A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben BakerAlger, Horatio, Jr.
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A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker
Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Fortune -- Juvenile fiction
=REMARKABLE FOR THE BEAUTY AND NUMBER OF ITS ILLUSTRATIONS.=--There
are sixteen pictures in color prepared for this work by the
distinguished artist, W. H. Margetson, and reproduced with the
beauty and attractiveness of the artist's original work. There are
also =nearly 300 half-tone= engravings in this remarkable book,
which is as original in the selection of its illustrations as it is
in its stories.
WHAT OTHERS THINK OF IT
"It is a needed and original work. Not an
imitation."--_Christian Advocate_, New York.
"Written in such a style as to fascinate and hold the
interest of child or man."--REV. F. E. CLARK, Pres. Society
of Christian Endeavor.
"It is a beautiful book. I hope every family in the land
will secure 'Hurlbut's Story of the Bible.'"--GENERAL O. O.
HOWARD.
"The best book of its kind, and that kind the most
important."--REV. JAMES A. WORDEN, Presbyterian B'd. of Pub.
and S. S. Work.
"I like very much the vocabulary you have used, and I can
see how careful you have been in choosing understandable
words."--MR. PHILIP E. HOWARD, _Sunday-School Times_,
Philadelphia.
"It is the completest and best thing of the kind I have
seen. The book is splendidly illustrated."--MARIAN LAWRANCE,
General Secretary, International Sunday-School Association.
"Many will be drawn to the Bible who otherwise might look
upon it as only adapted for older people."--HON. DAVID J.
BREWER, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
_8vo, cloth. 750 pages. 16 color plates. 262 half-tone engravings.
Net $1.50_
The JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
THE RENOWNED STANDARD JUVENILES
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS
Edward S. Ellis is regarded as the later day Cooper. His books will
always be read for the accurate pen pictures of pioneer life they
portray.
LIST OF TITLES
DEERFOOT SERIES
Hunters of the Ozark.
The Last War Trail.
Camp in the Mountains.
LOG CABIN SERIES
Lost Trail.
Footprints in the Forest.
Camp Fire and Wigwam.
BOY PIONEER SERIES
Ned in the Block-House.
Ned on the River.
Ned in the Woods.
THE NORTHWEST SERIES
Two Boys in Wyoming.
Cowmen and Rustlers.
A Strange Craft and Its Wonderful Voyage.
BOONE AND KENTON SERIES
Shod with Silence.
In the Days of the Pioneers.
Phantom of the River.
WAR CHIEF SERIES
Red Eagle.
Blazing Arrow.
Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iroquois.
THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIES
Deerfoot in the Forest.
Deerfoot on the Prairie.
Deerfoot in the Mountains.
TRUE GRIT SERIES
Jim and Joe.
Dorsey, the Young Inventor.
Secret of Coffin Island.
GREAT AMERICAN SERIES
Teddy and Towser; or, Early Days in California.
Up the Forked River.
COLONIAL SERIES
An American King.
The Cromwell of Virginia.
The Last Emperor of the Old Dominion.
FOREIGN ADVENTURE SERIES
Lost in the Forbidden Land.
River and Jungle.
The Hunt of the White Elephant.
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE SERIES
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