Profitable reading for its information concerning a great American industry.—_Outlook, New York._ The book is an excellent one for youngsters.—_Republican, Springfield, Mass._ A rattling good story.—_Herald, Baltimore, Md._ Mr. Stratemeyer is able to give an air of reality to his work which commends it.—_Chicago News._ _BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON_ _Or Two Boys’ Adventures in South Africa_ =Illustrated by A. Burnham Shute= =354 pages= =Price $1.25= Relates the experiences of two boys, cousins to each other, one American and the other English, whose fathers are engaged in the Transvaal, one in farming and the other in mining operations. While the two boys are off on a hunting trip after big game the war between the Boers and Britons suddenly breaks out, and while endeavoring to rejoin their parents the boys find themselves placed between hostile armies. A stirring story of the South African War.—_The Journal, Indianapolis, Ind._ Mr. Stratemeyer certainly gets right next to the boys’ heart in his excellent stories of adventure.—_News, Providence, R. I._ The author is one of the most accomplished writers for the young.—_San Francisco Chronicle._ Both Sides of the Great Civil War _DEFENDING HIS FLAG_ _Or A Boy in Blue and a Boy in Gray_ By Edward Stratemeyer =431 pages= =Eight full-page illustrations by Griswold Tyng= =Beautifully bound in colors and gold= =Price $1.50= This tale relates the adventures of two boys, or rather young men, during the first campaign of our great Civil War. One enlists in the infantry of the North, while the other throws in his fortunes with the cavalry of the South. Of the story Mr. Stratemeyer himself says: “In writing this work I have had but one object in view, and that was to give a faithful picture of a part of the Civil War as seen from both sides of that never-to-be-forgotten conflict. During the war, and for years afterward, grown folk and young people were treated to innumerable books on the subject, all written from either the Northern or the Southern point of view, thoroughly biased, and calculated to do more harm than good. I think the time has come when the truth, and the whole truth at that, can be told, and when it will do positive good. Since the Spanish-American War, when some of the gallant Southern officers and men made such records for themselves under Old Glory, the old lines have been practically wiped out. The reconstructed South is as firm a part of our nation as was the old South during the first half of the last century, and it has a perfect right to honor the memories of those who, while wearing the gray and marching under the stars and bars, fought so gallantly for what they considered was right and true.”