3. WATCH AND WAIT; Or, The Young Fugitives. 4. WORK AND WIN; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise. 5. HOPE AND HAVE; Or, Fanny Grant among the Indians. 6. HASTE AND WASTE; Or, The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. Though we are not so young as we once were, we relished these stories almost as much as the boys and girls for whom they were written. They were really refreshing even to us. There is much in them which is calculated to inspire a generous, healthy ambition, and to make distasteful all reading tending to stimulate base desires.--_Fitchburg Reveille._ THE STARRY FLAG SERIES. Six volumes. Illustrated. Per vol., $1.25. 1. THE STARRY FLAG; Or, The Young Fisherman of Cape Ann. 2. BREAKING AWAY; Or, The Fortunes of a Student. 3. SEEK AND FIND; Or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy. 4. FREAKS OF FORTUNE; Or, Half Round the World. 5. MAKE OR BREAK; Or, The Rich Man's Daughter. 6. DOWN THE RIVER; Or, Buck Bradford and the Tyrants. Mr. Adams, the celebrated and popular writer, familiarly known as "Oliver Optic," seems to have inexhaustible funds for weaving together the virtues of life; and notwithstanding he has written scores of books, the same freshness and novelty runs through them all. Some people think the sensational element predominates. Perhaps it does. But a book for young people needs this; and so long as good sentiments are inculcated such books ought to be read.--_Pittsburg Gazette._ THE ONWARD AND UPWARD SERIES. Complete in six volumes. Illustrated. In neat box. Per volume, $1.25. 1. FIELD AND FOREST; Or, The Fortunes of a Farmer. 2. PLANE AND PLANK; Or, The Mishaps of a Mechanic. 3. DESK AND DEBIT; Or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk. 4. CRINGLE AND CROSS-TREE; Or, The Sea Swashes of a Sailor. 5. BIVOUAC AND BATTLE; Or, The Struggles of a Soldier. 6. SEA AND SHORE; Or, The Tramps of a Traveller. Paul Farringford, the hero of these tales, is, like most of this author's heroes, a young man of high spirit, and of high aims and correct principles, appearing in the different volumes as a farmer, a captain, a bookkeeper, a soldier, a sailor, and a traveller. In all of them the hero meets with very exciting adventures, told in the graphic style for which the author is famous.--_Native._ FAMOUS "BOAT-CLUB" SERIES. Library for Young People. Six volumes, handsomely illustrated. Per volume, $1.25. 1. THE BOAT CLUB; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton. 2. ALL ABOARD; Or, Life on the Lake. 3. NOW OR NEVER; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright. 4. TRY AGAIN; Or, The Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. 5. POOR AND PROUD; Or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn. 6. LITTLE BY LITTLE; Or, The Cruise of the Flyaway. This is the first series of books written for the young by "Oliver Optic." It laid the foundation for his fame as the first of authors in which the young delight, and gained for him the title of the Prince of Story-Tellers. The six books are varied in incident and plot, but all are entertaining and original. THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES.