Chapter 4

THE CAPTAIN JANUARY SERIES

ByLaura E. Richards

Each one volume, 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume75 cents

CAPTAIN JANUARY

A charming idyl of New England coast life, whose success has been very remarkable.

SAME.Illustrated Holiday Edition$1.35

MELODY:The Story of a Child.

MARIE

A companion to "Melody" and "Captain January."

ROSIN THE BEAU

A sequel to "Melody" and "Marie."

SNOW-WHITE;Or, The House in the Wood.

JIM OF HELLAS;Or, In Durance Vile, and a companion story,Bethesda Pool.

NARCISSA

And a companion story,In Verona, being two delightful short stories of New England life.

"SOME SAY"

And a companion story,Neighbors in Cyrus.

NAUTILUS

"'Nautilus' is by far the best product of the author's powers, and is certain to achieve the wide success it so richly merits."

ISLA HERON

This interesting story is written in the author's usual charming manner.

THE LITTLE MASTER

"A well told, interesting tale of a high character."—California Gateway Gazette.

DELIGHTFUL BOOKS FOR LITTLE FOLKS

ByLaura E. Richards

THREE MINUTE STORIES

Cloth decorative, 12mo, with eight plates in full color and many text illustrations         $1.50

"Little ones will understand and delight in the stories and poems."—Indianapolis News.

FIVE MINUTE STORIES

Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated         $1.50

A charming collection of short stories and clever poems for children.

MORE FIVE MINUTE STORIES

Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated         $1.50

A noteworthy collection of short stories and poems for children, which will prove as popular with mothers as with boys and girls.

FIVE MICE IN A MOUSE TRAP

Cloth decorative, square 12mo, illustrated         $1.50

The story of their lives and other wonderful things related by the Man in the Moon, done in the vernacular from the lunacular form by Laura E. Richards.

POLLYANNA ANNUAL NO. 1

Trade MarkThe YearlyGLADBook.Trade Mark

Edited byFlorence Orville.

Large octavo, with nearly 200 illustrations, 12 in full color, bound with an all-over pictorial cover design in colors, with fancy printed end papers.         $2.00

"The contents of this splendid volume are evidently intended to demonstrate the fact that work is as good a glad game as play if gone about the right way. There are clever little drawings any one could imitate, and in imitating learn something. There are adventurous tales, fairy tales, scientific tales, comic stories and serious stories in verse and prose."—Montreal Herald and Star.

THE BOYS' STORY OF THERAILROAD SERIES

ByBurton E. Stevenson

Each large 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume$1.65

THE YOUNG SECTION-HAND;Or, The Adventures of Allan West.

"The whole range of section railroading is covered in the story."—Chicago Post.

THE YOUNG TRAIN DISPATCHER

"A vivacious account of the varied and often hazardous nature of railroad life."—Congregationalist.

THE YOUNG TRAIN MASTER

"It is a book that can be unreservedly commended to anyone who loves a good, wholesome, thrilling, informing yarn."—Passaic News.

THE YOUNG APPRENTICE;Or, Allan West's Chum.

"The story is intensely interesting."—Baltimore Sun.

STORIES BY BREWER CORCORAN

Each, one volume, 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, per volume$1.65

THE BOY SCOUTS OF KENDALLVILLE

Published with the approval of "The Boy Scouts of America."

The story of a bright young factory worker who cannot enlist because he has three dependents, but his knowledge of woodcraft and wig-wagging gained through Scout practice enables him to foil a German plot to blow up the munitions factory.

THE BARBARIAN;Or, Will Bradford's School Days at St. Jo's.

"This is a splendid story of friendship, study and sport, winding up with a perfectly corking double play."—Springfield Union.

Transcriber's Note:Page vi, "gyspies" changed to "gypsies" (The gypsies, like the)


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