A MISSING MILLION or The Adventures of Louis Belgrave A MILLIONAIRE AT SIXTEEN or The Cruise of the Guardian-Mother A YOUNG KNIGHT ERRANT or Cruising in the West Indies STRANGE SIGHTS ABROAD or A Voyage in European Waters SECOND SERIES THE AMERICAN BOYS AFLOAT or Cruising in the Orient THE YOUNG NAVIGATORS or The Foreign Cruise of the Maud UP AND DOWN THE NILE or Young Adventurers in Africa ASIATIC BREEZES or Students on the Wing (in press) "The bare announcement of a new series of books by Oliver Optic will delight boys all over the country. When they farther learn that their favorite author proposes to 'personally conduct' his army of readers on a grand tour of the world, there will be a terrible scramble for excursion tickets--that is, the opening volume of the 'Globe Trotting Series.' Of one thing the boys may be dead sure, it will be no tame, humdrum journey, for Oliver Optic does not believe that fun and excitement are injurious to boys, but, on the contrary, if of the right kind he thinks it does them good. Louis Belgrave is a fortunate lad, because, at the age of sixteen, he was the possessor of a cool million of dollars. No one, not even a young boy, can travel without money, as our author well knows, therefore he at once provided a liberal supply. Louis is a fine young fellow with good principles and honor, so he can be trusted to spend his million wisely. But he does not have entirely smooth sailing. In the first place he has a rascally step-father whom he had to subjugate, a dear mother to protect and care for, and the missing million to find before he could commence his delightful travels. They are all accomplished at last, and there was plenty of excitement and brave exploits in the doing of them, as the boy readers will find. The cover design shows many things--a globe, the Eiffel tower, mountains, seas, rivers, castles and other things Louis will see on his travels.--_Current Review._" LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers Boston _OLIVER OPTIC'S BOOKS._ THE BLUE AND THE GRAY Illustrated. With Emblematic Dies. Each volume bound in Blue and Gray. Per volume, $1.50. * * * * * AFLOAT TAKEN BY THE ENEMY WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES A VICTORIOUS UNION ON THE BLOCKADE STAND BY THE UNION FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT * * * * * ON LAND BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER IN THE SADDLE A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN _Other volumes in preparation_ * * * * *