Paul Duncan, the hero of this volume, is a nautical young gentleman, and most of the events of the story occur upon the water, and possess that exciting and captivating character for which this author’s books are famous. But the author hopes that something more than exciting incidents will be found upon his pages; that though he has seldom, if ever, gone out of his way to define the moral quality, or measure the moral quantity, of the words and deeds of his characters, the story will not be found wanting in a true Christian spirit. POOR AND PROUD; or, the Fortunes of Katy Redburn. $1.25. The history of a smart girl, where fortunes are made to depend upon her good principles, her politeness, her determined perseverance, and her overcoming that foolish pride, which is a snare to the feet. In these respects she is a worthy example for the young. Sold by all booksellers and newsdealers, and sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. LEE & SHEPARD’S JUVENILE PUBLICATIONS. OLIVER OPTIC’S BOOKS. YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD. A Library of Travel and Adventure in Foreign Lands. 16mo. Illustrated by Nast, Stevens, Perkins, and others. OUTWARD BOUND; or, Young America Afloat. $1.50. “In Outward Bound, the Ship Young America, sails for Europe, with a school of eighty-seven boys aboard her, who pursue the studies of a school, and at the same time work the ship across the Atlantic, being amenable to regular naval discipline.” SHAMROCK AND THISTLE; or, Young America in Ireland and Scotland. $1.50. “This volume continues the history of the academy ship and her crew of boys, with their trips into the interior as well as voyages along the coast of Ireland and Scotland. The young scholar will get a truer and fuller conception of these countries by reading this unpretentious journal of travel, than by weeks of hard study upon the geographies and histories.” RED CROSS; or, Young America in England and Wales. $1.50. “The third volume of Oliver Optic’s Library of travel and adventure chronicles the doings of the Young America and her crew in British ports and waters, and is replete with thrilling adventures and descriptions of noted places.” DIKES AND DITCHES; or, Young America in Holland and Belgium. $1.50 “The author takes his readers on voyages up the rivers and canals of Holland and Belgium, on tramps through the cities, their schools, their art galleries, and their wonderful buildings, giving at every turn vivid impressions of what is seen and heard therein and thereabouts.” PALACE AND COTTAGE; or, Young America in France and Switzerland. $1.50 “This volume relates the history of the American Squadron (_Young America_ and _Josephine_) in the waters of France, with the journey of the students to Paris and through a portion of Switzerland. As an episode, the story of the runaway cruise of the Josephine is introduced, inculcating the moral that ‘the way of the transgressor is hard.’”