In the concluding volume of this valuable historical series Dan and Ralph come under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott and finally bear their part in the triumphant entry of the proud city of Mexico. * * * * * These books were first issued under a pen name and by another publisher. We have now placed them in the regular list of this unequaled writer for boys, with an entirely new cover design in keeping with the uniformly rich appearance of our Stratemeyer books. * * * * * "There are few live boys in the country who have not read the intensely interesting books of Mr. Stratemeyer, and who do not have a warm place in their hearts for him. No living American writer of boys' books is so widely read, and none so sure of a cordial welcome for everything that comes from his pen."--_Chicago News._ DAVE PORTER SERIES By EDWARD STRATEMEYER 12mo Cloth Illustrated $1.25 per volume Mr. Stratemeyer has seldom introduced a more popular hero than Dave Porter. He is a typical boy, manly, brave, always ready for a good time if it can be obtained in an honorable way,--_Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis._ "Edward Stratemeyer's 'Dave Porter' has become exceedingly popular."--_Boston Globe._ "Dave and his friends are nice, manly chaps."--_Times-Democrat, New Orleans._ DAVE PORTER AT OAK HALL Or the Schooldays of an American Boy DAVE PORTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS Or The Strange Cruise of the Stormy Petrel DAVE PORTER'S RETURN TO SCHOOL Or Winning the Medal of Honor DAVE PORTER IN THE FAR NORTH Or The Pluck of an American Schoolboy DAVE PORTER AND HIS CLASSMATES Or For the Honor of Oak Hall DAVE PORTER AT STAR RANCH Or The Cowboy's Secret DAVE PORTER AND HIS RIVALS Or the Chums and Foes of Oak Hall * * * * * LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., Publishers, Boston THE LAKEPORT SERIES By EDWARD STRATEMEYER 12mo Cloth Illustrated $1.25 per volume "The author of the Lakeport Series, Mr. Edward Stratemeyer, is well known for his delightful boys' stories."--_Philadelphia Ledger._ "The Lakeport Series, by Edward Stratemeyer, is the lineal descendant of the better class of boys' books of a generation ago."--_Christian Advocate, New York._ "The Lakeport Series will be fully as popular as the author's Dave Porter Series,"--_San Francisco Call._ THE GUN CLUB BOYS OF LAKEPORT Or The Island Camp THE BASEBALL BOYS OF LAKEPORT Or The Winning Run THE BOAT CLUB BOYS OF LAKEPORT Or The Water Champions THE FOOTBALL BOYS OF LAKEPORT Or More Goals Than One THE AUTOMOBILE BOYS OF LAKEPORT Or A Run for Fun and Fame * * * * * LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., Publishers, Boston COLONIAL SERIES By EDWARD STRATEMEYER FIRST VOLUME _WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST_ _Or a Soldier Boy's Battles in the Wilderness_ Illustrated by A. B. Shute 302 pages $1.25