by Oliver Optic
BOOKS FOR BOYS.
Wrecked on Spider Island; or, How Ned Rogers Found the Treasure. By JamesOtis. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
Ned Rogers, a "down-east" plucky lad ships as cabin boy to earn alivelihood. Ned is marooned on Spider Island, and while there discovers awreck submerged in the sand, and finds a considerable amount of treasure.The capture of the treasure and the incidents of the voyage serve to makeas entertaining a story of sea-life as the most captious boy could desire.
The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan. By JamesOtis. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
Two lads, Teddy Wright and Neal Emery, embark on the steam yacht Day Dreamfor a cruise to the tropics. The yacht is destroyed by fire, and then theboat is cast upon the coast of Yucatan. They hear of the wonderful SilverCity, of the Chan Santa Cruz Indians, and with the help of a faithfulIndian ally carry off a number of the golden images from the temples.Pursued with relentless vigor at last their escape is effected in anastonishing manner. The story is so full of exciting incidents that thereader is quite carried away with the novelty and realism of thenarrative.
A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise. By James Otis. 12mo, cloth,illustrated, price $1.00.
This is a sea tale, and the reader can look out upon the wide shimmeringsea as it flashes back the sunlight, and imagine himself afloat with HarryVandyne, Walter Morse, Jim Libby and that old shell-back, Bob Brace, onthe brig Bonita. The boys discover a mysterious document which enablesthem to find a buried treasure. They are stranded on an island and at lastare rescued with the treasure. The boys are sure to be fascinated withthis entertaining story.
The Treasure Finders: A Boy's Adventures in Nicaragua. By James Otis.12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
Roy and Dean Coloney, with their guide Tongla, leave their father's indigoplantation to visit the wonderful ruins of an ancient city. The boyseagerly explore the temples of an extinct race and discover three goldenimages cunningly hidden away. They escape with the greatest difficulty.Eventually they reach safety with their golden prizes. We doubt if thereever was written a more entertaining story than "The Treasure Finders."
Jack, the Hunchback. A Story of the Coast of Maine, By James Otis. Price$1.00.
This is the story of a little hunchback who lived on Cape Elizabeth, onthe coast of Maine. His trials and successes are most interesting. Fromfirst to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears usalong as on a stream whose current varies in direction, but never losesits force.
With Washington at Monmouth: A Story of Three Philadelphia Boys. By JamesOtis. 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.
Three Philadelphia lads assist the American spies and make regular andfrequent visits to Valley Forge in the Winter while the British occupiedthe city. The story abounds with pictures of Colonial life skillfullydrawn, and the glimpses of Washington's soldiers which are given shownthat the work has not been hastily done, or without considerable study.The story is wholesome and patriotic in tone, as are all of Mr. Otis'works.
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by thepublisher, A. L. BURT, 52-58 Duane Street, New York.
BOOKS FOR BOYS.
With Lafayette at Yorktown: A Story of How Two Boys Joined the ContinentalArmy. By James Otis. 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated,price $1.50.
Two lads from Portmouth, N. H., attempt to enlist in the Colonial Army,and are given employment as spies. There is no lack of exciting incidentswhich the youthful reader craves, but it is healthful excitement brimmingwith facts which every boy should be familiar with, and while the readeris following the adventures of Ben Jaffrays and Ned Allen he is acquiringa fund of historical lore which will remain in his memory long after thatwhich he has memorized from textbooks has been forgotten.
At the Siege of Havana. Being the Experiences of Three Boys Serving underIsrael Putnam in 1762. By James Otis. 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivineedges, illustrated, price $1.50.
"At the Siege of Havana" deals with that portion of the island's historywhen the English king captured the capital, thanks to the assistance givenby the troops from New England, led in part by Col. Israel Putnam.
The principal characters are Darius Lunt, the lad who, represented astelling the story, and his comrades, Robert Clement and Nicholas Vallet.Colonel Putnam also figures to considerable extent, necessarily, in thetale, and the whole forms one of the most readable stories founded onhistorical facts.
The Defense of Fort Henry. A Story of Wheeling Creek in 1777. By JamesOtis. 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.
Nowhere in the history of our country can be found more heroic orthrilling incidents than in the story of those brave men and women whofounded the settlement of Wheeling in the Colony of Virginia. The recitalof what Elizabeth Zane did is in itself as heroic a story as can beimagined. The wondrous bravery displayed by Major McCulloch and hisgallant comrades, the sufferings of the colonists and their sacrifice ofblood and life, stir the blood of old as well as young readers.
The Capture of the Laughing Mary. A Story of Three New York Boys in 1776.By James Otis. 12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, price $1.50.
"During the British occupancy of New York, at the outbreak of theRevolution, a Yankee lad hears of the plot to take General Washington'sperson, and calls in two companions to assist the patriot cause. They dosome astonishing things, and, incidentally, lay the way for an Americannavy later, by the exploit which gives its name to the work. Mr. Otis'books are too well known to require any particular commendation to theyoung."--Evening Post.
With Warren at Bunker Hill. A Story of the Siege of Boston. By James Otis.12mo, ornamental cloth, olivine edges, illustrated, price $1.50.
"This is a tale of the siege of Boston, which opens on the day after thedoings at Lexington and Concord, with a description of home life inBoston, introduces the reader to the British camp at Charlestown, showsGen. Warren at home, describes what a boy thought of the battle of BunkerHill, and closes with the raising of the siege. The three heroes, GeorgeWentworth, Ben Scarlett and an old ropemaker, incur the enmity of a youngTory, who causes them many adventures the boys will like to read."--Detroit Free Press.
For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of price by thepublisher, A. L. BURT, 52-58 Duane Street, New York.