W. A. Wilde Company, Publishers.
TRAVEL-ADVENTURE SERIES.
IN WILD AFRICA. Adventures of Two Boys in the Sahara Desert, etc. ByThos. W. Knox. 325 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
A story of absorbing interest.--_Boston Journal._
Our young people will pronounce it unusually good.--_Albany Argus._
Col. Knox has struck a popular note in his latest volume.--_Springfield Republican._
THE LAND OF THE KANGAROO. By Thos. W. Knox. Adventures of Two Boys inthe Great Island Continent. 318 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
His descriptions of the natural history and botany of the country are very interesting.--_Detroit Free Press._
The actual truthfulness of the book needs no gloss to add to its absorbing interest.--_The Book Buyer, New York._
OVER THE ANDES; or, Our Boys in New South America. By HezekiahButterworth. 368 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
No writer of the present century has done more and better service than Hezekiah Butterworth in the production of helpful literature for the young. In this volume he writes, in his own fascinating way, of a country too little known by American readers.--_Christian Work._
Mr. Butterworth is careful of his historic facts, and then he charmingly interweaves his quaint stories, legends, and patriotic adventures as few writers can.--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
The subject is an inspiring one, and Mr. Butterworth has done full justice to the high ideals which have inspired the men of South America.--_Religious Telescope._
LOST IN NICARAGUA; or, The Lands of the Great Canal. By HezekiahButterworth. 295 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
The book pictures the wonderful land of Nicaragua and continues the story of the travelers whose adventures in South America are related in "Over the Andes." In this companion book to "Over the Andes," one of the boy travelers who goes into the Nicaraguan forests in search of a quetzal, or the royal bird of the Aztecs, falls into an ancient idol cave, and is rescued in a remarkable way by an old Mosquito Indian. The narrative is told in such a way as to give the ancient legends of Guatemala, the story of the chieftain, Nicaragua, the history of the Central American Republics, and the natural history of the wonderlands of the ocelot, the conger, parrots, and monkeys.
Since the voyage of the _Oregon_, of 13,000 miles to reach Key West the American people have seen what would be the value of the Nicaragua Canal. The book gives the history of the projects for the canal, and facts about Central America, and a part of it was written in Costa Rica. It enters a new field.
The set of four volumes in a box, $6.00.
QUARTERDECK AND FOK'SLE. By Molly Elliott Seawell. 272 pp. Cloth, $1.25.
Miss Seawell has done a notable work for the young people of our country in her excellent stories of naval exploits. They are of the kind that causes the reader, no matter whether young or old, to thrill with pride and patriotism at the deeds of daring of the heroes of our navy.
W. A. Wilde Company, Boston and Chicago.
W. A. Wilde Company, Publishers.
FIGHTING FOR THE FLAG SERIES.
By Chas. Ledyard Norton.
JACK BENSON'S LOG; or, Afloat with the Flag in '61. 281 pp. Cloth,$1.25.
An unusually interesting historical story, and one that will arouse the loyal impulses of every American boy and girl. The story is distinctly superior to anything ever attempted along this line before.--_The Independent._
A story that will arouse the loyal impulses of every American boy and girl.--_The Press._
A MEDAL OF HONOR MAN; or, Cruising Among Blockade Runners. 280 pp.Cloth, $1.25.
A bright, breezy sequel to "Jack Benson's Log." The book has unusual literary excellence.--_The Book Buyer, New York._
A stirring story for boys.--_The Journal, Indianapolis._
MIDSHIPMAN JACK. 290 pp. Cloth, $1.25.
Jack is a delightful hero, and the author has made his experiences and adventures seem very real.--_Congregationalist._
It is true historically and full of exciting war scenes and adventures.--_Outlook._
A stirring story of naval service in the Confederate waters during the late war.--_Presbyterian._
The set of three volumes in a box, $3.75.
A GIRL OF '76. By Amy E. Blanchard. 331 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
"A girl of '76" lays its scene in and around Boston where the principal events of the early period of the Revolution were enacted. Elizabeth Hall, the heroine, is the daughter of a patriot who is active in the defense of his country. The story opens with a scene in Charlestown, where Elizabeth Hall and her parents live. The emptying of the tea in Boston Harbor is the means of giving the little girl her first strong impression as to the seriousness of her father's opinions, and causes a quarrel between herself and her schoolmate and playfellow, Amos Dwight.
A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION. By Chas. Ledyard. Norton. 300 pp. Cloth, $1.50.
Two boys, a Carolinian and a Virginian, born a few years apart during the last half of the eighteenth century, afford the groundwork for the incidents of this tale.
The younger of the two was William Henry Harrison, sometime President of the United States, and the elder, his companion and faithful attendant through life, was Carolinus Bassett, Sergeant the old First Infantry, and in an irregular sort of a way Captain of Virginian Horse. He it is who tells the story a few years after President Harrison's death, his granddaughter acting as critic and amanuensis.
The story has to do with the early days of the Republic, when the great, wild, unknown West was beset by dangers on every hand, and the Government at Washington was at its wits' end to provide ways and means to meet the perplexing problems of national existence.
W. A. Wilde Company, Boston and Chicago.
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