Chapter 42

GOOD BOOKS FOR BOYS

By EDWARD STRATEMEYER

TWO YOUNG LUMBERMENOr From Maine to Oregon for Fortune

TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN

Or From Maine to Oregon for Fortune

320 pagesClothIllustratedPrice $1.25

A splendid story, the scene shifting from Maine to Michigan and the Great Lakes, and then to the Columbia and the Great Northwest. The heroes are two sturdy youths who have been brought up among the lumbermen of their native State, and who strike out in an honest endeavor to better their condition. An ideal volume for every wide-awake American who wishes to know what our great lumber industry is to-day.

Mr. Stratemeyer’s books are not only entertaining but instructive.—Daily Press, Portland, Me.

Profitable reading for its information concerning a great American industry.—Outlook, New York.

The book is an excellent one for youngsters.—Republican, Springfield, Mass.

A rattling good story.—Herald, Baltimore, Md.

Mr. Stratemeyer is able to give an air of reality to his work which commends it.—Chicago News.

BETWEEN BOER AND BRITONOr Two Boys’ Adventures in South Africa

BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON

Or Two Boys’ Adventures in South Africa

Illustrated by A. Burnham Shute354 pagesPrice $1.25

Relates the experiences of two boys, cousins to each other, one American and the other English, whose fathers are engaged in the Transvaal, one in farming and the other in mining operations. While the two boys are off on a hunting trip after big game the war between the Boers and Britons suddenly breaks out, and while endeavoring to rejoin their parents the boys find themselves placed between hostile armies.

A stirring story of the South African War.—The Journal, Indianapolis, Ind.

Mr. Stratemeyer certainly gets right next to the boys’ heart in his excellent stories of adventure.—News, Providence, R. I.

The author is one of the most accomplished writers for the young.—San Francisco Chronicle.

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