Chapter 45

PAN-AMERICAN SERIES

PAN-AMERICAN SERIES

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER

VOLUME ONE

LOST ON THE ORINOCO

Or American Boys in Venezuela

12mo    Cloth    Illustrated    Price $1.25

This volume tells of five American youths, who, with their tutor, sail from New York to La Guayra, touching at Curaçao on the way. They visit Caracas, the capital, Macuto, the fashionable seaside resort, go westward to the Gulf of Maracaibo and lake of the same name, and at last find themselves in the region of the mighty Orinoco, and of course they have some exciting experiences, one of which gives name to the book. Just the book boys and young men should read, in view of the general interest in matters Pan-American.

Its pictures of South American life and scenery are novel and instructive.—The Literary World, Boston.The scenes described are of the sort to charm the hearts of adventurous boys.—The Outlook, N. Y.

Its pictures of South American life and scenery are novel and instructive.—The Literary World, Boston.

The scenes described are of the sort to charm the hearts of adventurous boys.—The Outlook, N. Y.

VOLUME TWO

THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS

Or American Boys in the West Indies

12mo    Cloth    Illustrated    Price $1.25

This is a complete tale in itself, but has the same characters which have appeared so successfully in “Lost on the Orinoco.” The boys, with their tutor, sail from Venezuela to the West Indies, stopping at Jamaica, Cuba, Hayti, and Porto Rico. They have numerous adventures on the way, and then set out for St. Pierre, Martinique, where they encounter the effects of the eruption of Mt. Pelee, and two of the boys are left on a raft to shift for themselves. Life in the West Indies is well portrayed, and the tale will appeal to many an older person as well as to the boys.

VOLUME THREE

YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS

Or American Boys in Central America

306 pages    Cloth    Illustrated by A. B. Shute    Price $1.25

This is a complete tale in itself, but forms a new volume in the surprisingly popular Pan-American series. It relates adventures in a tour covering Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Isthmus of Panama. The party travel the various canal routes, and have a number of highly interesting experiences. The volume contains a vast amount of timely information, and will be read with interest by young men as well as boys.

It is a splendid book that will not only amuse and interest the reader, but will supply him with most valuable instruction and information upon subjects which every young American who takes pride in his country, and what pertains to it, ought to know.—American Boy.

VOLUME FOUR

YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON

Or American Boys in Brazil

300 pages    12mo    Illustrated by A. B. Shute    Price $1.25

An absorbing tale of sight-seeing and adventures in Brazil. The five boys and their tutor travel the whole seacoast from Rio de Janeiro to Para, and then move up the Amazon into the rubber country and beyond. The volume is filled with pen-pictures of life as it exists in Brazil to-day, and will be heartily enjoyed by all young people.

The Pan-American Series by Edward Stratemeyer has been declared by the boys of this country to be the most up-to-date of all reading for the young. Filled with action and good fellowship.—Waverley Magazine.Mr. Stratemeyer has acquired the art of weaving a good deal of solid information with his web of startling adventure.—San Francisco Bulletin.

The Pan-American Series by Edward Stratemeyer has been declared by the boys of this country to be the most up-to-date of all reading for the young. Filled with action and good fellowship.—Waverley Magazine.

Mr. Stratemeyer has acquired the art of weaving a good deal of solid information with his web of startling adventure.—San Francisco Bulletin.


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