By Morgan Scott
HIGH CLASS COPYRIGHTED STORIESFOR BOYS
Cloth Bound.Illustrated.Price, 60c a Volume
Ben Stone at Oakdale
BY MORGAN SCOTT12mo., CLOTH. ILLUSTRATED. PRICE 60c
Never in the history of juvenile fiction have copyrighted books of this class been sold at a price so sensational, for beyond dispute the Oakdale Stories are of the highest grade, such as other publishers market to retail at $1 25 or $1 50 a volume. In no respect, save in price, can these be designated as cheap books; in manufacture, in literary finish, and in the clean, healthy, yet fascinating, nature of the stories they are destined to take rank with the works of the masters of fiction for the modern youth. The first volume is a narrative of school life and football, which, while in no way sensational, will cast a spell almost hypnotic upon every young reader, from which he will find it impossible to escape until he has read through to the last word of the last chapter. The tale of the struggles of Ben Stone, a boy misunderstood, an outcast, a pariah, will excite the sympathy of all; and his final triumph over adversity, the scheming of an enemy, and the seemingly malign rebuffs of fate, will be hailed with joy.
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By Morgan Scott•High Class Copyrighted Stories for Boys•Cloth Bound•Illustrated•Price, 60 cents a Volume•For sale wherever books are sold, or sent postpaid upon receipt of 60c by•Hurst & Co., 395 Broadway, New York
By Morgan Scott•High Class Copyrighted Stories for Boys•Cloth Bound•Illustrated•Price, 60 cents a Volume•For sale wherever books are sold, or sent postpaid upon receipt of 60c by•Hurst & Co., 395 Broadway, New York
Boys of OakdaleAcademyByMorgan Scott12mo., cloth. Illustrated. Price, 60cThis is a brisk, vigorous, snappy, story in which winter sports—snowshoeing, skating, rabbit hunting, and such—are features. In the tale Rodney Grant, a young Texas cowboy, appears at Oakdale and attends the academy, being adjudged an imposter by the New England lads, who entertain a mistaken notion that all Texans swagger and bluster and talk in the vernacular. As Grant is quiet and gentlemanly in his bearing and will not, for some mysterious reason, take part in certain violent sports, they erroneously imagine him to be a coward; but eventually, through the demands of necessity and force of circumstances, the fellow from Texas is led to prove himself, which he does in a most effective manner, becoming, for the time being, at least, the hero of the village. This is a story of vigorous, healthy boys and their likes and dislikes; it is brimming over with human nature and, while true to real life, is as fascinating as the most imaginative yarn of adventure.
Boys of OakdaleAcademyByMorgan Scott12mo., cloth. Illustrated. Price, 60c
This is a brisk, vigorous, snappy, story in which winter sports—snowshoeing, skating, rabbit hunting, and such—are features. In the tale Rodney Grant, a young Texas cowboy, appears at Oakdale and attends the academy, being adjudged an imposter by the New England lads, who entertain a mistaken notion that all Texans swagger and bluster and talk in the vernacular. As Grant is quiet and gentlemanly in his bearing and will not, for some mysterious reason, take part in certain violent sports, they erroneously imagine him to be a coward; but eventually, through the demands of necessity and force of circumstances, the fellow from Texas is led to prove himself, which he does in a most effective manner, becoming, for the time being, at least, the hero of the village. This is a story of vigorous, healthy boys and their likes and dislikes; it is brimming over with human nature and, while true to real life, is as fascinating as the most imaginative yarn of adventure.
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Retained some hyphens from the original that might better be dashes (e.g. "er-er," "Herc-by").
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Page 59, italics around "I mean business" are inconsistent with italics around "mean business" in accompanying plate; this inconsistency is retained from the original.
Page 79, changed "gasolene" to "gasoline" for consistency ("darted light gasoline boats").
Page 109, changed "steam-stearing gear" to "steam-steering gear."
"Aboard a Destroyer" ad, added apostrophe to "citizens' interests" and changed "predecssor" to "predecessor."