Chapter 40

PAN-AMERICAN SERIES

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER

VOLUME ONELOST ON THE ORINOCOOr American Boys in Venezuela

VOLUME ONE

LOST ON THE ORINOCO

Or American Boys in Venezuela

12moClothIllustratedPrice $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, 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.

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 TWOTHE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERSOr American Boys in the West Indies

VOLUME TWO

THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS

Or American Boys in the West Indies

12moClothIllustratedPrice $1.25

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.

VOLUME THREEYOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUSOr American Boys in Central America

VOLUME THREE

YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS

Or American Boys in Central America

306 pagesClothIllustrated by A. B. ShutePrice $1.25

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.

VOLUME FOURYOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZONOr American Boys in Brazil

VOLUME FOUR

YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON

Or American Boys in Brazil

300 pages12moIllustrated by A. B. ShutePrice $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.

VOLUME FIVETREASURE SEEKERS OF THE ANDESOr American Boys in Peru

VOLUME FIVE

TREASURE SEEKERS OF THE ANDES

Or American Boys in Peru

310 pagesIllustrated by Charles NuttallPrice $1.25

This volume takes the young explorers from the head of the Amazon River to the coast of Peru and then into the mighty snow-topped mountains. One of the boys obtains possession of a secret regarding a Spanish treasure and, with a companion, goes in quest of the same, and both get lost in a series of caves. The volume is up-to-date and will please both young and old.

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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