The Little Colonel's House PartyJohnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
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The Little Colonel's House Party
Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top $1.00
"'Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads' is the most delightful, most
sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long
while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions
of persons and things, are wonderfully true to nature."--_Boston
Times._
_The Rival Campers_; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY BURNS. By RUEL P.
SMITH.
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated by A.B. Shute $1.50
Here is a book which will grip and enthuse every boy reader. It is
the story of a party of typical American lads, courageous, alert,
and athletic, who spend a summer camping on an island off the Maine
coast.
"The best boys' book since 'Tom Sawyer.'"--_San Francisco Examiner._
"Henry Burns, the hero, is the 'Tom Brown' of America."--_N.Y. Sun._
_The Rival Campers Afloat_; OR, THE PRIZE YACHT VIKING. By RUEL P.
SMITH, author of "The Rival Campers."
Square 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated $1.50
This book is a continuation of the adventures of "The Rival
Campers" on their prize yacht _Viking._ Every reader will be
enthusiastic over the adventures of Henry Burns and his friends on
their sailing trip. They have a splendid time, fishing, racing, and
sailing, until an accidental collision results in a series of
exciting adventures, culminating in a mysterious chase, the loss of
their prize yacht, and its recapture by means of their old yacht,
_Surprise_, which they raise from its watery grave.
_The Young Section-hand_; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF ALLAN WEST. By BURTON E.
STEVENSON, author of "The Marathon Mystery," etc.
12mo, cloth, illustrated by L.J. Bridgman $1.50
Mr. Stevenson's hero is a manly lad of sixteen, who is given a
chance as a section-hand on a big Western railroad, and whose
experiences are as real as they are thrilling.
"It appeals to every boy of enterprising spirit, and at the same time
teaches him some valuable lessons in honor, pluck, and perseverance."
--_Cleveland Plain Dealer._
"This is a fine book for boys' reading, since it impresses a reader anew
with the honor and beauty of simple, heroic, seldom-remembered deeds of
men who do their duty as a matter of course."--_Christian Register._
"A thrilling story, well told, clean and bright. The whole range of
section railroading is covered in the story, and it contains information
as well as interest."--_New York Evening Post._
_Captain Jack Lorimer_. By WINN STANDISH. Square 12mo, cloth decorative.
Illustrated by Arthur W. Brown and Louis D. Gowing $1.50
Jack Lorimer, whose adventures have for some time been one of the
leading features of the Boston Sunday _Herald_, is the popular
favorite of fiction with the boys and girls of New England, and,
now that Mr. Standish has made him the hero of his book, he will
soon be a favorite throughout the country.
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