur Brown the Young CaptainBy Elijah Kellogg5.Boat Club, The, or the Bunkers of RippletonBy Oliver Optic6.Boy Farmers of Elm Island, TheBy Elijah Kellogg7.Boys of Grand Pré SchoolBy Prof. James DeMille8.“B. O. W. C.,” TheBy Prof. James DeMille9.Brought to the Front, or the Young DefendersBy Elijah Kellogg

1.Adrift in the Ice FieldsBy Capt. Chas. W. Hall

2.All Aboard, or Life on the LakeBy Oliver Optic

3.Ark of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg

4.Arthur Brown the Young CaptainBy Elijah Kellogg

5.Boat Club, The, or the Bunkers of RippletonBy Oliver Optic

6.Boy Farmers of Elm Island, TheBy Elijah Kellogg

7.Boys of Grand Pré SchoolBy Prof. James DeMille

8.“B. O. W. C.,” TheBy Prof. James DeMille

9.Brought to the Front, or the Young DefendersBy Elijah Kellogg

10.Burying the Hatchet, or the Young Brave of the DelawaresBy Elijah Kellogg

11.Cast Away in the ColdBy Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

12.Charlie Bell the Waif of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg

13.Child of the Island GlenBy Elijah Kellogg

14.Crossing the QuicksandsBy Samuel W. Cozzens

15.Cruise of the CascoBy Elijah Kellogg

16.Fire in the WoodsBy Prof. James DeMille

17.Fisher Boys of Pleasant CoveBy Elijah Kellogg

18.Forest Glen, or the Mohawk’s FriendshipBy Elijah Kellogg

19.Good Old TimesBy Elijah Kellogg

20.Hard-scrabble of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg

21.Haste or Waste, or the Young Pilot of Lake ChamplainBy Oliver Optic

22.Hope and HaveBy Oliver Optic

23.In School and Out, or the Conquest of Richard GrantBy Oliver Optic

24.John Godsoe’s LegacyBy Elijah Kellogg

25.Just His LuckBy Oliver Optic

26.Lion Ben of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg

27.Little by Little, or the Cruise of the FlyawayBy Oliver Optic

28.Live Oak Boys, or the Adventures of Richard Constable Afloat and AshoreBy Elijah Kellogg

29.Lost in the FogBy Prof. James DeMille

30.Mission of Black Rifle, or On the TrailBy Elijah Kellogg

31.Now or Never, or the Adventures of Bobby BrightBy Oliver Optic

32.Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Kate RedburnBy Oliver Optic

33.Rich and Humble, or the Mission of Bertha GrantBy Oliver Optic

34.Sophomores of Radcliffe, or James Trafton and His Boston FriendsBy Elijah Kellogg

35.Sowed by the Wind, or the Poor Boy’s FortuneBy Elijah Kellogg

36.Spark of Genius, or the College Life of James TraftonBy Elijah Kellogg

37.Stout Heart, or the Student from Over the SeaBy Elijah Kellogg

38.Strong Arm and a Mother’s BlessingBy Elijah Kellogg

39.Treasure of the SeaBy Prof. James DeMille

40.Try Again, or the Trials and Triumphs of Harry WestBy Oliver Optic

41.Turning of the Tide, or Radcliffe Rich and his PatientsBy Elijah Kellogg

42.Unseen Hand, or James Renfew and His Boy HelpersBy Elijah Kellogg

43.Watch and Wait, or the Young FugitivesBy Oliver Optic

44.Whispering Pine, or the Graduates of RadcliffeBy Elijah Kellogg

45.Winning His Spurs, or Henry Morton’s First TrialBy Elijah Kellogg

46.Wolf Run, or the Boys of the WildernessBy Elijah Kellogg

47.Work and Win, or Noddy Newman on a CruiseBy Oliver Optic

48.Young Deliverers of Pleasant CoveBy Elijah Kellogg

49.Young Shipbuilders of Elm IslandBy Elijah Kellogg

50.Young Trail HuntersBy Samuel W. Cozzens

51.Field and Forest, or the Fortunes of a FarmerBy Oliver Optic

52.Outward Bound, or Young America AfloatBy Oliver Optic

53.The Soldier Boy, or Tom Somers in the ArmyBy Oliver Optic

54.The Starry Flag, or the Young Fisherman of Cape AnnBy Oliver Optic

55.Through by Daylight, or the Young Engineer of the Lake Shore RailroadBy Oliver Optic

56.Cruises with Captain Bob around the Kitchen FireBy B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)

57.The Double-Runner Club, or the Lively Boys of RivertownBy B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)

58.Ike Partington and His Friends, or the Humors of a Human BoyBy B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)

59.Locke Amsden the SchoolmasterBy Judge D. P. Thompson

60.The RangersBy Judge D. P. Thompson

61.The Green Mountain BoysBy Judge D. P. Thompson

62.A Missing Million, or the Adventures of Louis BelgraveBy Oliver Optic

63.A Millionaire at Sixteen, or the Cruise of the “Guardian Mother”By Oliver Optic

64.A Young Knight Errant, or Cruising in the West IndiesBy Oliver Optic

65.Strange Sights Abroad, or Adventures in European WatersBy Oliver Optic

66.Facing the Enemy The Life of Gen. Wm. Tecumseh ShermanBy P. C. Headley

67.Fight it Out on This Line The Life and Deeds of Gen. U. S. GrantBy P. C. Headley

68.Fighting Phil The Life of Gen. Philip Henry SheridanBy P. C. Headley

69.Old Salamander The Life of Admiral David G. FarragutBy P. C. Headley

70.Old Stars The Life of Gen. Ormsby M. MitchellBy P. C. Headley

71.The Miner Boy and His Monitor The Career of John Ericsson, EngineerBy P. C. Headley

72.The Young Silver SeekersBy Samuel W. Cozzens

73.Drake the Sea King of DevonBy George Makepeace Towle

74.Magellan, or the First Voyage around the World By G. M. Towle

75.Marco Polo, His Travels and AdventuresBy G. M. Towle

76.Pizarro, His Adventures and ConquestsBy George M. Towle

77.Raleigh, His Voyages and AdventuresBy George M. Towle

78.Vasco da Gama, His Voyages and Adventures By G. M. Towle

79.The Heroes and Martyrs of InventionBy George M. Towle

80.Live Boys, or Charlie and Nasho in Texas By A. Morecamp

81.Live Boys in the Black HillsBy Arthur Morecamp

82.Down the West BranchBy Capt. C. A. J. Farrar

83.Eastward Ho!By Capt. C. A. J. Farrar

84.Up the North BranchBy Capt. C. A. J. Farrar

85.Wild Woods LifeBy Capt. C. A. J. Farrar

86.Child of the TideBy Mrs. E. D. Cheney

87.The Boys of Thirty-FiveBy E. H. Elwell

88.Perseverance IslandBy Douglas Frazar

89.Going WestBy Oliver Optic

90.Little BobtailBy Oliver Optic

NEW TITLES ADDED IN 1904

91.Fore and AftBy Robert B. Dixon

92.Pocket IslandBy Charles Clark Munn

93.Donald’s School DaysBy Gen. O. O. Howard

94.Henry in the WarBy Gen. O. O. Howard

95.All AdriftBy Oliver Optic

THE BOY CRAFTSMAN

Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy’s Leisure Hours

By A. NEELY HALL

Illustrated with over 400 diagrams and working drawings 8vo Price, $2.00

EVERY real boy wishes to design and make things, but the questions of materials and tools are often hard to get around. Nearly all books on the subject call for a greater outlay of money than is within the means of many boys, or their parents wish to expend in such ways. In this book a number of chapters give suggestions for carrying on a small business that will bring a boy in money with which to buy tools and materials necessary for making apparatus and articles described in other chapters, while the ideas are so practical that many an industrious boy can learn what he is best fitted for in his life work. No work of its class is so completely up-to-date or so worthy in point of thoroughness and avoidance of danger. The drawings are profuse and excellent, and every feature of the book is first-class. It tells how to make a boy’s workshop, how to handle tools, and what can be made with them; how to start a printing shop and conduct an amateur newspaper, how to make photographs, build a log cabin, a canvas canoe, a gymnasium, a miniature theatre, and many other things dear to the soul of youth.

We cannot imagine a more delightful present for a boy than this book.—Churchman, N.Y.Every boy should have this book. It’s a practical book—it gets right next to the boy’s heart and stays there. He will have it near him all the time, and on every page there is a lesson or something that will stand the boy in good need. Beyond a doubt in its line this is one of the cleverest books on the market.—Providence News.If a boy has any sort of a mechanical turn of mind, his parents should see that he has this book.—Boston Journal.This is a book that will do boys good.—Buffalo Express.The boy who will not find this book a mine of joy and profit must be queerly constituted.—Pittsburgh Gazette.Will be a delight to the boy mechanic.—Watchman, Boston.An admirable book to give a boy.—Newark News.This book is the best yet offered for its large number of practical and profitable ideas.—Milwaukee Free Press.Parents ought to know of this book.—New York Globe.

We cannot imagine a more delightful present for a boy than this book.—Churchman, N.Y.

Every boy should have this book. It’s a practical book—it gets right next to the boy’s heart and stays there. He will have it near him all the time, and on every page there is a lesson or something that will stand the boy in good need. Beyond a doubt in its line this is one of the cleverest books on the market.—Providence News.

If a boy has any sort of a mechanical turn of mind, his parents should see that he has this book.—Boston Journal.

This is a book that will do boys good.—Buffalo Express.

The boy who will not find this book a mine of joy and profit must be queerly constituted.—Pittsburgh Gazette.

Will be a delight to the boy mechanic.—Watchman, Boston.

An admirable book to give a boy.—Newark News.

This book is the best yet offered for its large number of practical and profitable ideas.—Milwaukee Free Press.

Parents ought to know of this book.—New York Globe.

PHILLIPS EXETER SERIES

By A. T. DUDLEY

Cloth, 12mo Illustrated by Charles Copeland Price per volume,$1.25

FOLLOWING THE BALL

HERE is an up-to-date story presenting American boarding-school life and modern athletics. Of course football is an important feature, but this is far more than a football book. It is a story of character formation told in a most wholesome and manly way. In this development athletics play an important part, to be sure, but are only one feature in carrying the hero, “Dick Melvin,” on to a worthy manhood.

“Mingled with the story of football is another and higher endeavor, giving the book the best of moral tone.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

MAKING THE NINE

THIS story is lively and worth telling, and the life presented is that of a real school, interesting, diversified, and full of striking incidents, while the characters are true and consistent types of American boyhood and youth. The athletics are technically correct, abounding in helpful suggestions, soundly and wisely given, and the moral tone is high and set by action rather than preaching.

“The story is healthful, for, while it exalts athletics, it does not overlook the fact that studious habits and noble character are imperative needs for those who would win success in life.”—Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati.

IN THE LINE

TELLS how a stalwart young student won his position as guard, and at the same time made equally marked progress in the formation of character. It introduces the leading arguments for and against football in connection with the difficulties to be overcome before the hero’s father finally consents to allow his son to represent his academy in this way.

“The book gives boys an interesting story, much football information, and many lessons in true manliness.”—Watchman, Boston.

JACK TENFIELD’S STAR

ByMartha JamesIllustrated by Charles Copeland Large 12mo $1.00

JACK TENFIELD is a bright Boston boy, who, while preparing for college, is brought to face the fact that his father, a benevolent physician, and supposed to be well-to-do, had really left no estate. Jack resolutely defends his father’s memory, and makes the best of it. Circumstances bring much travel and many adventures, in all of which his generous, manly character rings true. That Jack is capable of being his “own star” well expresses the excellent thought of the book, which is remarkable for variety of well-told incidents.

“A clean, wholesome, enjoyable book.”—The American Boy, Detroit, Mich.

Tom Winstone, “Wide Awake”

ByMartha JamesLarge 12mo Illustrated by W. Herbert Dunton $1.00

WE have often wished that we could secure a book for boys like the undying ones written by J. T. Trowbridge, and in “Tom Winstone” we have a young hero whose story is told in a way well worthy to be compared with the work of the older writer referred to. The sterling quality shown in “My Friend Jim” is all here, and “Tom,” an older boy, equally efficient in baseball, a foot race, or a noble action, is well worth knowing.

“Any healthy boy will delight in this book.”—Living Church, Milwaukee, Wis.

My Friend Jim

A Story of Real Boys and for Them

ByMartha JamesLarge 12mo Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill $1.00

JUST the book to place in the hands of bright, active boys, and one that the most careful parents will be glad to use for that purpose. The loyal friendship springing up between Jim, the son of a mechanic, and a wealthy man’s son who is at Sunnyside farm for his health, has made the basis for some of the cleanest, brightest, and most helpful descriptions of boy life that we have ever read.

“It is a book that boys will like and profit by.”—Universalist Leader, Boston.

TWO YOUNG INVENTORS

THE STORY OF THE FLYING BOAT

By ALVAH MILTON KERRIllustrated $1.25

HERE is a rattling good story; a tale of mystery, mechanism, and getting on in the world that will be a boy’s favorite for years. Two youths, both born inventors, make each other’s acquaintance as a result of misfortunes attending a Minnesota cyclone. Their efforts to perfect a flying-boat that shall not only skim the water, but rise into the air, result in the securing of a mechanical education. Mr. Kerr has solved the problem of a book that shall be intensely exciting and yet thoroughly wholesome.

“The ingenuity and pluck of these two worthy heroes supply just the right material for the encouragement of ambitious youth.”—Boston Beacon.“The book is full of life, incident, and stirring success.”—Watchman, Boston.“The book is deeply interesting, at times intensely exciting, and yet thoroughly clean and wholesome throughout.”—Portland Express.

“The ingenuity and pluck of these two worthy heroes supply just the right material for the encouragement of ambitious youth.”—Boston Beacon.

“The book is full of life, incident, and stirring success.”—Watchman, Boston.

“The book is deeply interesting, at times intensely exciting, and yet thoroughly clean and wholesome throughout.”—Portland Express.

YOUNG HEROES OF WIRE AND RAIL

By ALVAH MILTON KERRIllustrated 12mo Cloth $1.25

THE place which the sea once held in supplying thrilling tales of heroism and peril is now being largely usurped by that powerful agent of progress, the railway service, and with no lessening of interest. It is also very attractive to know how those who bear the vast responsibilities of this service perform their work and meet the fearful emergencies that may arise at any time.

“The tone of the work is healthful and inspiring.”—Boston Herald.“They are calculated to inspire boys to become manly, and incidentally they contain considerable valuable information.”—Newark News.“An ideal book for a young boy is ‘Young Heroes of Wire and Rail.’”—Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia.

“The tone of the work is healthful and inspiring.”—Boston Herald.

“They are calculated to inspire boys to become manly, and incidentally they contain considerable valuable information.”—Newark News.

“An ideal book for a young boy is ‘Young Heroes of Wire and Rail.’”—Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia.

THE GREGORY GUARDS

ByEmma Lee BenedictIllustrated by Frank T. Merrill 12mo $1.25

A YOUNG man of wealth is trustee for a fund to help boys and chooses six to pass the summer at his home on an island near New York. These lads of widely different temperaments in true boy fashion form a “club,” whose highest purpose it is to watch over the property and interests of their benefactor, and to which they give his name. All profit in great measure from a summer that is a turning point in their lives. A story of reaping good by doing good, bright and entertaining and full of life, incident, and good sense.

“It is a story along novel lines, and may be warmly commended.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

The Young Vigilantes

A Story of California Life in the Fifties

BySamuel Adams DrakeIllustrated by L. J. Bridgman Price $1.25

FEW men now remain who can describe the “Forty-Niners” from personal knowledge and experience, and the very best one of them is the noted historical writer, Col. Drake. One of two young chums in Boston yields to the excitement of the day and goes to California, partly at his friend’s expense. Later, the hero of the story is driven by injustice to make his way thither via the route across Nicaragua, befriended by an old sailor. A reunion and exciting experiences in San Francisco follow.

“The book is a bright, able, and wholesome contribution to the knowledge of our country’s progress.”—Religious Telescope, Dayton, O.

Joe’s Signal Code

ByW. Reiff HesserIllustrated by Frank T. Merrill $1.25

THIS book tells of the abandoning of a fine ship with its cargo in the Pacific Ocean. The leading characters, who are to leave in the last boat, had their escape cut off by its destruction, but succeed in saving the ship and lead a most interesting life for more than a year on a hitherto unknown island.

“The boys will enjoy it from cover to cover. The book is many degrees above the ordinary story.”—American Boy, Detroit.

PATRIOTIC SERIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime.”

The volumes included in this series tend to inculcate the spirit of patriotism and good citizenship. The boys and girls of to-day are here made acquainted with the lives and characters of many noble men and women of this and other countries. The information is pleasantly and vividly imparted in the form of popular biography as well as fiction by well-known and popular writers.

Uniform Cloth Binding New and Attractive Dies IllustratedPrice per volume $1.00

1.Bobbin BoyThe Early Life of Gen. N. P. Banks2.Border BoyA Popular Life of Daniel Boone By W. H. Bogart3.Daring Deeds of the RevolutionBy Henry C. Watson4.Dora Darlingor the Daughter of the Regiment By Jane G. Austin5.Dora Darling and Little SunshineBy Jane G. Austin6.Father of his CountryA Popular Life of George Washington By Henry C. Watson7.Friend of WashingtonA Popular Life of General Lafayette. By Henry C. Watson.8.Great Men and Gallant DeedsBy J. G. Edgar9.Great PeacemakerA Popular Life of William Penn By Henry C. Watson

1.Bobbin BoyThe Early Life of Gen. N. P. Banks

2.Border BoyA Popular Life of Daniel Boone By W. H. Bogart

3.Daring Deeds of the RevolutionBy Henry C. Watson

4.Dora Darlingor the Daughter of the Regiment By Jane G. Austin

5.Dora Darling and Little SunshineBy Jane G. Austin

6.Father of his CountryA Popular Life of George Washington By Henry C. Watson

7.Friend of WashingtonA Popular Life of General Lafayette. By Henry C. Watson.

8.Great Men and Gallant DeedsBy J. G. Edgar

9.Great PeacemakerA Popular Life of William Penn By Henry C. Watson

10.Great ExpounderYoung Folks’ Life of Daniel Webster

11.Good and Great MenTheir Brave Deeds and Works By John Frost, LL.D.

12.Little CorporalYoung Folks’ Life of Napoleon Bonaparte By John Frost, LL.D.

13.Mill Boy of the SlashesLife of Henry Clay By John Frost

14.Noble Deeds of American WomenEdited by J. Clement

15.Old Bell of IndependenceBy Henry C. Watson

16.Old HickoryLife of Andrew Jackson By John Frost

17.Old Rough and ReadyYoung Folks’ Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor By John Frost, LL.D.

18.Pioneer Mothers of the WestDaring and Heroic Deeds of American Women By John Frost, LL.D.

19.Printer Boyor How Ben Franklin made his Mark

20.Poor Richard’s StoryA Popular Life of Ben Franklin By Henry C. Watson

21.Paul and Persisor the Revolutionary Struggle in the Mohawk Valley By Mary E. Brush

22.Quaker among the IndiansBy Thomas C. Battey

23.Swamp FoxLife of Gen. Francis Marion By John Frost

24.Women of Worth whom the World Loves to Honor

25.Young Invinciblesor Patriotism at Home. By I. H. Anderson

Newly arranged Standard Collection of History, Biography, Heroism, and Adventure

Thirty favorites in new series New uniform cover design Attractive dies Fine cloth binding Illustrated Price per volume 75 cents.

This series can truly be said to cover the world in its scope, as it chronicles heroic and daring exploits in all climes, told by an exceptionally strong list of authors. It is just the library to entertain and inform a live boy, and, while composed of books that arouse eager interest, is wholly free from cheap sensationalism.

1.Adventures of Dick Onslow among the RedskinsBy W. H. K. Kingston2.African Crusoes, TheBy Mrs. R. Lee3.Among the BrigandsBy Prof. James DeMille4.Anthony WaymouthBy W. H. K. Kingston5.Arctic Crusoe, The, Adventures on the Sea of IceBy Percy B. St. John6.Around the World in Eighty DaysBy Jules Verne7.Australian Crusoes, TheBy Charles Rowcroft8.Australian WanderersBy Mrs. R. Lee9.Cabin on the Prairie, TheBy Dr. C. H. Pearson

1.Adventures of Dick Onslow among the RedskinsBy W. H. K. Kingston

2.African Crusoes, TheBy Mrs. R. Lee

3.Among the BrigandsBy Prof. James DeMille

4.Anthony WaymouthBy W. H. K. Kingston

5.Arctic Crusoe, The, Adventures on the Sea of IceBy Percy B. St. John

6.Around the World in Eighty DaysBy Jules Verne

7.Australian Crusoes, TheBy Charles Rowcroft

8.Australian WanderersBy Mrs. R. Lee

9.Cabin on the Prairie, TheBy Dr. C. H. Pearson

10.Cruise of the Frolic, TheBy W. H. K. Kingston

11.Ernest Bracebridge; or School Boy DaysBy W. H. K. Kingston

12.French Robinson Crusoe, TheBy Alfred de Brehat

13.Golden Hair, a Tale of the Pilgrim FathersBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall

14.Life Boat, TheBy R. M. Ballantyne

15.Lily and the Cross, TheBy Prof. James DeMille

16.Planting the WildernessBy James D. McCabe, Jr.

17.Prairie Crusoe, The; or Adventures in the Far WestBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall

18.Sand Hills of Jutland, TheBy Hans Christian Andersen

19.Twice Taken, a Tale of LouisburgBy Capt. Charles W. Hall

20.Twelve Nights in a Hunter’s CampBy Rev. William Barrows

21.Whales We Caught, The, and How We Did ItBy William H. Macy

22.Wild Scenes of a Hunter’s LifeBy John Frost, LL.D.

23.Willis the Pilot, a Sequel to the Swiss Family RobinsonBy Sir Lascelle Wraxhall

24.Winged Lion, The, or Stories of Venice.By Prof. James De Mille

25.Winter in the Ice, ABy Jules Verne

26.Wreck of the Chancellor, TheBy Jules Verne

27.Yarns of an Old MarinerBy Mary Cowden Clarke

28.Young Crusoe, The; or Adventure of a Shipwrecked BoyBy Dr. Harley

29.Young Middy, TheBy F. C. Armstrong

30.Young Pioneers of the NorthwestBy Dr. C. H. Pearson

Famous Children

ByH. TwitchellIllustrated $1.25

WE have here a most valuable book, telling not of the childhood of those who have afterwards become famous, but those who as children are famous in history, song, and story. For convenience the subjects are grouped as “Royal Children,” “Child Artists,” “Learned Children,” “Devoted Children,” “Child Martyrs,” and “Heroic Children,” and the names of the “two little princes,” Louis XVII., Mozart, St. Genevieve, David, and Joan of Arc are here, as well as those of many more.

The Story of the Cid For Young People

ByCalvin Dill WilsonIllustrated byJ. W. Kennedy$1.25

MR. WILSON, a well-known writer and reviewer, has prepared from Southey’s translation, which was far too cumbrous to entertain the young, a book that will kindle the imagination of youth and entertain and inform those of advanced years.

Jason’s Quest

ByD. O. S. Lowell, A. M., M. D. Master in Roxbury Latin School Illustrated $1.00

NOTHING can be better to arouse the imagination of boys and girls, and at the same time store in their minds knowledge indispensable to any one who would be known as cultured, or happier than Professor Lowell’s way of telling a story, and the many excellent drawings have lent great spirit to the narrative.

Heroes of the Crusades

ByAmanda M. DouglasCloth Fifty full-page illustrations $1.50

THE romantic interest in the days of chivalry, so fully exemplified by the “Heroes of the Crusades,” is permanent and properly so. This book is fitted to keep it alive without descending to improbability or cheap sensationalism.

BOOKS BY EVERETT T. TOMLINSON.

THE WAR OF 1812 SERIES

Six volumes Cloth Illustrated by A. B. Shute Price per volume reduced to $1.25

No American writer for boys has ever occupied a higher position than Dr. Tomlinson, and the “War of 1812 Series” covers a field attempted by no other juvenile literature in a manner that has secured continued popularity.

The Search for Andrew Field

The Boy Soldiers of 1812

The Boy Officers of 1812

Tecumseh’s Young Brave

Guarding the Border

The Boys with Old Hickory

ST. LAWRENCE SERIES

CRUISING IN THE ST. LAWRENCE

Being the third volume of the “St. Lawrence Series” Cloth Illustrated Price $1.50

Our old friends, “Bob,” “Ben,” “Jock,” and “Bert,” having completed their sophomore year at college, plan to spend the summer vacation cruising on the noble St. Lawrence. Here they not only visit places of historic interest, but also the Indian tribes encamped on the banks of the river, and learn from them their customs, habits, and quaint legends.

PREVIOUS VOLUMES

CAMPING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE

Or, On the Trail of the Early Discoverers

Cloth Illustrated $1.50

THE HOUSE-BOAT ON THE ST. LAWRENCE

Or, Following Frontenac

Cloth Illustrated $1.50

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

STORIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

First and Second Series Cloth Illustrated $1.00 each

The Tide-Mill Stories

By J. T. TROWBRIDGE

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Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25

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Phil and His Friends.

The hero is the son of a man who from drink got into debt, and, after having given a paper to a creditor authorizing him to keep the son as a security for his claim, ran away, leaving poor Phil a bond slave. The story involves a great many unexpected incidents, some of which are painful and some comic. Phil manfully works for a year cancelling his father’s debt, and then escapes. The characters are strongly drawn, and the story is absorbingly interesting.

The Tinkham Brothers’ Tide-Mill.

“‘The Tinkham Brothers’ were the devoted sons of an invalid mother. The story tells how they purchased a tide-mill, which afterwards, by the ill-will and obstinacy of neighbors, became a source of much trouble to them. It tells also how, by discretion and the exercise of a peaceable spirit, they at last overcame all difficulties.”—Christian Observer, Louisville, Ky.

The Satin-wood Box.

“Mr. Trowbridge has always a purpose in his writings, and this time he has undertaken to show how very near an innocent boy can come to the guilty edge and yet be able by fortunate circumstances to rid himself of all suspicion of evil. There is something winsome about the hero; but he has a singular way of falling into bad luck, although the careful reader will never feel the least disposed to doubt his honesty.”—Syracuse Standard.

The Little Master.

This is the story of a schoolmaster, his trials, disappointments, and final victory. It will recall to many a man his experience in teaching pupils, and in managing their opinionated and self-willed parents. The story has the charm which is always found in Mr. Trowbridge’s works.

“Many a teacher could profit by reading of this plucky little schoolmaster.”—Journal of Education.

His One Fault.

“As for the hero of this story ‘His One Fault’ was absent-mindedness. He forgot to lock his uncle’s stable door, and the horse was stolen. In seeking to recover the stolen horse, he unintentionally stole another. In trying to restore the wrong horse to his rightful owner, he was himself arrested. After no end of comic and dolorous adventures, he surmounted all his misfortunes by downright pluck and genuine good feeling. It is a noble contribution to juvenile literature.”—Woman’s Journal.

Peter Budstone.

“Mr. J. T. Trowbridge’s ‘Peter Budstone’ is another of those altogether good and wholesome books for boys of which it is hardly possible to speak too highly. This author shows us convincingly how juvenile reading may be made vivacious and interesting, and yet teach sound and clean lessons. ‘Peter Budstone’ shows forcibly the folly and crime of ‘hazing.’ It is the story of a noble young fellow whose reason is irreparably overthrown by the savage treatment he received from some of his associates at college. It is a powerful little book, and we wish every schoolboy and college youth could read it.”—Philadelphia American.

The Silver Medal Stories

By J. T. TROWBRIDGE

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Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, $1.25

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The Silver Medal,and other Stories.

There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their plunder was a silver medal that had been given to one John Harrison by the Humane Society for rescuing from drowning a certain Benton Barry. Now Benton Barry was one of the wretched housebreakers. This is the summary of the opening chapter. The story is intensely interesting in its serious as well as its humorous parts.

His Own Master.

“This is a book after the typical boy’s own heart. Its hero is a plucky young fellow, who, seeing no chance for himself at home, determines to make his own way in the world.... He sets out accordingly, trudges to the far West, and finds the road to fortune an unpleasantly rough one.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.

Bound in Honor.

This story is of a lad, who, though not guilty of any bad action, has been an eye-witness of the conduct of his comrades, and felt “Bound in Honor” not to tell.

“A capital book in all respects, overflowing with all sorts of fun and adventure; just the sort of book, in short, that the young folks will be anxious to read and re-read with as much continuous interest as the most favored of their storybooks.”—Philadelphia Leader.

The Pocket Rifle.

“A boy’s story which will be read with avidity, as it ought to be, it is so brightly and frankly written, and with such evident knowledge of the temperaments and habits, the friendships and enmities of schoolboys.”—New York Mail.

“This is a capital story for boys. It teaches honesty, integrity, and friendship, and how best they can be promoted. It shows the danger of hasty judgment and circumstantial evidence; that right-doing pays, and dishonesty never.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.

The Jolly Rover.

“This book will help to neutralize the ill effects of any poison which children may have swallowed in the way of sham-adventurous stories and wildly fictitious tales. ‘The Jolly Rover’ runs away from home, and meets life as it is, till he is glad enough to seek again his father’s house. Mr. Trowbridge has the power of making an instructive story absorbing in its interest, and of covering a moral so that it is easy to take.”—Christian Intelligencer.

Young Joe,and other Boys.

“Young Joe,” who lived at Bass Cove, where he shot wild ducks, took some to town for sale, and attracted the attention of a portly gentleman fond of shooting. This gentleman went duck shooting with Joe, and their adventures were more amusing to the boy than to the amateur sportsman.

There are thirteen other short stories in the book which will be sure to please the young folks.

The Toby Trafford Series

BY

J. T. TROWBRIDGE

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The Fortunes of Toby Trafford.

“A new story by J. T. Trowbridge, is, like all Mr. Trowbridge’s fiction, the good wine that needs no bush. The plot is full of interest, and is still so natural that it all might happen in a thousand places. Its scenes and its people are everywhere; only few writers have Trowbridge’s eyes to see them. The hero is not an impossibly good boy, but he has manly instincts; and he is kept from follies and mistakes by the counsels of an excellent mother, and of his wise and noble-hearted schoolmaster. Boys will follow his career and his good and bad fortune with genuine interest.”—Boston Budget.

Father Brighthopes;An Old Clergyman’s Vacation.

“To the many friends which this book will doubtless gain it may be well to say that Father Brighthopes of the story gains that cheery name by his readiness to always see the bright and not the dark side of any difficulty, great or small. The few weeks which he spent with his friends, the Roydons, wrought a change in their daily life as marked as it was pleasant. The writings of Trowbridge are too well known to require comment, since almost everyone is familiar with his straightforward, simple style, underlying which there is not a little humor as well as pathos.”—Chicago Times.

Woodie Thorpe’s Pilgrimage,and other Stories.

“The scenes are full of human interest and lifelikeness, and will please many an old reader, as well as the younger folks, for whose delectation it is intended. As in all the books of this author the spirit is manly, sincere, and in the best sense moral. There is no “goody” talk and no cant, but principles of truthfulness, integrity, and self-reliance are quietly inculcated by example. It is safe to say that any boy will be the better for reading books like this.”—St. Botolph.

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